Page 59 of Paths
“Speaking of.” She pauses and bites that damn lip again. “How come you won’t leave my side at the Ranch, but when I’m working in the tasting room, you don’t seem to care?”
I look down at her and sigh. I might as well tell her. Maybe it’ll make her feel better. “You know Crew owns the property next door and runs his business there, right?”
“Yeah.”
“His property is heavily secured. When Addy had her drama, Crew extended that security to her property. When you’re here, both at home and at work, you’re covered.”
“Covered?”
“Yeah. Covered.”
“Grady, I’ve lived in a heavily-secured property my entire life. I’m familiar with security systems and I don’t have one. What do you mean by covered?”
“Cameras, surveillance, motion detectors. It’s a good system. You’re safe.”
“And you’re still here?” She gives me a squeeze to reiterate her words.
I can’t help my voice from coming out rough. “I am. I’m here because I don’t want to be anywhere else.”
Her face relaxes and she finally whispers, “I’ve never wanted anyone to be here as much as I do you.”
Fuck, she’s killing me. I lean down to kiss her and roll us to our sides. Her hands land in my hair again and I can’t help but to run my own down her side, brushing her tit with my thumb on the way. When she gasps against my mouth, I move to her nipple, sweeping it back and forth across her tip, creating a deeper exhale this time. She pulls her head back to look at me, and her eyelids are heavy, but underneath, those light blue eyes are telling me what she wants.
When I palm her tit and lightly squeeze, I lose her eyes as a small moan sounds from low in her throat. I thought that moan was the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard until I roll her nipple, making her arch her back, pressing her chest into my hand.
There’s no point fighting my dick getting hard, it’s already there, but tonight’s still not the night. Not for me anyway, but for her?
Absolutely.
There’s nothing I want more than to watch her fall apart by my touch.
Sliding my hand up her tank and touching her for the first time, her soft skin is more than I imagined. Her nipple is hard and when I give it a gentle twist, her arms convulse around me.
But I can’t drag my eyes away from her face. When I keep at her, massaging and teasing, she finally drags her eyes open and I say against her lips, “Don’t worry about the trip. I’ll be with you every second.”
She says nothing, but nods slightly.
“I need to touch you. I can’t wait another day.” I let go of her tit and run my hand down the side of her body.
“Holy shit,” she says on a quick exhale.
I don’t ask, but I’ll take that as a yes.
I run my hand down her spine and immediately slide my hand into the back of her shorts to only find skin. More soft, smooth skin.
“Maya,” I kiss her as I squeeze her bare ass, “have you been sleeping next to me commando?”
“Maybe.” Her voice is breathy as her hands grip my neck. When the next words come out of her mouth, I swear I hear a smile. “I guess you’ll never know.”
I yank my hand out of her pants to pull her knee over my hip. “Open up for me, baby.”
When I bring my hand up the back of her thigh to finally touch her, something I’ve been itching to do, her hand slides down my chest and lands on my dick.
I thought having her touch on my bare skin was incredible before, but her small hand grasping my raging hard-on is something else altogether.
Just when she slides her hand down to go for my balls, I catch her wrist to stop her. “Not tonight.”
“But,” she pulls her head back enough to look at me. “I want to touch you.”
