Rebel (Bad Blooded Rebel Series)

by Mellie George

  She turned to me and smiled. “So, are you ready to meet my first love?” she asked me, a twinkle in her eye.

  I smiled and leaned in and kissed her nose. “Absolutely.” She winked at me and led me down the hall all the way to a room in the back of the house.

  As soon as we walked in, I heard the sounds of the channels on the TV being changed quickly and a grumpy voice say, “Three hundred channels and not a God damned thing on.” I instantly smiled.

  “Hey Daddy, what are you in here complaining about?” Everleigh asked, leading me over to a recliner. As soon as my eyes landed on Everleigh’s father, my heart sank. He was so thin and pale…he looked just like my dad had about a week before he passed away.

  “Just the fact that we pay out the ass for cable and there is always shit on the TV,” he said, smiling at her. His eyes flickered over to me and he smiled a smile so bright his face lit up. “Well, now who do we have here?”

  Everleigh squeezed my hand and led me closer to his chair. “Daddy, this is my friend Ryder. I told you about him last night,” she said.

  “Oh right, the rocker boy. Max Stone, nice to meet you son,” he said, weakly extending his hand to me.

  I gently placed my hand in his and gave it a quick shake. “Nice to meet you too, sir.”

  Max looked at me and then at Everleigh. “Sir, huh? I like it. Why don’t you call me that, Evie girl?”

  Everleigh smiled at him. “Because I don’t have to kiss your ass, old man. You already like me,” she said, and he laughed.

  “Hell yes I do. So, tell me about yourself, young man. What has you chasing my Everleigh to town?” he asked, smiling at me.

  “Honestly? How can I not? I mean look at her, she’s gorgeous,” I said, and he laughed.

  “That she is,” he said, and Everleigh blushed.

  “It’s not just that though. When we met she saw through all my charm and fame and didn’t give a damn who I was at all,” I said. “No one’s ever done that.”

  Max looked at Everleigh and smiled. “That’s because my Evie’s a good girl and I taught her right,” he said. “I’m glad she has a boyfriend that seems to appreciate what a special woman she is.”

  Before I could answer, Everleigh interrupted. “Dad, Ryder isn’t my boyfriend.”

  Max laughed. “Okay, honey, whatever you say. So, Ryder, tell me, what’s it like touring all over with your band?” he asked, motioning to the couch next to his chair. I sat down and Everleigh sat on my other side and we spent most of the afternoon talking about touring around, celebrities I know, and different kinds of music. Max was a cool guy and I could see why Everleigh loved him so much. He reminded me so much of my dad. The thought made me hurt deep inside because just even though I had just met him, I knew I would be reliving my dad’s death all over again soon.

  After chatting for a few hours and watching a couple of movies with Max and Everleigh, Max was finally asleep and I had Everleigh tucked under my arm on her couch. She had left Max and me to chat and watch “The Karate Kid” while she went to take a shower and ever since she came back the smell of her vanilla shampoo was going right to both of my heads.

  As the credits rolled on “The Gremlins”, she sat up and stretched. “Looks like Daddy’s down for the count,” she said, grinning. “I should probably get him to bed.”

  “Let me help you, Everleigh,” I said, taking my arm from around her and standing up.

  “Oh, no, I can have Trish help me, Ryder. It’s okay, really.”

  “Don’t worry, it’s fine. I want to help, please?” I asked, putting my bottom lip out.

  She sighed. “I guess if you want to. I can take one side and you can take the other and we can help him into his bed.”

  I shook my head and walked over to Max’s chair. I gently wrapped his frail arm around my neck and I lifted him off the chair with ease into my arms. Everleigh gasped and I turned around to her. “Which room is his?”

  “First door on the right,” she said, almost a whisper. I nodded at her and carried him down the hall to his room. Once I was inside, I placed him onto his bed and pulled the covers around him. I didn’t realize Everleigh had followed me until I felt her pass me and go around to the other side of the bed. She leaned in and kissed his cheek saying, “Good night Daddy,” she whispered, and she motioned for me to follow her out of the room. She took my hand and led me down the hall and for a moment I thought she was taking me back to the den, but she didn’t. She stopped outside a door at the end of the hall and turned the knob. She pulled me inside and as soon as I was in, she leaned against me, causing my body to close the door.

