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“For cheering me up.” He kissed my temple. “For being so good to me.”
My pulse tripped faster. “I like being good to you.”
“Oh, Betty.” He huffed out a little laugh, hugging me tighter. “Where have you been?”
He buried his face in my neck and we simply swayed in place, him holding me from behind and me melting into the sweetness of the moment. The sweetness of this man. This gentle emotion blooming inside me was new and lovely, and a little scary.
Peter’s voice rang out from the audience, yelling our names, breaking the spell.
Bennett’s hands slid to my waist, gripping and giving me a tight squeeze before he gave me a soft kiss on the cheek and let me go.
When I glanced over my shoulder as we headed onto the stage, he still had that hypnotic look, the one that did more than turn me on. The one that pulled me toward him with a force I wasn’t sure I could fight against, even if I tried.
Chapter Twenty-One
~BENNETT~
Betty had successfully distractedme from my meltdown, flipping a switch I usually couldn’t turn back off until the panic attack subsided.
She had worked magic on my brain, dislodging the stressor of the incident with my dad so I could concentrate on the script. Interestingly enough, after our break in the Green Room, it was Betty who kept fumbling over lines and missing cues.
I knew why. Something shifted between us during that break. The attraction between us was heavier now, magnetized by something stronger than lust. I knew it. And she knew it.
Meredith opened her mouth to say a line when a thundering boom rattled the rafters. A second crash of thunder quickly followed the first. Meredith yelped.
“Okay, guys,” said Peter, glancing down at his Smartwatch. “I didn’t realize we had bad weather rolling in. Let’s stop there before the rain hits.”
Everyone gathered their things quickly. Frank walked Meredith out through the back exit, leading directly to the parking lot.
“Y’all go ahead,” said Peter, walking toward the reception area. “I parked out front. I’ll lock up and set the alarm once you all leave through the back.”
“Bye, guys,” said Trish, hurrying for the back exit. “Careful driving home!”
I waited for Betty to find her purse in the third row where she’d dropped it, then she hurried in front of me, giving me a small smile. “Finally,” she said.
Grinning, I nudged her at the small of her back toward the side curtain that led past the Green Room and to the back exit.
By now, my body was vibrating, needing her like I needed my next breath.
Ever since she’d calmed me with her sweet side, I’d been dying to sink inside her. I needed her tight warmth all around me. Her soft sighs as she clung to me and came apart.
We shoved out the backdoor, straight into a deluge of pounding rain.
Betty squealed as we took off for our cars, holding her cardigan over her head. Though it did little good in the heavy downpour.
She was parked right next to me. Rain soaked us through. A crash of lightning made Betty jump, and she dropped her purse between our cars.
I picked it up, but instead of handing it to her, I jerked open the passenger side of my truck and yelled over the rain, “Get in!”
She didn’t hesitate, jumping up into the cab of my truck. I climbed in after her and tossed her purse to the driver’s side before hauling her onto my lap. Without a word, she dropped the cardigan and straddled me, then ground herself down on my soaking jeans.
I fisted a hand in her wet hair and pulled tightly, arching her neck. Licking a line up her throat, I tasted fresh rain and salty skin. I groaned as I jerked the loose shoulder of her blouse down. Loving that she wore these loose-fitting lacy bras, I tugged the delicate strap down and wrapped my mouth around her entire breast.
“Ah!” she cried out, lifting up and thrusting her chest out for me while grinding her pussy against me. “Feels so good. So good.”
It did. That need for connection, to be so deep inside her, was driving me mad. I’d never wanted a woman like this.
Groaning, I flicked her tight nipple back and forth with the tip of my tongue then sucked it one more time, admiring the berry-red color before I nipped my way back to her mouth.
