Chapter 19
Gift Exchange
Zahirah
I step out of the cabin we’ll be staying at for the night and find Bentley already sitting in the Jacuzzi. The space is built to look like it’s outdoors, but it’s an enclosed space that’s heated.
I pad over in the yellow bikini he handed to me while upstairs. It fits, but boy does it leave little to the imagination. Bentley drinks me in with his gaze as I place my towel and his gift down, then climb into the hot tub and sit across from him.
“Did you find everything you needed?”
“Yeah, I found a hair tie in my bag, and I had this scarf in there too,” I say and finger the wrap on my head. “Do you want to exchange gifts now?”
He gives me a smile and reaches beneath the water to grab my ankle and lifts my foot to his chest. He then runs his palm up my leg and back down to my ankle. I smile at him as his touch brings a shiver with it.
“We can do whatever you like,” he murmurs against my toes as he brings my foot to his lips.
“Okay, dry your hands. You can open your gift first since you already gave me my birthday gift,” I say excitedly.
He laughs and reaches to dry his hands on his towel. I do note he doesn’t lift it all the way to use it. However, I’m too excited to try to figure out why.
I hand him the gift envelope his present is in and hold my breath as he opens it. He tears it open and looks back at me with a bright smile on his face. I chew on my lip, waiting for him to say something, anything.
“Tickets to a hockey game,” he says excitedly.
“Yeah, I know how much you love going to them. I thought you would like them. You and your dad can go,” I ramble.
“I love them and you’re coming with me. No question about that one. Do you remember that time our dads took us? You and Erica were so annoyed, but then you guys had a blast.”
“Only because you and Garret made it fun.”
“Garret is the best. I miss him,” he says wistfully.
Garret is the third youngest in the Coswell family. Instead of starting college this year, he’s off traveling and might join the military after he returns. When Garret and Bentley are together it’s always a good time.
“Are you concerned about what he’ll decide to do when he returns?”
He swallows hard and shakes his head. “No, he’ll do what’s right for him. I’m glad Dad talked him into waiting to make the decision. I’ll be proud of him either way.”
“Our dads have always been like the wise men on the block. Have you ever noticed how all the other kids would come to talk to them?”
“Yes, but I don’t really want to talk about our dads right now. Come here, baby. You’re too far away from me,” he croons.
He turns to reach for his towel again. This time, his big body is blocking my view of what he’s doing. When he does turn back to me, he lifts a brow as if to ask what I’m waiting for.
Leaning in and then reaching for my waist, he tugs me until I’m straddling his lap. I laugh and look down into his face as he runs his hands up my back. Suddenly, I feel something cold around my neck.
I look down as he’s arranging a chain around my neck before he releases the chain to settle into place. I lift the necklace and smile. There are already three charms hanging from it.
A pair of track shoes, a football, and a teddy bear. I look up at him and smile. My heart is so full of love for him.
“The first time you said you loved me?”
“Yeah, I wasn’t sure you would get it. I should have known you would.”
I drop the chain back into place and cup his face between my hands. He glides his hands down my back and cradles my backside. I breathe him in as I feel the love pouring from him.
“I love you,” I say against his lips.
“I love you too,” he says before capturing my lips and devouring me.
I moan into his mouth as I allow him to dominate the kiss. The more we kiss, the more I can feel him growing hard beneath me. He groans and tightens his hold on my butt.
“Take your top off,” he says in my ear, breaking the kiss.
I nod my head and reach to pop the clasp behind my neck. As the strips fall down, I feel him release the other clasp, causing the top to fall between us. Bent wastes no time; he palms my breast and brings my nipple to his mouth.
I close my eyes and throw my head back. The way he flicks his tongue against my hardened peak, then sucks on it, gives me a heartbeat between my legs. I can feel him twitching in his shorts beneath me.
Blindly, I reach to palm him and squeeze. He releases the strings on my bikini bottoms. Then he lifts his hips and begins to push his shorts down with my breast still in his mouth. I go to panic as we’ve never had unprotected sex before.
I stiffen and lock my body so he can’t guide me down onto his lap. He allows my nipple to pop free from his mouth and taps my ass as he looks into my gaze. I widen my eyes at him.
“I put the condom on before you came out. I’d never break your trust like that. We’re a team, we’ll decide together when that’s our next step. You can sit,” he breathes.
I nod and begin to sink down on him. He groans and drops his head to my breast. I ride him slowly as he tightens his hold yet again.
“Bentley,” I gasp as he begins to top from the bottom.
He feels so hard and good. I have way more experience than I did a year ago. Our connection has grown so much deeper.
“I love you so much, Zah. I love you more with each day. How can this pussy keep getting better? I want you more than anything,” he groans.
I whimper and keep riding because I don’t think anything I say right now will make sense. I only cry out loudly when he begins to stick his finger into my puckered hole. I come like he’s pulled a trigger.
“Fuck, Bent,” I keen.
This isn’t the first time he’s played back there, but it’s always a shock when he does—in a good way. When he catches me off guard, I always have the most amazing orgasms, like now.
“Fuck, baby,” he groans.
“Don’t stop. I don’t want to stop,” I whimper.
He chuckles darkly before shifting our position until my back is to the wall of the hot tub and he’s plowing down into me. My toes curl, my heart beating faster as my walls tighten around him as he hits my spot over and over.
By the time he’s done wrecking my body, he has to carry me back inside. I fall fast asleep with a smile on my face. I love me some Bentley Coswell. Yup, I sure do.
Bentley
I love this girl so much. Never in a million years did I think this would be our life. Her gift was perfect. I love hockey almost as much as I love football.
Going to games is something I used to do with my dad all the time. My brother, Garret, and I lived for those games. When Zah mentioned Garret earlier, reality set in.
My life is about to change this year. It’s my last college football season and my girl isn’t leaving here with me. I’m nervous about everything coming my way: this season, the draft, and where I will land.
“You put my mind at ease, though,” I murmur as I look down at Zah sleeping beside me. I lean in and place a kiss against her forehead.
As long as she’s with me, everything is going to be okay. Zah is the light in my life. Things got so much better the moment she arrived on campus.
“I can do this.”