Tempting Love - Haley & Eddie

by Melanie Shawn

  The next thing she knew, Haley found herself pinned against the wall, one leg draped over Eddie’s shoulder, the other spread open by the width of his upper body. She bit her lip as she looked down upon the suggestive pose he’d placed her in. The dim light bounced off the top of his dark head of hair as he focused all of his attention on her aching sex still covered by black lace. His face was so close to her wet heat that she could feel the puffs of his short breaths against her sensitized core.

  His hands ran up her quivering inner thighs, stopping at the apex between her legs. Slowly, he moved his thumbs along each side of her damp panties. “When you made these”—he dipped his thumbs beneath the lace—“you were thinking about me?”

  “Yes.” Reaching down, Haley steadied herself on his shoulders as tremors radiated through her from his touch on her bare skin.

  Softly, almost reverently, he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the lace covering her mound. Looking up at her, he stated, “So this is mine.” Then, leaning forward, he once again pressed his lips to the fabric.

  “Yes,” Haley breathed out, and she felt a rush of moisture cover the lace as he continued trailing sensual kisses along it. White-hot bursts of pleasure exploded beneath his kiss and quickly traveled throughout her entire being. Her body felt on the verge of climax and her legs began shaking.

  “Good,” Eddie said as he pulled the lace material to the side and slowly licked a circle around her distended nub before suckling the hood of her sex. As she watched his talented tongue, her body began convulsing in release.

  Eddie picked up his pace, alternating licking and sucking. Pleasure crashed through her so intensely that she had no idea how she was still standing. His unrelenting mouth stayed with her until the last spasm jolted through her.

  As she slowly floated back down to reality, she felt herself being carried across the room. Wrapping her arms around Eddie’s neck, she nuzzled her face into him. God, she loved how he smelled. Like soap and work—exactly how a man should smell.

  “You smell good,” Haley said as he laid her down on the chaise lounge, the soft fabric dipping beneath her weight.

  “You taste good,” he rasped as his lips covered hers. He kissed her thoroughly before standing and removing his shirt, jeans, socks and shoes.

  Haley lifted up on her elbows so she could enjoy the show. She’d been waiting for this for so long and she wasn’t going to let her sated state cause her to miss anything.

  Her eyes greedily roamed his muscular physique. His body was a work of art. He had several tattoos covering his torso and chest. She sat up to trace them with her fingers, touch them, explore them. But before she got the chance, Eddie hooked his thumbs in the elastic waistband of his black boxer briefs, pulling them down and off.

  Holy hot tamale! Her eyes widened as she took in his large, straining erection. Haley had never seen a man so perfect or so large before in her life. The inner muscles of her core clenched at the sight. As mouthwatering of a presentation as he made, she had to admit she was a little worried that she wouldn’t be able to accommodate him.

  “It’ll be good. I promise,” Eddie said as if reading her mind—or more accurately, the concerned expression on her face. “I love the bra and panties. But you need to lose them.”

  Her sated body surged back to life at his gruff command. Oh my, Haley thought. this is going to be so much better than ‘good.’

  * * *

  Eddie grabbed a condom from his wallet and sheathed himself as he watched Haley reach behind her back and unhook her bra. She gracefully slipped her arms out of each strap, freeing the most beautiful set of breasts he’d ever laid eyes on.

  He forcefully maintained his distance as she slid her black lace panties down and off her legs. If he touched her now, it would be all over, and he wanted to just take a moment and look at her gloriously naked body. When she’d removed both garments, her large blue eyes framed by long dark lashes met his.

  She looked up at him with uncertainty, and it was killing him inside. Her combination of innocence and seduction were lethal to his mind, heart, and body. When he’d come around the corner and seen her staring at her reflection in the mirror, he’d thought for a moment that it was just one of his fantasies or that he was dreaming.

  Then, when she turned and started telling him that she’d wanted him to see her in her designs because she’d been thinking about him when she created it, well, he’d thought for a minute that he was in serious danger of blowing a load in his pants.

