Honor

Chapter 50

CHAPTER FIFTY

R eid

I have always viewed kissing through a very narrow and distinctive lens. It’s been necessary to get the woman I’m with to the point I need and want her to be. Open, receptive, willing, and squirming for more than my mouth or my mouth in places other than hers.

With Evie, it’s different. Kissing her is consuming me. I’ve lost track of how long we’ve been on the beach like this.

All of the soft sounds she’s made as I’ve slid my tongue into her mouth and nipped at her lip have spurred me in ways I’ve never felt before.

My cock is as hard as a brick, and I want more than this, but for now, I’m going to enjoy this moment. The memory of this woman’s kiss is going to haunt me forever.

She pulls back slightly, and I growl. I fucking growl because I don’t want her to go anywhere. I don’t want there to be more than a quarter of an inch separating us for the rest of this weekend.

“No,” I grumble.

She laughs. It’s light and filled with joy.

I can’t remember the last time I laughed like that. If I were a betting man, I’d place my fortune on never since carefree happiness is something I’m not familiar with.

“What’s so funny?” I ask while patting her lush ass through the flimsy fabric of her dress.

It’s not sheer enough that I can see anything beneath it other than the outline of her hardened nipples. I try not to stare, but I fail miserably.

“Are you staring at my chest?”

I nod without glancing at her face. “Sure am.”

“Sometimes I think you’re doing that at the office, but you cover it up so well.” Her finger finds my chin to tilt it slightly until our gazes meet. “Do you stare at me at work?”

“Every chance I get,” I admit.

“Since when?” The question leaves her with a hint of amusement wrapped around it.

“The day I hired you,” I answer honestly. “I actually considered not hiring you because you’re so beautiful.”

Her hand slides to my shoulder. She holds it there, touching my bare skin, igniting a fresh fire of need within me. “Really, Reid?”

The fact that she’s questioning it only adds to how alluring she is. I’ve known for a long time that she doesn’t quite understand how breathtaking she is. Everything about her is irresistible, including the way she taps her finger on her forehead when she’s deep in thought.

I drag her hand to the center of my chest so she can feel the thunder of my heart. “Really.”

She stares into my eyes. “You did hire me, though.”

“After I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t touch you.” I chuckle because that promise has been shattered into a million small pieces tonight.

Her gaze drops to where my hand is touching her waist. “You’re touching me now.”

“I want more,” I confess because if the need in my kiss isn’t proof of that, my raging hard-on is.

These swimming trunks are too tight to confine my erection. I’m aching, and I can’t say it’s all in the best way. “Come to my room, Evangeline.”

Her lips part slightly, but not a sound leaves her. Instead, it’s her eyes that give away everything she’s feeling. They lock on mine.

I slide my hand along her arm until I feel her palm in mine again. “Let’s go.”

Her feet stay firmly planted in the sand even as I tug on her hand. “What about…”

“Monday?” I jump in and finish her question, or what I think is her question.

She shakes her head slightly. “No, but that’s a good point.”

Leave it to me to make a good point at the worst fucking time. I try to recover from that by pushing her to finish her actual question. “What were you going to ask? What about what?”

Chewing on the corner of her bottom lip, she completely ignores what I just said. “I wasn’t even thinking about Monday, but we need to consider it. I’m glad you brought it up because nothing will be the same at the office if we do this.”

I ignore all of that because she has a good point, but I don’t want to talk about that or anything. I want to bury my face in her pussy. I want to spread her legs and fuck her until she comes and then comes again.

“To answer your question, I was going to ask about protection.” She adds a soulless laugh to that. “It felt important thirty seconds ago, but we need to stop and think about work before this goes any further.”

Condoms. She was about to ask me about condoms.

I was so close to fucking this beauty, and I messed it all up because I have no goddamn patience.

“Evie!” Charlotte’s voice calls through the darkness. “You’re missing! Where are you?”

“I’m here,” Evangeline whispers so softly there’s no way in hell Charlotte can hear it.

I skim the pad of my thumb over her bottom lip. I may never get another chance to be this close to her again, so I intend to savor these last few seconds before the bride-to-be interrupts us.

“One last kiss,” she says. “Please. Before she gets here.”

I’ve rushed through many kisses before with other women, but I know this will be one I’ll never want to end. Still, I cup her face in my hands and kiss her softly. It’s so gentle that she whimpers.

“Evie!” Charlotte’s voice is closer, louder, and more frantic. “I hope you haven’t drowned.”

I pull back to gaze down at her. “I’ll head out so she doesn’t ask a million questions you don’t want to answer.”

“Okay.” She nods.

Reluctantly, I let go of her and take off in a sprint to the left and into the darkness so Charlotte will find Evie alone on the beach.