Chapter Eight
The night ended past midnight. The guests slowly headed home and the staff started to clean up. They’d put the food away hours ago and just picked up the tables while guests grabbed some last minute favors. Lauren kept her flowers and, at Jane’s insistence, one of the table displays. “Should we help them clean up?” Lauren asked Cole as he twirled his keys in his hand.
“They paid good money to have that taken care of,” Cole told her and he smiled. “Let’s go. We’re home alone tonight, and I don’t want to wait another moment for you.”
They hugged Jane and Adam one last time and then left. Lauren carried the flowers to the truck, and Cole opened the door for her before taking them from her. She slid inside, and he handed them back to her before walking around to the other side and starting the car.
“Did you have fun?” Cole asked. She smiled at him and buckled her seat belt.
“It was magical,” Lauren replied while watching him in the light of the parking lot. Cole had loosened his tie and slung his jacket over the seat but still looked incredible. “I feel sorry for complaining about the preparations all the times that I did.”
“It’s part of wedding planning, my love,” Cole told her and smiled at her.
They drove through the empty town. Lauren imagined everyone home and in bed with a smile on their face. Cole parked in the driveway to his house, and they carried the few things inside before Cole closed and locked the door. He raised his hands in the air and looked around. “Listen to this. It’s quiet, and we’re alone. We have nothing to work on now apart from each other.”
“Yeah, it’s a beautiful thing.” Lauren smiled and looked around. The flowers were in enough water to last them until the next morning, and she stepped forward. Her heart was racing, her need for Cole making her shake. “What are we going to do with ourselves?”
Cole stepped towards her and cupped her face before he kissed her hard. This wasn’t the cute romantic Cole from the wedding, but the man that missed his girlfriend and was going to claim her. Lauren moaned as she parted her lips for him, making him haul her against his body, their tongues tangling together. “I want you so bad,” Cole murmured against her lips. She wrapped her arms around his waist. “I love you, Lauren. I love you more than anything.”
Cole unzipped the dress slowly with his arm around her, sliding the pretty vintage gown down Lauren’s body right there in the living room. She wrapped her legs around him and kissed him, allowing Cole to carry her to the bedroom while sliding her hands in his hair. Cole nipped at her lower lip before he dropped her down and unbuttoned his shirt. “You looked so beautiful today. Seeing you walk down that aisle took my breath away…I can’t imagine how Adam felt.”
“I almost forgot where I was when I saw you,” Lauren confessed. She watched him drop his pants and kick them off. “Is that rented?”
“Yes, and I’ll get it back just fine,” Cole growled as he crawled onto the mattress and over her body. She was covered only with a white strapless bra and a matching pair of tiny boy shorts and he looked her over slowly. “You’re stunning.”
They were close, and Lauren knew that. There was something different tonight between them, though. He stared at her with a new intensity in his eyes before leaning down to kiss her hungrily. “You’re the most handsome man that I’ve ever seen, Cole,” Lauren whispered as he pulled away slightly to move his hands down her body. Cole slid her underwear down, leaving her bare for him. Lauren shivered. “I love you.”
He kissed her and slipped his hands over the bra to slide it down and cup her breasts. Every part of her body was on fire and Lauren kissed him back, their bodies pressed together. “I don’t know what to do to you first,” Cole said as he moved down her neck to kiss her skin gently. “I want to taste every inch of you, but I’m so ready to be inside of you.” Cole moved his mouth back to her lips as he slid between her thighs and pressed against her slick entrance. “Just for a minute before I taste you.” Cole pushed inside of her as they both moaned and rocked together. He filled her, and Lauren cried out as she moved her hips hard against him. “So tight, Lauren. So tight.” Cole moved a few more times inside of her before pulling out, spreading her legs with his hands and burying his face in her wetness.
Lauren came against his tongue and she moaned his name. Cole kept at her, licking and sucking as the release went on, hard and fast. He pulled away with a deep intake of breath and looked up at her from where he rested his chin against the lowest part of her body.
“I want to taste you,” Lauren whispered as his eyes widened for a moment. “I want all of you, Cole. I want you forever.”
Cole moved to his back and watched Lauren as she moved over him, taking him into her mouth. He was hard and long and Lauren moved all the way over him, taking him deeper. Cole slipped his hands into her hair and held her. He watched every movement that she made. “I love you,” Cole whispered. She moved faster. He didn’t come inside of her mouth, pulling her away before she straddled him. “Yes, Lauren. Baby, yes,” he breathed. Lauren lowered herself onto him, taking all of him inside of her as she closed her eyes and leaned her head back.
They rocked together hard with their needs taking control over them. Lauren knew that she was still sensitive from before and that she was close. She moved harder and felt him swell inside of her. They came with loud cries and jerky movements. Lauren gave into her body, feeling his warmth inside of her, and came right along with him.
She dropped beside him, breathing heavily. Her stomach hit the mattress. “Did it get better in the last few weeks?” Lauren wondered aloud. Cole chuckled.
“It’s always good, baby,” he replied and slid a hand over her back. “I just think that we fell a little harder for each other tonight.”
“Because of the wedding?” Lauren asked. He stared at her body slumped over.
“Not just that. I realized tonight that I want to be the one waiting for you to walk down the aisle. I know that you were meant for me.” Lauren lifted her head and stared at him. He smiled. “I’m not asking, not yet. Just know that you’re it for me.”
“Did you feel this way about Kelsey?” Lauren asked.
“I thought so. She was great, and we were comfortable. I thought that we’d end up married and just settling down but life wasn’t meant to work out that way.” Cole shook his head. “I hated losing her that way, I hated what it did to her family. I missed her then, and I do now, but it’s nothing compared to what I felt the night that I first saw you. It was like being shocked or something.” Cole smiled. “I’ve never had that before. I thought it was just in the movies.”
“So did I,” Lauren replied with a shy smile. “I didn’t know that you felt that way that night.”
“I didn’t want to be that guy. You’d just landed, and I know that everything was new to you out here. I thought that you looked a little mad to see me there at the house,” Cole teased her. Lauren blushed.
“I thought that Jane had set it up for you to be there. I knew about you, but I was surprised to see you.” Lauren met his eyes. “I thought you were so handsome, but I didn’t know what to say or do.”
They showered after talking for a while. They cleaned Lauren up and messed around in the shower. Then he dried her off and led her right back to bed.
They made love a few times that night to make up for the time that they’d lost. Sometimes they were sweet and slow, other times passionate and a little rough. Lauren would doze in between in his arms, and they slept in late the following morning. They could, because Cole and Adam got this weekend off.