It was odd saying the name of his last serious girlfriend while he was partially inside of me, but not because it was awkward. It was just, it made me feel…jealous. Was it because he’d been so in love with her he couldn’t move on? Had his heart been broken? Had it taken him a year and half to get over her? Was he over her?
I was scared to ask, but I heard the words come out of my mouth anyway. “Why? There are girls lining up to be with you.”
He didn’t answer right away, and I was trying to shore up my defenses to deal with him saying that he loved her. That he still loved her. I tried to remind myself that it wasn’t like Hud and I were in a relationship. In fact, he’d specifically said he wanted “one night.” So why did it matter to me so much?
He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply through his nose, when he opened them again, I sucked in a startled breath at the depths of vulnerability in them.
His gravelly voice rolled over me as he said, “Because none of them were you.”
Tears filled my lower lids and I sniffed as I tried to pull my hands free of his grasp. I wanted, no, needed to touch him. To kiss him. To hold him.
When he held me in place, I searched his eyes. “Hud?”
He didn’t respond. Not verbally, anyway. His jaw clenched and his eyes traveled down to where our bodies were intimately joined. My gaze followed and the erotic sight sent a shock of bliss erupting from my core. With firm, slow ease he pressed farther inside of me and my entire world shrunk at the sensation of him filling me completely. My mouth opened on a gasp and before I’d even taken in a full breath, Hud began to pull out slowly. I could feel every inch of his rigid shaft as it slid against my inner walls. Fiery, exquisite sensations burst through me at the pressure and friction as he pushed into me again, this time faster, deeper.
With each thrust, my body accepted him further, and we fell into a rhythm that had me quickly rushing towards completion.
“I’m going to…don’t stop.”
He didn’t. Instead he lowered over me, his large hand tilted my hip up as he whispered against my ear. “Come for me, Harmony. Come for me.”
The new position and the oral encouragement was all it took for me to explode into a thousand tiny pieces. I shuddered uncontrollably as I came with soul-shattering intensity. It was the longest release of my life. Every time I thought it had reached its peak, another wave of rapture would crash over me. I let go and rode the wild and glorious frenzy until the final spasm claimed me.
When my senses began returning, the first thing that I became conscious of was being held tightly in Hud’s arms. He was on his back, cradling me as his fingers ran through my hair.
Happy birthday to me.
My mind was louder than the NYSE; so many questions demanded answers. He’d said things tonight, things I never, even in my wildest dreams, would’ve imagined he felt. I knew he would never lie to me, but none of it made sense. How could the things he said be true? And if they were, why hadn’t he done something about it sooner?
I could’ve said something, but I didn’t. I remained silent, not wanting anything to pop the intimate bubble we were floating in. Being this close to Hud, being in his arms, skin to skin, was the best feeling in the world. As amazing as the sex had been, this was the more I’d been waiting for.
“Harmony?” Hud’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
My heart sank at the thought that this was going to end. That he was going to leave. It was my birthday, was it too much to ask for a little cuddling?
“Yeah?” I breathed.
“Why did that bear’s eyes just close?”
Oh shit. I froze.
“Oh, that’s the, um, nanny cam. I ran to the store for ice cream earlier and forgot to disable it when I got home.”
His fingers never stopped massaging my scalp as he asked, “Does it only have a live feed?”
I swallowed over the lump in my throat. I’d heard of creepy guys videotaping girls without them knowing, but I’d never thought I’d be the creepy guy in that scenario. “It has a three hour save window. But it’s on a secure server that only I have access to,” I rushed to explain as I tried to sit up. “I’ll go delete it now.”
Hud’s arms tightened around me. “Have you ever made a sex tape before?”
“No!” Did he think that I was a pro at this, or something?
My eyes shot up and the wickedly naughty smile that I saw on his face sent a warm rush flooding through me. “You did now, might as well check it out. See what we need to improve on for round two.”
Round two?
Oh yeah. Best. Birthday. Ever.
Chapter 20
Harmony
“If the world made sense, men would ride sidesaddle.”
~ Loretta Reed
As soon as I opened the car door, heat hit me like a slap in the face. Texas summers were no joke, and this one seemed to be revving up to break records. If my palms weren’t already sweaty from nerves, they would’ve been before I made it to the front door.