“You sound like Kiley now.”
“Hey, I like Kiley. I consider that a compliment.” Josh and Keith shared a smile as Josh leaned forward and placed his cup on the table. With a sigh, Josh stood to leave. “I need to get back to base. I think she’s for the most part fine, but bring her by tomorrow, let me get a more thorough look at her.”
“I will.”
Keith watched Josh leave and his thoughts turned back to the young woman lying on the bed.
He’d known her for years. He’d always thought she was a pretty, little thing. She was smart, too. So, how the hell did she get mixed up with someone like James? She should’ve known better.
With a sigh, he stood and walked over to the window. From the twentieth floor, he had a wonderful view of London all lit up with lights. Was Josh right? Was there a woman out there that could accept him as a Mercenary? That wouldn’t try to get him to quit because it was too dangerous?
He loved what he did. He also loved his single life. But would that single life become too much at some point? Would he become lonely? Sometimes he did, but most of the time he was fine with the way things were.
A soft cry came from Paula’s room, pulling Keith from his thoughts. He rushed into the room to make sure she was okay. He found her on the bed, glancing around in drunken confusion.
“Where am I?” she whispered.
The frightened look in her eyes tugged at Keith’s heart. He went forward and sat on the edge of the bed. She jumped and tried to scoot away from him.
“Hey,” he cooed as he reached out to touch her arm. “It’s okay. It’s Keith.”
She swallowed and looked in his direction, but she seemed to look through him as opposed to at him. The drug was still in her system, still affecting the way she saw things.
“Paula,” he said softly.
“I thought I heard them coming to get me,” she swallowed as a shadow passed over her eyes.
“Stay with me so I know I’m not alone.”
Keith frowned with concern but slowly climbed onto the bed. Had something happened to her there she hadn’t told him about? He would have to remember to ask her about it tomorrow.
Scooting up against her back, he gently wrapped his arm around her waist so not to hurt her ribs. Her body curled into his as she settled back down to sleep. She fit up against him perfectly, her back against his chest, her butt against his groin, his knees behind hers.
He groaned inwardly at the feel of her hips rubbing his cock as she tried to find a more comfortable position. He knew she wasn’t doing it deliberately, but he still couldn’t seem to stop his body’s reaction.
Resting his palm on the side of her hip, he held her still and whispered, “Shh. You’re safe, baby.”
She drew in a slow, deep breath and stilled. Keith let out a sigh of relief. He doubted she would appreciate waking to find his rock hard cock poking her in the ass.
* * * *
The second Scott’s tongue slipped past her lips to touch hers, Kiley groaned. She’d waited so long for this. Flashes of memory from last night ran through her mind, but Kiley pushed them aside, choosing instead to live for now. She was sober. She could feel clearly every touch, smell his musky scent, and feel the heat off his body as it hovered just above hers.
His palm slid up her side, making her squirm as he slowly moved his touch along her flesh. He cupped her breast, and she moaned, arching her back, fitting her mound more firmly into his hand.
With a growl, he broke the kiss and moved his mouth to her breast. His tongue stroked her nipple, making it hard and erect. Kiley buried her fingers in his short hair, trying to tug him closer. He resisted and moved his kiss to the other breast, teasing the underside with his lips.
Kiley could hardly breathe she wanted him so bad. He slid his kisses lower along her stomach, inching his way closer to that place between her legs that literally ached for him. She’d never been with anyone that made her this hot; this crazy.
Dropping her hands to her sides, she fisted her fingers into the bedspread.
“Spread those legs, beautiful,” Scott murmured as he kissed the top of her mound.
Kiley lifted her knees, exposing herself to his hot gaze. “Mmm, yeah,” he whispered just before he slid his tongue up along her slit.
She hissed and lifted her hips, seeking a more firm touch. Scott moved the flat of his palm over her mound just using it to push her back down. The fit of his warm palm against her labia made her moan, and she pressed against him. Scott pressed back then quickly pulled his hand away.
