Wrapping her legs around his waist, she moved herself up and down him while Erik concentrated on trying not to blow his load. He was going to come, and he was going to come hard. When she stopped suddenly, he opened his eyes to find her smiling at him.

“You’re hot when you’re about to come.”

He smiled as he slowly whispered, “You’re the one who’s f**king hot.”

She smiled and slid her body off his, then moved to her knees before taking him deep in her sexy mouth. He let out a choking moan as his fingers tangled in the mass of her hair. It was so long, so f**king soft and she was rocking his world. As she moved her mouth up and down his cock, he struggled to hold on, but when she raked her teeth up him before swirling her little tongue over the tip of it … he was gone. Gripping her head he held her in place as he came hard, his body jerking and thrashing as she drank him dry.

Piper sat back on her heels and smiled up at him. When she wiped the side of her mouth he reached for her again, bringing her burning-hot body to his. Somehow, he ended up back on top and began to smother her with kisses. His hands grabbed her br**sts, tweaking the ni**les as she rubbed herself up and down his flaccid cock. She was getting him hard again, but first he wanted to take care of her, then he’d f**k her to the point of no return.

Erik positioned Piper so she was right in front of his mouth, ready for the taking. He leaned forward, digging his fingers into her ass as he buried his face between her thighs. As he moved his tongue in every direction, she thrashed and collapsed against him, falling forward to brace herself on the back of the couch. He continued his invasion, his fingers dipping inside her as her body shook over his mouth. As he bit her thigh, she let out a little gasp before he moved his mouth back between her lips and began to hum against her clit. That did it, and she came hard against his mouth, shouting along with her release.

She was gasping for breath, and her body was red where his fingers had bit into her skin. He could see the bite marks on her shoulders from earlier, and for some reason that turned him on. Reaching out, he ran a single finger up her glistening pu**y, causing her to jump from the sensation.

“Erik.”

It was only his name, but she might as well have been talking dirty because she had his attention. He moved behind her, pressing his erection along her slick opening. This was it. He submerged himself into her and they both moaned with pleasure as her inner muscles squeezed him. He nestled his nose into her hair, his hands moving along her ribs to her breast, where he squeezed and tweaked. When she wiggled her ass, he increased his rhythm, plunging into her core.

She was screaming with pleasure, and he was pretty sure he was, too. Biting into her shoulder, he groaned as she squeezed him with another orgasm. Piper was shaking underneath him, her knuckles white as she hung on to the couch and he continued to drive into her. His c**k was throbbing, almost ready to burst. Piper moved her hands up into his hair, then down the back of his neck, holding him tight as he sucked on her neck. When she let him go, her hand suddenly cupped his balls, and the next thing he knew he was crying out as he spilled himself inside her.

His nails bit into her hips as he thrust into her, riding his orgasm to the end. Collapsing against her, he took in deep breaths before moving his lips up her back to her neck. She was breathing just as hard, and he could feel her heartbeat pounding inside her. Moving her hair out of her face, he placed a soft kiss on her cheek. When her eyes met his and she smiled, he couldn’t breathe. She had the kind of smile he had never seen before. It was a “kiss me” smile, and every time he saw it, he swore it hit him straight in his gut. He would be forever changed by her.

* * *

Leave it to him to think of sex when his world was falling apart. If only he had known how much she was going to change his life. He had never told anyone about Alla and Cooper being his adoptive parents. No one could tell; they were as doting as real parents were. But he told Piper. He told her that he had been abused before Alla came to rescue him. When he looked into her eyes and told her that she was different, he meant it. He needed to get away because she had touched him in places he thought he kept locked up. He didn’t know what it was about Piper, but he knew she was different.

And now he had to be married to her for the next three months. Or he would hurt her all over again?

Chapter 8

Piper sat with her legs tucked under her bottom and her sketch pad on her knees as the cool air from the lake brushed her face. It was a cool morning, which was unusual this time of year. She loved sitting on the dock while she drew; this place just enhanced her creativity. Wearing a large sweatshirt and a pair of short red shorts, Piper slowly drew Mrs. Olive Octopus’s fifth-favorite thing, which was her friend, Mrs. Sandy Squid. The friendly squid was coming over for a spot of tea and then later the two would go shopping.

Sitting in her favorite rocking chair, with a glass of orange juice and a muffin, Piper could almost forget the last two days, except for the fact that her husband liked to sleep naked. After gawking at his naked thighs as he was sprawled out on the couch in the living room, she hurried outside to get away. How was she supposed to draw in the same room when her version of Michelangelo’s David lay on her couch? She could have gone into her office but even in there she felt like the walls were caving in. He was cramping her style and she didn’t like it one bit, but out here on the dock, nothing mattered. It was only her and her sketchbook.

Pure bliss.

There was one thing Piper was worried about and that was looking into her best friend’s eyes and bluntly lying about her marriage. She had never lied to Audrey before, and she hated to start now. It would help tremendously if she could tell Audrey the truth; having someone to talk to about all this would be great, because right now she’d never felt so alone in her life. Tempting as that was, she would not do that to Erik; she made a promise, so she had to man up to it. She would never beg him to love her but she would at least be there for him like she said she would.