Still Yours

by Cara Roman

  "Have you been wet and aching the whole time too?" He asked leaning in to take her mouth in a devastating kiss. He pushed the denim jacket off her shoulders, and let it fall onto the wooden boards under their feet. "This hair looks like I've fucked you a few times already."

  "I wanted you to look at me across the table and think about how much you want your hands in my hair." Leigha said lifting his shirt up and over his head.

  "I've always loved your hair. Its so thick and dark, but if you watch it in the sunlight there are a dozen different shades of bronze shooting through it." He said taking a handful of it to tip her head back. Licking up the side of her neck he said, "and you fucking love it when I pull it while I'm deep inside of you."

  Leigha moaned and reached up inside of his shirt and scraped her nails across his skin. Just the sound of his voice was enough to take her there. She was addicted to him, her whole body tingling in greedy anticipation. "I really do."

  Ridge reached between them and she could feel his fingers freeing the buttons on the front of her dress, pushing it down her shoulders. The sheer peach lace bra offering no defense against the night air caressing her skin. "God, to think you had this on under your dress the whole time we sat in that restaurant. This ripe color against all of this creamy skin, its enough to make my mouth water." He said reverently, as he cupped her full breasts, his thumbs brushing back and forth across her nipples. Just when her head fell back to absorb what his hands were doing to her he moved them. Before Leigha could voice a protest she felt him pulling the belt off her waist. With nothing left to hold it up the gauzy fabric drifted lazily down her body. He peppered kisses over the top of her shoulder whispering, "I used to jerk off thinking about these freckles here. Remember that purple bikini you used to have? The one with the little pink stripes?"

  Leigha's head was spinning from the swing back and forth between the dirty words and the romantic ones. Just when she settled in he switched the tone again. It was sweet torment. "I had that one when I was fifteen, that was the summer before we started dating Ridge."

  "You and Dani used to lay out towels in her yard, soaking up the sun and listening to music." Ridge said, as he used his arms around her to tip her back so he could lick and nibble her collarbone. "I rode my bike past her house every damn day that summer, desperate to catch a glimpse of you."

  Straightening abruptly she stared in his eyes with awe. "You did? I didn't know that."

  "I've always wanted you Leigha, as long as I can remember." Ridge admitted.

  Grabbing the intricate belt buckle she pulled his belt off. It made a soft whooshing sound as it cleared each of the loops in his jeans before she dropped it with a thud. Reeling from what he just said Leigha's patience was gone. She needed him now. Pushing down, both his jeans and his boxers she wrapped her hand around him as his dick bobbed out, free. She pumped him eagerly, dragging her thumb across the sensitive tip on every down-stroke. Dropping to her knees in front of him, not giving a damn about the unforgiving wood under her she dragged her tongue up from the side of his knee. She looked up into his eyes as she closed her mouth around his dick. Leigha could barely close her lips around him, he was so wide. She worked just the head at first, swirling her tongue, varying her movements so he couldn't anticipate what sensation was going to hit him next.

  Leigha watched his eyes drift closed, and she surged forward until her lips were against his body. Ridge's hands flew onto the back of her head, as he hunched forward. She worked her throat swallowing him down. She moved her head back taking a breath, and then forward again quickly.

  Leigha pulled him against her face as she moved. His fingers gripped her hair hard on reflex, but the little bit of pain in her scalp only added to the moment.

  "Holy mother-fucking shit. That feels....fuck." Ridge tried saying as she worked him. His hips were instinctively pumping now, his need overwhelming his control.

  Riding high on the power coursing through her she grabbed his muscular ass in her hands and pulled her head back. Ridge's dick slid out of her mouth with a popping sound. She waited until his eyes opened and met hers. "I need more." She said. He leaned down to hook his hands under her arms and lift her back up to her feet. Leigha shook her head. "No. I mean, I want you to fuck my face just like this Ridge. I want to feel your control snap, and know that I did that to you. That you feel so good you can't think anymore."

  His thumb stroked across her cheek bone. "Are you sure what you're asking for Sugar?"

