Kissing Kendall Page 12

  “Unzip my dress.”

  He shot a look around them, but they’d wandered down the side of the deck and there was no one nearby. Even if someone did see them, his body should more than hide Kendall’s. He moved back just enough to drag down the ridiculously tiny zipper. Her dress sagged away from her body and he slipped his hands beneath it to cup her bare breasts. She was so fucking perfect it blew his mind. Physically, yes, but her unfurling confidence drew him like a moth to flames. He just hoped he wouldn’t be burned up in his desire to get closer. Endlessly closer.

  Alex skimmed his hand down her stomach and paused. “Sweetheart.”

  “Mmmm?”

  “Do you ever wear panties?”

  Kendall laughed, low and wicked. “Not since meeting you.”

  He cupped her pussy, loving the way she arched back against him, seeking his cock even as he pushed two fingers into her. The dress kept her from spreading her legs, though she tried. He kissed her neck again, lingering there. “Better?” he murmured against her skin. Giving this woman exactly what she asked for had become his kink. He couldn’t get enough of it. He couldn’t get enough of her.

  “Yes. No.” She shivered in his arms. “Alex…” Kendall pushed back against his body harder and then she shoved her dress down until it was just past her hips, baring herself to him. “I need you,” she whispered.

  Fuck.

  He fumbled in his pocket with his free hand, finally coming up with the condom he’d tucked there earlier on a whim. He should have known he’d end up using it. Kendall liked fucking in public too much to risk going without, which was something he should have learned by now. He was forced to release her to rip open the foil and roll it onto his cock. “You’re going to kill me.”

  “You keep saying that.” She moaned as he pressed his hand flat against her back, bending her forward a little as he guided his cock into her pussy.

  “I keep meaning it,” he gritted out. Alex leaned forward to finger her clit with one hand and grip the railing with the other. “Eyes up, sweetheart. You’re going to miss a shooting star if you get distracted.”

  “Can’t have… that.”

  He sheathed himself in her completely and held still has he worked her clit. “No, we really can’t.” He nipped her shoulder. “You’re going to get me arrested for public indecency.”

  “Worth it.” She thrust back against him, but he held her too tightly for her to be able to do more than writhe on his cock. “Oh god, that feels good.”

  “Only for you, sweetheart. I would only lose my head like this for you.” He pulled out a little more and pushed back into her. “You start asking me for shit, begging for my cock, and I can’t do anything but give it to you exactly how you want it.”

  “Harder. Deeper. Fuck me, Alex. Right here, beneath the stars.”

  “Christ.” He moved back and grabbed her hips. And then he did exactly as she commanded, fucking her in deep, harsh strokes. He couldn’t shield her body like this, couldn’t cover her as he drove into her again and again. And that only seemed to make Kendall hotter. She let go of her dress and held onto the railing, her mostly naked body slamming back onto him with each thrust. Fucking him as intensely as he fucked her. Meeting him stroke for stroke. Driving him higher.

  He slapped her ass and then took a handful, squeezing the same spot. “That’s right, greedy girl. Take my cock. Take every single fucking inch.”

  “Yes!”

  He caught movement out of the corner of his eye and didn’t hesitate. Alex stepped close to her, pinning her between him in the railing and yanking her dress up as much as he could even as he leaned down to let the sides of his jacket drape over her. Kendall froze as two drunk guys walked toward them. They weren’t moving quickly, though, and Alex cursed himself for letting them get into this situation. He wanted to give her everything she wanted, but not at expense to her. If this upset her…

  But Kendall surprised him. She took his hand that wasn’t holding her dress up and tugged it down to slid between the fabric and her body. To stroke her clit while two drunk idiots stumbled by not ten feet away.

  Alex didn’t know if he wanted to kill her…or propose on the spot.

  All he knew was that his woman had very clearly given an order, and he had a promise to keep. He circled her clit and spoke softly in her ear. “Dirty girl. You want to come where they can see you, don’t you?”

