CHAPTER SIXTEEN

REAGAN

I didn't want the day to end.

In just a few short hours, I experienced the full range of human emotions, from the utter fear and despair of losing Pepper for good, to the pure, toe-curling bliss of having her. Truly having her in the purest, most sensual way. 

This coming from a guy who's gone skydiving countless times, partied his ass off in Ibiza for weeks and bought the most expensive, exclusive food and alcohol whenever I wanted. 

I'd trade all of it just to keep experiencing this day with this woman. No one else had ever made me feel so much, and not just physically. My line of work seemed to turn me into a robot at times but she pumped life back into me. 

The fear that clutched at my heart when she didn't surface was like nothing else I ever experienced before. Not even when my own life was in danger. And the relief when I saw she was okay. I could have cried if I wasn't underwater. 

And her orgasms, holy shit. 

She felt everything so strongly, so purely. I felt it in how her pussy nearly squeezed the life out of my cock and saw it in how her eyes rolled back in her head. She didn't hold anything back and neither did I.

Getting creeped on by a group of fishermen in a boat was just the cherry on top.

I was hooked. Fucking smitten with Pepper. 

And I had no idea how to handle it. 

My heart fluttered with every smile she shot at me, whether it was shy or naughty. 

Unlike other women, she wanted nothing from me and that made me slightly uneasy. I always felt in control knowing I had something that other people wanted. But I knew Pepper wanted absolutely nothing of monetary value and that both made me admire her and feel like an insecure teenager with a massive crush.

If I followed the logical conclusion, all she simply wanted was me. But without my wealth and power, what could I offer to someone as amazing and fearless as her?

You've made a shit ton of money because you're not a dumbass, I reminded myself. You'll figure out a way to keep her around.

The thought both excited and frightened me a little. 

Her eyes traveled over my torso shamelessly as we talked and finished our picnic in my truck bed.

I dropped a kiss to her lips in the middle of her saying something. I didn't know what, I was too busy thinking and watching her beautiful mouth move.

As she kissed me back, she brought her hand up my thigh and my dick reached for her like it wanted to hold hands. 

Her kisses grew deeper as her palm traveled over my quickly hardening shaft and I slid out of the dry shorts I just put on. 

She flashed her wicked grin that I found myself falling in love with, and pushed me down with her soft hands against my chest. 

"Feel like taking a ride, cowgirl?" I asked, watching as she worked my shorts off and gasped at my cock when it jumped free.

"Eventually," she replied, staring at my throbbing shaft and licking her lips hungrily. 

At the first flick of her tongue against my sensitive head, a shuddering moan escaped my mouth and I closed my eyes to savor the feeling. 

Her hand pumped my shaft into rock hardness while her lips and tongue sent me into a frenzy, licking and slurping and sucking the life out of me until I could barely take it anymore. 

"You better stop and climb on," I told her in ragged breaths, tapping her on the arm. "You're too fucking good at that."

She blushed through a nervous smile as she straddled my hips but I knew my bad girl was in there. 

I sat up to help her out of her shirt, kissing her neck ravenously and pinching those gorgeous nipples into rock hardness again. Just a few minutes of warming up and she was soaking wet again.

I laid back down when she was ready and watched the hottest sight of my life. 

She took my concrete shaft, directed it toward her slick, burning hot entrance and slowly lowered herself onto me. 

We let out simultaneous moans as she took me inside. Watching my cock slowly disappear into her and all the sensations with it was hotter than any porn I’d ever seen. 

Her face grimaced with aching pleasure as she lowered herself fully onto my length. I itched to grab her hips and take control, to see what kind of faces and sounds she would make as I thrust up into her just like I did on the beach.

But I held back. If she wanted some control I could give it to her. Temporarily. 

She started moving slowly, just gently rocking of her hips back and forth before picking up speed and intensity. It was like a seductive, sexy dance on a different kind of pole.

“Holy fucking… Oh god, Pepper.”

A string of nonsense erupted from my mouth as I watched and felt her move. She felt so fucking good that my brain stopped working. My hands flew up to support her by her tits as she worked and moved, using me for her own pleasure and I loved every second of it. 