  Leigha nodded her head. "Yes." She watched as the heat blazing in his eyes exploded. His thumb moved down from her cheek to her mouth. He traced the shape of her lips, and she licked out, catching his thumb.

  She opened her mouth and looked up at him, waiting. Ridge didn't disappoint, using the hand that was on her face to feed his dick into her mouth. Leigha slid her hands back around to his ass, as both of his threaded back into her hair. When he was all the way in she swallowed, and the hands that were struggling to stay gentle in her hair gripped hard. He thrust his hips, his eyes locked on hers. Leigha watched him suck his bottom lip in, biting it as he picked up speed. The only breaths she could take were quick puffs through her nose as he pulled back. There was too much saliva pooling in her mouth to hold, and she let it flow out, dribbling down her chin.

  "Fuck, you look so gorgeous taking my dick like that Sugar." He said.

  His thrusts were getting erratic, and she knew he was getting close. Encouraging him to take all the pleasure she could offer, she rubbed her tongue against him as he pumped into her mouth.

  "Close, I'm so god-damn close." He groaned, panting. "You're gonna swallow every fucking drop I give you, aren't you?"

  Leigha couldn't speak with her mouth so full of Ridge, so she dug her nails into his ass, and moaned. That was all it took before he growled loudly into the night. He came in a warm gush down her throat. Leigha swallowed as fast as she could to keep up. Ridge was still trembling when he pulled out of her mouth. Leigha licked her lips savoring his taste, and wiped the back of her hand across her face, as she stood up. He sagged against her, and she thought he needed her support to hold him upright, but one of his hands was unhooking her bra, and the other was yanking her lace boy-shorts down her hips.

  "Was that what you needed?" Ridge's rough voice sounded like it was filled with gravel.

  Leigha nodded. "You seemed to like it too baby."

  He laughed, "because I'm not an idiot. My woman wanted me to fuck her face, that's literally every man's fantasy." Ridge walked her backwards until her legs pressed against the hot tub. "Do you know what I want now?"

  Leigha smiled and shook her head. "No, but I'm gonna love every second of it."

  "I'll show you." Ridge said as grabbed her by the hips and lifted her into the hot tub. The water was warm, but not as hot as she was expecting. He must have read the confusion on her face. "I didn't want to burn that amazing pussy of yours while I was fucking it." Leigha's nipples pebbled hard, and it had nothing to do with the cool night air.

  He stepped into the hot tub with her, and sat down. Leigha moved to sit next to him, but he pulled her onto his lap. Smiling she wove her fingers into his hair. Ridge leaned forward and caught one of her nipples in his teeth and gave a slight tug. Her surprised gasp ended in a moan as his tongue swept out to swirl the sensitive peak. The humidity from the rising steam had her hair curling wildly as she stared up at the stars. Ridge reached down, and teased her clit. He wasn't pressing hard enough to get her off, and he knew it. She rocked against him trying to ease the building ache inside. Laughing, he slipped one finger inside of her pussy, and stroked as he turned to her other nipple. Her thighs started shaking as she got closer and closer to the edge. He added a second finger, and curled them against her g-spot. Leigha was so tantalizingly close.

  "Come for me Leigha. I need to feel you break apart." Ridge said sucking on the underside of her breast.

  Leigha knew that when she looked tomorrow that she would see his marks there. She wanted
to see evidence of him all over her body. He knew his words would work, shoving her into the orgasm she was desperately reaching for. Her back arched, and she milked his hand as she came with a sobbing moan. His fingers didn't stop moving inside of her though, and she was struggling to pull air into her lungs.

  "Again." He said, pressing until the heel of his palm ground against her clit.

  Her first orgasm was barely over and he was dragging her up again. When she came a second time, he sat up quickly, and turned them. Setting Leigha on her knees he grabbed her hips and thrust inside from behind. Her pussy was still pulsing greedily from the two orgasms. The warm water around her had her feeling deliciously boneless. He pushed her front flush against the side of the hot tub, and Leigha felt him lean away. She turned to look back at him, and he sent her a wink as the jets came to life. There was one right between her legs, which he must have felt while he was sitting there moments earlier. He reached down and pulled her outer lips apart, and the powerful water beat mercilessly against her sensitive, throbbing nub as he pumped in and out of her.

