“Okay.”
Leaning forward, he captured her mouth, kissing her deeply and causing her toes to curl as he started to fuck her with his fingers.
“Now come for me,” he whispered against her lips.
“Yes, God, yes,” she answered, closing her eyes as he moved his mouth down her jaw to her neck. She wasn’t sure if their ‘having fun’ was the best situation, but what the hell? He wanted to make her come, and who was she to stop him?
Doing the middle splits on the wall, Reese watched as Claire worked hard to touch the wall with her thighs.
“Almost there,” she encouraged, and was rewarded with a smile before Claire started to push harder against the wall.
Reese pushed farther against the wall, too, to demonstrate how it was to be done and, like always, Claire mimicked her perfectly. She was so proud of Claire and was ready to get started on her solo, but she had noticed that Claire had been a little closed off since last week. She knew it was because of not being allowed to dance the week before. Since that day, things had been strained between them, and she needed to fix that. But what she didn’t need to fix was her and Phillip; that was a whole different, delicious story. When she wasn’t having her world rocked by him anywhere he wanted to take her, she was texting him, and it was easy to say their texts were not appropriate.
Phillip was dirty and playful, and he made her smile. A lot. And that was so bad. She wanted to enjoy life and never get hurt again, but messing with Phillip could jeopardize that. Like right now, just thinking of him had a grin on her face, and that was careless. To her, guys meant heartbreak, and she didn’t want that. So she needed to keep her bearings about her, and only enjoy the sex with Phillip. Anything else was out of the question. It had to be.
Shaking her head to free the thoughts of Phillip, Reese looked over at Claire to see that she was looking at her.
“What’s up?” she asked.
“Are you mad at me?” Claire asked, looking back at the wall.
“No, why would I be?”
“Cause I didn’t show up on time last week.”
Reese shrugged her shoulders.
“I’m not mad at you, Claire. I was disappointed, but it’s okay. It happens to everyone.”
Claire looked away as she said, “It’s Phillip’s fault. He wouldn’t wake up.”
Something inside her made Reese want to defend him. He had a long trip home the night before and had been tired. Instead of telling Claire that, she just said, “This is all a learning curve for both of you. He will learn just as you will. All I ask is that you work hard, and show me that you want your position here.”
“I am,” Claire protested. “I do work hard.”
“Then there is no problem,” Reese said simply.
“But I’m afraid you’re going to hate me because of Phillip’s stupid mistakes.”
Reese shook her head. Those two had so many issues between them, and it was driving them apart. She knew how much Claire meant to Phillip, and something inside her wanted them to get along.
“Don’t be so hard on him,” she said softly. “He loves you very much.”
Claire shrugged her shoulders.
“I know.”
“So maybe you should give him a chance. Everyone makes mistakes.”
“I guess,” she said, pushing away from the wall and stretching her legs in front of her. Looking up at her, Claire asked, “You don’t like, like Phillip, do you?”
Reese paused for a moment before laughing as she shook her head.
“Heck no! Why?”
“I just think you two have a thing for each other.”
Claire crossed her arms across her chest as she eyed Reese. She wanted to run and hide. She didn’t want anyone to know that she and Phillip were fooling around. They had too many connections and plus, her family would get the wrong idea. She was just fooling around with him. There was no reason to get everyone riled up about it, thinking she wanted to get married and crap like that.
“No way.”