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  “Damn,” Sage said with a grin.

  Heat rose up my cheeks in embarrassment at how easily he had made me come.

  “Hey,” he said, placing a soft kiss on the tip of my nose. “Baby, it’s okay. There are going to be a lot more where that came from.”

  I didn’t doubt that at all, but it didn’t make it any less humiliating.

  Apparently, Sage felt the best way to relieve my self-consciousness was to get me riled up again. His hand slid between our bodies, and his fingers delved inside my panties, parting my lips and rubbing hard circles over my clit.

  My back bowed at his touch, pressing my breasts against his chest. A scream caught in my throat, and his tongue sliding into my mouth turned the sound into a moan that rumbled through my chest. Over and over, his digits worked at my soaked slit while his tongue mimicked the movements inside my mouth. I could feel the heat rising in my body, the electric pulse of orgasm growing closer and closer to shattering. Just as the pressure seemed ready to break, he removed his hand and pulled back to look at me.

  “Hey,” I complained, my voice taut with frustration.

  “What?” he asked, a slow smile spreading across his lips. “Just a minute ago, you were embarrassed about coming. Now, you’re so greedy you expect me to make you come again? Damn, I can’t win with you.”

  “For fuck’s sake, Sage,” I said as I flung my arm over my eyes in exasperation. “Of course, I want to come again. I haven’t had orgasms in months. Why in the hell did you stop?”

  “Because I want you to come with my tongue in that pretty little pussy,” he whispered against my ear.

  I shuddered at his words, the movement turning into a shiver as he kissed his way down my body. He paused to suck first one then the other nipple between his teeth. His hand pinched each in turn then alternated, rolling one nub between his thumb and finger while the other tip was being nibbled, switching back and forth until I thought I would scream in frustration.

  His dark gaze flicked up to me, and he smiled around my breast before finally releasing my sensitive nipples and continuing his descent toward my drenched slit.

  His thumbs hooked into my panties and slid them down my legs, discarding them before he shifted his body to rest between my thighs. He smiled up at me and winked before lowering his mouth to my aching cunt.

  Stars exploded behind my eyelids as my head fell back against the pillows, my body unable to control any muscle functions as he lapped at my slit. His tongue swirled my clit, laving it slowly before he pulled it between his lips. As his finger penetrated my channel, release finally found me again.

  My fingers curled into the bedding as I cried out his name and struggled to keep from bucking against his face. Sparks shot through every nerve ending as wave upon wave of pleasure took me.

  Sage continued to work my clit and pump his finger inside of me, adding a second when my body finally stopped writhing beneath him.

  “I want you,” I said, the words coming out as more of a sob. “Please, Sage, get up here and fuck me.”

  Though I had asked him to move, I still felt hollow at the loss of his fingers inside me. Knowing they would soon be replaced with Sage’s cock wasn’t enough to keep me from sighing at the emptiness that suddenly overtook me.

  He had rolled off the bed and fumbled with something on the floor. I was about to ask him what he was doing when I heard the familiar rip of a condom wrapper being opened. Thank goodness, he still had his wits about him. I was so far gone I might have just pulled him on top of me and impaled myself on his member without a thought of protection.

  He climbed back onto the bed and crawled over me, positioning himself between my legs. He pressed his lips to mine, and I tasted the flavor of myself on his tongue.

  “God, you’re so beautiful when you come,” he said as he moved to trail hot kisses across my throat and neck. “I could make you do that for the rest of our lives and be completely happy.”

  His words made my throat clench. I would be lying if I said I’d never, during all our years of friendship, thought about what this would be like. How he would be in bed. If he would ever deign to be in mine. Part of me had even wondered if we could ever make it as a couple, but I’d tried never to dwell on that line of thought. It had always seemed too farfetched to become a reality.

  But now, here he was in my bed. About to be inside me. And he seemed to be considering the two of us being more than just friends when this was over. Before I could ask him if he meant what he’d just said he tilted his hips and pushed his full length inside me in one motion. My nails dug into his shoulders at the immediate fullness that racked my body. It had been so long since I’d shared this with anyone, and to be in the arms of my best friend was more than I could stand.

  Once again, I found myself in a humiliating position with him as tears pricked at my eyes then fell down my cheeks. I was too far gone to have any emotional control at this point. It was so confusing to feel this way about a man I used to tease was a real-life, Afterschool Special about the dangers of necking with boys. And here I was crying underneath him like an idiot.

  “Teagan,” he said, his voice rough against my ear. “It’s all right. What can I do?”

  “Just shut up and fuck me.”

