Mia had wanted to plunge headfirst into talking about their exes, the emotional shit she normally adored.
Except, when Sky had been speaking about her ex, all she could think of was how they’d agreed to keep things light and easy. How Sky had been willing to slap the label girlfriend on these other women, but the second they’d kissed, she’d bolted, and even now, Mia needed to handle her like a blown glass ornament.
It pissed her off a little.
Jealousy scorched her veins, making her feel more possessive than she had in years. Her hand pressed against Sky’s bare skin, the heat and softness making her delirious. Sky might have become the queen of self-sabotage in her relationships, but Mia refused to let the woman push her away.
Even if she needed to play her best friend’s games to get past those walls.
Mia slid her hand down to reach for the hem of Sky’s shirt. She glanced up to meet Sky’s eyes, tilting her head in question. Sky nodded, those umber eyes drenched with desire. Mia’s heart fluttered at the depth of that look. She’d felt like an idiot for missing the clues throughout the years of Sky’s attraction, but now that the light had flickered on… damn. The woman had a way of making her feel like no one else existed.
Honestly, she’d been craving that singular attention more than she would admit. She just wanted someone to look at her like she mattered, like she could be as important in their eyes as they were in hers.
Mia grabbed the hem of Sky’s T-shirt and lifted the worn fabric up and over. She bit back a groan once she tossed it to the ground. Thank fuck this woman never wore a bra. Her tanned skin gleamed in the dim lighting of her living room, and her tits looked goddamn delicious, perfect globes with darker areolas. The way her ink framed either arm amplified the smooth canvas of her skin that Mia was dying to taste. She couldn’t help but notice the words tattooed around her side “Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?” the line so perfect for Skylar Jenkins.
Mia pressed her fingers right in the center of Sky’s chest to give the woman a light push against the futon.
Sky collapsed back, her chest heaving with every breath.
Fucking mesmerizing.
Mia hovered over her to press a kiss to her lips. The moment she leaned down and Sky’s nipples brushed against the thin fabric of her shirt, her desperation to devour this woman grew. Sky tasted like whiskey, sharp and smoky, and Mia couldn’t help but draw another kiss from her lips before she traveled down to scrape her teeth along the side of Sky’s neck.
Sky let out a guttural moan, her hands settling around Mia’s waist. She loved how responsive Sky was to every single touch, how this woman stared at her with a starry-sky yearning that made her somehow feel whole again. Mia nipped and sucked her way down Sky’s neck, brushing her lips against her collarbone as she reached out to circle a hand around one of her breasts. The firm weight of them, velvet to the touch, caused Mia to squeeze her thighs tighter. She’d grown impossibly wet once she took Sky’s shirt off, and the pressure continued increasing the lower she traveled.
Mia leaned in to lick the tip of Sky’s nipple. Sky ground her hips against hers, and Mia’s grin widened.
“Damn, you’re a fantasy come to life,” Sky murmured, her voice a hoarse scrape.
Mia’s heart squeezed tight. “That’s my line, beautiful. I could spend hours on your tits alone.” However, she was nothing if not determined. She let go of Sky’s breast and continued to prowl down the length of her torso, pressing kisses and nips along the way. Each time, Sky thrust her hips against her, reminding her of the eventual goal.
“Lucky for you, I’m not too sadistic,” Mia murmured between bites. Her core ached, and wetness pooled between her legs from how damn slick her pussy had become. The exploration of this woman’s body turned her on so unbelievably bad. “And I’ve been wanting to taste you from the moment I stepped into this apartment.”
“Fuck, babe,” Sky moaned, her eyes closed, head tilted back. “Are you trying to give me an aneurysm? Who’s this dirty-talking stranger and where did my Mia go?”
The “my” stuck out in Mia’s mind, causing her pulse to quicken. If only.
“Darling, you might know me better than most, but you’ve never been on the receiving end of this side,” she murmured, brushing her lips closer and closer to those beautiful hipbones. “God, I bet your pussy tastes glorious,” she continued between kisses and bites. Sky’s legs opened on instinct, and the woman’s throat fluttered with the desperate breaths coming from her.
“I’m not going to lie. You just as much as whisper on my clit, and I’m liable to come,” Sky breathed out. “I’ve never been this turned on in my life.”
“Me neither,” Mia responded, her voice deepening a notch. She wasn’t lying. She’d never experienced chemistry like this before. Confidence thrummed through her veins with Sky, because the woman always lifted her up, and the heady combination of this unearthed attraction with the safety of her best friend created one hell of a drug.
“Last chance to back out,” Mia murmured, hooking her fingers on the waistband of Sky’s shorts.
Sky’s breath hitched. “When have I ever backed out of a game of chicken?”
The corners of Mia’s lips turned up. “Never. Don’t say I didn’t give you a warning.”
Knees digging into the futon, Mia slid the elastic of Sky’s shorts and panties down her hips, desperate to see more of this beautiful woman. Sky assisted in shifting her legs until the cumbersome clothing pooled on the floor beside them.