  “Yes,” she breathed. “Is that wrong?”

  “Nothing we do together is wrong, sweetheart.” He applied just the kind of pressure he’d learned that she craved and kept up the rhythm designed to send her over the edge. She was already so fucking primed, she shook with the effort it took to keep still.

  The men passed behind them, so close that Alex could have reached out and touched them. If they weren’t drunk off their asses, they might have noticed that he was balls deep in Kendall right now, but they were too busy arguing about the most recent superhero movie. They kept going, and he kept winding Kendall tighter and tighter.

  “Alex.” She whimpered.

  He knew what she needed without her saying it this time. He pulled her hands to her dress to take over and then covered her mouth with his hand. Just like that, Kendall was coming, her body shaking and her moan vibrating against his palm.

  He barely waited for the idiots to turn the corner before he pulled out of her and yanked her dress into place. He forced himself to slow down so he didn’t break the zipper, but only barely. By the time Kendall turned around, he had his cock shoved back in his pants.

  “You didn’t come.”

  “No, I didn’t.” He grabbed her hand and started for the elevators. “I want you in a bed, sweetheart. Now.”

  Chapter 12

  Every time Kendall thought she couldn’t possibly want Alex more, she went and proved herself wrong. She couldn’t believe what they’d done on the deck, and as they slammed into his cabin, she was already aching for him again. She wrestled herself out of her dress as he yanked off his clothes.

  They paused, both naked and breathing hard, and stared at each other.

  Kendall burst out laughing. “Apparently we missed the memo that we’re supposed to be smooth and sophisticated and undress each other in a seductive way.”

  “Save that shit for the movies.” He scooped her up and dropped them both onto the bed. Kendall shrieked, and he touched her stomach. “You ticklish?”

  She grabbed his wrist. “The last guy who decided to find out got kicked in his face for his trouble. Accidentally, of course.”

  Alex laughed. “No tickling then.”

  “Thank you.” She took his face in her hands and kissed him deeply. “Seriously, thank you. For this entire week. It’s been better than I could have dreamed even when I thought it was going to go according to plan. I never could have planned on you.”

  “I couldn’t have planned on you either, sweetheart.” He pressed kisses along her jawline and down her neck. “My little exhibitionist.”

  “I never knew.” She laced her fingers through his hair as he moved to her breasts. “I mean, I knew what turned me on in the books I read, but I never realized it could be like that in real life.” Except… was this real life? It didn’t feel like it with this gorgeous man kissing his way down her body, his intentions clear. This man who gave her anything she asked for as long as she put voice to the words.

  This man she might be falling in love with, though it was too soon by any measurement of time. Four days to fall in love with a complete stranger? If one of her friends claimed as much, she’d have sat them down for a serious talk about endorphins and pheromones and fantasy having nothing to do with reality.

  But now that it was happening to her? She couldn’t deny how real it felt.

  Alex settled between her thighs and went after her pussy as if he hadn’t had his mouth all over her a few short hours ago. She’d never felt sexier than she did in these moments, when he touched her or looked at her or spoke to her as if she was this gif
t he was certain he didn’t deserve. Alex was wrong on that count. If there was anyone who didn’t deserve this, it was her. What had she done to earn it? Show up in the right time and right place?

  Her thoughts dissipated as Alex fucked her with his tongue. Every muscle in Kendall’s body went hot and molten. “That feels so freaking good.” She reached down and laced her fingers through his hair, clinging to him as she rode his face. Alex’s grip on her thighs tightened and he picked up his pace, matching her rising hips. As if he was as turned on by doing this as she was.

  She never would have even thought to go there with another guy, to be a little rough as she guided him exactly where she wanted him. But Alex wasn’t another guy, and what they had was special. Maybe it was how he demanded open communication. Maybe it was just him. She didn’t know. In the end, all the mattered was that she didn’t want it to stop.

