Moaning his name, my toes curl into the rough stone below them. “Miller…I’m…I’m going to…”
“I can feel it. Your body is so responsive to me, Snow Angel. Let me hear your voice merge with the waves as you scream my name.”
It takes a few more circles of Miller’s expert fingers before I’m falling over the edge, seeing stars as he brings me to orgasm. He must have been holding his own release off, because the second he feels my body let go, he comes too. Holding my body to his, he rests his forehead on my back as he finishes inside me.
“You’re amazing, Zee. That was so sexy I’m not even sure how this is really my life right now.”
“I’ve never done anything like that before,” I admit as he pulls out and helps tug my pants back in place.
Turning to face him, he catches my lips with his as he removes the condom and tucks himself back in his jeans. “Neither have I,” he smirks, tying a knot in the contraceptive, and hiding it from view in his hand, “but I definitely want to do it again sometime.”
“Me too.”
Carefully, we climb back down to the sand, lacing our fingers together as we start to walk back toward the hotel.
Passing a nearby trash can, he tosses the condom in, then we head back to the cabana to pick up our discarded shoes. As we put them on, I look around, feeling a little remorseful that we didn't spend more time here, and now we don’t have the option.
“What should we do now?” I ask as we walk away, feeling a little bummed I didn’t get to eat an entire s’more, although the alternative was just as sweet.
“Now we’re going home, Snow Angel.” Turning to me suddenly, he wraps his arms around the backs of my legs andtosses me over his shoulder, slapping his palm to my butt as I hang upside down. “I didn’t get to worship your body, and I plan on making it up tenfold.”
“Miller!” I squeal, laughing and trying to lift my upper body as he walks us to the parking lot. Bystanders look at us, a few giggling as he carries me like a Neanderthal past a line of electric cars.
“Yeah, that’s what you’ll be screaming later, too.”
“Put me down!”
“As you wish.” Smacking my butt again, he grabs a handful in his palm before he drops me to my feet on the passenger side of his truck, then presses me up against it and kisses me, making me lose my breath all over again.
Chapter Twenty
“I’m so nervous,” I mutter aloud as I approach the small town of San Ysabel. I’m heading back to Julian, trying to keep myself from spiraling with every mile that passes.
We’ve already exchanged I love you’s.
And it’s true. I’ve fallen hard and fast for Miller Ryan, and I know that with every piece of me.
But there’s still so much unknown.
How will we make this work?An hour drive is significant, but not impossible.
What about in the future when we want to live together?How can I possibly ask him to give up his life in Julian…but what about mine in San Diego?
And then there’s an entirely other issue at hand.What if the Stokes family doesn’t accept my apology for lying to them?
From the backseat, Potato growls low in his small crate, drawing me from my thoughts. He hates being confined in the carrier, and hates car rides even more. I know he’s going to be miserable at Miller’s house for the next couple of days, but I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving him again.
Originally, I only had New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day off, but I was able to switch a couple of shifts and give myself a little extra time to spend in Julian with Miller.
Now, I’m on my way back up to where this all started, this time with Potato in tow. It feels like a lifetime has passed, when in reality, it’s been a week.
How has my life turned upside down in just seven days?
“I know, buddy, I know. We’re almost there, I promise.”
No sooner do the words leave my mouth, my phone rings, blasting through the speakers and startling me. My heart beats wildly as I press the green button on my dash to answer the call.
“Hey, Gen!”
