Getting to Her: A Sapphire Falls BONUS Novella (7 page)

“Stop,” she said softly.

He licked his lips and managed to nod. “Okay.”

But he didn’t move. His gaze went back to the glistening folds. Just one taste. His tongue tingled in anticipation. His whole body was tense with the effort of holding back.

“Ty.” Her voice was almost a whisper now.

He nodded again, without looking up. “Just…give me a sec,” he said. “I’ll find my brain here in a second.”

How could guys
not
want to do this? He hadn’t even done it yet and he already loved it.

“Ty.” Her voice sounded strained now.

He looked up. She looked as if she was fighting a battle of her own. Holding back from…something.

“Hailey, whatever you want.” He started to move back up her body.

“You can…I want…” She trailed off. “Whatever
you
want. I don’t… It’s okay…”

He had never seen Hailey Conner stumble over her words. He’d never seen her look unsure.

But she wasn’t really saying no. He’d stop. God, somehow he’d stop if she told him to. But he had to start before she could stop him, right?

“I want to taste you,” he said huskily. Taking a chance, knowing that she might slap him, that this might end all of it, he brushed the pad of his thumb over her clit.

She gasped, then bit her bottom lip. And did
not
slap him. Or even stop him.

“I can’t explain it,” he went on, circling over the slick spot again. “I just
need
to get my tongue on you. Right here.”

Her stomach sucked in, as if she was holding her breath.

“I’ve never done it before. And I won’t do it if you don’t want it. But I’d love for your pussy to be the first I ever taste.”

She flopped back flat on the sleeping bag with a whimper. “Oh God.”

She liked when he was demanding. She liked that firm note in his voice. “Let me taste you, Hailey.”

She put a hand on her stomach, the other over her eyes and took a few deep breaths. Ty slid his thumb around her clit, then lower, over the silky pink flesh. When he got to her opening, his pressed his thumb partway in.

Her body seemed to clamp down on him and she gasped again.

He moved his thumb in and out, loving seeing it all as he did it. He’d been here before. Well, not
here
, but with other girls. But he’d never had a chance for up-close study.

He could stay right here for a year.

He slid his thumb in farther and her hips bucked.

“How long’s it been?” he asked before he thought better of it. Before he thought about the fact that he
didn’t
really want to know when she’d last been with someone else.

“Never. Forever.” She was breathless and her answer was more of a pant than anything.

“Never?” he asked, frowning. “What do you mean?”

“It’s never been like this.” Again that breathy, panting thing made it sound as if she was talking without realizing what she was saying.

Ty paused and looked up. Her hand still covered her eyes.

Gratification flashed through him so strong and so fast that he felt lightheaded for a moment.

“Damn right it hasn’t,” he said—and lowered his mouth to her clit.

She could stop him, but he
was
going to have a taste of this woman before she walked away.

She cried out when his tongue flicked over her sweet spot. But it wasn’t just a cry. It was his name.

That was what shoved him over the edge.

He licked and sucked, pressing his thumb into her heat as her hips bucked and lifted. She was sweet and spicy at once, and he needed more. He slipped his thumb out and replaced it with his tongue, thrusting into her, drinking in everything about the moment, from the taste and feel of her on his tongue to the sounds she made and the way she gripped his hair, pushing him against her harder.

He moved again, replacing his tongue with two long fingers, stroking deeper, and returning to her clit where he licked and sucked harder this time. He was just going with instinct here, letting his lust guide him and going by Hailey’s reactions.

They seemed to be on the same page.

All too soon he felt her body clamp down on his fingers and she cried out, again his name, as hot wetness coated his fingers. The surge of satisfaction would have knocked him over if he hadn’t already been down.

The only thing that could make him lift his head and drag his fingers from her body was the realization that
now
he was going to finally sink his cock into her sweet heat.

He reached for the duffle and grabbed for the box of condoms he kept in there.

But when he found the box, he didn’t feel any foil packets.

No.

He sat up quickly, pulling the bag to him. He turned the box over but nothing fell out. He rummaged for another box. But there was none.

“Fuck!” He threw the bag to the side and tipped his hand back, breathing deep.

Son of a bitch. Dammit to hell.
Fuck.

He felt Hailey’s hand on his arm. “It’s okay, Ty.”

“No, it’s not,” he growled.

“I’m on the pill.”

“That’s great but—” He stopped and swung to face her. “What?”

She nodded. She ran her hand over his arm. “I’m on the pill. And I’m clean. I never do it without a condom anyway. And I got tested at student health a month ago after my boyfriend cheated on me, just to be safe.”

His heart was pounding so hard he almost didn’t hear all of that. “I’m clean. I’ve never done it without a condom and TJ made us all get tested a couple of months ago.”

She gave him a little smile. “Why?”

“Because he said that was part of being sexually active. It’s a responsibility. You know TJ.”

She nodded, her smile growing. “I like TJ.”

Ty narrowed his eyes, teasingly. “But he’s not your favorite Bennett.”

She shook her head slowly. “No, but because he’s so responsible, I get to have my favorite Bennett right here and now.”

A shudder went through Ty. “You’re going to let me fuck you bare, Hailey Ann?”

“Yes,” she breathed.

“You’re sure? Absolutely sure?” Ty didn’t know why he kept asking. If she said no, he would, no question, die on the spot. Spontaneously combust. Or his cock would explode, killing him. But he wanted her with no questions, no regrets.

Because
that
would also kill him.

“I’ve never been more sure of anything,” she said softly.

