He pulled his phone out of his pocket and pressed a button. Then he handed it to her, and she realized it was a FaceTime call. It was dialing Barrick.
“What’s up?” Ryan’s face answered.
She gasped and stared at the phone screen then at Ryan. “What the fuck is this?”
“Oh, hello, beautiful Parker. Is it time to meet the family?” the other Ryan said. “I’m Barrick, Ryan’s younger and better looking twin.”
Disbelief held her immobile. “You look the same,” she whispered.
“I beg to differ,” Barrick grinned, showing a much more carefree smile than any Ryan had ever given her, “I have been told I am the better looking of us two.”
“Where were you for lunch today, Barrick?” Ryan growled.
“I…hmm…I was handling the Pine Inn,” he said.
“Barrick, who was the redhead?” Ryan snapped. “Answer me now!”
Barrick winced. “Fine. She was a friend. We met up for lunch. Geez. I still went to the Pine Inn after. What’s the big deal?”
“You were at Lucio’s?” Parker asked, her confusion now complete astonishment.
Barrick grinned at her. “Yeah. They have the best Italian food. My lady friend wanted to eat there. Hey, so—”
Ryan pressed the end call button. Her system was in shock. She wasn’t sure how to react. Ryan had a twin? An identical twin. She handed him his phone back and walked to her sofa, sat down and stared at her flowers.
He sat beside her and grabbed her hand. “Parker, what happened between us at the wedding wasn’t just sex.”
She lifted her head and turned to look at him. “There’s two of you?”
His lips twitched. “Yeah. I’m older by a minute.”
“So…”
He cupped her face and stared at her with tenderness. “I don’t want anyone else. I haven’t moved on, Parker. Fuck,” he pulled her close and pressed his forehead to hers. “I can’t fucking sleep, thinking of you. Do you think I could just let go of what happened between us that fast?”
She gulped, her heart beating double-time and her emotions all over the place. “I thought you had.”
“No, love. I need you. I want more time with you, Parker.” He brushed his lips with hers. “I want all the time with you.”
She leaned in, finally giving in to her desperate feelings of need for him. The kiss that started softly burned brighter and hotter in seconds than any other kiss she’d ever had. He pulled her onto his lap and devoured her mouth with his. Their tongues twined and he nibbled her lips with his teeth. She moaned. She’d been dying for this. For him. It was scary to admit how badly she’d wanted to see him again. How she’d wanted them to have a chance at something more after that night.
Ryan pulled back from the kiss and stared at her face. “I should’ve known this had something to do with Barrick. I’ve just been so busy trying to figure out the pride problems I didn’t even realize there was a possibility he was the cause of your anger.”
She blinked and sniffed. “Ryan, this is the first time in my life a guy has said it wasn’t him I saw with my own eyes and it really wasn’t him.” She burst into giggles at the whole situation. “I kept thinking you must think I’m stupid to keep saying it was you.”
She curled her arms around his shoulders and hugged him. “I’m really glad you came,” she sighed. “I’d hoped that…maybe after what happened at the wedding, we could spend more time together.”
He kissed her jaw. “I’d been dying to see you. The job had been the perfect opportunity to get you to help me and at the same time see how you felt about us doing more,” he brushed another kiss over her lips. “Being more.”
Her doorbell rang again. She hopped off his lap and headed for the door. “That’s my pizza.”
He laughed at her enthusiasm. She took the pizza and thanked the guy.
“Is pizza free now?” he asked. “You didn’t pay him.”
She shook her head and snorted. “I did it on the app. I reorder the same thing all the time. They already know me. But I’m able to pay and put the tip in on the app so no need for me to have any cash at hand. Do you want some pizza?” she asked, placing the box next to her bouquet of flowers. “I’ll get some plates.”
He pulled her back into his arms. “I want pizza…later. Right now, I want you.”
He leaned down and took her lips, their kiss hot and hard and she forgot all about the pizza. She’d been wanting more of Ryan since the last time they’d been together. Now she had the chance to see where things could go with him and she was going to take it.
Chapter Eleven
Ryan kissed her hard, her soft moans making him crazy and desperate to get her naked. Fuck. He’d never wanted a woman like he did Parker. She was it. His one. His only. He glanced around then pushed her back to the arm of the sofa nearest them. There he tore her tank top off her and shoved her shorts off.
She yanked at his T-shirt and whimpered the moment the material came off. Her hands caressed his torso, nails raking down his chest and abs.
“Your skin’s so hot,” she gasped. She leaned forward and unzipped and shoved down his jeans, her hand going for his hard cock instantly. “So hot.”
He grunted and cupped the back of her head, holding her still so he could kiss her harder and bite on her luscious lips. “Fuck, Parker. I want you.”
She licked her lips and stroked his dick. “I want you, too. So much.”
With a soft sigh, she kissed his chest and squeezed his cock. Pumping him up and down as she licked her way down his chest, he tensed and watched her slide down to his length. She met his gaze.
“That can wait,” he said.
She shook her head. “Not for me.”
A slow lick from root to tip and then he was in her mouth. She hollowed her cheeks and took him deep until he sensed her throat closing around him. Then she pulled back, his cock slick with her saliva. She gripped his ass cheeks, taking him down her throat again and then back out. He loved how she moaned and groaned, the vibration on his cock making it hard for him to hold on.
“Fuck,” he grunted. “Your mouth is so perfect.”
She sucked harder and he growled, his body tensing even more. He had a hard time clinging to his control. He watched her take his balls in her mouth and suck them. Then she slid up his length once again and took him deep. She pulled back and pressed forth. Faster. Harder. It took him a moment to realize he was the one thrusting into her mouth. Harder and harder. She took it. Took him deep. Her throat and cheeks tight around him and the heat of her mouth making it impossible for him to hang on for much longer.
She sucked him hard, flicking her tongue on the crown of his cock. He grunted and pulled back, his cock jerked, spilling his cum on her lips and chest.
Ryan watched her lick his cum off her lips and lost the last bit of whatever was holding him back. He picked her up and set her on the sofa arm, spread her thighs wide and shoved his face into her pussy so fast all he heard was her squeal.
He licked at her folds, loving the taste of her need for him. She was slick and hot. He rubbed his tongue on her clit, feeling her body tremble with each lick. Her scent drove his animal crazy. Like the sweetest honey. He wanted to eat her whole. She was fucking delicious.