A Mess of a Man (Cruel & Beautiful #2)(56)

He crashes his mouth onto mine and his tongue sweeps every last thought of Nick away. The only thing I want is Ben and his body on and in mine. My head spins from the sensations swirling even after he ends our kiss.

“Get your ass in the shower. I’ll join you after I get your bag. And I promise not to hurt Nick. All I’ll say is that we’ve worked out our differences and that you and I will be sharing a room tonight.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it. I promise.” He kisses me again, gets up and starts getting dressed. What a fine body he has, too. His jeans do nothing to hide his extraordinary hard dick and I can only imagine what Nick will think of me.

“Get in the shower, Sam. I’m going to f*ck you wet and raw when I get back. Now get the water warm.”

He grabs the keys and is out the door. I’m just turning on the shower when I hear the door open back up. Not long after, he opens the bathroom door and enters. Naked Ben is damned impressive.

“Put the soap down, Sam. That’s my job.”

I hand him the bar and he takes over. Only he’s much more thorough than I would’ve been. By the time he hits my intimate places, my head spins because I’m oxygen deprived. Not much later, he gives me orgasm number one by mouth. Or was that number three? I’ve lost count. But he doesn’t stop. Once I come, I hear the tearing of the condom packet that he conveniently thought to bring, and then his hands are under my ass lifting me. The cool tiles press into my shoulder blades as his cock buries deep into my *. His mouth swallows my cries of ecstasy while he captures my lips in a kiss. We breathe as one until he tenses, and I know he’s close. But then, so am I. In only a few more thrusts, I’m carried over the edge, and I hear him groan out his own orgasm as he follows.

“I think you’ve just f*cked the sense out of me.”

He kisses my neck. “I hope that’s a good thing.”

“For my body, yes. For my job, no. I need to get a move on before my reputation with a certain older Mr. Rhoades is destroyed.”

His deep chuckle sends a wave of heat coursing through me that I force myself to ignore.

“Don’t worry, baby, I’ll put in a good word for you.”

A giant gurgle of laughter explodes out of me. “I can just hear it now. ‘Dad, she couldn’t help being late. We were in the shower screwing and we had to have one more go at it.’ Can you imagine?”

He joins me in laughter and seeing him like this, is such a change from the serious Ben I’ve been exposed to lately.

He adds, “I have an image of my mom’s expression.” His faces changes and he immediately turns off the water.

“What is it?”

“Oh, you’ve never faced an angry Julia Rhoades. I have to get you ready. And fast.”

Now I really get the giggles. He wraps me in a towel and appears to be on fast forward. I’ve never seen anyone move so quickly in my life. He dresses in record time and then wants to know what I’m wearing. I am so amused by his comical actions, I can’t stop laughing at him.

“This is serious!” Then suddenly he says, “Fuck!”

“Now what?”

“I told Jenna and Cate I would meet them in the bar twenty minutes ago.”

I have to clamp my hand over my mouth as his hands twist his wet hair into the craziest style I’ve ever seen. He grabs my rollie bag, tosses it on the bed, zips it open, and grabs a handful of clothes.

“Here. Put these on.”

Finally, I realize the man needs help. I reach for his shoulders and say, “Ben, honey, it’s going to be fine. Calm down.”

“Oh, just wait. You don’t know my sister. Or my mom.”

I take the clothes he’s holding, set them on the bed, and grab the outfit I had planned to wear. It’s a casual black halter dress and I put on the shoes I brought to go with it, a pair of sexy strappy black sandals.

“You’re wearing that?” He licks his lips as he stares at me.

“Yeah. Why?”

“It’s just that, well …” his eyes drop down and I notice the bulge in his pants.

“There’s no help for you now, but later there will be. Now here.” I run my fingers through his hair and make it look like it should. “That’s much better. Now go and meet your sister and Cate. I need a few more minutes to fix my hair and makeup.”

He looks me up and down, then eyes the door. “No, I want us to go down together.”

“Are you trying to make a statement?”

“Yes, I am.”

“If you’re okay with it, then I suppose I am, too.”

“You don’t mind if Nick knows?”

My brows shoot up. “You’re asking me that now? After you charged into the room and got my bag?”

“Oh, yeah.” He smirks.

“Now let me finish getting ready. My hair is a bit of an issue since it got destroyed in the shower.”

“Looks downright sexy to me.”

“You would say that. It’s bedhead.” I finish my makeup and do the best I can with my hair. I end up putting it up in a messy bun, and pull out several tendrils to hang on either side of my face. Then I add earrings and a necklace.

“All ready.”

“Sam, have I told you how gorgeous you are?”