Authors: Lauren Blakely
I
’m
a man with a one-track mind right now.
Since we aren’t staying at this hotel, and since I need this woman like I need my next breath . . . I hunt.
With her hand in mine, I walk purposefully through the arcade, scanning, searching. Maybe there’s a bathroom nearby. Or a quiet nook. Possibly a photo booth. I’ve always thought those are underrated hidden gems perfect for a little public action. And you’d get a souvenir photo strip too.
Then I spot a black velvet curtain near the exit of the arcade that gives me an idea. You never know what lurks behind a curtain.
Possibly, enough privacy.
I lift it, and—luck be a curtain tonight—there’s some kind of storage area behind it. It’s filled with out-of-commission arcade games and pinball machines.
I let the heavy material fall behind us. “You’re not wrong,” I say, and I kiss her again. The vodka tonic is fainter now on her lips, but the aftertaste is there, reminding me that her boldness is fueled by Bacardi and Belvedere.
But that’s okay. If it weren’t for the liquid courage, I wouldn’t be here, either, lifting my sexy-as-fuck assistant onto a broken Metallica pinball machine.
Her hands are up my shirt in seconds. “I’ve wanted this for so long.”
“Yeah?” I ask, inviting more, because her words are the biggest fucking turn-on of my life.
Her fingers play with the grooves in my abs. I shudder as she touches me.
“Sometimes when you come into the office, I check you out,” she says in a low, sexy voice.
“Like my hair?” I joke. “You check out my hair, you mean?”
She moves in close and bites my jaw. “Your dick, Wyatt.”
My skin sizzles as I spread her legs. “You pervert.”
“I look at your arms and your waist, then I can’t help myself. I check out your dick. Do you know you get hard at work?”
I laugh loudly. “Gee, I wonder why? Could it be the scenery? Maybe the stone-cold fox at the front desk?”
She chuckles, too. “I knew you were looking at me like you wanted to fuck me. I looked at you the same way, and all I could think was how . . .
well hung
you are.” She wiggles her eyebrows then laughs louder. “That sounds so seventies porn, doesn’t it?”
“Didn’t you know I used to star in seventies style porn?”
She drags her index finger over my top lip. “Did you have a ’stache?”
I nod. “A proper porn ’stache. I wore super-tight jeans that flared at the bottoms. Especially when I played the pool guy or the pizza delivery man.”
She hums her approval. “Maybe you can bring your VHS collection over some night, and we’ll catch up on your greatest hits. Did they call you Well Hung?”
“Not only did they call me Well Hung, I had a whole series under that name.” I drop my voice to an admonishing whisper. “But honestly, Natalie, don’t you know? They were all Beta tapes. Make sure you have a Betamax machine for our movie and popcorn bow-chicka-wow-wow night.”
I tug her to the edge of the pinball machine and bring her hands to the waistband of my jeans. Now I’m serious. No more joking. “That’s what you were doing all those times? Wondering how it would feel to wrap your hands around my cock?”
She nods, her eyes shining with desire. “Sometimes I’d go home and just think about what it would be like to unbutton your jeans, slide my hands into your boxers, and feel you in my hand.”
Jesus Christ. Wildfire sparks in my veins, spreads through my blood and just fucking ignites me with more desire than I’ve ever felt in my life.
“Then find out,” I say, dragging her hands along the button, popping it open, and guiding her fingers down the zipper. “Do it. Touch my dick.”
Her eyes are hungry, as if she’s about to have her biggest fantasy come true. Same for me. I’m about to fuck my Natalie.
I push my briefs down, and when my cock springs free, Natalie’s eyes widen. Her mouth falls open. “I was right,” she whispers, and then opens her legs wider as she wraps a soft hand around my cock.
I hiss from the delicious fire of her touch. She rubs me up and down, her hand sliding along the long, hard, thick length of me. I nudge her legs wider as she plays. The look in her eyes is good enough to photograph. I want to remember it for a long time. Her irises are hazy with lust, and she gazes at my cock as she strokes.
