Rewriting the Rules(24)

"Thinking about things," she tells me with a nod. "Thinking about how we  were in the past and realizing how much I've missed you."

"Yeah."

She takes in a breath and leans in closer to my face. Her lips gently  touch my cheek. "I don't know what's going on and part of me doesn't  care."

She still doesn't pull away and the feel of her skin against mine is  creating a bit of an issue with my greedy cock. Her center rubs against  me and I know she feels how hard I am and how badly I want her. The  desire I have shoots through me and not caring about the consequences, I  lean in and hungrily take her lips to mine.

She doesn't pull away.   





 

Pushing her up against the pool wall, her legs tighten their grip around  my waist and little moans escape her lips. Our lips move in a seductive  motion. I'm rock hard for her. Keeping my hands on her waist, I deepen  the kiss as my tongue begs for more.

"Troy," she moans. When she says my name, the unexplored sexual chemistry between us gets stronger.

After this kiss, I know I can't let go.





Chapter 22



Charlotte



I'm kissing Troy. Troy's kissing me. He's hard as a rock and my pussy is  so wet and throbbing. Oh this kiss is more than I want. I've fantasized  about this moment for years and it's finally here. The kiss feels right  and perfect. I don't care if we're in the water and we'll both end up  with blue balls. The friction of heat grows and he holds me tight  against his body. I'm melting into him.

When he pulls away I want to scream no and kiss him more. I want more.  He smiles and gently kisses my lips again before putting me down.

"I'd love more than anything to take you to my bed tonight."

"So do it," I blurt out and cover my mouth.

"Not tonight, sweetheart." He kisses my forehead and looks at me. "Why don't I take you out to dinner?"

"Okay," I gush. I feel his eyes on me when I climb out of the pool. He  follows behind me and hands me a towel. Wrapping it around my body, I  relax back into his arms and feel complete.

"Go shower," he tells me.

"Okay." I head inside and realize I don't have anything else to wear.  "Shit," I mutter and head to the kitchen to find Troy on his phone. I  clear my throat to get his attention.

"What's up? Why aren't you in the shower?"

"I need to go back home and change. So is it okay if I meet you there?"

"Yeah, that's fine," he answers. "I wanted us to drive together."

"Why don't you get me?"

"And deal with Will?"

"Oh come on, it won't be bad. Just get me in an hour." I walk over to him, kiss his cheek, and grab my clothes. "It'll be okay."

"Okay."

I rush home and jump in the shower to get ready for our first date  tonight. Will's not home and I'm thankful not to face him. I have no  idea how I'm going to handle it with him.

As I stand in my bathroom putting on my makeup, I realize it's going to  be difficult hiding this from him. He's not going to approve of this  relationship. I don't even want to know what he saw when they lived  together. Will always said to stay away from his friends. He has to know  that Troy will treat me better than the other women and that we love  each other.

For now, we'll have to keep it a secret and hopefully tell Will soon. I  don't like keeping secrets from him. Forcing myself to get over that  because it's either be happy with Troy or be miserable.

I choose happy.

I finish getting ready and am walking down the stairs when the doorbell  rings. Heading over to the door, I open it and an instant smile forms on  my face. Outside, Troy's standing with a bouquet of flowers.

"This is our first date so I wanted to make it special."

"Aw, wow." Throwing myself into his arms, I take pleasure in feeling him  again. I lean back, breathing deep to take in his sexy scent, and then  lean up to kiss him. "Hi."

"Hi."

"You look beautiful."

"Thanks. You're pretty handsome yourself. So Will's not here, but I  don't want to be here when he comes home so can we head to your house  now?"

"Sure, sweetheart."

Troy opens the car door for me and we head back to his house. I'm a  little nervous and can't help but wonder what else is going to happen  tonight. Looking over at him, I let out an internal sigh. This is  finally happening. I'm getting what I've always wanted.

When we get back to Troy's, he leads me outside to his backyard and covers my eyes. "Do you trust me?"

"Of course."

"Okay." He kisses my cheek and lifts his hands, uncovering my eyes, and when I look around, I stop walking.

