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SARAH

W e are gathered here today . I scowl at the screen and delete those five words. Kamryn and Mason’s wedding is in a month and I’ve yet to start on my speech. Plus, I still have yet to figure out what to get Riley for his birthday.

The blinking cursor terrorizes me. What can I write that I haven’t already said to them?

A key turning in the door gives me an extra form of distraction as Riley comes home from practice. Pixie trots to him as the door closes and seeing him melt for the ball of fur warm my heart. Plus, men who like cats are sexy as hell.

I tap my finger on the edge of my laptop and swing my legs back and forth sitting at the bar while I eavesdrop on Riley’s conversation with Pixie. Even though I call him a distraction, I’m hoping he’ll be able to spark some sort of motivation in me to write this speech.

His arms wrap around me and he places a kiss on my neck. “Huh,” he starts and I drop my head back against his shoulder. “It’s um, an inspiring speech you’ve got written.”

I close my eyes and a mix of a laugh with a groan comes from my throat. “Don’t start. I’ve written the same five words and deleted them every time thinking they’d spark something else.”

“Blue, how long have you been sitting here?”

“Since you left for practice.”

Riley moves around me and closes my laptop. “Nope. This won’t help you.”

“Riley, their wedding is in less than two months. I need to get this written. Not to mention, I still have to get ordained.”

“Sarah Jane, sitting here and staring at this blank page and hoping that the words will write themselves is not productive. What you need to do is get outside.” He pulls me off the barstool and waits for me to get shoes and a jacket on. “Actually, put your other boots on. We’re gonna go for a drive.”

“Really?” I ask, barely able to contain my excitement.

“Yes,” Riley starts and leads us both to the bedroom where our stuff is. Since he was under strict orders to not ride his motorcycle at the start of the season, with it winding down I’m guessing Riley got the okay to ride. Or he doesn’t care and is doing this for me because working remotely has given me less reason to get outside. But once that cool air hits my face, it’s like I can breathe again.

I follow Riley to where his bike is parked behind his Range Rover.

“You had this planned the entire time. Didn’t you?”

“I was hopeful.” He says with a grin.

We get our helmets on, taking care to make sure they’re secure before he pulls the bike away from his spot and starts it up. Holding his hand out to me, I take hold of it and swing my leg over, settling behind him. The purr of the engine sparks an untamed feeling that’s indescribable .

I lean forward and wrap my arms around Riley’s waist before he’s pulling out of the parking garage and headed towards the interstate. I have no clue where he’s going and I don’t care. Getting out of the apartment is exactly what I needed. My brain is finally free from the blank page that had been taunting me for the last four hours.

The further we get away from the city, the less muddled my mind is. It’s like now I can picture what I want to say at Kamryn and Mason’s wedding. We head west for hours but it only feels like a few minutes. Riley taps my leg and lets me know we’re planning to stop soon. The exit he takes looks like it leads to nowhere. But I trust him.

He pulls off on a secluded stretch of road and stops when we get to a lookout point. Ahead of us is miles of green and the sun shining down on us. Riley stops and cuts the engine leaving us in an eerie amount of silence save for the birds tweeting and cawing in the distance. He holds his hand out for me and I grab it to hop off the bike. Once he’s off, I place my helmet on the seat and walk towards the edge.

I’m murmuring my speech when Riley hands me his phone to type it out. He doesn’t have to say anything more. My fingers fly over the screen as I type my speech into the Notes app. I stop right before I get to the vows and the repeat after me section of my speech. Walking over to Riley, I slip his phone into his back pocket and wrap my arm around his waist.

“All done?”

“I am. Thank you, baby.”

“Of course.”

“How do you know about this place?” I ask after a while when I still hear no sounds of other cars.

He places a kiss on the top of my head and moves me to stand in front of him. His arms wrap around my chest and I feel treasured when his arms are around me. “I found it my senior year in high school and I’d come here once a month just to get out of the house. You’re the first person I’ve brought here.”

“I’ll keep it a secret.”

Riley’s hand drops from around me and he comes back with his phone in front of us. I see him scrolling through his music app and pulls up Ed Sheeran.

“Dance with me, baby.”

I turn in his arms and link mine around his neck. We sway to the music about how he can still fall as hard in love at twenty-three. That line makes me smile and I see the same expression reflected back at me from Riley. We sway and turn to the music with the forest and wildlife our only audience. Our moves are in sync and I follow his lead as the song bleeds into the next.

“What are you thinking?” I ask as I gaze up into his eyes that match the sky.

His own eyes roam over my face and a smile teases the corner of his lips. “How much I love you. And how happy I am that we met all those months ago.”

