Chapter Five
Max
For as long as I’d been in the Army, I’d awakened each day to the insistent beeping of my watch at four-forty-five AM. I’d never gotten into the habit of using my phone as an alarm, since I couldn’t be certain of being able to charge it all the time, and alarm clocks never woke me up.
So, when the high-pitched tone began sounding, my reflex was to reach for the nightstand to grab the watch and click it off. I jolted into full waking when my hand hit a warm body instead of empty bed.
Everything from the night before came flooding back to me. Samantha, her face rapt with intense pleasure as my mouth moved between her legs. Begging me not to stop touching her. The tightness of her body as I sunk into her. Her hands on my dick, stroking me. Her mouth sucking me hard, her clever tongue swirling around the head of my cock as her fingers played over my balls.
And there I was, already hard again. This was more than morning wood, too; this was pure lust for the soft curves that were tucked up against me.
I propped myself up to see her better. The light brown strands of her hair had fallen across her face, but I could see that her eyes were still shut, the lashes brushing over her cheekbones. Her lips were slightly parted, the full lower one jutting out a little bit. I had the sudden urge to lean over and sink my teeth gently into it.
The sheet was draped across her shoulders, but it sagged over her breasts so that I could just see the rosy tips each time her chest expanded as she breathed. I remembered with new vividness how those puckered nipples had felt in my mouth ...
God. I wanted to roll her over and sink into her welcoming warmth once again, to wake her up slowly with murmurs and kisses and have her come into awareness on the crest of her first orgasm of the day. But I had to get up, get dressed and drive to post in time for PT, and—
Shit.I didn’t have a car to drive to PT, and I hadn’t set up with Shaw or Kade to give me a ride. A grin spread across my face as I thought about how well I’d been distracted the night before. But that didn’t help me right now. I only had one choice, as much as I hated to do it.
“Samantha.” I bent my head and brushed my lips over her cheek, using the tip of one finger to move her hair out of the way. “Hey, babe. I’m sorry to do this, but I need you to wake up a minute.”
“Hmmmm?” She hummed a little and then moaned in her sleep. “Not yet. So sleepy.”
“I know, flower child. And I wouldn’t make you open your eyes if it wasn’t kind of urgent.”
Her eyelids fluttered open as she focused on me. “Max?”
“Yeah, baby. It’s me.” Against my better judgement, I nuzzled her neck.
“Time is it?” She still sounded slurred and slumberous.
“Early. But I need to get in for PT, and I don’t have my vehicle, remember?”
She blinked, her forehead furrowing. “Oh, crap. I thought you were going to ride in with one of your friends.”
“I was, but I didn’t end up calling them last night. If you remember, my mouth was busy elsewhere.”
A tint of pink rose on her cheeks. “Yes, I seem to recall something like that. Ah ... so what do you need me to do? Should I get up and drive you in?”
I trailed my finger down her arm. “You can if you want, or if you don’t mind, I could drive your car in and you could just stay here, snuggled up in bed. I’ll be back here by seven.”
She burrowed further down, pulling the sheet up to her chin. “Is that okay? Would it be easier if I drove you?”
I considered my options. If Samantha drove me onto post, I could stick to my routine, shower in the BOQ as I usually did and get a jumpstart on the day. She could go off on her own way, and whatever was between us would be over, at least for now. Of course, if she dropped me off, chances were good that we’d be spotted by some of the other company commanders or even Specialist Evans. If it were Kade or Evans who saw us, they’d know immediately what had happened, and I’d never hear the end of it.
On the other hand, if I drove her car in, I could park it in my normal spot and no one would be any the wiser. Yeah, I’d have to drive back home to shower and return her car, but ... leaving her sleeping in my bed gave me an unfamiliar feeling of rightness. I wasn’t sure how to deal with that, so I decided to ignore it for the time being.
“Nah, why don’t you just stay put? I’ll be back before you know it. Keep the bed warm.”
A smile curved her tempting lips. “I think I can manage that.”
“Okay.” I slid out of bed and gave an all-over, full body stretch. Samantha’s eyes went wide and filled with enough heat that I almost jumped back into bed.
I gave myself a little shake. This wasn’t cool. Nothing had ever kept me from getting to PT on time, and that wasn’t going to change today, no matter how tempting the alternative was.
* * *
“Remington, where’re you going?” Shaw jogged up next to me after we’d finished our workout. “I wanted to see if you want to do another fast mile before you hit the showers. Braggs already took off, or I’d have asked him, too.”
