I coil her hair in my hands and pull it back, exposing her beautiful neck. She moans as I gently trace the column of her neck with my lips. She thrusts herself into me when she feels my erection pressed against her. I force her around to face me. “Doll, I’ve waited months to hear your voice, to hear you say those words to me. You’re the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing I think about at night. And then, you invade my thoughts and dreams. I couldn’t be away from you much longer. The idea of you being with someone other than me was driving me to the brink. I wasn’t going to give up. Ever.”
“I have never belonged to anyone before. I want to belong to you,” she speaks as she leans up to kiss me.
“I don’t know what I was doing before I met you. I think I was slowly dying, and you brought me back to life. You breathe air into me.” I caress her face and pull her in for a long kiss. She sighs when I release her. “I am so in love with you.” She locks eyes with me. Taking my hands, she laces her fingers in mine. The way she looks at me tells a story. She is giving us a second chance because she knows our love is strong enough to get us through this. Our love is worth a second chance.
“Take me.” She tugs the front of my shirt, pressing her body against my chest. Her voice is full of lust and want as she gazes at me with wild desire. I blow out a breath, imagining her naked body underneath her clothes and get aroused in a heartbeat. I trace the silk of her red top before I slip it over her head and slide her skirt down her gorgeous legs, running my hands up the length of her lush smooth body. I finger the lace of her black bra and caress the curve of her breasts as she closes her eyes and bites her lip in anticipation. Keeping her arms over her head, I release her breasts from her bra, kissing one breast while I roll the other with my thumb and forefinger. I remember how she responded to my touch, and nothing has changed. Her body craves it, and I’m more than willing to satisfy her needs.
“Do it now,” she whimpers, stroking the muscles of my arms. She grabs my neck, crushing her lips to mine and sending a jolt to all the right places. I just about lose all self-control when she moans into my mouth and rubs her body against my straining dick.
I scoop her up and impatiently make my way down the hallway to her bedroom. She giggles when I bump into the wall and points to the door on the right. I tap open the door with my foot and step into her dimly lit bedroom. The scent of vanilla permeates the room, but I’m drawn instantly to the large, king-sized mahogany bed in the center. I can’t wait to get her on it. All I can think about is making her scream my name more than once. I feel her heart against my chest and her lush lips pressed to my neck. I’m yearning to have my mouth and hands all over her as I gently lay her onto the bed. I want to take her so fucking bad it hurts. I promptly strip off my clothes. I crawl over her, touching and exploring every part of her body, soaking her in with my hands, mouth and eyes. I’ve memorized her every flawless curve of her body, down to the birthmark right below her belly button.
“Baby, you got a tattoo?” I whisper, skimming my lips over her warm skin, tracing the half moon with seven tiny dangling yellow stars inked on her hip with my finger.
“Yes,” she purrs, stroking my hair with her soft fingertips.
“Live by the sun. Love by the moon,” I murmur, leaning down to kiss the tattoo. “Baby, it’s perfect, like you.”
“You…you inspired it,” she says through half-lidded eyes.
“Like you inspire me.”
“The last time I heard your voice was when I looked up at the moon. When you didn’t come back, I remembered what you said that night and I knew you meant it. I knew you would make your way back to me,” she whispers.
“I’ll always be right here. I’ll never leave you again,” I whisper, trailing my hand down her chest. I feel her heart rate accelerating.
“What I need right now more than anything else is for you to make love to me.” She smiles at me in a way that makes me ache. I am drunk at the sight of her.
“You have no idea how much I want to be inside you right now.” She grasps my hair and guides my face to her breasts. I kiss them, suck them, and lick them. I tease her entire body with my tongue and hands as I peel off her panties. She parts her legs as I touch her. Fuck. I need her. She reaches down and begins to run her fingertips up and down my arm. I clench my teeth. Her touch is like electricity. “You are so gorgeous.”
“Please,” she begs, feeling my hand pushing her thighs farther apart.
