by E. K. Blair
“It was my fault,” I said quietly.
He glanced at me then stepped toe-to-toe with Reece, “Stay away from her.”
“The only person she is interested in is you. Have you got any idea what this is doing to her?” Reece seemed to be on a roll.
Phoenix glanced to me then back to Reece.
“Thalia having to watch you parade around with Mia is so fucking wrong, so you don’t have any damn thing to say about her sitting with me. This whole fucking thing is screwed up, but don’t you dare come over here all threatening, because she is with me and not...you. Until this whole thing is sorted you don’t have that right.”
They were not going to fight over me. I pushed my way between the two, facing Phoenix, as Reece stepped back. I reached up and rested my hands on his chest, feeling his heart beating like a freight train, and then lifted my eyes to his. I could see the anguish in his. “Don’t do this. You know I love you, Phoenix. Reece is one of your best friends. Do you really believe he’d try to pinch me from under your nose? Do you believe I’d let him?”
“No, I don’t.” He looked over my shoulder at Reece. “I’m sorry...and don’t expect me to apologize again.”
Reece laughed, did the knuckle thing with Phoenix, and then grabbed Callie’s hand, pulling her with him, but she stayed attached to Donovan. All three walked over towards one of the tables with food.
“Your friend has her hands full, with the both of them trying to get in to her pants, and I mean at the same time,” Phoenix told me.
That comment grabbed my attention. “You serious?”
He grinned, wickedly. “Yes and it wouldn’t be the first time...and before you ask. Yes I have. With them, but not for well over twelve months.”
I snickered. “Was it good? What am I saying? Of course it was good. You’re a guy. A walking erection.”
“A walking erection,” he said with a spark in his eyes.
He looked around us, took my arm and pulled me with him behind the gazebo, slamming his mouth down onto mine.
The minute our mouths touched, I went up in flames. I wanted more. I needed more.
My hands went to his head, holding him in place while we continued to devour each other. His hands went to my hips and brought me flush against him; he was hugely aroused. I rubbed against him as we both groaned into each other’s mouths.
“Thalia,” he panted, and started to move his lips down my neck, then back up to my lips. “I want you... Seeing you with Reece drove me crazy.”
“I only want you. Phoenix, I need to taste you.”
He sealed our lips together in a heated kiss while I tried to get even closer. Just as Phoenix put his hand on my thigh and started to move it slowly up, towards my hip, we heard someone cough.
“Donovan. What?”
Oh God. I was too embarrassed to look at Donovan, so I buried my face in Phoenix’s chest, while Donovan laughed and Phoenix stroked my back.
“Sorry to interrupt, but you guys have remembered where you are, right? And Lewis is looking for you, Jack.”
“Fuck. What does he want?”
“No idea. I’ll cut him off while you sort yourselves out,” he said walking off, but not before I caught the grin on his face.
“Thalia...”
“It’s okay. I’ll be alright.” I leaned in and kissed him. “I know you’re mine, it just got to me earlier, but after being in your arms, I’ll be able to get through the rest of the day.” I kissed him again. “I love you, Phoenix. Now go. I’ll follow in a couple of minutes.”
He hesitated, rearranged himself in his pants, and then after a quick kiss, walked away.
Having straightened my dress, I took a deep breath and steeled myself for walking in the same direction Phoenix had gone. I looked up just in time to see Donovan reappear offering me his arm.
Chapter 51
Jack
My temper rolled through me as I walked away from Thalia to go back to the garden party, and acting as though everything was all right, when in reality it wasn’t, pissed me off. Lewis was probably going to end up being the one to get the brunt end of it as well, seeing as he was the one who wanted me for something.
About to enter the pool area, I turned back to look for Thalia, and spotted her holding on to Donovan’s arm talking to Callie and Reece. I wanted to be the one she was holding onto. Every time I saw her attached to one of my friends, I just lost it, like earlier with Reece. That shouldn’t have happened and was probably the reason Lewis wanted to talk.
