Chapter 46
HARPER
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
For years, the end of summer had punctuated the best part of my life. As August gave way to September, I’d always been long gone, back to reality, my time in this little slice of heaven over.
This year, however, September felt like just the beginning because there was no end in sight. No period on my time in Starlight Cove, only continuations that I hoped never ended.
Levi had taken his first steps on what I knew would be a grueling path to traverse, probably for the rest of his life. And today was just another of the many steps he’d be taking in the coming weeks, months, and even years. He’d already come so far in such a short amount of time. Whereas once, his first instinct had been to flee, to escape and avoid, he now at least recognized he was doing it and adjusted.
So, this morning, instead of waking up to cold sheets and an empty bed, I awoke to Levi’s lips on my forehead, his gentle fingers brushing the hair away from my face, his soft words letting me know he needed some time before our plans this afternoon.
And then he’d been gone.
But I didn’t begrudge him that time. Levi had spent so much of his life alone, it was only natural for him to retreat. And I could see just how hard he was trying. It was in the brief wake-up call this morning. In the prepared coffee in my travel mug. In the note telling me to meet him at the marina at noon. And it most definitely was in the scrawled “I love you” above his name.
Eventually, I hoped he would heal enough to where he felt comfortable experiencing these lows with me rather than retreating into himself. But until that time came, I had no problem meeting him exactly where he was. Exactly where he needed me to be.
And that was what I planned to do today. I’d known him long enough to know he needed a little distraction—one I was all too willing to provide.
The ocean lapped at the shore as I strolled down the path toward the marina, my sundress fluttering in the breeze and my secret tucked safely in my purse. It was mid-September, and though the weather was absolutely gorgeous, I knew this would be one of the last beautiful weekends before fall settled in.
Just like that day all those weeks ago, Levi was standing on Endless Summer. Shirt off, shorts slung low on his hips, backward baseball cap topping off the whole hot-as-fuck thing he had going on. This time, though, neither frustration nor irritation cloaked his features. All I saw now was how unsettled he looked, no doubt thinking about our afternoon plans. But that was exactly why I was here.
“Hey, sailor.”
Levi’s gaze snapped to mine, his brow furrowing when he glanced down at his watch. “Hey, I wasn’t expecting you yet.”
“You busy?”
He immediately abandoned what he’d been doing and strode toward me, holding out his hand for me. “Not for you.”
He helped me aboard, tugging hard enough that I stumbled into him with a laugh before he guided me into the companionway. Bracing my hand on his chest, I pressed up on my tiptoes and brushed my lips over his. Levi hummed against my mouth, the kiss quickly deepening into something more.
His groan filled the space between us as he slid his tongue against mine, slipping a hand down my back to palm my ass. He gave it a squeeze, and I knew the moment he realized what I’d done because he stilled beneath me. When I opened my eyes, I found his already on me.
“What are you doing, sparrow?”
“What?” I asked, all faux innocence. “Did I forget something?”
He raised a brow and slid his fingers along the outside of my thigh, trailing them beneath the hem of my sundress. His brows inched up the farther he went without meeting resistance. “Did you walk all the way over here without any fucking panties?”
I attempted to bite back a smile, but it was no use. “Seems as if that’s the case.”
“Did my dirty girl come to play?”
“Yes. And I even brought a toy.”
I knew the second my meaning landed because Levi froze, his gaze dropping to the small purse I clutched in my hand.
“A toy, huh?” He leaned close, his whiskers brushing against my jaw as he pressed his lips to my ear. “Are you trying to get fucked on this boat, sparrow?”
“I was sort of hoping, yeah.”
He pulled back and studied me for long moments, the corner of his mouth ticking up the slightest bit. “Is this a distraction from what’s coming this afternoon?”
“I guess that depends on if it’s working or not.”
Rather than answering, he spun me around so I was facing the dock, pressed me against the side, and pushed his very hard cock against my ass. He braced his hands on the lifelines on either side of mine, his body flush against me, effectively trapping me in. But I had never felt more safe.
He dropped his face into the crook of my neck, brushing his nose up along the column. “Does that feel like you’ve provided an adequate distraction?”
I breathed out a laugh, my body already tingling in anticipation of what was coming. “I think you and I both know it’s way more than adequate.”