Using his thumbs, he separated her labia. “This is what I wanted to do so bad last night,” he murmured.
As he spoke, he placed soft, nibbling kisses along her labia lips, making Kiley wiggle in desperation. His breath was hot against her clit, his tongue smooth and wicked as he gently stroked her folds.
“So sweet,” he purred before licking his tongue over her swollen bud.
God, he was good at this. Kiley didn’t know how much more she could take of his teasing kisses and licks. When he thrust his tongue into her channel, she cried out in pleasure and lifted her hips off the bed. She was so close.
Scott feathered his tongue back along her pussy to circle her clit, and Kiley thought she would lose her mind.
“Scott,” she whispered.
She worked her hips along with his teasing licks, seeking more. Tightening her fingers in the blankets by her bottom, she fought her every growing need. Pleasure built deep in her core and radiated outward with alarming speed.
Using the flat of his hands, he pressed against the inside of her thighs, holding her down as well as spreading her legs wider. The position gave him even better access to her clit, which he tormented relentlessly with the flat of his tongue.
He moved lower to lap at her opening before going back up and sucking on her clit. Kiley cried out as strong tingles of lust traveled up her spine. Her release exploded without warning, and she gasped as wave after wave of intense pleasure washed over her.
Scott released his hold on her legs, allowing them to fall as he worked his kisses back up her body. Kiley could hardly move as he settled between her thighs and pressed his hard cock against her mound.
“This is exactly how I like you,” Scott whispered as he gently kissed her neck.
“Weak and sated?” she teased.
Scott snickered, then sucked at her lower lip. “Flushed, sexy.” He kissed her mouth and smiled.
“All wet and ready for me.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled as she lifted one leg to hook over his hip.
“I’m definitely ready for you.”
Chapter Thirteen
Scott rotated his hips, teasing her mound, and Kiley moaned as white hot lust cursed through her veins. She wanted him so bad she could hardly think straight, much less speak coherently.
“Just you and me,” he whispered against her lips.
At first Kiley wasn’t sure what he was talking about.
“No condoms,” he said.
Kiley then understood. Nodding, she lifted her hips, inviting him to slide his cock inside her.
She knew him. He knew her. He also knew she was on birth control. She wasn’t worried about anything with him and the thought of sex with nothing between them felt so right.
“God, I want you,” Scott growled.
He put his hand beneath her ass and lifted her just as he slid his cock deep into her channel.
Kiley moaned as his girth stretched and filled her. He pulled back slightly, then thrust in again, this time going to the hilt. Kiley gasped as the full length of his cock buried deep inside her.
“Oh, God,” she groaned as he began to move.
Slowly at first, then harder, then slower again. Kiley dug her nails into his back, lifting her hips to meet every glorious thrust of his shaft. As he pressed deep, he would grind his hips against her clit. With every touch, sharp tingles of pure rapture would tighten her womb.
; He felt so good. They were so incredible together. She liked sex, but had no idea it could feel like this.
“Scott,” she sighed as she worked her hips with his.
“Feel good?” he purred in her ear as he gently nibbled on her lobe.
“Oh, yes!”
Lifting onto his elbows, he cupped her cheeks and forced her to look at him. He stopped his hips, holding them deep as he gazed into her eyes. Kiley groaned and rotated her hips, trying to get him moving again.
Scott closed his eyes and the muscles in his cheek flexed. He was holding back, but why?
“Don’t stop,” she pleaded. “Please.”
With a growl of pure animal lust, Scott covered her mouth with his. He thrust his tongue between her lips, taking her mouth in a kiss that very nearly stole her breath. He pulled his hips back before shoving forward and taking her hard. Kiley’s moans of pleasure became lost in his kiss as he pounded into her over and over, harder and deeper.
It felt so good, so incredibly good. Every inch of her body tensed with her oncoming release.
