Flynn's In (Lexi Frost Series) (24 page)

“You didn
’t used to listen like this.”

“You didn
’t used to wander around shirtless.”

“And if I had?
”

Teri gently pinched one of Flynn
’s nipples, then teased it more until he closed his eyes and moaned. Leaning over as if to put her head on his shoulder, she pulled his ear lobe between her lips and sucked in a slow, rhythmic pattern. Flynn’s sharp intake of breath indicated her actions were having the desired effect.

He turned his head and kissed her. With an arm behind her back
, he leaned her back on the sofa and let his free hand wander up to knead her firm breast. Teri let one leg slide up and wrap around him, leaving him positioned between her open legs with only a few articles of clothing between them. Flynn pressed against her, his lips working with hers, drinking her in. She let her fingers lightly scratch his back and he broke the kiss with a low groan

“Teri
, I can’t.” Flynn stopped and sat up, running one hand through his hair absentmindedly.

Teri stood up and took Flynn
’s free hand. “I know.” She led him away from the sofa to the wall and backed Flynn against it. “Yesterday I got you all hot and bothered like this, and told you I wanted you inside of me. You knew what I meant, and deliberately misinterpreted it.”

“Revenge is beneath you
, love.”

“Oh
, honey, this isn’t revenge. Yesterday was wonderful, but a little one-sided.”

Flynn looked at her in disbelief as she started slowly unfastening the buttons of his fly.

“I understand that when men get hard like this . . .” She slid Flynn’s jeans down slightly and cupped the bulge in his briefs gently. Flynn’s mouth fell open.

“I
t can be painful if nothing’s done about it.” Teri slid his jeans down more, and started caressing Flynn’s erection through his briefs.

“Teri
, I’m not —”

“Shhh
.” She put a finger over his lips. “You are, for some reason known only to yourself, strangely reluctant to finish what I started. It seems a bit out of character, but it’s unfair too. I want you inside me again. Be patient though, I’ve never done this before.”

Teri knelt quickly and pulled down Flynn
’s briefs. Before he could fully work through the shock, she grabbed his stiff and swollen penis and kissed the tip gently.

• • •

Flynn gasped as Teri touched him, and the part of his mind that could still think swam through the molasses of sensation Teri inflicted on him. His primal side wanted this, and he had to fight the urge to push her to the floor and ravage her, thrusting himself into the hot, wet lips between her legs. He was still pushing that urge aside, forcing it to the back of his mind when Teri’s lips parted and she eased the head of his penis into her mouth.

It was warm and moist
, Flynn moaned and braced himself against the wall behind him. He felt her tongue cradling him underneath as she took him in deeper, and the roof of her mouth teased the top of his head.

“Oh
, God,” Flynn whispered. “Teri, you can’t do this.”

She wasn
’t listening. Already he felt her lips sliding back along his shaft as she pulled away, then pushed forward again. A glancing brush of her teeth along the top made him shudder, but Flynn was too far enthralled for it to make a difference. The back of her throat touched his head, and he felt Teri gag slightly before she pulled away again.

Flynn let his hands reach forward
, intent on pushing her away before he came. Teri caught his hands in hers and pushed them back against the wall. He glanced down, briefly watching her dark head move. It was too much, he was going to come.

“Teri . . .
”

She moved her hands to push low on his abdomen to hold him to the wall. The shift pushed Flynn over the edge and he came
, jerking slightly as waves of the orgasm washed over him.

Time stood still for Flynn. He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall as if it were the only thing holding him up. He didn
’t remember Teri pulling up his briefs and jeans, the feel of her hands crawling up his stomach and chest brought Flynn back to the present. He wrapped his arms around Teri as her lips found his.

Satiated only for the moment
, Flynn’s hunger for Teri still burned inside him. His hands slid down to her thighs, and Flynn lifted Teri off her feet, her legs wrapping around him as he supported her weight. Feeling her pressed against him so tightly, Flynn carried her to the bedroom. He lay Teri on the bed and let his body rest on hers, her thighs still cradling his hips.

Teri
’s kisses were slightly salty, but Flynn ignored it; it didn’t bother him beyond missing her own unique flavor. Her breathing was rapid and heavy, evidence of her own excitement. Flynn pulled her hips to him, letting her feel the bulge in his pants that didn’t completely leave. He couldn’t get as hard as he was before Teri’s blow job just yet, but it wouldn’t take too much longer of this to make a decent go of it.

Teri moaned when Flynn shifted his attention to her neck
, then started unbuttoning the bodice of her dress. Her bra had only a single clasp in the front, for which he was grateful, and he exposed her breasts only briefly before taking one hard nipple into his mouth. Arching to encourage the attention Flynn was giving her breasts, Teri ground her pelvis against him. It was a wake up call for Flynn and he realized what he was doing.

“Oh
, God, I’m not going to make it,” Flynn moaned, rolling off her.

“Neither am I.
” Teri sounded out of breath. “Tell me why we’re doing this; or, more specifically, why we’re
not
doing this.”

He turned to look at her
, seeing she was flushed. He also noticed the way her breasts were rising and falling with every labored breath she took. Flynn reached over and closed her bodice.

“You don
’t like it that Jess is sexually active,” Flynn whispered.

“I thought this wasn
’t about Jess.”

“It
’s not. But it’s true, isn’t it? Why?”

Teri didn
’t answer.

“Because you told the kids you
’d prefer they didn’t. You raised Cassie and Dev on abstinence.”

“But I
’m not following my own rule. Dev threw a tantrum when he . . .” Teri didn’t finish, apparently unwilling to mention her former lover.

