CHAPTER 4
KENNEDY
K issing Austin Merrick was such an experience that there should’ve been a ride at a theme park dedicated to it. Not only did he kiss like a man who knew what he was doing, but the scenery around us was stunning. The sky was clear except for thousands upon thousands of stars, and the fireflies zooming around in the field added a touch of magic.
His tongue swept into my mouth, his whole body hard against my own, and I lost myself entirely to the moment, forgetting that I’d ever even had a care in the world.
Talk about a distraction.
I ran my fingers into his thick locks, enjoying the silken feel of them as I held him to me, needing him to not stop. I doubted he would, but just in case he got any ideas about pulling away, I wanted him to know that I was more than okay with this.
He drew me up and I climbed into his lap without hesitating. My entire body urged me to get as close to him as possible. My heart was imitating the wings of a hummingbird about to take flight, beating so fast that it was fluttering. My core tightened and my nipples tried to poke holes in my pretty new dress.
He tightened his grip on my hips, angling his own so I could feel the bulge in his pants, and a soft moan escaped me. Sparks of pleasure erupted through my core at the contact and I whimpered, rolling my hips to feel it again.
“Fuck, Kenny. Yes,” Austin murmured between kisses, his voice husky and rough. “Take what you need. Let me see you make yourself come.”
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I wondered if dirty talk came as easily to him as it seemed to, but my heartrate sped up at his words and my body tingled. I slid my fingers back into his hair, tightening my grip on it, and I ground against him, panting into our kisses. I didn’t even try to fight my moans as my brain descended into nothingness.
“Oh, it feels so good,” I murmured into his mouth. “Shit, Austin.”
“Uh huh,” he mumbled his response. His hands ran up the length of my back under his coat.
I’d never stuck my arms into the sleeves, and he reached for the straps of my dress. His fingers slid underneath the silk and tugged gently until they fell away. I pulled my arms free, not giving a single damn as the fabric immediately slid to my waist, leaving my chest bare against his.
Going without a bra was not standard procedure for me. The girls were too jiggly for it to be comfortable. But the strapless bra I’d bought for the wedding had stuck out completely at my back. In the end, it had come down to trusting the slightly thicker material covering my nipples on the inside of the dress or having my entire look spoiled by the thick bra strap around my ribs.
Jiggling had been the lesser of two evils.
Considering how long it had been since I’d either looked or felt pretty, I had refused to have an ugly but practical undergarment spoil my look. A fact that Austin seemed pretty happy about right then.
His cock swelled against me and his hands slid to my breasts. Breaking the kiss to look deep into my eyes, he brushed his thumbs against my nipples. I shivered with pleasure and from the cool night air on my newly exposed, overheated skin.
His head dropped back and he groaned, the sound breathy and shuddering. Then he looked at me again, bringing his index fingers to my nipples along with his thumbs. As he pinched me lightly, I trembled and moaned. My clit suddenly pulsed from both the sensations he was eliciting and the raw, pure lust on his features right then.
When I started rolling my hips against him again, whatever shred of self-control he’d been hanging onto snapped and he lifted one of my breasts to his mouth, sucking first one nipple into the wet heat before he gave the same treatment to the other. It was like I could feel his tongue circling down below instead of around my nipples and I gasped, my insides tightening. I started moving faster.
Austin let out a shaky moan around my breast, swirling his tongue around my nipple once more. One of his hands flew back into my hair, and his head lifted away from my chest to claim my mouth in another searing kiss. I finally moved one of my hands out of his hair, sliding it to his throat to cup it in my palm, and I kissed him back hungrily, already feeling my insides knot with rapidly approaching pleasure.
I hadn’t made out like this since I’d been a teenager, but there was something addictive about it, a sexy sort of innocence to being mostly dressed while getting off. It ratcheted up the heat in my body. I wrapped my fingers around Austin’s shoulders. My nails dug into his strong back through his shirt as I started moving faster.
“Fuck, Kenny,” he rasped into my mouth. “You need to come now, baby. Or I’m going to do it for you.”
A husky chuckle came out of me as I pressed my lips to his again and again. “So do it. I’m so close, Austin.”
His groans vibrated in his chest against mine, and the low, throaty sounds were the last thing I needed to send me careening over the edge. Pleasure erupted through me in waves that made me scream into his mouth and shake on top of him. My entire being was reduced to dust as the sparks shot through my veins.
Austin swallowed my screams, keeping his hips positioned at the exact angle I needed them to be until the orgasm subsided. I slumped on top of him, breathing hard before I turned my head to kiss him again.
