More Than Friends: Brad

by Marie Rochelle

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  “What do you think about Brad bringing Alicia to dinner tonight?” Zack asked Traci as he walked around their bedroom and got ready for bed. “I was very surprised to see her, but I didn’t say anything because I could see how pleased Brad was to have her there.”

  “I thought it was about time. I love Brad to death and I want to see him with a wife and children. I hope Alicia realizes what a wonderful guy she has in your brother.”

  Taking off his shirt, Zack tossed it into the hamper near the bedroom door for the cleaners pick up tomorrow. “You think Alicia is the woman for my baby brother?” Zack asked.

  “Sweetheart, it doesn’t matter what either one of us thinks, but yes I do think Alicia is the one for Brad. Brad is a protector and Alicia looks like she needs taking care of for some odd reason.”

  “I don’t care what Alicia needs. I’m concerned about my brother.”

  “Zack, you have to realize that Brad isn’t a little boy anymore. He’s an adult and doesn’t need you holding his hand. I honestly believe that Alicia has feelings for him. Did you see how she looked at him after his announcement? Without a doubt, that was the look of a woman falling hard for a man.”

  Zack finished getting undressed and pulled a pair of pajamas out of the top drawer of the dresser. He yanked them on and then joined Traci on the bed.

  “Lee wouldn’t agree with you,” Zack said as he tugged Traci against his bare chest.

  “Honey, I love Lee but he needs to stay out of it. Would you have dumped me if he had told you too? We were having a lot of problems before we finally made up and got married.”

  “Hell...no! I wouldn’t have given you up for anything in the world.” Zack told her.

  “Brad feels the same way. He’s in love with Alicia and I truly believe they have a future together.”

  Flipping them over, Zack pressed her back against the bed. “You know what? I’m tired of talking about Brad and Alicia. I’d rather be doing something else a whole lot more fun,” Zack whispered by his wife’s mouth.

  “Like what?”

  “Working on baby number two. Carter is almost three years old, so it will be a perfect time for us to start getting busy on a daughter How about it Mrs. Drace?”

  Traci grinned at her husband as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “I think that I might be persuaded to make a new addition to our family,” she answered right before her sexy husband kissed her.

  Chapter Eighteen

  “I really should be mad at you,” Alicia scolded, walking into her house with Brad behind her. She was still a little taken back by how well everything turned out at dinner tonight.

  “You should but you aren’t, “Brad said, closing the front door and then locking it behind them. “I think tonight turned out pretty damn good with Lee. He actually apologized for his behavior towards you and even acted like he might try to give you a chance. Plus, Tiffany called and told you that you didn’t have to come in after all of the late night news. How can your night be any better?”

  “I know and I’m thrilled about it,” Alicia admitted. “I also agree that Lee’s gesture did take me back a little. I’m not sure how long it will last, so I’ll take it while I can get it.”

  Brad looked at her intently, then strode across the room until he was standing right in front of her. “Do you know how gorgeous you look tonight in this pink dress? I had the hardest time participating at dinner because all I was thinking about was what you were wearing underneath.”

  Alicia shivered at Brad’s confession. How could he do that? Talk about something not that important one minute and then in the next second be turning her on with his words. Well, she could play this game too.

  “How about I show you?”

  His dark blue eyes flashed a gentle but firm warning before Brad’s hand reached out wrapping around her upper arms. “Alicia, don’t play with me. I’m trying to be a gentleman and not rush into dragging you off to bed, but if you keep offering me gifts like you just did, I won’t be responsible for my actions.”

  Alicia paused wondering if she was ready to make love with Brad and the answer was yes! She had been thinking about it ever since he left her alone in the living room. She was tired of unfulfilled fantasies. She was slowly going crazy to have the real thing...Brad.

  “I’m not playing or teasing you. I want you, Brad.” Her breath caught in her lungs as Brad’s hand skimmed down her sides coming around to cup her ass.

  “Damn baby. You have to be one hundred percent sure because once I make you mine I won’t ever give you up.”

  Alicia wanted to be mad at Brad for being so dominating, but she couldn’t. Hearing how he wanted to take control was a turn on and she wanted to see how well he could do it.

  Moving her head to the side, Brad slowly nibbled at her earlobe before sucking it into his warm, wet mouth.

  “What are you doing?” she moaned, softly.

  He leaned back, looking deeply into her eyes and as much as she wanted to she couldn’t pull her eyes away from his.

  “Showing you who you belong to,” Brad told her.

  Chapter Nineteen

  This is what he had been waiting years for. He watched as all of his brothers fell in love and got married. Now was his chance to get his dream and he wasn’t about to blow it.

  “Do you want me to show you who you belong to?” Brad asked as he jerked Alicia’s hips against his. He watched her big brown eyes grow wider as his already hard erection grew thicker and longer against her stomach.

  “Brad.”

  He cupped her face in the palm of his hand and slid his fingers through her hair. “Yes Brad.”

  Brad loved how his name sounded coming off her soft lips. He didn’t give Alicia a chance to answer him instead he fitted his mouth against hers swallowing her soft moans. Sweeping the inside of her mouth with his tongue, Brad tasted a hint of the red wine that Alicia had with her food at dinner. He savored the perfection of her.

