Total pages in book: 15
Estimated words: 14086 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 70(@200wpm)___ 56(@250wpm)___ 47(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 14086 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 70(@200wpm)___ 56(@250wpm)___ 47(@300wpm)
Ryan said softly, “I can’t even imagine how much that must have hurt.”
“There are no words.”
After a pause, he asked, “And you really haven’t dated since then?”
“No dates, no hookups, nothing until last weekend, when I let two good friends talk me into attending that singles event. The chances of actually winning a date were supposed to be slim, so I figured I was safe when I used my raffle ticket. But only two people entered to win the escape room prize, and here we are.”
“Really? There were only two entries?” When I nodded, he stood up, and my hoodie slipped from his shoulders. Ryan closed the distance between us and said, “That means you and I were meant to be here tonight.”
“But I’m not ready to start dating.”
“I know. Even if you were, you wouldn’t want me. My life is a disaster, and if you knew my whole story, you’d run the other way. But we were still meant to be here, so we could do this.”
When Ryan pulled me down to his height and kissed me, every part of me responded. I could taste strawberries and chocolate on his lips, and he smelled faintly of coffee, which was comforting for some reason. But after a minute, I pulled back and asked, “What are you doing?”
“Giving you what you need, with no expectations and no strings attached. Let’s make tonight about having fun and putting the past behind you.”
“But I can’t just use you to forget about my ex.”
His eyes sparkled with amusement. “Do you always overthink things like this?”
“Without fail. It’s why I’ll never be a great dancer, and probably part of the reason my ex left me.” He took off his shirt and tossed it aside, and I asked, “Now what are you doing?”
“Getting naked. Go ahead, keep talking.”
A playful smile curled the corners of his lips, and I mumbled, “I…um….” His sneakers and socks were the next to go, and when he unfastened his belt and slid down his zipper, my heart began to race.
He dropped his jeans and briefs to the floor and stepped out of them, revealing flawless skin, an impressive cock, and a happy trail that told me he was a natural brunet. I ran my gaze down his body and murmured, “You’re so beautiful.” That was an understatement. Ryan was a work of art. His smile grew wider as he untucked my T-shirt and pulled it over my head.
I picked him up and claimed his mouth with a rough kiss. Then he wrapped his arms and legs around me as I pushed him against the wall beside the fireplace. His cock swelled against my stomach, and he grabbed my ass and slid his tongue between my lips. A tremor ran through him, or maybe it ran through me. We were too close to tell the difference.
The need to taste him was overwhelming, so I swung him onto the area rug and ran my tongue down his stomach. He parted his legs for me and tangled his fingers in my hair as I licked his shaft. When I wrapped my lips around his cock, he rocked his hips, lightly fucking my mouth as I sucked him. It was gratifying to watch him writhe with pleasure and to hear his soft moans.
After a few minutes, he whispered, “I need you inside me, Rick.” My achingly hard cock was straining against my jeans and briefs, and those words made it throb.
I stripped myself quickly, while he retrieved a condom and a packet of lube from his wallet. When he took charge and told me to get on my back, it spiked my desire, and I did as he asked without hesitation. He rolled the condom over my hard-on and slicked it, and after he worked some lube into himself, he straddled my hips and lowered himself onto my shaft. Then he began to move, slowly at first, but he gained momentum quickly and rode me hard. When our eyes met, our connection was so intense that my breath caught.
I rolled us over and pushed into him, and he swung his legs onto my shoulders and rasped, “Harder.” I held nothing back. Ryan bucked underneath me and murmured, “Fuck yes,” meeting each thrust with almost equal force as he drove himself onto my cock.
It was wild and primal and uninhibited, and it was exactly what I needed. There was no overthinking, no second-guessing. There was just Ryan, and pleasure, and sensation, and it was absolutely perfect. I reached between us and started jerking him off, and in a matter of minutes he arched off the rug and yelled as he shot across his stomach. A huge orgasm slammed into me moments later, making my body shake and my head spin.
It took a while for both of us to catch our breath and come back to earth. He smiled at me, and I brushed his hair from his eyes and kissed him tenderly. When I felt him shiver as the sweat cooled on our skin, I eased my cock from his body and quickly discarded the condom before picking him up and carrying him to the couch. Then I covered him with my hoodie and wrapped myself around him to keep him warm.