Chapter 19
NINETEEN
“My brother will be home any minute.” I squirm as Heath’s hands slide up my shirt and his hot mouth sucks on my collarbone.
“All the more reason to get naked quicker then.”
The door opens and I sit up straight and elbow Heath inadvertently. He groans and leans back in his chair as Adam and Rhett walk into the house.
“Hey guys,” I say cheerily and reach for a pencil on the table.
“Ginny?” Adam’s brows pull together. “What are you doing here?”
“Studying with Maverick.”
Adam quirks a brow.
“He’s on his way over. He had to let Charli out.”
“Oh, cool. You wanna stay for dinner?”
“Actually, I promised Reagan and Dakota we’d grab food when I was done.”
“Invite them too. Mav can grill.”
“You cook?” I ask the always shirtless Maverick as he walks in the front door with Charli.
“I grill.”
“Is that different?”
“It’s manly and awesome.”
“Which is different than cooking?”
He grins. “Open flame.”
Dakota and Reagan agree to come over to the guys’ place for dinner and the seven of us sit around the outdoor table.
My brother might be oblivious to me and Heath, but my friends are not. Dakota corners me when I go inside to grab ketchup.
“What is going on with you and Heath? More kissing since last weekend?”
Reagan is right behind her, shutting the door and joining us.
“It’s no big deal,” I try, but I’m sure the smile on my face gives me away.
Reagan’s dimples pop out and Dakota shakes her head. “You absolutely slept with him!”
“No, we haven’t yet, but you cannot tell anyone that we’re… whatever. Promise?”
Dakota looks to Reagan. “She’s talking to you.”
Reagan tries to look offended but then rolls her eyes. “I already knew. Besides, I’m good at keeping secrets of the heart. I won’t say anything.”
“Do you really think your brother would care?” Dakota asks. “I mean, he’s one to talk.”
“I’m not sure, but I don’t want to cause a big thing. Heath and I are just… hanging out. If Adam finds out, he’ll be all overbearing about it, and I don’t want that. Judgment free fun.”
“And hot, dirty sex?” Dakota smirks.
I feel my face warm.
“How are you planning on keeping it from him? They live together, G,” Reagan reminds me.
“I don’t know. I haven’t thought that far ahead.” I don’t like the idea of outright lying to my brother and I hope it doesn’t come to that.
Dakota snickers. “Well, you better figure it out because the two of you are beyond obvious. He’s going to catch on.”
There’s no reason to worry tonight, though. As soon as dinner is over, Adam leaves to go to Taryn’s and Rhett goes to his room to call his girlfriend. Maverick already knows so when Heath pins me against the counter in the kitchen, I let him kiss me like I’ve been dying to for the past two hours.
He hums into my mouth as his hands come up and wrap around the back of my neck. My fingers fly to the hem of his shirt, craving the feel of his skin against mine.
“I need to get you naked,” he mumbles into my mouth.
“You two want to watch a movie?” Maverick asks.
Neither of us answers as we keep on kissing. Heath’s hard and he presses into me with a groan. A pillow flies by our head and hits the cabinet door to my left.
“What the hell, Mav?”
“You two are a major bummer. Everyone’s getting laid but me. Come hang out with me. Let me feel up your girl a little. Seems fair.”
“Like hell,” Heath growls, but he pulls me to the living room.
I can tell by Maverick’s smile that he’s just trying to get a rise out of Heath. Not that I doubt he’d like to feel me up because I think Mav is game to feel up just about anyone, but there are zero sexual vibes between us.
Heath’s possessive side is hot though, so I follow him. He sits in the chair and pulls me on top of him. I hesitate to get comfortable, knowing Rhett could catch us at any moment. Heath doesn’t seem to give it a second thought.
We watch the first half of some action movie. Heath teases me, fingers absently roaming over my skin. He doesn’t seem all that affected, minus the huge erection poking me, until suddenly he stands and carries me to his room, calling out to Mav as we leave, “Sorry, buddy, you’re on your own.”
I giggle as he lays me down on the bed and stands tall to remove his shirt. “What if I wanted to watch the rest of the movie?”
He unbuttons my shorts and pulls them and my panties down before he answers.
“Say the word and we can move this back out to the living room.” His head dips and then his tongue flattens over my center, sending a jolt through my body.