  All the tastes that made Alicia such a huge part of his soul were strong and pulling at his heart strings. This was the woman he was meant to be with, the woman who was created for him and only him—his wife.

  Alicia didn’t move as he learned the texture of her mouth. Sure, he had kissed Alicia before but to him everything was like the first time. It was like he was constantly imprinting the taste of her into him.

  She whimpered and if it was possible his cock got even harder. Brad dragged his mouth away, fighting the need to undress her and make love to Alicia right where they stood. He had to give her one last chance to change her mind. He would give her that and if she didn’t turn him down, he was going to make love to her until Alicia finally realized that she was his.

  “Baby, this is your last chance to tell me no. I’ve been waiting for this for so long, but I will stop now if you need me.”

  Alicia’s eyes roamed over his face with a spark of some indefinable emotion in them. From the look, Brad was concerned what her answer might be. Had he just ruined his chances at finally getting the opportunity to make love to Alicia by being a gentleman?

  “I want you, Brad. I want you so bad that I have been dreaming about it at work,” Alicia confessed, sliding her hands through his hair.

  With Alicia’s confession, his heart skipped a beat and then kicked into overdrive. He had been in a state of semi-arousal all during dinner at Lee’s house, but he couldn’t act on it because there were too many people around, but now that they were alone he couldn’t wait until he undressed her and got a look at her body laid out on her bed.

  He wondered if she knew how badly his body ached for her. How at work he couldn’t think about clients or listen to Lee during his meetings. All his thoughts were consumed with her and how much he wanted her in his bed but most importantly his life.

  “Sweetheart, you’re going to get me and so much more,” Brad promised as he lifted her up into his arms. “Where’s your bedroom?” This would be the last time he would have to ask that
question because he planned on spending most nights there with Alicia.

  “It’s upstairs. The first door on the right,” Alicia told him wrapping her arms around his neck.

  Brad planted a soft kiss on Alicia’s smooth full lips as he hurried up the steps to her bedroom. He walked through the door and laid her down on the bedspread. He was too lost in being with Alicia to even care about the color or the design of it. Later on after he had gotten his fill then he would pay more attention to his surroundings.

  “Damn, you’re so hot,” he murmured as the moonlight came through the open window and shone down on Alicia giving her body a perfect glow only for him.

  Seconds later, his fingers untied the slash from around Alicia’s waist and he moved the silky fabric away from her body. His breath hitched in the back of his throat as his eyes landed on the leopard bra and panties that stood out perfectly against her creamy brown skin that reminded him of melted chocolate. The kind of chocolate most people used for chocolate covered strawberries.

  Reaching out he palmed one of her breasts in his hand, leaned down and then stroked his tongue over the raised nipple before drawing it along with the bra into his mouth.

  “God, that feels so good. Please don’t stop,” Alicia begged as she held his head to her breasts.

  Brad worked at the breast in his mouth a few more minutes and then released it. Alicia cried out.

  “I’m not going anywhere,” he promised as his fingers worked at the front snaps on her bra. “I just want this gone, so I can taste you better.”

  Once the bra was undone, Brad got off the bed pulling Alicia with him. “Take off the rest of your clothing,” he demanded, taking a step back. “I’ve had too many sleepless nights dreaming about your naked body or waking up with my cock so hard that I thought I would go out of my mind. Now that I have you here I’m not missing the thrill of watching you get completely nude.”

  “I don’t know,” Alicia whispered, staring up at him.

  Brad liked that Alicia was nervous about stripping for him. It meant that she hadn’t done it that often with Max. He wanted to do everything with Alicia that Max had never done before.

  “Come on...baby. You can do it. Show me this beautiful body that you’re offering me tonight”...and for the rest of our lives.

  Brad didn’t voice the last of his thoughts, but kept them to himself. He wasn’t sure if Alicia was ready to hear the words that he knew were true.

  Chapter Twenty

  Brad growled when Alicia slowly slipped the dress from her shoulders and it fell to her feet into a silky pool. His cock jerked when the bra followed and then she pushed the barely there underwear down her hips and over her legs until the sexy material stopped at her feet and Alicia kicked them away.

  Standing back up, Alicia tried to cover up her breasts with her hands, but he brushed them away.

  “Don’t do that. I want to look at you. I need to see you.”

  He’d wanted this moment for such long that he wasn’t about to rush it away. He had seen his share of naked women and up until now he thought all of them had perfect bodies, but he had been wrong. Alicia’s body was the most desirable and perfect one he had ever laid eyes on.

  Brad ran his hands over her curvy little body, tight ass and firm thighs. He liked that Alicia was built like a woman and not a girl. Bending his head, he licked her mouth because it had been too long since he had tasted her.

  Slowly, he raked his tongue along her full top lip, nibbled at it and then sucked it into his mouth. Alicia’s brushed her breasts against his chest as low purring sounds came from the back of her throat.

  Masculine ego kicked in that he was the man causing this reaction in her.

