“Same here.” She places her hand over my chest and buries her face into my neck like old times. The action is all too familiar, but the feeling of it is totally different than it’s ever been before.

“Tripp . . .” I tangle my hands in her soft hair as she fights to look up at me. “You’re fucking beautiful. So damn beautiful.”

She gets ready to speak, but I cut her off by pressing my lips to hers. My heart skips a beat and a need so overwhelming takes over as soon as her lips melt into mine and that’s when I know for sure that I’m falling.

“Alex,” she whispers as soon as our lips finally part. “We said we–.”

“I know.” I flip her over and lay myself between her legs. “Let’s forget about that right now.” I run my thumb under her eye and capture her gaze, holding it. “Okay?”

She nods her head. “Okay,” she breathes.

Within seconds both of us are naked and a tangled mess, as we find each other’s mouth’s again. I slide my hand under her neck and gently guide myself between her legs. I slowly push into her, moaning as her sweet tightness hugs me completely.

We both hold each other, as if we can’t breathe without the other as I slowly pump in and out of her, wanting to feel every inch of her body that I can.

Every move between us is filled with a passion that I’ve only dreamt of ever having with a woman; with this woman, but I thought it was impossible. I’m absolutely desperate to be inside her right now and I don’t care if she fucking knows.

Her body moves with mine, her nails digging into my back as I slowly grind my hips, being sure to hit every spot of pleasure I can find. Hearing her moan and feeling her grip on me tighten pushes me over the edge, making me want to pleasure her even more. Tripp deserves the most intense pleasure that is even possible.

Being inside her this way feels too good emotionally and physically, and I can’t help but to feel selfish and only want it to be me from now on. The thought of Lucas coming back in six days has me pushing myself so deep that I cause her to cry out in pain. “Shit . . .” I place my forehead to hers for a second so I can collect myself. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay,” she whispers. “Please don’t stop.”

Bringing her legs over my shoulders, I slightly lift her hips and rock into her, biting the side of her calf as I bury myself inside and stop. “I love being inside you, babe. Fuck, you feel so good.”

Both of our bodies are covered in sweat. We’re both breathless and completely lost in each other as I continue to pump deep and slow for what feels like hours, but I don’t care because I can’t get enough of her right now.

Wanting to be even closer to her, I sit on my knees and bring her body up to straddle my lap. Our bodies are plastered together, not even an inch of breathing room as I kiss her flesh all over and bury myself inside her, pretending that she’s completely mine and I’m completely hers. In this moment . . . we are.

I feel her nails dig into my skin and her breathing picks up next to my ear. “I want to come with you, Alex. I’m so damn close. I don’t know if I can hold back anymore.”

Holding her as tightly as possible, I press my lips to hers and sway my hips, pulling her body so I can get as deep as I can without hurting her again. I feel myself close to orgasm, so I suck her bottom lip into my mouth, moaning as she clenches around my cock.

A few slow seconds later, I rock into her one last time, releasing my load inside her, being sure that she gets every last drop. Fuck . . . what that does to me, knowing that Lucas has never been inside her like this. Her pussy is filled with only my cum, and that does something to me that I don’t understand.

“Shit . . . Alex,” she says breathless. “I’ve never felt this good in my entire life. I have no idea how you do it, but you seem to know all the right things to take care of me.”

She lifts off of me and falls down next to me, lying flat on her back while fighting to catch her breath.

Feeling completely lost in some other world, I clean her off with my shirt and lay next to her, pulling her close to me. “I know you better than anyone else. Never forget that . . .”

She doesn’t say anything more, so neither do I. Instead, we both just lay here in silence, staring up at the night sky. Nothing else really needs to be said . . . tonight.

This moment is perfect and I’m going to keep it that way for as long as I can.

Until the morning comes and I have to go back to pretending . . .

IT’S BEEN A COUPLE DAYS since our night on the rooftop, but I can’t seem to get it out of my mind. I’m dying to be close to Alex and spend time with him, but between his endless appointments and Dax asking me to take on extra hours at the bar, we haven’t had much time together.

Well, besides sleeping. He’s fallen asleep in my bed every night, but hasn’t made a move to touch me sexually and it’s been driving me insane, leaving me with a need that I’ve never experienced before.

Lucas will be back in four days; four short days and I can’t help but to want as much alone time with Alex as I can get. I may be selfish, but I can’t seem to care right now. Alex is all that I’ve been able to think about.

He should be home from work any minute now. At least I’m hoping, so that we can hang out and finally do something besides sleep together.

I jump when Alex pokes his head into my room and slaps the doorframe, surprising me. “Change into some shorts and an old shirt. We’re going riding tonight. It’s going to get dirty.” He lifts his eyebrows. “Very dirty.”

“Oh yeah . . . what’s your version of very dirty?”

He bites his bottom lip and growls, as he looks me up and down. “Dirty enough for me to give you a shower later. Now get dressed. Fast.”

My heart skips a beat when he yanks his shirt off while disappearing down the hall toward his room. He’s going back to my dirty Alex and I’ll admit that I love this side of him.

It’s been a few years since he’s taken me mud riding and I miss it. I could definitely use the rush right now, not to mention . . . getting dirty with Alex is every girl’s dream.

I do what Alex said and quickly change into some shorts and an old shirt, before walking through the bathroom and opening Alex’s door. “I’m ready, stud. You have a lot of riding to make up. I want it fast and dirty. No holding back.”