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Eve

Well and Truly Ruined

Even after being stalked by a cougar, it was dawning on me that Harper Hendrix was the real danger tonight.

Splayed out like this, she was a fever dream of pink cheeks and naked curves, her brazen pleasure on full display. And with every breathy moan that fell from her lush mouth, I was losing my ability to keep my distance.

Not that I’d been doing a great job of that since meeting Harper. She’d poked and prodded at my walls from minute one. And now she was dismantling them even further.

Kiss by kiss by kiss.

She crooked her finger until I obliged another one, licking my tongue against hers. Mere seconds after her second orgasm and she was already writhing against me, raking her nails down my spine. Insatiable, absolutely fucking insatiable.

I’d never been so turned on by another person in my life.

And she’s only going to abandon you like everyone else .

The thought vanished as quickly as my remaining willpower. But I knew it’d be back.

While I was nuzzling beneath her ear, entranced by how soft her skin was there, she was busy shoving me backward. With only a little bit of laughter, and one bumped head, she maneuvered us until her hips landed between my thighs.

She peered down at me with swollen lips and untamed hair, freshly fucked and eager to please. Much too adorable for my brain and heart to handle. She’d carefully placed her glasses in the front seat so her blue eyes were exposed, bright and vulnerable, her septum ring winking in the light.

Swallowing, I reached up and cupped her face, completely overcome. She turned her head and caught the tip of my index finger between her teeth. Then she sucked on it, all the way down to the base.

She was equal parts sinful and innocent—wide eyes, arched brow, firm tongue. I rolled my hips, trying to get closer to her. She kissed my palm, the inside of my wrist, eyes closed now like she was just as overwhelmed as I was.

Dangerous. So very fucking dangerous.

“Harper,” I gasped. “What are you gonna do to me?”

She hummed under her breath. “Whatever I want, of course.”

A grin flew across my face, but she was all ferocious hunger now. She trailed her fingers along the top of my briefs, letting the material snap against my skin. I hissed between my teeth.

“Off?” she asked.

I nodded, captivated. She sent my underwear flying, then slid one, then two, then a third finger into her mouth.

I watched her take those fingers until they glistened, until saliva trailed down her wrist. The ache between my legs was unbearable.

I reached down to touch myself, content to watch a naked Harper just like this, but she slapped my hand away with an imperious smirk.

Then she lowered her body down onto mine, her hair spilling onto my chest, and kissed me until we shared a single breath.

She moaned against my mouth like I was her favorite meal and she planned to savor every last bite.

When she lightly pinched my nipples, delicious sensation shot through me.

I was reduced to a boneless, melting mess of pure need.

“I want you to come on my hand,” she groaned. “Need to feel how wet you are for me.”

“Do it,” I said, my head falling back. “I like it hard, cowgirl.”

Her eyes flashed as she curled her fingers and slid inside, filling me perfectly. We both moaned at the same time, and I clenched, fluttering around her.

“ Fuck , you’re so wet,” she whispered, giving an experimental thrust. “How hard do you want it?”

I surged up and kissed her. “Harder.”

She grinned. Dipped her head to bite down on my neck as she thrust again, sending minor shockwaves through my core.

“ Jesus , that’s good.” I sighed. Harper was watching my reactions, staring down at her fingers moving fast and rough.

Then rougher, her palm glancing off my clit over and over.

She didn’t stop kissing me, either. Her mouth was urgent, incessant.

She caught every ragged moan that fell from my lips.

My nails dug into her back, my spine arched.

“You are so sexy, Eve,” she murmured. “I’m serious. You should be illegal. You should be fucking outlawed .”

I tried to laugh, but I could only gasp. There was no scrap of control for me to hold onto. Nothing to keep me steady as Harper upended my entire world.

“Don’t stop, don’t… Fuck ,” I cursed.

The muscles in Harper’s forearm bunched as she kept thrusting, nudging my clit, stroking every hypersensitive nerve ending. She bent and took my nipple between her lips, swirling her tongue. A pending climax twisted deep in my belly. Every other word out of my mouth was her name and her name only.

The orgasm she’d so skillfully built me toward detonated with the force of a hurricane. I almost bucked Harper off the seat, but she stayed on, working me through a series of aftershocks that made my entire body tremble.

Harper let me catch my breath for a few moments before crawling up my body and nuzzling her face into my neck. “You seem well and truly ruined now.”

I pressed a long kiss to the top of her head, enchanted by her sweet and cozy warmth. Enchanted by how perfectly she fit against me. “And I have you to thank for that.”

I gave in to the need to hold her tight just then, with memories of the cougar filtering back in through the haze of lust and pleasure.

Harper shuddered, popping her head up to look me in the eye. I brushed the tangled hair back from her face and couldn’t ignore the lightness in my chest as I did so.

“You really did save our lives back there, Eve,” she said. “You were so calm. You knew just what to do. If it had just been me, if we hadn’t been together…”

“I wouldn’t underestimate your persistence, Hendrix,” I said, smiling. “If that cougar had known the truth, it would have been terrified of you.”

Her lips quirked up. “Yes, I’m sure I could bore it to sleep reading the in-depth reporting I did on the city of Buffalo’s zoning laws last month.”

I laughed softly, tucked another strand of hair behind her ear. “You protected me. Without me even having to ask.”

Her brow creased. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Cupping her cheek, I brought my lips to hers again, kissing her senseless in the back of my car surrounded by nothing but ancient canyon walls and wild, rushing rivers. Soon, the sun would set and the night sky would be awash with the cool shimmer of the Milky Way.

I knew, then, why Monty had been so concerned about her lack of focus when she went after the diamonds.

Because Harper had me well and truly distracted.

A first for me, and as terrifying as the sky-high cliffs that rose nearby.

So I’d have to work even harder at making sure I didn’t do anything especially foolish over the next few days.

Like think of her as mine.