He sucked in a long breath. “Then spread your legs, darlin’,” he said, just as softly. “I know exactly where I want to be.”

She did as he said, but slowly. Seductively. She lifted both arms over her head and opened her legs.

He stared at her for a long moment, again memorizing the look of her, reliving the taste and sound of her coming, the feel of her on his fingers and tongue.

He moved between her legs and ran his hands up and down her silky inner thighs.

“Heaven,” he muttered. “This must be heaven.”

She smiled. “Ty?”

“Yeah, darlin’?”

“Fuck me.”

Any sweet thoughts or romantic ideas he had fled, replaced by a pounding need.

He was on his knees, her legs on either side of him. With his eyes on hers, he yanked his swimming trunks down, then slipped his hands under her ass and lifted her. He’d never used this position before, had never really had room for it before, but they had plenty of space and he
had
to see every bit of this. He had a perfect view here.

He moved one hand, stroking it up and down his length, easing the ache slightly so he didn’t come the second he thrust inside her.

“Oh my God that’s hot,” Hailey breathed.

He kept his eyes on hers as he stroked himself. “Next time this will be your hand. And then your mouth.”

He saw her breathing stutter slightly and again reveled in the fact that she liked that idea. And him talking about it. He focused on her mouth as he ran his hand up and down over his aching flesh. Even the
thought
of sliding past her lips into her hot mouth had his orgasm inching closer.

He had to take her now or they’d be waiting for him to recover in another minute or so.

He looked down at her pussy, spread open and all his. She was still wet from her orgasm and his balls contracted slightly.

Fuck. He had to get inside her or this was all over.

Ty positioned his cock at her opening and pressed in slowly.

“Oh, yes.” Her head tipped back again and she closed her eyes.

She was so tight and hot and wet. Ty knew this was going to be the shortest fuck of his life and already regretted it. But there was nothing he could do. This was Hailey.

Finally.

He reached up and tugged on one of her nipples and felt the reaction in her pelvic muscles. He withdrew and then thrust again, stretching her, torturing himself with the slow, hot friction.

He thrust slowly a few more times—okay, only three more times— but he could only fight his body’s need so long. The instinct to take her harder and faster quickly took over and soon he was pounding into her. The pleasure and the need for more and more kept driving him and he felt his body preparing to climax too soon. But there was no slowing this train. His balls pulled tight, his gut clenched and he gritted his teeth as the hot sensations ripped through him and he emptied himself into her a moment later, groaning her name.

The roaring in his ears and trembling in his limbs faded slowly. He tipped forward, hands on the sleeping back next to her ears, but held himself off of her, struggling for breath. When his equilibrium returned, Ty pulled out and collapsed on the sleeping bag beside her.

He felt her comb her fingers through his hair and shift so her mouth was against his ear. “If you go after the Gold medal like that, there’s no way you won’t win.”

He chuckled, completely exhausted, completely content.

“I’ll take that as a best-I’ve-ever-had,” he said.

He felt her smile against his shoulder. “Best I might
ever
have.”

He let the pleasure of that statement wash over him and sleep drag him under for a few minutes. He’d rest up and then work on round two. Now that he’d taken the edge off, he could spent more time on…all of it. And he hadn’t forgotten how she’d responded to the idea of giving him a blow job.

Twenty minutes later, he didn’t feel her shifting out from under his arm, didn’t hear her dressing, and didn’t know that she’d left. Until he awoke just after midnight.

DENVER, COLORADO

Three and a half years ago

 
“Um, dude, there’s someone here to see you.”

Ty looked up from the glossy photos of him and the new razor he was going to be advertising in the next issue of
GQ
. “Who?”

“Hailey Conner.”

“Not funny, Bryan.” Ty turned his attention back to the photos spread out on the desk in his den. He was supposed to be picking his favorites. He kind of hated them all. He looked like an idiot grinning about a razor. Who got that happy about a razor, for God’s sake?

“I’m not joking, man. I mean, I
would
joke about it. You know how much I love that your dick’s tied in a knot over her. But this time I’m not. She’s really here.”

Ty scowled at his best friend since kindergarten. And he saw the truth in Bryan’s eyes. Hailey Conner was here. In Denver. In his house.

He straightened. “Oh. Fuck.” He’d been expecting this. His lawyer had been handling Hailey’s requests so far, but Ty had known that wouldn’t last. That was why he’d kept doing it. Eventually she would get fed up and come to him. He’d have her face-to-face on his turf.

He had no doubt that Hailey intended to keep it all about business. She wanted him to put his name and a bunch of money behind a new business—a bar and grill, to be exact—in Sapphire Falls where she was the mayor.

But things between him and Hailey were personal. They always had been. And once she was here, in person, without the whole fucking town to hide behind, she’d remember that.

“Want me to call Steve?” Bryan asked.

Bryan wasn’t exactly Ty’s assistant. He was more like the president of Ty’s entourage. Bryan hung out and was the one who talked Ty out of doing half the stupid shit he considered. Of course, Bryan was also the one who talked him
into
doing the other half of the stupid shit he considered. But Bryan had his back. If Ty wanted his lawyer here for this, Bryan would call Steve and stall Hailey until Steve showed up.

And Ty should want his lawyer here. Because God knew he had no willpower where Hailey was concerned and he did
not
want to invest in this new business venture. Not because it was a horrible idea. It wasn’t
horrible
exactly; it was just a little silly to think about putting what would essentially be a shopping mall in tiny Sapphire Falls.

But he really didn’t want to invest because that was the only reason she’d reached out to him in more than seven years.