He returns to help me through the window and I scurry out of his room as he walks to the bathroom while pulling his junk out of his pants. The next thing I hear is the sound of him peeing and groaning in relief while I hurry down the hall.
I get into my room and pull off my jacket and boots and when I turn around, Nate is right there, crashing into me.
A desperate need is slammed through us as his lips come down hard on mine. We scramble to get one another undressed. I pull his shirt over his head before flinging it across the room. It crashes into a photo frame on the wall and the frame tumbles down to the ground. I work on his belt as he grows tired of the buttons on my shirt and just tears them open.
His pants go and I wrap my fingers around him as my own get pulled down my legs. He grabs a condom and instantly slides it on before lifting me and walking us over to the bed.
He falls back onto the bed with me in his arms and a moment later, I lower myself down on top of him before riding him all night long.
When the sun finally peeks in through the window, we both crash down into the pillows and I fall into a deep sleep in the arms of the man who I’m quickly falling in love with.
Chapter 23
The sound of my phone blaring to life has me bolting upright in bed. What the hell? My head aches and I know instantly that I probably shouldn’t have drunk quite so much last night. I reach over Nate and grab my phone off the bedside table and find a text from Brooke.
Brooke – MAX ASKED ME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
A grin rips across my face as I pull the sheet more firmly up under my arms.
Tora – Holy crap!! Wow! Congratulations!!!!
Brooke – I know! I can hardly believe it. Where’d you stay last night?
Tora – I’m at Nate’s. We’re all still in bed. Come over later and tell me all about it.
Brooke – You’re on!!!! Can’t wait!
I throw my phone back down beside me and squish myself into Nate’s side. His arms come around me before they start trailing up and down my back. I smile into my pillow, loving the feel of his skin on mine. My eyes close and I relax into him, but he has other plans for our morning.
Within the blink of an eye, he grabs my waist and roll us until I lay on top of his chest. “Stop it,” I laugh before a yawn is ripped out of me.
“Geez,” he laughs. “You’re really not a morning person.”
“I am,” I argue. “I just didn’t get enough sleep because some idiot kept me up all night.”
“Hey,” he defends. “That was all you, babe. I was just along for the ride.”
I can’t help but grin as I nuzzle my face into his strong chest. He’s right, I screwed him until I physically couldn’t screw anymore. It was great, though I’m a bit sore now.
He runs his fingers up and down the length of my back and I close my eyes as I listen to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. “You know,” I murmur into the quiet room. “You called me your girl yesterday… twice.”
“Aren’t you?” he questions. “If you were any other girl, I’d deny it, but not with you. No matter how much you hate it, you’re my girl and you’re just going to have to get used to it. No refunds or exchanges.”
I sit up and look down at him as his hands come to a stop on my waist. “Are you sure?”
He doesn’t reply just keeps watching me until he rolls us back over and hovers above me. My legs wrap around him as he props himself up on his elbows and looks down at me. “It’s about time I let you in on the secret,” he tells me.
“What do you mean?” I ask as I search his dark, dreamy eyes.
“I don’t know if you remember it, but when we were twelve, you came over here with your parents and it was a really hot day so we were swimming,” he says with a cringe.
The memory hits me like a lightning bolt. That was the day it all started. “I remember,” I tell him. “That was the day you first said you hated me.”
He nods and hangs his head as he takes a deep breath. “Yeah,” he says, full of regret. “Do you remember what happened before that?”
I think back but come up with nothing. All I remember was running around the pool with the boys, having a great time and then all of a sudden, things changed. I shake my head as my hands roam up his arms.