She touches me like she’s measuring it, weighing my dick in her hand, and I know she’s satisfied. Maybe that sounds cocky, but I don’t mean it that way. If she’s pleased, it’s because we’ve just admitted that we want each other with the same wild abandon, that we’ve both been longing for the other in the same dirty way. And that’s what’s so goddamn rewarding about finally touching the person you crave—it’s in knowing you’re both in the game, equal stakes.
She squeezes my dick hard, then rubs higher, running her fingertip over the head. I stretch my neck back, and a rumble works its way up my chest. “Fuck, Natalie. I need to be inside you. And I need it right the fuck now.”
She opens the wrapper and hands the condom to me, and ten seconds later, I’m gloved up and ready for business. I scoot her an inch or two closer, position my cock at her entrance, and then push in. My brain shuts down the second my dick comes in contact with her hot, wet center. I’m only
feeling
.
It’s a catalogue of spine-crackling sensations. The hot tightness. The slick wetness of her arousal that makes it so goddamn easy to slide into her. The snug fit of my dick in her pussy. How it feels like my entire body is plugged in, like I’m amped up and supercharged, because this is how a first time with someone should be.
Absolutely mind-blowing.
When we lock eyes, the pleasure moves up another level to out-of-this-world. It’s so fucking intense, the way we look at each other, the connection that crackles between us.
“You are . . .” I don’t even know what I’m trying to say.
“So are you . . .”
My skin sizzles from head to toe. The hair on my arms stands on end. Fuck, my nipples are hard, too. I’m aroused everywhere. She wraps her legs around my ass, hooking her ankles together, pulling me deeper. I fill her completely, my shaft coated in her all the way to the base, and I don’t think my dick has ever been in a happier place. Her arms loop around my neck, and I hold her hips tight. Like that, I fuck her.
It’s not a slow, lingering session of lovemaking. It’s a hard and hurried screw. We could get caught. We could be arrested. We could be seen. Urgency fills the air.
One second, I’m deep in her. The next, I pull back. Then I thrust into her again, and her moans and her groans tell me she likes this rhythm. She likes the race. She likes the thrill. And as she lifts her hips to draw me back into her, she just likes the way we fit.
God, so do I. I wish I could break this down into the details, say it’s the way I punch my hips, or how she grinds her sweet little pussy against my cock. But nope. It’s out-of-this-world good because I want her so badly, and now I have her. And it’s better than I dreamed it would be.
“Feels so good,” I say.
“Feels amazing.”
“You’re so fucking wet.”
“You’re so fucking hard.”
I laugh lightly as I thrust. “Guess we got the basics down.”
She laughs, too, and, impossibly, that turns me on more, how
easy
the talking still is. How messing around hasn’t changed a thing between us. We’re still the same people.
“Think you can come again?” I don’t want to be presumptuous. Maybe she’s a one-and-done.
“God, I hope so,” she says in a broken pant. “Think you can get me there?”
I love a good challenge. “I know so,” I answer, then slide my thumb between us, rubbing her sweet clit as I stroke in and out.
“Oh God,” she gasps. She drops her hands to my waist and slides her fingers up my back, under my T-shirt. “Yes, yes, yes,” she says in my ear, urging me on.
I fuck, and I rub, and I focus on her. She is the center of my world.
A bead of sweat falls down my forehead. She raises her face, brushes her lips over my eyebrow, and kisses it off. That gesture sends an electric charge through me. She moans, and I’m so worked up that I know I’ll be coming soon, and it will be epic. A jolt of pleasure rockets down my spine, then ripples across all my bones.
“Need to get you there,” I moan, rubbing her clit, feeling her slickness on my thumb and all the fuck over my cock.
“So close, Wyatt. I’m so close. Keep doing that. Please,” she begs, her voice hoarse, as if she’s been screaming at a rock concert or on a rollercoaster.
And I realize that’s what we are tonight. We fuck like a rock song. We screw like a wild ride that twists and turns. We are edge-of-the-seat lovers.
I jab into her with fast and powerful thrusts.
“Like that,” she moans, as my thumb rubs furious circles on her clit and my cock gets to know the inside of her even better, reaching her G-spot.
She drags her nails down my back. Holy shit. She’s digging in. She’s scratching me. I can barely control how much I want to let go.
