Page 88 of Twice as Tempting

“No. You said no shower sex. We’re out of the shower now.”

The cat and mouse game was up. Damian swooped her up in his arms and set her bare butt on the bathroom counter.

“Here?” She started to protest, but Damian had spread her legs wide and was standing in between them, rubbing himself against her center.

There was no slow and sensual lead-up this time. There was only raw passion, intense heat, and insistence. He took her hard and fast, and sometimes, like now, that was just the way she liked it. He had retrieved a condom from his jeans pocket and had it on in a flash, and afterwards, it dawned on her that he had planned this all along.

After Damian withdrew and cleaned them both off, he lifted her off the counter. He picked up his sports watch from atop his pile of clothes and said, “Look at that. We’re still on schedule!”

Kelly playfully swatted his arm and started to get dressed. “You planned that whole thing,” she accused.

Damian smirked at her. “It’s always good to be prepared,” he said.

They spent the next twenty minutes tidying up the cabin and packing up their belongings. When they were done, they stood at the front door together and looked around one last time.

“I really loved it here,” Kelly said wistfully.

“I really loved you here,” Damian replied.

Kelly reached up on her tiptoes and kissed him softly before they turned and walked away.

“Don’t forget to call Zack on your way home. He was really worried about you,” Kelly said after Damian had loaded up their bags.

“When will my brother realize that I’m not a little kid anymore?”

“You’ll always be his little brother, Damian. He loves you, and so do I.”

Damian leaned his head into her car window and kissed her goodbye. “I love you too. Be careful driving.”

“You’ll be right behind me, won’t you?”

“Always,” he said and patted the roof of her car.

Kelly beamed at him and then slowly drove away. Seconds later, she glanced in her rearview mirror, and there he was, as promised, beaming right back at her.

Kelly waited until they were on the expressway headed south to Clarkston before she used the Bluetooth to call Emma. As she expected, Emma answered right away.

“Where are you? Did you find Damian? Are you two ok?”

“Slow down, Em. You sound like Alex.” Mrs. Kostas was notorious for firing off questions in rapid succession without waiting for the answers.

“Well, I am part of the family now, or almost.”

With all the recent hub-bub, Kelly had almost forgotten that Emma’s wedding was just around the corner. “Yes, we’re ok. We’re better than ok. We’re terrific,” she said, glancing in her rearview mirror for the umpteenth time since they had left the cabin. Sure enough, Damian was right behind her, and she saw his mouth moving, so he was probably talking to Zack.

“Whew! Am I glad to hear that!”

“Emma soon-to-be Kostas, are you relieved because you thought that Damian and I might ruin your wedding or because you’re truly happy for us?”

Emma giggled. “Maybe a little bit of both,” she admitted. “Anyway, tell me everything. Or at least, almost everything.”

As close as they were, and as much as they shared, Kelly and Emma had an unspoken agreement that they would always keep a few things to themselves, so Kelly gave her an edited version of what had transpired at the cabin but made sure to include some of the good parts. When Kelly shared that she and Damian had exchanged the “L-word,” Emma whooped and hollered.

“Are you at the store right now?” Kelly asked.

“Yes, but nobody’s here at the moment.”

“Thank God.”