  Her body tightened as her orgasm drew near. It would be the easiest thing in the world to relax into it like she had every time in the past. To simply take it as he offered.

  Kendall wanted more.

  “Come here.” She tugged on his hair. “I want you inside me when I come.”

  Alex sucked on her clit hard and then kissed his way up her body. “How do you want it, sweetheart?”

  Did he realize how effectively he undid her every time he asked that question? Because he truly wanted to know, truly wanted to give it to her. She gave him a quick kiss. “I want to try…” So many things. Countless possibilities she’d only fantasized about. He’d already knocked a few off the list. “Reverse cowgirl.”

  “Don’t have to tell me twice.” He moved to his back and grabbed a condom.

  “Let me.” Kendall snagged it and met his gaze as she ripped it open. “I’ve never done this before.”

  Alex blinked. “Why not?”

  It was such a dude thing to ask, she laughed. “Because I was never able to get out of my head enough to think I’d actually enjoy it.” She rolled the condom down his cock slowly. “I want it with you. I want you to watch me.”

  “My little exhibitionist.” He sat up and kissed her hard.

  Kendall gave him a little push and moved to straddle him facing away. It took a little maneuvering to slide onto his cock, but the new angle was an immediate reward. “Oh.”

  He ran his hands down her hips and squeezed her ass. “Ride me. Take what you need.”

  She leaned forward and braced her hands on his thighs. Alex’s muffled curse only drove her wilder. She rode his cock, chasing her pleasure, driven by the way he touched and stroked her. As if she was the most precious thing he’d ever possessed. Kendall had never felt sexier than she did in that moment, and the sensation pushed her over the edge. She ground down on him as she came.

  Alex barely waited for her to finish before he rolled them. He urged her hips up and then he was slamming into her, driving as deep as he could. “Can’t… get…enough.”

  “More.” She fisted her hands in the comforter. “Harder.”

  “Fuck.” He gave a strangled laugh. And then he did as she commanded, fucking her until the slap of flesh against flesh filled the room. Her toes curled and then he was coming, his fingers digging hard into her hips and his curses filling her ears.

  Alex collapsed next to her. “Give me a second.” He rolled out of bed and went to dispose of the condom in the bathroom. Then he came back and laid down next to her, pulling her into his arms. “Whew.”

  “Whew,” she repeated. She couldn’t stop grinning. “That about sums it up.”

  “I don’t care what you say, Kendall Barnes. You’re a straight up wild child.” He stroked his hand over her hair and down her back.

  She smiled harder and pressed a kiss to his chest. “When I’m with you, I actually feel like one. Thank you.”

  “You have nothing to thank me for, sweetheart. It’s all you.”

  In that moment, she actually believed him.

  For the third time, Alex woke up with Kendall wrapped around him. He smiled even before he opened his eyes. Truth be told, he thought he’d smiled more in the last couple days than in the last few months. It was just so fucking easy with her.

  He should be afraid of that. He knew it deep down where part of him never quite let go of the pain of his parents leaving. Caring too deeply about other people meant handing them your heart and hoping they didn’t take it with them when they invariably called it quits.

  Kendall had more of his heart than he dared admit.

  He opened his eyes and looked down at her. She was so fucking cute. Cute and sexy and funny and wicked smart. Too good for him, no doubt about it, but she didn’t seem to care. She didn’t want this to end any more than he did. He didn’t know what a future with her might look like, but he wasn’t ready to be done. Not by a long shot.

  She shifted without opening her eyes and scrunched up her nose. “You’re watching me sleep.”

  “Guilty.”

  “That’s very creepy of you.”

  He laughed and smoothed a hand down her back. “Correction—it’s only very creepy of me if I snuck into your room without an invitation and then watched you sleep. You’re in my room, sweetheart. It’s fair game.”

  “I don’t remember reading that in the rules.” She stretched, creating some distance between them. “I need to brush my teeth.”