Scott showed no mercy. He kept coming at her, filling her, taking her until every part of her exploded with blinding light and heat.
Screaming, Kiley came. Her pussy clenched and sucked at Scott’s length, refusing to let him go, keeping him inside her until every throb of release abated. Seconds later, Scott came as well, sighing her name into her mouth as his body erupted with the same blissful pleasure that had gripped her.
Sighing, he dropped his forehead to hers. “Damn,” he said. “I love you, Kiley.”
She smiled and cupped his cheeks. It felt so incredible hearing him say those three little words she’d waited so long for him to say.
“I love you,” she whispered.
As their breathing slowed, Scott kissed the tip of her nose. “We really need to talk.”
“Do we have to?” she asked in a sexy voice.
She feathered her hand down to his ass. Cupping it, she forced his hips forward, which pushed his still partially hard cock further inside her. She lifted her hips to meet him and they both moaned at the sensation. His pulse beat in his cock, throbbing against her walls enticingly.
“We really need to, baby,” he murmured against her lips, despite the thickening of his shaft.
“But this feels so good,” she whined as she rotated her hips.
“Oh, hell yeah it does. Your pussy is so tight,” he whispered as he placed soft kisses along her jaw.
He pulled back, then pressed back in slowly. The move caused them both to moan.
“I love how your walls tighten when I move inside you. How they suck at my dick just like a popsicle.”
Kiley giggled at the analogy, and Scott smiled down at her.
Deciding to give him a little of his own medicine, Kiley began to kiss along his jaw. “We can talk while we do this.”
“You think I’m going to be able to talk, huh?” he said as he pulled out, then pushed in, inch by slow, excruciating inch.
“Oh, wow,” Kiley breathed. “Talking is way overrated.”
“Especially when I’m buried dick deep in this hot little pussy of yours. Damn, Kiley,” he growled as he repeated his slow thrust. “How the hell did you do this to me?”
“I don’t know. But I’m not sure I want you to stop.”
Scott chuckled as he kissed her forehead. “We have to stop. We need to talk.”
Kiley let out a dramatic sigh and dropped her hands to the mattress. “You keep saying that.”
“Yeah, and I’m gonna keep saying it until you listen,” he said with a playful swipe of his nose across hers.
“I don’t wanna listen. I wanna have sex.” She stuck her lower lip out in a pout.
“You insatiable little minx,” he growled it in such a sexy, deep timber it sent chills of excitement up Kiley’s back.
“Just what the hell have I gotten myself into?” he wondered aloud. “Say you love me. I want to hear it from you sober.”
Kiley blinked at the sudden seriousness in his eyes.
“I love you,” she whispered.
“Louder.”
Kiley’s lips twitched in amusement. “I love you.”
“Yell it,” he said softly, smiling.
Kiley giggled, then yelled, “I love you.”
Scott laughed as well as he rolled to his side, tugging her with him. He wrapped his arms around her in a protective, loving embrace, and Kiley couldn’t help but to snuggle closer.
“We’re going to have to tell your brother. You know that, right?”
“No, we don’t,” she argued as she rested her cheek against his chest.
She could feel his heart beating, the warmth of his body as it wrapped around hers like a warm blanket. She’d always imagined what it would be like to lay with him this way. The reality was so much better than her imagination.
“He’s gonna find out,” Scott said, pulling her from her thoughts.
“Not if we’re careful.”
“Kiley…”
“I know,” she said tiredly.
He tightened his arms around her shoulders. Kiley had never felt more loved and secure. She’d always felt safe with Scott. Always.
Unfortunately, even Scott couldn’t protect her from the anger that would come her way once Keith found out about them. He would be livid and that was an understatement.
“It will probably come to blows, so I want you to stay out of it.”
Pushing out of his arms, she rose up on her elbow and stared down at him in shock. “No!”
Scott put his finger over her lips, silencing her. “Your brother takes his protection of you very seriously and that includes protecting you from me. He’s always said you were off limits. I broke the rules so he’s gonna hit me. And you’re gonna let him.”
