Epilogue Bennett
Good enough for me.
Tori’s splitting her time between New York and Florida. We never go more than ten days without seeing each other. We’re both racking up the frequent flyer miles, but I don’t mind. Gives me a chance to get out of Driftwood Cove and back to the city, and she loves coming down to the beach.
Right now, it works.
Six weeks ago, I was sitting in a dark, empty condo convinced I’d lost her for good.
Now, the most amazing woman in the world’s typing away at the kitchen island when I get home from practice.
“I have to send a quick email, then I’ll be ready to go to the bonfire.” Tori glances up as I walk in the door and I can’t believe how lucky I am.
“Perfect.” I drop my gear in the entrance, then walk over and wrap my arms around her body, soaking her in.
Being with Tori — all in, out in the open — is like standing in a magnetic forcefield. Charged, electric.
I kiss her cheek, her earlobe, down her neck. Inhaling her sweet scent, the floral perfume I’d recognize anywhere.
“Bennett…” She swats at my arm, smiling. “I’m never going to finish. Not with you distracting me.”
“I didn’t know anyone was capable of distracting you.”
“Not true. You know exactly what you’re capable of.”
I grin, happiness bursting in my chest.
“Fine, Sunshine. I’ll give you two minutes. Then you’re all mine.”
“Deal.” She turns back to the keyboard and I try not to bother her.
It’s damn hard, with her only two feet away.
“Done.” With a decisive tap, she closes her laptop and stands. “I’ll go get changed.”
“I can help with that,” I tease, following her to the bedroom. She’s already stripping out of her blouse, unzipping her skirt.
“Efficient. I like it.” I wind my arms around her waist, pulling her back up against my chest. A tiny moan escapes her lips and her eyes flutter closed, her hand reaching back and twining in my hair.
“We’re going to be late to the bonfire,” she murmurs.
“I don’t care.” I kiss up and down her neck, across her shoulder. Her skin’s soft and smooth beneath my lips. My tongue darts out, licking and tasting her. I trail my lips down her arm, sucking her finger into my mouth.
“Bennett…” she whispers, swaying on her feet. I grip her hips, pulling her into me and crushing my mouth to hers.
“Tori.” I cup her cheek in my palm, smooth my thumb over her jaw. She’s so damn beautiful. I graze her lower lip with my teeth, nipping and sucking. She opens her mouth to me and I slide my tongue in, swirling around.
Wild and centered at the same time.
She does that to me.
Reaching behind her back, she unhooks her bra and lets the silky fabric slip away from her chest. I cup her full breasts, rolling the rosy buds between my finger and thumb. The skin pebbles under my touch and I suck the nipple into a sharp point, first one, then the other.
She shimmies against me, rocking her hips into mine, seeking friction. I break for one second, tugging my shirt over my head and kicking out of my pants.
“We’re moving in the opposite direction of ready,” she murmurs, her fingers tracing the sharp lines of my biceps.
“Ask me if I care.” I scoop her up and toss her lightly on my bed, a soft giggle falling from her lips.
I want to stay here — like this, with her — the rest of my days.
Hooking my fingers in the sides of her panties, I slide the scrap of fabric down her legs and toss them to the floor. I kiss my way back up her thighs, gliding my tongue through her wetness, savoring her. She writhes beneath me and I grip her hip, holding her still.
“You gonna let me do this my way or not?” I tease, her cheeks flushing pink.
She huffs out a sigh of impatience but spreads her legs wider for me.
“Just like that. Good.” I dip my head down, licking and sucking, feasting on her body. She arches off the bed and I circle her clit with my tongue, applying pressure.
“Bennett…” She moans my name, her fingers twisting in my hair. I keep going, lapping at her juices until she’s bucking beneath me.
I slide two, then three fingers inside her and her muscles contract around my hand. Curling my fingers, I find the spot that makes her wild.
“Oh my god, Bennett…” she screams, trembling with her orgasm.
“That’s my girl, taking it. Just like that.” I keep going, wringing every bit of pleasure from her body.
I love making Tori come undone. Want to do it the rest of my life.
Climbing up her body, I take her mouth. Long and slow, our tongues tangling.
Like we have all the time in the world.
Smoothing her hair from her face, I line myself up and sink into her. She wraps her legs around me, arching up to take all of me.
“Tell me who does this to you.”
She gazes up at me, flushed and radiant, as I thrust inside her. Long, hard strokes, sinking deeper.
“Bennett.” My name’s a whisper on her lips, a promise between us.
Her nails scrape against my back as I drive into her, pushing us both to the limit. She falls over the edge again and I follow right behind, pulsing inside her.
“Fuck…” I collapse on the bed, pulling her onto my chest.
She snuggles into me, her foot running up and down my calf. “We’re very late.”
“Worth it.”
She laughs, low and soft. “Completely.”
We lay there for five, ten minutes, the sun sinking into the ocean.
“I love you.” Her fingers feather over my biceps and warmth spreads through me, all the way to my toes.
“I love you too, Sunshine. We should probably get going or I’m gonna catch a bunch of shit from my brothers.”
She lifts up, kissing me once, soft and slow. “Give me five minutes.”
I’ve never been happier in my whole damn life.