Fighting the Fall (Fighting, #4)

“Oh my . . . I’m gonna . . .” She rocks her hips against my hand. Faster. Harder.

I reach down and free myself from the confines of my boxer briefs and stroke while I do the same to her.

Hungry for her mouth, I swirl my tongue around to soothe my bite and release her breast. “Mouth.”

She complies immediately, dropping her chin to crush her lips to mine. One hard kiss, and then she’s gone. What the fuck? I blink and see her standing at the edge of the bed. Her hair is wild around her face, and she shimmies her panties down her legs, never once taking her eyes off mine.

I lift my hips and do the same, kicking my boxer briefs to the floor. She bends to her side table, opening the top drawer, and tosses a square foil packet on my chest.

Condom. In her side table. Jealously mixed with fierce possession flares behind my ribs. I have no right to feel it, but I’m not the kind of man who shares his women, and the idea that Eve has slept with anyone besides me makes me want to rip these fucking walls down and light this bedroom on fire.

Rational? Probably not.

I scoot back on the bed and roll on the condom. She crawls toward me on the king-sized mattress, throwing a sexy sway in her hips.

She straddles my waist and leans down, her lips held just a fraction of an inch from mine. “I’m glad you came over.” She grips my dick and guides me in.

I fist the comforter at my sides to avoid grabbing her hips and slamming her down onto me. “Happy you let me in.” I tilt my hips, accentuating my meaning.

She smiles against my lips before she opens hers over mine. I cup her jaw then fist her hair and hold her to me. Her hips rock against mine and the pressure builds deep in my gut. Kissing her while I’m buried deep, feeling every roll of her pelvis and her thighs clamped tightly at my hips, I need more.

I break the kiss and flip us to her back without breaking our connection. Her legs immediately wrap around me, locking me in place so tightly it’s hard to move.

I rub the outside of her thigh. “Shhh . . . Love you holding on, babe, but you don’t need to worry.” I drop a single kiss to her forehead. “I’m not going anywhere.”

Her body freezes as her legs convulse around me. “What did you say?”

A small smile tugs at my lips. “I’m not going anywhere.”

Her bottom lip quivers and her eyes turn glassy.

Oh fuck. What did I do? “Whoa, Eve.” I brush her thick bangs back off her forehead. “Talk to me.”

She shakes her head fast, blowing me off.

“Answer me.” I pull back and thrust in deep and hard.

She gasps and moans. “Don’t stop.”

My chin drops, and my eyes slam shut at the desperation in her voice. I have a split second to decide. Stop this and make her talk, or give in to our bodies’ demands and talk afterward. She reaches down and grabs my ass with two hands, digging in her fingernails.

Decision made, I thrust into her hard. We’ll talk afterward.

Pushing up to brace myself, I throw my weight behind my body. I’m relentless, needy for what this girl does to me. Her body erases my thoughts, helps me to forget all the shit. With her, it’s just us. No past, no future, just now.

Over and over again I pound into her tight body until her legs clamp against my sides and she cries out, pulsing around me. I slow down while she rides out the aftershocks of her orgasm and her arms and legs fall limp to the bed.

I pull one of her legs up and rest the back of her knee at my shoulder. She’s sated and stares up at me through sex-fogged eyes.

“You okay?”

She bites her lip and nods.

I dip down and press a kiss to her lips. “Arms up, babe.”

Her arms go over her head and push against the headboard; every rock of my hips she meets with a push of her own. Tension coils in my lower back, pressure building and on the cusp. I chase down my release and slam into her with a frenzy that shocks even me.

But not Eve. Her face is relaxed. Big blue eyes stare up at me as though I’m not a failure, as if the world starts and ends with me. She looks at me as though I’ve never failed, fuck, as if I couldn’t fail.

My orgasm explodes in a blinding euphoria, and I groan into her neck. “Fuckin’ A, woman.”

Our chests press together, hearts racing, bodies intertwined. Like two people morphing into one, even our breathing is identical. What is that? Something inside clicks, and even though it should be obvious, it feels like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Much more than an orgasm, but what?

I crush her body with mine, and she doesn’t let me go. For the first time in a lifetime of heavy, I feel . . . light.

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Eve

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