Damaged and the Beast (Damaged #1)

Cooper shared my smile, looking relieved. “I’ll make you forget all about missing school and work. You’ll be too happy to feel guilty for blowing off that shit.”


Sliding off the bed, I walked to the bathroom with the plan of ridding myself of the dirtiness on my skin. I used the hottest water I could endure while scrubbing my body with Cooper’s body wash. Leaving the bathroom, I found Cooper staring at his hands. When he looked up at me, he searched my face for something then smiled.

“You are so hot wet.”

“We could still…”

“No,” he interrupted, standing up. “I’m hungry and we’re having a great day then I’m slobbering all over you. It’ll be amazing.”

“It sounds amazing,” I teased, kissing him before he disappeared into the bathroom.

“I’ll leave the door open so you can enjoy the view.”

Laughing, I dressed then took him up on his offer. I rested on the toilet seat and watched him lather up behind the clear shower door. Cooper grinned when he saw me smiling.

“You can’t know how difficult it is to be rational around you,” he said, still grinning.

Glancing down at his erection pressed against his belly, I sighed. “I think I do know. I should join you.”

“Don’t. If you cried right now, I’d feel like shit. Let’s just be happy for a while.”

Frowning, I crossed my arms. “Well, I’m not leaving the bathroom. Nothing out there is as sexy as in here.”

“Hell yeah,” he groaned. “Don’t tease though. I’m this close to turning the water to cold.”

“Or you could fix your problem.”

Cooper squinted at me. “Really?”

Pulling off my shirt, I lowered my bra. Standing closer to the shower door, I stretched. “Here’s your visual inspiration. I could lick my lips a lot if you think it’d help?”

“Fucking A,” he said, stroking himself. “Say my name.”

“Cooper,” I moaned softly, rolling my nipples between my thumbs and index fingers like he always did. “Oh, Cooper, I’m yours. I need you. I wish you were inside me, Cooper.”

His gaze held mine as I teased myself and he stroked his cock. I eventually just looked at where he worked himself closer to relief. Soon, I licked my lips while thinking about making him feel good using my hand.

While I didn’t know how long Cooper had been in a state of heat, it didn’t take him long to find relief. I doubted it would take him long to need more relief. To prolong his comfort, I immediately dressed and left the bathroom.

Cooper appeared buck naked a few minutes later and I wondered if lunch should wait. Somehow, I’d gotten myself into a state of heat.

“Some of it’s genetics,” he teased, retrieving boxers from his dresser. “The rest is hard work.”

“I have a response, but I don’t want you getting worked up again.”

“Give it five minutes and the memory of you touching yourself and… Fuck it, I didn’t need five minutes.”

We both laughed as he finished dressing in a white tee and faded jeans. His hands went absently to his short hair before he remembered he had nothing to fix up there. Shrugging, he shoved his wallet into his back pocket then reached his hand out for me. After we grabbed bottles of water, we headed down to his truck.

“Do you know how to drive?” he asked.

“Yes, but I don’t have my license.”

“Laws are for pussies. Here,” he said, handing me the keys. “I know what you’re thinking and a few dents won’t mean shit.”

Cooper got into the truck, leaned over to help me adjust the seat, and used his new proximity to kiss me like we had forever. With his directions, we arrived at the Italian restaurant’s rather packed parking lot. I wasn’t sure how to angle the large truck into a spot without wiping out a few smaller cars in the process.

“Scoot,” Cooper said, before disappearing out of the passenger door.

Unbuckling my seatbelt, I slid over as he sat in the driver’s seat. Cooper threw the truck into reverse, angled the truck without paying much attention, and slid it neatly into an open spot.

“My hero,” I said, batting my eyes at him.

“Man, I love when you’re easy to please.”

“With the day we have planned, I think I’ll be very easy to please this evening.”

Cooper stared at me then let out an unsteady breath. “Too hot.”

Leaning over, he kissed me hungrily then started to pull away. Soon, his lips were back on mine as I wrapped my arms around his neck. When Cooper’s hand slid up my shirt and cupped my breast, I groaned so loudly nearby people likely heard.

“You’re actually horny,” he murmured, kissing my cheeks.

“Hell yeah.”

“Let’s eat before I have trouble walking,” he said, finally dislodging his hand from my shirt.

Grinning, I followed him out of the truck and we walked into the restaurant. Even busy, they found us a booth in the back. After we ordered, I inched closer to him.

“Why do you look upset?” I asked.