Tanner lookedsohappy. “Then let’s go get this party started.” He offered me his arm and led me towards where the music was blaring. Instead of entering from the front, we took a path around to the back, behind the main stage. There were curtains set up so that I couldn’t see all the people. But I could still hear them.
Oh my God. Am I seriously going to do this?I started sweating even more and my stomach flipped over.
Tanner stopped behind the curtain and turned to face me. “Just to be clear - Cole and I are going to rip this dress off of you.” His hand traced the fabric down from my shoulder to just above my breasts. He leaned in and whispered, his breath warm against my neck. “And then we’re going to bend you over.”
I was already drenched in sweat. But his words were starting to make me wet in a different place.
“And Cole is going to jam his cock down your throat while I claim your tight little pussy. In front of over a hundred people. That’s what you want?”
Holy shit.His words sent a chill down my spine. Directly to my groin. I pressed my legs together. I’d never felt such a strange mix of excitement and nervousness.
I downed my third goblet of wine and nodded. “Yes.”
He reached out and ran his thumb across my lower lip. “That’sreallywhat you want?”
I couldn’t even speak. I was waiting for him to slip his thumb into my mouth, teasing me. I just nodded, because I was scared I was going to whimper.
Tanner pulled back and raised an eyebrow. Amusement danced across his face. “You, Miss Ashley Cooper, are officially a freak.”
Am I?I guess I was. But he didn’t have to rub it in. Besides, he was too.
“Oh,” he said. “And I should probably mention one more thing before we go through this curtain.”
“What?”Is Dr. Lyons going to pop out and make it a foursome?At this point, no filthy twist would surprise me.
“I wasn’t actually on the blue team.”
I looked at him in confusion. What was he talking about?
“Everything I said about working with Cole…that was all a lie. I’m still on your team. Our plan worked. We won!” He lifted his hand for a high five.
What the actual hell?“So I’m not about to be spit roasted?”
Tanner laughed. “No. Of course not.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?! Why did you lie to me?! I was about to have a heart attack!”
“Because you’re so cute when you get angry. And so very gullible. How could I resist?”
“So you’re saying you just put me through twenty minutes of pure hell for no damn reason?”
Tanner didn’t respond. He just kept laughing like he was the funniest person in the whole world.
You asshole!“I hate you.” I slapped him right across his stupid face. And then I realized what this meant. I wasn’t about to get spit roasted. We had won! I jumped into Tanner’s arms and kissed him. Like…really kissed him. I dug my nails into his back and kissed him deeper than I’d ever kissed anyone in my entire life. Our other kisses had been hot, but this was pure fire. Apparently relief was an aphrodisiac, because all I wanted to do was rip his clothes off and mount him right there on the forest floor. Or maybe it was all the dirty talk getting to my head. Or his abs pressed against me. I’d been dying for him to kiss me again ever since he’d left.
“I fucking love you,” I moaned in between kisses.
Shit. Not again!I’d already scared him off once by telling him that I loved him. Why the hell had I done it again?
I kissed him more, but the fire was gone. A second ago our tongues had been in perfect harmony. But now we were less harmonious than a chorus of 4thgraders. God, those home videos still haunted my dreams. How did my parents put up with that nonsense?
Anyway…the kiss. I’d ruined it.
I pulled back and jumped out of his arms. I expected him to look angry. But instead he looked amused.
“You still love me?” he asked.
“I love you like a friend. You know how it is. It’s just like the guys say. Love ya, buddy.” I punched his arm.Oh God.Getting spitroasted would have been less awkward than this. And now my hand hurt.Stupid huge biceps.