“I’m assuming you didn’t…” I trailed off.
He swallowed hard, his pulse thrumming under his jaw, and he flipped us over, gently bringing me down so I was lying on top of the flat rock with his jacket between my skin and the cool surface. He peppered my eyes, jaw, and throat with kisses before he brought his lips back to mine.
“That was so fucking hot,” he murmured, sliding his legs between mine as he held his weight on his elbows.
My heart was going mad against my ribs, apparently hosting a dance party for my body having achieved a proper climax for the first time in ages. I smiled against Austin’s lips, reached for his waistband, and undid his belt.
“I believe it’s my turn to see it now,” I replied on a breathy whisper. My limbs still felt like jelly as I worked to free him from his pants.
Just before I pushed them down, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, setting it down on the rock beside my head. “Condom.”
“My hero,” I murmured playfully, smiling again. I lifted my head to lay a hard kiss on him as I finally got rid of his pants.
Taking his underwear off after them, I was aware that all the fabric was getting caught around his shins on top of his shoes, but I refused to let the creativity required ruin what we had going on here. My body felt like it was on fire for him despite the fact that I hadn’t even fully come down from my recent orgasm yet, and I honestly couldn’t wait to have another.
Austin seemed to know what he was doing and his distraction was turning out to be the best thing that had happened to me in a long, long time. Wanting to make sure he felt the same way, I reached between us and wrapped my fingers around his shaft, surprised at the heat and the girth I was met with.
He’s huge!
I chuckled into his mouth as I started moving my hand up and down. “Where have you been hiding this?”
He let out a snort of laughter, but it ended on a groan as his hips thrust into my fist. “It’s always going to be here for you if you want it.”
“So chivalrous.” I moaned when I ran my thumb across his tip and felt how wet he was. “No?”
It turned out he knew exactly what I was saying. “Unless you want a disappointing end to this, you might want to stop for a second.”
As I released him, he reached for his wallet, plucked out a condom, tore it open with his teeth, and sat back on his heels to roll it on. He moved so fast that I barely had time to breathe before he was kissing me again, but in the brief moment I waited, I saw the fireflies still weaving around us and I was reminded of the magic of our location.
It felt like they were here for us, an omen of what was to come, but that was ridiculous. I dismissed the romantic notion immediately.
When he lowered himself down on me, I wrapped my legs around his hips. As he pressed at my entrance, I put pressure on his tight butt with my heels, and he buried himself slowly inside me.
Austin’s lips crashed into mine again and we started moving. His thrusts were rhythmic as he filled me up completely before he retreated. Then he did it all over again. Before I even knew it, pleasure was building deep within my core again and his movements started to become jerky as the same thing obviously happened to him.
As with his moans before, that was the last thing I needed to push me over the edge. The orgasm that crashed into me this time was so powerful that my back arched and my toes curled. The pleasure that sped through me absolutely rocked my world.
At the same time, Austin cursed and mumbled my name. His hips faltered as he emptied himself deep inside me.
Lying breathless on the rock after, I gazed up at the stars before I glanced at him, taking in his profile in the moonlight. His jawline deserved a spot in the Jawline Hall of Fame, so strong and chiseled that it almost made me swoon all over again.
All that thick, dark chocolatey hair stood up at all ends, deliciously disheveled after having my fingers in it. We were both panting and half-naked, in a dreamy haze from our orgasms, and I suddenly couldn’t stop smiling.
Relaxed and smiling lazily himself, he caught his breath and those dark brown eyes slid to mine. “What?”
As I held his gaze, I finally started laughing, and once I started, I couldn’t stop. “Your daddy was right. I am trouble.”
He stared at me for another beat before he joined in my laughter, shaking his head at me before he turned to look up at the sky. “Sometimes a little trouble is a good thing, and I feel like this is one of those times.”
“Oh, this is definitely one of those times.” My laughter finally subsided and I sat up, my body still numb and tingly in places. I reached for my panties on the rock beside us. “We should probably get back, but thanks for the distraction. I appreciate your dedication to the cause.”
Austin blinked at me. Then it was his turn to burst into uncontrollable laughter and I grinned, happy that we were going to part on good terms. I didn’t know what it was about Firefly Grove that brought out the carefree, reckless side of me, but I liked it.
I just wished I could hang onto it for just a little bit longer, but tomorrow morning, I was going back to reality—and there wasn’t any place for carefree or reckless there. I was all-in on my business, and I was going to make it work. I just didn’t know exactly how I was going to do that just yet.