Taking Tessa

by Aria Cole

  Cage's fingers gathered the liquid leaking from my body and pushed two slow fingers deep inside me. "I want you walking around with me inside you every day. I like seeing what's mine on you. And maybe if we're lucky, I'll get something else of mine inside you."

  His words hung between us.

  "You want a baby?" I said the words running through my head.

  "Damn right I want a baby, and I want it with you. I want everything with you, Tessa. Haven't I made that clear yet?" His words sent my heart into somersaults.

  Cage West was my forever.

  8

  Cage

  Now that I've had her I'm not letting her go. She's in my bed, she's in my life, she's mine. Hard stop, end of, period. "Let's go up to bed."

  Tessa mewled like a sleepy little kitten in my arms and made me feel like the luckiest damn man on earth. My dick still soaked with our release, my heart fuller than it'd ever been, I stood with her in my capable arms and carried her into the house and up the stairs, safe and sound to my bedroom.

  I grinned when I tucked her into my bed, her content smile peeking her cheeks before she curled into my arm and promptly fell asleep.

  There was something so beautiful and innocent about her, something that awakened some dark beast inside of me that wanted to only provide and protect my woman. Some primal mentality I couldn't bother understanding, because I didn't care. I had her. Life finally made sense. I was here for her. She was what mattered.

  Taking Tessa tonight was the greatest moment of my life, and I planned on having many more now that I'd found her.

  When she'd said she'd been waiting for me, it was like my world had shifted, everything coming into focus—she was my reason for living. Saving Tessa, protecting Tessa, loving Tessa was my reason for existing.

  Thoughts quickly raced through my mind as I thought about what to do next. I wasn't a man who loved simply or quietly. I'd always known that when I'd find the one, it'd feel like the world would cease to exist without her. I needed to show her and the rest of the world that she was mine, and messing with her meant messing with me. I had plans for Tessa, and I was going to spill sooner rather than later.

  I danced a fingertip across her delicate cheekbone and into her silky hair. She was an angel in my life, and I vowed to give her all the love and care she deserved.

  We had a lot to work through in the short term, but in the long term there was so much ahead for Tessa and me. We would have a future brighter than either of us could imagine.

  The following morning, after I'd woken her with another orgasm and sunk myself inside her warmth again, we were packing a few bags to go away for the night. I'd sprung the trip on her first thing this morning. I wanted her to have a moment of peace away from everything.

  "How far away are the mountains?"

  "We're in Idaho." I pecked her on the lips. "Not far."

  "If you have things to do, I'm okay right here. I don't want to pull you away from anything," she offered, concerned.

  "Only place I need to be right now is with you. Chief is fine without me right now." I wrapped a hand around her neck and planted a kiss on her lips. "God, it feels good to do that."

  She giggled, then scratched her fingernails across the stubble lining my jaw. "It feels good to do that."

  I laughed. "Got a beard fetish? Give me a few days and I can grow a full one."

  Her twinkling eyes lit my heart like a hopeless romantic. I never would have guessed it possible.

  "I love it just like this." She stretched on her toes and planted a kiss on my lips.

  "Mm…" I kissed her back. "Keep doing this and we may never get out there."

  "That's okay. I like it right here." She shimmied her body against mine, driving me to the brink of insanity.

  'Tessa…" I groaned, my mind warring with my needy dick. "We're going, even if I have to carry you. On second thought, that's a good idea." I swooped her into my arms, her shrieks all the encouragement I needed before we packed together and headed downstairs.

  When I opened the door to the garage, Tessa's eyes widened. "Wait, you want me to ride on that?"

  "You bet your sweet ass I do." I set her down, grinning as I walked to my bike.

  "It's beautiful." She dragged a lone finger across the sparkling black paint job.

  "Purrs like a kitten, too."

  "I had no idea you were a motorcycle man."

  "A one-motorcycle man. Took me years to restore her." I strapped the bag on the back of the bike and threw a leg over the leather seat. "Hop on, princess. Your chariot awaits."

