Falling Sweetly (Starling Falls #2)

by Aidan Willows

  I shook my head and started the engine. “Is there a reason why you’re starting to sound like you belong in a Shakespeare play?”

  She looked very thoughtful. “I do not know. Tis most puzzling. However, I believe it is better than sounding like Yoda.”

  * * * * *

  “Baby, you stay in the car, okay? I’ll go get your snacks,” I said through the cracked open window when we finally got to a gas station.

  “Okay,” she replied as she got out of the car, slamming the door behind her, and headed towards the convenience store.

  For fuck’s sake.

  “Annika, come back!” I called after her, willing the gas pump to hurry up.

  She waved her hand dismissively at me and strolled into the store. Finally having filled the tank I rushed in after her, to find her with 5 different bags of chips and a hand filled with candy bars.

  “Jake!” she said happily as if surprised to see me there. “I have found the snacks. But it would appear I need more hands than I have. How useful would it be to have three or four hands...” Niki looked off dreamily, and I shook my head, picking up a couple of bottles of water as Niki dumped her armful of food onto the checkout.

  Before the man could bag the Cheetos, she had snatched up a bag and ripped it open groaning happily. “Delicious!”

  The young attendant smiled at her knowingly, and I was about to pull her away when a slender, red haired man in skinny jeans, a fitted shirt and bowtie, browsing by the magazines, caught my eye.

  “Oh fuck,” I muttered wondering what I could have done to piss off the universe so badly.

  “What is it, Jake?” Niki asked looking in the same direction as me. “Do you know that man?”

  “Only met him a couple of times. That’s Scottie McKenzie.”

  I was about to pay the attendant and get the hell out of the store when Niki gasped dramatically. “Oh, right, the mean food critic guy.” Her expression changed, and she stormed over to him. “Hey you! Yeah you!”

  “Can I help you?” the man said in a light Scottish accent, looking up from the magazine in his hand.

  “Aww, your accent is so cute,” Niki cooed at the man before shaking her head. “No, focus, Annika, don’t be distracted but cute bowties and accents,” she muttered to herself and glared at the man. “I’m so mad at you!”

  The man’s green eyes widened as he stared at her bewildered. “And why exactly are you mad at me?”

  “You trashed my boyfriend!”

  “I trash a lot of people. Who’s your boyfriend?”

  “Jake Jameson! He use to work at Marco’s in Starling Falls, and he is amazing.” She stopped to pop a few more Cheetos in her mouth.

  “Your review was unfair. He wasn’t even the one cooking for you, you… meanie! You see there’s this really horrible guy named Dillon, and he fucked up all the dishes on purpose and left to work for Marco’s competition, and it was awful.”

  I walked over to where they stood and tried to pull her away. “Niki, leave the man alone.”

  “No! He needs to know that he was wrong! Jake is amazing and talented and you, you…” she seemed to struggle to find a curse word, “turd face, have no idea how good he is, because you never gave him a second chance. And I’m not just saying that cos I’m sleeping with him.”

  She turned back to me, tiptoed and kissed my cheek. “Though the sex is amazing, baby.”

  Good to know.

  Niki stopped again to shove a handful of orange crap in her mouth, and groaned in pleasure. “So GOOD!” She licked Cheeto dust off her fingers before offering the bag to Scottie, who shook his head in refusal, looking understandably bewildered at being accosted by a small woman who looked like she wouldn’t say boo to a goose.

  Niki shrugged at his rejection and kept talking with her mouth full.

  “He’s opening his own restaurant. It’s none of your fancy fine-dining nonsense, but if you if want to taste real food that makes your soul smile, you should come check it out. Jake! Give him the address so he can come.”

  When I wordlessly shook my head at her, she rolled her eyes and walked back to the cashier dragging Scottie with her, and reached across the counter to take a Sharpie lying next to the cashier’s crossword puzzle.

  She turned Scottie’s hand so it was facing palm up, and I watched in horror as she began to write the address of The Saloon along his forearm.

