Long Road Home

by Kate Stacy

  HAILEE

  I knew he loved the costume.

  His response made wearing this dress so worth it.

  I’m in white from head to toe. The baby doll halter dress is just long enough to cover my ass completely. Fluffy feathers line the bottom of the dress and the portion covering my breasts. It looks more like lingerie than a dress, especially paired with the white thigh-high stockings and sparkly heels. I could still kill Madalyn for making me wear these heels. I’m wearing adorable wings that are also lined with fluffy feathers, and a headband halo to match.

  I’m glad that he only had two beers earlier tonight before switching to water. He’s perfectly fine to drive so we don’t have to wait around for a ride. Things would be going a whole lot differently right now if we were in someone else’s vehicle.

  We’re not even out of the Brewhouse parking lot before he’s got his hand on my thigh, slowly working his way up.

  “Those fucking thigh-highs are sexy as hell, baby. I’ve been hard all fucking night looking at you.”

  I pull my bottom lip between my teeth as his hand meets the top of my thigh. We’re sitting at a red light, so he’s watching me watch him. Lust swirling so thick between us it’s almost tangible.

  The light turns green, he turns his eyes back to the road in front of us while he slips his hand over just slightly. Fingertips brush against my mound making me shiver, tingles spreading through my whole body. His fingers move downward, rubbing me through my panties.

  “Christ, baby. Always so wet for me.”

  He slips his fingers beneath the fabric, sinking two inside me. I can’t stop the moan that passes my lips as my hips lift instinctively, giving him better access.

  “Rub your clit, baby. I want you coming before we get home.”

  I do as he says, sliding my hand inside the front of my thong. It doesn’t take long before I’m writhing against our hands. My scent is filling the cab of the truck, and Drake inhales deeply.

  “Fuck, I wish I could taste you right now.” He glances down, watching our hands move beneath the fabric. My dress has ridden up to my hips, so he’s got a clear view.

  I remove my hand and reach over, rubbing my fingers across his lips. His tongue darts out, tasting my wetness. He groans.

  “Mmm. Fuck, yeah. Get back to it, baby, you’re running out of time.” He inserts a third finger, thrusting into me harder. I whimper, giving attention to my clit again.

  I look up, seeing that we’re almost to our road. I circle my fingers faster in time with his movements. His fingers crook inside me and as he hits my g-spot, my hips jerk. Seconds later, my whole body vibrates and clenches as I come apart around his fingers. As always, he works me through it and I finally relax against the seat as he parks the truck.

  I roll my head to the side, looking at him, the smile on his face prompting one of my own. I’m still breathless, panting hard.

  He leans over and licks across my lips before slipping his tongue between them for a dizzying, mind-numbing kiss. When he pulls back, he unhooks my seatbelt before getting out of the truck and coming around to my side.

  As he opens my door, I notice that he’s got a thick blanket in his arms. I completely missed him grabbing that, but I look at him, my expression conveying my question.

  “Plans, baby. I have plans.”

  He helps me down from the truck like he always does, and walks me around to the bed. I hadn’t even noticed that he pulled around the back of the house rather than parking out front. I guess an orgasm is a good distraction, since I’m clueless about what’s happened around me for the last few minutes.

  Drake lets go of my hand to lower the tailgate before spreading the thick comforter in the bed of the truck. He turns back to me and grabs my hips, lifting me up. I squeal and laugh as he sets me down. I slide back further in the truck, watching silently as he reaches behind his head and pulls his shirt off with one hand.

  Why is it so damn sexy when guys do that?

  I bite my bottom lip as he hops in the truck and crawls over top of me. He runs a hand from my ankle all the way up to the top of my stockings.

  With a squeeze to my thigh, he says, “We’re gonna have to buy you more of these, sweetness.”

  He continues his exploration up my leg, sliding his hand under my dress and around to my ass. “Love this ass in a thong. Kryptonite.”

  I giggle at that, running my hands across his broad shoulders.

