Chapter 1
CHAPTER ONE
Seth Harrington stared at the love of his life, the woman who would always hold his heart in her hands, and knew she was lying to him.
“What do you have planned?” he asked.
Autumn offered him the smile that told him he was right. She was lying right from her sexy mouth.
“I told you. We’re going on a family vacation.”
“To Vegas?”
She nodded, her green eyes sparkling. “I’ve never really been on one. You know, cult members don’t get vacations.”
He knew she was using her own childhood against him. And because she was the love of his life, he was going to let her. This one time. And yes, he was lying to himself about what he let her get away with. Because she knew all she had to do was give him that smile and he would do anything for her.
“Fine. But I want a normal vacation.”
“Normal? Like Vegas normal? Because that’s the only kind of normal that city does. Or at least that’s what I read.”
Inwardly, he sighed. As intelligent and self-aware as Autumn was, there was a part of her that was not so much juvenile but maybe naive. She’s right. Growing up in a cult didn’t afford her many experiences. He would not take this one away from her, even though he knew she was up to something.
Autumn grew up in the Joyous Wave cult, the supposed daughter of the leader, Joseph.
Not just grew up. She had been born on the compound and lived there for sixteen years.
In truth, until she left, it was all she knew.
It wasn’t until she escaped that she found out that Joseph was not her biological father.
“Vegas normal.”
Her smile widened into a grin. Damn, she was pretty. Seth would never understand how he got so lucky. Yes, she was a lot to handle, but thankfully, he was a multitasker. But that smile, the way it lit up her face and then seemingly, her entire body, made his whole world shine.
“You need to finish packing,” she said as she turned to walk out of their bedroom.
Autumn was good at knocking him off balance.
It was one of the things he loved the most about her.
As a former SEAL, he was always mission oriented.
It was part of his job as the captain of Team Bravo with Task Force Hawai’i.
Autumn was good, pulling him out of his regular schedule. He could be a little too rigid.
Still, he wasn’t letting her get away that easily. He slipped his fingers around her delicate wrist. With a gentle tug, he pulled her into his arms. Her body was pressed against his. Soft curves…the woman he would want until the day he died.
“Autumn, babe, I know when you’re lying to me.”
She blinked up at him, then a slow smile curved her lips. Heat raced through his blood as his dick pressed against the zipper of his cargo pants.
“I have a surprise, but it’s nothing bad.”
“You promise?”
She nodded as she slid her arms up his arms to his shoulders. “Do you think we have time for me to seduce you before work?”
“I think we always have time for that.”
He bent his head and gave in to the need that licked through his veins. Seth was sure that he would need her until the day he died.
Slipping his hands down her body, he pulled her tighter against him, then lifted her up.
Immediately, she wrapped her legs around him.
As always, they combusted. There had never been a time that he touched her and didn’t have that reaction.
He thought it would slow down at some point, but it seemed to grow hotter… deeper than ever.
He took two strides to make it to the bed. He tumbled them down onto the mattress, his weight pressing her into the soft surface. Autumn sucked his tongue into her mouth, then moaned against it. The vibrations danced over his tongue and then filtered out to the rest of his body.
She complained when he pulled back but then moaned as he attacked her neck.
For such a strong woman, she had the softest of skin.
The need to conquer her, to push her to her limits, threaded through his blood, leaving him slightly light-headed.
Always. It was always like this. From the moment he touched her, he knew she owned him.
He’s held back as long as he could, but now… he loved it.
Seth eased her shirt up, thanking the lord that she didn’t have a bra on. He licked on her nipple, then pulled it into his mouth, grazing his teeth over it. All the while, he teased her other nipple, plucking at it and enjoying the escalation of her moans.
As he kissed his way down her body, he dragged off her pants and panties. He dropped to his knees then yanked her to the edge of the mattress. Placing a hand on each thigh, he pushed them far apart. Leaning forward, he kissed each thigh, dragging his tongue over her flesh.
“Seth.”
There were equal parts irritation and need threading her voice. He looked up at her.
“Autumn.”
She rose up to settle her weight on her elbows.
While keeping eye contact with her, he leaned forward and pressed his mouth against her sex.
She was wet, dripping with need for him.
And as always, the taste of her exploded in his mouth.
Salt and sugar danced over his tongue as he slipped his hands beneath her ass to feast on her.
She fell back onto the mattress as he closed his eyes and devoured her.
With his mouth and hands, he had her screaming his name as she shattered with her orgasm.
As she still shivered with her release, he rose to his feet, practically ripping his cargo pants open with shaking hands.
After sitting on the mattress, he grabbed her, pulling her onto his lap.
With her hair a mess of curls and her face flush with her recent orgasm, she smiled down at him.
She said nothing as she rose to her knees, wrapped her hand around his cock, and slowly sank down onto him.
Her warm heat surrounded him as her muscles gripped his shaft.
Fuck, she was perfect. He would never not want this woman.
She would always be the one he wanted… needed.
Leaning down, she kissed him, long, slow, wet…perfect. She took her time, teasing him by moving as slowly as possible, but soon, her inner muscles gripped him tighter, and her rhythm increased.
He slipped a hand down between them to press her clit, knowing she needed just a little help to fall into bliss once more. One stroke…two…then she exploded once more.
“That’s it, baby,” he said. “Fuck, you feel like heaven.”
Then, as her pussy tightened around him, pulling him deeper, Seth let go.
His orgasm crashed through him, leaving him light-headed.
They both collapsed on the bed. What felt like an hour later—although it had probably been five minutes—Seth stirred.
She was still on top of him, and he was still inside of her.
He knew from his experience that if he stayed like that, they would end up having sex again.
As delightful as that would be, he knew they needed to get going.
“Autumn.”
“I’m dead.”
He chuckled. “Come on, you know we need to get going.”
She rose up, a sleepy smile curving her lips. “Yeah, we do.” Leaning down, she brushed her mouth over his.
“I love you,” she said as she started to rise.
He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her back down. “I love you, Autumn.”
Her eyes sparkled as she kissed his nose.
Just seeing her happiness fed his, so he let her go when she moved away from him.
Because soon, they’d be in Vegas, and he planned on making sure to spend as much time as he could with his hands on her.
And yes, he knew she was planning something that would knock him off balance, but as he thought before, it was one of the things he loved most about her.