  “Oh shit. Niki, stop! I’m so sorry, man.” I tried to pull her away again, but as I was rapidly discovering, Niki when high was surprisingly strong.

  “Don’t miss out. You’ll regret it. We’re opening next Sunday. Don’t be a party pooper. Make sure you turn up, okay? It’ll be fun!” She grinned at Scottie, tossed the pen back to the stunned cashier, waved at both of them and left the gas station to make her way back to the car.

  We all stared after her while she walked back to the car, her full hips swaying and her arms filled with bags of various junk food.

  “Is she…” Scottie started to ask.

  “High as a kite?” I finished the sentence for him. “Yep. So…that happened. Anyway, I just wanted to say sorry again about what happened at Marco’s… and sorry about my girlfriend writing on you.

  “No hard feelings about the review. In a way it worked out for the best, because now I’m doing what I want to do.”

  I held out a hand and he shook it warily. “I usually get punches to the face, not handshakes from the people I give bad reviews to.”

  “Nothing you said wasn’t true, man. Anyway have a nice day, and sorry again about the…” I gestured toward the black ink on his arm. “I’m pretty sure that should just wash off.”

  I paid quickly for the gas and food, nodded my thanks to the cashier before hurrying towards the car where Niki was blaring music from the radio and changing the channels rapidly.

  Fuck me. This is going to be one long ride.

  * * * * *

  A light drizzle had started to fall by the time we reached the cabin, and the heavy thunder clouds in the distance ruled out the possibility of going for a hike anytime soon.

  I parked in front of the cabin and frowned as we got out of the car.

  “It doesn’t quite look like the picture, does it?” Niki observed as she bit into a Twinkie.

  “No, it certainly does not.”

  What should have been a rustic yet romantic cabin, looked more like an abandoned cabin from a horror movie. All that was missing from the setting were some horny teenagers making poor life choices and a serial killer with a hook for a hand.

  We walked up the path to the cabin, and I found the key under the mat where the person we were renting it from said it would be.

  The door creaked open and we wandered into cabin which looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in the last couple of years.

  There was a thick layer of dust over all the appliances and rusty spring sticking out of the couch.

  Niki walked into the kitchen area to turn on a tap, and rust coloured water came out in erratic bursts.

  “Well, that doesn’t look safe,” I said making a face.

  A diseased looking bed was against the corner of the room. As I walked over to it, I saw several unpleasant looking stains that had me recoiling in disgust.

  “Maybe the hot tub will be okay?” Niki suggested hopefully, as we went out the front door and walked around the wrap around porch to the back of the property.

  I pulled back the cover of the hot tub, and Niki let out a gasp as a frog jumped out and hopped away. There was layer of leaves and decaying mulch floating on the top of tub.

  Niki and I exchanged a horrified glance. “Home?” she suggested.

  I nodded, and pulled the cover back over the hot tub. “Home.”

  CHAPTER 29

  Jacob

  I took the keys from Niki and opened the door. “I’m starving. Let’s go scrounge in the fridge for something to eat. Pretty sure that chocolate cake we were testing is still in there.”

  We headed t
o the fridge and began pulling out various ingredients, and hastily made some leftover chicken filled sandwiches, which we devoured while standing at the counter.

  “I’m sorry you’re birthday present got screwed up, baby. I promised you a romantic getaway not a stay at the cabin of horrors.”

  Niki shook her head as she finished her sandwich. “It’s the thought that counts. With our track record, if the cabin had been liveable, I would have been surprised.

  And the road trip up there was pretty fun. Can’t say that I want to repeat that experience again anytime soon. Getting the munchies sucked.”

  I chuckled as I opened a bottle of water and slid it across to her before going back into the fridge and coming out with a rich chocolate fudge cake.

  “You got any room for dessert?”

  “Always.”

  Niki pulled out a couple of plates from the cupboard and cut us each a generous slice.

  She moaned around the mouthful of cake, and the sound went sent straight to my cock.

  “Jake, it’s so good. I think it needs a sauce or something with it though.” She held out a forkful of the cake for me to try.

