I didn’t bother wiping them away as they dripped off my chin. I was confused, angry, empty. The fact that a man so dark and possessive was in love with me scared the shit out of me. And not to mention my family. Overbearing and protective of their own. That was the Neal men way and I was sick of it.
I scrubbed a hand down my face.
Brett went to pull away but I grabbed his hand, holding it tight in my lap. I realized then that I needed him. The strength I pulled from him, eased my aching heart and soothed my rattled nerves. “I’m sorry.”
He moved his hand to my thigh, holding me. “Shhh…just let me touch you,” he whispered.
I looked up at him but he didn’t meet my gaze. He kept his eyes on the road. His strong jaw tense, the muscles jumping and twitching every so often.
I sighed and curled my legs under me, leaning my head against the seat.
My eyes grew heavy and I let them close, reveling in the warm body beside me.
We drove in silence, the sounds of the city soaring around us. Cars honked, sirens blaring in the distance but the only thing I could focus on was the beating of my heart.
“Lover.”
I smiled at the deep husky voice in my ear. My eyes slowly opened to find Brett’s face mere inches from mine. A slight smile tugged at the corner of his full lips before he looked away.
I followed his gaze and gasped. The mid-day sun shone over a group of trees that surrounded a small lake. It was simply breath taking.
“Where are we?” I asked, sitting up.
“My sister calls it The Cove, but I don’t think it has an official name,” Brett answered, brushing a finger down my arm.
I smiled and continued to stare out at the stunning view. “Every time I leave the jail, I get this empty feeling inside of me. I feel helpless and it pisses me off when I’m told not to worry.”
Brett linked his fingers in mine, rubbing his thumb over the back of my hand. “It pisses me off when I lose control.”
My head whipped to his. I already knew that, having faced the wrath of the aftermath of his no control. “You weren’t mad when we got drunk last night and both of us lost control.”
His gazed darkened. “That’s because I wanted to be there with you. Losing control as one was exhilarating.”
My heart thudded hard at the erotic undertone of his words. “I can’t compete with the other women in your life,” I mumbled.
Brett searched my face, staring into my eyes intently. “There’s only one other woman in my life and that’s my sister.”
“What about Claire?”
Brett’s hand tightened in mine. “Claire was a mistake.”
I scoffed. “I think you should tell her that.”
He scowled. “Lover, I don’t want to ruin this moment by talking about that woman.”
“Fine.” We would have to talk about her eventually, especially if we made our relationship official.
I pulled myself from his grip and left the vehicle. The cool afternoon air flowed around me, kissing my skin as I took a couple of steps towards the small body of water.
The sound of a door closing echoed around me making my heart jump.
A thought came to me. Needing to forget the day I had. Needing to just live in the moment. To feel alive.
I took a breath and looked at Brett over my shoulder.
He leaned against the car casually, watching me. Every time he looked at me with his deep blue captivating depths, my stomach fluttered.
Not taking my gaze from his, I kicked off my heels and untucked my shirt.
His eyes followed my movements as I started unbuttoning my blouse. “Have you ever been skinny dipping?”
Brett raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms under his chest. “No.”
“Neither have I,” I said, pulling off my shirt. I didn’t know what was coming over me. I knew that for once in my life, I was going to be in control. Last night, we got drunk. Neither of us was in control once we finished that bottle of tequila, but waking up beside the sexiest man I have ever seen made the hang over worth it.
I threw the shirt on the ground and turned around while unzipping the back of my skirt. I shimmied it down my hips and made a point of bending over. I smiled when Brett inhaled a groan.
I rose to my full height when the hairs on my body tingled.
“What are you doing, lover?”
I jumped at the hot whisper in my ear. “I’m breaking the rules. I want to do something I’ve never done before.”
Brett ran his hands down my arms igniting a tingle that raced down my back. “It seems to me like you’ve been doing a lot that you haven’t done before.”
My body heated as the memories of our times together rained full force into my mind. “Since my brother has been in and out of jail since I was a kid, I’ve played by the rules. I didn’t want to be like him. He’s a good guy but just makes the wrong choices. Just once, I want to do something that I’m not supposed to do.” I stepped out of his grasp and unclasped the back of my bra.
“Like what?” Brett asked, walking in front of me.
I let the bra fall beside me and looked up at him. My breathing deepened, desire curling inside of me. My nipples pebbled under the cool air, begging for his rough caress.
He brushed his thumbs along the peaks.
Jolts of electricity raced to my groin at the soft movement.
His nostrils flared as a breath escaped my lips. “I love the way your nipples harden under my touch.”
I kept my hands at my sides, fighting back the urge to jump in his arms and devour him completely. I tilted my head and licked my lips. “I love the feel of your hands on my body.”
He smirked and lowered his head to kiss me when I stepped out of his grip.
I felt him watch me as I pulled off the panties, leaving me standing naked before him.
“I hope you can swim fast, lover.”
I looked at him over my shoulder and raised an eyebrow as I waded into the water. A shiver ran up my body spreading goose bumps on my skin.
