I shook my head. “That’s not…that’s not possible.” He hadn’t moved.
“Check it.”
I pulled out my laptop and plugged in the flash drive. There was a single video file on it. I clicked the file and…Oh my God!I slammed my laptop shut before Tanner could see. “How did you get this?”
“Magic,” he said with a wink.
I shoved his arm. He was such an idiot. A sexy, wonderful, prankster of a perfect man. “I can’t believe you had it this whole time. I was literally dying inside thinking Joe was gonna leak it. Is this the only copy?”
“Nope.” Tanner reached into his jacket and pulled out three more flash drives.
“Seriously, how did you get these?”
“I told you. Magic.” It looked like he was unsuccessfully trying to hold back a smile.
“You’re infuriating.”And amazing.God, he really had me going.“You’resurethese are all the copies?”
Tanner nodded.
A wave of relief rushed over me. Finally, after all this time, I was free from the fear that Joe might leak it. And it was all thanks to Tanner. How could I ever repay him? I was free! I was finally fucking free of Joe’s threats! Without thinking, I jumped into Tanner’s arms and kissed him.
He hadn’t been expecting it. He stumbled backwards and fell onto the sofa. I straddled him as I ran my hands through his long hair. With all the stress gone, all I could think about was devouring him.
“Thank you,” I muttered between kisses.
His strong hands ran along my rib cage and up to my tits. I thrust my hips against him. I could feel him getting hard.Yes!I’d been dreaming of this moment for weeks.
I pushed his jacket off his broad shoulders and ran my hands over his abs. I wanted to explore every inch of him. To feel him inside of me. To taste his cum on my lips.
And I could tell he wanted it too. He squeezed my ass and groaned into my mouth. “Ash…”
I silenced him with a kiss.
It’s finally happening!My whole body was alive. The sensation of every touch was magnified by a million. And yet…a little voice in the back of my head was screaming that I should stop. Because right now I was on cloud nine. Everything was perfect. But if we got any further and he rejected me…
Fuck.
I let myself enjoy him for a few more seconds - to taste his lips, feel his abs - and then I pulled back.
He reached for me to bring me back, but I dodged.
Shit!I knew how it felt to be rejected. Was that how I’d just made him feel? This was the second day in a row I’d been the one to put the brakes on our sexy time. Although…he kind of deserved it after that genie nonsense. That had been cruel and unusual to make me squirm like that when he freaking had the flash drives the whole time.
And then I got a wonderful idea. I grabbed his lamp off the table. It was time for a little payback.
“So how many wishes does this thing grant me?”
“Three,” he said matter-of-factly.
“Alright then…” What was it that he had said when he’d first joked about being a genie? Something about a flaming genie penis? It was time to throw that nonsense back in his face. “I wish for…”
He held up a hand. “Remember, be careful how you word it.”
I sighed. He was insufferable. “I wish for you to no longer have a flaming genie penis,” I said as I rubbed his ridiculous lamp.
“Sweet lord, Ash!” He snatched the lamp out of my hand. “I just told you to be careful how you word your wishes. If that wish wasn’t disallowed by rule three of the Genie Code of Magic, then you would have just turned me into a eunuch.”
I laughed. “Oopsies.”