  Her eyes sparkled with adventure as she took the hand I held out for her and slid in behind me. Nestling her sweet thighs on the outside of my own, I felt the warmth of her body crawling up my back. Damn if this wasn't going to be the best ride I'd taken on this bike yet.

  "Ready, babe?"

  "Oh yeah." Tessa's arms tightened around my waist, and a hopeless grin split my cheeks. She had fire in her and I loved that. I loved a lot of things about her, and the best part was I didn't have to hide it anymore. I could touch her and kiss her and love her as much as I wanted, and I certainly looked forward to doing just that for the next two days.

  I turned to Tessa and placed a helmet on top of her head and secured it. She smiled at me, making my heart feel fuller than ever. I hit the button on the garage and the door eased open. I held in the clutch and fired up the engine.

  "Wow," Tessa exclaimed, nestling in further. "I think I like this."

  "Sounds good, right?"

  "You didn't lie when you said purrs. I can feel the hum vibrating…everywhere."

  A laugh bellowed from my stomach. I reached for her thigh and gave her a quick squeeze. "Enjoy the ride, beautiful."

  With the road spread out a hundred miles in front of us and the city limits lost in the distance behind us, Tessa and I rode north. The wind whipped her hair behind her, and her arms were locked at my waist. I loved the reassurance of her body against mine, pressed so closely we might as well be one. Riding a bike is intimate, the engine alive beneath you, causing every nerve to pop and hum with adrenaline. The thought came to mind that soon I’d have to teach her to drive, take her to get a license, eventually even get her a car. I’d take her shopping for anything she wanted, as long as it was safe. No hot rods for her. Maybe a van, I heard those had a great crash test rating.

  "This is incredible," she murmured in my ear at one point when we'd slowed down for a stop in yet another one-stoplight town.

  "I had a feeling you'd be a fan." I snuck a kiss before we took off again, our destination now drawing closer as we sped on. We climbed higher into the mountains, the highway melting to two lanes, then trickling down to a one-car-width drive through the trees.

  "Where exactly are we going again?" Tessa asked from behind as we slowed again.

  "Our home away from home."

  "Our what?" She struggled to hear as we turned a curve and my small A-frame came into view.

  "Welcome to the cottage."

  "This is your place?" she asked, her mouth hanging open with shock when I crept the bike to a stop. She stepped off and pulled the helmet off her head, her long hair swaying in the wind.

  "It's been in my family for generations. My grandfather built it with his own hands.” I cut the engine and stepped off the bike, then I gently wrapped her up in my arms and, much like she was delicate china, I removed her from the bike.

  "Really?” Her eyes danced down to the rushing river at the edge of the yard and back to me. "There's a river?"

  "There sure is." I pulled her into a quick hug and pressed a kiss to her temple. "Just glad I can share it with you."

  "All of this is just…wow. You never fail to shock me, Cage West."

  "And you never fail to turn me into the sappiest man that ever walked this earth. I don't know what you did with my balls, but I sure as shit don't have them anymore," I teased her, just to see her eyes crinkle adorably when she laughed.

  "I beg to disag
ree after last night. And this morning." She winked, then wiggled out of my embrace and charged for the house. "Show me your place!" she called, lifting her cotton shirt above her head and tossing it into the grass.

  "Tessa!" I yelled, charging up the porch after her, desperate to get my hands on her after feeling her sexy thighs hugging my waist the whole trip up. She burst into a fit of giggles when I caught her at the front door, caging her with my arms above her body and dipping my head to catch her lips in a fevered kiss.

  "I want you again," she confessed in my ear, dragging her teeth across the shell of my ear.

  "Those are the words to my heart," I breathed, running my palms up her torso and fitting her beautiful tits in my palms, ducking to nip at the flesh. I pulled the fabric of her bra cup down and sucked at the sweet little nipple that popped out. Feeling it lengthening under my hot tongue, I tugged at it with my teeth, then kissed it sweetly and turned to her other breast.

