“I live you, Alex,” I whisper, and he pulls back.
“Why Alex all of a sudden?”
“Sam belongs in your past. I’ll never get to know him. I think he died with Leah, and I’ll let her have him to keep her safe wherever she is. Damian is a cleaner who saved my life, but Alex is my husband, and he pieced me back together. Alex is my family.”
He presses a kiss to my lips again and then whispers, “I live you, Nina.”
This time it’s my turn to pull back with a grin pulling at my lips. “Why Nina all of a sudden?”
“Cara is an eighteen-year-old girl who died the day her parents died. I think we should let her rest in peace with them. Karen, she suffered so much heartache. To be honest, no one can possibly survive everything she had to endure. I think it’s best we let her go, but Nina, she’s this kick-ass chick who works down at the hardware store, and I really want to score with her.”
Laughter bursts from my lips, and I roll onto his chest. “So you want to get into my pants?”
“Hell, yeah,” he growls, his hands slipping over my hips and gripping my ass tight.
I push off of him and laugh. “Then you better buy me dinner first. I’m not that easy.”
I hear him chuckle as I walk to the kitchen to make myself some tea. The smell of coffee has made my stomach churn the last couple of days.
I’m glad we had this talk. I feel better, as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Sure we have to get to know each other, but that’s what the future is for.
Alex~
It’s been two days since the talk. Things feel better between us, and those deafening silences are gone.
I’m leaning against the truck, waiting for Nina to get off from work. I’m forcing myself to think of her as Nina, because she’s fought so hard for that name. It will also reduce the risk of one of us slipping up.
It’s time to put the past behind us and to focus on a future neither of us thought we’d ever have.
I hear her greeting Joshua and then she comes walking out of the store. Her eyes find me and she smiles wide.
I grin back at her and say, “Hey, Nina.” I push away from the truck when she gets to me. “Wanna go for a ride in my truck?” Laughter bubbles over her lips and I lean in even closer. “We could get ice cream.”
“Oh, we could?” she asks.
I move into her personal space, almost touching her. “Yeah, and I could watch you lick it off your fingers,” I whisper.
“Uh-huh,” she mumbles. I can see the heat flaring in her eyes.
“And then you can suck the ice cream off my fingers.”
She starts to nod. “I like the sound of ice cream.”
I hurry to open the door and bundle her inside. I can hear her laughing as I race around the truck.
We get our ice creams at the diner, and then I drive us to the same spot we parked at before. We get on the back of the truck and I watch her lick the ice cream. She’s a fucking tease because she’s eating that thing as slow as she can. I’ve finished mine already and she’s only halfway.
“Fuck this,” I say. I grab the ice cream and throw it to the side. She squeals with laughter, and I grab her hips, pulling her onto my lap.
As I lean in for a kiss she pushes me back. She darts up and then jumps off the back of the truck. Oh, she wants to play.
I get up and run after her. She runs into the water and screams like a girl. Well, she is one, but still. She turns around to see where I am, and I dive at her. She laughs as we hit the water. I quickly turn us around so she’s on top.
I stare up at her and she takes my breath away. Her hair is wet and then my eyes travel lower and I see her hard nipples straining against the wet material.
“I knew you liked getting wet, but I never knew you looked so hot.”
She laughs again. “You remember that?”
“Yeah, you walked right into that one that day.”
“I was so jealous of Jean.”
“Why?” I whisper as the water starts to suck us in deeper.
“Because I already loved you back then,” she admits to me.
“Can I tell you a secret?” I whisper and she nods quickly. “You’re the only woman I’ll allow on top of me but we’re going to drown if we don’t get up now.”
“Ass!”
She shoves me under the water and gets up. I watch her as she stalks away from me and then call out to her, “Sexy ass. You love my ass!”
She flips me off, and then I hear her laugh again. I get up and follow her to the truck. We’re both soaked. We might as well take this party home.
Nina~
I don’t even make it to the front door before he peels my shirt off.
If we had neighbors they’d be getting a full view right now.
My shorts come off in the living room. I lose the bra at the bedroom door and the panties almost make it to the bed.
I help him out of his wet clothes and turn us around so that his back is to the bed. I shove at him lightly and whisper, “Lie down.”