Kiley shook her head, but Scott grabbed her chin, holding her still. “Yes, Kiley. He’s gonna be pissed. Let him get it out of his system. He will come around.”
“How do you know?” Kiley asked, unsure of that herself.
“Because he loves you.”
Kiley rolled her eyes and dropped back down into his arms. “He could sometimes love me a little less.”
Scott chuckled and the sound vibrated enticingly against her chest. “You’re lucky, you know. I don’t have any family. You and Keith are it.”
Kiley snaked her arm around his ribs, holding him close. Scott lost his parents several years ago.
He was in the Seals and overseas on a mission at the time. Their death hit him hard. They’d both died instantly in a car crash caused by a drunk driver. Since he was an only child, he had no brothers or sisters to help him through things, so Kiley had been there for him.
She’d helped him with the funeral arrangements. She’d been by his side at the burial. Keith hadn’t been able to get leave since Scott’s family wasn’t his, so Kiley had been support enough for both of them.
“You’re awfully quiet,” Scott said softly.
“I was just thinking about your parents.”
Scott’s arms tightened around her. “Did I ever thank you for everything you did for me when they died?”
She smiled slightly. “Yes. You did.”
“I should’ve said something then,” he murmured. “I’m not sure when it was I fell in love with you, but when I heard you say that last night, I knew what I felt for you was more than just brotherly love. Especially since I’ve wanted to fuck you for years,” he added dryly.
Kiley rose up and looked down at him. “Really?”
“And you parading around in those tight jeans and skimpy workout clothes at the gym didn’t help either. You made it damn hard to keep my hands off you.”
“Apparently not hard enough. Why didn’t you ever say anything?”
He reached up and pushed her hair behind her ear. “We were good friends. I could tell you most anything. We joked. We had fun, at least when we weren’t fighting, which we seemed to be doing a lot of lately. I was afraid if I said someth
ing and you didn’t return those feelings I would lose you as a friend.”
“I can’t believe you didn’t see it. I just knew everything I felt for you was showing.”
She leaned down and kissed his collarbone. Scott let out a slow breath as he curled his fingers in her hair.
“Sometimes I would think I caught a glimpse of lust or…adoration.”
Kiley lifted up and snorted. “Adoration, huh?”
His lips titled up on one side in the most adorable, cocky grin she’d ever seen on his face and her heart skipped a beat.
“Well, I’m nothing if not confident.”
“Arrogant,” she mumbled as she lowered her mouth close to his.
“Yeah, but,” he drawled as he slowly slid his hand down to her hip. “You’re gonna have sex with me again anyway.”
“Oh, I am?”
Scott rolled her to her back and settled his hips between her thighs. “Yes. You are,” he replied firmly and confidently.
Kiley smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. “And if I don’t want to?”
He dipped his head and kissed the sensitive spot on her neck, just below her ear. “You’ll want to by the time I’m done with you.”
A tingle of hot desire worked its way through every limb. “I’m thinking maybe I should’ve gotten drunk a whole lot sooner.”
Scott chuckled softly as he brought his mouth to hers. “Definitely,” he whispered just before covering her mouth in a kiss she felt clear to her toes.
Chapter Fourteen
Paula awoke to a dry mouth and the worst case of nausea she’d had in a long time. Midmorning sunlight streamed through the crack in the curtains, bathing the middle of the bed in light.
Behind her, she could feel the heat of a very large, very strong body. She glanced over her shoulder, but wasn’t surprised to find Keith behind her. She vaguely remembered asking him to stay, and she knew him well enough to know he would.
He would consider her his responsibility until they were home and that meant if she felt scared, he would do whatever she needed to feel safe. That was part of his whole knight-in-shining-armor personality. Despite his sometimes gruff exterior; despite how he liked to make people believe he didn’t give a crap, Keith was one of the good ones.
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