  Her dainty little fingers traced patterns across my scalp as I grasped and unbuttoned the waistband of her shorts and pulled them down her legs, discarding them at her feet. With a frustrated huff, I yanked at the cotton of her panties and tore the fabric covering what was mine. "No more panties. I'm throwing out every pair you own as soon as we get home."

  She sighed, her lips attaching to mine as her tongue tangled with mine, her taste sending shockwaves of pent-up lust rocketing through me. Pulling my zipper down, I pushed my jeans down my hips to reveal my throbbing cock to the cool air. I grasped at her thighs and hitched her legs around my waist. Angling her back against the door, I teased at her entrance while I nipped at her lips. "Sure you want me?"

  "Yes," she gasped, her eyes closed and head back.

  "You look mighty desperate for me." I inched my cock into her entrance, taking my time, enjoying the view.

  "I am. I'm so desperate."

  "That's my little lamb." I palmed one of her full tits, loving the feel of her sweet flesh under my hands. "Can't even get you across the threshold before I need you again. You call to me, Tessa. I need you. I fucking love starting my day with you." I kissed her as I sank into her further. "Ending it with you." Another kiss. "You drive me crazy."

  "Cage…" She groaned as her nails clawed into my back, her hips moving as if she was trying to crawl her way inside my body. "Fuck me, Cage. God, please, I need you."

  "Couldn't say no if I tried," I muttered, sucking at the hollow of her neck before pressing my cock as far into her as it would go. Feeling the rigid bundle of nerves buried deep in her body, I pumped and sucked and lost my mind as we made love against the front door of my place. "A hundred years’ worth of mornings waking up to you and nights sinking into you won't be enough, Tessa. Whenever we're not connected, I want you. Need you like oxygen."

  Her teeth clamped down on her bottom lip then, her fingers pulling at the threads of my hair as her knees shook and her muscles twisted with exquisite torture around me. "That's it, beautiful. Love seeing you lose control."

  I captured her lips in a passionate kiss, my own release building at the base of my spine. She snaked one glorious little hand between us and clutched at the base of my pulsing cock. With that simple squeeze of her fingers, my cock jerked and burst, spilling my seed deep inside her beautiful pussy.

  Thoughts of burying myself inside her and planting my claim overwhelmed me. Seeing her growing round with my baby, losing myself in her every night and waking up to her kisses in the morning sent my mind rocketing off with waves of earth-shattering endorphins. With pleasure still pulsing through every vein, I slowly eased my cock out of her, feeling the drops of my cum land down her thighs, I swiped at the creamy liquid, then thrust two fingers deep inside her, smiling as I swirled them around inside her tight body. "Just for good measure."

  Tessa's smile split before she cast her eyes away, a flush burning up her chest and cheeks.

  "That shade of pink looks beautiful on you." I dragged a fingertip through the crimson heating her cleavage. "I like seeing how I affect you." I placed a kiss beneath her ear and enjoyed the shudder that rushed through her. "Now can I show you around? You practically jumped me before I had the chance."

  "And here I thought you appreciated being jumped on." Her laugh was contagious.

  "Only by you." One cocky corner of my lips twisted before I pulled the keys out of my pocket and unlocked the door, curling an arm around her and walking her backward into the house. "I'm hoping for an encore."

  I swallowed her giggle with my mouth, making sure not a drop of my love for her was going to waste by sinking inside her again. I couldn't get enough of Tessa, and I was the luckiest bastard on earth because it seemed she couldn't get enough of me either.

  9

  Tessa

  "Up for a little fishin' in the dark?" Cage entered my vision, tackle box and fishing pole in hand.

  I crossed my arms with a smile. "You wanna go fishin'?"

  "Not fishin'. Fishin' in the dark. Totally different thing." He dove in for a peck on my lips before pulling away and nodding towards the stream running along the backyard.

  "So if we're not here to catch fish, what are we here for?" I asked as we approached the dark water, lit with strips of moonlight. Cage bent on one knee, and the image of him proposing someday just like that flashed through me.

