Page 40 of The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

He wanted to make it last longer, didn’t want the moment to end, but they were outside, in public. The beach was empty for now but people could show up at any time. The last thing he wanted to do was embarrass her or cause a town scandal. Showing up at the carnival together was one thing, public sex was another.

He worked his fingers faster until Hazel gasped, her nails digging into his shoulders. She squeezed her eyes shut, a shudder running through her whole body.

‘That’s it ... Noah ... that’s it.’ Her voice broke as the orgasm crashed over her, Noah could feel it pulsing beneath his fingers. He slowed his movements, letting his hand linger in that private place against her for a moment longer before pulling it out.

Hazel stared up at him with a dazed expression. ‘That was...’

‘Good? I hope.’ He propped himself up on one elbow to look down at her.

‘Good is an inadequate word for what that was. That was incendiary ... transcendent...’

Noah laughed. ‘I’ve never heard anyone call an orgasm transcendent before.’

Hazel grinned. ‘Well, they should. That was amazing.’ She was buttoning her shorts and her gaze snagged on the raging erection still pushing against the front of Noah’s pants.

‘Uh ... I don’t think there’s a way to reciprocate that’s as discreet,’ she said.

‘No need. I’m fine.’

She frowned. ‘Are you sure?’

‘I’ll take care of it later.’

This seemed to catch her attention. A new flush worked its way up her cheeks. ‘You will?’

Noah gave her a slow smile. He liked this Hazel, this daring, sexy Hazel. ‘Does that turn you on, Haze? To think of me touching myself later?’

Her eyes widened like she was shocked at his words, but her tongue darted out and traced her bottom lip.

‘Maybe...’

‘Maybe?’ He raised an eyebrow. ‘What if I told you, I’ll be thinking about you when I do.’

She swallowed hard. ‘You will?’

Noah’s smile grew. ‘I’ll be thinking about how sexy you sound when you come and how your body felt in my hands.’

Her breath had gone shallow again, her gaze dark. God, what was he doing besides torturing them both? But he couldn’t stop. Not with Hazel looking at him like that.

‘I’ll be thinking about all the things I want to do to you next time.’

‘Like what,’ she breathed.

He brushed the hair from her face and her eyes fluttered closed. ‘Next time, I want to lick between your thighs and see how you taste.’

Hazel trembled against him.

‘I want you completely naked so I can see how beautiful you are. I want to suck on your sweet little nipples. I want to make you come again and again until you beg me to stop.’

‘Shit, Noah.’ She breathed out a long sigh and opened her eyes again.

‘Yeah.’ He cleared his throat, pressing a hand against his aching erection. This was a bad idea.

‘That was hot.’ She smiled up at him.

‘You are a little bit kinky, after all, Hazel Kelly,’ he said with a wink, needing to steer them back to safer ground before he really did come in his pants in the middle of the beach.

She sat up with a laugh and he sat, too. The sun had dipped lower in the sky, painting the water gold. It had gotten chillier, but their recent activities had kept him warm. Now, with no blood left anywhere else in his body, he was feeling the cool air.