But she goes first, and she just detonates. She explodes with a bang, writhing and wriggling and falling apart with a loud “oh God, oh God, oh God.” She drops her face onto my shoulder, muffling her moans.
But I can hear her—her sexy murmurs, her relentless cries of pleasure, and her groans of my name, again and again.
Like the chorus to that rock song.
It’s just an
oh
god
, over and over and over, but it’s more than enough for me to blast off, too. My balls tighten, my neck goes tense, and I groan. I’m louder than I want to be, but I can’t control the rumble that falls from my lips. “Gonna come,” I warn, and those words turn into grunts and curses as I drive deep one last time, coming hard inside her on a pinball machine somewhere in the storage room at an arcade in a Vegas hotel.
I pant and breathe out hard. She loops her arms around my neck. The after-effects of epic pleasure hum in my bones. Damn, this is a fucking awesome night. And it’s only just begun.
“You’re a loud one,” she says, smiling at me.
I shrug. “Loud is good.”
She nods. “It is.” She sighs contentedly and plays with the ends of my hair. “We’re good together,” she says softly, and her words take root deep inside me. They feel right. They feel true.
“Yeah, we are,” I whisper. “And there’s more where that came from tonight.”
“Well, I certainly hope so,” she says, then her lips curve up. “What’s next on the agenda of Wyatt and Natalie’s Excellent Adventure in Vegas?”
I stroke my chin, thinking. Then it comes to me. “I’ve got just the thing to show you.”
W
e top
off on the way out of the hotel. A double round of shots for both of us keeps the night shimmering in a fine coat of a it-just-gets-better-and-better buzz.
Though, it’s not just the smooth taste of Casa Noble going down that makes me feel so damn good. It’s Natalie’s hand in my back pocket as we leave New York-New York. It’s the way she squeezes my ass as we walk along the Strip. It’s how she runs her other hand through my hair while we chat.
She can’t stop touching me, and it’s fantastic. “You’re quite the frisky mittens,” I tell her as we stop at a crowded crosswalk, waiting in the throngs of tourists taking in the city of sin.
Running her fingers across the front of my T-shirt, she says, “And I get the impression you like me so . . . hands on.”
“Guilty as charged.” I cover her fingers with mine and drag them down my abs as far as the top of my jeans.
By the time we reach the fountains at the Bellagio, I’ve surpassed all ordinary levels of turned-on to the point that I’m mildly grateful we have something to do besides touch. If she keeps up at this rate, I’m not sure how I won’t be arrested for public fornication in a few minutes.
Public decency is so overrated.
I gesture grandly to the lake. “I believe this was on your Vegas Sites to See list.”
She parks her palms on the railing, bouncing on her toes as she waits for the aqua extravaganza to begin. “I’ve wanted to see the water show here ever since I read a book that has a scene where the hero gets the heroine off in front of the railing.”
Well, that’s not helping my situation south of the border. “Is that your way of telling me something, Frisky Mittens?”
She laughs louder than usual and holds up two fingers. “I’ve got two in the bag already. I’ll take my third a little later.” She seems lost in thought for a moment. “Come to think of it, this writer has a bunch of books with scenes set here.”
“Maybe she has a thing for the Bellagio fountains,” I say as the lights splash across the placid surface and the lake begins its nighttime ballet.
Natalie gazes at the show as sprays of water dance up in the air. She sighs happily and stares at the scene before her with the contentment that only liquor can add to a night. “I can see why she likes it.” She turns to me, and her tone is flirty and curious. “What do you really like?”
“Like enough to write about in a few books?”
“Sure.”
“Burgers. Beer. Spicy food. But you knew all that,” I say, as I pinch her ass, just because I can. She wiggles an eyebrow, and I continue, “I like sports and watching the Yankees. I like walking dogs for the rescue, helping them find homes. I enjoy random facts about the world. And I like to cook as often as I can.”
A huge grin splashes across her face, and she shoves her hand on my chest. “You cook?”
I jerk my head back. “Why do you sound so shocked? I’m a man of many talents. I’ll have you know I can work wonders with a grill and a skillet.”
“Just surprised. I’m so used to you with your hammer and drill and that sexy-as-sin tool belt you wear,” she says, roaming her eyes up and down my body, drinking me in in a way that intoxicates me more. “Now I’m picturing you cooking some delicious, spicy stir-fry in your kitchen, and since it’s my fantasy, I’ve decided you’re shirtless with a spatula.”