  Eddie had no idea what he’d done to deserve her affection. He was absolutely certain it was misplaced. He was also sure that this was not a good idea. He’d tried to say so. But damn, he was only a man. He’d been suppressing his desire for Haley for years. Even if it was the worst idea in the world, there was no way this wasn’t going to happen.

  “Lie back,” he instructed.

  Haley’s eyes widened slightly as she slid back on the couch. Eddie wanted to visually feast on every inch of her. He started at her delicate feet, toes painted a pale pink. Then he continued up the smooth line of her calves, over her knees, and along her toned thighs. He noticed her flat belly trembling under his stare as his eyes traveled from the small patch of dark hair just above her sex and then over both hipbones that dipped into her thin waist.

  He loved her waist. Eddie had always been a sucker for an hourglass figure, and Haley’s rivaled those of ‘50s pinup girls. His body was strung painfully tight as his gaze moved farther up her body, taking in rounded flesh at the bottom of her creamy breasts. Following its curve, his eyes continued around and up to the dark pink circles of her areolas before finally landing on the tips of her taut, dark red nipples.

  His brow grew damp with perspiration as his hunger for her intensified. He couldn’t wait any longer. He had to touch her.

  When he stepped forward, her legs automatically opened in invitation for him. The erotic sight of Haley spread wide before him caused him to stop up short, his breath catching in his throat. He couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak. Couldn’t think. All he could do was stare at the enticing display in front of him that was better than any fantasy he’d ever had.

  “What’s wrong?” she asked as she nervously bit her lip.

  Her worried tone snapped him out of his lust-induced, momentary paralysis.

  “Nothing.” He quickly moved over her. Her legs widened even farther to accommodate him. As he settled in between her supple thighs, his shaft slid easily along the wet folds of her lush sex. Even through the latex, he could feel her warmth, her softness. He could still taste her sweet juices on his lips.

  Eddie’s heart pounded louder in his chest than any hammer he’d ever swung as he looked down at Haley’s sensuous body splayed out beneath him. Resting his weight on one elbow beside her, he brushed off a few stray strands of hair that had fallen over the swell of her breast. She shivered beneath his featherlight touch.

  “You are so fucking beautiful.” His voice was filled with awe as he spoke.

  Reaching up, she ran her fingers through his hair. The sensation of her nails raking along his scalp felt so damn good. She rested her hand on his jaw before speaking softly. “So are you.”

  Taking a deep breath in through his nose, he leaned into her gentle touch, resting his stubbled cheek against her soft palm. How was one night ever going to be enough of this? How was he ever going to be next to her and not touch her? How was he going to live across the street from her and not allow this to happen again? How was he going to stop himself from falling in love with her?

  “Eddie?” Haley’s hesitant tone pulled him back to the present.

  Her incredible blue eyes stared up at him with an earnest expression.

  “You are so perfect,” he whispered before leaning down and covering one nipple with his mouth and the other with his hand. He slid his tongue across the tight peak as he sucked her breast into his mouth, and with the other, he rubbed and teased her puckered nipple.

  Arching her back
towards him, she cried out and fisted her hands in his hair. He loved how responsive she was to him. He could feel the moisture of her growing arousal as his length slid along the outer lips of her pleasure center.

  Taking his time, he lavished attention on both breasts, memorizing the feel of their weight in his palm. He traced his tongue around the area surrounding her tight buds, teasing her until she whimpered for him to take her nipples back in his mouth and then licking, nipping, and sucking them while she whispered encouraging words of appreciation. He squeezed and kneaded her supple flesh in his hands until she was begging for release.

  Never before had he drawn out a woman’s pleasure this much. Never before had he been so determined to wring every last ounce of ecstasy from a sexual encounter. Never before had he felt so connected, so in tune with a partner’s body that even before he was inside of her he didn’t know where he stopped and she began.

  “Eddie,” Haley pleaded through shaky breaths. “I need you. I want to feel you.”