"Troy?" I look around and see lights around the pool with floating  candles and soft music playing. There's a handwritten sign and it makes  me smile. "Charlotte's prom." I turn to face Troy and he's holding out  his hand to me.

"May I have this dance?"

"Yes."

The song changes to Should've Ran After You by Cole Swindell. Swaying to  the music in his arms, I listen to the lyrics and close my eyes.

"I should've ran after you," Troy tells me. "Instead I was a coward and  my pride took over. When you came back I treated you like shit. You  didn't deserve that and I wish to God I can turn back time. I don't want  to be without you, Charlotte."   





 

I hold him tighter and relax in his arms. Tonight is what I want and I  couldn't ask for more. "I'm here now. I get it, Troy," I whisper and  place my lips to the crook of his neck.

"Good."

After dancing, Troy leads me inside to another surprise! There are  candles and rose petals on the table with two glasses of wine and I  smell Troy's famous mac n' cheese.

"Really?"

"Sit," he tells me. "Remember all the times I'd make it for you?" I nod.  "You love my mac n' cheese so I thought since I took you to prom, I'd  make you dinner with your favorite meal."

"It's been so long since I've had this. Thank you so much."

"You don't have to thank me at all."

The best part about this night is spending time with Troy. From dancing  with me as if we were at prom to this. My heart melts and I love every  moment.

"You're frowning like something's bothering you," he points out.

"Will," I finally let out. I feel Troy's hand rubbing my arm. Leaning into his chest, I look up at him and see the same worry.

I bite my bottom lip to keep the groan inside and look out at the pool instead.

"Charlotte," his gentle voice pulls me back. "I promise; we'll figure it out. It'll work and we'll tell him together."

"I don't want to right now. There's no rush."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. No more talking about Will. I want you to hold me."

He kisses my cheek and holds me tighter. "Always."





Chapter 23



Troy



I sit on the couch and bring her to my arms, holding her against my  chest. She relaxes and I realize she's not planning on going back to  Will's tonight. Being here with Charlotte, taking care of her, and  holding her heightens my feelings and senses. It's sparking what I've  been burying since she came to town. As the minutes pass with her in my  arms, I realize that this is what I want. I'm putting my heart on the  line again and making up my mind. Charlotte is mine. There's no more  questioning or doubt. The misunderstanding we had will be solved, but  for now, she's here and I'm not letting her go. I just want her. All of  her. The smiles, the tears, the sassiness . . . everything.

"It shouldn't be so hard. Falling in love and being with someone you love should be easy as breathing the air around you."

"Sometimes breathing is hard. When you try to fall in love and find someone worth it, but fail, then where's the air?"

"It's all around us," she says staring at me. Her eyes go to my lips and  my dick wakes up, screaming hello to the girl I've loved since I was a  teenager. "Love is like the air. We know it's there, and we know we need  it. Some of us need to go through hell to realize what's been in front  of us for so long."

Without any thought I crash my lips to hers. She doesn't pull away and  moans into my mouth. Bringing her to my lap, she willingly straddles me,  and grinds into my hard on. Fuck, she feels good. I don't have the  right to have her close to me. The connection between us is strong and  she's driving my body crazy. She's pushing me too far with her tongue in  my mouth and her sweet pussy grinding on me, screaming for me to slide  inside her.

But I can't just yet.

Fuck.

Moving my mouth from hers, I rest my forehead on her shoulder trying to catch my damn breath and calm down.

"What?" she asks breathlessly.

Looking at her, seeing the desire in her eyes, and then thinking about  how Will would react. I wouldn't treat her like a secret mistress. If we  did this, it'll be her. Just her. I caress her face and softly kiss her  lips again.

"You're not like anyone else I've ever met. If we do this, I want you to  know you're the only one. I don't cheat or fuck around, Charlotte. I've  never been unfaithful and I'm clean. Having you here, straddling me,  knowing how much you want me is pushing me over the edge. All I want to  do is strip you down and cherish your sexy naked body." She shudders at  my voice. Picking her up, she wraps her legs around my waist and I carry  her to my room.