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She jolted awake and nodded, but still seemed half asleep. I knew I would have to climb in with her to keep her from falling over. The question was: could I keep my hands to myself? Better yet, did I want to?

I flicked the shower on and as the water warmed up, I left Tess to get undressed, watching her closely as I followed suit, climbing into the tub first and offering my hand out to help her in. The sight of her had my dick hardening at an alarming rate. It knew who she belonged to. This was going to be the longest shower of my life.

Tess might have been asleep a few minutes ago but that was no longer the case. Her eyes drifted down to my now fully erect cock.

“Is that for me?”

Her hands reached out to lightly trace the muscles on my chest, my dick twitching with the soft caress. It was asking too much of my body to maintain any kind of distance and so I covered her mouth with mine.

The minute she slipped her tongue out to run it along my lips, I lost control and slammed her up against the shower wall, hearing the deep moan leave her at the rough play. Reaching down, she ran her hand along the length of my dick. A sense of urgency sucked the oxygen from the room, which worked because there was no time to come up for air as I bent down and helped her wrap her legs around my waist.

Breathing heavy, I gazed down at her. Eyes that just a few short minutes ago had been sleepy were now bright with lust and desire, and I wasted no time thrusting up into her, my body forcing hers against the shower wall. This time was going to be hard and fast. My need for her was too great.

My cock plunged deeper and deeper with every thrust, my mouth never losing its connection with hers. It wasn't long before my balls were pulling tight to my body, a tingle racing down my spine.

“Miller, please,” she begged.

The muscles in her legs began to quiver. I slipped a hand between us and pinched her clit between my thumb and forefinger and she went up in a ball of flame, screaming out her release. I used the wall to help hold her in my arms, my body drained.

Sex had never brought me such a release. A quick fuck and a “see you later” had satisfied me for so long. All of the new emotions Tess pulled from me were scary and exciting at the same time. I knew from watching my parents that around Tess I’d always be a different person, but that didn’t mean I needed to lose who I was outside of my relationship with her.

For the first time since taking Tess home, I was starting to see the possibility of this becoming more than I’d ever had before.





CHAPTER 20





Theresa




Cloud Nine.

Those were the only words to describe my feelings. There was a spring in my step, a lightness in my chest. For the first time in my life, someone knew the truth about why I left home. The reason I left my parents behind all those years ago.

I’d learned long ago that after my mom married Rex, I was never more than a pawn. The man didn’t love me as a daughter. What I hadn’t expected was for my mother to put me on the back burner for a heartless bastard like him. Even though I’d come to terms with my mother’s deceit, there would be a small part of me that would always wonder whether everyone who was supposed to love me would eventually decide I wasn’t worth the trouble. After all, my dad left when he found out my mom was pregnant, then all the shit with my mom.

I’d given up on other people caring. It was part of the reason I never gave Ray my whole heart, and what made it so easy to walk away when the callous bastard thought nothing of using me as a bet.

Then Miller began pushing those fears aside, when it would have been easier to walk away. He fought; first with me, then for me. The way his expressive eyes hooded last night after my revelations told me all I needed to know about the sort of man he was. I knew Miller was angry, but not at me. He was angry about what had happened to me. He was on my side.

So no one could blame me for feeling like the sky seemed a little bit bluer; the grass a bit greener. To top the whole day off, I’d aced my test. Things were really starting to look up.

I crossed into the parking lot and began weaving through cars when the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. I’d heard footsteps behind me on the campus sidewalk but given that a lot of classes let out at the same time of mine, that was to be expected. What I didn’t expect was to hear them echo every move I made through the lot. I glanced over my shoulder and saw a shadow about ten feet behind me.

Asshole Ray had finally figured out my new class schedule.

Fight or flight?

I whirled around to confront whoever had been following me, but there was no one there. I scanned the lot. Other than a group of guys over by a beat up truck, there was no one, and they certainly weren’t close enough for it to have been them. They weren’t even looking in my direction.