  My heart thrummed at the thought, and I wondered what I would say. Yes. A thousand times yes. I knew it down to the depths of my heart. I knew we were rushing into this, I knew my life had done a complete one-eighty in under a week, but Cage made me feel the best I'd ever felt—not just as a woman, but as an equal.

  "Got something on your mind, beautiful?" Cage's devastating, cocky side grin was visible as he peered up at me and threaded line through his pole. He knew exactly what I was thinking.

  "I was thinking I kind of like you down on one knee." I could feel the flame on my cheeks, but the way his smile deepened made all the embarrassment worth it.

  "Can't say I mind it myself." His eyes flashed, and he licked his lips as his eyes burned up and down my body, consuming me with his gaze like a fast-moving forest fire. My thighs shifted as I suddenly wished we would skip the fishing altogether and head back into that house to get naked.

  Cage stood then, his smile still consuming my body with flames. He cast the line out into the water, letting the weight sink as the bobber hung on top of the current before propping it against a large rock and turning to me. "Now we wait."

  His hands smoothed up my torso, catching my face in his hands before he kissed me, pulling me down onto the ground with him. My thighs spread instantly, his hips nestling comfortably as his thick cock pressed against the seam of my pussy.

  "What if…the pole…?"

  "Told you, fishin' in the dark isn't about the fishin'."

  "Cage…” I pressed my hands into his hair, arching as his hands pulled down my jean shorts and his fingers sank into my hot pussy. I sighed, feeling at home with his palms on me, his lips caressing my skin and lighting every nerve into an inferno of wild, raging need.

  "Oh God."

  "Mm?" he hummed, his lips attaching to the faint outline of my nipple through my cotton shirt. I groaned, eyes rolling back in my head as he sucked with enough pressure to make my clit buzz with bolts of lightning.

  "God, Cage…"

  "Fucking sing for me, sweetheart."

  "Cage…Cage…" My nails dug in as he sheathed himself in my needy body. Every sensitive nerve ending in my body buzzed with one thousand different sensations as he thrust and groaned with pleasure.

  "Can't wait to make you my wife, Tessa. I know that's what you were thinking back there. I could see it in those pretty eyes of yours." His lips were against mine, plunging and humming in equal part. "It's coming sooner than you expect, baby. I can promise you that."

  While Cage consumed me with his body, he made love to me with his words, sending my orgasm washing through me in slow, strong waves that curled my toes. In all the orgasms he'd given me thus far,
none had been like that. So pregnant with passion, love, and raw emotion.

  "I love you, Cage," I whispered against his lips as my orgasm loosened every muscle in my body.

  "What I've got for you is so much more than love, Tessa. It's my whole existence. I'll love you as long as there's breath left in me." His body went rigid then, his thrusts turning short as he came in hot, pulsing jets deep inside me. The warmth of our skin melding, our bodies joining sent happy tears floating behind my eyelids. He was the man for me. From this day until our last.

  "I'm so glad you took me fishing." I sighed, his body weight comfortable and safe against my own. I loved feeling him pressed against me. Our love felt impenetrable, his strength steadfast and sure.

  "It's not ’bout the fishin'. It's about finding another reason to be alone with you, to touch you, to love you." Pressing his lips against mine, he pulled out of me, the slow drag of his cock sending delicious waves of pleasure through me. "You look good with my cock in you."

  I sighed, feeling like I was luckier than I deserved. "I feel good with your cock in me."

  "God, little lamb. You just signed your life away to me. How am I going to get a thing done if all I'm thinkin' ’bout is gettin' inside you again?"

  I smiled, tracing my fingers across the sharp line of his shoulder, admiring the stretch and pull of his muscles. "I hope you never get sick of me."

  "I could never get sick of you." Cage curled me up in his arms, our forms tangled in the grass. I gnawed on my bottom lip, thoughts weighing me down again. "Tell me what's running through that head of yours."

  "I'm thinking there's so much I want to do and so little time."

  "You've got all the time in the world, sweetheart."

  "I'd like to enroll for classes."

  "What do you want to go to school for?" I could hear the concern bleeding through in his voice. No one had ever listened so attentively or cared so deeply about my wishes before.