I ushered her out of the car and into the rear cargo area of my SUV. I’d put all the seats down already, and spread out blankets and pillows. “River…” she breathed, and I just kissed her lips softly as I hoisted her into the back of my car, climbing in after her. “What are we watching?”
“Back To The Future, both One and Two. And we’ve also got…” I reached over to the back seat and pulled out a cooler bag with food I’d collected from a restaurant this afternoon. “Gourmet lunchables. Well, the restaurant didn’t call them that, but it's basically what it is, right?”
She shook her head, laughing, but looked inside the container I handed her. “This looks delicious.”
I reached back into the bag and pulled out two popcorn tubs. “Popcorn and candy mix. And wine.”
She shook her head, her smile so wide, it was appling her cheeks. “You’ve thought of everything.”
I linked the Bluetooth of the theater’s radio channel to my entertainment system, and the sound of the movie came over the speakers. Pulling Nova toward me, I hugged her close. “I wanted this to be perfect.”
She kissed my chest. “It is. It’s the most perfect first date I’ve ever been on.”
She went silent as the opening scene of the movie appeared in the darkness, the stars around it like cinema lights. It was fucking perfect, but I wasn’t done yet. I fed her little bits of cured meat and oil-dipped bread, as we laughed at the actors on the screen. We drank wine and talked.
And it was fucking blissful.
But nothing was better than lying amongst the pillows, full and content, a little bit buzzed on red wine, watching the movie play in Nova’s eyes. Her arm was around my middle, her head pillowed on my bicep, her small hand snaked under my Henley so she could scrape her nails over my abs.
I was about to bust through my zipper, my brain running away with me. I breathed through my nose. I wasn’t going to ruin the moment by trying to make a move.
But ifshemade a move…
As if she’d heard my thoughts, her hand slid higher, until those nails were scraping over my nipple.Fuck.
“Nova,” I warned, my voice rough. And I could swear on the fucking Stanley Cup, she gave me the most devilish grin I’d ever seen and tweaked my fucking nipple.
Oh yeah. It was on.
I growled and rolled on top of her. “What are you doing there, sweetheart?” My lips were inches from hers, and from this position, I could see the raw lust in her eyes.
“Getting to know you?” she whispered, her voice breathy.
“You’re getting to know my nipple?” I let out a raspy laugh. “Any other part of me you’d like to get acquainted with?”
“Your lips?” she breathed, and I obliged. Fuck me, her plush lips tasted like strawberries and they were so soft and plump. I wanted them on my skin, and wrapped around my cock. I kissed her until she was moaning beneath me, then shifted over so I could slide one knee between her thighs.
“Anything else?” I growled against her mouth, my hands skimming down her sides.
“Your fingers.”
God, my dick was going to explode, it was so hard. “Where do you want them, baby?”
“Please, River. I want them inside me.”
I moved down her body so I could pull the straps of her dress down over her shoulders and breasts. I sucked the soft golden skin, moving further down her body until I could get acquainted with her nipples too. Then I moved my hand over her thighs until I was tracing the lines of her pussy through her panties.
“You want them here, baby?”
“Yes,” she panted, grinding up into my fingers. I wanted to tease her more; I wasn’t ready for this to be done quite yet. I sucked those pretty nipples and traced through her underwear until she was writhing against my fingers and begging. Her fingers were buried in the short lengths of my hair, and by the time I pushed the lace of her underwear aside and dipped my fingers inside her, she was so fucking deliciously wet. Her body went tense as she clenched around my fingers, my name a whisper on her lips.
I stroked my fingers inside her until she was coming, her muscles clenching around me and her hand pressing me so tightly to her breast, I might actually suffocate and die. But I wasn’t going to move—hell no. I hoped the guys put it on my damn headstone.
“Oh my god,” she breathed, and I don’t think I’d ever been more proud of anything in my life. My dick was so fucking hard now, my balls aching. She tilted up my chin, dragging me back up her body until she was kissing me like she was brandingme.Making me hers. Finally, she pulled back, sucking in air. “I want you inside me, River Cooper. Right fucking now.”
I wanted to laugh, but the feeling in my chest wasn’t humor. I just didn’t want to put a finger on exactly what it was. “Anything you want, baby girl, I’ll give you.” I gripped her underwear and tore the fragile lace at the sides. “Starting with new panties.” I released my dick from the meat grinder that was my zipper and pushed my jeans down my thighs. Our first time shouldn’t be rushed in the back of the car. Rigby was going to give me shit for fucking up the romance, but I didn’t care. It felt right. It felt perfect.
Shefelt perfect. I played with her clit, reading her body language the way I’d read the body language of an opponent. What made her writhe and pant, what didn’t. One day, I was going to know what gave her pleasure as well as I knew what I liked, but I was prepared to play until I knew.