  “Alicia, I know that I’ve said this before, but I love kissing you. You taste so good. I could make a meal out of your mouth,” he whispered huskily against her moist swollen lips.

  The urge to toss Alicia back on the bed and thrust into her grew even more when she licked her lips and her eyes grew even darker with passion.

  Shit! He loved this woman and he was about to prove it to her, but there was one thing wrong. As much as he was getting pleasure from learning Alicia’s body, he didn’t want to be the only one doing the touching.

  He wanted--no craved-- to feel her small hands on his body. So, he finally voiced what his mind had been thinking.

  “Undress me.”

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Alicia blinked at him like she was clearing her head from a deep fog. Her eyebrows shot up to her hairline like she couldn’t quite believe what he just asked her.

  “You want me to undress you?” she asked, touching his chest.

  “Yes.”

  “Are you sure?”

  “Baby, I haven’t ever been more sure of anything in my life.” He was tired of talking and wanted more action.

  Standing on her tiptoes, Alicia eased her hands under his suit jacket and then slipped it off his shoulders. He didn’t even pay attention to it hitting the floor. All he could think about was how good it felt to finally have Alicia’s hands on his body.

  Alicia nibbled her bottom lip as she slowly slipped the buttons out of his shirt. His dick thumped when the shirt was open and her soft hands were pressed against his warm chest.

  “Oh God, you feel so good,” Alicia whispered as she ran her hands across his chest. Her fingers made their way over to his nipples and she played with them for a few minutes before leaning closer and licking them with her moist tongue.

  The control Brad was desperately trying to hold on to snapped at that moment and he knew that he wouldn’t be able to get it back. Not after feeling how fucking amazing Alicia’s tongue was on his body.

  “Enough!” he growled. Picking her up, he tossed Alicia back on the bed and stripped out of his remaining clothing in record time.

  He wanted to make his first time with Alicia something to remember for both of them, but his patience was gone. He had to get inside of his woman before he lost his mind.

  “I’ve wanted this and you for such a long time that it seemed like an eternity,” he admitted, his voice filled with need.

  Brad lowered his body back on the bed covering Alicia’s smoother one. He swallowed down a moan as he felt his naked body touch hers.

  Her bare firm breasts pressed so perfectly into his chest and Brad recalled how he would watch them bounce so nicely under her tight tennis outfit while he was giving her lessons. After countless weeks and months of dreaming about what Alicia would taste like, how her sexy curvy body might fit against his...it was happening.

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  Alicia subconsciously rubbed her breasts against Brad’s smooth hard chest. Her body was on fire and she was trying to find a way to ease the ache. Why had she been so blind by a man who wasn’t for her when the perfect man had been in front of her all along?

  She sucked in a breath when Brad’s knee slipped between her thighs. Seconds later, one of his long calloused fingers worked its way into her body.

  “Oh God,” she cried out in pleasure as Brad hot warm tongue licked at her neck and another finger worked its way into her wetness.

  “That’s right, baby, scream for me,” Brad encouraged against her neck. “Tell me how much you’re enjoying this.”

  “I’m loving this. You’re making me wild,” Alicia whimpered as her body twisted around on the cool sheets that were trying to stick to her damp skin.

  “Impatient?” Brad taunted as he slowly slipped his fingers out of Alicia’s tight body. She had been driving him crazy for so long, so it was only far that he had a little fun with his woman.

  “Yes...please stop teasing me.”

  Oh, he planned on teasing her a little longer. Not much because his control was about to snap, but he had to show Alicia who was in control.

  Moving his mouth away from Alicia’s neck, Brad placed it over her nipple sucking it into his mouth. Alicia’s body jerked up so quickly off the bed that she almost knocked him off of her, so he placed his
hand against her hip to hold her into place and he continued to love her smooth delectable body. He licked at the valley between her breasts before covering Alicia’s squirming body with his

  Brad wanted Alicia to such a point that he thought he was going to lose his mind from it. Easing his hands to her thighs, he spread them apart even further so the tip of his cock could brush against her.

  He watched as Alicia’s eyes grew even darker as pleasure slowly took over her body.

  Her eyebrows rose as he slipped an inch of his erection inside of her. He silently prayed that she wouldn’t stop him and tell him to put on a condom. He wanted to have her with nothing between them at all because the heat of her was driving him crazy.

  As he was about to work at making his ultimate dream come true, Alicia’s hand slammed against his shoulder stopping him.

  “Condoms.”

  Shit! He had forgotten all about those damn things. It had been such a long time since he’d needed them that a whole box sat unopened in his medicine cabinet at home.

  No. This couldn’t be happening to him. He would make Alicia understand that she could make love to him without protection because he was disease free and he’d definitely take care of her if she got pregnant.

  “Baby, I’m safe,” Brad said, taking Alicia’s soft hand off his chest placing it back on the bed.

  Doubt clouded her dark captivating eyes. “How can I be so sure?”

  “I haven’t thought about being with another woman since I learned your name,” he answered, honestly. He only had the need to be with one woman and that woman was Alicia. How could he ever think about sleeping with second best when he wanted perfection sleeping next to him in bed? “Do you trust me?”