another beer bottle from the fridge, then smoothed his
shirt. Her hand stuttered over his pounding heart, and she concentrated on straightening
the length of his tie. Then she offered her hand to help him stand.
“He’s
back here with me getting a beer,” she announced to the group, as the heat from
his hand raced up her arm, leaving her entire body tingling.
“Seth?
When did the bartending tyrant let you back there?” Gina leaned over the edge
of the counter.
“Before
the end of the game. You all were a little distracted and probably didn’t
notice.” He winked at Haley, keeping his palm clasped with hers after he was standing.
Gina
pinned them both with a suspicious stare.
Haley
shifted her bare feet, trying to look like she’d simply been moaning over
martinis and screaming with the basketball game. Now that she’d lived out the
moment, she had no desire to make her orgasm public. Seth had given her the most
intimate, intense sexual experience of her life. Her skin heated, remembering.
She’d
first resented her lover for not being Seth. Then as he kept caressing her
until she was cross-eyed and crazy with desire, she’d decided to give up Seth
to make him part of her life. But all along Haley’s Man and Seth were
one in the same.
She
could have them both—if Seth wanted her. He called the shots, as surely as he
had in drawing out her pleasure.
“Come
sit on my lap, babe.” Charlie called to Gina.
Gina
laughed. “Like you’re actually going sit through the rest of the game. We’ll talk
later,” she promised Haley, as the rest of the women gravitated to the TV. The referee
blew the whistle, starting the three minutes of overtime.
Haley
didn’t care about the game. Nerves flooded her as she set the extra beer on the
counter and turned to face Seth. She had no idea where she stood with him, if
he’d have any interest in her now that she’d fulfilled his fantasy.
She
squeezed his hand. Even though her friends weren’t watching, she wanted more
privacy. “Come outside with me.”
“Love
to.” He entwined his fingers with hers as they walked across the back of the
room to the sliding door.
She
pulled the glass panel along the track, then hesitated. “I’m not wearing
shoes.”
“I’ll
make sure you don’t need them.” His gaze held hers.
Relief
coursed through her at the desire blazing from him. Her feelings weren’t entirely
one-sided. She stepped outside, the cement patio cool beneath her bare feet, and
turned to face him. “Are you sure you want me again, even though I’ve seen your
face and know who you are?”
“Are
you kidding?” He closed the door, leaving them silhouetted in the dark. “I was
afraid if you knew I was your lover, you’d change your mind.”
“Change
my mind?” She’d never heard anything so crazy in her life. “I’d decided not to
go through with the fantasy I’d posted because I wanted you instead. But when I
tried to find Haley’s Man to tell him, I couldn’t, so I assumed he’d
backed out. I returned upstairs for you, but you were gone. I thought I’d blown
my only chance with you.” Tears pricked her eyes. She still wasn’t convinced
she hadn’t screwed everything up.
Seth
lifted her onto the edge of the picnic table and leaned over until his forehead
brushed hers. “Haley, you have lot more than one chance with me. We can arrange
to do this all over again, and believe me, next time you won’t have any doubt about
who’s pleasuring you.”
Desire
and tenderness washed over her. “I don’t want a public orgasm, Seth, or any
other contrived situation. I want to make love with you for real. Take me right
here on this table, so I can see your face and kiss you when you climax.”
“Right
now? With our friends only a few feet away?” he asked.
“They
can’t see us, and they won’t come outside until the game’s over.” She reached
for the button on his pants and slid down the zipper.
His
hard cock strained against his