Fireworks: A Holiday Bad Boy Romance (24 page)

Better
enjoy it while I can.

Chapter 25

Cora

"Oh, man. Look at that!" Dedra
pointed up toward the sky as if we weren't all staring intently at the
fireworks show.

"Beautiful," I murmured and
wrapped my arms around myself tightly. The breeze had gotten a lot colder after
the sun left the sky, and I'd dressed like it was going to be blazing hot.
Showing off a little bit of skin had seemed like a proper way to tease Brody,
anyway. The afternoon before had been intense, delicious, addictive.

While I knew hooking up with him was a bad
idea on far too many levels, I figured it was going to happen, no matter what.
There was too much chemistry between us, and my dreams the night before of his
hands all over me left my desire far too heightened to ignore it.

"You cold?" He moved close to me
on the boat and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. His skin was warm,
surprisingly enough.

"Yeah, a little." I smiled over
at him as another firework lit up the sky.

He brushed his lips by my shoulder and
smiled. "How in the world are you cold? It's hot as hell out here."

I laughed and turned my attention back to
the sky. "Maybe I need to go back to the house and get a coat before we
all head to the beach front."

"I have one in the-”

"I want mine." I turned my face
toward his, locking eyes with him. "In my bedroom. It's on the floor, just
beside a pile of clothes I discarded this afternoon in a hurry."

"What? Oh. Oh...yeah. We should get
your coat." He licked at his lips as his hand tightened around my side,
tugging me closer.

I leaned in and brushed my lips by his,
grateful that he got my hint. I wanted time alone with him. We'd been with our
friends nonstop over the last week and a half. After yesterday afternoon's
teaser, I was ready to dive in and explore his abilities in the bedroom.

Brody reached up and gripped the side of
my face, pulling me in for a longer, more probing kiss. My heart was racing in
my chest by the time he moved back. His eyes moved across my face slowly as a
smile lifted his lips.

"Well, I guess that was it."
Clay dropped down on the other side of Brody. "What now, guys? Are we
wanting to go over to the beach where the party is tonight?"

"Yeah, that sounds great, but take us
back to the dock. Cora and I will walk over there later to meet up with you
guys. She wants to grab her coat." Brody released my face, but kept his
strong arm locked around my body.

"Coat?" Dedra laughed.
"It's burning up out here."

"Not to me." I pulled my legs up
and wrapped my arms around them as I looked over at Clay. "Is that okay? I
know it's a lot of trouble, but I'd be grateful."

"It's no trouble, at all."
Clay's expression softened as he got up and moved back.

"A coat?" Dedra nudged me in the
side. "Really?"

Brody moved back and walked toward Daniel
as I turned to Dee. "No, silly. I want time with him at the house."

"At the-” Her eyes widened a little.
"Oh. Oh, yeah. We gotta get your coat. And tomorrow, I better get every
juicy detail of that adventure."

I laughed, unable to help myself.

My friends had no modesty at all, and I
loved them for it. I turned and stood up, stretching as I let my eyes move
across the lake. There were a zillion boats. Getting back to the shore was
going to be a huge pain in the ass; swimming back over there would have been
easier, but far too dangerous. Besides, Brody hadn't been kidding. The size of
that alligator a few nights back left me not willing to stick a toe in the
water anymore, much less dive in headfirst in the dark.

"This should be tricky, but we'll get
back over there," Daniel called out. "Just get around the side of the
boat, guys, and help me make sure we don't get too close to anyone."

"Turn on the trolling motor and take
it slow." Clay moved up beside Daniel as he glanced around. "Why
aren't these people moving? It seems like everyone would be headed to the beach
or somewhere."

"Maybe there is another round of
fireworks?" Cindy asked.

"I don't know, but we can watch them
from the beach." Brody moved up beside me at the front and glanced to his
right. "Let's go before it starts. That'll just piss people off."

"True," I mumbled and watched
for Daniel getting the boat too close to anyone off my side. We made it back to
the dock about twenty minutes later when it should have taken two. I almost
felt bad being so high maintenance, which wasn't me, at all. Funny enough, no
one seemed to mind too much.

We made our way to the back of the boat,
and the boys got off first before helping each of us get up to the dock. I smiled
at Derek, who pulled me up with ease.

"Thanks."

"Anytime, pretty girl." He
winked and moved toward Cindy.

"Alright, so are we walking to the
beach now?" Emily wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"We are, but Brody and Cora are going
to grab her coat. Just text us when you head that way so we can flag you down.
I'm sure it's insane over there." Dedra reached out and tugged at a few
strands of my hair.

"You bet." I extended my hand to
Brody. "You okay going with me? If not, I can catch up in a little while."

"Are you fucking kidding me? Some guy
will swoop you up and then where will I be? Ninth-wheel? No thanks." He
took my hand and pulled me close to him as we started walking back to the
cabin. The laughter behind us left me feeling light and happy.

"You know it takes compliance on my
part for some guy to 'swoop me up,' right?" I smiled over at him,
wondering why the hell I wasn't nervous. Being with him was almost calming all
of a sudden. Like the situation between us the afternoon before had opened up
the door to just relax.

"This is true, and we know how
'compliant' you are where guys are concerned." He smirked.

"I'm good if I find the right one,
but you know how rare that is." We turned to the right and walked down the
hill to my cabin as another fireworks show started in the distance. "Oh,
hell. You were right. There's another show."

"You wanna go over there and we can
hook up later? It's not like we're in a hurry." He stopped and pulled me
against him, locking me to his front with the strength of his arms.

"No, I've seen a million fireworks
like this. I wanna see yours, instead." I lifted to my toes and kissed him
hard.

