“I think we need to talk about this more.” Tessa wanted to believe him, that he really wanted this, but she was scared of being rejected again. She missed him. She missed all of them so much it hurt every day.
“We can talk later. I don’t want to use my mouth to talk, baby. I want to use it to give you pleasure. I miss the taste of you, baby. God, I miss you.” Rance couldn’t help himself or hold back any longer. He moved his hand from her cheek, threading it into her hair at the back of her head, holding her tight as his lips hovered a breath away from hers.
Tessa heard herself whimper, knowing that he was giving her the choice, that he wouldn’t push her. His other hand smoothed the hair away from her face, never taking his eyes from hers. His scent filled her and she could feel his hard erection between them. She began to melt against him, which was enough to connect their lips together. Her heart almost beat out of her chest with joy and relief just to taste him again. He brushed his lips against hers, opening enough to slightly pull her bottom lip. The kiss was tentative and cautious. She wanted heat and passion and she knew he could give it to her. She opened her mouth, inviting him in, and he eagerly accepted. The slow, sweet kiss they had shared seconds ago became an all-consuming burning rush of desire. His tongue invaded her mouth, tasting what he had missed so much for the last couple weeks. His taste intoxicated her, and she couldn’t hold back the moan that escaped. His tongue touched and teased hers, flicking and tangling, causing her to press against him even more. She felt the ache between her thighs. Her diamond-hard nipples pushed against his chest begging to be touched. One of his legs had moved between hers, grinding against her clit, and she knew that if she didn’t stop this, she was going to come on the dance floor. Rance pulled back and she almost wept from the loss. “Take me home, Tessa. We need to be alone.”
She couldn’t do anything but nod. He took her hand and led her back over to the table where her friends were watching their every move. “Heather, this is Rance. Wait, how did you know where to find me?”
“I had a little help. Hi, Heather, it’s nice to finally meet you,” Rance said as she nodded in an accomplice sort of way.
“It’s great to meet you also. I take it you two are leaving?”
Tessa smiled as she looked at Rance. “I’m sorry, I know it’s your birthday, but…”
“The best birthday present you could give me is for you to be happy. Go, enjoy that hot hunk of man. I don’t know why they hell you came home if you have two more back there that look like him.” Tessa hugged her friend and thanked her, telling her they would talk tomorrow. Tessa wanted to know how they had managed to set this whole thing up. The last thing she heard was Alice asking about what other two men Tessa had. She was sure everyone was surprised because she had never left the club with anyone before.
Tessa gave Rance directions to her apartment and showed him where to park. As he turned off the engine, she stared at him. “I can’t believe you’re really here.”
“I’m just sorry it took me so long to get here.” She knew he meant more than just being in Seattle. This was really going to happen. Tessa led him up the stairs and to her apartment. They walked in and she turned on the lights. Immediately they were greeted by Bugsy.
“Who is this?”
“This is Bugsy. He has been with me for three years. Just so you know, we are a package deal.” Tessa smiled hoping that they liked cats.
“I don’t have a problem with cats. He’s huge. What do you feed him?”
“Nothing special, he’s just healthy.” Tessa put him down and gave Rance a quick tour of her apartment. “I’ve never had a man in here before.”
“Really? You didn’t bring your dates back to your place?”
“No, never. Didn’t trust anyone enough to bring them home with me.”
“Do you trust me, baby?”
“Yes.”
