Adam

by Katie Dowe

  Now she was in the same position and found herself wondering what was going to happen when he told her he was moving on! She dragged her hand away and got to her feet, sliding the chair back. Adam stiffened slightly as he realized that something was wrong! He watched her as she cleared the table and went into the kitchen. He sat there and heard the sound of the plates she placed into the sink. He got to his feet when she came back into the room and when she reached for his plate, he caught her by the arm, forcing her to turn around to look at him. “Please talk to me.”

  “I can’t do this,” she told him frankly as she looked up at him. Her heart skittered as she stared into the beautiful evenly tanned face with the hard jaw, thick brows and magnetic silver eyes. “It’s not going to work.”

  “Stop saying that.” He shook her roughly before pulling her against the hard length of his body. She braced her hands against his chest to have some distance between them. “We will make it work.” I love you! his mind screamed, but he knew that if he said it out loud, she was not going to believe him, and it would probably drive the wedge wider. “It will work, just please give it a chance.” His finger and thumb grasped her small chin, tilting it up to his gaze. Amber saw his head descending and something told her, begged her, screamed at her to stop him from putting his lips on hers, but she was powerless to do so. She felt her body sagging against his, her hands sliding over his broad muscled chest and going around his neck and upwards to the thick dark hairs at the nape of his neck. His hands drifted down her spine until they were pulling her closer to him, molding her body to his; the same time, his head descended to take her lips with his. He brushed his lips slowly over hers lightly, feeling the way her body trembled against his. Her lips opened beneath his and his mouth pressed against hers, the touch deliberately light and teasing, provoking a response from her! He felt the pressure of his arousal and marveled that just the touch of his mouth on hers could evoke such a response from him!

  Chapter 10

  Adam felt the tremors, but he also felt something else! The quiver, the inexperience in the touch of her lips against his, the innocence that was inexplicably revealed in the way her tongue touched his. The darting and then withdrawing as soon as she made contact with him. For some unnerving reason, the idea that this outspoken and incredibly beautiful woman in his arms was not very experienced in the art of lovemaking, in the art of seduction, sent him into such a spin of unbelievable passion that he felt his body shuddering from it! His hands wandered restlessly down her back and against her firm butt, pushing her closer to his rigid thighs. He swallowed her gasp as he deepened the kiss intent on driving out every bit of doubt she had about them! He wanted a fresh start and he wanted it with her. He wanted to show her that he would change, and that change would be because of her. He wanted to prove to her that he could become the man she wanted him to be, the man she deserved to have in her life. He wanted to show her that he was not only capable of becoming a one-woman man but that he was willing to do whatever it took to be the person for her. He wanted to show her a lifetime of love and passion that would belong to her and her alone. He poured all that into the kiss, his body molded against hers, his mouth moving over hers with not only the expertise that he had gained over the years but a passion that only she had brought out in him. His fingers gripped her tight as his hips moved suggestively against her, showing her, letting her feel how she was affecting him. He lifted his mouth from hers after several devastating minutes and looked down at her, his chest heaving with the effort to control the raging desire inside his body! “Open your eyes, love,” he whispered hoarsely. “Look at me.”

  She opened them slowly and stared into his eyes, her body vibrating from the havoc he had wreaked with his potent and passion-filled kisses! Her hands were still twined around his neck, the fingers digging into the back of his neck, her body vibrating against his. “I don’t want our first time to be in the dining room, on that table.” He shifted his gaze to look at the starched white tablecloth. “I want it to be special for both of us.”

  “We should wait-”

  He had no intention of that happening! Without responding, he took her lips with his again, the movement swift and brutally passionate, sending her into such a spin of ecstasy that she had to cling to him, her body churning and spinning out of control! Adam lifted her up against him, his hands spanning her waist as his mouth moved over hers, the heat spinning around him, delving into every pores of his body! He tore his mouth from hers, his heart pounding inside his chest, his gaze hunted as he stared down at her. “We can’t!”