“Jack? Where have you been? Dad’s looking all over for you.”
“I’m here now, Mia.” I sighed and focused my gaze on her, and that’s when I realized the afternoon was just as hard on her as it was on me. “Where’s Liam? I haven’t seen him in a while.”
Mia turned away, but not before I caught a stray tear running down her cheek. “Mia, don’t.”
“I’m okay, Jack,” she said turning back to look at me, quickly swiping the tear away with her hand. “He said he couldn’t stay... Jack what are we going to do?”
”Fuck if I know.” I pulled her into my arms and let her bury her face against my chest so no one would know she was crying, just praying Thalia didn’t see and get the wrong idea.
“Jack, a word please,” Lewis said from behind us in the tone of voice that didn’t give you the option of refusing.
“Will you be okay?” I whispered to Mia.
She nodded her head, turned away and walked around the hedges that surrounded the pool so no one would see her, while she obviously pulled herself together.
“Lewis,” I said turning to look at him. “You wanted to see me?”
He looked pissed. “What the hell was going on between you, Reece and the girl?”
Fuck. Should I say something? It wasn’t really the time or place, but was there really a good time.
I looked him in the eye, and told him, “I’m in love with her.”
He opened and shut his mouth a couple of times, lost for words. Finally pulling himself together after my announcement, he said, “You are going to marry my Mia. Make no mistake about that so get the other woman out of your head and heart, because I won’t let anything stop this wedding.”
“Why? What the hell have I ever done to make you act this way? Or Mia? She’s your daughter, don’t you want her happy?” I asked barely controlling my temper.
“You haven’t done anything, but if the wedding doesn’t go ahead you’ll be sorry.”
“Thalia, look out...” Callie screamed.
As I turned around I spotted Thalia falling into the deep end of the pool.
Without thought, I dived into the pool, swam to where she went under, wrapped my arm around her waist and surfaced with her.
As soon as I had us both above the water, I turned her to me, “Thalia, baby.”
She gave one small cry and threw her arms around my neck as I held her tight, taking her to the side of the pool where Donovan and Reece waited, along with Callie, for us.
Donovan leaned over and pulled Thalia out followed by Reece giving me a hand out. I looked over to Thalia who was standing on shaky legs. I cursed under my breath as Donovan wrapped his shirt around her. Her dress didn’t leave anything to the imagination when soaked with water, her barely there panties had been outlined through the dress as well as her pebbled nipples, which were braless.
“What the fuck happened?” I roared.
Someone had pushed her in and I wanted to know who. Everyone stayed silent, which pissed me off.
“It was that bitch there,” Callie said, pointing at Rebecca, which caused some mumbling amongst the nice church ladies, while Reece snickered.
Rebecca went bright red.
“Why the fuck would you do that?” I shouted.
“Jack calm down, it was an accident,” Lewis said looking mad as hell.
I was about to give him a piece of my fucking mind when Callie interrupted.
“So you call doing this...” Callie raised
her hands and was about to shove Lewis in to the pool, but Donovan caught her around the waist. He pulled her against him and after whispering something in her ear, she calmed down, staying in Donovan’s arms.
Lewis looked furious as he walked closer to Callie, which had Donovan stepping back with her in his arms and Reece blocking her from his view by standing in front of her.
“You have something to say to her, you’ll go through me,” Reece stated.
“And me,” Donovan agreed.
Lewis opened and closed his mouth; nothing came out, while I watched Rebecca disappear around the side of the house. She had a fucking lucky escape.
“Jack, what’s going on?” My dad asked, standing beside me with my mom in tow.
I was still speechless at the possessiveness Reece and Donovan had shown towards Callie. I wasn’t sure what was going on with them over the same girl. Thalia’s friend.
My mom had finally gotten a look at Thalia. “Oh, Thalia. Are you all right?” she asked moving forward.
