Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell 3)
Page 90She turned her head and somehow found the strength to open her eyes. “I’ve never done this before,” she admitted, softly.
“Neither have I,” he said with a slow sexy smile that was sweeter than his usual bad boy smile.
“But you want to?”
He leaned down and brushed his lips against hers. “Yes.”
His admission turned her on more than she ever thought was possible. “Then yes, I want this.”
“I want you, Rory,” he said against her lips. “Forever.”
“I want you too, Connor,” she said on a soft moan as she felt one thick, long finger slide inside her.
“You’ve got me,” he said, giving her one last kiss before he moved his mouth down her neck, kissing and teasing her as his finger began to slowly thrust inside her. She tried to push down, but she couldn’t move. It both frustrated and excited her. She was completely at his mercy and she loved it. It made her feel wanted, desired and that was absolutely perfect for her.
When he licked his way down her stomach, she relaxed and allowed herself to enjoy what he was doing. A scream escaped her lips seconds later as his tongue joined his finger in driving her out of her mind. She dropped her head back, closed her eyes and simply lay there, enjoying his touch. She didn’t have to worry about pleasing him or worry that she was doing something wrong. She simply let go.
“I love you, Rory,” he murmured minutes or hours later, she wasn’t sure and didn’t care as she struggled to catch her breath. The man took his time, enjoying her body as he touched and explored her at his leisure.
“I love you too, Connor,” she said as he carefully settled himself between her legs.
“Uh huh, and why is that?” she asked, licking her lips as he filled her.
“Because I’m never letting you go,” he swore against her lips.
“Good, because I would have to go for the pliers if you did.”
Chapter 40
November
“I can’t believe we did it,” he said, pulling into a spot on the freshly paved and painted parking lot of the newly renovated Strawberry Hotel
“And one week ahead of schedule,” Rory said, beaming with excitement as she looked at the beautiful new hotel. He had to admit that it was beautiful, but that wasn’t what he was talking about.
He chuckled as threw the truck into park. “I meant, I can’t believe that we’re married.”
“Well, I really didn’t have much of a choice,” Rory said, smiling that pleased little smile that she’d been wearing since the shocked and admittedly nervous Justice of the Peace announced them husband and wife about an hour ago.
After the initial shock, the man decided that they needed a little fatherly advice and explained that he believed that they were making a mistake and that perhaps they needed to take some time and come back on December 2nd. At first, Connor had been pissed that the man was interfering, but by the time the JP mentioned December 2nd for the third time, it became clear that the man had placed a bet that they would get married on that day. Once the man resigned himself to losing two hundred dollars, he married them, scowling at them the entire time until the deed was done and he could storm off.
“No, not at all,” she readily agreed with an impish smile that had him wishing that they could skip the final inspection and start their wedding night early.
“And how’s that?” he asked, wrapping his arms around her.
“I had to do it for our deal of course,” she said solemnly, looking so damn serious that he couldn’t help but laugh.
“For our deal, huh?” he asked with a chuckle, leaning in and stealing a kiss.
“Mmmhmm,” she murmured, returning the kiss. Before he could deepen the kiss, Rory opened his door. She pulled away and climbed out of the truck, laughing and jumping back when he moved to grab her and drag her back into his arms.
“We need to clear the site so that we can start that insanely expensive honeymoon that you promised me,” she said, heading for the manor.
“That wasn’t part of our deal,” he pointed out as he climbed out of the truck.
“It is now,” she said, sounding happy.
“Do I get a veto?” he asked, following after her.
“Sorry. You’re a married man now, Connor. Your job is to fulfill each and every one of my needs,” she explained, throwing him a wink over her shoulder.
“I really do,” she said, sounding happy, really happy and for a moment he was content with just watching her as she made her way inside the hotel.
How had he gotten so lucky? he couldn’t help but wonder as he turned around, hoping to get this done quickly so that he could move onto the insanely expensive honeymoon that his beautiful wife was demanding when he realized that he had one last problem that he had to handle before it bit him in the ass.
“I heard you tell Andrew that this was all a game,” Jacob, the surly assistant from hell, said numbly as he looked at Connor with what could only be described as disgust. “I kept my mouth shut because I thought Rory could handle herself, but apparently I was wrong.”
“It’s not what you think, Jacob,” Connor said, taking a step towards the man only to have him take two steps back.
“Then you didn’t just marry Rory so that you could take over her company?” Jacob demanded.
Connor opened his mouth to tell the guy that he had it all wrong, that it wasn’t like that anymore when he realized that this simple misunderstanding had just blown up into a huge f**k up in under sixty seconds.
“Married?” Johnny repeated, sharing a confused look with his brothers as they quickened their step towards him. As he watched the five large men make their way towards him, he realized that there was no way that he could explain any of this without landing in a body cast. They wouldn’t believe him, not that he really cared, but he did care if his wife believed him. As he watched them approach and listened as Jacob ratted his ass out, he realized something very important. He was out of options. So he did the only thing that he could think of.
He made a run for it.
“Get back here!” Johnny yelled as Connor shoved past several men and ran into the hotel and straight into the beautiful lobby.