On a growl, he crawled up her body and claimed her mouth, his tongue immediately sliding deep. She reveled in the taste of herself on him because she couldn’t see the pleasure he’d given her as anything other than a selfless gift. And that was something she hadn’t received in such a long time.
“Ride me,” he gritted out as he flipped them. He manhandled her until her thighs straddled his hips. “Ride me rough and hard and long, Alexa. Use me up.”
“Yes.” She grasped his cock and lined it up with her core. She sank down, taking him in inch by rock-hard inch. Her pulse beat so strong she felt it against her skin everywhere. “Oh, yes.”
Mav’s hands went to her hips. “Fuuuck.” When he bottomed out inside her, he held her still, forcing her to take all of him. To keep all of him. She would. God, she would.
Bracing her hands on his chest, Alexa rode him in a slow up and down that had both of them groaning and straining and clutching tight. His eyes were intense blue fire peering up at her, and she couldn’t look away. She didn’t want to.
“This is where I’m supposed to be,” he said. “Deep inside you.”
“Yes,” she said.
“And this is where you’re supposed to be.” His hands pushed her down harder. “Claiming every inch of me.”
“Yes,” she moaned, grinding her clit against his pubic bone. “Oh, yes.”
He pulled her down and hugged her against his chest, his arms banding around her, his hands in her hair. “Say it again,” he said, kissing her as much as he could while they moved.
She didn’t have to ask what he wanted to hear. “You and me against the world.”
His hips moved faster. His arms held tighter. His eyes burned brighter. “Again.”
Sensation spiraled hot and low in Alexa’s belly. “You and me against the world.”
He groaned. “Again.”
Her orgasm detonated, stealing her breath. “You and me,” she managed.
“That’s fucking right,” he yelled, his release pulsing inside her and drawing out her own. “You and me, baby. You and me.”
When their bodies calmed, he eased out of her but didn’t let her go. He settled her at his side, his arm around her shoulders holding their bodies tightly together. He kissed her forehead and sighed, the sound full of satisfaction and ease even as his heart pounded under her hand on his chest.
Or maybe that was her heart she felt, because he’d stolen it totally and completely.
CHAPTER 25
I don’t like this,” Maverick said as he pulled up in front of the model home where Alexa was working on Monday morning. A number of work trucks filled the driveway of the otherwise empty development. His gaze cut to her, looking so pretty and put together in a pair of navy dress pants and flowy lavender shirt.
“I don’t love it, either,” she said, giving him a brave smile. “But Grant never comes out here, which is perfect because I can do what I have to do in peace. He won’t be here until the walk-through on Wednesday, and then the whole team will be with us. It’ll be fine.”
Mav clenched his jaw, not wanting to open the argument they’d already had this morning even though everything inside of him demanded he push. For her own good.
Because he wouldn’t be able to stand it if anything happened to her. Not when he knew she was in danger. And not when it was on his watch.
It would be him failing his mother all over again—only worse. This time, there’d be no excuses that could absolve him. Unlike then, Maverick knew fully that Alexa was in trouble.
“Look, your guys are nearby, right?” she asked, reaching over and putting her hand on his thigh. He gave a tight nod. Renner and Blake’s presence just out of direct sight of the house was the only reason he could entertain the idea of her being out in the world without him all day. “If anything happens that even remotely worries me, I’ll call or text them immediately.”
You and me against the world.
Her words rang in between Maverick’s ears, and he needed them to be true so fucking bad he could hardly stand it. But Alexa needed to be safe in his life and at his side for that to have a chance. For them to have a chance.
“Don’t even let it get to the point of being worried,” he said, arching his brow and nailing her with a stare.
“I won’t,” she said. “I get it, Maverick. I won’t take any chances.”
He thought just going back to work was taking one, but they’d already been down that road. No matter how much Maverick wanted to lay down the law and tell her what to do, he couldn’t. That was the controlling shit Slater had done and not even a little of what Alexa needed from Mav. He wanted to take care of her, not dictate to her. Damn it all to hell.