Page 8 of Heartless Summer (Claremont Cougars)

When he does it for a second time, I can’t stop myself from twisting beneath him. His hands tighten around my thighs, pinning me to the mattress and rendering me powerless. It's both heaven and hell. It only intensifies the pleasure rushing through my veins.

“Hunter,” I gasp.

His tongue turns demanding, stroking over me before dipping inside. Seconds later, he circles my clit, sucking it gently into his mouth until I have no other choice but to come undone. I slap a hand over my mouth to stifle the sound from escaping as an orgasm streaks through me.

He doesn’t stop licking at my soaked flesh until he’s wrung every last drop.

Only then does he press a kiss against me before rising to his feet and stripping off his clothing.

The T-shirt and boardshorts get dropped to the floor before he crawls up my length and settles his weight between my spread thighs.

“I love you so much, Skye,” he says, gaze locked on mine.

“I love you, too.”

The head of his thick erection presses against my entrance and I shift my hips, encouraging him to slide deeper. I know how much he loves being inside my body, and I want to give him just as much pleasure as he showered upon me.

“Damn, baby. You feel so good.”

Once he’s buried to the hilt, his movements still. Instead of taking me hard and fast, he keeps the rhythm measured so it can build nice and slow. Even though I just came a handful of minutes ago, already I feel the stirrings of another orgasm as he carefully strokes me with his hard dick.

His gaze holds mine captive, never once relinquishing it.

“I want us to come together,” he whispers into the darkness. “I want to feel you clench my cock, strangling the life out of it.”

The growled-out words turn me on, pushing me closer to the edge as his hips drive into me. Every time he pulls out, I want to cry out and force him back inside where he belongs.

His teeth clench as the muscle in his shadowed jaw tics. The steady tempo of his thrusts continues to propel me to the precipice until I’m dancing on it.

“Please tell me you’re close,” he mutters, voice strung tight.

I nod, knowing I’m a few heartbeats away from shattering into a million jagged pieces.

“Thank fuck.” Relief flashes across his handsome face. “Come for me now, baby.”

With that, he thrusts inside me, hitting a spot deep within.

That’s all it takes for me to explode. My pussy spasms, squeezing his hard length.

A long, guttural groan escapes from him as he throws his head back until I can see the corded muscles of his throat.

My name is chanted repeatedly, breaking the silence of the room.

It’s the sweetest sound and only ratchets up the intensity of my own release.

There’s nothing better than the feel of his cock jerking, painting my womb with his cum.

It’s like he’s leaving a little piece of himself inside my body each time we have sex.

Once his muscles loosen, he huffs out an exhausted breath and collapses on top of me. He buries his face against the delicate hollow of my throat. When his warm breath feathers against my skin, I tighten my arms around him and hold him close.

“I love you so much, baby,” he whispers against my ear.

“I love you, too,” I echo.

I’ve never loved anyone more than Hunter. Not even my parents. It’s impossible to picture my life without him filling it. Nor can I imagine giving myself to another human being the way I do with him.

As our heart rates settle, Mason’s words from the other day claw their way back inside my brain. No matter how many times I try to dismiss them, I can’t. They continue to circle, making me question everything. My teeth sink into my lower lip as tears prick my eyes.

It’s only now, in the quiet aftermath of our lovemaking that I wonder if it’s possible to hold Hunter close forever, or if I’ll have to do the unthinkable and set him free.

Thank you for reading Heartless Summer! I hope you enjoyed reading Skye & Hunter’s prequel as much as I loved writing it! Their story continues in Heartless !

She broke my heart and took away the only thing that mattered.

Her love.

An angsty and dark, second chance college sports romance from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic.

When I hightailed it out of town after high school graduation, I didn’t think there was anything that could bring me home again.

But I was wrong.

When the worst happens, it blows my world apart and sends me into free fall, forcing me to return to the one place— the one person —that holds all my heartache.

Hunter Price.

The guy I loved more than life itself. He doesn’t understand that in order to save him, I had to do the unthinkable—open my hand and let him go.

With no other choice but to attend the same university, all I want is to lay low and stay off his radar. We have one year left before graduation and he gets drafted to the pros. My hope is that after all this time, he’s moved on and will leave our relationship where it belongs—in the past.

Why wouldn’t he?

He’s all but exploded at the college level, just like I knew he would. When people talk Claremont football, they’re talking about Hunter Price.

And the girls?

Even when we were in high school, they trailed after him like lovesick puppies before falling at his feet.

Now there’s even more of them.

One disastrous run-in is all it takes to realize that he hasn’t forgiven or forgotten anything. He’s still bitter about the breakup.

Only now do I realize that if Hunter has his way, he’ll bring me to my knees, inflicting as much damage as he can.

And there’s nothing I can do but steel my heart and hope I’m able to withstand it.

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