  “What is this room, Everleigh?” I whispered, my voice cracking from her body being so close.

  “It’s my room,” she said, and she brushed her hand past my wrist and she locked the door.

  I swallowed hard and before I could think her mouth was on mine. Her tongue licked my bottom lip and my eyes crossed. As good as she tasted, for some reason I stopped her. “Hey, whoa, what are you doing?”

  “Taking a chance,” she said, and her lips found mine again. I knew I should stop because I knew she didn’t really want to take things this far, but I think I blacked out for a moment when I felt her fingers graze my stomach and dip into my pants. I groaned and pulled her close to me, kissing her like I had wanted to all day. Hands were roaming and tugging and pulling at clothes and hair as she pulled me toward her bed. She turned around and with a hard shove I fell back on her bed.

  “Everleigh, wait…” I said. I knew if that we took this step now and I let this happen it would be the worst mistake I could make. I didn’t want the first time we slept together to be because we’d had a good day with her ailing father and she wanted to show her appreciation. I was about to sit up but before I could, she had stripped her shirt off and was standing before me in only a pair of jeans and a hot pink bra that barely contained her full breasts. She climbed on top of me and straddled my lap, my erection pressing right into her heat. She leaned into me and pressed her lips to mine again. I wrapped my arms around her small waist and roamed my hands up her bare back. My fingers instinctively found the clasp on her bra and she nodded her head against my lips, telling me to take it off. In that moment, I knew I had to put the brakes on this whole thing. Once I saw her bare breasts I knew I wouldn’t be able to stop myself. “Wait, stop,” I said, forcefully sitting up.

  “What’s the matter, Ryder?” she panted.

  “Everleigh, this has to stop. Now,” I said, breathing heavy.

  “Why? Don’t you want me?” she asked, a quiver in her voice.

  “Oh shit, babe, that’s not it. I want you. I want you bad,” I said. “But this isn’t right. We can’t do this tonight. Not like this.”

  “Not like what?” she asked.

  “The first time we do this, I want it to be because you are actually ready for something real with me, not because I carried your dad to his room and put him to bed.”

  “That’s why you think I want to do this?” she asked, her lip quivering. “Ryder, what you did was wonderful, but that’s not why I want you.”

  I stared pointedly into her whiskey colored eyes. “Yes it is, and you know it. You can’t lie to me, Everleigh.” She blinked a few times and the tears started rolling down her cheeks. “Sweetie, please don’t cry. I’m sorry.”

  She shook her head climbed off of me. “No, you’re right. I just wanted to do something for you since you were amazing today with my dad. Please don’t think badly of me,” she cried. “I just wanted to forget about everything for a minute.”

  I pulled her into my arms. “I don’t think badly of you, sweetheart. I know how it feels to want to forget the bad things in your life. It’s probably why I partied and slept around as much as I have for the past seven years. It’s easier to numb the pain when there are things to distract your mind.”

  “God, I’m so embarrassed,” she said, trying to cover her chest with her arms.

  “Hey,” I said, lifting
her chin with my finger, “don’t be embarrassed. You are so beautiful, don’t ever hide from me. I want to see you,” I said, kissing her lips lightly. “Believe me, you taking your shirt off in front of me just now is nothing compared to what I have done to try and forget.”

  “I don’t think I want to know about that, Ryder,” she said, sniffing.

  “Believe me, I don’t want you to know. I just got you and I don’t want to lose you already.”

  She looked into my eyes and sighed. “I’m so sorry for this.”

  “Don’t apologize. Just try and restrain yourself next time because I might night be able to stop myself if you do that again. It’s been three months, Everleigh,” I said, smiling, and she laughed.

  “Well, I can’t lie and say I’m not attracted to you now,” she said, smiling.

  “Out of curiosity, how far were you willing to take this?” I asked.

  She shrugged. “As far as you would have let me, I guess.”