  I moved to stand behind her, my arms wrapped around her waist. I pressed my hard cock against her.

  “Let me try.” The hitch I heard in her voice made me grin as I opened my mouth for her to feed me.

  “Mmm. I think you’re right, baby. It definitely needs a sauce.”

  I spun her around to face me, dipping my head to nibble at her pouty bottom lip. When she sighed softly, I trailed hot kisses down the side of her neck.

  “I never got to tell you how much I liked this dress, gorgeous.” I told her as my hands drifted down to the hem of the skirt.

  I pulled the dress over Niki’s head, and stripped her of her underwear before she had a chance to protest.

  Picking her up, I placed her naked body on the counter of the kitchen.

  Beautiful brown eyes widened as I went to the fridge and pulled out two bottles filled with caramel and dark chocolate sauces.

  “Jake, what are you doing?” she asked breathily.

  I threw a wicked grin her way as I picked up one of the bottles and drizzled the contents over her chest, “I’m going to find out which sauce I prefer.”

  “Oh, okay. Sounds like a good plan.” Her laugh turned into a moan as my mouth enclosed a firm nipple. “Oh God. Jake.”

  Cupping the soft, warm flesh, I gathered some of the caramel sauce onto my tongue, before kissing her deeply. I pulled away and chuckled as I watched her lick her lips.

  “What do you think of that one, Niki?” I whispered in her ear, as I trailed a finger through her wet folds and lightly teased her clit.

  “It’s good.” she sighed happily, her eyes closed, “So. Good.”

  Her hips bucked up to meet my fingers, “Hm. We have another one to try.” I reminded her as I licked the remaining caramel off her skin.

  She let out a cute, frustrated growl as my hand left her pussy, “Jake!”

  “Easy, gorgeous.” I pressed a chaste kiss to her lips, while one hand reached for the bottle of chocolate sauce.

  I took my time making a pattern across her breasts and ribs, which earned me a mean little glare from my disgruntled girlfriend.

  “Jake, stop teasing!”

  I poured more over her tummy and onto her mound. She gasped and groaned as I licked as deeply as I could into her dripping slit, before suckling on her clit as I slipped a finger into her tight pussy.

  “But you’re so cute when you’re frustrated.” My teasing earned me another little growl from Niki.

  Chuckling against her heated skin, I pressed a second finger in up to my knuckles and took her mouth again as my fingers found and rubbed against her g-spot.

  “Your pussy tastes so good.”

  She laughed lightly as her body tensed, “I think that’s the chocolate, Jake.”

  “You’re wrong, Niki. That’s all you.” I sucked hard on the curve of her neck as I played with a nipple, my other hand still buried in her sweet pussy. “Unbutton my jeans for me, baby. My hands are busy.”

  Her hands got busy doing what I had told her to do. She pushed the jeans down my hips to free my aching cock.

  I groaned in pleasure as her small hand wrapped around my hard cock, stroking up and down the length of the shaft. “Harder, gorgeous.” Her warm hand tightened around the base of my cock. “Fuck. That’s it.”

  “I want you,” she said her eyes fixed on me.

  I brought my mouth back to her nipple, making her body arch further off the table. “I want to watch you come on my fingers first.” My fingers rubbed harder inside her.

  “Jake. Please.” The desperate hitch in her voice made my cock even harder.

  “Come, Niki.” My mouth latched onto her clit making her body buck wildly. Satisfaction ran through me as her screaming my name echoed off the walls of the kitchen.

  “Beautiful. Every single time you come for me, you take my breath away.” I growled as I pulled her to the edge of the table and positioned my cock against her entrance.

  I pushed into her slowly, relishing her gasp. I licked the remaining chocolate from her ribs. Niki surprised me by grabbing my shirt and pulling me towards her for a kiss.

  She pulled away with a shy smile, her cheeks flushed a deep pink, “I can’t decide. They both taste so good,” she panted as I pulled out and thrust into her harder.

  “Fuck. So tight.” I groaned, “I agree. We’ll use them both. Though I think I’ve tasted it the best way possible.” I pulled out of her warm body and pushed back in harder. “I’m not using plates anymore to eat dessert whenever you’re around. Your body makes everything taste better.”

