you? how is the fire?
River: fire’s one hundred percent contained. i’m thinking about taking this really hot blonde out.
Her eyebrows puckered together and her face fell.
River: it’s definitely the green ribbon in her hair that has me turned on .
Her eyes shot up, wide and excited as she scanned the bar, her ribbon moving with the swish of her ponytail.
She jumped when she saw me, racing around the end of the bar. I had barely pushed away from the table and stood when she was in my arms, all sweet-smelling and soft.
“Hey, baby,” I said into her hair as I held her to me, lifting her against my chest.
She wrapped those incredible legs around my waist and burrowed her face into my neck. “River.” She sighed my name like a prayer. “Why didn’t you tell me you were back?”
“I wanted to surprise you,” I said, easily supporting her weight and loving the feel of her pressed against me.
Her arms tightened around me, and her fingers moved through my hair, lightly scratching my scalp. “I was so worried.”
Damn, I loved her. “I was fine. Promise. I’m sorry we were out of service up there, but it really was an easy one.”
“Good. I didn’t know if you’d make it home before we had to leave.”
I urged her back and she met my eyes. “Nothing’s going to stop me from taking you to Colorado this weekend.”
Nothing. Not her dad, or even Addy—as much as I adored her. This weekend was for us.
Her eyes dropped to my lips and want slammed into me, more intense than any time I’d ever come home from a fire. “Keep looking at me like that and you’ll get kissed in front of all these people. I’ve never minded gossip, but you might.”
Her tongue snuck out to wet her lower lip. “I don’t care.”
Fuck it. My fingers threading through the base of her ponytail, I crushed her mouth to mine. I tried to remember where we were, that I couldn’t strip her down in the middle of a crowded bar. I tried to keep the kiss short, just enough to satisfy the craving I’d had for her mouth since I’d been called away.
I failed.
Her tongue moved against mine and I was gone. I sank into her, tilting her head so I could find a deeper, sweeter angle, and I forgot where we were. Hell, I forgot there was anyone else on the planet besides us.
Her ass pushed into my hand as she arched, her breasts stealing my breath as they pressed against me. She made that sexy little noise in the back of her throat, and I was ready to carry her the hell out of there and take her in my damned truck if it meant the throbbing in my dick would ease up just a little.
Someone cleared her throat near us, and I remembered that we were, in fact, the very opposite of being alone. I pulled away, but Avery held my lip with gentle suction, her teeth grazing the skin lightly as she finally released me.
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
My breathing was too fast, too uncontrolled, and I was way too turned on to be this public at the moment.
“Welcome home,” she whispered, those blue eyes hazy with passion and happiness.
“I love the sound of that,” I admitted as I let her down. Her curves rubbed against me every. Inch. Of. The. Way. “You’re killing me.”
“Feeling’s mutual.”
“It’s about damn time!” someone in the bar called out.
He was followed by a round of applause that had Avery burying her beautiful, flushed face in my shirt. “Yeah, yeah,” I said as the clapping died down.
“Oh my God,” she mumbled.
I tilted her chin and kissed her scrunched nose. “I’d better get out of here and get packed for tomorrow.”
“You are cutting it pretty close.”
“Yeah, well, you know me. I have to do everything at the last possible second.” Like tell you that I want you.
She grinned and kissed me lightly. “Pick me up in the morning?”
“Wouldn’t miss it.”
I kissed her goodbye just because I could, then made my way to the door before I ended up kissing her again. She waved when I looked back, and suddenly
River: fire’s one hundred percent contained. i’m thinking about taking this really hot blonde out.
Her eyebrows puckered together and her face fell.
River: it’s definitely the green ribbon in her hair that has me turned on .
Her eyes shot up, wide and excited as she scanned the bar, her ribbon moving with the swish of her ponytail.
She jumped when she saw me, racing around the end of the bar. I had barely pushed away from the table and stood when she was in my arms, all sweet-smelling and soft.
“Hey, baby,” I said into her hair as I held her to me, lifting her against my chest.
She wrapped those incredible legs around my waist and burrowed her face into my neck. “River.” She sighed my name like a prayer. “Why didn’t you tell me you were back?”
“I wanted to surprise you,” I said, easily supporting her weight and loving the feel of her pressed against me.
Her arms tightened around me, and her fingers moved through my hair, lightly scratching my scalp. “I was so worried.”
Damn, I loved her. “I was fine. Promise. I’m sorry we were out of service up there, but it really was an easy one.”
“Good. I didn’t know if you’d make it home before we had to leave.”
I urged her back and she met my eyes. “Nothing’s going to stop me from taking you to Colorado this weekend.”
Nothing. Not her dad, or even Addy—as much as I adored her. This weekend was for us.
Her eyes dropped to my lips and want slammed into me, more intense than any time I’d ever come home from a fire. “Keep looking at me like that and you’ll get kissed in front of all these people. I’ve never minded gossip, but you might.”
Her tongue snuck out to wet her lower lip. “I don’t care.”
Fuck it. My fingers threading through the base of her ponytail, I crushed her mouth to mine. I tried to remember where we were, that I couldn’t strip her down in the middle of a crowded bar. I tried to keep the kiss short, just enough to satisfy the craving I’d had for her mouth since I’d been called away.
I failed.
Her tongue moved against mine and I was gone. I sank into her, tilting her head so I could find a deeper, sweeter angle, and I forgot where we were. Hell, I forgot there was anyone else on the planet besides us.
Her ass pushed into my hand as she arched, her breasts stealing my breath as they pressed against me. She made that sexy little noise in the back of her throat, and I was ready to carry her the hell out of there and take her in my damned truck if it meant the throbbing in my dick would ease up just a little.
Someone cleared her throat near us, and I remembered that we were, in fact, the very opposite of being alone. I pulled away, but Avery held my lip with gentle suction, her teeth grazing the skin lightly as she finally released me.
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
My breathing was too fast, too uncontrolled, and I was way too turned on to be this public at the moment.
“Welcome home,” she whispered, those blue eyes hazy with passion and happiness.
“I love the sound of that,” I admitted as I let her down. Her curves rubbed against me every. Inch. Of. The. Way. “You’re killing me.”
“Feeling’s mutual.”
“It’s about damn time!” someone in the bar called out.
He was followed by a round of applause that had Avery burying her beautiful, flushed face in my shirt. “Yeah, yeah,” I said as the clapping died down.
“Oh my God,” she mumbled.
I tilted her chin and kissed her scrunched nose. “I’d better get out of here and get packed for tomorrow.”
“You are cutting it pretty close.”
“Yeah, well, you know me. I have to do everything at the last possible second.” Like tell you that I want you.
She grinned and kissed me lightly. “Pick me up in the morning?”
“Wouldn’t miss it.”
I kissed her goodbye just because I could, then made my way to the door before I ended up kissing her again. She waved when I looked back, and suddenly
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