“Baby, you don’t know how long I’ve waited to taste and feel you again. I don’t want to rush this.” I slip a finger inside her, feeling her arch against my hand. She’s so wet and ready. Her breathing becomes heavier. “I’m gonna make you feel good,” I whisper, sliding down her body. “God, I want to taste you. Can I?” I say huskily.
She’s too winded to speak, and I’m too impatient to wait as I eagerly position myself between her legs. Clutching underneath her thighs, I spread them so she’s completely mine, completely vulnerable. Feeling her legs tremble under my hands, I flick my tongue over her swollen nub. Tasting her all over again is like nirvana. She moans, grabbing at my hair and goading me to give her more. “That’s it, baby. I love the way you taste on my tongue.” I savor her, knowing she’s close to ecstasy. I move my finger inside her, peering across her body as she arches her back and pulls at my hair. “Come for me,” I say, encouraging her as I continue thrusting my fingers inside her, gliding my thumb over her clit while sucking her sensitive skin until the moment she unravels for me.
“Oh... Reed.” She tightens and quakes, crying out as the orgasm rips through her. My body burns for her. My dick is throbbing. All the nights I dreamt of her, all the nights I spent alone imagining her body. All my pain gets lost in this one moment for me to pleasure her.
“I love when you say my name when you come,” I rasp, moving up her body. I take her mouth and kiss her until we both have no air.
“I missed you.” She sighs, opening her eyes. “I missed this. Your touch, your kisses.”
“I missed you every damn minute I was away from you,” I growl into her ear. I belong to you, you understand?”
“Yes. Always.”
“I need to be inside you, baby,” I express, nipping at her ear. She reaches for my cock and strokes it, arching her warm smooth body to touch mine. “Do you want that?”
“Yes,” she demands, gliding her lips across my cheek and scratching her nails across my back. I gaze down at her brown hair tangled all around her stunning face, her red swollen lips, her ravenous eyes and her starving body. She’s begging for me, and I’m damn well going to give it to her. I can’t resist her.
“Reed,” she coos eagerly. “You made me wait more than I was supposed to.” She presses her hand against my cheek. “Do I have to tell you again?” she murmurs, positioning my cock over her wet pussy. Her hazel eyes glitter. The look of lust and heat in her eyes is erotic. I’m too hard to think.
“Oh fuck, baby,” I groan. “I’m taking you places, doll. To faraway places.” I hungrily slide my cock into her and savor the exquisite feeling. Oh fuck, feeling her tighten around my dick steals my breath away. “God, baby, you feel so good,” I grit as I plunge into her hard, and she screams my name as I feel her muscles constrict around me as she wraps her legs around my back. I pull back and lunge into her hard again, and again. She whimpers and moans with each thrust. It’s driving me insane listening to the sexy noises she makes when I pound her.
“Yes, Reed.” She pants, throwing her head against the pillow, clutching me and digging her nails into my back. I thrust harder and faster. I love the way she yells my name and the way she encourages me to give her more. I increase my momentum, wanting to feel every piece of her.
“Does that feel good?” I growl.
“Oh, yes, yes.” She pants.
She’s going to come. I can feel her core tighten around me, squeezing my dick and I can’t stop thrusting into her. She pulses underneath me and when I feel her climax around m
e, I feel the rush surge through me like a shotgun.
“Oh fuck!” I growl as I come hard before I collapse, pressing my body on hers and feeling her erratic, sweet breath race down my neck. I stay buried deep inside her with my face nestled in the crook of her neck as we both catch our breath.
“Wow,” she whispers, brushing her lips over mine when I turn to her. “You’re better than I remember you.”
I smile as I roll over and pull her close to me. “I haven’t slept with another woman since we last saw each other. I needed to know how you truly felt before I could move on. I didn’t know if we would ever be together like this again. You’re mine. I won’t share you with anything or anyone. I’ll give up my dream so that you can fulfill yours,” I whisper, taking in her eyes as they take my soul. I can’t be without her now, and she knows it. She smiles, taking my face in her hands.
“You are my dream.”
