“Want inside,” he gasped between nibbles along my jaw.
“Huh?” I asked in a daze. “Wha—?”
“Turn around,” he growled as he released my ass, causing a whimper of need and desperation to escape me.
Yes, yes, I would turn around and let him do whatever the fuck he wanted. This would likely be my only chance to ever know him this way, and I sure as shit was going to take it. The memory would need to last me a goddamn lifetime. As I began to turn, his hands grabbed my hips and stopped me before deft fingers moved to the fly of my hiking shorts and made quick work of it.
“Oh god,” I groaned as the cool night air hit my throbbing dick.
“Turn.”
I shuddered at his commanding tone and did exactly as he said. My hands came up to support me against the rough bark and I spared a moment to glance back toward camp and make sure no one was coming.
Were we really doing this? Was this really happening?
“Xander?”
“Quiet,” I heard him say as he pressed his lips to my ear and then bit gently down on the lobe. “This ass is mine, Bennett, do you hear me?” he practically snarled as his big hand caressed my globes before giving them a gentle smack. “He might get to have you every fucking night after this one, but tonight, you belong to me.”
I knew he was talking about Aiden, but I was too turned on by his possessiveness to even bother trying to tell him once again that I wasn’t with Aiden.
“Yours,” I whispered in acknowledgement. I wasn’t foolish enough to think what was about to happen was anything lasting, but I was his. I’d always been his. Aiden had been right about that part.
I couldn’t stop the moan of desperation that escaped me as I felt his hand begin rubbing all over my ass. His other hand was pushing my shirt up and tucking it under my armpits before smoothing over my back. Both hands disappeared all too soon, but I silenced my protest when I sensed him undoing his own pants and then heard the familiar sound of a condom packet being opened. I’d been fully prepared to offer him the condom and packet of lube I kept in my own wallet, but he was clearly prepared for the moment.
Which had an unwelcome wisp of jealousy curling through my belly as I wondered who that condom and lube were meant for. Not me, because I had no illusions about what this encounter was.
The bark of the tree felt rough beneath my hands and cheek as I waited. I should have used the time to remind myself why this was such a supremely bad idea, but all I could think was, hurry the fuck up. I closed my eyes when I felt his latex-covered dick brush my crease as he shifted behind me. He was muttering something to himself and I could have sworn it was words about my tight ass and tiny hole, but my brain was so jumbled by then, I wasn’t sure.
Suddenly I felt his free hand grab one of my ass cheeks and squeeze before his lips landed on the back of my neck, sucking and nibbling across my nape before he whispered against my ear.
“Tell me you want this, Benny. I’m about ten seconds from fucking you into this tree. Please god, don’t tell me to stop.”
The unexpected gentleness after his earlier coldness had me squeezing back the tears. “Please,” I whispered. “Please, Xander.”
“Please what, baby?”
The endearment finally made the tears slip over and cascade down. “Please. I need you inside me.”
Chapter 13
Xander
I didn’t even know how it happened. One minute we were screaming at each other by the creek and the next I was about to slip lubed fingers inside of my former best friend. It was too late to stop. Hell, I didn’t want to stop. I had to have him.
I tried not to think of Aiden or how this would confirm Bennett was a cheater. Or whether the kids could walk up and catch us. It was just the two of us, trying to get inside each other’s skin the way I’d always wanted. He was finally going to be mine. Even if it was just for a few fucking minutes, he was mine. And I was going to make this moment so good for him that every time he felt Aiden’s hands on him, his flesh inside him, it would be me who was there in his mind.
The feel of his smooth skin under my palms was setting every nerve ending on fire, and I felt like I wasn’t going to be able to keep my hands still enough to prep him properly. The lube packet almost jumped out of my hands as I brought it to my mouth to tear open with my teeth.