His lips slammed down on hers with an urgent desire to give her everything she had ever dreamed of. She slid her arms around his back, arching against him, trying to relieve the ache in her nipples that had come back to life with the quickness. Just a kiss from him set her body on fire. She wanted his mouth all over her and she wanted to taste him and lick him from head to toe and everywhere in between. Rance grabbed the bottom of her shirt and swept it off over her head. His lips attacked her throat, sucking, nibbling, and licking. He wanted to mark her, to claim her so everyone would know that she belonged to him. His lips trailed down her chest and he licked across the top of each breast and in between. He hooked his finger under the fabric of her black lace bra, pulling it down and freeing a nipple for his hungry mouth. He sucked the hard tip into his mouth and Tessa moaned in response, trying to push against him to take it deeper. She could feel the pull on her nipple, all the way to her clit. She was warm and wet and she could feel the beginning of contractions between her legs, a constant, aching pulse, and a need to be touched and filled. His knee slid between hers once again and she gripped it tight with her thighs. “Oh please.” He reached behind her and unhooked her bra. It slid down her arms and he tossed it on the couch. He quickly tugged the other nipple into his mouth, giving it the same loving attention. Tessa rode his leg and began to tremble. “Rance, please.”
“What, baby, tell me what you need.”
“Make me come, please. I need to come.”
Rance slid her skirt from her hips then hooked a finger into each side of the black lace panties. He slowly pulled them down her legs, lifting one foot and then the other as he removed them. He glanced at the little heart tattoo that he had seen many times noticing that it was different. He looked closer and realized what he was reading. “Mrs. Collins,” he said as he traced the letters with his finger. “You changed your tattoo?”
“It doesn’t say Mrs. Collins, it says MRS Collins. I knew that I belonged to the three of you, so I placed you each in my heart. M for Mitch, R for you, and S for Sam. I wanted to have each of you with me always.”
“Oh, Tessa.” He pressed his mouth to her tattoo, gently kissing it, then kissed his way down to her pussy, running his tongue through her slit. “You are so wet, baby. You taste so good. I’ve missed this so much.” Then he dove back in as he moved her legs farther apart. He held her to him, one ass cheek in each hand as his tongue plundered deep inside. She swirled it over her too-sensitive clit, which caused her to moan and pant.
“Yes, please don’t stop. Rance, right there, please.” His warm, wet tongue stroked back and forth over her clit as she began to tremble. “More,” she managed to say as he worked the little pearl harder and faster, finally pulling it between his lips and sucking. At the same time, he reached up and pinched one of her nipples. Tessa screamed his name as she arched against him, burying his face harder against her pussy. She could feel her cunt clenching, needing to be filled. Rance place a kiss on her clit before he stood up, then swept Tessa up into his arms, holding her close.
“I love you, Tessa. I want you. I want to make love to you.”
“I want that, too, Rance. I always have. I love you.” She kissed his jaw and his neck, licking and sucking like he had earlier. He tasted so good. She craved his flavor. He stood her next to the bed and kissed her again, slow and deep, causing the pulse to start again between her legs. He stepped back and pulled his shirt over his head, then sat on the side of the bed to remove his boots. “Let me help,” Tessa told him as she removed one, then the other. He stood and she worked his belt free, sliding it through the loops and dropping it on the floor. She stood up and ran her tongue around his nipple, tugging on the ring, and finally sucking it into her mouth as she worked the button free on his leather pants, then slowly lowered the zipper, never taking the attention away from his chest.
“Baby, let me get these pants off. I knew I shouldn’t have worn these leather pants.” Tessa giggled as Rance wrestled with the pants, finally getting them off.
“Let me finish,” Tessa told him as she slid the black boxer briefs down his hard, muscular thighs. He k
icked them the rest of the way off as they stood there and looked into each other’s eyes.
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
“You won’t. I love and trust you, Rance. I’m yours. Make love to me.”
Rance picked her up, gently laying her down on the bed. His hands and mouth were everywhere at once. “God, I can’t get enough of you. Your taste, your scent, it drives me crazy.” Tessa knew that she would have many love bites when she looked in the mirror in the morning. It felt like he was marking her everywhere his mouth touched and she didn’t care. She actually loved it and was growing wetter with the feel of it. His hand slid down her belly into her slit. Two fingers moved inside, finding that spongy spot that make her moan and shake. She undulated against his hand, trying to increase the pressure and speed. “That’s it, baby, take what you need. Fuck my fingers.”
