Page 59 of The Grump I Loathe

“Different one. I don’t think the bed’s ever been slept in.” I pulled out, disposing of the condom, and stepping over to shut off the shower. When I moved back toward her, Eddie threw herself into my arms. A thrill shot through me as her legs wrapped around my waist.

I threaded my arms around her back and Eddie giggled, clinging to me as I wrenched the bathroom door open. “Where are we going, Lord LockMill?”

I gave her a filthy grin. “To break in a mattress.”

18

EDDIE

“If this is you trying to be stealthy,” I grumbled, cracking my eyes open long enough to see Connor shimmy back into his pants. “You really missed your calling for the spy academy.”

“Didn’t mean to wake you,” he said, shooting me a smile from across the bed.

I wiggled my eyebrows. “I’m glad you did. Please do that little shimmy thing again now that my eyes are fully open.”

He smirked, buttoning his pants. He grabbed his shirt from the floor, our clothes having migrated into the room at some point last night, but didn’t put it on quite yet. I decided to make it my mission to keep it from getting put on atall.

I rolled over, slowly tugging the sheet down my body. “Where do you think you’re going?”

Connor’s gaze washed over me.

I kept tugging, revealing one pert nipple. “I’ve got some things I’d like to discuss.”

Connor’s jaw ticked, his chest rising and falling in a very distracting way, muscle and a dark patch of hair on display. “Don’t tempt me,” he growled.

“Oh, this?” I said, tugging the sheet down a little more. “No, I’m just stretching.”

He dropped his shirt and climbed back on the bed, settling over me. “Grace will be up soon,” he said, leaning down to kiss me. “And I can’t…I need this to be discreet.”

“Kids,” I said, smiling into the kiss. “I get it.”

“If she realizes I’m not in my bed…”

I started laughing. “Feels like we’re the teenagers sneaking around, and Grace is the parent.”

“She’d definitely give me a lecture,” he said, hand wandering beneath the sheet. He found my thigh and I gasped in anticipation, already throbbing at the memory of him.

“Whatever would you need a lecture for?” I teased.

“Maybe some of this,” he said, dipping his fingers into the wetness between my legs. My thighs parted and I sucked in a stuttering breath.

“Very poor behavior,” I agreed.

“And this,” he said, catching a nipple in his mouth and sucking until it was rock hard against his tongue.

“Mmm,” I hummed. “And?”

“This,” he said, crawling down my body until his mouth was in position for his tongue to part my folds and lap at my clit.

I almost choked on my gasp as my entire body seized with pleasure. God, he was so good at this. So good at unraveling me. I never wanted it to end. He licked and sucked and pulled the orgasm fromme until I was jerking against his mouth, the bliss wiping my mind of all coherent thought.

When I came back to myself, he sat up, but I caught his arm. “What about you?”

He gave me a wan smile. “I’ll be fine. But I really do need to go now. Grace will be yelling for breakfast soon,” he said. “I’m just trying to protect her.”

“I get that,” I said. It wasn’t a surprise he wanted to shield Grace fromwhateverthis was. “Just wanted to return the favor.”

“That wasn’t a favor,” he growled. “It was a taster. For next time.”