Wild Forces: A Friends to Lovers Romance (O-Town Book 2) by Karen Renee (summer reads .TXT) 📕

to make a clean get-away from you. Got it?”

Her lips tipped up. “Got it,” she whispered.

“Good,” I whispered.

Her lips pressed into a thin line and her eyes moved to the side. “So, you’re spending the night?”

“You’re naked, I’m naked. To quote your rock gods, ‘Wild horses couldn’t drag’ my ass away.”

She chuckled. “Just couldn’t quote it right, could you?”

“Nope.”

I WOKE UP SMELLING flowers. Opening my eyes, I realized it was Cassie’s hair. Her deep breathing made me think of Darth Vader, but I liked listening to her sleep.

Part of me wondered if I’d denied myself this by never spending the night with other women, but I knew better. Cassie and I being so close was the very reason waking up with her felt so damn good.

I turned to my left to glance at the alarm clock, which showed it was eight-fifteen. I’d say I never woke this early, but really, I hardly ever went to sleep before midnight. I would gladly go to bed early if it included everything Cassie and I did last night.

Thoughts of food ran through my mind, but my morning stiffy demanded attention. My fingers glided over Cassie’s hair. The silky softness surprised me.

Her head shifted and she blinked up at me. “You’re up.”

“Yeah. Hard for me to sleep more than eight hours.”

“Mm,” she murmured, sliding her hand down my stomach.

“Daughtry,” I warned.

She smiled up at me. “I didn’t get to acquaint myself with your...”

I filled in the blank left by her hesitation. “My dick?”

She grinned mischievously. “I guess. Don’t you have a nickname for him?”

I chuckled.

“Big Willie Style?” she asked.

I laughed. “No.”

She kissed my chest and pushed the sheets down to my thighs. My cock bobbed reflexively.

“Responsive,” she whispered.

“You’re gonna get in trouble, Cassandra.”

She smiled. “Excellent. Being a good girl’s boring as hell.”

“Kiss Mr. G. good morning.”

Against my abs she murmured, “Mr. G! You’re crazy.”

“I’m going crazy is more like it, as slowly as you’re torturing me.”

Her pink lips brushed my tip forcing me to inhale sharply. When her tongue peeked out and slid from the tip to the base and back again, I groaned.

She circled the head with her tongue and smiled. “I’m not the only one who tastes really fuckin’ good.”

I fought hauling her up my body and spanking her lush ass for that comment. Her warm mouth took me deep and she applied liberal suction making me hiss. If I let her continue, I would blow in her mouth and I wanted to come inside of her instead.

“Get up here, woman. Thank God I brought three condoms with me last night.”

She let me go. “Gabe, I’m fine—”

I curled forward and grabbed her under her arms, then twisted so I was on top. “I know how fine you are, Cassandra. But I want us both to get off this morning.”

Her eyes slid to the side for a moment. “Well, who am I to argue with that?”

18 Emergencies Only

Cassie

IT WAS JUST AFTER SIX when I walked out to my car. As I approached, I noticed Gabe leaning against my vehicle.

I smiled. “What on earth are you doing here, Gabe?”

He straightened and sauntered toward me. “I’m taking you out.”

I looked down at myself. “Won’t I be overdressed?”

“No,” he answered, and I noticed he was wearing khakis and a dress shirt.

“Where are we going?”

He grinned and winked at me. “Won’t be a surprise if I tell you, Cassie.”

I laughed. “Fine, but am I following you?”

He dipped his chin and gave me a reproachful look. “Nope. I’m driving.”

We walked to his truck, and he opened the door for me to get in.

I arched a brow. “No offense, Gabe, but I’m unaccustomed to you being so chivalrous.”

He shook his head. “Whatever. And you owe me a kiss before you get in.”

I smirked. “Is that so?”

“Woman, you love me, so don’t act like you don’t.”

My smirk shifted to a smile and I pushed up on tiptoes to kiss him. He hooked me at my waist and took his time kissing me. I pulled my lips away before things turned into a full-blown make-out session.

Gabe started up his truck, and as he motored toward I-4, he asked, “Good day at work?”

I sighed. “I guess. I’m just happy it’s Friday. So... where are we going? And don’t you have to work tonight?”

“Wow. You really don’t do surprises, do you?”

I shrugged. “I like them, but I hate not knowing what’s going on.”

He smiled at me, reached over, and squeezed my thigh. “You’ll live, sweetheart.”

I chuckled. “You’re right, but I’d live happier if you told me where we’re going.”

After two squeezes, he put his hand back on the steering wheel. “You been to the Ritz-Carlton near Sea World?”

I looked at him. “Uh, no.”

He chuckled. “Good. We’re not going there.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “Then why in the world did you bring it up?”

He grinned at the windshield. “Because we’re going next door.”

I kept staring at him. “Say what?”

He glanced at me and back to the road. “You heard me, Daughtry. A club owner had a complimentary stay at the Marriott next to the Ritz. It includes dinner at their Italian restaurant, and breakfast at some place on the property. So, since you can’t abide a surprise, that’s where we’re headed.”

I shook my head. Then I looked at him askance. “We’re staying at the hotel?”

He grinned. “Yeah. Which is good. We can have more than one bottle of wine at dinner and we get to have multiple rounds of hotel sex. And if you’re good, we’ll rent a movie later.”

I suddenly realized the type of movie he meant. I grinned and turned to him. “So, we’re going order a film with some bow-chick-a-bow-wow?”

“Cassandra, you’re cute, but you know better. You might not be able to call my dick a dick, but surely you can call pornography a porno.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. “Now that I’m acquainted with your cock, I can call it whatever I choose. I don’t have anything against porno, I just like the musical reference. Figured