“What are you doing to me?” I reply in a strained voice, getting lost in her eyes.
“If it feels anything like I’m feeling, you should be happy.” She inhales and steals a kiss from me. She can fucking rob me blind for all I care. Her smile wanes as I see the uncertainty in her eyes. She’s trying hard to hide it, but it’s definitely there. I can see it.
“Hey, are you okay?” I ask, brushing the hair away from her blushed face. “I promise I won’t hurt you again. I won’t leave you. I love you.” My words do nothing to eliminate the look in her eyes. I get nervous and lean up on my elbow. “What’s wrong, Elle?”
She doesn’t speak for several unsettled minutes as we both try to catch our breath. Even though her silence is killing me, I wait. Her body tenses as she turns to look at me.
“When you were gone, I...” She starts winding her hair around her finger. I know this is not going to be good. “I was angry, so wounded that I leaned on Tyler,” she whispers. “He helped me get through it.”
“I’m glad for that, baby. I know he cares about you. I wouldn’t want it any other way,” I reply, kissing her forehead.
“I thought you weren’t coming back, and things between us started to...get confusing. I needed Tyler.”
My heart is beating faster than I ever remembered as the worst kind of jealousy consumes me like a raging fire. I just poured out my heart to her. I frown at what she’s insinuating. I remember the thoughts that ran through my fucking mind when I saw them together at the airport and that night out when he was touching her. I tug the hair at the nape of my neck and sit up from the bed. I’m livid that I left her hanging and pushed her into Tyler’s arms. “Fuck. Don’t tell me...” I breathe, staring at the floor. I start to rise, disgusted with myself for my actions. My throat closes, and I can’t speak.
“Reed, let me finish.” She sighs as she grabs my arm.
I sit back down as she slides closer to me, pressing her body against my back. I’m unable to look at her without thinking of her with Tyler. I want to punch something, but instead, I clench my hands in front of me and close my eyes. She inhales a deep breath and wraps her arms around my waist and stares at me with her expressive eyes.
“My heart hasn’t beaten the same since I met you and when you disappeared, I was devastated. I only had Tyler, but once I saw you again…” Her voice breaks as she wipes a tear from her eyes. “Those feelings came back. They were never gone. I couldn’t let anything happen between Tyler and me. I couldn’t hurt him, knowing I still felt this way about you.” I’m losing my breath, but stay quiet as she whispers, “I couldn’t. I love both of you too much to hurt either one of you.”
My chest tightens when I hear her words. “What are you saying, Elle? The fact is I haven’t been with anyone else since I left you, and now you’re saying had I not come back, you would have moved forward with Tyler? Am I missing something here, because so help me, I’m about to go find him and give him a piece of my mind for moving in on my girl when he knew I came back for you.”
She takes my chin and turns me to face her searching my eyes.
“Reed, trust me when I say what happened between Tyler and me was a mistake, and up until last weekend, I was completely in the dark about why you came back. You came back because you truly love me,” she says. “With Tyler it’s always been too good of a friendship for me, one that I couldn’t risk throwing away. We never slept together. I never took things there because someone had already occupied that space in my heart. I love you so much. I only want you. No. One. Else.”
I close my eyes and let out a long, deep breath. Despite the shock of finding out about Tyler, I believe her. I turn and take her in my arms. I caress her mouth with my thumb angling my eyes to her. “Baby, I won’t leave you ever again. I promise. I need you to promise me that you won’t leave me. No matter what.”
“I’m lost without you. I won’t ever leave you.” I hold her tighter, staring into her sparkling hazel eyes. “I’ve never known this kind of feeling before, and I don’t want it to end.”
I touch her heart. “You stole my heart the first time I saw you. Every last piece of it is yours.”
“I guess we’re stuck with each other then.”
“I can’t imagine a better place to be.”
It’s been two weeks since the night that Piper’s plan brought us together, but it feels like he was never away. Falling in love is beautiful, dangerous, and unpredictable. It’s takes you for a ride; some things pan out, and some things don’t. At first I was unsure of what I was feeling, what to do with myself or if I could trust the emotions. It was a voice whispering into my ear, telling me to trust it and I did. I now find myself where I’ve always wanted to be. With Reed.