  “By all means.” He waited for her to use the bathroom and then took his turn. Soon enough, they were back in his bed, and he couldn’t shake how nice this was. This closeness and ease between them. It wasn’t just sex, no matter what they both might fear. “Do you want to do an excursion today?”

  She made a face. “I suppose we should, right?”

  He didn’t want to. He just wanted to stay here, wrapped up in her until they were forced out of the room by the end of the trip. Even now, even knowing they both wanted more, he couldn’t help seeing a clock ticking down the minutes until the time when the cruise ended and they had to say goodbye. It might not be forever, but life got in the way more often than it helped out.

  Alex sat up. “What are you doing for Memorial Day?”

  “For… Memorial Day?”

  “Yeah.”

  Kendall blinked. “I don’t have plans. Probably work?”

  “Take the three-day weekend and come down to Dawson’s Creek. I’ll show you around, and we can make the most of it.” He hesitated when she just kept watching him. “You don’t have to. I know we said what we said, but if this is just a vacation hookup for you, then no pressure.”

  She reached out and pressed her fingers to his lips, stilling his words. “It’s not just a vacation fling for me, Alex. I’m just surprised. It makes it so much more real to make plans for later, you know?”

  “I know,” he spoke against her fingertips. “Like I said—”

  “I’ll book tickets the second I get back to New York.”

  Something unclenched in his chest and he smiled. “Okay. Cool. Yeah, okay.”

  She answered his smile with one of her own. “Then you’ll have to come up to New York for Fourth of July. Or maybe we can meet somewhere in the middle.”

  “Deal.” This was happening. It was really happening. He could barely believe it. Alex flopped back onto his pillow, taking Kendall with him. “I think you’re right. We should do an excursion today. They had a shit ton of options.”

  “I’m thinking the private beach.” She gave a wicked smile. “There’s a lighthouse.”

  Alex fought to keep his expression even despite wanting to grin right back. “Sweetheart, are you about to tell me that you want to fuck in a lighthouse?”

  “I mean… I wouldn’t be opposed to the idea.”

  Alex couldn’t hold it together any longer. He laughed and pressed a kiss to her temple. “We’ll see what we can come up with.”

  “Mmm.” She ran her hand down his chest. “Speaking of coming up…”

  He rolled her onto her back and settled between her thighs. “You’re insatiable.”


  “It’s your fault.” She kissed his jaw, his neck, his shoulder. “I’ve never been like this until I met you.”

  He managed to remember himself enough to back up and grab one of the condoms in the bowl on the nightstand. He rolled it over his cock and eased himself into Kendall. She pulled him closer, tugging his face down to hers and claimed his mouth. They moved together as one, neither rushing, as if she relished this slow, intimate moment just as much as he did. He never wanted it to end.

  He never wanted any of this to end.

  Kendall writhed around him as she orgasms, and Alex didn’t resist the desire to follow her over the edge. He came with her name on his tongue and fuck if that moment didn’t feel downright spiritual.

  Right up until someone pounded on the door.

  He lifted his head. “What?”

  “Is Kendall Barnes in there?”

  Alex frowned. He didn’t recognize the voice. “Yeah. One second.” He climbed off the bed, disposed of the condom, and yanked on a pair of shorts. Kendall held up her dress, but he tossed her one of his shirts. “Easier.”

  “Thank you.” She pulled it over her head and it covered enough to work.

  He opened the door and frowned at the white guy in a cruise employee uniform standing there. “What’s up?”

  But the guy wasn’t looking at him. He peered around Alex to Kendall. “Ms. Barnes? I’m going to need you to come with me.”

  Her eyes went wide. “Is everything okay?”

  “I’m going to need you to come with me,” he repeated.

  Oh shit. No way was this anything but bad news. Alex held up a hand. “Give us a second to get some clothes on. Does she have time to go to her cabin first?”

  The guy looked away, visibly uncomfortable. “It’d be best if she didn’t.”