  Sage looked down at me and winked. I only had a moment to worry about what that meant before he took me at my word and started to piston his hips against me. His hands went under my ass and lifted me, holding my body at an angle that allowed the tip of his cock to rocket against that sweet nub inside of me that I’d barely ever felt touched before.

  Over and over, he struck that spot, hard and fast, until I felt a pressure building inside me that I’d never before experienced. It was as if a giant ball of fire gathered in a place that had never even felt heat. Part of me was afraid I may actually blow apart when the dam inside my body finally broke.

  Every muscle in my body tensed, and it felt as if I didn’t even know what to do with the pleasure I was feeling.

  “Just let go,” Sage grunted as he looked down at me. “Baby, you have to let go.”

  I could see the strain in his face as he struggled to hold back his own pleasure long enough for me to experience mine. But it was all so new I just didn’t know how. Finally, Sage moved one of his hands and pressed against my clit, just pulsing against me until my body couldn’t take the combined assault and everything went black. I heard myself crying out Sage’s name, felt him dig his nails into my hip as he too screamed and his cock started to spasm in my pussy. But within seconds of my body being dropped to the mattress and the pressure of Sage falling on top of me, silence took over the darkness.

  Chapter Four

  “Teagan?” Sage’s voice sounded far away as he called my name. “Teagan, baby, wake up. Are you all right?”

  My eyelids fluttered a few times before they would finally stay open and allow me to focus on Sage’s grinning face.

  “What happened?” I mumbled.

  “I think I fucked you into unconsciousness,” he said, his tone full of pride. “Are you okay?”

  “Mm-hmm,” I replied as I burrowed myself deeper into the pillows.

  “I’ll be right back,” he said, and I felt the mattress shift then heard the bathroom door close on the other side of the room.

  I blinked a couple times and was glad to find that after a few more minutes, I could keep my eyes open, but my body was completely spent. I wasn’t sure I could walk if the apartment burst into flames. I would probably just have to lie in bed and die.

  Sage came back and climbed under the covers. He propped himself up on his elbow and smiled at me.

  “Thank you,” I said as a yawn broke the words. “I really needed that.”

  “You’re welcome,” he replied. He leaned over and kissed me softly. “I meant what I said, you know.”

  “Which part?” I asked.

  “The part about spending the rest of my life watching you come. Hell, I could just spend forever watching you in general.�
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  “Where is this coming from?” I asked him. “You’ve never once acted like you wanted anything more than friendship from me.”

  “Because I didn’t. I mean I did, I always did, but… Look, Teagan, when I met you I was a stupid kid with a lot of stupid things I had to do before I could be the man you deserve. I wasn’t ready for you.”

  “And now you are?” I asked.

  “I know I don’t have a great track record with women. But I think it’s because I always knew my future was with you. I was just sort of biding my time until we were both ready to take the next step.”

  “So, this wasn’t just a tumble for you?” I asked, wanting to be absolutely sure he was saying what I thought he was saying.

  “No, Teag.” He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. “I love you. I’ve always loved you. And I’d like the chance to prove it to you.”

  “Really?”

  “Really.”

  “This isn’t going to be easy, you know. Neither of us are exactly relationship material.” I smiled. “I mean, I’d love to try, but you have to promise me that this isn’t going to destroy our friendship. I love being your friend even more than I love being fucked unconscious.”

  “I find that hard to believe,” he said as he cocked an eyebrow.

  “No, really. I mean, I’ve never tried it, but I’ll bet I could achieve that with one of those rabbit vibrator things they sell on television at three in the morning. But I can’t drink beer and watch Star Trek with any other loser that happens across my path.”

  “Yeah, that’s true. And there aren’t many other guys who would be impressed by your ability to belch the alphabet,” he said, rubbing his chin as if pondering something important. “Plus you snore, so that’s going to be off-putting to most people.”

  “And you leave the toilet seat up, don’t hold doors open for girls and constantly make me pick up the check when we go out for dinner.”

  “Yeah, we really are just the worst kind of people,” he said. “I guess it would really be doing everyone else a favor if you just caved and agreed to be with me forever.”

  “I suppose it would be like a humanitarian effort, huh? Do you think we could get some kind of award?” I asked, leaning forward to kiss him.

  “I think I just got mine.”

  About the Author

  Dakota Rebel lives in Detroit, Michigan with her husband Mr. Rebel and two incorrigible children, Jr. Rebel and Rebel Jr. 2.0.

  Her friends are made up of the most amazing people on the planet. They not only accept her faults but often encourage them.

  She smokes more than she should, drinks less than she’d like to, and is the life of any party that ends by 9 p.m. She adores her fans like nobody’s business and encourages them all to email her at [email protected].

  Find out more about Dakota at www.dakotarebel.net

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