“Why’s that?” I asked, going knee deep in the refreshing water.
A wicked grin spread on his face as he ripped open his shirt. Buttons flew around him, landing on the ground.
My core clenched at the sight and I stood there, wide eyed as I watched him strip.
“Because once I catch you and take you how I want you, I’m never letting you go.” He took a step towards me, closing the distance between us.
My breath caught and I squealed as he stalked towards me.
Diving under the water, I heard a splash and rose to the surface. Brett was nowhere to be found. I swam a couple of feet and looked around but still couldn’t see him.
He should have caught me by now.
“Brett?” I called out but the only response I got was chirping from the birds nearby. Knowing he wouldn’t have left me since the car was still here, he was probably hiding, waiting until I least expect it and then make his move.
The pounding of my heart eased as my body relaxed from the stresses of the day. I continued floating on the water when a hard body wrapped around me.
I gasped, struggling to get out of his grip, swallowing some water in the meantime.
A deep chuckle sounded in my ear as Brett held me against him, bringing us to shore.
My heart raced, adrenaline rushing through me as I attempted to push out of his strong hold.
“Trying to escape are we, lover?” he breathed in my ear.
“Now why would I do that?” I asked, prying his fingers off of me.
He lifted me off of my feet once we reached the shore and he pushed me face first onto the cool grass. “You enjoy the chase.”
I panted and crawled away when he pulled my ankles out from under me. My blood soared, pumping through my body as he pinned me beneath him. My core throbbed, needing him inside of me. “Brett?”
He ran his nose up the side of my neck, fisting my hair in his hand. “Yes, lover?”
I
gripped the grass and arched my hips. “I need you to fuck me.”
He moaned and bit my shoulder. “Do you now?”
I lifted my ass, rubbing myself over his rock hard cock. “Yes. Right now.”
Brett lifted my knee to my chest, spreading me before him. “I am so hard for you.”
“Please,” I begged, never needing him so bad in the short time we started sleeping together.
“Tell me,” he demanded.
“I need you to make me feel good.” I gasped as he sank into me, filling me to the hilt. “Oh God.”
He stopped, letting me get used to the size of his girth. My body wrapped around him, stretching to fit him.
“I’m going to fuck you rough, lover and you’re going to think of just me.”
I moaned when he slowly started thrusting in and out of me. “Faster.”
“Patience my little vixen.” He kissed my neck. “Spread your legs wide for me.”
I did as he said and whimpered as he drove into me hard, his swollen length hitting my g-spot.
“God, your body was made to be fucked by me,” he groaned, pushing into me as deep as he could go.
I cried out, a tingle spreading through me at the deep impact as he thrust into my throbbing pussy.
“Fuck, Evvie,” Brett breathed.
I arched my hips as his pelvis hit my ass. “Yes, harder.”
He moaned and nipped the skin below my ear. “Lover, you like being fucked by my thick cock?”
His erotic words washed over me, heating me from within as he drove his long length into me. The pace was rough, frantic, delicious. Like he was desperate for me. Two bodies moving as one.
“Come. I need to feel your pleasure as you let go.”
I moaned, pushing back against him as I tilted my hips. The movements became hard, deeper as I felt him to my womb. Past the barrier of comfortable. To a place only he could reach. He hit that spot just right as I opened myself to him. Baring all as he stripped me completely.
“Come for me, Evvie.”
I shook, quaking around him but I held back. Wanting to join him in that high of ecstasy. “Brett.”
He wrapped a hand around my neck and gripped my hip with the other. Owning me. Possessing me.
I broke. My body released on a spasm of bliss as I screamed and clenched around him.
He grunted and shook, pouring into me with such strong ferocity, I could feel his semen running down my inner thighs.
His hips sped up, elongating the explosion that had erupted inside of me. The feral way he took me, marked me as his, let me know that he was mine. And I was his.
There was no way that I could deny the possession erupting between us. After our swim and the rough way Brett took me, my body felt heavy and sore, but relaxed. Satisfied.
Several weeks had passed since our skinny dipping adventure at The Cove. We met often, either at my place or his but I still have never seen his bedroom. My body bloomed when I realized we never made it that far once we were in his apartment.
After seeing Ethan, Evan had called me a couple of days later. He let me know that he would be out of jail soon and that he wasn’t dealing again.
I didn’t know how to handle the problems with my family. I also didn’t know if Brett could deal with the several tempers from my brothers and father.
Finding out that my father was released from jail but didn’t even attempt to contact me, hurt. I wasn’t sure when he got out. No one would tell me. They wanted to protect me.
“I didn’t want you to worry about me, sweet pea.”
“Come over tomorrow.”
We never went to see my father. He called me, making some lame ass excuse about needing more time.
It tore my heart in two when I got that phone call. I broke in Brett’s arms. Crying against him as he rubbed my back. He was the only constant thing in my life and even then, I didn’t know how permanent that was. He didn’t mention that he was falling in love with me again and I didn’t either.
I huffed and wiped down the counter, rubbing the cloth over the same spot more than once.
“Ev, you keep rubbing the counter like that, you’re gonna turn it on.”