  Leigha gasped out a breathless, "oh my god Ridge.....that's....oh my god." There was so much pleasure assaulting her body that at first it felt like too much. But she stopped fighting it, and let go. Ridge bit down, not quite hard enough to break the skin, on the freckles he loved so much on her shoulder, and a ragged scream ripped out of her. It felt like the best orgasm of her life that just rolled continually on. If anyone heard her they would think she was being murdered, but she just didn't care. There was no room inside of her for inhibitions with him. Her body was alive with sensations. Her pussy was squeezing his dick hard with each powerful thrust. He was fucking her hard enough that the water was splashing furiously all around them, as his body slammed into hers. She heard him yell, as he stilled behind her, his own intense orgasm exploding out of him.

  Ridge reached back and turned the jets off, and Leigha collapsed exhaustively over the side. She was completely certain that there were no bones left in her body, and she had never felt better. "You've ruined me for life." She said smiling as he plopped down next to her.

  "I've got jets in the tub upstairs Sugar." He chuckled. "As soon as I find my legs we can try them out too."

  "There's no rush Ridge. It's gonna take hours before my clit recovers." She said kissing his shoulder.

  Chapter 27

  Being with Ridge was so intense that Leigha was still feeling it the next day. Her body felt generously, sinfully loose, like it was buzzing from the inside out the next morning. After they managed to make it out of the hot tub it was all they could do to crawl up the stairs and collapse in an exhausted heap curled up in his soft bed. As soon as Ridge wrapped his arms around her she was out like a light. Leigha didn't even stir until the alarm went off across the room with a loud beeping, and she was grateful for it since she forgot her phone downstairs. It was still tucked inside her purse sitting on the dining room table where she left it on her way through the house last night. She stumbled out of bed turning it off on her way to the bathroom. The shower helped clear the haziness of sleep from her mind, but it did nothing to diminish the glow emanating from her.

  Now standing inside of her shop taking a sip of the superb coffee she sold to customers all day long Leigha knew she didn't want to let Ridge go to that awards show alone. This place meant a lot to her, but so did he. If there was a way to have both then she was damn sure hoping to find it. She could admit to herself that she had held onto this place with a vise like, iron grip simply because it was all she had. Sure she had family, her parents, Dani and Silas. But at the end of the day she went home all alone. Caffeinated Sprinkles wasn't just a dream, it had turned into her coping mechanism for the gaping loneliness, when she felt like she had nothing else going for her. They could afford to hire more help, allow her to take a step back from the counter, probably for some time now. She just wasn't ready to consider the possibilities of that sooner.

  When Dani walked in for the day Leigha was ready. She waited until Dani had the cookies going before she walked slowly back into the kitchen, gathering her thoughts with each step.

  "Hey, I'm running on about five minutes of sleep, so if you came back here to tell me about your amazing sex life I'll take a pass today." Dani said brushing a hand across her brow. She sounded exhausted, and not the kind that comes only from lack of sleep.

  "What happened Dani?" Leigha asked walking next to her friend and wrapping an arm around her. Dani immediately leaned into the comforting warmth of a decades long friendship.

  "It was just normal stuff really. I had a headache and didn't want to cook anything, so I tossed some pizza's in the oven. Normally Silas loves it, but last night he wasn't impressed with it at all. Then he got an attitude with me at bedtime, and I ended up yelling at him. Which I felt like crap about it the rest of the night, and couldn't sleep. He seemed no worse for wear this morning, but nights like that I really wish I wasn't the only one around ya know. It would be nice to know there was someone else I could count on to help." Dani said, bringing her hands up to swipe errant tears away. "I didn't think I would be doing this alone when I got pregnant."

