Total pages in book: 65
Estimated words: 65429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
“I know you don’t want to end the way we did either. I know this won’t change anything between us, but I need closure, so I can at least remember our last time being about us and not the desperation of trying to escape. Please… just be with me.”
I didn’t know what to say. I barely knew how to feel.
“I just need a better goodbye before I go. It feels like an elephant has been in my room with us all week, and I know it’s because of how things ended. I know this will help both of us move on. At least it will for me. You’re forever my best friend, but I’m losing my lover, and I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to him. We owe each other that. Don’t you think?”
I narrowed my gaze. “Livvy—”
“Shhh…” She leaned forward, placing her lips close to mine. “Stop thinking. All we have is right now. Just. Right. Now.” Her eyes watered, fighting back the tears. “Please…”
Her pleading tone shook me to my core as a single tear slid down her beautiful face. The next thing I knew, she kissed me, beckoning me to do the same.
“Livv—”
“Shhh…” she coaxed against my mouth. “All we have is right now,” she repeated.
My mind battled my heart, raging a war I never had a chance of winning. Her loneliness ate me alive, swallowing me whole. I decided to do the only thing I could for her and for me. I sought refuge in the right now, which was good enough for me.
So I did what I had to do, what felt right and so fucking true.
I kissed her back with my heart breaking, piece by piece, crumbling to the ground as I made up for the last three weeks that felt as if I couldn’t breathe.
For each tear.
Each regret.
Each moment we needed one another but weren’t there for each other.
For the past where we became best friends and the present where we became lovers, down to the future we so desperately wanted together, but there would forever be an endless number of obstacles in our way.
We kissed.
And kissed.
And kissed some more…
We kissed until none of that fucking mattered until it felt like we were simply breathing for one another. Until all that was finally left…
Was us.
Ethan and Livvy.
The way it was always meant to be, no matter what. Deep down in my stomach, I knew this wouldn’t change anything between us. Our lives were on two different journeys.
Instead of dwelling on that, I grabbed the back of her neck, bringing her closer to me as if she wasn’t already close enough. Sitting up, I flipped our bodies over so I was now lying on top of her, yearning to feel her beneath me.
Resting my arms by the sides of her face, I started lowering my frame onto her petite, trembling body. Cherishing every second our lips moved against one another. Our mouths starved for the affection, ached for the warmth, and longed to lose ourselves.
Reaching for the hem of her dress, I slid it off her body, leaving her in nothing but her panties and distress.
So exposed.
So vulnerable.
So fucking afflicted.
With a predatory regard, I devoured every inch of her bare skin, from her rosy-colored nipples to her perky, supple tits, down to her narrow, slender waist, and her luscious ass and thighs before I slipped off her panties and crawled up her body. Spreading her legs for me, I lay between them, kissing her all over again.
From her lips, her cheeks, to the tip of her nose, and down to the sides of her neck. Kissing, licking, caressing my way toward her nipples while my fingers coasted along her smooth, silky skin, trailing all over her naked body.
The addictive sounds she made.
The way her body kept shuddering beneath mine.
The smell of her arousal.
It had me losing my mind.
I flicked, sucked, slightly bit her nipples, driving her wild with need. Working my way toward where I wanted to be the most, I peered up at her through the slits of my eyes.
With a sly grin, I pulled down my gym shorts, freeing my hard, thick cock. Her eyes widened while I jerked it in my hand. Never once taking my eyes off hers as I sparingly skimmed my lips over her bare heat.
I watched her swallow hard, her chest rising and falling, waiting, eager, ready…
Grinning, I nudged my nose along her folds, faintly blowing the entire time. Gradually, lightly, I ran the tip of my tongue over her clit, hearing her breathe, heavy and deep.
“Is this what you came for?”
“Please,” she begged in a breathless tone.
Our eyes connected, and I let go of my cock and gripped her thighs. Locking them in place at the sides of my face, I put her exactly where I wanted her. She rocked her hips, arching her back and making my cock twitch for what felt like the hundredth time.