He huffed out a laugh and glided his palm up the inside of my thigh until he reached my bare pussy. With a groan, he cupped it, sliding his fingers through the wetness he was quickly coaxing out of me. “Looks like somebody got started without me.”
“Do you blame me? You know how much I love my toys.”
His chuckle turned into a groan when he slipped one thick finger inside me. “Well, what are you waiting for? Pull out your toy, and let’s play together.”
My gaze darted around, cataloging all the people strolling down the promenade, walking along the beach, hanging out on their boats, their laughter and conversations floating to us on the water. And if I could see them, they could sure as hell see—not to mention hear—us. “Let’s go below deck.”
Levi hummed and sank another finger inside me, fucking me with them in slow, measured strokes. “Let’s stay right here.”
“Here?” I asked, breathless. A flush was already working its way up my neck and pooling in my cheeks, embarrassment flooding me at the thought of getting caught. Embarrassment and exhilaration.
“Don’t pretend like you don’t love the thought of me fucking you out here in front of all these people. You forget I’ve got my fingers buried in your cunt, so I can feel exactly what the idea does to you?”
I shuddered at his words, at the knowledge of what he wanted to do. At the knowledge of what he was already doing. To all the passersby, we just looked like a couple in love. If anyone glanced our way, none of them would guess that Levi’s fingers were inside me, pumping deep, his palm grinding against my clit in an effort to make me come. And they sure as hell wouldn’t guess I was fumbling with my purse to pull out a small bullet vibrator to use on myself right out here in the open.
I gripped the toy in my hand as I clutched the lifelines, biting my lip to hold back a moan when Levi curled his fingers inside me.
“There’s my good girl,” he murmured, his voice just a low rumble against my ear. “Such a contradiction, aren’t you? So sweet and yet so fucking dirty. Tell me what you wanted when you showed up early. Did you want me to finger you until you came? Force you to whimper through your release so no one watching knew exactly what we were doing?” He scraped his teeth along my earlobe, sending a shudder through my body. “Or did you want me to stuff you full of my cock while I press this little toy against your clit until you didn’t know one orgasm from the next? Until your legs were shaking and I had to wrap an arm around you just to hold you up?”
I barely bit back a moan, my pussy fluttering around his fingers while the situation he described played like a movie in my mind. And I wanted it. Desperately.
“I think we have a winner,” he said with a self-satisfied hum. “Now, reach back here, pull out my cock, and lean forward. I’m gonna flip up this little skirt and sink so deep you won’t be able to breathe.”
He slipped his fingers from me and grabbed my hand, tugging it between my legs. “While I’m doing that, I want you to put your toy on this perfect little clit. And then you’re going to try not to scream when you come.”
A soft buzz split the air as he turned on the bullet vibe and passed it to me. The first press of the toy to my skin nearly buckled my knees. But Levi was there, his arm wrapped around my waist, holding me against him. He hummed low in his throat when he swiped the head of his cock through my slit, his piercings rubbing maddeningly against my clit.
He notched his cock at my entrance before sinking inside me in a slow, steady glide, the soft rumble of his groan lighting me up from the inside out. “Christ, you feel so fucking good. Always So. Fucking. Good.”
I could only nod my agreement, all my thoughts centered on where he sank inside me and the incessant throb of my clit. Unable to wait any longer, I did as he’d told me to and circled the vibrator around it, my body already climbing toward my peak.
Levi groaned, and though I’d figured he was going to fuck me right away, I should’ve known better. This was Levi, after all, and restraint might as well have been his middle name. So rather than slide in and out as he worked us both toward our peaks, he settled deep, his hips flush against my ass.
And then he didn’t move.
With my thighs together, my body pitched forward toward the lifelines as Levi held me to him with an arm braced around my waist, I’d never felt so full. I attempted to shift in an effort to encourage him to move, but he just tightened his arm around me, not allowing me an inch of space.
“Uh-uh, sparrow,” he said, a low taunt in his voice. “You wanted to play with your toy, so play.”
His cock was so deep inside me, I could barely breathe. Could barely think.
“Wh— I—” My body was already strung so tight with need, I couldn’t even make sense of what he was saying. Couldn’t find the words to tell him as much, either.
He reached between my legs, slipping his hand over mine, and tutted. “You don’t even have the toy pressed to your clit. Where’s the fun in that?”
