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Do I want to pound his face into the pavement a little bit? Yes. Do I also want to shove him up against a wall and stick my tongue down his throat? Absolutely yes.
Yeah, sure you don’t fantasize about him. Certainly not about his lips around your dick or wondering what it would feel like to sink deep inside his body.
“So on.” “On like Donkey Kong.” “Your nerd is showing again, Ev.”
“Did you... did you just bite my ear?” Ryne’s deep voice is tinged with surprise. “Uh-huh. Licked it a bit too.”
“Boy, you better put that down right now and sit up or I’ll change the wifi password again. I asked you a question.”
“Watch that smart mouth, sweetie, or I’ll put you on toilet duty for the next month. And you can bet that deceptively sweet face of yours I’ll be serving your uncle beans with breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single one of those days.”
“You don’t want me to be attracted to you, Becker.” His words startle me and the intensity pouring from him washes over me like the tide coming in, invading every nook and crevice within me. With his next words, he sucks me back out to sea with him, his gravitational pull is that strong. “I’d eat you alive.”
“Dude, you gotta stop doing that. You’re gonna get plowed into one of these days.” He gestures down his body. “You’d just bounce right off all this muscle.” Despite myself, I grin. “Yeah, pretty sure that’s not how it works, one hundred eighty pounds of man versus six thousand pounds of vehicle, but okay.” “One hundred eighty-five, thank you very much.”
I know he doesn’t ask for it and certainly doesn’t want it, but at this moment a little piece of my heart breaks free and skips precariously close to Ryne’s open hand as he draws it back to his side.
“It should be illegal in all fifty states for you to smile with those dimples. They’re major assault weapons.” Ryne turns toward me again and this time when he reaches a hand out he doesn’t pull away. The backs of his fingers brush along my cheek. “These things could easily bring a guy to his knees.”
“I’m going to own this mouth again one of these days soon, Dacen.” It takes a substantial effort for me not to moan when Ryne licks the seam of my lips once. He drops my chin and steps back just as his friends round the corner. Our eyes stay locked until he turns around. There are silent promises made in those few seconds, dirty ones based on the gleam in his eye and the smile on my lips. Forget scorched. The flames from the blazing inferno that is Ryne Sutton engulf me completely.
“Dude, I may drive a Ford, but I recognize a dodge when I see one. Answer my question.”
“Tacos, Ryne.” His stomach growls, punctuating his short statement. “Okay, okay. Tacos first, then orgasms.” Dacen leans in and smiles against my lips. “That’s basically my perfect day.”
You’re lucky I’m not over there right now, because pouty babies get spanked.”
His eyes are closed when he raises his head again but that doesn’t hide the tear that slips down his cheek. I can’t fucking breathe. “Goodbye, Ryne.” Half of my heart crashes to the floor and shatters as the other half of it walks away from me. “D, wait—” He either doesn’t hear my low plea or he simply ignores it. I slump back against the wall and slide down to the floor. What the hell have I done?
“I love you, Dacen,” I whisper to his sleeping body and kiss the top of his head. The last thought I have before I’m totally out is that I am absolutely where I’m meant to be, with the person I’m meant to be with. And that thought doesn’t scare me at all.
I mean, I love this guy,” I nod my head toward Dacen, “and it hasn’t killed me yet.” My tone is teasing but I’m speaking the absolute truth. I sneak a glance over to Dacen and he’s looking at me wide-eyed and his mouth has gone slack. “Did you just say you love me?” “Yeah.” I rub my collar bone and drop my hand to my side again. “I mean, I do. It’s thing number six. From the list.” “I love you, too.”
You own my heart. I love you, Taco Socks. I’m in this for the long haul.”