“
When he caught you and Paul. I know,” Flynn finished for her.

“
What
?”

“Dev told me. Not about the tantrum of course
, just about the surprise of finding Paul sleeping over before he moved in.”

Flynn wasn
’t sure if Teri was on the brink of tears or screaming. Either was undesirable so he propped himself up on one arm to look at her and softly stroked her cheek.

“He asked me not to sleep with you. He
’s convinced breaking your own rule would have a negative emotional impact, and I can’t conclusively disagree. You want this, but I can easily see you berating yourself for it also.”

Flynn waited and watched Teri process this information. He suppressed the desire to comment further as confusion
, anger, and outrage battled for control of her.

“When did you talk to Dev?
” Teri finally asked. Flynn still wasn’t sure which emotion won the war.

“The morning before we went out. I pulled him aside to give him a heads-up. I didn
’t want him to be the last to know, and I’m glad I did. Not that I was thrilled with what he had to say, mind you.”

“So you
’re pushing me away because of my son?”

“I
’m not pushing you away, I’m taking it slow. If he’s wrong, fine. Convince me.” Flynn slid his free arm around Teri’s waist and pulled her against him. She was limp in his arms, and he knew he was in dangerous waters. He kissed her, softly at first, then turned up the heat. Teri lifted a leg to wrap around Flynn, drawing him closer. He started to feel the familiar warmth stirring inside him and ended the kisses before it grew worse.

“No
, really, convince me. I’d love it if he’s wrong, but I don’t think he is.”

“I
’m not the same woman I was before Paul.”

“I
’ll accept that. Tell me you didn’t berate yourself for sleeping with Paul though. Even once.”

“I
’ve changed.”

“And the kids?
”

“This isn
’t about them.”

“That was weak. Dev
might not pick up on it if I strip your dress off and make passionate love to you today, but he’s the only one who wouldn’t notice a change between us. We might already have gone too far. It isn’t about them, you’re right. Even Jess can’t imagine we’ve rushed into anything, but this isn’t the message you’ve been sending for years now. Paul was an exception, there were extenuating circumstances. I’m not Paul, there’s no reason I can’t marry you. Now that the subject’s come up, I’d like to put it on the table for consideration at a later date.”

“It
’s only been —”

“A month
, or seven depending how you count it, hence the reason it’s tabled for a later date. Teri, I love you. I’m serious about doing this right, and waiting seems like the right thing to do.”

• • •

“He’s listening to the advice of a sixteen-year-old, Nicholas! A sixteen-year-old without any relationship experience at that,” Teri fumed, pacing in Nicholas’s office later. “How am I supposed to respond to that?” she demanded.

Nicholas looked at her from behind his desk. “I couldn
’t say.”

“Flynn admitted before he was a lot like Jess. He
’s been through women, and now he decides to play it safe because of Dev?
Really
? I get him all turned on, and the thought of my son makes him keep it in his pants?”

“Just to throw a thought out there
, did you consider it’s not Dev that’s making him be a gentleman, just a bit of information that Dev happened to provide?”

“Whatever
,” Teri threw her hands in the air and sat on Nicholas’s desk.

He leaned back in his chair and shook his head. “Don
’t take that stance, I’m serious. Paul won you despite Dev’s disapproval, so I have no doubt Flynn could do the same. Easily. Let me say that again because you’re not getting it,
eas-i-ly
.”

Teri glared at him.

“He doesn’t have to listen to Dev, he’s
choosing
to. And it doesn’t sound like you’re making it easy for him either.”

“Yeah
, Nicholas, he’s dating me, not Dev, but he’s
choosing
to listen to my naïve teenage son.” Teri stood and started pacing again, then stopped cold. “Why the hell am I talking to you about this?”

“I
’ve been asking myself the same question. You should be talking to him,” Nicholas answered.

“Exactly
,” Teri left and stormed into the house a short time later, slamming the door behind her. The girls were in the living room painting their nails.

“What
’s wrong?” Cassie asked, looking up from painting Tiffany’s toes.

“Flynn
’s in the basement,” Tiffany said.

“Thank you.
”

Teri dropped her purse on the bench by the front door and headed downstairs. Dev and Kenny sat side by side with their guitars in front of Flynn while he demonstrated something on his own. Only Jess looked up from his magazine and noticed her arrival.

“Flynn, this one’s for you,” Jess gestured at Teri standing in the stairwell. Flynn glanced at Jess and followed his gesture to see Teri.

“You
—” Teri pointed an accusatory finger at Flynn and stopped cold as she noticed Dev’s wide green eyes staring at her. Telling him off here wasn’t the best option. She dropped her finger stiffly to her side, spun on her heel, and went back upstairs, Jess’s laughter ringing in her ears.

She strode past the girls and upstairs to her room. He
’d follow, she just had to wait. She wasn’t wrong, a minute later Flynn’s footsteps preceded him up the stairs. Flynn hesitated only briefly at the door before he walked in and closed it behind him.

“If you didn
’t talk to Dev —”

“Things would be different
, but I did so that line of reasoning is null and void,” Flynn finished as he came to stand in front of her. He picked her hands up from her lap and pulled her up into his arms.

Teri tried to push him away. “You do not get to sweet talk your way out of this. You say you
’re doing this for me but it’s driving me crazy. I think you’re just unwilling to risk disrupting the little boy band downstairs.”

Flynn dragged her
, struggling and fighting, to the wall and pinned her with his body. He kissed her, but she still struggled against him.