Charleigh gulped down in awe as Bryce stood in front of her nakedness. He kept his intense predatory gaze at her as he unbuttoned his shirt and carelessly tossed it to the floor. She couldn’t help but strolled her gaze to the perfection of his torso.

She knew Bryce had a solid rock body—she felt in her hands as she was pressed against his truck, but there was nothing compared to the half-naked at the foot of her bed right now.

She became giddier when he started to unfasten his belt, making her fingers tingle to help him shove down his jeans. She felt it excruciatingly long, but the way he looked at her with hunger in those sky blue eyes, she knew he saw the same in her.

The taut muscles of his stomach were torture for her as she wanted to feel them against her fingertips, and she even wanted to taste them with her tongue. She swallowed hard as her gaze traveled down to his boxers that peeked above the waistband of his jeans. His prominent V was enough to make her squirm and curl her toes.

Once his jeans were on his knees, Charleigh’s desperate eyes widened to the bulge, and Bryce let go of the shallow breathing when his boxers followed.

He was so magnificent stark naked. His perfectly erect cock was beyond stunning.

He prowled and crawled to the bed, and instinctively, Charleigh drew herself up, feeling greedy and exposed at the same time as she spread her thighs wider for him.

“Are you sure about this?”

“You’re asking me that now when you knocked on my door, kissed me to oblivion, and get naked above me?”

Bryce chucked, his deep voice turned deeper and huskier. “Just making sure you’re not gonna change your mind when I’m about to be inside you.”

“I should have thought about not opening the door for you if I haven’t thought of you inside me more than I should.”

“I thought of you a lot, Charleigh. It’s been ages since I think of a woman like I'm gonna lose my mind if I stop thinking.” His hand found her firm breast. The size was just perfect for his palm. He pinched the nipple between his thumb and forefinger, enough pressure for Charleigh to bite her bottom lip to stifle her moan. “And I like it a lot.”

She ran her fingers through his soft hair. “My breast?”

“Thinking of you, and all of you. Touching you, kissing you. This doesn’t happen often, does it?”

Charleigh couldn’t think straight. Her brain was plaguing with so much pleasure, and the fact that Bryce’s cock was teasing her soaking and sensitive entrance, she wanted a lesser talk, more on working to make them both feel good.

Eager, she ground into his cock, but Bryce loved the idea of torturing her, she thought.

Without warning, her breast was captured by the hot and wet mouth of Bryce.

“God!” Her back lurched.

He sucked it, nipped her nipple, and twisted it with his tongue and teeth. God, he had a skill with his mouth. What more he could do with it? She thought of how did it feel between her thighs.

Charleigh writhed under him. He licked the valley of her breast, then moved to the other, giving the same attention as he did to the other.

“Bryce, I need you now, please?” she begged.

Without a word coming from Bryce, he poised his cock and ready to enter her. He lifted his gaze, and she showed him her determination through her hazy lust-filled eyes.

Despite how turned-on she was, she remembered something. She slipped her hand under her pillow. She was always responsible when it came to her sex life. “Condom.”

Bryce grinned mischievously as he grabbed the condom and tore it with his teeth. “Ready, huh?”

She rolled her eyes and said coolly, “I don’t know why I have it, but let me do the honor.”

“Glad you keep it because I don’t have one. And the honor is mine.” He hissed as Charleigh rolled into his massive length, and did a few strokes.

“A single dad who doesn’t have a condom in his wallet, you got me.” He didn't have any plan to sleep with her? Charleigh pushed the thought aside.

“You got me, Charleigh.” He looked at her before he entered her.

Charleigh slammed her head against the pillow with a scream of satisfaction, feeling her world spun and sent her to the realm she'd never known existed. Probably in the other universe.

His teeth clamped against his lip. He growled, breathing erratically through his nose as he stilled.

Charleigh felt full, stretched as all his thick length was fully inside her. She wasn’t aware her nails dug into his flesh as she held onto him. Her blood rushed faster in her veins, heating up every inch of her skin as she felt the warmth of Bryce’s skin against hers.

“I’m ready,” she whispered, their foreheads pressed together.

Bryce drew out, feeling empty all of a sudden, then entered her again. This time it was slow, and she could feel every inch of his length entering her. Her breathing went shaky as she felt so good, making her world spin out of control.

When he was all in, he kissed her, pouring all his emotions into it. Charleigh snaked her legs around his waist so tight like ivy and ground into him to build her own friction.

