Happily ever after only happened in movies. I’d learned at the end of my marriage those weren’t real. Or at least not real for people like me.
“Peek-a-boo?”
I jumped as Zoe’s little hand patted my leg.
“Bwi-are, peek-a-boo?”
I took a shaky breath then popped up out of my hunch. “Peek-a-boo!”
Zoe laughed and clapped her hands.
Despite the pain arrowing in my heart, that sound made me smile.
* * *
That night I sat up and waited for King to get home like I had for so many times before. Only this time, my heart was fighting with my brain—or maybe I should’ve said my hormones were fighting with my brain. I’d known going into this it was a bad idea. But I’d glossed over all the hurt that was waiting for me on the other side in favor for the fun I knew I could have now.
I’d been a good girl for so long, this walk on the wild side felt like an ill-fitting blouse. It wasn’t me. This wasn’t who I was.
And then King came in the front door, and I forgot all my turmoil.
His eyes lit up when he saw me waiting on our couch—the one we’d christened so many times—and a cocky grin curved his lips. My heart fluttered at the sight of all of him excited to see little ole me.
He stalked across the room, a man very sure of his sex appeal, and grinned down at me. “You look fucking fantastic all sprawled out on my couch in your little shorty shorts and tank top. The thought of you here, now, was the only thing that got me through the last two hours.”
“Is that why you’re home a whole—” I looked at my smart watch “—ninety minutes sooner than normal? I was hoping I could finish this book before you got home and distracted me.”
“By all means, keep reading.” King curled around me on the couch, his lips immediately nuzzling that tender spot on my neck he knew so well. “Unless this is distracting for you?”
“Hmmm?” My tablet fell to the rug with a soft plop as I buried my hands in his luscious hair.
“Guess your book is gonna have to wait.” King’s lips kissed a path down my throat while his hands pushed up my tank top until my breasts fell free. He groaned. “I don’t think there’s a single thing hotter on this earth than you with all that blond hair and these gorgeous pink nipples, all out and pouting. Just for me.”
I could only hold on as he moved from kissing my collar bone to suckling on my nipple.
By now, he knew exactly how to get me all hot and bothered. But King loved to play with me. In seconds, he had me panting. But he still wouldn’t let me come. Every time I was close, he’d back off and let all the yummy sensations fall away.
Finally impatient with how long he was taking, I reached over, grabbed a condom from the cache I’d hidden earlier, and pushed King down so we could get to business.
And he let me.
Folding his hands behind his head, King grinned up at me as I ripped the wrapper open with my teeth then rolled the condom down his length. “I gotta say, I am really loving this take charge side of you. Feel free to continue.”
I grinned back at him as I swung a leg over his hips. “I plan to.”
My eyes all but crossed as I sank down onto his cock.
He was so big. This angle made me feel so freaking full.
I loved it.
“Christ. Do you have any idea how hot you look on top of me?” His hands reached up and pinched my nipples.
My body involuntarily squeezed him.
King groaned. “Ride me, sweetheart. If you don’t hurry, this is gonna be over before we get you off.”
“You can always get me off after.”