  He glides his hands up the sides of my body, my dress lifting with his movement. His thumbs brush across my nipples before he grabs my dress, pulling it off completely.

  He starts to kiss down my neck. Moving lower, he kisses and bites down the slope of my breast until his lips find my nipple. I swallow a gasp when he sucks it into his hot mouth, swirling his tongue across the sensitive bud. A whimper passes my lips when he bites down slightly, sending heat through my veins.

  My head drops back, and my eyes squeeze shut, anticipating his next move.

  He brings his hand to my other breast, flicking my nipple before rolling it between his fingers. Tingles shoot down my spine, straight to my core.

  “Feel good, baby?”

  My gaze flies to his, my body melting beneath his touch, his words, and his lips.

  “So good. I need more.”

  “No rushing, baby. I wanna take my time with you.”

  He does exactly that, venturing further down my body. He removes my thong, placing a kiss on each hip before slowly moving toward my center. He licks a long, slow path through my slit, swirling his tongue around my clit.

  A low moan comes from deep in my throat, as my hips thrust up to meet his mouth. He uses my reactions to control the way he moves against me, his mouth teasing. Minutes later, he has his jeans undone and pulled down just enough to roll a condom on.

  My heart feels like it’s beating out of my chest as he slips inside of me. I moan loudly at the way he fills me so fucking deep. He leans down and gently bites my bottom lip, never slowing his pace as my nails dig into his shoulders.

  I gently push on his shoulders, wanting him to change positions. Without words, he gives me what I want, flipping us over so I’m on top. I start moving, rotating my hips in a way that makes him moan.

  “God damn, baby. Fuck, yeah. Ride me just like that.”

  My pace increases, riding him harder and faster. He grips my ass tight in his hands, moving me up and down on his thick cock. I can’t even get the words out to tell him how good he feels.

  I gasp and whimper when he holds me still, thrusting into me from beneath.

  “Oh. God. Yes!” My fingernails rake across his chest.

  “Come on, baby, I can feel it. Come for me. Let go.”

  His words send a chill through me, and I lose myself to the sweet rapture I feel in every inch of my body.

  Only a few thrusts later and he stills, groaning with his release.

  My entire body feels like jelly as I drop to his chest. His arms wrap around me, both of us trying to catch our breaths. He reaches out, covering us with the blanket.

  “Can’t stay out here too long, baby. It’s getting cold.”

  I can only manage a little humming noise in response, causing him to chuckle.

  Next thing I know, he’s smacking me on my ass and sitting us up.

  “Up and at ‘em. I’ll carry you inside.”

  We don’t even bother with clothes. He climbs down out of the truck with me in his arms and I hold the blanket around us. He takes us inside, straight to his shower.

  We clean up and stand under the warm flow of water for a while, just holding each other. He eventually shuts off the shower and wraps each of us in a towel before we head to bed. We don’t bother getting dressed, we simply crawl into bed, snuggling up together. I drift off to sleep almost immediately.

  DRAKE

  Hailee looks so peaceful when she’s sleeping.

  Tonight was fucking insane, but I have no complaints about the way it ended.

  I’m so
fucking thankful that Angie decided to show her true colors tonight. She made it far too easy to prove that she was full of shit. She better take my words seriously, because I wasn’t kidding when I told her that I was done with it all.

  No matter what, my night ended with the love of my life in my arms and I won’t take that for granted. I may have only met her four months ago, but time doesn’t matter. I love this girl. She’s everything I’ve ever wanted, her and Elijah. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for our little family.

  I’ve been lying awake for hours just holding her. I wish I could end every day with my personal goddess wrapped in my arms. My thoughts keep going back to almost losing her.

  After all the drama from the past couple of months, I’ve realized that I don’t want to be on the road anymore. I don’t plan on going back out anytime soon. I’ve even considered selling my truck, but I want to talk to my buddy first and work some things out. Either way, I’m going to take some time off so that Hailee and I can focus on our relationship and get everything back on track.

