Chapter 21
Brady
“ W ant some company?” I found Toni in the kitchen after I got Layla settled for bed. She stood at the counter island with her back to me, giving me an excellent view of her small waist and round ass in her uniform of jeans and a fitted tee.
“Sure,” she said without any emotion.
“What’s going on Toni?” She’d been aloof since our date, our date which I thought was pretty wonderful. Toni was funny and smart, she had opinions on everything, and I just wanted to hear them whether I agreed or not. She read a lot and loved to travel even though her job make it next to impossible.
But since then, she’d been quiet. She pulled back as if she was no longer interested in getting to know me.
“Nothing’s going on, just making a sandwich.”
Of course, because she hadn’t eaten with us for the last few days either. “You’re upset.”
She turned to me, sadness in her eyes. “I’m not upset. Why would I be upset?”
“I don’t know, but you’ve been quiet and aloof. You’ve stopped eating with us and Layla has noticed.”
“I told her that you two need time together to find your footing. I just work here, but you and Layla will be family forever. That time should be for you two. Just the two of you.”
Just work here.
“Is that how you see it, you just work here?” My nostrils flared and anger coursed through my veins. I got in her personal space because I wanted her to feel as uncomfortable as I felt.
She nodded, her expression indignant. “I work here. And we sleep together. That’s it. Right?”
“Back to this again?”
“No,” she sighed. “I’ve given up on getting to know you, Brady. That’s not what you want. Long ago I also gave up on forcing myself on people who don’t want me. I’m sorry if you don’t like it.” She skirted around me, rinsed her plate and sat it in the sink with a frustrated sigh.
“Toni.”
She didn’t stop as she made her way out of the kitchen.
“Toni!” I called out again and then went after her. “Wait.” I gripped her arm and spun her to face me. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Sadness swam in her eyes, but she was far too tough to show it. Instead, Toni arched a brow, a challenge replaced the sadness in her gaze.
She was so beautiful. Tough and vulnerable at the same time. Beautiful and sassy. “Toni,” I growled and cupped her face, kissing her slowly. Deeply. She tasted like heaven and sunshine, like leather and lace. She tasted like everything I ever wanted in this world, and I poured it all into the kiss, hoping she understood.
Toni gave herself over to the kiss the same way she did on the beach, pressing those delicious curves against me while I devoured her mouth. She moaned and gripped my shirt in her fists, silently begging for more.
Here, like this, she was all mine, and I wanted to stay in the moment forever. I hurried her in my arms and in seconds we were in her room. Seconds later, I had her completely naked and laid out on her bed. “You’re so sexy, Toni.”
She said nothing, but her skin flushed prettily at the compliment.
My gaze lingered on her body. Her pale skin and dusty pink nipples, hard and calling for my mouth. Her red hair splayed across her pillow matched the strip just above where she was swollen and pink and glistening for me. “Fucking gorgeous,” I growled at the sight of her before I settled between her thighs, grinding against the warm juncture between her thighs.
“Yes,” she moaned when I wrapped my lips around one stiff nipple, rubbing the other between my thumb and forefinger. Every flick of my thumb made her tremble and gasp.
I kept my gaze on her and switched my position, watching the way her gaze darkened when I swirled my tongue around and around her nipple until it was painfully tight.
“That’s so good,” she moaned and gripped my head between her hands, keeping me right where I was.
I took the hint, licking and sucking her nipple, flicking my tongue over the stiff peak until her hips rolled faster and faster against me.
“Brady,” she said my name on a breathy whisper. “I need you. Now.”
I don’t know how I moved so fast, but I was off the bed, undressed and back on top of her in about two second, smiling as I stroked my cock and rubbed the tip against her swollen, damp folds. “Turn over. I want to see that sexy ass in the air while I fuck you.”
Toni moved like a gymnast, twirling her legs around until she was magically on her hands and knees, back arched beautifully so I could see her lips, pink and bare and glistening from this angle. “Like this?”
I smacked her cheek and she groaned. “Just like this.” I gripped the round globes of her ass and slid in, slowly at first but she was hot and wet and pulsing tight around every inch as I sank into her body. “Fuck. Nothing feels better,” I growled and shoved my cock into her until I was balls deep. “Toni.”
She arched a little more and pushed back, silently urging me to move. She clamped down hard when I smacked her ass again before she released a half-moan, half-gasp.
“You like that,” I growled and give her other cheek the same treatment.
“I don’t dislike it,” she moaned when I pulled out and slammed in harder and deeper. “Yes.” Her head fell forward as pleasure overwhelmed her, matching me stroke for stroke.
She was hungry for it, a stark contrast to her cool treatment earlier. I pushed those thoughts aside and pumped my hips harder and deeper, and when Toni dropped down to her elbows I slid even deeper until we were so connected there was no hint where one of us ended and the other began. “Toni. Fuck.”
She started to move her hips in a way that grasped me tighter and tighter. My vision blurred and my sac tightened and I knew I was close. Too close. “Brady,” she moaned when I reached around her waist and rubbed her swollen clit. “Brady!” She cried again, hips moving faster and faster until goosebumps popped up all over her skin, followed by a pink flush.
“Come for me, Toni. Come all over my cock. Now!” I demanded and I punctuated the word with a smack to her ample ass.
“Oh, Brady!” She tossed her head back, arched her back as her body froze while her orgasm worked its way to the surface. And then she exploded all around me, hot and wet as she pulsed and squeezed me, her hips still moving as I sank into her.
The force of her orgasm ripped mine loose before I could think about logistics like bracing myself. “Toni,” I grunted in her ear as my hips pumped fast as hell and then slower and slower. “I think you broke my spine.”
She laughed, the vibrations shot along the length of my cock as it poured into her. “You’ll be all right,” she said on a satisfied sigh.
I lay there on her like that for a long minute, inhaling her scent and relishing the feel of her soft, slick skin against my own. “It keeps getting better,” I said, wonder in my voice.
“It does,” she sighed and flipped on her back when I was finally able to roll off of her. “It’s maddening.”
My chest heaved and I turned to face her, resting my head in my hand. “Why?”
“Because you don’t want any more than this, which means we won’t always have this.” She motioned between us before sitting up and looking around the room as if she didn’t know where she was. “I need to get cleaned up.”
I watched the way she walked so confidently to her private bathroom. “Toni?”
She looked over her shoulder, the light of the bathroom cast her in a golden glow. “Yeah?”
“I’m sorry I haven’t opened up.”
She nodded, but her gaze darted all around me, anywhere but on me, in fact. “It’s all right Brady. You’re not the first man who only wants me for sex.” Toni flashed a sad smile and shook her head. “I’m a big girl and I wanted this too. I wanted you.”
My brows rose. “Wanted? Past tense?”
She rolled her eyes. “Tonight. I wanted you tonight just like this. I know what you want and don’t want, and I still wanted you. Okay?”
I didn’t know what to say to that so I just nodded. But when she closed the door behind her I couldn’t help but feel like that was the wrong answer.
Worse, I was pretty fucking sure it was also a lie.