Chapter 21 #3
The door crashes open, knocking Parker to the floor. Connor smiles at me as he reaches for my hand. “Are you ready to go now?”
Taking his hand, he pulls me out the door. “Where’s Hunter?”
“He’s waiting for you out in the parking lot. Grayson heard Parker yelling at you, so she came to get me. Are you okay?” he looks at me with concern.
“I’m fine, but please don’t tell Hunter what happened; I don’t think I could stop him from rearranging Parker’s face,” Connor chuckles as he nods.
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Hunter
I had to leave the club—I was worried my zipper would break because of my damn hard-on. I wanted to walk out with her, but Connor assured me he’d wait for her.
I can’t wait to get her home so I can peel that sexy dress off her. All that bumping and grinding just prepared me for what’s yet to come. I want to spend every minute of every day pleasing her and making her happy.
I look up to see her walking toward me. I’m the luckiest guy right now because she’s leaving with me. When she gets close enough for me to see her face in the dark, she looks scared.
“Is everything okay, baby?” I open the car door so she can get inside.
Then I hear him. “Riley, don’t leave with that asshole. You belong with me!”
I look up to see Parker storming across the parking lot with Connor, Zoe, and Grayson not far behind him.
I look inside the car to see Riley. She shakes her head.
Oh. Hell no!
“What the fuck did you do to her?” I quickly rush over to punch his arrogant face when Connor charges forward, grabbing my arms and pushing me back.
“Hunter, let it go. He’s drunk; nothing good will come of this.” Connor steps between me and Parker.
“He’s a pussy and he won’t fight me because he knows he’ll lose.” Parker tries to get past Connor when Zoe steps in front of him.
“Listen, you low-life piece of shit; I called the cops before I came out here. They’ll be here any minute, so I think it would be in your best interest if you have a friend take you home, because if you get a DUI, you won’t be able to drive your fancy car for quite some time.
” Zoe stands with her hands on her hips, looking like a badass.
He points his finger at me while he screams. “This isn’t over, and I’ll pay you back for what you did to my sister.” He storms off.
I try to push past Connor, but he’s blocking my way. He shakes his head. “He won’t remember any of this in the morning.”
When Parker turns around before entering the club, I can’t help but scream, “If you wanted to fight me, you could have just done it when it was just you and me.” I feel like an idiot after I flip him off.
That’s when it hits me like a ton of bricks—Allison Montgomery is Parker’s sister.
She was the only girl I hooked up with more than once.
When she started getting too clingy, I was a jerk and hooked up with her best friend.
She left town without telling anyone, and from what I’ve heard, no one has heard from her since.
Why did it take me until now to remember Parker?
Now I realize he was trying to get back at me by hurting Riley. It all makes sense now.
Suddenly, someone snaps their fingers, breaking my train of thought. I look up to see everyone staring at me.
“Earth to Hunter, where are you?” Zoe smiles up at me.
“Did you really call the cops?” I’m seeing Zoe differently right now. Damn.
She starts to laugh. “No, but he sure as hell didn’t know that, now did he?”
We can’t help but start laughing at how absurd the whole situation is. At least, it helped relieve some of the tension I was feeling. I turn around to see Riley still sitting in my Jeep, her head down. Fuck.
I say goodbye to everyone as I open my car door and slide in, reaching over to take her hand. “Please don’t let him spoil our night.” I kiss the palm of her hand as she looks up at me with unshed tears.
“Did you sleep with his sister?” She looks hurt.
There’s no way she could forgive me for treating a woman that way, even if it was years ago.
So I do my best to hide it by saying, “Baby, I’ve slept with a lot of women in the past so that I could feel something.
For years, I was numb. I didn’t realize until you came along that what I was searching for was far greater than sex.
I wanted someone to love me; someone I could love not for one night but for a lifetime.
And I’ve found that with you.” And that’s the God’s honest truth.
Suddenly, she reaches up to touch my face. “Take me home, Hunter.”
When I’m with Riley, the silence is usually comfortable, but on the drive home, I feel a sinking feeling in my stomach. What if Parker planted doubt in her mind, and she recognizes the broken man I am, not the man I could be if I’m with her?
I pull into the driveway as she turns to look at me. “I’m not angry at you; I’m mad at myself for letting that jerk get to me.”
She doesn’t wait for me to open her door; she storms up the stairs before I reach the driveway. She’s so hard on herself, it breaks my heart; she’s held her emotions in check for the last time.
When I open the door, she’s walking into the bathroom. “I need to take a shower before I go to bed; all that dancing made me hot and sweaty,” she says over her shoulder.
When I hear her start the shower, I take off my clothes. Carefully opening the bathroom door, I slip inside. I’ve been dreaming of washing her up for a long time, so I can make her all slippery and squeaky clean. Tonight is the night when all my dreams come true.
Pulling back the curtain, I step in right behind her.
She doesn’t hear me because she has her hands on the wall, letting the water run down her body.
I pick up the soap and lather it between my hands before reaching around to wash her perfect breasts.
I hear a quick intake of breath before she leans her head against my chest.
“You scared me, babe.” I hear her moan as my hands lather her whole body, lingering in all the right places.
I turn her around so she’s facing me, making sure her hair is wet before grabbing her shampoo.
When I finish with her hair, I begin licking the water from her neck and follow it all the way down to her breasts, sucking her nipples into my mouth.
I use the pad of my thumb to find her center; she’s so damn wet from her arousal.
“It’s my turn to wash you now.” She swaps places with me so I’m under the shower. She grabs my body wash, pours some into her hands, and starts to wash my chest. She works her way down, and when she reaches my dick, she begins stroking it. I feel my knees start to buckle.
“If you keep doing that, I’m coming in your hands.
” Grabbing her wrists, I crush my mouth to hers.
She whimpers against my lips as she tries to free herself from my grasp.
I let go of her hands only because I want to grab her ass so she can wrap her legs around me.
Her back is pressed against the slippery wall, her arms secured around my neck when I slip inside her.
While I hold her ass in my hands, she rocks her body against mine. It feels fucking amazing.
My lips slide down her neck as my tongue flicks over her damp skin. My teeth nip her soft flesh when I feel her tighten around me as she screams my name. My moans are muffled as her mouth captures mine, and I shatter into a million pieces.
Once we catch our breath, I feel her muscles start to tremble beneath my hands. I carefully lower her down my tired body while holding her in my arms. “I love you, baby.”
“I love you more.” I feel her smile against my chest as she snuggles closer.
Once the feeling returns to our bodies, we quickly dry off with a towel as we make our way to the bed. I tuck her in close to me so her back is pressed against my chest, with my hands rest across her stomach as we drift off to sleep.