  She nodded and swallowed convulsively. He did not release her, but with his arms wrapped around her, he walked swiftly with her into the bedroom and let her slide down the length of him, wincing as she moved against his raging arousal before he stepped back a pace. He had to get back some sort of control. He was unsure of what to do next! In the dining room, he had been in control, his expertise helping to convey his needs to her; that combined with the intense passion had sent him to new heights! But that had been in there. Here in her bedroom, with her standing in front of him, he felt paralyzed with something akin to fear, something akin to uncertainty that held him rooted to the spot. But she was the one who took the initiative! She did it in a way he did not expect! Reaching behind her, she pulled her zipper down, the sound very loud in the otherwise quiet room. The flimsy material fell to the floor, pooling around her feet, leaving her completely naked! She had mentioned one time to him a long time ago that underwear was too restrictive, and she usually did not bother with them! He had laughed at the time by her outrageous comment, but he was not laughing now! He could not move! His body frozen as his eyes drifted down, staring at the perfection of her curves, the ripe breasts with their puckered nipples, the flat stomach and the gently curving hips with their triangle of dark curls partially covering her sex. He felt the need burgeoned inside him, a living thing that was desperate to be set loose! He had no idea that he was walking towards her until he was standing in front of her! One hand lifted to curve against her cheek, the touch light and gentle, his fingers trembling slightly.’

  “You are supposed to get undressed,” she whispered.

  “In a minute.” His voice was hoarse and raw. He had to take it slow, he tried to convince himself of that fact. If he rushed, it would be over too soon and he would regret not giving her the pleasure she deserved, the pleasure that they both deserved! “You are exquisite.”

  “Take off your clothes, Adam.” Her words were a whisper, a mere escape of breath from her mouth. “I want to see you.”

  He stepped back and did as she asked, his trembling hands finding it hard to unbutton his shirt, taking much longer than usual. He shrugged out of the shirt and then got rid of his shoes and then his pants, standing there in his socks and underwear, his erection very evident in the cotton material. He stood there quietly as she looked at his hard-muscled chest with their sprinkle of dark hairs, down to his flat stomach. “Take it off,” she whispered, indicating the only clothing left. He pulled at the waistband of his briefs, but she stopped him, closing her fingers over his she did it herself, a moan escaping her as his erection sprang to life.

  “Adam,” she moaned and took him in her hand. He stifled a groan as she wrapped her fingers around the thickness of him, a shudder going through his muscled body as she moved her hand up and down his shaft.

  “If you don’t stop I am not going to last, baby,” he muttered in a half laugh, half groan. Shifting his body, he put her on top of the bed, twisting immediately so that he was not crushing her with his weight. She had let go of him but only so she could run her fingers over the broad expanse of his chest, her fingers tangling with the dark hairs there. Adam’s hand shifted over the curve of her hips, his hands going over her buttocks, pulling her closer to him allowing her to feel his rigid arousal. He had wanted to take his time, but now he was not sure he was able to do that! The passion was pouring through him like white hot lava and spinning him out o
f control! He shifted until he was lying on top of her, his eyes on her passion-filled face, concentrating on her parted lips before bending his head to take her lips with his. He felt when she opened her legs for him and felt the tremors when the tip of him touched her opening. He had wanted to use his mouth all over her body but that would have to be later. Now he had to ease the pain of his heavy arousal and it had to be done now. He lifted his head from hers and moving his lips from hers, he kissed her small chin and then moved down to the hollow of her throat. He hesitated briefly as he stared at her puckered nipples. “Adam?”

  He looked up and met her gaze. “I want you,” he said thickly. “I want you so damned much and I am pissed that it took me so long to realize that it is you!” Without waiting for a response, he bent his head to take a nipple inside his mouth. Amber’s body jerked in shock, her fingers reaching for his shoulders, digging into the corded muscles as his tongue swirled around the tight bud. Her body moved beneath his restlessly, her heart rate increasing with every pull of her nipple inside his mouth! He spent his time there, sending spasms after spasms of white hot desire racing through her body! She was not going to recover from this, she thought hazily as he transferred to the other nipple and gave it the same thorough treatment!

