24. Hunter

Playlist: Two Queens in a King Sized Bed | girl in red

I was right—Kelsey was indeed pissed when we returned to the party. Jo and I made a quick pit stop in the bathroom and lobby to fix smudged lipstick and mussed hair, hoping it wouldn’t be too obvious what we’d snuck off to do. But I know myself, and I know I’m carrying myself differently after coming on Jo’s fingers.

“We’re not paying for you to leave!” Kelsey says as we re-enter the room.

“Sorry,” I say unrepentantly. “Anyone else want pictures in the photo booth?”

A few of the drunk bridesmaids dash over to the backdrop, rummaging through the props laid out on the table.

“They left when they should have been doing their jobs,” Kelsey huffs to Becky.

Jo scoffs. “You forget I’ve coordinated with you before Kelsey. When have you ever worked an event without taking a break?”

That shuts Kelsey up.

Finally, we’re the last people in the room.

Giovanna’s eyes hold mine, so dark and earnest. “What happens after tonight?”

I bite my lip. “What do you want to happen after tonight?”

“That’s the problem. What I want to happen, versus what should happen are two different things.”

“What do you want to happen?” I repeat.

She searches my eyes. “I want to keep kissing you. Keep making you smile and giggle all the damn time, but especially when I’m making you come.”

Jo leans into me, pressing her lips to my neck. My head falls backward, opening myself to her as she continues.

“I want you to give me all the weird music lore, and humor me when I say I don’t like our little monster. I want to wake up and hear you clanging pots and pans in the kitchen and help you find your keys and dance in the living room and wonder which of my books you’ve stolen and if you like it.” She nips at the sensitive skin on my neck and I shudder.

“And what do you think should happen?” I somehow manage to choke out. It’s a miracle I can speak, I’m so turned on right now.

“I think I should get away from you. Because I can’t give you what you deserve, and we’ll both get hurt.”

I pull away and gently brush a wave of hair behind her ear. “Then let’s have tonight. Tomorrow we’ll figure out what happens. Let’s just take it day by day.”

She swallows and nods. “Okay. Then we should get to cleaning, because we only have two hours left tonight and I don’t plan on wasting a moment.”

“Time is an illusion. Tonight lasts until we get out of bed in the morning. Deal?”

“Deal,” Jo agrees easily, pulling me in and kissing me deeply. I squeal when she grabs a handful of my ass and squeezes. “The sooner we’re done cleaning, the sooner I get those pretty tits of yours in my mouth.”

I’ve never cleaned as enthusiastically or quickly as I do now. Audrey and her daughter, Piper, join us and help us break down tables and box up photo props.

It’s like she can sense my desperation for her. Jo, who’s talking with Audrey on the other side of the room, looks over her shoulder at me and smirks.

I stick my tongue out at her.

She rolls her eyes.

I’m horny , I mouth.

She bites back a smile and nods toward the door. I’ll meet you in the room , she mouths back.

I know for a fact that Kelsey was the one who told Audrey that we didn’t need separate rooms. I know she did it to prove we weren’t together.

But honestly, a broken clock is right thrice a day or whatever that saying is because I want to thank her for being the worst.

When I get to the room, I go over my options. Should I put on something sexy? Or strip altogether and just lay naked on the bed? Should I get room service? Is Jo into food play? I’ve heard whipped cream is fun…

I jump at the click as the door opens. Giovanna slips into the room and gently closes the door behind her. When she turns, she has a wobbly smile on her face.

“I thought you’d be naked by now, to be honest.”

I laugh. “I definitely thought about it. But then I wasn’t sure if that was being too forward or too much or—”

Jo steps towards me until we’re toe to toe and cups my chin, angling my face so that I’m looking up into her eyes. “You could never be too much, Hun. I can’t get enough of you.”

I feel myself sway, feeling unsteady and unsure. “You…you can’t say things like that,” I stammer. “You’ll make me fall in love with you.”

Goddammit Hunter , I scold myself. That’s how you scare her off. That’s why she runs. That’s why…

That’s why I know nothing, I suppose, because she doesn’t run. She doesn’t even look afraid. She just smiles and leans in closer to me, so close that I can taste that damn sparkling water on her breath again. “Fair is fair.”

I don’t know who kisses who first, all I know is that our mouths are fused together and my head is swimming because what the hell does that mean?

Giovanna gently presses against me until the backs of my knees hit the side of the bed. “Do you know what I want us to do, honey?” Jo breaks our kiss and plants a trail of warm, wet kisses along my jaw.

I somehow shake my head. “No,” I squeak as she nips me with her teeth before laving her tongue over the mark and soothing the sting.

“I want to lie down on this bed. And then I want you to straddle me.” Her hands are on my hips and I’m grateful that nothing else is expected of me right now because if someone were to, god forbid, ask me the first letter of the alphabet…I wouldn’t be able to tell them.

“Making me do all the work tonight?” I ask shakily.

“Not making you do anything you don’t want to,” she responds simply. “Besides, when you straddle me, I want you to sit on my face.”

The power she has over me. My knees are weak and my body is trembling just from her words.

“Oh,” is all I manage to say.

“And I want you to eat my cunt, too. Think you can manage that?”

Fuck me fuck me fuck me fuck me fuck me.

I nod jerkily.

“Fantastic,” she breathes as she spins us and our positions are reversed. She sits down on the bed, and looks up at me. I cup her face in my hands as she speaks. “Go ahead and get undressed, honey. Let me see all of you.”