He glances up, eyes dark and taunting. “What do you say, baby? Wanna watch the movie while I lick you? Maybe you want Mav to watch as I eat your sweet pussy.”
I arch into him wanting more. More of his mouth and more of the dirty, obscene things coming out of it.
I don’t know how much of it he’s actually serious about, but the idea of him going down on me like this not giving one single fuck that people might watch is hot.
Not that I actually want to give in to the fantasy.
He wraps his arms around my legs spreading me wider and lifting me to his mouth.
His moans and grunts rival mine as the orgasm builds.
I come once, crying out and trying to move away.
It’s so intense and my body can’t decide if it wants more or to curl up in a ball and let the sensations slowly disappear.
Heath doesn’t give me an option. He keeps his grip tight on my legs, holding me in place.
He eases the pressure on my sensitive clit. His tongue laps slowly and tenderly until another orgasm begins to build and I start to writhe beneath him. He adds a finger, ever so slowly, matching the tempo of his mouth.
I reach for him, for any part of him to cling to like a lifeline as the second wave slams into me. I pull at his glorious hair and his ears, his shoulders. I’m not sure I’ve ever maimed a guy while he went down on me before.
I roll away from him as my body quivers and I try to catch my breath. Heath chuckles and lets me loose this time. He lies beside me and wraps his arm around my waist.
I shiver at the contact. “Even that feels like I might get off another time.”
“Cuddle orgasms. I don’t think that’s a thing.”
“There’s nothing cuddly about you. Even your cuddles feel like foreplay.”
“Oh, it’s foreplay. It’s all foreplay.”
“I need like two minutes for my soul to float back inside of me and then it’s your turn.”
“Your soul floated away? Damn, girl, can I get that in a Yelp review?”
“Five orgasmic stars,” I mumble as I wiggle back against him and his thick erection.
I must doze off because when I wake up it’s to Heath pulling on his T-shirt and answering the bedroom door.
He talks so quietly I can’t make out who he is talking to or what they’re saying.
He shuts the door and locks it and returns to bed.
“Who was that?”
“Rauthruss. They’re playing Xbox, asked if I wanted to join.”
“I haven’t made good on my end of the bargain yet.” I yawn again as I reach for him, which makes Heath chuckle.
He wraps me in his arms, and I tip my head up to look at him. “It’s okay. I’m getting used to you leaving me with blue balls.”
My jaw drops and he shakes his head. “I’m kidding, baby doll. Come on, I’ll distract them while you make a getaway.”
As I get to my feet, Mav’s deep voice shouts from the living room. I can’t make out his words, but it’s his presence that makes me pause. “Oh, crap. I totally forgot about helping Maverick with his literature class.”
“I’ll help him.”
“You’re gonna read aloud to him in that sexy British accent?” Swoon. Maybe I can stay for that.
“Don’t look at me like that Genevieve or I’ll never let you out of here.”
He goes first while I hide in his room, peeking out the crack of his mostly closed door. He calls for Rhett and then walks into the bathroom.
Rauthruss’s tone sounds confused as he asks why he’s going into the bathroom, but I don’t stick around to figure out what Heath says to keep him in there while I hurry out of the apartment.
When Ava and I get to the dining hall the next morning, Heath is waiting outside, leaning against the wall, his phone in hand. He looks up as I approach and a smile spreads across his face.
“Took you two long enough. I’m starving.”
I hadn’t asked him to wait for me, so I find it particularly endearing that he did. Especially when I know how important food is to him.
“I’m going to grab something quick and sit outside to call Trent,” Ava says before we split to grab breakfast.
“You don’t need to do that. We can all sit together.”
“Eh, it’s fine. I get all tongue-tied around your brother and his hockey friends anyway and end up feeling like a bumbling idiot.”
I fill a tray and find Heath at our usual table, already digging into his first plate of food.
He raises his brows and smiles around a big mouthful as I sit. His long legs find mine under the table and he spreads them to frame mine from either side.
We eat in silence. Heath somehow devours all his food before I do, and he leans back and eyes my tray as if he’s hoping I might leave him some.
“Stop eye fucking my food, Payne.”
“That strawberry jelly looks good.”
“Should have gotten some then,” I say and take a big bite of my jelly toast.
I’m teasing him, but now that he’s watching my mouth while I chew, I’m a little turned on. Leave it to Heath to turn cafeteria breakfast into foreplay. In his words, it’s all foreplay.