Chapter 19
LINDSAY
Holy. Shit.
I didn’t know who this girl was that had brazenly taken off her shirt in the middle of a tropical forest with people all over the mountain, but I liked her. Being her was so thrilling that my panties were soaked even before Jaxon’s body pressed me up against the rough bark of the tree.
Although it wasn’t just the liberation of acting on what I wanted that had gotten me that way. I’d been pretty much raring to go since I woke up, and getting my blood flowing on the hike hadn’t helped.
I’d gotten distracted by the beauty of our surroundings, but every so often, my mind strayed to what it would be like to slip off the beaten track and then have Jaxon slipping into me.
Seeing him once again taking complete charge of a situation and then helping that little girl had inspired me to take charge of my own situation.
There was no denying that I wanted him, and I suddenly couldn’t think of a reason why not to act on it. As his lips pressed to my jaw and he shoved his hand into my panties a little more roughly than before, I mentally patted myself on the back for having had the courage to take what I wanted.
Jaxon groaned into my ear when he found me slick between my legs, and his tongue darted out to suck the lobe between his teeth. “Are you always this fucking wet?”
“Never.” I gave him complete honesty. “It usually takes me a while to get into it.”
“Not in my experience, but I fucking love it,” he mumbled, sliding his fingers lower and pushing my legs apart with one of his. “You’re going to be good and keep it down for me, right? I promise I’ll make it up to you later. You’ll be lifting the roof when we get back to the bungalow.”
I nodded, sucking both lips into my mouth to keep quiet when he pressed down on my throbbing clit. He spoke with his lips still next to my ear, his breath causing goosebumps to rise on my flesh as it ghosted over my heated skin.
“Good. Let me know if you need any help keeping it down.” Without any further warning, he plunged a thick finger inside me while he started playing with me.
He freed my breasts from my bra with his other hand, pinching my nipple before dipping his head to soothe the hardened nub with lavish kisses. I pressed up against him, wanting more of what he was doing—everywhere.
I felt his hard length against my hip, suddenly more desperate to touch him than I’d ever been. Reaching down between us, I skimmed my fingers past the waistband of his jogging shorts and relished the rumble of his groan against my chest when I brushed against his tip.
His erection was firm but his skin was as soft as satin in my grip.
I ran my fingers over his length, all the way down to his taut balls before scraping my fingernails gently against his skin on my way back up.
He let out that hissing noise again, then slammed his mouth down onto mine to swallow the moans slipping from my lips as he curled his fingers inside me.
My inner muscles pulsed around his fingers, and it was my turn to absorb the noises he made. This kiss was different to any of the ones we’d shared the other night. Deeper, faster, and more carnal.
It spoke to the fact that we weren’t there to take our time and explore one another. We were there to fuck. Hard and fast.
Not that the other night hadn’t been hard, but it surely hadn’t been fast. I’d felt him between my legs the whole of the next day, and I frankly couldn’t wait to feel him there again.
Adding a second finger, he pumped into me faster while also strumming me with his thumb. A pleasurable shiver ran through me, and he rammed me into the tree with his hips, using them and the rough bark to keep me upright.
“I’ve never done this standing up before,” I confessed between passionate kisses.
“I won’t let you fall,” he promised, his voice rough as he moved his pelvis farther forward as if trying to reassure me.
It made stroking him a little more difficult, but I was losing speed as my climax crept up on me anyway. It didn’t seem to bother him. If anything, he was just getting more into it.
“Come for me, Linds. Just remember to keep quiet.” His voice was a harsh whisper.
I buried my head in the crook of his neck, biting his shoulder to keep any sounds from escaping as heat spread through my veins and that euphoric precipice was so close my toes were already curling.
A retort about how bossy he was in the bedroom—or the forest for that matter—died on my lips when I went tumbling headfirst over the edge with another flick of his thumb.
My body tensed against his, but I didn’t feel like he was about to let me fall. Somehow in the midst of everything that we’d done together, I had come to trust him. Really trust him.
The realization sent powerful aftershocks ripping through me before I finally went all but limp in his arms. Looking up at the savage expression on his face as he watched me in the aftermath of coming apart, I knew he wasn’t done with me yet.
Despite him following through on his promises the first time we were together, I felt so sated that I really doubted I’d get there again. Seeing that look on his handsome face made my insides involuntarily clench again, though.
