“Did you ever really hate me?” The question was echoed by more nature sounds.
Lexi rolled her shoulders back. “I don’t know. I guess not.” Her throat bobbed. “Uh- are you going to sit down? It’s a little intimidating having this conversation with your not so mini me.”
He laughed. A full gut busting bellow that trailed over the lake. The frogs ribbeted harder in response. He sat down on the blanket and waited. He didn’t have to wait long. Lexi smoothed her hair back and shifted on the blanket to straddle him. He just about came from the warmth of her legs wrapped around his hips alone. She hadn’t sat down yet. She was still far enough away that he could keep things a shade less than R-rated at the moment.
“We’re good? To do this like this? If not, I have a box in the house.”
Of course, she knew what he was talking about. “I’m on the pill. Have been since I was sixteen to regulate my menstrual cycle. You haven’t been with anyone in a year? Seriously?”
“No, and I’m good on my end.”
“I doubt you’re good. You seem very, very far from that right now. Sinful. That’s probably a better word.”
“You don’t seem to mind.”
“I’m good too then, if that’s what we’re talking about. I’ve also dropped off on the romance as of late.”
“Late?”
“Okay,” she huffed, blowing out a breath very near his face. “It’s been a while for me too.”
“Because you were too busy pining away for your handsome, sex-god of a boss?”
“Because you were such a jerk that every single time I thought about you, my ovaries shriveled up.”
“They must be the size of pinpricks by now.”
“Smaller. You couldn’t find them with the world’s most powerful microscope.”
“Good.” He rolled his eyes. “Because I don’t need a brat popping into the equation.” Of course, it was the exact wrong thing to say. Lexi’s face fell. Right. She loved kids. And he truly was an insensitive jerk. He gripped her hips gently and stared at her, unblinking. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.”
“It’s not like I’d try and trick you or something, you asshat. I know you hate kids. I got the memo. My pill hasn’t let me down yet. You don’t have to worry about me wanting kids, at least not with you. I would never want to reproduce with you. This is a onetime thing, which you’re about to turn into a zero-time thing. We are never doing this again. It’s my one lapse of judgment that I’m allowing myself.”
“A Christmas present so early in the year. You must have been on Santa’s good list.”
“Or more like the naughty one.”
“I really am sorry, Lex. That wasn’t a nice thing to say.”
Her lips pursed. She tore her eyes away from his and studied the lake. “It wasn’t. I agree. Unfortunately for me, you have a very- er- never mind. The point is, I still want to do this. It’s been a while. I can’t let you have the upper hand either. You got to see my O face. I’m going to stare straight into yours and make fun of you for it later because I’m sure it’s awful.”
“Probably the worst.”
“This will never be spoken of again. It’s a one-off.”
“Yeah. I’m sure it will be.”
“Soon, you won’t be my boss. Not my direct one at least. I’m taking that job. Mostly just so I don’t have to listen to builders whine about your house or pick up your dry cleaning anymore.”
“I didn’t realize I was such a burden.”
“You’re the worst burden.” Her hand closed around his cock without warning and his head fell back as he let out a hiss of pure pleasure.
Lexi was probably still pissed about the baby comment. He’d just said it because he was a dumbass. Honestly, he didn’t know why he’d said it at all. He hadn’t been thinking. It was a terrible thing to say in any scenario. But thinking about a baby that was half Lexi and half him wasn’t nearly as bad a thought as it should have been. A blue eyed, blond haired, chubby cheeked little girl with all her mother’s sass…
He mentally shook that off and focused on what Lexi was doing to him with her hand. She had nice hands. Tight little hands. They massaged his dick and she didn’t even try and do anything malicious like accidentally on purpose try and break it in half as payback for him being the idiot of the century. Lexi said it was never going to happen again, but he’d do everything, and he had a massive repertoire and some pretty deep pockets, to convince her otherwise.
This was not a one-off.
When she shifted, guiding his cock to her entrance, his brain shut off. At least where thoughts other than pleasure were concerned. His eyes slammed shut as she hovered over him. She was so close. So fucking warm. So amazing. And he wasn’t even inside of her yet. He throbbed in anticipation. His balls were somewhere floating up in his skull. His breathing shallowed out while Lexi’s nails dug into his shoulders.