  Suddenly, I was feeling bold and I cleared my throat. “Do you trust me?”

  She stared at me for a long moment and slowly nodded her head. “I do.”

  “Listen, I want to try something and if it gets to be too much or you are feeling like it’s going too far, just tell me and I’ll stop, okay?”

  She stared at me with wide eyes. “Okay.” I leaned my lips back to hers and kissed her. I thrust my tongue into her mouth and she moaned loudly. I leaned her back on her pillow, my mouth never leaving hers. After we kissed deeply for a few moments, I moved my mouth down her neck and started to suck and gently nip at her neck. “God, Ryder,” she breathed.

  I slowly began to move my hand down her soft curves and once I reached the waist of her jeans, I gently slid my fingers into the waist band at the button. I murmured against her skin, “Is it okay if I unbutton these?”

  “Yes,” she said, instantaneously. I slid the button out of the hole and she was breathing heavily.

  “Can I unzip you?” I asked, and she nodded, her eyes fluttering and her lashes brushing her cheek. I slowly slid down the zipper and she moaned as my fingers grazed the bare skin above her panties. I toyed with the waistband of them and I asked, “Can I touch you under these?”

  She whimpered. “Yes, Ryder, please!” she moaned as quietly as she could. “Please touch me.”

  I slid my trembling hands into her panties and slowly made my way down to her searing heat. She was already soaking wet and ready and that alone had me ready to come in my pants. I moved my fingers around her clit and she bit her lip to keep from screaming.

  “You like when I touch you like this?” I growled into her ear.

  She nodded rapidly. “Yes, oh God, yes!”

  I kissed my way down to her breasts which were still covered by her hot pink bra. I teased one of her nipples with my teeth and she whimpered. “You like when I kiss you there?”

  “Yes,” she panted. “Please, Ryder,” she moaned. “Please.”

  “What do you want me to do, Everleigh?” I needed to hear it…I had to know she wanted me to touch her like I was dying to.

  “I want to feel you inside me,” she whispered. “Touch me, please.”

  I moaned and slowly slid a finger into her dampness. She gasped loudly and rocked her hips into my hand. Fuck…she felt incredible. “God, you feel so good,” I moaned.

  She arched her back and I felt her hands grabbing onto the waist of her jeans. She was tugging them down and trying to slide out of them. “I need these off now,” she said, and I used my free hand to help her pull her jeans off while my other hand was still touching her. As soon as her jeans were off, she kicked them to the floor and parted her knees to give me better access. I groaned and moved myself on top of her, my hand never leaving her warmth. My mouth found hers again as I slowly slid another finger into her. She was so tight and my dick was quivering in anticipation for when I would finally sink myself into her. I never broke away from her lips as my fingers wiggled inside her, trying to help her find her release. I wanted her to feel what I could do to her body so she would never want anyone else to touch her again.

  Her body started shaking as I sped up my rhythm with my hand. “Oh my God Ryder,” she moaned into my mouth.

  “Just feel it, Everleigh. Let go for me,” I said, and at that moment she cried out in pleasure and her muscles clenched around my fingers.

  “Ryder, oh God,” she moaned as she came hard against my hand. Her body shook and she whimpered as she came down from her orgasm.

  “That was so fucking sexy,” I whispered into her ear.

  “That…was…amazing,” she said, breathing heavily. “I’ve never felt anything like that.”

  I grinned. “You mean you’ve never had an orgasm before?” I asked, withdrawing my fingers from her.

  Still panting, she said, “I have had one before but nothing that…strong.”

  Smiling wide, I leaned into her and kissed her deeply. “Well, I’d be happy to do that any time.”

  She smiled and bit her bottom lip. “So, do I get to reciprocate?”

  My eyebrow cocked up. “What did you have in mind?”

  In one quick movement, Everleigh shoved against me until I was lying back on her bed. She placed a shaking hand on my stomach, and my abs contracted at her touch. She leaned in and pressed her lips to mine and I immediately opened my mouth to her and thrust my tongue inside. We kissed for several minutes before I felt her hand roam down to my pants and she quickly slipped her hand inside. I inhaled sharply as I felt her hand grab my dick, which was so hard it was actually hurting. “Oh fuck,” I moaned.