  I’m planning for a future where I get to start and end each day with the woman that means everything to me.

  HAILEE

  I wake up to Drake slipping himself inside me from behind.

  His arms wrap around me, one holds my throat gently and the other travels down to rub slow circles over my clit.

  Our lovemaking is slow and sweet.

  I come on a quiet cry, and he follows soon after.

  After a quiet, relaxing morning, just the two of us, we drive over to have lunch with my parents. Lunch is pleasant, and my parents start talking about holiday plans. I guess since Halloween is over it's fair game to start planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

  Drake and I agree to host Thanksgiving at our house since we have the most space for a lot of people. My parents want to travel for Christmas, so we plan to celebrate with them whenever they come home. I text with Madalyn, making plans to meet up with her to coordinate about Thanksgiving. I told her to invite her family, as well. When it comes to the holidays, I believe the more the merrier.

  After lunch, we head out and make a quick trip to the grocery store. Elijah is with us, so there are no discussions about my ass while walking down the frozen food aisle, though Drake does give a little pout. He must be thinking about the same thing I am. Of course, I laugh. He’s super adorable when he wants to be.

  Once we’re home, we don’t do much of anything, choosing to continue our relaxing day. We play with Elijah and watch a couple of movies before dinner. We cook dinner together, making an easy meal of homemade chicken strips and macaroni and cheese. Elijah is happy with the food, eating until his little tummy looks ready to burst.

  We skip cleanup for now in favor of another movie before we put Elijah to bed. We all curl up on the couch together, getting comfortable as the movie starts. I can’t keep my attention on the movie.

  My mind drifts away to thoughts of how good life is when there’s no one standing in our way or trying to tear us apart. Today has been perfect. I can see us having a lot of days like this in the future whenever Drake is home. His job only gives him to us a few days a month, but I want to be sure we make the best of those days.

  I’ll have more free time once I’m finished with my degree. I think I want to hire another baker to give me more options for time off. Having someone else that can do everything I do will allow me to take the days off whenever Drake is home, so I can spend as much time with him as possible.

  Life doesn’t get much better than this. I’ve got my boys, and they’re all I need.

  I try to focus on the movie, but I realize that it’s halfway over already. I’m snuggled into Drake’s chest with my knees bent and my legs behind me. I look down at Elijah to see that he’s fast asleep with his head resting on my thigh.

  Drake peeks over my head, smiling when he sees how cute Elijah looks. I look up at him and he lowers his mouth to mine giving me a sweet kiss.

  He says quietly, “Let me put him in bed.”

  I nod, slowly moving off of him so that I don’t wake my little one. Drake drops a kiss to my head before lifting Elijah to carry him down the hall to his bed. I don’t really have any interest in the rest of the movie, so I head to the kitchen to clean up our mess from dinner.

  A few minutes later, Drake comes up behind me and wraps his arms around me.

  “Want some help, darlin’?”

  “No, I’m good. Go relax.”

  “I was actually thinking that a bath sounds really nice.”

  I turn my head to look over my shoulder. “Then go take a bath, silly. I’ve got this.”

  “Hmm...I could do that, but I’d really rather you come to take one with me.”

  I raise my eyebrow and give him a flirty smile.

  “In that case, give me ten minutes to finish up here.”

  He smacks my ass and heads for his bathroom. “I’ll start the bath, you hurry and bring that sexy ass in here.”

  I laugh and go back to rinsing the dishes.

  As soon as I finish, I head toward the master bathroom, stripping my clothes as soon as I get through his bedroom door. I’m naked by the time I get to the bathroom and he looks up at me with a smirk.

  “Mmm. Get over here, baby.”

  He steps into the tub, holding my hand while I step in after him. We sit and he positions me between his legs, my back resting against his chest. His rough hands come up to my shoulders where he starts to rub and knead my sore muscles.

  “That feels so good. You spoil me.”