Mia had never seen Sky stark naked before, no matter how many times they’d slept over at each other’s houses in high school. How the fuck had she spent all those years missing out on this? They could’ve indulged in an entirely different sort of sleepover the whole time.
Mia soaked in the sight of Sky, from her tanned, smooth skin to the stark curve of her hips. She wanted those muscular thighs wrapped around her. Sky always hated her broad-shouldered frame back in high school but seeing the woman flush out before her like this was unbearably sexy. The way her thick brown hair parted to the side, the longer ends barely coming down to her ear and how those deep chestnut eyes shone with an intensity Mia had been searching years for—Mia was going to devour her.
“I think it’s a little unfair that I’m stripped down and you haven’t taken a thing off,” Sky grumbled, a flush staining her cheeks as she glanced away.
Mia climbed over her and tilted Sky’s chin back in her direction to plant a kiss on those lush lips. “Hush, beautiful. You’ll have your turn. Let me enjoy you right now.”
Sky might not be in the place to talk out her feelings or even confront this connection that had always existed between them, exposed to the light at last. If she couldn’t voice it, then Mia would show her.
Sky’s throat bobbed as she swallowed, but she offered a nod. Mia settled between her legs. Sky was trimmed, her dark curls moist with a slickness Mia couldn’t wait to lick up. The musky scent made her desperate to taste. Sky’s legs fell open, and Mia settled between them, running her fingertips across those muscular thighs.
She lowered her mouth to the enticing soaked folds and let out a light exhale. Sky shuddered in response. They’d reached the point of no return—once they crossed this line, they couldn’t backtrack to anything innocent or simple between them. Worries and anxieties had threatened to crowd her out earlier, but right now, lust scorched through any of those thoughts.
Mia might’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way, but she’d only moved forward by taking chances.
She licked between Sky’s folds, and the woman let out a low moan, deep and guttural. Mia found the soft nub of Sky’s clit and hummed against the sensitive spot, enjoying how she tilted her hips up as if she begged for more. Mia gripped Sky’s thighs and began to lick at her clit in slow, deliberate strokes. Sky tasted tart and sweet, and Mia couldn’t help but draw out each lick just to watch the woman writhe.
Every time Sky bucked her hips, Mia lapped at her clit over and over again. She needed to squeeze her thighs tighter from the way her pussy was a violin string ready to pluck just from watching Sky’s reactions. The woman’s breaths came out in short pants, and the flush across her cheeks was a brush of the sunrise. Sky’s heat surrounded her along with those solid thighs, and as she knelt before her, licking and sucking at her clit, her own panties had grown so soaked she’d have to wring them out.
Mia drove the point of her tongue inside Sky, enjoying the explosive moans coming from her, husky and breathy in a way that made Mia hotter than ever.
“Don’t stop,” Sky murmured, her hips shifting to the same rhythm that Mia drove into her. Mia reached up and brushed her thumb across Sky’s clit. The woman’s legs trembled, droplets of sweat beading on them. She hadn’t been lying—she was close.
Mia sucked in a breath and drove her tongue back in, circling her thumb across Sky’s clit until her legs full out shook in response. Mia lost herself in the inexorable heat, the throb between her legs, and the feel of Sky’s thighs pressing in closer as the woman’s hips lifted again. The breath hitched in Sky’s throat.
Mia pulled her tongue out to drag the tip over the woman’s sensitive clit, relishing in the way she trembled before her. Sky’s moans were a seductive music, and she continued lapping away at her clit, finding a slow, deliberate rhythm. She licked down one more time as Sky’s breath snagged in her throat again, and the woman’s thighs clamped around her. Sky’s entire body quaked in the wake of her orgasm.
Mia continued sucking and licking at her clit until Sky’s breaths evened and her hips lowered. She pressed a kiss on the inside of Sky’s thigh and then bit the thick muscle there. God, she was so turned on her vision grew fuzzy. Sky reached down and threaded her fingers through Mia’s hair, the touch to her scalp sending a shiver down her spine.
“Goddamn, woman,” Sky murmured, beginning to push herself up. “That was… unbelievable.” Her tender look stopped Mia still, even as she’d lifted her arm to wipe off her mouth. “I didn’t think you could look sexier, but your hair tousled like that and my juices glistening on your lips….” Sky tilted back her head for a moment, letting out a guttural noise before she leaned forward to kiss her.
Mia sank into the kiss, desperate for more, for some sort of release to the mounting pressure inside her. She slipped her tongue into Sky’s mouth, deepening it, and the woman let out another moan that thrummed between them.
Sky pulled back. “I could kiss you for the rest of my life and never get enough, but right now, there were promises made. It’s my turn.”
Mia’s mind reeled at the words coming from Sky, feeding those deep desires for something longer than a temporary arrangement. Before she could process, Sky’s fingers drifted to the hem of Mia’s tank top, lifting it up and over.
“You have no idea how badly I wanted to peel this off you,” Sky murmured, running her palms up and down Mia’s bare waist.