Rance talking dirty to her made her soar higher as she felt the pressure rising. His thumb flicked over her clit as he pulled her nipple into his mouth and bit down, sending her flying. She screamed his name as she convulsed around his fingers, pulling them deeper. Her body finally went limp after her second orgasm in less than ten minutes, but he wasn’t done with her yet. He reached over the side of the bed for his pants to get a condom when she stopped him. “I don’t want you to wear a condom, Rance. I want to feel all of you. I’m on the pill, I’m clean, and I’ve only been with Sam without one.”
“I’m clean, too, baby. I’ve never not used one. You will be my first.” He kissed her as he moved between her legs, pulling her knees up around him. He guided himself to her entrance, rubbing it around and spreading her cream up to her clit. Then he brought it back down and slowly pressed inside of her.
“Take me, Rance, yes, make me yours.”
That was all the invitation he needed as he slowly pushed in. Tessa closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of him finally filling her. “Open your eyes, baby. I want to watch you as I love you. I want to watch you as you come around me and I want to look into your eyes as I empty my seed inside you.” Tessa realized Rance was more romantic than he let on. He began to move inside of her, increasing the speed, struggling to maintain control. He wanted this to last, to stay inside of her forever. He increased the rhythm with his hips, grinding against her clit and she moved against him. It felt incredible. He shoved impossibly deeper inside and she accepted every inch he gave her. He groaned as he felt her tighten along his length. He knew she was close. His orgasm built, drawing his balls up tight. His heart was pounding against his chest. He loved this woman, his woman, more than anything, and he could love her by himself. He reached down to her clit, stroking the stiff bud which caused her muscles to clench around him even tighter. “Hold me, baby, hold me tight.” She exploded in orgasm around him. Her hot pussy spasmed, squeezing him tight, and all the air left his lungs as she came around him. Pulse after pulse of his seed spilled inside of her. They screamed each other’s name, never taking their eyes off each other until he couldn’t hold himself up any longer and collapsed over her, burying his face in her damp peach-scented hair.
A tear rolled down Tessa’s cheek and Rance stopped it with his thumb. “Did I hurt you?”
“No, you didn’t hurt me.”
“Why the tears?”
“They’re tears of happiness. You really love me, don’t you?”
“Yes, baby, I love you more than anything. I fell in love with you the first night I saw you at The Spur and I’ve never stopped.”
Tessa was quiet for a minute, then asked, “Now what?”
“You tell me.” Rance kissed her again as he pulled her into his arms and held her close.
Chapter 16
The plane finally landed. It had taken only two days to get everything packed and shipped that she wanted to keep. Rance squeezed her hand and she was thankful for the comfort, love, and support he had continually given her the last couple of days. After they had made love, Rance held her all night, secured in his embrace. She was so relieved that he could finally be with her. They talked for hours. He explained to her what had held him back and how talking with his brothers had finally helped him come to terms with what had happened when he was sixteen. They slept late, made love again, showered together, and he took her again against the shower wall, proving his love to her again and again. Rance told her how they wanted her to come home and that he wasn’t leaving Seattle without her. He held her tight when she finally admitted that’s where she wanted to be more than anything. She wanted to be with them, surrounded by her men and living her life by their side. Bugsy surprisingly took to Rance. He wasn’t used to a lot of people and didn’t like everyone. Tessa told him, “Remember, he’s part of the deal. If I go, he goes, too.” Rance said they were fine with that and would happily accept having a cat in the house if it meant Tessa was there also.
Heather stopped by the next afternoon, not sure what to expect. “Are you mad at me for setting you up?”
“Do I look mad?”
“No, it looks like you’re packing. What’s going on, Tess?”