“It was definitely fate that you waltzed into my office.”

Riley dips me suddenly and the laughter that spills free brings a dazzling smile to his face. “I’m more of a destiny fan, baby.”

“Just so it’s clear–I think about how much I love you as well.”

“Do you love me enough to do something different?”

“Will it get me arrested?” I ask in a joking matter.

“Not if a cop doesn’t come back here.”

I laugh but then stop at the wicked gleam in his eyes. “ Here?” I ask as the excitement running through my body has already been decided.

Riley encroaches on my space and I take a step back. He matches me step for step until I’m pressed against a tree with the leaves overhead as shade and cover. His hand circles around my neck and tips my head back. Our faces are a breath apart and I’m sure he can feel my pulse at the thought of nature being our place. “Yes here.” He says and his lips brush against mine as he says it.

I’ve already made up my mind and I close the little space between us. My breath stutters and my heart skips a beat like it does every time we kiss. The hand around my neck squeezes just enough to make my heart rate spike. Riley’s tongue licks at my bottom lip and his other hand grabs my legs and wraps it around his hip. I slide my hands up under his shirt and pull him closer to me. Our tongues tangle. I drop my leg and my hands make quick work of unbuttoning and unzipping his jeans. My hands slide around his hips and past the waistband of his briefs. I shimmy them down his hockey butt and free his cock. Encircling my hand around his length, I give him a firm tug and circle my thumb around his tip.

Removing my hand, I flip our positions and push him up against the tree, refusing my mouth to his. My hands roam and Riley’s fingers weave through my auburn strands. Breaking the kiss, I pull his shirt up and off his body exposing all of his tattoos in the light of day. I kiss each of my favorite tattoos then trail my lips down his body until I’m on my knees and fisting his cock. I lap up the pre-cum and hold eye contact as I slide onto his length. Bobbing up and down and sliding forward until he hits the back of my throat.

Riley’s hand lands on the top of my head, fisting the strands and holding me there. “That’s it. Swallow around my cock and take me deeper like the dirty girl you are.”

His voice is gravelly and it sends a wave of arousal to my pussy. With a whimper, I look up at him and swallow around his length and that small movement sends him down my throat, cutting off my air supply. I hold him there until black spots dance at the corner of my eyes and I pull back. A trail of saliva mixed with his cum connects us and I lick it up before I’m swallowing him whole again.

“Your mouth is pure fucking heaven, Blue,” Riley’s praise is everything I need. I bring my other hand up and massage his balls as I gorge myself on his length. “Holy hell. Either I come down your throat or in your pussy.”

I look at him with a look full of innocence mixed with sin and make him choose.

Riley pulls me off his cock and pushes his tongue into my mouth on a kiss that has me unbuttoning my jeans and pulling them down my legs. “Atta girl.”

Our positions are switched and Riley hefts me up in his arms. My legs wrap around his waist and his cock teases my soaked entrance.

“Is this all for me?” Riley asks as he slides in with ease. “You sucking me off gets your pussy wet?”

His thrusts are slow and steady as he hits my clit on each movement. “God, yes,” I respond with a whimper.

The sun beats down on us as Riley moves in and out of me. His hands hold me up and I wrap mine around his neck, pulling him closer and taking his lips in a searing kiss. His tongue mimics his cock. Plunging in and curling around me. I bite and suck on his lower lip and revel in the groan it brings from him. His thrusts get wilder as I continue to tease him .

“Play with your clit. I need you to come and I’m right there.” Riley demands after he breaks the kiss.

I move my hand between us and bring my fingers to my clit. Rubbing the sensitive spot as he thrusts in and out of me sends me higher. Riley pulls my shirt up and ducks his head under, pulling a nipple between his teeth. Light tugs and licks along the beaded tip combined with my rubbing my clit and his thrusts is just enough.

“Riley,” I gasp as my orgasm rolls over me. My head flies back on a moan as he doesn’t let up. My orgasm continues to roll through me until I feel Riley swell and the warmth of his cum paints my walls. His thrusts slow down as he milks every last drop. He holds me to him and wraps my legs tighter around his waist. I kiss up and down the side of his neck and his temple that’s covered in a light layer of sweat.

“Outside is much better than inside.” Riley says, still holding me.

I laugh a little and don’t miss the grunt from him still being buried inside of me. “You’re right. We should do this more often.”

“Do you have a bit of an exhibitionist side to you?”

I pull back and run my fingers through the hair that never stays pushed back. “Only with you.”

I’ve experienced more than just mind blowing sex with Riley. The adventure that he always talked about, whether it was a drive out of the city or experiencing things through his eyes, I’m discovering that the adventure with Riley, is life.