“In my fantasy, you’re wearing red panties, heels, and nothing else when I serve you this spicy stir-fry.”
She shifts closer, her voice all sexy-husky as she says, “I bet it’s yummy.”
“Just like you,” I say, wrapping my hand around her hipbone and yanking her close to me. We turn back to the water and gaze at the fountain choreography. “What about you, Frisky Mittens? What do you like so much you’d write about it in a bunch of books?”
“Besides Ed Sheeran songs?”
I shudder. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that.” She knows I can’t stand the guy, but I can appreciate what he’s done for scores of men by providing musical lubricant in the form of his songs.
She hums a few notes from his most popular tune then answers me. “I like being daring. I like exploring new places
and
exploring places I already know. I like being a goofball sometimes and being serious at others. I also love getting pedicures and having my toenails painted in alternating colors. And I like finally being able to live in Manhattan, because it makes me feel like anything is possible if I just keep trying.”
“That’s a perfect way to describe New York.”
“And Vegas,” she adds, meeting my eyes once more. “Turns out I like Las Vegas.” She places her palm on my chest, softer this time, less Frisky Mittens, and more Sweet Natalie. “
A lot
,” she adds. “I like it a lot.”
An electric current swoops through me, sending warmth and desire all over my body. “Me, too.” I dip my mouth to hers, brushing her lips with mine. Her soft breath ghosts over me as I pull back from the gentle kiss. “I’m really having a great time with you.”
For the briefest of moments, I can see us having more conversations like this. I’m picturing spicy food competitions, exploring new corners of Manhattan, checking out all the roller coasters in the tri-state area and ticking off how many rides we can get busy on. Not because we’d be trying to amass notches in bedposts, but because it’d be fun. Natalie and I have that in common—the relentless pursuit of fun. We both like making the most of every second.
But that’s not in the cards on account of that little detail of me employing her.
A flickering awareness of what might happen on Monday morning when we’re back at work flashes in my brain, but then it disappears just as quickly as it arrived—because this night exists in its own bubble, and I’m having too much fun to think about anything more than the here and now.
In front of us, the aquatic show has glided into its finale, the sprays soaring high in the sky.
“Hey, let’s take a selfie right now,” she says, then whips out her phone, swinging it wildly into shooting position. I crowd in close and wrap an arm around her. We smile for the camera, framed in the background by one of the prettiest sights in all of Vegas.
“Now, let’s get you to the Venetian, and grab the next gondola.” I smack her ass.
She wiggles her eyebrow. “I like that.”
“You are so fucking interesting, Little Bo Peep.”
“Just wait till you see my crook.”
As we head to the Venetian, she posts the image of us together on her Facebook page. A crew of women out on the town walks in our direction. One of them sips on a towering drink that looks like an oversize beaker from a chemistry class. Natalie stares at it longingly after she puts her phone away.
“Ever had one of those in Vegas?” I say to her.
She elbows my ribs. “You know I haven’t.”
“Then we need to deflower you in the ‘towering, delicious-looking cocktail that you down on the street’ department.” As the group nears us, I call out, “Hey there. Just wondering where we can grab one of those fantastic concoctions.”
The woman points to a street cart on the next block, where we order one. And it turns out this beaker is full of the good shit.
Natalie taps the pink plastic container shaped like a bong. “This is like a fast track to a super-buzz.”
“Yeah, it pretty much goes straight to the brain. Probably the judgment center,” I joke, then hum a line from the Sheeran number she sang earlier. “Definitely the judgment center.”
As we walk along the canal shops, my arm draped over her shoulders, we tell dirty jokes, sing snippets of favorite songs, and laugh so hard I’m not sure we can stop.
“Hey, want to hear something funny?”
“Duh. Of course I do.”
“When I was in middle school, there was a rumor going around that if you laughed for twenty-four hours straight, you’d get a six-pack. Like, it was a one-time thing. If you could pull this off for a full day, you’d be set for life, all carved and shit,” I say, gesturing to my belly.