  “Oh wow,” she said, “you feel huge,” she said, and I grinned. She gave me a timid look and then whispered, “Can I see it?”

  “You can do whatever you want, Everleigh,” I groaned. She took her free hand and tried to undo my belt buckle but she was shaking and couldn’t unfasten it. “Let me,” I said, and she nodded. I quickly unbuckled my belt and unzipped my pants for her, and I could feel her breathing increase as she slowly pushed my pants down past my hips so she could see my dick. When she did, she gasped loudly.

  “Oh my God, you are huge,” she said, and she started to stroke my length up and down using both hands.

  My hands twisted the blankets on her bed as she slowly moved her hands up and down my shaft. “God damn that feels good,” I groaned. I pulled her lips back to mine and her gentle hums of pleasure were the only sounds she made as she increased her pace. The feel of her small, delicate hands stroking my cock over and over was making me see stars already. “Oh God, Everleigh, I can’t hold on much longer,” I growled through gritted teeth. She nudged my tee shirt up over my stomach and never broke her rhythm as I felt my orgasm building. “Fuck, I’m going to come,” I moaned, and she moved her hands up and down my dick one more time before I exploded like a rocket. I leaned up and kissed her as she drained the rest of my release. Thankfully, it landed on my stomach and not on her or her bed…that would have been embarrassing. “Oh damn,” I said, pulling her into me and snuggling with her. “That was amazing.”

  “Really?” she asked. “You’re not just saying that to be nice?”

  “Of course I’m not. Why would you ask that?”

  She shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know.”

  I sighed. “It’s about that dickhead Scott, isn’t it?”

  She shook her head and sat up. “Here, let me get you a towel,” she said, and quickly climbed off her bed.

  I leaned up on my elbows and watched her walk into a little bathroom. “Why do you do that?”

  She flicked the light off and walked back out to her bed, holding a towel. “Do what?” she asked, climbing back on her bed.

  “Make comments about yourself and then close off when I ask about that guy.” I took the towel and wiped my stomach until it was dry.

  She took the towel from me and half smiled as she tossed it into her hamper. “I just don’t like to talk about him, Ryder. I thought Scott loved me but he was onl
y using me for sex. He was pretty convincing and I am ashamed of myself that I believed every lie he told me. Talking about him just brings it all back and I can’t deal with it right now with my dad being sick. I cry already for him, so I don’t need to cry over my asshole ex boyfriend either.”

  “Okay, I understand that. I’ll let it go for now.”

  She smiled at me and stifled a yawn. “Thank you.”

  “You’re sleepy, aren’t you? You want me to head out so you can get some rest?”

  “No, you don’t have to go yet.”

  “But you need to rest. I don’t want to keep you up.”

  She blinked a few times and then said, “Will you stay with me?”

  I smiled at her. “Like here? In your bedroom?”

  Everleigh nodded. “Yes, where else?”

  “Sure, I’ll stay with you. If you need me, I’m here.”

  “Thank you Ryder.”

  “You’re welcome. Let me just send a message to the guys and let them know where I am,” I said, and she grinned brightly at me.

  “Okay. I’m going to get into some pajamas. I’ll be right back,” she said, and she leaned in and kissed me quickly before climbing out of her bed. I smiled and sat up, pulling my shorts back up and sliding out of my jeans. I got my phone out and quickly texted Jude, Kris, and Beau and let them know I wasn’t coming back to the hotel tonight. After I was finished, I lay back in her bed and waited for her to come back out of the bathroom, eager to feel her beautiful body sleeping in my arms.

  Chapter 7

  Everleigh

  I woke up the next morning feeling more rested than I had been in a long time. I opened my eyes and it took me a second to realize the reason…Ryder had stayed with me last night. I was so comfortable with his strong arms around me and it was a nice feeling. I wanted to stretch my arms out but I couldn’t move. He had me in both of his arms, his front to my back. I turned my head to look at him and he was still asleep…he looked so peaceful.