  “You deserve every bit of it, sweetness.”

  DRAKE

  She lets out a little moan, making my dick twitch against her ass.

  I’m hard as steel right now, with my gorgeous girl naked and covered in bubbles, feeling amazing pressed up against me. I will myself to calm down, because I didn’t bring her in here for sex. I can’t help that the sight of her lush body causes an instant reaction in my cock.

  I keep rubbing her shoulders, working out the knots. She’s had to deal with so much lately because of me. She deserves to be pampered.

  “I love spoiling you. Get used to it because I don’t plan to stop.”

  “I love you, Drake.”

  I gently grasp her chin, turning her head so I can kiss her.

  “I love you, too. Always will.”

  She smiles, laying her head back on my shoulder and placing a soft kiss on my neck.

  “This is really nice. A girl could get used to this.”

  “I know what you mean, baby. If I have it my way, we’ll be able to do this more often.”

  She turns just a bit in order to look at me while we talk. “What do you mean?”

  “Well, I decided to take some time off work. I want to give us time to get everything between us back to the way it should be.”

  “We’re perfect, honey. You don’t have to do that.”

  “I know I don’t, but I want to. We’ve only been together for a short time, but I already feel like I’m missing too much, and I hate it. I’m making this decision, not for you, but for me. I’m not happy being on the road anymore. I have other options, so I’m going to take some time to explore them.”

  “You mean that offer from your friend?”

  I nod and explain what I’ve been thinking. “That’s exactly what I mean. He offered to let me run it and help with dispatch, but I’ve been thinking, and I want more than that. I’m going to see if he would be willing to let me buy in as a partner. If he agrees, we’d be equal partners in everything. I’d still stay here to run things since he wants to be on the road, but I’d have more say in the business overall.”

  “It sounds like you’ve put a lot of thought into this.”

  “I have. It’s not something I’m just jumping into. I’ve thought of everything I possibly could. The pros definitely outweigh the cons.”

  She smiles. “You sound excited about it. I really hope everything works out, and you know I’ll sup
port whatever you decide you want to do.”

  “Thank you, baby.”

  “I can also give you money for rent until you get the ball rolling. You’ve done so much for me and Elijah. I can afford to help with the bills.”

  “No, baby. You’re not paying the bills. Save your money. Start a college fund for Elijah or save for something that you’ve always wanted to do, but never had the chance.”

  “But— “

  “Please don’t argue with me on this. I appreciate that you want to help, it means a lot, but it’s really not necessary.”

  She slides to the other side of the tub and turns to face me completely, wrapping her arms around her knees.

  I sigh and reach out for her hand, she doesn’t hesitate to intertwine her fingers with mine.

  “I told you that when my grandfather died, he left me this house and the truck.”

  She nods, then waits for me to continue.

  “He also left me a pretty big inheritance. I don’t need to work, baby. I do it because I can’t sit idle not doing anything and because until recently, I truly loved my job.”

  Her eyes widen as a sound of disbelief escapes her. “So...what? You’re rich?”

  I shrug. “Yeah, I guess you could say that. I have enough money that I could quit my job today and still take care of all of us for a really long time. I don’t flaunt what I have, because I enjoy living a simple life. Money isn’t an issue. Not now...and not anytime soon.”

  She chews her bottom lip and I wait silently, giving her time to process what I’ve just told her. After what feels like forever, she looks at me with nothing but love in her eyes.

  “Okay, honey. I’m still buying the groceries.”

  My laughter is instant. This girl. I just told her that I’ve got a fat fucking bank account and she doesn’t even care. One of the many reasons I love her.

  Our skin starts to wrinkle, and the water grows cold, so we move to the bedroom. We lie together and talk for hours about the things we want out of life. She wants to own a bakery. I want to help make that dream come true for her. I want more children. She doesn’t object because she’s always wanted siblings for Elijah. She explains how she hated being an only child and always wanted to have children pretty close in age, that way they could grow up and be best friends.