“Yes, make yourself come on me,” I growled as her skin heated beneath my fingers. She wailed and clawed across my chest as she started losing control, bringing her pussy down harder until she convulsed around me.

I barely gave her time to recover, just taking those sweet, hard nipples into my mouth before locking my arms around her waist and plunging my cock deep into her still-convulsing pussy. 

“Reagan, oh, Reagannn,” she moaned my name weakly which only made me thrust into her harder. “It’s too much...”

“Have you ever felt this good before?” I growled into her ear. “Has any other cock made you come so much?” 

I locked her wrists behind her back so she laid flat against my chest as I fucked her. A fierce need washed over me. The need to possess her, protect her. To know I was the only one who made her feel like this.

“No... I, I…”

I loved that I made her unable to speak as much as she did to me. She shuddered against my chest as she licked and kissed at my throat, the only action she could do without her hands.

In the next instant, she shattered around me again, which pulled my release deep inside her. Low groans escaped from deep in my chest and her cries echoed off the hills and trees. Those guys out on the lake somewhere in the boat definitely heard her pleasure.

When she lifted her head off my chest to look at me, her glowing smile matched the sun setting behind the trees. It bathed her face in warm golden and pink light. Only then did I realize we had been out here literally all day. 

It felt like only a few minutes. 

“Ready to head back?” she asked softly.

Never.

“Yeah, sure,” I replied absently, watching a lock of her dark, rich hair wrap around my finger. It was like a metaphor for how much she affected me now. She had my heart and my cock wrapped around her tongue, her pinky toe, really any appendage she desired.

The drive home was quiet and painfully platonic. 

Like a sap, I wanted nothing more than to hold Pepper’s hand in mine. Maybe even feel her head on my shoulder. But every time I glanced at her, she looked out the passenger window and kept her hands folded in her lap.

Although relaxed, her body language told me to give her space. Maybe that was for the best. Maybe it was what I needed too, to get my head back on straight despite my only desire to close the space between us.

“Thank you for today,” she said softly as I pulled up to her house and opened her door for her. “That was really fun.” 

“Especially the part where you scared me half to death, right?” I smirked as Bonny tumbled lazily out and padded up to the porch. 

“No,” Pepper laughed as her eyes flashed and she reached up to touch my face. “There were other parts a bit more fun than that.” 

“Ah.” I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and planted a kiss on her forehead. “Just a bit. I’ll try harder next time.” 

The joy in her giggle was infectious but when I lowered my mouth to hers, she held back the passion she unleashed earlier in the day, returning my kisses with all the politeness and chastity of an eighth-grade date. 

I get it. Let’s not get too attached. Let’s have some space to cool off and get our heads level again. But fuck me, I don’t want to. 

“Come to the party with me.” 

The words tumbled out as if of their own free will. 

“Reagan.” Pepper’s lips pursed with tension. She didn’t want to hear about this again. She thought it was put to rest. And I wasn’t going to try again this soon but that was before I got hooked on the taste of her. 

“I told you I don’t belong in that kind of environment.” Her voice dripped with frustration.

“Bullshit,” I snapped. “Everyone who lays eyes on you will be just as captivated as me. You showed me today how you’ve conquered land and sea. And dick.”

She let out a soft chuckle and I used the opportunity to pull her tight against me. 

“I want everyone to see you on my arm. I want you next to me, Pepper. I can take you shopping and you can pay me back if you want, or not. I don’t care, the money is nothing to me. I just want you there with me.” 

Her body grew stiff against me and I think she finally understood that I wouldn’t take no for an answer. She would show up with me if I had to carry her over my shoulder like a damn caveman. 

“I might have an outfit that’ll work,” she said after a thoughtful silence. “I don’t need to buy anything.”

“Okay.” Reluctantly, I released my arm from around her waist. “I’ll pick you up at eight on Friday.” 

I didn’t push it, trusting that she wouldn’t show up wearing a potato sack but knew she’d knock out every other woman at the event even if she did.

Her eyes snapped up to mine, still challenging me.

“I didn’t give you a yes. Let me think about it first.” 

I chuckled as I stole a final goodbye kiss, sneaking my tongue between her lips before hopping back in my truck.

“Too late for that, sweetheart.”