He leaned down and dove into the kiss as
his hands his over my sides and gripped my hips. He pulled back and closed his
eyes as his forehead touched mine. "You’re such a good kisser. So
thorough."

"Just imagine what else I'm good
at." I nipped at his lips and pulled out of his hold. "Come on. We'll
watch the fireworks from the house if want to see them."

"I could not care less." He
moved up beside me with a smile on his face. It faltered a little, and I could
see indecision run across his handsome features.

Oh
great. Is he about to play nice guy again?

"What's up?" I stopped at the
bottom of the stairs to the cabin and turned to face him.

"Nothing. I was just thinking about
you leaving so soon. It sucks." He brushed a few strands of hair behind my
ear.

"You know you're really not at all
the guy you pretend to be in front of your friends." I lifted my eyebrow
and trapped his hand against the side of my face, turning to kiss his palm a
few times.

"Is anyone, really?" He leaned
in and kissed me again before turning and pulling me up the stairs. "I'm
still that guy, but there are just parts of me that the guys wouldn't
get."

"I understand that." I fumbled
with my keys and dropped them twice before getting us in the house.

"You nervous, baby?" He chuckled
and reached for me as the door closed behind us.

"Not in the slightest." I slid
my hands over his warm skin and clasped my fingers together just behind his
neck as he gripped the back of my thighs and urged me to wrap my legs around
him.

He pressed me to the door and rubbed
against me. "Good. I figured after yesterday that we were done with
pretenses."

"Yesterday was hot." I licked at
the side of his neck before sucking his earlobe into my mouth.

"Let's make tonight hotter." He
slid his fingers into the sides of my bathing suit, brushing his fingers over
my ass and pulling a little. "You smell so good, Cora."

I cupped his face and took my time
exploring his mouth as his movements caused my body to flood with anticipation
of the pleasure to come. "Take me to the bedroom."

"Yeah," he mumbled and gripped
my ass hard as he turned and walked us to the bedroom. Our kisses grew almost
frantic by the time he laid me down on the bed and turned to shut and lock the
door. He moved back toward me with a neediness in his eyes that had to have
echoed my own. "I wanna taste you."

I reached down as he gripped my shorts and
worked to undo them so that he could tug them off. They were gone, as were my
bathing suit bottoms, before I could pull my hands away. He growled softly and
dropped to the floor by the edge of the bed. A moan ripped through me just at
the idea of him putting his tongue on me, and I spread my legs and dropped back
on the bed, unsure if I could stand while watching him lap at me. I was already
overly sensitive where he was concerned, and the lust racing through my veins
left me without a doubt that I was going to come—and fast.

"Damn, baby. So beautiful." He
leaned over and pressed his tongue to my center, wasting no time, at all. His
hands brushed up and down my stomach and chest, teasing my nipples and gripping
my hips as he worked me in varying rhythms. The delicious grunts that left him
skittered across my skin and caused the build up to only intensify.

He glanced up as I looked down at him, his
tongue extended and running through my folds. I groaned and buckled, crying out
his name as my body exploded. The brilliant high of the orgasm dragged me
under, and I worked my hips, grinding myself against him. He seemed to only get
more into it, and by the time I was done, he was working to bring me over the
edge again.

Two thick fingers sunk deep into me,
rolling and pumping into my flesh as he sucked my clit into his mouth and
looked up at me again.

I went for bold and sunk my fingers into
his hair as I watched him fuck me. His eyes fluttered closed as he groaned
again and worked me faster, harder.

"I'm so close." I dropped my
head back and arched my back as he covered my sex with the wetness of his mouth
and worked me so good. It didn't take another moment before I was crying out,
jerking and shaking as another orgasm smashed into me.

"So fucking hot, Cora. You're the
hottest woman I've ever met." He licked at me as I calmed down, lapping up
every ounce of what I had to offer before moving back and nodded at my chest.
"Take off that top. I wanna see you fully."

I nodded and held back the moan that beat
against my teeth as he stripped out of his shorts. The skinny dipping in the
darkness hadn't done justice to just how good he looked naked. His cock was
thick and hard, standing proud and weeping precum as he reached for me.

"Get a condom," I mumbled and
reached out to stroke him, taking my time and pushing down to the thick base of
his erection. I started to move down to press my lips to his thick meaty head,
but he put a hand on my shoulder.

"Next time. I wanna feel you wrapped
around me tonight. I need to." He moved back, and I was a little stunned
by his words.
Next time?
Relief
flooded me. There would be a next time. It was all I needed to hear to sink
down into the bed and fully give myself over to him.

He crawled back on the bed after putting
on the rubber and slid his hands up my thighs. "Turn over. I'll make love
to you later this week, but tonight, I need to fuck you. I've been waiting to
get my hands on you since the first day we met."

I turned onto my stomach and moaned as his
fingers dug into my hips, and he tugged me up onto my knees. My hands pressed
into the bed as I lifted up, and he leaned over the top of me, kissing the back
of my shoulder and pressing his teeth in as he ran his cock along my need,
stroking me, teasing me.

"Stretch your hands out and press
your cheek to the bed, Cora. It will give me a good angle to have you come a
few more times for me."

I whimpered, hating myself for doing it,
but realizing quickly that he was the more experienced one out of the two of
us. I rarely obeyed anyone, but being with him left me wanting to do exactly
what he asked of me. It was my pleasure at stake.

"I want that," I murmured and
slid my hand out in front of me, pressing my breasts to the bed and letting out
a shaky sigh.

"Me, too, baby." He pressed into
me, and my body tightened as pleasure raced out from the center of my stomach
and spread like wild-fire. He groaned loudly and pushed a little farther as his
hands moved in large circles over my ass and lower back. Gripping my hips, he
thrusted one more time as we both let out a long groan.