“She’s coming home, where she belongs,” Rance interjected as he walked out of her bedroom with another box taped closed. “We need to have everything ready to ship in the morning. Our plane leaves at two p.m. which gives up just enough time to take care of everything. The shipping company will be here at eight a.m. to load everything up. Tessa has to be at her work after that to turn in her keys and then the landlord will be here at 10:30 a.m. to do a walk-through and collect the keys. We have to be to the airport a little earlier since Bugs is flying with us.”
“So you’re really leaving. When were you going to tell me?”
Tessa could hear the hurt in Heather’s voice and didn’t like the fact that she had caused it. “I was going to call you and see if you wanted to meet us for dinner and tell you then. I have to go. It’s where I belong, Heather. I love them so much and I’ve been miserable without them.”
“I know, I just didn’t expect it to happen this fast. What are you going to do with all your furniture?”
“I’m not sure. Do you know anyone that can use it?”
“Actually, I do. My younger brother Trent called this morning and said he is moving back to Seattle and wanted to know if I could look around for a place for him to live. I wonder if your landlord has anyone waiting for this place. He could move right in here and it would be all ready for him.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll leave everything in the kitchen and he can have that, too. That would make things so much easier. I’ll call Mr. Nash and see if this place is available and explain to him that I have someone in mind. I bet it will be fine. He wasn’t happy that I was leaving since I’ve been a good tenant.”
“Tell him I can pay the security deposit and first month right now,” Heather added. Tessa walked into the kitchen to make the call.
“I can’t thank you enough, Heather, for helping me, well, us. My brothers are so thankful for everything you did and we want you to know that you have a place to stay any time you want to come and visit. In fact, we bought you an open first-class round-trip ticket so you can come and visit Tessa whenever you want.”
Heather was really touched that they had done that for her and Tessa. Losing her friend was hard, but she knew that Tessa would finally be truly happy for the first time in her life. “You guys just take care of her, or you’ll answer to me and I can be one crazy bitch if need be,” she told him as she gave him a hug and wiped a tear from her cheek.
“Hey, I leave the room for a couple minutes and you’re making time with my man,” Tessa said laughing. Then she noticed the tears. “Oh, Heather, don’t cry.” Rance let her go and the two women held each other.
“I’m gonna miss you so much, Tess. It’s just not going to be the same. We’ve been there for each other for so long, you know?”
“I know. I’m gonna miss you, too, but you know that you can always come and visit and hey, maybe you’ll decide that you need a change of scenery and want
to move closer to me. That would be great. You could stay with us until you found a job and we could find you a hot cowboy or three.” Tessa smiled, hoping to take some of the hurt from her friend.
“Now you’re talking. Hot cowboys, huh? I just might have to take you up on that. So what can I do to help?”
“Well, actually, we are almost done. Mr. Nash said that the place is Trent’s if he wants it and I told him I was going to leave everything for him. I also told him that there was no painting or cleaning to be done and he was happy about that. Trent can just move right in when he gets here. My rent is paid until the end of the month. I gave him your number. Here is his”—she handed Heather a piece of paper— “and he said to give him a call next week and to leave the keys with you.”
“Tessa, thanks so much. He’s going to be so excited and shocked at the same time at not having to furnish an apartment or kitchen. He can pay you for everything here though.”
“No, he can have it. I’m just glad that someone can use it and honestly it’s less work for me now. I’m sorry I’ll miss seeing him, I always liked Trent, but I’m surprised he’s coming home.”
“The job he had lined up after college isn’t working out. He hates it. He’s been looking for a job here and has had phone interviews for a couple. He’s certain he will get one, plus my parents are thrilled that he’s coming home.”
“I’m not going to have time to see your mom and dad before I leave. Tell them I’ll call soon and that I’ll miss them. They’ve been so good to me over the years. I feel bad leaving without seeing them.”
“They’ll understand, no worries.” Heather helped as they finished up the last few things that needed to be done. Now that Tessa didn’t have to worry about anything but just packing her personal items, it was done before they knew it. The three of them went to dinner and then the time came to tell Heather good-bye.
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