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Adam

Tell Me You Feel The Same

My captain, my boss, my captain boss, my boss captain—Ryan Cross—proposed to Kassie.

Ryan couldn't wait ten fucking minutes to propose? I stared in disbelief as the party moved back to the restaurant to celebrate and everybody clapped Ryan on the back. I couldn't believe it. The whole moment I planned to tell Piper how I felt—burned to a fucking crisp.

"And it was all Adam's idea." Ryan laughed, giving me a one-arm hug.

I was trying so hard not to fucking swear.

"He said—what did you say?" Ryan asked. "He said, this would be the perfect place to throw the banquet because girls love it. And I thought—he might have a point."

I stared into the distance, irritated beyond belief.

If I had ever, in a million fucking years, thought that Ryan would've co-opted my night, I would've said jack fucking shit. He could propose to Kassie any night. I specifically sold off my summer for this night for Piper . Even if none of them knew it.

"Everyone's invited to the wedding!" Kassie reached up and kissed Ryan on the cheek.

"Great," I muttered.

"I love you," Ryan said solemnly to his new fiancée.

My eye twitched.

Piper came up next to me and sighed, the sweetest look on her face. "Adam, isn't this perfect? I can't think of one thing that would've made this night more perfect."

"I can," I muttered. "Pretty easily."

If Ryan had just kept it in his pants for a couple more minutes…

We headed back to campus and I was in a foul mood, I had to temper it back every time someone tried to involve me in the conversation.

What was I supposed to do? Tell Piper, hey, I'm in love with you, after that display? It was like busting out a baby announcement at someone else's wedding. What would Piper tell our kids?

Oh, yeah. He said he loved me after he didn't want to get shown up by a friend's engagement .

I had to come up with another magical night, and now I knew better. None of our goddamn friends were invited. Fuck them. In fact, I would purposely make another thing for them to go to, just to make sure they wouldn't emerge from a hidden corner and announce a relative died or something to steal my time.

The elevator ride in the dorm was full of Ryan and Kassie making out and the rest of us, six inches away, pretending not to notice. Just what I wanted.

They were dumped off at their floor and the elevator rose one more for ours. I walked out with Piper and unlocked my door, pushing it open. Piper's hand touched my arm, and I glanced back.

"Hey?" She tilted her head to the side. "Tonight was amazing."

For a long moment, I didn't know what to say. In an alternative universe, the night wouldn't have gone like this. It would've been a million times better. I shifted on my back leg, watching this beautiful girl next to me, with the startling gray eyes.

I love this girl. That's it.

"Yeah?" Half a grin crossed my lips. I pushed open my door and reached for her hand.

Okay, tonight wouldn't be the perfect night I carefully planned out. Fine. But being with Piper would make it a perfect night. I tugged her inside and spun her back, leaning down to capture her lips for a kiss.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss, making me feel a hell of a lot better. I closed the door behind us and swept her up, walking her to the bedroom.

"You don't have to carry me," she teased.

"I'm just glad you read me so well." I sighed. "It's nice you know how much I hate carrying you around. Especially with this dress on. That I paid a lot of money to carry you in."

Piper laughed and I set her down on the bed, taking her face between my hands. A face I could look at forever. I kissed her again, swiping her bottom lip with my tongue, and drew her closer.

"Thank you," she whispered again.

"No, thank you," I muttered back, knotting my fingers through her hair. "For letting me touch you like this. Fuck, Piper." I shook my head, dipping down to her throat. "You drive me crazy."

My cock throbbed in my pants and I grabbed her leg under her dress and hiked it up, pushing up the layers of the dress, brimming with anticipation. Coming back home with Piper and putting my tongue on her pussy, that was something I could do for the rest of my life. Kneeling, I kissed her thigh.

She let out a sigh, her fingers knotting in my hair.

A pair of panties were in my way, so I grabbed the strap with my teeth and tugged them down. She was already wet for me. Oh, fuck. Exactly what I needed. I kissed her sex, long and sweet, as Piper trembled above me.

"Adam…" she hissed.

"You're so wet," I murmured, kissing her pussy again.

Her legs shook by my ears, and I pressed them against me, drawing my stubble over her soft skin. The best part was her whimpers above me, the little sighs that escaped her when I slipped my tongue between her pussy lips and drew out every little reaction she had.

"Come on my face, Piper," I muttered, running my tongue over her clit.

She bucked up, gripping my hair.

All I wanted was for her to take away the disappointment for the night. The only thing I could think of was Piper coming on my tongue. I needed it. My cock pulsed in my pants while I ate her out, fucking enjoying myself. Fuck the night, fuck my captain, I had my girl with her legs wrapped around me and when she started trembling harder, I finally tasted relief.

"Adam— Adam— "

I built up to a rhythm, wrapping my arms over her thighs, tugging them close. They shuddered beside me. The best feeling in the world.

"Oh my god—Adam— Adam! "

I kept going, holding her close to me. I wanted all of her orgasms, all of her little sounds, all of her, crying out for me. I wanted it forever.

I want you forever.

"Adam—oh my god—I'm coming—I'm coming—"

Fuck yes .

I groaned in appreciation, working over her pussy with my tongue until she jerked up in the bed, crying out for me. My cock leaped to attention, fuck, I should've just eaten her out at the aquarium.

Pushing up from the bed, I watched as she gazed up at the ceiling, still in that beautiful dress that looked even better on her. She was spent.

And I couldn't keep silent anymore.

Fuck the timing. I had to do it.

"Piper?" I shifted forward on the bed. "I told you I wanted to talk to you about something."

She gave me an exhausted look. "Yeah?"

"It's important." I paused, reaching down to run my hand up her thigh. "We need to talk about it."

Slowly, she shifted herself up too. "Okay?"

I had to tell her. I couldn't go another day without doing it.

"This would be…the next step…" I said carefully.

Her eyes widened. "Adam?"

"I've never done this before," I admitted. But with her come on my tongue and the knowledge that I needed this girl more than I needed air, I had to say it. "But I want to do it with you."

"Adam…?" Her lips parted. "But I thought…you don't do that?"

Holy shit, she knows.

A delirious smile hit my face. She understood. Piper got it in an instant, knowing exactly what I wanted. I wanted Piper as my girlfriend, my wife, the woman I'd have forever. Never had I ever felt that about anyone else. I shifted closer on the bed taking my place between her legs, reaching down to run my hand along her thigh.

"With other people, no. But you're all I want," I said, lighter than I'd felt all day. All week. All year.

"Oh my god," Piper breathed out.

Tell me you feel the same. Please .

She swallowed. "I wanted to talk to you about it too."

Fuck. Yes.

"Really?" I asked, cutting the space between us. Fuck, I never wanted her more. My cock throbbed in my pants, aching to be free, and I couldn't wait to bury myself inside of her. "You're serious?"

A blush touched her face. "I've been dreaming about it."

"Holy shit. You too?"

I couldn't believe it. I'd been having the same dreams, the recurring ones with the most mundane shit imaginable. Grocery shopping with Piper and waiting for her at the airport. I was daydreaming of a domestic existence with her because it was the happiest I could imagine my future. It meant everything to me.

"But…I feel so bad…" Her eyebrows furrowed. "You just bought the condoms."

In an instant, all the delirious happiness went away.

I stared at her. "What?"

"What?" She frowned back at me.