How? How does this guy have such an intense effect on me? I didn’t know, but this was hardly the time to question him. Not that I thought he knew, but at least I was pretty darn confident it was the same for him.
“You okay?” he asked, his voice almost tender even while he was pulling a condom out of his wallet and shoving his pants and underwear down over his large cock.
I nodded before dropping my head back to kiss his lips while hooking one leg around his hip. “How are we going to do this?”
He kissed me, fast and demanding, before he brought his palms to my thighs and lifted me against him. “How’s that bark against your back?”
I didn’t even have time to answer him before he released one of my legs to yank his shirt off over his head. He blanketed it over my shoulders before resting me against the tree again. Instead of answering him with words, I offered my mouth again and he took it as he lined himself up.
Concern clouded his gaze when he glanced down at me again. “This is going to be hard and fast. You okay with that?”
“It’s like you read my mind.” I looped my arms around his shoulders and burrowed my hands into his hair, kissing him again as he thrust into me.
I would’ve cried out if his mouth hadn’t already been on mine, but it came out as a muffled moan instead. He withdrew as far as he could before returning to me like he just couldn’t help himself.
His hips set a brutal pace, but I loved every minute of it. I worked to meet his thrusts, but it was almost impossible to do much in this position.
Leveraging my arms on his shoulders and calling on muscles I didn’t even know I had, I managed to roll into him instead of thrusting, but my efforts felt pretty amazing to me. From the concentration on his features when I opened my eyes to sneak a peek at him, I’d say he felt the same way.
At this angle, with him filling me up and hitting me in all kinds of places as a result of my own actions, it didn’t take me long before I was fluttering around him again.
Pleasure swelled up from deep inside me, cascading out in an almost violent wave when the dam walls burst and I let him have it all.
He moaned right along with me, his rhythm finally breaking as he slammed into me three more times before finding his own release. I felt him expand deep inside me, his powerful muscles quivering as he rode out his climax.
When he was done, he dropped his forehead against my shoulder, breathing heavily as he placed kisses on my bare skin and whispered between them. “Fuck, Linds. That was incredible, but we need to get dressed.”
“Could you give me a minute?” I held on to him, unable to feel my extremities but also more than hesitant to let him go in such an intimate moment.
He nodded without removing his head, waiting until I wriggled before pulling back to look at me. “You okay now?”
“I think so.” I flexed my fingers to be sure, then nodded. “Yeah. I’m okay. The rest of the walk might be a little interesting, though.”
He chuckled, keeping a careful eye on me as he let me down. “I could carry you, but I’m guessing you wouldn’t let me.”
“You guess correctly.” My feet touched the ground and Jaxon stepped away when he was satisfied that my legs were stable enough to hold me up. “I’ve never been like this, you know? I’ve never done anything like that before.”
My limbs still felt like jelly, but I managed to get my clothes back on once I shook the leaves out of them. One or two stuck to me, but I picked them off with one hand while Jaxon wrapped the other up in his and guided us back to the path.
He looked sexy as all hell with his hair tousled from my fingers, his lips swollen, and his eyes still dark when he looked at me. “I’m sure you say that to all the guys you have sex with in a Fijian forest.”
I hit his shoulder, but it lacked the intention to actually harm him in any way. “Is that any way to speak to your wife, baby bear? I think not. You’ve obviously been a bad influence on me.”
Light came back to his eyes when he laughed, kissing me again just before we rejoined the rest of the tourists sticking to the trails. “I’ve always wanted to be one of those. Thanks for the compliment, princess.”
“I’m no princess,” I said against his lips, tossing my ponytail over my shoulder as I pulled away from him. “I’m a queen. Don’t ever forget it.”
He laughed and gave me a playful smack on the ass before slinging his arm around my shoulders as we made our way to the nearest waterfall.
“Trust me. There’s absolutely no way I’d ever forget that.
You have a permanent spot carved into my memories, my queen.
I’ll always remember every minute that we’ve spent together. ”
For the first time, it dawned on me that our holiday—and by extension, our fake marriage—was quickly coming to an end. My heart flipped over at the thought, which was surprising because it wasn’t supposed to be involved at all.
As I settled in against his side, where I really had become just as comfortable as he’d teased me about the other day, I felt tears pricking at the backs of my eyes. I wasn’t ready to let him go, and yet it wasn’t like we could stay.
Well, this is an unexpected turn of events.