  “Adam!”Her voice sounded unlike hers as she unconsciously begged him for release. He finally lifted his head and reaching between them, he guided his penis into her wet warmth, his silvery eyes holding hers. She opened for him as he edged in deeper, gritting his teeth at the tight wetness that wrapped around him. Amber could not wait – the heat, the passion, the intensity of him being inside her was too much! She wrapped her hands around his neck and lifting her hips against his, she pulled him into her, deeper until he was touching the core of her, causing her to gasp and stiffen, her back arched, her fingers digging into his skin. Adam’s hips circled hers slowly at first and then when she started moving against him, he increased the pace, his thrusts picking up speed as she moved restlessly beneath him. His heart thudded inside his chest, the passion obliterating every sane thought, every logical reason for him to slow down, to exercise some sort of control! It was unbelievable that there could be so much heart, so many emotions between them! It was madness, he thought as he gripped her hips and molded hers to his, the fingers biting into her flesh. His mouth descended on hers, and she opened to him, their tongues battling, their bodies fused together, the passion molding them together! They were both lost in the maelstrom of desire and passion between them and before long, it took them over! He felt when she stiffened and knew what was coming! Lifting his head from hers, he prepared his body to embrace it, but nothing prepared them for the violent rush of incredible heat that had them clinging to each other with her calling out his name over and over again!

  It took some time for the tremors to stop and when it did he eased off her, still intimately joined to her as he went on his side and pulled her into his arms. Amber placed her head on his chest and closed her eyes, her fingers curled onto his chest. For the first time, she had nothing to say, no witty comeback, no comment about his sexual expertise! Nothing! It had been too much, she was still reeling from the aftermath of the most passion-filled moments of her life and she would never recover from it! She had no idea that something like that existed! She was not very experienced, but the very few times she had been with a man, it had been vaguely satisfying and never this good! Correction! Good was not the word for it! It had been like riding on a rollercoaster with no ending in sight! It had blown her mind and as long as she lived, she would never be able to forget it!

  Adam shifted so that he could look down at her. “You are over thinking,” he murmured.

  She lifted her head to look at him. His silvery eyes were heavy lidded and his dark face still passion filled. She tore her eyes away from his mouth as she felt the tremors starting again! “Why do you say that?” she asked lightly, striving for some sort of control. He was still buried deep inside her and she realized that she wanted him again!

  “You are quiet and you are never quiet,” he told her teasingly.

  “I can be quiet.” She used a finger to circle a section of his chest before lifting her head to look at him. “I was just thinking that no wonder the women you sleep with fall in love with you.”

  “Don’t!” he said sharply, causing her to look at him in surprise. “Please, don’t belittle what we just shared, Amber. I could not stand it.”

  “It’s just that I have never felt this way before and you are an expert-”

  “Stop!” he whispered raggedly as he took hold of her chin and jerked it up so he could look into her eyes. He bent his lips to hers, his mouth moving over hers slowly, deliberately heating up her flesh before he lifted his head and stared down at her. “I am still hard,” he whispered hoarsely, moving inside her to show her that he was. “This has never happened to me before. It’s a first for me, Amber, and I want you to believe that. I need you to believe me.”

  “I do,” she said with a moan as she moved against him. “Please.”

  To her shocked surprise, he pulled her on top of him, his hips surging upwards, causing her to arch her back as her fingers bit into his chest. He chuckled softly at the look on her beautiful face, but it was not long before the heat took over and he could not feel anything but her!

