A Perfect Ten (Forbidden Men #5)(114)

Caroline grasped my arms, her nails digging into my flesh. “But what if—” Her eyes flared wide. “Oh my God. I think I hear Noel’s voice in the kitchen.”

I just shook my head and continued to pump in and out of her. “I don’t care. I have to pleasure my woman.” Then I leaned down to whisper into her ear. “And show her how much I love her.”

She sucked in a breath and clutched my face. “I love you too. So much. So...oooohhh...oh God...much.”

I kissed her to smother her moans of pleasure. Her * contracted around my cock, and that was it. I couldn’t hold back any longer. We came together, clutching each other tight as our orgasm rolled through us.

Once I was spent, I collapsed onto the bed, face-first beside her. “Damn, but we’re f*cking awesome at that.”

She giggled and reached out to play with my hair that had gotten damp. “Yeah, we are, aren’t we?”

I shifted to my side so I could smile into her beautiful blue eyes. “Have I thanked you lately for sneaking into my room that first night and totally tricking me?”

She shrugged. “Your gratitude’s kind of a given.”

Chuckling softly, I ran my index finger lightly over the top swell of her perfect breast. “How the hell did you talk Kelly into switching places with you, anyway?”

Her cheeks instantly turned bright red. “Uh, yeah...about that.”

“Oh, Jesus.” I groaned, already knowing I wasn’t going to like her answer. “What did you do?”

“I...might’ve...insinuated you had...an...STD, maybe.”

I closed my eyes, flopped onto my back and couldn’t help it. I laughed. “Seriously? Fuck. Thanks a lot. No wonder why I haven’t had many women hitting on me at work lately.”

Caroline sat up and bit her lip. “Are you mad?”

With another laugh, I shrugged and rolled toward her. “Not since it ended up in my favor, no. But remind me to never piss you off.”

“Never piss me off, Oren,” she said with a straight face before breaking into a grin.

I opened my mouth to call her a smart-ass when someone knocked on her door. “Care?” Gam’s voice reverberated through the wood, which about made me shit myself. “It’s time for supper. You ready to eat?”

Both our eyes widened before we scrambled off the bed together and grappled for clothes that were scattered all over the room.

“Uh...I’ll be right out,” she called, her voice too panicked for my taste. “I just need to...change first.”

“Shit, shit, shit,” I hissed under my breath as I went commando and jammed my legs into my jeans.

“Okay,” Gam answered her. “We’ll give you five minutes.”

I was dressed in about twenty seconds while Caroline was cursing her twisted bra. I reached out to help, and she threw her hands up in defeat as I straightened it around her breasts and then slid the straps neatly into place.

“I’ll go out the window,” I said. “Don’t forget to lock it after me.”

She nodded as she watched me slide up the glass and take off the screen.

“You sure you got this?” I asked.

With a roll of her eyes, she took the screen from me. “I’ve done it before, remember?”

I nodded. “Right. Thanks. Lick you later, baby.”

Her face lit with adoration. “Okay.”

We kissed, hard and fast. When I pulled away, I added, “Love you,” to which she sent me the perfect smile.

“I love you too. Oh! Wait.”

I paused and glanced toward her bedroom door. “What?”

“What did you want to tell me earlier? At your place...right before Zoey passed out. Oh, crap! Zoey. Is she okay?”

I nodded, starting to worry that her bedroom door wasn’t locked at all. “Yeah, she’s doing good. A little freaked out, but she had Ham with her, and...” Shit, I couldn’t tell her what I’d been planning on telling her earlier. Not here, like this. Mentioning the call I’d gotten from Lake Tahoe and the thing I’d found in my luggage after returning from there would freak her out.

Unsettling her was the last thing I wanted to do right now, so I went for the third thing I’d been planning to discuss with her. “I’m going to ask your brother if I can date you.”





I knew I should’ve gone home to check on Blondie and Ham, but I still wanted to be around Caroline, plus now seemed like as good a time as any to talk to Noel and ask for his permission to take his sister on a real, live date. So instead of hunting my truck down, I snuck around from the side of the house to the front. After hopping onto the porch, I drew in a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Gam’s woman answered less than a minute later. She blinked as if confused when she saw me.

I smiled as charmingly as I could. “Can Noel come out and play?”

“Uh...” She shook her head. “Yes, sure. He’s here. Come on in. What’s going on? You look...” She glanced at my rumpled, half-torn clothes. “Out of sorts.”

Shit, I probably should’ve groomed a bit before knocking. Caroline had been a little wild this evening.

Oh, well. Too late for that.

I shrugged ruefully. “It’s been one of those nights.”