Without waiting for me to respond, he shifted our hands until the vibrator was pressed right where he wanted it. My entire body jolted with the shock, a soft moan I couldn’t hope to hold back slipping out.
A low, satisfied groan rumbled up from his chest. “There we go. That’s what you needed.”
At the incessant vibrations against my clit, my pussy went into overdrive. My walls pulsed around every inch of his cock as he stuffed me as full as possible, still seated completely inside me.
“You feel that, sparrow?” he asked against my ear. “You feel that greedy little cunt, desperate to come? Don’t worry, baby. We’re gonna make her. You just better hope you can muffle those screams, or everyone is going to know exactly how fucking dirty you are.”
I cast my gaze around at all the people, the knowledge of them there only cranking me higher. I bit my bottom lip, but I was in trouble. When I used a bullet vibrator on myself, I never made direct contact with my clit. It was too overpowering. Instead I circled it, the vibrations giving me the exact amount of stimulation I needed.
But Levi was on a mission, and there was no stopping him now.
Without mercy, he pressed the toy against me, the harsh buzz throwing me headfirst into an orgasm. I exploded like a firework in the night sky, my body shattering around him while he groaned but stayed completely still, his cock buried to the hilt.
“There it is. Fuck, your pussy feels so good around me.”
He continued murmuring words of praise in my ear as I came and came and came again. So many times, I didn’t know up from down or left from right. Had no idea where I ended and he began. Even as I tried to pull the toy away from myself, he held it steadfast against me, the vibrations permeating my very bones. Making my teeth chatter, my nipples tighten into painfully stiff peaks beneath my sundress, my entire body humming like a live wire of sensation.
We hadn’t moved, but somehow it felt like the earth had shifted beneath my feet, my entire world tipping on its axis while Levi was a steady, unwavering presence against my back. I had no idea how many times he’d made me come out here in the open, but there was no way I looked like anything but a girl being fucked over the side of a boat. And that shouldn’t have made me as wet as I was, shouldn’t have had me arching my back in an effort to get closer to him, to get him to shift inside me.
“Levi. Please. Please-please-please…” At this point, I had no idea what I was begging for—relief or mercy, I wasn’t sure, but I trusted him to provide me what I needed.
“You know I’ll always give my girl whatever she begs for.”
And then, finally, he started to move.
He pulled his hips back just enough to push forward again in quick, shallow thrusts. His piercings rubbed against my G-spot, and I gasped, my knees nearly giving out.
“I know how hungry this greedy little cunt is for my come, but I know you’ve got one more for me. I want to feel you squeezing me one more time, sparrow. And I want you to look out at all these people around us while you do it.” He tightened his grip on my hips, his fingers digging deliciously into my flesh as he fucked me. “They don’t have any idea, do they? They don’t know you’re stuffed full of my cock. That you’ve got a toy pressed on your clit or that you’ve come so hard, so many times, you’ve soaked the front of my shorts. They have no idea how sweet this pussy is or how fucking badly I want to fill you up. Come on, baby. Come one more time, and I’ll let go. I’ll finally give us what we both want.”
Levi pressed the toy harder against me and increased the speed. Then he snaked his other hand up between my breasts until he wrapped his hand around my throat from the front. He brushed his thumb achingly sweetly down the column as he tugged my head back to rest against his shoulder.
And then he squeezed.
Not hard. Not enough to cut off my air supply. But enough to narrow my attention on that. On him. Separating myself from the overstimulation against my clit and focusing only on Levi.
That and his low murmured plea of, “Let me feel you, sparrow,” was all it took.
I came apart in his arms, biting my lip to stifle a scream, and Levi did as he’d promised. He fucked into me in quick, shallow strokes until his cock jerked and warmth filled me as he groaned through his own release. All the while, he murmured how much he loved me over and over until that was all I could hear.
At some point, the world came back into focus. The sound of the waves lapping against the boat, the wind through the trees, the people walking past Endless Summer while having no idea what we’d just done. What we were still doing, as Levi’s cock softened inside me.
All at once, the mood shifted, Levi’s fierce, teasing touch turning gentle, reverent as he brushed his lips over my bare shoulder. He wrapped me in his arms from behind and pressed a kiss to the underside of my jaw, the corner of my mouth, my temple.
Then, against my ear, he murmured, “Thank you.”