Free Reed's Reckoning by Ahren Sanders Page B

long I’ve gone without your perfect kisses. Four fucking years.”
    “Shh, Reed. That shouldn’t have happened.”
    “Yes, it should have.”
    “No, it was an emotional reaction.”
    “Tell yourself whatever the hell you want. But it’s going to happen again, soon.”
    I want to argue, but he steps back and places a quick kiss to my forehead then goes to Davis. I run to my bathroom and shut the door. My reflection shocks me. My face is flushed and my lips swollen. My whole body is strumming with need. What the hell did I do?

Reed
    Her smell is everywhere. Just rubbing up against me for a few minutes coated my body with her scent and my dick approves. I have to adjust myself several times while trying to snap Legos and build the boat in the diagram. Davis doesn’t notice, but does continuously instructs me on the right way to do this.
    Several times, I laugh out loud at his bossiness and word choices. He definitely gets his attitude from his mom. We only have thirty minutes until his bedtime. I negotiated two books tonight since tomorrow is such a big day.
    Then I plan on cornering Ari right back into the same position we were in before we were interrupted. Preferably, this time, I’ll have her on her back. I felt her nipples poking through her thin shirt into my chest. If I had a few more minutes, I could have seen how wet she was. Her tiny shorts were begging me to slip my fingers inside and test her.
    After Ari and I broke up, I was never into kissing. Shit, most of the time I could fuck and duck without ever touching the woman’s lips. It was just too painful because Ari’s taste is addictive and I didn’t want anyone else. But when our lips connected, it was like I was born to kiss this woman. I was serious; it is going to happen again, and again, and again.
    There’s no denying the chemistry we have together. Even though she made me wait for sex in college, everything we did was explosive. Our bodies knew exactly what to do with each other. When she finally let me make love to her, I could swear there were fireworks in the room. She was meant for me. The way her body accepted mine was magnetic.
    “Daddy? Did you hear me?”
    His little voice draws me out of my memories and back to the room. Realizing my little boy just called me daddy makes my heart race. “Whatcha got?”
    “Nuthin, I asked where mommy is?”
    “Shower, buddy. Let’s get this mess cleaned up and get you to bed.”
    I want everything to be done when Ari finishes. She thinks she is clever trying to avoid me, but I’m on to her. She did everything to stay out of the living room tonight, even starting her laundry, which she doesn’t do until Sundays.
    Once I get him into bed, he only lasts for one book before he is sound asleep. I kiss his temple and turn off the light. Then I go on a mission.
    I find Ari on the front porch with a glass of wine reading. She smiles at me lazily.
    “He’s out huh?”
    “Yeah.”
    “You want another beer or do you have to leave?”
    “I’d love a beer but do you mind getting it? My knee is killing me.”
    The way she jumps up almost makes me feel guilty, but I needed her to go inside in order to put my plan in place. When she disappears into the kitchen, I settle back on the swing with one leg propped up. Then I move her wine right next to me and wait for her.
    Her eyes slant slightly when she gets back and notices I took her seat. She hands me my beer and goes to get her wine when I tug her down between my legs, eventually trapping her by wrapping my other leg around her small body.
    “I thought your knee hurt? This is a lot of moving around for a man in pain.”
    “What can I say? It was a miraculous recovery.”
    “Humpt! You did that on purpose.”
    “I did. I see you putting your walls back up and I won’t tolerate it. You’ve been avoiding me all night.”
    “I have not; I’ve been taking advantage of having someone to keep Davis busy.”
    “Angel, don’t lie. You’re terrible at