No way in hell. She was mine to look after. I walked past my mom straight to Thalia, picked her up in my arms and held her tight against me. “We’re both soaked so if you’ll excuse us.”
I started to head towards the side of the house in order to get to my car when Lewis moved in front of me, blocking me from leaving. Mia came up on his right side, questions in her eyes.
“Let someone else take her back to the house, Jack.”
“I can’t do that, Lewis.”
Mia placed her hand on her dad’s arm, “Daddy, he’s just as wet. They both need to shower and to get some dry clothes on.” She looked at me. “Take her home Jack, and I’ll talk to you later.”
“Thanks Mia.”
Ignoring Lewis, I walked past them both and straight to my car, placing Thalia on her feet to the side while I retrieved a couple of blankets from the trunk. Once I’d wrapped one around her, I opened the door and made sure she was wrapped tight before climbing in the opposite side.
Chapter 52
Thalia
I’d finally started to warm up some as Phoenix pulled the car to a stop outside his home. It had been one hell of a shock to end up in the water, as well as terrifying. Phoenix had saved me, again, and I really hoped he’d take advantage of having the house empty and having me to himself again, like after the rattler.
I couldn’t get enough of him and wasn’t sure I wanted to. He was sexy as sin with the most amazing body. I groaned and moved around in my seat having gotten myself all aroused.
“Hey, you okay?”
“Hmm.” I turned to look at him, “I was thinking how sexy you are.”
He gave me a crooked grin, which had my heart flipping in my chest.
“You. Are. Dangerous,” he said moving closer, within a breath of my face.
“I want you so much, Phoenix...Make love to me.”
He growled, climbed out of the car and came around to my side, taking me into his arms he ran for the house, straight upstairs and to his room.
After putting me on the vanity in the bathroom he ran to both our bedroom doors and locked them.
Having managed to yank my dress over my head, I dropped the soggy thing on the floor so I was sitting in only my panties, having gone without a bra, which I guess people noticed at the pool. I felt my face heat with that thought, and was grateful Donovan had thought to cover me.
“Fuck, you’re beautiful.”
Jack was standing in the doorway with his eyes focused on me, moving from my toes up to my face then back down again, hovering around my breasts, which were swollen with arousal. I closed my legs to try and ease the ache between, but Phoenix was there, opening them. He placed his hands on my hips and started to remove my panties. I lifted my hips as he took them all the way down my legs and off, dropping them on top of my dress.
He was breathing heavily with his forehead resting against mine, his hands in fists at either side of my hips and his eyes focused between my legs.
I reached up and started to pull his shirt off. “You’re all wet.”
With that being said, he ripped the shirt over his head, struggled to get his boots off then opened the button on his jeans. I moved his hands away and yanked the zipper down, only to find his very excited cock bursting free. He was heavily aroused, with the silver bar glistening. God, just looking at his cock made me melt.
He moved back slightly to allow me to jump down from the vanity. I took hold of his jeans and struggled to peel the soaked denim down his legs, but after a bit of maneuvering they were off and joined the growing pile of clothes on the floor.
Kneeling before him, I smoothed my hands up his legs to his hairless balls and dripping cock. Feeling him shudder, I took him into my mouth and massaged the tip with my tongue.
“Shower,” he croaked, which turned into a moan.
Standing up, I switched the shower on and felt Phoenix come up behind me, his cock fitting perfectly between my butt cheeks. I pushed back against him as he reached in front of me for the shower gel, squirting some into his hands, which he then placed against my breasts in a caress.
I shivered, my nipples hardening even more while he continued to caress my breasts and pinch my nipples, moving his gel covered hands over my stomach. I gasped as his hands slipped down my body and his fingers slipped straight between my thighs. I tried to turn around, but he clamped his arm around my waist.
“Put your hands on the wall,” he whispered in my ear sending shivers throughout my body.
With my hands on the wall, he pulled my hips towards him and spread my legs, while he kneeled down, putting his hands on my butt, spreading me wide, and then I felt his tongue licking around my sex and up between my ass cheeks.