  Her legs locked around my body, her hands went to the edge of the counter to brace herself against my increasingly hard thrusts.

  She threw her head back, her eyes closed in pleasure. “Jake, I’m so close.”

  I thumbed her clit until I felt her pussy clench around my cock.

  “God yes. Again.” My thrusts grew erratic as she came on my cock while thrashing on the counter.

  Her finger trailed through a pool of chocolate I’d missed between her gorgeous breasts. I watched captivated as she brought the finger to her mouth. The sight of her slowly licking the chocolate off her finger, made my balls draw up tight and I came hard.

  I bent over her and nibbled on a chocolate covered lip. “Delicious.”

  Niki’s body was limp, and she let out a breathy laugh.

  “We’re going to have to clean this counter really well. I don’t think that was hygienic.”

  “Nothing beats kitchen sex.” I reluctantly pulled out of her warm pussy, making her whimper. The sight of my bare cock made me stiffen. “Oh shit. Baby, I forgot the condom. I’m sorry.”

  She looked at me in surprise. “Oh. I guess we kind of lost control.”

  “You’re taking this a lot better than I thought.” I said confused, as I kicked off my jeans completely.

  “I went to see the doctor last month. I’m on the pill,” she said as her arms wound around my neck. She smiled up at me serenely. “I sort of like not having a barrier between us. It felt more… intimate?”

  My thumb drew a circle on the apple of her cheek. “You know if anything were to happen...”

  “I know,” she said softly before pressing a chaste kiss on the hinge of my jaw.

  I pressed my forehead to hers. “How the hell did I get so lucky? You’re completely perfect, and you’re all mine.”

  “I feel the same way about you,” she said as her hand traced the stubble on my jaw. I noticed her shiver slightly.

  “Oh fuck, let’s get you cleaned up.”

  “I’m all sticky,” she said as I pulled her off the counter and into the warmth of my body and started to lead her out of the kitchen.

  “Umm, aren’t you forgetting something?” she asked gesturing towards the discarded clothes on the floor.

  I sucked on the spot
behind her ear that always made her moan.

  “You’re not going to need that. No point putting something on that’s going to be on the floor as soon as we get upstairs.”

  She squealed as I lifted her into my arms. “We’re headed straight to shower so I can get you ready for the next round.” I carried her out of the kitchen and towards the stairs.

  “Next round?” she asked, her eyes widening in anticipation.

  “Yep. There’s a can of whipped cream in the fridge that has your name all over it.”

  CHAPTER 30

  Annika

  A warm kiss on my throat woke me from a deep sleep.

  “Morning,” I murmured drowsily, my eyes still shut, as Jake’s hands began a slow exploration of my wonderfully achy body.

  A sweet trail of kisses along my jaw ended at my ear. “Happy Birthday, gorgeous.”

  Birthday?

  His greeting cleared some of the drowsiness from my mind. I opened my eyes and saw Jake’s warm, naked body entwined with mine on the couch.

  He repeatedly pressed slow, deep languid kisses on my mouth. Pulling away with a groan, he pressed a kiss to my jaw, then several along the length of neck, stopping to suck hard on the curve of my neck.

  “Thanks.” I wrapped my arm around his shoulders, sinking them into his hair. “How’d we get on the couch? I don’t remember much after…” The sentence trailed off as I bit my lip at the memories of last night.

  Jake smiled smugly. “After what? The shower? The kitchen counter? The rug? By the way, the coffee table is the perfect height to have you on your knees bent over it. We’re definitely doing that again.”

  My face flushed and I shoved at his shoulder. “Jake, stop!” I buried my face in his neck.

  “That’s not what you said last night,” he chuckled and I sucked in a sharp breath at the feeling of two, thick fingers sliding into me.

  “Do you want me to stop now, Niki?” he teased.

  I lifted my hips to meet his sliding fingers, moaning as he added a third. “It’s my birthday, aren’t you supposed to be nice to me?”