I clearly saw the hesitation in her eyes and feared that I was moving way too fast. Hell, I didn’t want to scare her.
I saw her glance over her shoulder then scan the area. She looked at me with a wicked smile. Her hand slipped beneath the waist of my board shorts, her fingers curled around my cock, stroking me from root to tip.
“Mandy,” I said in warning, lifting her in my arms and carrying her from the water toward a grove of trees, hidden away from anyone that came to the park.
Water beaded her golden skin. My heart pumped wildly against my chest as she slid her bikini bottoms off and turned around, bottom lifted high.
Rock hard, I slid inside her and reached up and eased my hands inside her bikini top then cupped her firm breasts, teasing the rigid nipples with forefinger and thumb.
She rolled her hips in a way that made me even harder. Pinching her nipples lightly, I increased the tempo until I felt her tight channel squeeze my cock.
I eased her onto her knees before I thrust hard, in and out. I pulled out, the tip of my cock at her hot center. She opened her eyes, her breathing ragged, her chest rising and falling with the effort.
I drove into her over and over, and she met every thrust with a soft moan, crying out as her body tightened. Then I felt it. The tightening of her sheath, pulsing, milking me, pulling from me the greatest orgasm of my life.
Still trembling, I fell beside her, loving the feel of her body intertwined with my own.
“I love you, Brax,” she whispered against my neck, her hands running up and down my back.
I went still. Had she just said what I thought she’d said?
She started to pull away, but I held her fast. She had tucked her chin, but I reached out and lifted it. Her eyes searched mine, and I could see fear there.
“I love you, too, Mandy.”
The sides of her mouth lifted in a smile.
“Do you mean it?”
I cupped her face with my hands and kissed her gently. “I always have, and I always will.”
CHAPTER 10
Amanda
Toby walked in on me and Brax making out in my kitchen.
It was inevitable. I had known that, and so I had expected the worst—for him to freak out and tell Brax that he couldn’t date me.
Instead, Toby stood watching us, his gaze shifting between us until he focused on Brax. “You hurt her, and I’ll fucking kill you. Do you understand?” His voice held an intensity I had never before heard. “She’s my sister.”
“I understand,” Brax replied. “I’ll treat her like gold. I swear.”
“Dude, you’d better.” Toby nodded and walked out of the house.
“Well, that went relatively well,” I said, though Brax had seemed a little surprised by Toby’s intensity. I think he’d been torn and wanted to go after him, but instead he stayed with me and spent the night.
Now, as I arrived at my parents’ house the following day, I once again read the frantic text from my mother.
COME OVER. WE NEED TO TALK.
Apparently Toby had told her about me and Brax.
I had known this moment would come. I guess I had just hoped to keep it secret a while longer.
The front door was already open, and I pushed the creaky screen door and entered. They never had an air-conditioner installed and instead preferred the “open-air method” of keeping the house cool.
Sitting at the table was my mom, her hands cupping the coffee mug. The seat beside her had another mug. “Sit down, Amanda.”
Oh shit…
I cleared my throat. “Is everything alright?”
She shook her head. “I understand that you and Braxton have been seen around town together on his motorcycle. Is this true?”
So Toby hadn’t narked on me? I swallowed hard. First off, her using Brax’s given name wasn’t a sign that this was going to go smoothly. Secondly, there was a tone my mom had when she was disappointed. I heard it in spades. Or maybe she was more concerned with me riding around town on the back of a motorcycle.
“I thought you liked Brax?”
Mom took a deep breath and released it. “I adore Brax. Mandy, you know I do. He’s been part of the family for years.”
“So what’s the problem?” My blood pressure was steadily rising by the second. This didn’t make any sense.