Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 99967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
“No.” I push my hands through my hair and look Harper dead in the eyes. “No, she’s Brooks’s ex. And there’s a lot of history there, but I’m not the key player in that drama.”
She seems to deflate with relief. “Thank God. I mean, I know there are women out there who you do have a past with, but I love it here. I don’t want it to be awkward because you and the owner used to bang.”
I snort out a laugh at that and then wince. “God, no. She was like a sister to me at one time.”
Her eyebrows climb in surprise, and she folds her arms, leaning her elbows on the table. “What happened?”
Just then, one of Juliet’s employees places our meals in front of us.
“Enjoy,” she says with a smile and walks away.
I take in the fajitas that I got thanks to Harper’s recommendation and feel even more pride. “This looks so damn good.”
“So good,” she confirms around a bite of her own dinner.
“Jules and Brooks were a couple all through high school and college. They were young, but it was serious. We all just assumed they’d end up married one day.”
Harper pauses and sets her fork down, frowning at me. “What happened?” she asks again.
“A lot happened.” I take a bite of my food and think about how much I should tell her. It’s not my story to share, and it’s something that Brooks will absolutely not talk about. “There was some betrayal, and I suspect some misunderstandings, although Brooks never told us everything that went down. When all was said and done, they were finished, and Juliet left town.”
“She just left?” Harper asks, her head tilted to the side. “It must have been a lot of shit that went down.”
“I’m sure it was, but none of us knows the whole story. Only the two of them know everything. What I do know is that Brooks was never the same. It truly broke his heart. He withdrew from us for a while until the family basically forced him to let us back in. But he refuses to speak of her, and no matter how many times we ask him to tell us what happened, he clams up and leaves. It’s not open for discussion.”
Harper shakes her head sadly. “That’s really sad. I’m sorry to hear that. Is that why you haven’t been in here before?”
I look around and notice that Juliet is watching us. When my eyes catch hers, she turns away to wipe down a countertop.
“Yeah, that’s why. I loved her as much as I love my own sister. She was always around. She and my brother were attached at the hip for the better part of a decade. So yeah, I’ve avoided this place.”
“I’m sorry.” My girl reaches across the table and slides her palm against mine, holding on tight. “If I’d known, we could have gone somewhere else.”
“You love it here.”
“Blake, you don’t have to be uncomfortable just because I like the food here. I can come alone.”
“I’m fine.” I give her hand a squeeze. “How’s your ravioli?”
“Fucking delicious. You’d never know that it’s gluten-free. Here.” She holds her fork up to my mouth, and I take the bite from her.
“Fuck, that’s good.”
“Right? So good. We can do takeout from now on if it makes you more comfortable.”
“I’ll be just fine, sugar. Don’t worry about me.”
She tips her head to the side. “I’ll worry about you because I care about you. But I believe you if you say you’re okay. Because I just fell head over heels for this ravioli.”
And I’ve fallen head over heels for you.
“Yes, right there.” She lifts her hips beneath me and turns her head to bite my arm as I move in and out of her at an easy, steady pace. Her pussy hugs me so fucking perfectly that I can’t help but question if it’s real. It’s early as fuck, the sun isn’t even thinking of coming up yet, but I had to have her one last time before I take her home.
Because I’ll never get enough of this incredible woman.
“Your body was made for me,” I whisper into her ear. It’s so quiet, so dark, it’s like we’re in our own cocoon, wrapped up in each other. “So fucking perfect.”
She moans and lifts her leg higher on my hip, opening herself up to me more, and I press my hand to the back of her thigh as I start to push faster. A little harder.
I can’t help myself.
“Just like that,” she whispers. “God yes, just like that.”
“Come for me, baby.” I lick my thumb, then press it to her clit, and she squeezes her muscles so tight, she’s fucking strangling me. “Jesus, I’m going with you. Fuck, Harper.”
She grips onto my ass, her nails biting, and that’s all I can take. I rock into her as the orgasm works down my spine, through my balls, and I coat her pussy in my cum. Her back bows, her muscles tighten, and with a low moan, she comes with me.