Free Ashes to Ashes (Experiment in Terror #8) by Karina Halle Page B

orgasm before he swatted my
hand away and replaced it with his thumb.
    “ Don’t take
away my job,” he murmured, and then pulled me down toward him, my
palms pressing into the strength of his shoulders, my breasts
swinging near his face. With his free hand he took my nipple into
his mouth and sucked hard enough to make me cry out from the sweet
pain.
    When he finally pulled his
mouth away, he gazed up at me. “This is real, baby. This is us.
Now, always, us.”
    I could only pant from the
increased pace from his thumb.
    “ That’s it,
ride me raw.” He took a hard hold of my hip and made me ride him
harder, faster, until I was coming at the same pace, my head thrown
back in ecstasy. “Let me know how much you love to fuck
me.”
    A cry or two escaped my lips,
the throws of my orgasm flowing through every part of me and he
didn’t hold back either, muttering a stream of delirious
obscenities as he grunted to completion, the headboard banging hard
against the wall.
    I collapsed on his chest, our
breath heavy, our bodies sweaty and spent, while my mind slowly
rolled around from being on cloud nine to being in…Uncle Al’s
house. My face burned red hot with the reality.
    I looked up at Dex. “I was
loud, wasn’t I?”
    He stroked the top of my head
with his hand. “You’re always loud, kiddo.”
    “ Shit.”
    “ Told you I’d
embarrass us. Well, embarrass you. I don’t get
embarrassed.”
    “ No, you
really don’t,” I mused, brushing his hair out of his face. My god,
I loved staring at him after sex. Every feeling I had for him was
heightened and he could not have looked more handsome and
comfortable.
    A few moments passed, the both
of us relishing each other’s post-coital company before we heard a
very faint knock at the door.
    “ Uh, guys?” It
was Rebecca.
    “ We’ll be
right there,” I said loudly before rolling out of bed.
    “ Sorry to
interrupt, I thought I’d wait till you were done,” she whispered
before her heels clicked down the hallway.
    I turned around to see Dex
beaming at me. Great.
    So yeah, I’m pretty sure the
entire house heard our morning antics. Thank god we had to get
moving and were late enough that our departure was hasty, even
though both Matt and Tony were smirking like crazy when they said
goodbye to Dex.
    My uncle, on the other hand,
looked like he was ready to kill me. I gave him a light hug as we
left and told him I’d stay in touch. He didn’t look too enthused,
though just as I was leaving the house he grabbed my hand and
squeezed it hard. “Take care, Perry,” he said. “I mean it.”
    I could only nod. Whether he
was concerned for the safety of my heart or the safety of my life,
I knew I’d do what I could to be vigilant.
    “ Well that
wasn’t so bad,” Rebecca said from the backseat, looking behind her
at the house as we pulled out of the driveway and headed south on
Highway 101.
    “ Says you,” I
said. “You were the charming British friend. You didn’t have to
answer to Uncle Al and his disapproval on repeat.” I looked over at
Dex at the wheel, his shades covering his eyes. “By the way, what
did Uncle Al say to you? What did you guys talk about out
there?”
    I knew it was a bit risky
asking this when we weren’t alone but sometimes it felt like
Rebecca was basically an extension of us, and it was obvious that
something happened—I’d just been too carried away by my hormones
that morning to figure it out.
    He tilted his head, shrugging
one shoulder like it was no big deal. “Nothing really. I just
wanted to tell him that you were doing okay now. I didn’t want him
or your parents to worry about you.”
    “ Didn’t go
well, did it?” Rebecca asked with sympathy.
    He glanced at her briefly. “No,
it didn’t. He doesn’t hate me but he’s not a fan of the Dex charm.
I guess first impressions really do stick around.”
    “ To be fair,
Dex,” I pointed out, “most of your charm is in your dick. There’s a
reason why you piss off