Bryce groaned, his veins protruding. He pulled and pounded her inside. Charleigh cried out into their mouths, not in pain, but with intense pleasure.

He pounded hard, hitting her over and over again while they kissed like crazy. It was raw fucking and loving at the same time, and Charleigh liked it. She couldn’t remember someone consumed her like this.

They were complete strangers, yet she felt secure, cared, and there was something in Bryce’s kiss that she wouldn’t want to end. And she would definitely not forget it or see a one-night stand the same way over again.

She lifted her hips, urging for speed as he pumped into her.

“Fuck!” Bryce cried out, and even Charleigh did as well as she felt her womb shook. He wrapped his arms around her body and rolled over.

“Fuck me, Charleigh.”

There was something in his command that vibrated every cell in her body. She felt she had her energy refilled.

She braced her hands against his hard chest, fingers dug in. His hands were on her ass as he squeezed its cheeks firmly when she let her hips move. She yelped when Bryce moved his hips up to meet the rhythm, she thought she saw stars.

Then she was under him again, lifting her legs to the new position that made him so deep.

Bryce was thrusting hard unto her again, wet skin slapping at each other. The sound of their skin, the grunting, the moaning, their ragged breathing, and squeaking or bed echoed in the room.

“Charleigh.” Bryce let out a guttural roar, he knew Charleigh was trying to hold her orgasm, but she was about to let go. Her muscles tightened, her inner walls were clumping his cock, and it drove him insane.

“Bryce.” She met the most beautiful blue eyes. She wasn’t expecting she could still say his name because she knew this would be the most intense orgasm she ever had.

“Come with me.” His face was twisting, veins were bulging on his neck and forehead.

Charleigh felt the bulging of his cock inside her, and she let go, screaming his name she thought she explode into a thousand stars.

Bryce was growling as he jerked off its release inside her. Her world stopped. Bryce collapsed on top of her. His ragged breathing reminded her that she was alive.

They remained in that position, Charleigh didn’t feel awkward, unlike her previous one-night stands.

She relaxed, she even found her hand running through Bryce’s damped hair.

As if on cue, Bryce moved up, pulling Charleigh closer and wrapped his strong arms around her.

It was a perfect moment.

She felt they’d known each other for a long time. That thought had stiffened her.

“Don’t overthink.” Of course, Bryce noticed her.

“I am not. It’s just—”

“We feel comfortable with one another? I know.”

“Yet, I don’t know anything about you.”

“Aside from, I have my beautiful treasure, nothing interesting to know about my life.” He was referring to his kid. Charleigh felt pride in Bryce’s voice.

“She’s beautiful. When I first saw her, I know she looked familiar, and she’s sweet. I would be so proud of her if she’s mine.”

Bryce chuckled. “I am, Charleigh. I’ve been dating her mom when I was junior in college, and she was in sophomore. To be honest, Clary was not a plan. I was terrified when she told me she was pregnant because I was not near ready. We considered abortion, but I felt guilty, and I barely slept at night at the thought of killing an innocent child. So, I decided to marry Clary’s mom. Her family, especially her brother was not pleased because she had a life ahead of her, and having a kid was not one of their dreams for her. Clarity died in complications, and thankfully, Clarissa survived. Until now, her family hates me, especially Dax.”

Charleigh stiffened, feeling the color drained from her face. She wallowed, shivered even. She heard about Dax’s sister, but she never met her.

A sudden twist settled in her gut, and her chest tightened just like she felt the pain of Bryce.

“D-Dax is Clary’s uncle.”

“Yes. How do you know Dax?” Bryce lifted his head and looked at her who was staring at the ceiling.

“We used to date.”

Bryce quickly left the bed toward the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Was that why Dax tried to tear down the building to get under Bryce’s skin? Didn’t he even care about his niece? Jesus, what an asshole he'd become!

What happened to his fiancée? What was all about his invitation? Did he know about Charleigh and Bryce? She now understood the meaning of a small town Bryce was saying.

Charleigh’s chest constricted, making her hard to catch a breath. She officially ruined the night. She was always like this. When everything seemed perfect, in a snap, it was all gone and it slipped off her fingers before she could even grasp. Why couldn't she just shut her mouth up? It was just a one-night stand for Pete's sake!

She grabbed her shirt on the floor and put it on. She then sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for Bryce to walk out of the Inn.