She cracks up then slides her fingers over the fabric of my shirt. “Did you do a laugh-a-thon to get these?”
“No, but we tried it at home,” I admit, sheepishly.
She clutches her belly, cracking up. “Oh my God, you’re ridiculous.”
“We decided to watch the funniest shows on TV, and Nick and I found these cartoons he was totally into. Some Japanese animated thing that was fucking hilarious. We managed about fifteen minutes of non-stop laughing.” Then I pull her close. “But I’ve laughed a lot tonight, so maybe I’m finally getting a twelve-pack.”
She shakes her head. “Not gonna happen.”
I pout. “Why not?”
“Because soon, you’re going to stop laughing.”
“Are you going to tell me something sad?”
Another shake. “Nope. But I’m pretty sure you won’t be laughing when we’re naked later. You’ll be moaning and groaning and making those sexy sounds you make when you lose control for me.”
And the temperature in me shoots through the roof. I do groan as I tug her close.
“Just. Like. That,” she says in a sexy purr.
I cup the back of her head and kiss her like crazy. We both sound like we can’t get enough of each other.
When we manage to untangle, I guide her to the gondola ride. We settle on the seat as a man in a striped shirt and a red beret pushes a giant pole-like oar through the water. I wrap my arm around Natalie, and out of nowhere, I start humming that same tune again. And it hits me—I would never sing this sober. I would never sing it buzzed.
Which means, I’m not buzzed.
I’m borderline drunk.
And the world is my oyster.
Evidently, it’s everyone’s oyster tonight, because there’s clapping and cheering from the other gondolas. I swing my eyes around to the boat in front of us. A dude in pressed pants and a white button-down shirt has dropped to one knee, and a brunette has her arms around his neck and is crying happy tears as she gazes at a new ring on her finger. I watch as the afterglow of a proposal unfolds around us. Everyone else is cheering for them, too. Onlookers from the banks of the canals offer their hoots and hollers, and so does Natalie.
She cups her hands around her mouth. “Woohoo!”
She nudges me, and that’s my cue to chime in, too, so I pump a fist and shout, “Congrats! Go marry her tonight!”
The guy laughs, and shoots me a thumbs-up. His bride-to-be waves at us. Someone walking along the shops seconds my idea. “Go to A Little White Wedding Chapel!”
In their gondola, the button-down guy and his lady lock eyes, and seem to be weighing the idea, whispering to each other. A few seconds later, he holds his arms out wide. “We’re getting married tonight!”
The cheers erupt, this time like your favorite slugger just knocked in a bottom-of-the-ninth game-winning homerun. Natalie’s shouts are the loudest, and she grabs my arm as she calls out boisterously, “They’re going to the chapel, and they’re gonna get married . . .” She slinks her arm tight around my waist. “Because you convinced them to tie the knot tonight.”
“When in Vegas . . .” I say, and my voice trails off as our eyes meet.
Those three words echo.
Her eyes sparkle, and it’s like we’re thinking the same damn thing.
I like being daring.
“Exactly how daring do you like to be?” I ask.
One corner of her lips curves up. “Exactly as daring as I can be. Why do you ask?”
“Because of our deal for tonight. To do it all. One night only.” I tip my forehead to the couple, and I swear I’ve never had a better idea in the history of ideas than the one I have right now. It’s fucking genius. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
Her mouth drops open, then she nods, her eyes wild with excitement. “I’m pretty sure I might be. Want to tell me what you’re thinking?”
I raise an eyebrow. “I’m thinking there’s one more thing that would make this the full Vegas experience.”
She clasps one hand to her mouth then lets go. “Oh my God. Are we really going to do what they’re doing?”
“I don’t see that we have a choice, given the deal we made back at the New York-New York bar. Go big or go home.”
For a moment, there’s nothing but silence. I don’t have to wait long for an answer, though.
“Go big, Wyatt,” she says, her voice soft, but her intention loud. Clearly, she thinks my idea is brilliant, too. How could she not?
Dropping down to one knee, I grab her hand. “Frisky Mittens, want to go to a twenty-four-hour chapel and tie the knot?”
She hiccups, then laughs and tugs me in for a sloppy kiss that tastes like tequila and fruit mixer. “When in Vegas . . .”