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“Rhett.” She says my name huskily, and all I can think is I would love to hear her say it when I’m impaling her on my cock. My voice is strangled when I say her name. “Maddie.”
How this man thinks I could do better than him is beyond me. There’s no other man better than him.
“Did you know that when you come over, I want to be close to you? Sometimes, I just stand next to you and listen to you talk all while imagining you holding my hand, touching me, kissing me.” His voice is pained. “Maddie.”
“I’m not asking for anything from you, Rhett. I know you could never want a future with me, but just give me one night. Just one night and maybe I can get you out of my system.”
“I’m sorry, Maddie. I shouldn’t have touched you. I know I shouldn’t have, but I couldn’t resist.” I shove him in the chest. “What? You couldn’t resist me and now you can?” He lets me push him and does nothing to defend himself. As I talk, my voice gets louder. “Talk to me, Rhett. I’m giving myself to you. You can have me, and now you don’t want me.”
“I always want you, Maddie. Don’t ever think I don’t. But you don’t understand.”
“I can’t. You deserve more than me. I don’t have anything to offer you and—” I cut him off. “I only want you. Nothing else, just you.” He’s shaking his head in denial. “No, I’m sorry. I have to go.”
“Do you want me?” He leans his head down and presses his forehead to mine. There is torment on his face. “I want you more than I want my next breath, Maddie. I wish things were different, I wish I could say damn it to hell with all the reasoning of why me and you are a bad idea, but I can’t. I won’t do that to you. So yes, I want you...”
“What’s your deal? You know Maddie. She’s stronger than most men, and she can handle herself. What’s up with you?”
“Yeah, I’m going to check on her. Fuck, Elliott, I’m going to bring her home. I told her to stay where she was at.” Elliott is cackling. “Well, that’s where you fucked up. You know Maddie, and she doesn’t do well with people telling her what to do. That was your first fuck-up.”
“I’m so sorry, Rhett. I wasn’t thinking. I wanted you to come here. I wanted us to get stranded here together, but I wasn’t thinking… If you’d gotten hurt—” I cut her off. “You wanted me to get stranded here?” Guilt crosses her face. “Yeah, I wanted you here with me, Rhett, but I didn’t think… I’m sorry.”
“I can’t push you away, not anymore. One night, Maddy. You give me one night, and then we forget this happened. We both know nothing can come of us.”
I know I’m lying as I mutter the two words to him. The truth is, at this point, I’ll tell him whatever he wants to hear if it means he won’t run away from me again.
“But I don’t want to fight it. For one night, I want to know what it’s like to have you in my arms. I want to lay in that small bed with you snuggled into my side and wake up with you lying next to me. Whatever happens between those times is a bonus, Maddie. But make no mistake, I want this. Whatever you’re offering me tonight, I want it.”
“So, uh, are we showering in the dark?” He shakes his head. “In the dark? How am I supposed to see you in the dark?” I raise my eyebrows. “Exactly. That’s the point.”
He’s trying not to laugh. His eyes are sparkling, and it’s obvious that he’s trying not to smile. I want to get on him about it, but the fact he’s smiling stuns me a little.
“I find you very attractive, Maddie.” He leans in and whispers in my ear, “I tasted your cunt last night, baby. I’m completely fuckin’ hooked.” He kisses my ear and down my neck before whispering into my ear, “Let me see you.”
I can’t drag my eyes off the tent his manhood has made in his underwear. He threads his hands through my hair and gives the strands a little tug. “You done?” My mouth is watering. I trace my finger down his happy trail and run my hand along the hem of his underwear. “I’m not even close to being done. I don’t know if I’ll ever be.”