Mia’s lips quirked into a half-smile. “I had a little bit of an idea.”
“You’re a damn minx,” Sky responded, shaking her head. Mia’s nipples pebbled, and as Sky drifted her thumbs across them, cupping her breasts in each hand, she couldn’t help the desperate noise bubbling in the back of her throat. A soft grin played on Sky’s lips. “Don’t think I missed the way you’ve been flaunting those beautiful tits around the house. I’ve noticed. Every. Single. Time.”
Mia swallowed hard. The intensity in Sky’s voice fulfilled everything she’d craved. She’d never met anyone with such a singular focus in her life. From the moment they’d kissed, the chemistry exploding between them, she’d been fantasizing about what it’d be like to be devoured by someone with that attention and dedication.
Fuck.
Sky’s palms slid along her waist, and she shimmied Mia’s yoga pants down her thighs. “I’m sorry, but I can’t wait.”
“No apology necessary,” Mia responded, her voice coming out faint. Sky’s dirty talk was just like her—this wonderous, explorative thing. As Sky tugged Mia’s yoga pants and underwear off, tossing them to the ground, Sky sucked in a sharp breath. They were both bare on this futon. She couldn’t do anything but watch as Sky rose to sit on her legs and gripped the inside of Mia’s thigh. The touch was firm, sure, and Mia rested back on her elbows, watching what the woman might do next.
“I’ve wanted to taste you longer than you could know,” Sky murmured, the words coming out so soft she almost missed them. Her heart wrenched tight at the idea of all those wasted years.
“I’m here now,” Mia responded, reaching up to trail her fingers along Sky’s chin.
“Don’t I fucking know it,” Sky said, drawing Mia’s one leg up and over her shoulder. She crouched lower, and Mia let go of her face, sinking all the way onto her back. Her knee rested on Sky’s shoulder, her heel on her back, and Sky brought her mouth down to close the distance.
Sky’s lips fluttered across her folds, and a whole-body shiver rocked through her. She needed this bad enough to beg, and she opened her mouth, prepared to when Sky’s tongue came out to play. The woman didn’t bother with teasing or slow seduction. The angle of Mia’s leg wrapped over Sky’s shoulder opened her wide, pussy exposed as the woman licked and sucked at her clit with a laser focus.
The breath knocked out of her lungs, and her fingers curled into the futon on either side of her as she succumbed to the onslaught of sensations. Sky gripped one hand around Mia’s thigh, the other wrapping to cup her ass, controlling the angle the entire time as she devoured her with a precision Mia should’ve expected.
Most of the time, she took ages to come and sometimes didn’t at all, based on the partner, but the build-up had her sensitized and panting. Sky’s plush lips, how she sucked and lapped into her, caused that pleasure to grow to the point where she could only focus on the woman before her. She looked so goddamn sexy tucked between her legs, her short chestnut strands sweeping over her forehead.
Sky’s demanding rhythm had Mia’s breath catching in her throat and sweat beading across her forehead. Her back stuck to the fabric of the futon. Each lick across her clit brought sparks, and the tightness that seemed too much to bear grew impossible. All she could smell was sweat, sex, and the woodsy scent of her best friend.
Mia’s breaths came out shallow, and she closed her eyes, surrendering to the bliss rolling through her at every stroke. With this perfect angle, her heel dug into Sky’s back each time the woman brought her closer. Sky didn’t slow, increasing the force as she pushed her to the brink. Intensity mounted to the point she couldn’t stand it anymore, but even as her hips tried to thrust up, Sky’s grip remained tight, the woman keeping her in place.
Mia’s legs tensed as Sky sucked her clit again, the pressure reaching the limit.
Her clit fluttered, and the sensation began to crest as her entire body quaked. Sky gripped her even tighter, not letting go when she came. Mia’s eyes rolled back in her head, her breath snagging, and the sweat beading along her forehead as she careened. The orgasm swept through, and she curled forward, her mind blanking and pleasure soaking her like the first dip into a hot bath.
Mia began to come back to earth, satiation melting her body into the futon. Sky lowered Mia’s leg to the floor, completely jelly right now in the wake of that orgasm.
“Holy hell, beautiful,” Mia murmured, reaching up to beckon Sky down with her. “Please tell me I don’t have to bother with moving at all tonight.”
Sky shook her head. “This is where I grab a blanket.” Sky paused to snag one from the floor and bring it over the both of them. “And we throw something on Netflix and cuddle.”
“You mean we could’ve been having mind-blowing sex and naked cuddles this entire time?” Mia pouted. “We’ve been missing out.”
“Well, we’ll make up for it,” Sky said, settling in behind her and wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
Mia nestled against her, loving the way they fit together. Her entire body flushed from the orgasm and her dizzied mind still hadn’t returned to earth, but she wasn’t sure if it was going to. If anything solidified the rising feelings she’d been questioning over Skylar Jenkins, this had.
For a few blissful moments, she shut off her brain, pressed against Sky, and pretended this was something she could keep.