He takes a couple steps and wraps his fingers around my upper arms. “I’m sorry, all right. I’d take it all back if I could. I don’t mean to hurt you, Kitten. I fucking love you and I don’t know how to handle it.”
Shock registers on his face as he realizes what he’s said to me. He rubs his face and takes a deep breath before looking me square in the eye. “I love you.”
“You love me?” I whisper. “Why did you wait until now to tell me?”
He bites his lower lip. “I thought I was doing you a favor by pushing you away. As much as I hate to admit it, a guy like Isaac would be a much better choice than a piece of shit like me. I wish I could give you every part of me, but I’m so fucking broken that I’m not sure where to start.”
I place my hand over his heart. “Start by giving me this. All I ever ask is that you love me back just as much as I love you.”
“What if I can’t? I don’t know how to love someone.”
Tears fill my eyes and when I blink the warm, salty liquid flows down my cheeks. “You can. You already have. You love your mom and Hailey. I see it every time you talk about them, what they meant to you. I want you to let me in. I love being with you. I love the way you make me feel. I do want to be with you, but I’m afraid you’ll crush my heart.”
“I swear I’ll never hurt you again. I’ll spend the rest of my life proving how much I love you if you let me.” He cups my cheeks in his hands. “I love you, Aubrey. I think I have from the moment you first turned me down.”
I smile at him and wrap my arms around him. It’s crazy and us together makes absolutely zero sense, but I can’t fight the feelings I have for him. “I love you, too.”
I close my eyes and focus on how good he makes me feel. It would absolutely crush me at this point if this doesn’t work out again, but I can’t worry about that, because right now I know he’s being sincere.
He kisses me like he’s never kissed me before. It’s like he needs me to breath. He grabs my hips and hoists me up on the counter. “Thank god you picked a dress to wear tonight. This would be a lot harder in if not.”
He reaches up my skirt and yanks my underwear down before sliding them the rest of the way off my body. There’s no time wasted as he circles my clit with the tip of his finger in a forceful rhythm. I bite my lip and throw my head back as I moan from the sheer pleasure of his touch. I’ve missed being with him so much.
Within a minute my eyes roll back and my entire body shakes as I come hard against his hand.
I gasp as I come down from the high. All the time we’ve spent learning each other’s bodies comes in handy during a quickie like this.
Zach unzips his pants and shoves them along with his boxers down to his thighs before he grabs the base of his shaft and guides it into me. A long moans flies from his mouth as it pushes his cock all the way in.
“Oh, god,” I cry as softly as I can while he plunges into me.
We hold each other’s gaze and I chew on my bottom lip. Zach leans over and nips my ear, grazing his teeth along my skin. “I love you.”
“I love you, too,” I breathe.
He grips my hips harder as he drives into me desperate to find his release. Small beads of sweat form on his brow as he works his way deeper inside me. I can’t peel my eyes away from his face as he rocks into me again and again in a steady rhythm.
Long strands of my ponytail come loose and cascade around my shoulders. I can only imagine what a mess my hair must be after this.
He wraps his arms around me and I arch my back against his hands. To make him come faster I clench my muscles around his cock and hold them as tight as I can.
“Fuck, Kitten.”
Both of his hands find their way into my hair after he pulls the elastic band from it, allowing it to fall around my shoulders. I wrap my fingers around the edge of the counter and brace myself as he picks up speed.
“You’re so fucking sexy,” he says against my lips. “Shit.”
His entire body tenses under my touch. I squeeze my legs around him as he lets out a string of curses as he releases inside me, groaning so loud I’m sure the entire wedding party heard us.
He kisses my face all over. “You’re fucking amazing, Aubrey. Every time keeps getting better. I promise I’ll love you until the day I die.”
I kiss his lips and rest my forehead against his. “What am I going to do about Isaac?”
He rubs my back. “Tell him you’re with me and he needs to go home.”
I shake my head. “I can’t be rude to him. He’s my boss I still have to deal with him.”
He kisses my neck. “Fuck that job. I want you to stay with me all the time anyway.”
“I didn’t work hard for my degree to flush my first job opportunity down the damn toilet. Can we play it cool for this weekend and I’ll let him down gently Monday.”
He sighs. “We can do that, but if I see his lips touch you, I’ll rip them off his face.”
“You’re impossible,” I say.
After a few last kisses I slip on my panties and try to fix my disheveled hair. We leave the bathroom together while still adjusting our clothes and I freeze in my tracks. Isaac waits down the hall from the bathroom with the gift he had at the table in his hands, waiting for us to come out. The moment our eyes connect, he starts shaking his head and turns on his heel.
Instantly, I feel like total shit because I know what it’s like to want someone who doesn’t fully want you back. I always swore I would never be that person, yet here I am doing the exact thing I hate.