The wind gnaws at my skin as I walk from the center to my apartment. The temperature has dropped into the forties. The trees in the front yard are completely naked and fluffy, gigantic piles of leaves have appeared on the front lawn as I trot up the stairs. I’ve been checking the mailbox every day for possible acceptance letters for medical school. It’s empty today, which is fine by me, since it means there are no bills that need to be paid either. When I reach the threshold of my apartment, I pull off my Uggs, hang up my coat and drop my backpack in the living room before I head into the kitchen to get something to drink.
Since Reed has begun staying with me some nights, my apartment feels complete now. I love having his scent lingering in my apartment. He has mentioned the cohabitating idea, but I have brushed it off for now. Not that I don’t love the idea. I’d love to wake up with him every morning; it’s just that I’ve never lived with anyone besides my family. I also love the idea of not sharing the bathroom with anyone, but I do like the fact that the shower is big enough to fit Reed and me with room to spare. I haven’t heard from him since this morning. I’m anxious to see him tonight, so I grab my phone and text him as I walk to my bedroom to change.
Elle: I’m home.
Reed: U ready?
Elle: I need a few minutes to get out of these clothes.
Reed: Wait. I’m five minutes away. I can help you.
Elle: U know I’m impatient.
Reed: I won’t keep u waiting.
I smile knowing he is minutes away. I slip out of my jeans and pull my tunic over my head, recalling the memory of us christening the shower. The roar of his Hummer pulling up in front of my apartment jolts me from the steamy episode. I grow apprehensive when his heavy footsteps hit the steps and I hear the key in the door. He said five minutes, and it’s only been about one. I’m not complaining.
He is returning from football practice with Jace. I wonder if he’s going to have another story to tell me about my little brother giving him crap. It’s not that bad anymore. Jace is starting to warm up to Reed after our talk. I think he realizes that Reed is not going anywhere anytime soon.
We are going to pick up is sister Juju and his best friend Tommy from the airport in thirty minutes. That’s why he’s a little early tonight. I hastily try to find something to wear. I don’t want to be the reason why he is late picking them up. I’m a li
ttle nervous to meet his family. He told me not to worry, but I am. I’ve always been slightly uncomfortable when meeting people for the first time.
We plan to take them out on the town tonight and then out for Halloween this Thursday. It’s a major event at the Lansdowne Pub. Luke coordinated everything. It makes me wonder what Luke does for work, if he even works at all. It seems he spends more time barhopping and partying than anything else and knows pretty much where the next big event is.
“Best view ever.” I spin around in the direction of his smooth voice and immediately soak him in. He’s leaning against the doorjamb with one leg crossed over the other and holding his arms behind his back, looking as impeccable as ever. His shaggy brown hair is just the right length, resting at the nape of his neck, just enough for me to pull. He’s wearing a pair of deep blue warm-up pants that hang loosely on his narrow hips and a matching blue jacket unzipped at the neck with a tight, white T-shirt peeking underneath. Reed has become more toned and defined with all the training he’s been doing for NFL tryouts. I am definitely reaping the benefits of that right now. A smirk crosses his face as his piercing blue eyes scan every inch of my scantily clad body. I know all too well what’s on his mind. His sensual eyes remain on me as he strolls toward me and pulls out a box from behind his back.
“For you.” He winks, kissing me hungrily on the lips. He smells freshly showered and spicy and tastes like minty like his toothpaste.
I squint my eyes at him, taking the plain white box with a big red bow and ribbon from his hands. After agreeing for him to pick out my Halloween costume, he’s been like a little boy at a candy store. I catch the smirk on his lips and the glimmer in his eye when I hold it in front of me.
“What’s wrong?” He asks with a laugh.
“I’m just worried about what’s in this box.”
“Don’t be. Trust me. You’ll love it as much as I do.”
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