Page 61 of Living with Fire
“Good, cause I really want to do that again. Soon.”
“Christ.” I can feel him looking at me, and I turn my head to gaze at him. He has this dopey grin on his face that makes my heart quiver because he’s so adorable. “You just get better and better.”
CHAPTER 22
NATE
From the passenger seat of the truck, Savanna is turned towards me, staring. I’m trying my damnedest to keep the grin off my face, but I’m failing miserably. I’ve gotten her pout, her plea, her scowl, and even a huff since we got up this morning—afternoon—and she asked where I was taking her on our date.
It's driving her insane that I’m keeping it a surprise. I know she’s not big on them, but given the fact she hasn’t done a lot of things around town and the surrounding area, I really wanted to surprise her with something.
The only indication I gave her of today’s plan was how to dress after she informed me she wouldn’t know what to wear if I didn’t tell her where we were going. I glance over at the sexy yoga pants I told her to put on and can’t hold my grin back any longer. Her bottom lip jutted out when I told her to throw those on with some sneakers and to bring a sweater along.
When her initial scheme to get me to reveal our date didn’t work, she resorted to another tactic—teasing the hell out of me. I’ll admit, it almost worked. Until I threw her on her back and had my way with her instead.
Christ, did I ever have my way with her. If I’m not careful, I’ll end up with a hard on right now, just thinking about all the ways I had her last night. And this morning.
I don’t remember the last time I had sex multiple times in a night. After that first time, I had her three more times in between dozing off before we finally got out of bed and got ready for the day. We’re both tired, understandably so, but I haven’t felt this sated in years.
And yet, when my eyes slide in her direction once more, I know it wouldn’t take much for me to be ready to be inside her again.
“Nate,” she pleads once more as our eyes briefly catch.
I smile and shake my head. “I told you, it’s a surprise.”
I’m glad I made the decision to go back to her room last night. I know she was making it easy on me by saying goodnight and leaving me in the hall, but walking away didn’t feel right. The further from her I got, the worse I felt.
As I brushed my teeth and changed into a pair of pajama pants, I knew what she’d said was right. I didn’t want her because she’d told me about her ex, and it wasn’t because I needed to make up for what I’d said about locking her in the office. I made that comment without ever having intentions of locking her anywhere. I was frustrated with my friends for their antics, but I’d never hide her away from them, or any other part of my life.
Did I hate that I made her remember things that are painful for her? Fuck yes. But I’m not going to kid myself and think there will never be more moments like that. There probably will be. They’ll be just as shitty, and just as hard, but I’ll learn from them, and I’ll be better equipped to make up for it next time.
“Nate,” Savanna gripes for the fifth time since we got in the truck. “Please? I feel like we’ve been in the truck forever. Can’t you just tell me where we’re going?”
I snicker to myself. If she spent more time staring out the window instead of at me, she might have a clue where I’m taking her.
Squeezing her hand that I’ve been holding while driving, I shake my head. “Nope. We’ll be there soon, just enjoy the scenery until we get there.”
“Oh, I am.”
The suggestive tone in her words has my head snapping in her direction, and she gives me a demure tilt of her lips, wiggling her eyebrows playfully at me. I’m about to have a big problem on my hands if she keeps looking at me like that.
“I meant out the window,” I grit, refocusing on the driving. I need all my attention on the road with all the winding and turning of this mountain road.
We headed out of town and jumped on the freeway briefly, but it wasn’t long before I was exiting it to take her up into the mountain range east of Santa Rosé. We’ve been steadily climbing for the past half hour, working our way through the little mountain towns along the way. When we haven’t been going through one of those, the forest has closed in on us on either side, shadowing us with its dense canopy. It’s one of my favorite places to drive; green and lush. The redwood trees are enormous and have an otherworldly magnificence about them.
The scenery isn’t as beautiful as the woman beside me, and apparently she thinks the same of me. I can feel the heat of her gaze which she still hasn’t taken off me. It’s only intensified in the last thirty seconds, and my cock can feel it too because it’s getting harder by the second.
“Savanna,” I warn, bringing her hand up to my lips to press a kiss to it. “Look out the window before I have a problem I’ll need to solve.”
“I don’t mind helping you solve problems,” she tells me, and I can feel her body heat as she leans closer to me.
I drop our hands to my lap where her other one is now resting on my thigh.
“I will pull this truck over right now if you don’t look out the window,” I say, following up on the threat by slowing down.
It’s enough for her to finally glance out the window away from me. I know she catches sight of the sign when she pulls her hand back and faces forward, craning her neck as we drive by.
“Are you taking me to the state park? Oh my god, is this the one with the big trees?” The excitement in her voice has me smiling from ear to ear. I knew from a few of our conversations this would be something she would enjoy.