  As she begged, her hips mimicked her pleas by bucking up against his rock-hard shaft. Ignoring his primal need to drive himself into her, Eddie continued showering attention on her breasts with his mouth as he slid his hand down her body. The second he felt her soft, wet folds beneath his touch, his body jerked with anticipation. He rubbed his finger along the seam of her opening, teasing her body with what was to come.

  “Please,” she whimpered as she tilted her hips into his erotic caresses.

  Eddie did as her body was asking and slid his finger into her tight passage. Her body clamped around his digit, sending tremors of arousal shaking through his entire body. Moving slowly, he pressed in farther before pulling out and starting again.

  Her hands reached up and gripped his shoulder. “Oh, that feels so good.”

  Her inner muscles fluttered around his finger as he continued moving it inside of her. When he felt her body begin to shake, he grazed his thumb softly over her clit and she cried out as her body convulsed beneath him from the sheer force of her release. He didn’t relent until her body stopped contracting around his finger. When he removed his hand from between them, it was coated in her arousal.

  Her heavy-lidded eyes were trained on him as he lifted it to his mouth and sucked her juices from his finger. A small smile crossed his face as he said, “You taste so good.”

  She bit her bottom lip as a deeper flush rose on her cheeks. There it was again—the innocent seductress.

  Leaning down, he placed his elbows on each side of her, framing her face. Her small hands roamed up and down his back. He tilted his hips so that his swollen head was positioned at her slick opening.

  Her breathing grew more and more shallow as he slowly pushed inside of her. He was only able to go in about an inch before her face scrunched with pain. Her body was even tighter than he’d thought.

  “Haley?” It would kill him if they needed to stop, but he would not hurt her. When she didn’t immediately answer, he began moving out.

  “No!” Her hands flew down to his ass and gripped it tight. “Don’t”

  “I don’t want to hurt you,” Eddie gritted out through clenched teeth. He was hanging on by a very thin thread.

  “I’m fine.” She looked up at him, her clear blue eyes showing no signs of pain. “It’s just been a while.”

  “How long is a while?”

  “Umm…” She licked her lips and his length swelled even larger. Her body pulsed around his engorged tip. His dick throbbed with aching need. She lifted her slender shoulder slightly as she said, “Four years.”

  “Four years!” He hadn’t meant to shout, but that was a long time.

  Before he could fully wrap his brain around that number, her mouth was on his neck, kissing him, licking him. “Yes,” she whispered against him as she peppered a trail of wet open-mouth kisses along his collarbone as she lifted her hips into his, causing him to slide farther inside of her snug wet heat. “Because I only wanted you.”

  Fuck.

  Eddie moved his hand down to her hip and his fingers squeezed her backside so he could control the speed at which he thrust into her. As her sweet mouth continued its sensual journey along his chest, across his shoulders, and up his neck, he slowly eased himself into her, her body acclimating to his size as he did, inch by inch, carefully moving until he was finally buried deep inside of her. Her soft thighs clenched at his hips as he began moving in and out of her heated core.

  “Yes,” she murmured against his neck. “Yes.”

  Her body began moving with his as she sensually ground her hips against him. They easily found their rhythm, and Eddie felt the pleasure unbearably building inside of him. He knew he was not going to be able to last long.

  Hooking his hand beneath her knee, he pulled it up, tilting her pelvis until he knew he was hitting just the right spot inside of her. Her body milked him as she began shaking beneath him.

  “That’s it, baby,” he leaned down and whispered in her ear. “Come for me again.”

  With those words, her back arched and her nails dug into his backside. The stinging sensation of her grip sent him up and over the crest. He surged into her once more as he rode out the wave of the most intense orgasm of his life.

  As the last drops of release left his body, his arms shook under his weight. Turning over on his back, he pulled Haley on top of him, her body covering his as her head lay on his chest. Looking down at her beautiful naked body splayed over him, he couldn’t help but feel a little twinge of sadness creep up in his chest that this wasn’t real. It wasn’t going to happen again.

