The Anaconda Downstairs (The Cocky Kingmans, #4)

by Amy Award

You don't need to change who you are to be beautiful. You're already a masterpiece, we're just adding some sparkle.

I was about to watch a bunch of guys fall for Penelope Quinn. My Penelope. And I absolutely was not ready for that.

“I don’t want you going out with any of these fucking guys.”

I was in love with Penelope Quinn.

That somewhere along the way, when he was teaching me how to date, I’d fallen in love with him.

I didn’t get the chance, because Everett grabbed my face in his hands and crushed his mouth down on mine, kissing me, taking my breath away, making me go weak in the knees. Stealing my heart.

lips to hers, almost touching but not quite. “Pretty Penny, can I kiss you? Please? I might go crazy if I can’t, but it’s up to you. It’s what you want.” “That is the sweetest thing anyone has ever asked me.”

“Enthusiastic consent is the sexiest thing from any woman in the world, but it’s even better when it’s you.”

“But, Pen, I need you to know... You aren’t some one-night stand or fling to me. I have real feelings for you. Feelings that Declan is going to want to murder me for, but I’m willing to face his wrath for you.”

“I’ve had a ridiculously huge crush on you

for a while. I even had some, umm, drea...

“Oh god, please tell me they were sex dreams, Pen. And then tell me everything we did in them so I ca...

“I just... I didn’t think someone like you could ever be interested in someone like me.”

“Someone like you? You mean someone smart, funny, kind, and sexy as hell? Pen, you’re amazing. Any guy would be lucky to have you in their life.” “But you’re the only guy I want,”

“Hell yeah. I want to be with you, Pen. No more lessons, no more pretending. Just us.”

“Seems like the universe wants us together tonight, one way or another.”

“Maybe we should stop fighting the universe, then.”

“We definitely ...

“Tell me that you want me as much as I want you.”

“I enthusiastically want you, Everett Kingman.”

“I’m not sure I like having my stomach touched. It’s not exactly a sensual zone for me.” Understanding dawned in his eyes,

“I won’t touch you there if you don’t want, but give me a chance to show you how every part of you is beautiful to me first. Including this.”

“Please, Ev. I want this. I want you.”

No one had ever touched me like this, like my body was something to be cherished rather than tolerated.

“First thing tomorrow. Because right now, I’m going to make you forget every other man’s name. I want you chanting mine as I make you come on my face at least a half dozen times.”

“I want to hear you scream my name when I make you squirt all over me.”

“Yes. Because any man who thinks you’re not good in bed is a dumbass. But I’m really fucking grateful they were, because now I get you all to myself.”

“I want you. I want you to make love to me now, Everett.”

She was mine now, and I was going to prove to her every day that she was the supreme sex goddess that ruled over my world. And my heart.

This wasn’t just sex. This was making love in every sense of the word. And I realized, with startling clarity, that this was what I’d been searching for all along.

“For making me feel beautiful. For the first time in my life, I actually believe it.”

“You are beautiful, Pen. Inside and out. And I’ll spend every day reminding you of that if you’ll let me.”

“You've been taking care of everything, holding my whole family together, haven't you?” he said softly. I shrugged, suddenly self-conscious. “I just did what needed to be done.”

“You're amazing, Pen. I don't know what we'd do without you. What I'd do.”

“I've always wondered what it would be like to be bent over a table, or whatever, and fucked from behind.”

Holy hell. That's my girl. I spun her around and shoved a hand into her hair, and then did exactly what she'd asked for,

bending her forward over the back of my couch. I leaned over her and whispered in her ear, “You want this, Penny, because it shows you exactly how...

“You should know it takes all my will power not to do this to you every time I see you.”

“Make no mistake, I am feral for you.”

“Show me. Show me what makes you crazy.”

“Every day I don't wake up with you in my arms, in my bed, my heart is ripped out of my chest, until I can be with you again.”

“If you don't come for me, right the fuck now, Penny, I might actually lose my fucking mind.”

“I can't believe you smacked my ass like that.”

“How did you know that was on my sexy times bucket list too?”

“You're right. Everett and I are... it's more than just dating lessons now. I... think I'm in love with him.”

“I had a feeling. That's huge. I'm so happy for you.”

“This is what having people in your corner feels like, and I'm sorry if I never made you feel that way before now.”

“Are you in love with her?”

“I'm so fucking in love with her, I don't even know what to do.” “I knew it.” Declan gave a little fist pump.

“I'm in love with her, and it scares the hell out of me.”