Free Bending the Rules by Ali Parker Page B

different with her. I was greedy to get my hands on her, no matter where we were. Getting to leave town for three days where we could just be ourselves no matter who was watching? Bliss.
    "It's hard when you're so damn fine." I leaned down and brushed my lips by hers. "Eight months, hmmm?"
    "I think one of us is going to have to get an extra job to pay for out of town travel." She laughed, lighting up the hallway around us with her energy. She was the type of fire I could warm myself beside forever. If we could make it through the next year together, we were set.
    What would I be willing to give up for her?
    "I'll pick up the tab." I leaned down and brushed my lips by hers again, reveling in the softness of her kiss. I wanted her lips, her mouth all over me. Was she adventurous in bed? Would she let me explore every inch of her and teach her new things?
    "You look lost in thought." She gave me a cheeky grin as someone cleared their throat loudly behind us. "Oh! Sorry."
    "I was thinking about all the things I shouldn't be." I adjusted my cock, trying to make it less than obvious that I was sporting a hard-on for the pretty girl in front of me. What was I, twelve?
    "That so?" She moved up and glanced over her shoulder, stealing whatever part of my heart I thought remained my own. I'd have to thank Damon a million times when everything was said and done. Without the bastard pushing from his angle and Dana being persistent from hers, we wouldn't have a chance in hell. I'd been protecting myself for too long to let the wall crumble without someone beating against it. Lucky for me, I had two people who cared enough about me to pick up a sledge hammer and go to town, no matter how much I pushed back.
    "Absolutely." I moved up behind her in the plane and took her backpack from her, helping to stow it away before dropping down beside her. The sundress she wore played above her thighs, leaving her long tanned legs on display.
    I reached out and squeezed her knee before sliding my hand up just a tad bit more and clamping down. I crossed my legs in an effort to keep everyone from noticing just how intensely she affected me.
    She turned and leaned toward me, putting her mouth right beside my ear. "What happens if you get caught fucking in the bathroom of a plane?"
    I tensed as images burned across my vision. It was like the guy I'd locked away after college got a few minutes to storm around in his cage without chains strapped across him.
    "I don't know." I reached out and cupped her face tightly. "You wanna find out?"
    Her cheeks turned pink, making the monster inside of me lift his head. I was starved for affection and yet it had been all my own doing.
    "Maybe on the way back." She leaned in and licked at my mouth as I growled softly.
    "Promise me you'll tell me what you want when we finally get alone. I don't wanna waste time figuring it out and possibly getting it wrong. I wanna know where your treasures are so I can beat against them with a fury that's going to steal your breath." I pulled her toward me and pressed my lips to hers as the delicious burn of desire pulsed down my stomach and settled in my sack.
    "Fuck," she whispered against my lips and gave me another long kiss before moving back and letting out a shaky breath. "I'm not going to survive you."
    "You have to." I gripped her hand and brought it over to rest on my leg. "You're the only woman I see in my future. I have lots of plans for you, but you knew that, didn't you?"
    She closed her eyes and didn't utter a word. She didn't have to. The soft panting coming from her, combined with the vein in the side of her neck pumping blood furiously through her body was enough. I couldn't help but completely adore how much of an effect I had on her. Little did she know, she had the same hold on me.
     
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    "All right, so tell me who this woman is again?" I clasped Dana's hand between mine and held it in my lap as she and I rode in the back of a New York cab with Jackie.
    "She's my