Groaning, my legs quivered and I wasn’t sure they’d hold me up for much longer while he continued loving me with his mouth. He had me so aroused; I started to grind myself against his mouth.
“Fuck, baby. I need inside you before I embarrass myself.” Phoenix climbed to his feet then turned me around, “Taste yourself.” Then he sealed our lips together.
All I could taste was him and me, but I sure could feel a lot. “Put your cock inside me... oh God, now...”
“Condom,” he mumbled moving to put his mouth to my breast.
“I’m on the pill.”
He froze looking at me. “I’ve never done it without before,” he gulped.
“Neither have I. Until now.” I moved to whisper in his ear. “Fuck me, Phoenix.”
“Hold on,” he growled.
He grabbed hold of my ass and lifted me up into him, then pressed me in to the wall. I reached down between us, took hold of his cock, swiped my hand over the pierced head, and then put him to my sex.
He entered me in one quick thrust making me gasp in pleasure. He stilled resting his forehead against mine. “Open your eyes, Thalia.”
I looked into his eyes. I was lost.
Phoenix started moving in and out of me slowly, his body quivering against me. “You feel so good. Your cunt’s so fucking tight... and wet. God, I’m not sure I’m going to be able to last.”
“I’m with you,” I said, ending with a groan. He hitched me further up, grabbed hold of my thighs and started to pound into me.
As I tightened my hold on his cock to keep him inside me, it elicited a loud groan from him; it sounded like it came from somewhere deep.
“I can’t hold on... Come for me babe. I need to feel your cunt squeezing me, coming around me.”
He slammed his lips to mine, our tongues doing the tango as my orgasm ripped through me with no warning. That’s how much his dirty talk affected me.
Phoenix thrust up inside me once more then stilled as he roared his release, the veins on his neck standing out, while he filled the inside of me with his thick warm cum. I was still shuddering in orgasm, milking him dry, my muscles holding him inside me real tight as he collapsed against me.
“I love you,” he whispered into my neck.
Running my
hands through his hair, I stroked down to his neck and across his shoulders, then I took his face in my hands bringing his head up to look at me. “I love you,” I said leaning in to give him a gentle kiss, without breaking eye contact.
He smiled lifting me up slightly so he could withdraw from me.
He felt too damn good.
His pierced nipple was begging for some attention so I leaned in and took it into my mouth and just sucked. It was a huge turn on seeing the silver on him and as my eyes glanced down; his cock was on the rise again.
“Are you serious?”
“Hey, man of action,” he said bursting out laughing.
“Well, man of action, we need to get cleaned up before the water gets too cold. It’s already started to cool.”
Phoenix quickly soaped his cock, rinsed, grinned, and then stepped out and started to towel dry. “If I stay in there any longer, you’re going to be riding my cock again.”
I just stood there watching him.
“Get a move on woman.” He slapped me on the ass and sauntered off into his room, whistling!
Chapter 53
Jack
Sitting in Kix at the bar with a cold beer in one hand and the best damn burger in Alabama in the other, I was just about to take a bite when Liam and Mia walked in; hand in hand.
With a quick glance at my burger, I put it back on its plate as I watched them approach me.
“Jack, I’m not doing this shit anymore, and neither is Mia. So we need to decide what the hell to tell the folks because your wedding isn’t going ahead.”
I grinned and couldn’t stop. “Considering I came to the same conclusion earlier, I’m not sure why you’re nervous.”
He looked stunned. “You did?” Liam asked, lifting Mia up onto a bar stool, standing beside her with his arm wrapped around her shoulder.
“Yeah, I did.” I sighed and looked at them both before I continued, “I can’t keep doing this when I’m in love with Thalia. Seeing me with Mia really upsets her, as I’m sure it does you.”
Liam didn’t look too happy about something. “What about college? You can’t throw it all away after all these years; you’re so close to finishing.”
