Page 18 of Adoring Ink

Inside the truck, Brody brought her hand to his lips and gave her palm a small kiss. “I’m sorry our evening ended on a bad note.” He pulled away and drove out of the parking lot, letting her think.

She let out a breath. “I’m so pissed off for them. They haven’t done anything wrong, and their relationship isn’t anyone’s business. Yet they need to deal with crap like this daily. And their kid, Noah? He’s going to deal with people like that for the rest of his life, even though the Montgomerys and Gallaghers are going to try and protect him with everything they have. Not everyone is a bigot, but enough people are that it’s dangerous.”

She wiped viciously at the tears that had dared to slide down her cheeks. “Sorry. I’m just so angry, and because there’s nothing I can do, I cry.”

He let out a curse and reached over to squeeze her thigh. “When I get angry, I tend to punch things. Hence why I box with Alex and Harper. If you don’t like crying, ever think about boxing?”

She looked at him incredulously. “Seriously?”

He kept his hand on her thigh, and she was very, very aware of how amazing his large hand felt there, and how warm and tingly she felt.

From the way his throat worked as he swallowed, he was fully aware of it, too.

“It got you to stop crying, didn’t it?”

She laughed and shook her head. “You’ve seen me trip how many times since you’ve met me and you still want me to get in a ring?”

He shrugged as he pulled into her driveway. As he turned off the engine, his fingers danced along the hem of her dress, barely brushing her skin, but just enough that she wanted to rock into him.

“I think you can do anything you set your mind to, Holly,” he said softly.

Her heart did that clutching thing again that worried her so much, and she dutifully ignored it. “What’s next on the list, Brody?”

He turned to meet her gaze, and the heat she saw there nearly had her losing her breath. “I should walk you to your door.”

Maybe it was time for her to take that next step. Take that next leap.

“Or you could come in.”

His eyes narrowed. “If I go inside with you right now, I’m going to strip you out of that dress and fuck you hard against the first surface I find.”

“Then we’d better get inside quickly.”

He let out a curse, and before she knew it, they were both out of the car and her hands were shaking as she tried to get the key into the lock of her door. Brody stood behind her, his hands on her hips, his cock pressed firmly against her butt.

If what she felt behind her was any indication of what lay beneath his zipper, the man was hard, big, and freaking ready for her.

Good thing she was ready for him.

She finally got the door open, and Brody pushed her inside before closing it behind them. He cupped her face and kissed her hard, pressing her back against the door. She moaned into him, sliding her hands up and down his body, needing to touch him, needing his touch, needing more.

His tongue tangled with hers, and they moaned in unison as her nipples pressed against his chest. She reached between them, brushing the back of her hand along the long line of his erection.

“You’re going to have to stop touching me like that if you don’t want me to blow my load in my pants. And shit, Holly. As soon as I have you in my arms, I act like a caveman. An inarticulate one, who says the crudest things that come to mind.”

She bit his lip, and he licked hers back. “I’m not as innocent as I look,” she promised. When he pulled away, she slowly slid her sweet summer dress up over her thighs to reveal her lace panties. He groaned but didn’t touch her. Instead, she slid one hand down her belly and between her legs.

She wasn’t a virgin. She liked sex and wanted more of it. She might look like some innocent little teacher who didn’t know how to pleasure herself, but she wasn’t. Not in any shape or form. She might not curse as much as her friends, and she didn’t have any piercings or tattoos, but she knew how to get herself off.

Now she needed Brody to do that for her.

“I’m already wet, Brody. What are you going to do about it?”

He groaned and fell to his knees, grabbing her thighs with both hands and spreading her just a bit more. When he nuzzled her, she let out a high moan, needing more of him.

“You surprise me more every day, Holly.” He looked up, his head between her legs as he knelt at her feet. She could totally get used to this. “I like surprises.”

She licked her lips and tilted her head. “Then you’re going to be in for a treat.”