  *****

  “There is a function at one of our newest hotels on Saturday and I would like you to be there,” he told her as his fingers made their way slowly over the small of her back in a hypnotic movement. It had been a week since they had taken their relationship to the next level, a week where he had come by every night to be with her and make love to her until they were both falling into an exhausted sleep in the early hours of the morning. She was still refusing for them to go public with their relationship and it was frustrating him to no end! But no amount of arguments or persuasion could get her to change her mind and he had given up for the time being. They spent time together at her place, watching a movie on television and eating popcorn or talking before they made love. It was idyllic, but he wanted more and he intended to have more. She lifted her head to look down at him. “I am not going out with you, Adam.”

  He bit off a sigh. “So come alone then.”

  “I could bring Jared,” she murmured.

  His eyes narrowed at that. “I thought you told him it was over.”

  “Not exactly.” She resisted when he tried to push her off him. “We are friends.”

  “You are leading him on, Amber, and that is not fair to him or to me,” he told her tightly. “I am not seeing anyone-”

  “Which could change at any minute.”

  “What is that supposed to mean?” His voice was cold and his face hard.

  She shrugged a little. “You are Adam Whitmore and you are used to women falling over themselves to be with you. You go to functions and I am not able to go with you-”

  “You don’t want to go with me,” he corrected her coolly.

  “Okay, I am not ready to go with you, I am not ready to face the cameras and be called ‘your next diversion.’ I am not ready for all the attention of being seen with you, Adam, and if that makes you angry then so be it.”

  He stared at her for a moment and felt the anger die down. She was right! He had a reputation that he was going to have to live with for the rest of his life because of what he had done in the past and he could not very well blame her for not wanting to be a part of it. He was going to have to prove to her that he was a different person and he was going to have to try his best to prove to her that he had changed and she was the only woman he wanted in his life.

  “I am sorry,” he said wearily. “I want you there even if you bring Jared with you.”

  “I am not doing this to hurt you, Adam.”

  “I know.” His smile was whimsical as he looked at her. There were times when he was having dinner with his family and he wanted to blurt it out that he was with her, but he had kept his mouth shut and now he wondered if he sho
uld say something to them and get it over with! For himself, he did not give a damn if his father and grandfather did not approve of the relationship because he had no intention of ending things with her. He was in love with her and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He knew that and he was going to have to find a way to make her realize it as well.

  “Good.” She bent her head and touched her lisp to his lightly. “As long as you do.”

  *****

  The latest acquisition of the diversified Whitmore’s Oil was exquisitely elegant and had been a former palatial mansion that had been owned by a duke in the early eighteenth century. The original stone façade had been maintained to keep its old world charm and the lush beauty of the surrounding acres of land. As much as the original structure had been restored and the building stretched several miles onto the ground surrounded by the most colorful gardens the guests had ever seen, it was unlike any other hotel and was more like a palatial home with well-kept gardens and towering trees waving in the breeze. It had been named The Whitmore and the official opening of the place coincided with Abraham Whitmore the Second’s birthday. The suites had been filled quickly and the waiting list just as long for people who wanted to be a part of the fabulous history of the place. It had been designed to look more like a home than a hotel and with that in mind there was no concierge seated at the front ready to check in the guests. The check-in was discreetly done over the phone and done in such a way that there was no waiting period for the guests to be taken to their suites. Refreshments were served in the large adjoining room as soon as you entered the foyer. Thick lush carpeting with delightful antique furnishings recovered from all over the world greeted the eyes as soon as one entered the hotel.

  The party was being held in the rose and silver ballroom, a room resplendent in its beauty and throwing the guests back in time to an era that was rich in history and legacy. Adam made all the necessary polite conversations, his eyes trained on the doorway as he watched for her. He had spent the night with her last night and had gone back to his apartment to get ready to go to the office for meetings. He was not getting enough sleep and he was feeling the brunt of it. He was also putting off the trip he was supposed to take to Europe because he did not want to be away from her. The room was packed to capacity with the guests milling around enjoying the expensive champagne and hors d’oeuvres being served by the wait staff. He shifted as he saw Bianca coming towards him and had no idea what to say to her. He had called and apologized to her but had not seen or spoken to her since.