Painter started laughing.
I tried to push up again, but the tarp was slippery as hell and my hands slid out from under me. Painter laughed harder, so I scooped up as much paint as I could, throwing it toward his face.
It hit with a wet smacking sound.
Now I was the one laughing as he tried to wipe it away. Scooping up more, I flung it at him again, hitting his chest. He lunged for me and I shrieked, scuttling backward through the mess. Then he was on me, and we were wrestling. He was stronger, but I was slippery as hell and his pants were wrapped around his knees, hobbling him. I kept swiping at the paint and trying to rub it on his face, until finally he caught me, rolling me under him for a deep kiss.
Unfortunately, not even a kiss from someone that sexy is enough to overcome the taste of paint. On the other hand, his dick was still hard, and if I had to choose between kissing or fucking, the kisses weren’t my first choice. I reached down, grabbing for it. I wanted him inside me . . .
Shit.
Even his cock was covered in latex, and not the pregnancy-preventing kind.
“Condom,” I managed to gasp. “Do you have one?”
“Yeah, in my wallet,” he said, reaching for a rag. He wiped off his hand, then fished the wallet out of his back pocket. Pulling out a condom, he tossed the leather wallet across the room, presumably to save it from the paint. I watched anxiously as he rolled the rubber down over his erection, thinking back to the night before.
“We forgot to use a condom again last night,” I pointed out. “I don’t think it’s the right time of my cycle to get pregnant, but . . .”
Painter looked at me, his eyes fierce.
“If you’re knocked up again, we’re getting married.”
My jaw dropped.
“You’d marry me just because I was pregnant?”
He shook his head, giving me what I think was supposed to be a reassuring smile, but looked more like a zombie leer, given the red smeared across his face.
“No, we’re getting married anyway,” he said. “But if you’re knocked up, we should probably do it while you can still fit into a wedding dress.”
“Holy shit.”
He shrugged, then pushed me back down, centering himself between my legs. I gasped as he pushed in, savoring the stretch even as I realized we’d have to take it easier this time—I was still sore.
“Careful,” I warned. “You look like a vampire, did you know that? The paint on your face is like blood.”
“This whole place looks like a crime scene,” he said, winking at me.
“Oh, God. What a metaphor for our relationship.”
He laughed. “We’d better take a shower together just as soon as we finish up here. No help for it.”
“I think we can make that happen,” I replied, wrapping my arms and legs around him. He twisted his hips, grinding into me slowly, and I sighed.
This was good. Really good. Too bad we’d destroyed Izzy’s room to get here . . .
“You think this tarp will be enough to protect the carpet?”
He pulled back, then thrust into me again, hard.
“Absolutely not,” he said cheerfully. “I’ll probably have to pull it up and replace it. Totally worth the effort, no question. Now less talk and more fucking. Please?”
“You got it,” I whispered, closing my eyes and letting the sensation take me.
I wasn’t quite ready to marry him—not yet. I wanted to be sure we could go more than a week without trying to kill each other . . . But this had potential. Not only that, I’d never have to go on a blind date again.
Forgiving him was probably worth it, just for that alone.
PAINTER
I tiptoed out into the living room wearing only my briefs, because my jeans were soaked through. The paint was still smeared across my body, too, but I’d managed to wipe off my feet. Now I was on a mission to find paper towels.
That’s when the door opened and Isabella ran in, followed by Reese and London.