  "I'm sorry Jason is a monumental asshole Dani. You and Silas really deserve better. Last night sounds like it was tough, but you really are a great mom. Don't doubt that, ever. Nobody is perfect all the time, my parents stayed married, happily I might add, and my Mom snapped at me once or twice growing up. I turned out alright. Silas will too. You're only human, you are allowed to have a bad night once in awhile." Leigha took a deep breath. "I've been thinking about our work load, and I think its time you and I give ourselves a break. Tina is full time now, and I want to find someone to help you out here in the kitchen full time. In fact I think we need to hire another part time person too."

  Dani pulled away from Leigha, and stared at her. "You do? Oh, thank god, me too. This place is doing so well, but its getting kind of hard to keep up."

  "Alright, its settled then. Tina should be here in a few minutes, and I will get on making an advertisement to put online. I'll also get a sign in the front window, I've got another chalkboard tucked away in the office that I can use for that. To think I was going to talk to you about going to Nashville for a week soon, but you definitely need some time off much more than I do." Leigha turned to leave the kitchen, wheels already in motion.

  "Hold on. Wait just damn a minute." Dani said, using her Mom voice, and it halted Leigha dead in her tracks. "Did Ridge ask you to go there with him?"

  Leigha nodded, feeling guilty. "Yeah, he has something he needs to be there for, an awards show he is slated to perform at."

  "Awards? Shit, Leigha he's talking about the Academy of Country Music Awards isn't he?"

  "Yeah." Leigha said.

  "You have to go." Dani all but shouted with excitement.

  "No, we need me here so you can get a breather." Leigha argued digging her heels in. "I'll go with him to the next awards, these things roll around quite regularly."

  "Oh, shut up! I appreciate you thinking of me first, but honestly even if we hired an assistant baker this afternoon I wouldn't be able to entrust them with the whole kitchen for awhile. Tina already knows what she is doing, she's got it handled. Hell, you've spent half the day back in the office lately, and she never needs to call you out to help up front. Now, your man, the one you have been ass over head in love with since you were sixteen years old wants you by his side for this. It is probably really important to him, and he wants to share that part of his life with you because he's been in love with you just as long. You're going, and don't you dare say another word about it!" Dani ended her speech with a decisive nod that sent her pony tail swaying.

  "I really love you Dani. Honestly, it takes talent to make me feel all giddy inside while you're chewing my ass out." Leigha said, her cheeks turning up in a smile as she sighed. "If you think this place can handle my absence then I guess I'm out of excuses."

  "Damn right you are, Finn can come over for
the week too. Silas will love helping take care of him. Now get out of my kitchen so I can get these cookies out front. You've got an ad to put together, and a sign to make." Dani shooed Leigha away with a laugh.

  Leigha was walking out of the kitchen, feeling like everything was falling into place as Tina breezed in for the day.

  "Good morning boss lady." Tina smiled as she stashed her purse in the little alcove under the counter for them. "You look like you're in a good mood."

  "It definitely is a good morning, and I really am. I wanted to let you know how happy I am with how you've handled the transition to full time. I guess I shouldn't have waited so long, you've got this down." Leigha said watching as Tina tied her navy apron with the CS logo in mint green on the front, around her waist. "We're planning on hiring a full time assistant baker to help Dani out, and probably a part timer for out here as well."

  "That's great, this is a really cool place to work, I'm sure you'll get tons of applications in no time." Tina said as she readied for the day signing into the computer system on the cash register.

  "Thanks, fingers crossed." Leigha said smiling as she started down the short hallway.

  "And toes too!" Tina shouted enthusiastically at her.

  Leigha was laughing as she walked into her office and shut the door.

  Chapter 28

  At least twenty applications sat in a neat stack on her desk by the end of the day. Word that Caffeinated Sprinkles was hiring had swiftly spread like a wave crashing through the entire town. There was a dozen more waiting for Leigha in her email inbox from the advertisement she posted online too. Giving her chair a spin she swirled around the office throwing her head back and laughing, just as Dani walked in. Leigha spotted her friend and business partner leaning against the door jam smiling. Setting her foot down she halted the circular motion of her office chair.