Talen

“Not good enough.” She shoves my jeans down and then hauls her own shirt over her head.

Aerin’s clothing flies off and lands in a disheveled heap on the ground along with my jacket and shirt. With my jeans still around my ankles, she grabs the back of my head and kisses me again.

“I want you in me now,” she says. “Don’t wait another damn second.”

I grab Aerin by her backside and lift her up, pressing her back to the nearest tree. She wraps her legs around my waist, and a moment later, I’m home.

“Fuck me, Talen. Fuck me hard, and convince me you’re mine.”

“Is that what it’s going to take?” I hold her with one arm and reach up to grab her hair with the other. I pull her head back and press my lips to her neck as I ram into her. “You going to believe me now, huh?”

“Keep trying.” She speaks in rushed, breathless words. “You’re getting close.”

“What’s it going to take?” I ask as I keep up a relentless, quick pace. My cock throbs and aches with every stroke, begging for release, but I hold back.

“More of that.”

“You got it.”

Aerin throws her head back as I stroke in and out of her. I run my hand from her hair down to her neck and then over her breasts. I lean in and take her nipple in my mouth, listening closely to her increased moans. I lick the top of her breast and then run hot kisses up her neck.

“I’m yours,” I whisper in her ear, “completely and totally yours.”

“You better be.” I feel her teeth on my neck as she nips at my skin.

With a growl, I dig my fingers into her ass. I slam into her over and over again. My thighs ache with the exertion of holding her against the tree without smashing her into it, but I never slow down. Aerin’s fingernails dig into the back of my shoulders as I feel her tighten around me. She cries out against my neck before going limp in my arms.

With a final thrust and a shudder, I come deep inside of her with my forehead pressed to her chest.

“Dear God,” Aerin mutters as I slowly lower her to the ground. “You continue to amaze me.”

“That was a first,” I say with a chuckle. “I hope you didn’t get splinters in your back.”

“Maybe a couple.” Aerin smiles a wide, beautiful smile as she places her arms around my neck and presses her lips to mine.

“Does this mean we’re okay?” I ask as I grab my jeans and yank them back up.

“Yes.” Aerin giggles and collects her clothes from the ground. “We’re definitely okay.”

“You believe me now when I say nothing has ever happened between me and Ava?”

“I believe you.”

“Do you admit that you were jealous, and I’m just naturally awesome in bed?”

Aerin raises an eyebrow.

“We’re not in a bed,” she says.

“Yeah,” I say with a grin, “but saying ‘naturally awesome against a tree’ sounds weird.”

Aerin laughs. We both finish dressing, and then she takes my hands in hers and presses her forehead to mine.

“Talen?”

“Yeah?”

“I love you, too.” She closes her eyes for a moment before looking deep into my eyes. “I didn’t say that before, but I do.”