Ridge moved his talented fingers between her legs, slowly gliding his fingers back and forth across her slit until her hips began rocking on their own. She had no power over their desire to ride his hand.
Removing her hand from his cock, she lifted her leg over his body until she straddled his hips. Lifting her body slightly, River grasped his shaft until it lined up with her slit, then, inch by agonizing inch, impaled herself on his cock.
“My god,” Ridge cried out as she sat on him fully to the hilt. Her body felt incredibly full and it took her a few minutes to adjust to his size in the new position.
She wanted to help him forget everything he had witnessed that night as she rode her body up and down against his erection. River’s muscles began to quake and she knew that her peak was getting close, except she wanted to make it last longer for Ridge. He had another idea. He gripped her waist and held her in place as he thrust upward over and over again, the tip of his cock rubbing the spot no other man had ever found.
“Ridge!” she cried out as her body convulsed in waves after waves.
Before she had a chance to catch her breath, River found herself on her back and Ridge hovering above her, a look of lust and determination on his face. He was wild and feral as he pounded into her sensitive area, still quaking from her earlier orgasm.
“Fuck, I’m going to come, baby.”
She didn’t know it was possible, but his speed increased as he leaned back, holding her legs apart as he watched his cock slide in and out of her channel. As he spilled his seed deep inside her body, Ridge collapsed on top of her, positioning his forearm and elbow next to her head to bear the brunt of his weight.
River ran her hand up and down his back as his breathing evened out and she believed he had fallen asleep. She was glad that she was able to take his mind away from the horrific accident he had arrived upon, but she had to wonder at what expense it was to her. Like every other relationship, she had done what she could to take his hurt into herself. This time was in the form of her body. Other relationships had involved money or things she could do for them. It was a vicious cycle she was falling in to again.
He turned over in his sleep and River tugged the covers over her body, tucking them under her chin as she looked at him snoozing peacefully. The look he had worn when he came home was now long gone. River kept telling herself that Ridge was different, that he hadn’t asked her for anything that she wasn’t willing to give. Even this evening, he hadn’t been the one to initiate their lovemaking, he had been happy just to hold her in his arms, but she had wanted to distract him from his evening. In this case, she couldn’t blame Ridge at all, the decision had been all hers and she had given herself without a second thought.
River didn’t know how or if things would change in the morning, their casual relationship seeming more serious after that night’s events. She would have to wait and see if Ridge acted differently or if he would even bring it up. He may not have even realized the sacrifice she had given to comfort him, to make him forget.
There was no going back to sleep as River ran hundreds of scenarios through her head where she ended their tryst and somewhere Ridge finished their relationship because the commitment was becoming too much.
Either way, River feared that things were headed in a disastrous direction for them, but she was selfish and not ready to end things yet. She enjoyed him and his daughter, but as she had told him weeks before, maybe she really needed to think about focusing on finding a partner that would put her first.
Except for the more time that passed, River worried that her dream partner didn’t exist.
Chapter Twelve
Something was up. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but River had been acting strangely since they woke the next morning after their hurried lovemaking. She rushed back to her home to change for work with nothing more than a quick kiss goodbye.
Not only was Ridge confused, but Delilah had been searching the house for her friend as well.
“I know, sweet pea. We’re going to surprise her with lunch, though. Do you think you can wait that long? I mean, I know that I’m boring, but maybe we can get through the morning.”
After a trip to the grocery store and working with Preston to install the security system at River’s house, they went through the recordings Ridge had on file. Nothing stood out to either of them, but one thing that alarmed them was a black car that traveled through the neighborhood that didn’t belong to any of the residents. Preston assured him that they would run the plates.
Just as Preston was prepping to leave, Ridge noticed something glitch on the camera. In the dark of the night, something moved on the street, but then it quickly disappeared. Preston took a copy of the tape and said he would clarify the image and better understand what they were seeing. To their naked eye, it could be nothing more than an animal searching for food before winter arrived, but after everything that had been happening with the disappearance of Penny and the arrival of the letters, it could be far more.
He and his friend had been so engrossed in the videos that he lost track of time. Before he knew it, lunch was approaching and he had already coordinated with Poppy to take River out for lunch. She had readily agreed, but with the sort of look that told him that she intended to divulge that information to the rest of his female cousins.
Ridge and Delilah arrived at the daycare just before the scheduled lunchtime for the school. Poppy let him inside and escorted him to River’s office, where she sat at her desk sipping on a cup of water.
“Hi,” he said with a quick knock on her door. His unexpected arrival startled her enough that River sloshed water over the edge of her cup.
“Oh drats,” she said as she reached for a tissue to attempt to dry off her shirt.
“Sorry,” he apologized.
“Don’t be. I was just lost in the world of spreadsheets. So, what brings you two by on your day off?” River asked as she reached forward and tickled Delilah’s stomach.
“We were hoping we could convince you to join us for lunch.”
“Oh, I can’t today. It’s my rotation in the center.”
Even as she tried to explain how the rotations worked, he never let his smile waiver; he had an ace in the hole after all.
“Of course you can go to lunch,” a vibrant voice said from behind him. Ridge turned sideways to let River’s boss enter her office. “Actually, you can take the rest of the day off. Enjoy your weekend.” Ridge knew he was going to owe Poppy big time after that addition to his request, but he certainly wasn’t complaining. Now if only his cousin-in-law could convince the woman with the pinched expression sitting at her desk.