I turned to Tatiana standing in front of me, holding her tray. “Drink order?”
She raised a pierced eyebrow.
I noted that it was new. The metal barbell shone in the glow of the dim room. “Order?”
“Who’s got your panties in a twist, girlfriend?” she smiled, licking her dark red lips.
“Tatiana.” I rolled my eyes.
She chuckled. “I need a rum and coke and a martini, dry.”
I nodded and started mixing up the drinks.
“If you ever need a shoulder, Ev, I’m here.”
A laugh escaped me at the sexual innuendo in her voice. I looked at her over my shoulder. “Thank you.”
Tatiana shrugged and winked. “Anytime, babe.”
I placed the drinks on the tray and gripped the counter.
She smiled and walked away, sashaying her hips.
I giggled and shook my head when the hairs on my body prickled. Brett was close by. We didn’t put an official title on our relationship, if you could even call it that, but I was attuned to him on a level that left me breathless. The attraction between us was strong, controlling. Intense.
“Lover.”
I smiled and turned to Brett standing beside me.
His blue gaze warmed as he closed the distance between us. His hot breath caressed my neck, soothing the uneasiness that had set up residence in my belly since speaking with my father.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, wrapping a hand around my wrist.
“Nothing.”
His grip tightened. “Don’t lie to me.”
I frowned, meeting his hard gaze. “I’m not.”
His jaw tensed.
I pulled out of his grip and continued wiping down the counter. I could feel him watching me but he didn’t do anything. He just stood there and waited.
We had spent as much time together as possible. But it was still sex. A lot of sex. We hardly talked and I knew nothing about but the man that I was sleeping with. Going into this, I just wanted to feel alive. I was always safe. Never dating someone my family didn’t approve of. Now with Brett, I didn’t care what they thought. But I still wanted more.
“Evvie, talk to me,” he said softly.
My back stiffened.
“Tell me you feel something for me.”
The words rained in my head. Of course I felt something for him but his lack of an attempt at making our relationship official bothered me.
“Hey Ev. Boss.”
I turned to the sound of Jake’s smooth voice and smiled. “Jake, can you take over?”
He nodded. His warm brown eyes flicking between Brett and me.
A breath I didn’t realize that I was holding left me on a whoosh as I walked by Brett. I didn’t need to look behind me to know that he was following me. My body buzzed, my heart thumping hard. What would I tell him when we reached his office? More.
With a shaky hand, I opened the office door and walked into the cool room.
The sound of a lock clicking into place set my blood on overdrive.
My eyes scanned the small room before they landed on the black leather couch. Our first kiss pushed its way into my thoughts, igniting my blood on fire.
Once reaching the small bar, I poured a shot of tequila, slammed it back and turned to Brett.
He watched me with dark scrutiny as he leaned against the wall.
My gaze followed his hand as it rubbed the scruff of his strong jaw. The burn of the alcohol warmed my body like a lover’s touch.
“Is there an issue, lover?” he asked, crossing his arms under his chest. The deep burgundy shirt stretched across his shoulders.
The first four buttons were undone, making my mouth water. My lips tingled, wanting to kiss and nibble his thick neck.
“Evvie?”
My eyes snapped
to his.
He smirked and brushed a finger along his full bottom lip.
My core clenched, my stomach flipping.
Our gazes locked at he took a step towards me.
“Stop.”
He raised an eyebrow, pausing in his steps. “Something wrong?”
“Yes. No. I just…” I huffed and backed up to the wall as he closed the distance between us.
The black dress pants fit his lower body like they were made for him. The muscles of his powerful thighs filled them out as he stalked towards me.
My body hummed as images of his body between my legs rained into my mind.
The air crackled between us as he placed a hand on the wall beside my head. He brushed a finger down my cheek sending a hot shiver racing down my spine.
I pushed out of his grasp and paced back and forth, taking deep breaths to control my raging hormones. “I can’t talk to you when you touch me.”
“Lover.”
I took a deep breath and turned to him. “These past couple of weeks have been amazing.”
His eyes darkened, taking me in. “I agree,” he purred.
I fought back the urge to run into his arms and stood my ground. “But…” I looked away and continued pacing the small office.
Brett didn’t press. Didn’t ask me anything while I stomped across the small office. He waited knowing eventually I would spill. That was one thing I loved…my eyes widened. Oh shit. I was falling in love with him. My heart beat hard as I swallowed a gasp.
It explained everything. The need that gripped the core of my being every time I was near him. The way he invaded my thoughts. God, it all made sense. But was it too soon? I didn’t know how to tell him how I felt. I didn’t want to scare him off and ruin possibly the best couple weeks of my life.
At that moment, I did the only sensible thing I could think of. I ran.
I headed out of Brett’s office. We had only been sleeping together for a couple of weeks but I knew that I loved him. I knew that I needed him and that scared the shit out me. What if something happened to our relationship? What if I lost him like my dad lost my mom? I couldn’t go through that. I wasn’t strong enough.
“Lover,” Brett barked.
My back stiffened as I continued walking down the hall.
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