  Lifting his hand, he ran his fingers through her baby-soft hair and heard a small sigh leave her mouth. With her fingertip, she traced the outlines of the tattoos he had on his chest and torso. Watching her delicate hands roam his body was a very sensual sight.

  “When did you get this?” she asked quietly.

  His heart cracked open even wider. Every other girl he knew would want to talk about what had just happened between them. Damn, even he wanted to talk about what had just happened between them. But not Haley. Nope. She asked about his tattoos.

  How in the hell was he not supposed to fall in love with her?

  Chapter Sixteen

  “Are you all set for the grand opening?” Chelle asked as she picked up a plastic tiara and placed it in the translucent pink plastic bag along with a green whistle and a candy diamond ring.

  “I think so.” Haley smiled as she put a pack of gum and baseball cards in the blue-tinted bag.

  She was trying to force herself to concentrate on what Chelle was saying and get her head in this conversation. It was a task made difficult by the fact that, from her seat at the kitchen table, she had a perfect view of Eddie standing at the grill, looking ten times more delicious than the delectable food he was preparing.

  He was dressed casually in a Cubs baseball hat, turned backwards—which had always done it for Haley for some strange reason—navy blue basketball shorts, and a white t-shirt. His muscled calves peeked out below the loose-fitting shorts, and although Eddie’s calves didn’t even rank on the top ten list of ‘Eddie’s body parts she loved,’ they were certainly doing something for her today.

  Equally distracting was the fact that, as he flipped the burgers, his shirt pulled taut across his back and biceps, making her hands tingle with the memory of touching him. Haley now knew what that body felt like. She now knew what it looked like butt naked. That knowledge had kept her awake, tossing and turning with need, for the last two nights.

  “Are you excited?” Chelle asked a little hesitantly.

  “Oh”—Haley let out a forced laugh as she looked across the table at her friend—“Yes! Of course. I can’t wait to open to the public. Maybe then it will finally seem real.”

  A look of relief crossed Chelle’s face. “Okay, good. It’s just… You seem a little distracted and I wasn’t sure if everything was okay.”

  “Oh no. Everything is great. I’ve just had a lot on my plate l
ately. I haven’t been sleeping that well, so I keep zoning out.” Her lack of sleep and focus had absolutely zero to do with the fact that her store’s grand opening was in a week and everything to do with the man standing at the grill. But Chelle didn’t need to know her brother was the cause of Haley’s sleepless nights.

  Chelle’s brow furrowed in worry. “Don’t work too hard. And if you need any help, anything at all, you know I’m here.”

  “Thanks,” Haley answered sincerely. She knew that Chelle meant it. Eddie’s sister was one of the sweetest, most caring people Haley knew.

  Growing up, Chelle had dated David Price, who was a total ass clown. Her cousins had even nicknamed him David the Douchebag. Haley never understood what Chelle could have possibly seen in him. It had obviously been something because the two of them had been engaged. Then, a month before their wedding, he called it off because he’d been sleeping with his eighteen-year-old secretary and had knocked her up.

  In the wake of his betrayal, Chelle left town to clear her head. She hightailed it to her best friend Katie’s vacant apartment in San Francisco. Katie, who had just married Haley’s cousin Jason, was on their honeymoon at the time. When Chelle stopped answering her phone, Katie got worried, so they sent out a search party of one—Riley. He’d just gotten out of the Marines and was coincidentally in California.

  To this day, Haley didn’t know all the details—and she didn’t want to—but a few months after they returned to Harper’s Crossing, Chelle was pregnant with baby Mya and she and Riley got married.

  Haley was so happy for the two of them. Riley had been pretty wild in his teen years. He and Eddie had gotten into a lot of trouble. Chelle had seen right through the ‘bad boy’ image and loved Riley for Riley.

  It reminded Haley of how she herself felt about Eddie. Unfortunately, she was pretty sure all of the Sloan family happily-ever-after juju had been used up by all of her happily married male cousins. She didn’t see any big love stories in the future for herself or her sisters.