My Salvation

by Michelle Dare

  As she straightened she raked her nails up his legs. When she stood all the way up, her hands rested on his ass. Removing her hand from his ass, he led her back to the pool table.

  His voice was thick with lust when he spoke. “Sit down, Caliana. I want to watch you bring yourself to orgasm. I want to see you come by your own hand.”

  He sat in a chair across from the pool table to get a front row seat. She moistened her fingers with her tongue, swirling it around them. Her other hand lightly trailed to her nipple, twisting and tugging on the stiff peak. Legs spread wide, she dragged her wet fingers to her slit.

  She pulled herself open, gliding her finger to her entrance. His leg started shaking involuntarily. The show she was putting on was more erotic than any porn he had ever seen. A lot of willpower was used to keep his hands in front of him, away from his cock.

  She slid one finger inside, then two, thrusting them in and out. Her fingers alternated from her entrance to her clit, slowly building herself toward release. Owen could see how wet she was from where he sat. The lamp that hung over the pool table provided excellent lighting.

  Her fingers were coated and he had to refrain from leaning forward to pull them into his mouth. She put one hand behind her, to hold herself up. Her long curls hung down behind her, swaying with every move. She was riding her hand and a soft cry rose from her throat.

  Giving in to his urges, he gripped his cock. The pre-cum allowed his hand to easily move over him. Watching her touch herself was something he would never forget. She was raw, open for him and beautiful.

  The arm holding her in a seated position started to shake and she collapsed to the pool table. One hand remained on her clit, while the other had two fingers buried inside. The louder her moaning became, the faster his hand pumped. He stood and went to the side of pool table, wanting to see the look on her face when she came.

  He stood next to her, pumping his cock, watching her with rapt eyes. She must have sensed his presence, because her eyes opened to look at him. Removing one hand from herself, she moved it to his length. She slid closer to the edge of the table to take him into her mouth. His hips bucked forward when her tongue began to swirl around him.

  She took him to the back of her throat and continued to touch herself. Her hips lifted from the table and her stomach tightened. He knew she was seconds from coming. Putting his hand on the base of his cock, he pumped it while she sucked.

  She started writhing and shaking on the table, releasing him from her mouth as she came. His fist moved faster making him buck forward as he released onto her chest. Cali was beginning to relax as his strokes became slower, bringing himself down.

  Looking at her, he watched her spread his seed onto her nipple. She lifted her fingers to her mouth, sucking off what remained. “You’re so fucking hot,” he said.

  His cock had started to harden again surprising him since he normally didn’t bounce back so fast, but with Cali there was no normal, only extraordinary. He helped her stand and brought her to the chair. Pulling her forward, he lifted her to his lap. She straddled him and leaned in to kiss him. He could taste his come on her and it drove him wild.

  Her hips came forward to rub against the length of him. She was still wet and slid easily over his dick. His hands dug into her hips, helping to guide her movements. Her body was shaking over him while his tongue devoured her mouth.

  Breathless, she said, “Owen, I’m going to come.”

  “Not without me in you. I want to feel you pulsing around me.”

  She lifted enough so he could position himself. The drop of her body wasn’t fast enough for him. He took control, driving into her in rapid succession. Cali screamed his name as her orgasm jolted her. He pushed into her twice more before releasing.

  They sat together, their breathing labored, slick with sweat. His body still felt on fire for her. “Holy fucking shit,” she said. “I think this is my new favorite room.”

  Owen smiled and nipped along her neck. “Mine too.”

  She relaxed into him and he could tell exhaustion was beginning to take over. He stood, placing her on the floor for a moment to gather their clothes, then lifted her into his arms. He carried her, naked, to the bedroom and placed her on the edge of the bathtub.

  After filling it with soapy, warm water, he placed Cali into it and slid in behind her. She was the most precious person in the world to him and he took care of her as such. Resting her head on his collarbone, she sighed.

  Once he had cleaned both of them, he stepped out of the tub and grabbed a towel to dry off quickly. He helped her from the tub and dried her off from head to toe.

  Standing behind her, he gently caressed her body while she dried her hair. Owen never had been so drawn to someone sexually. They brushed their teeth and both crawled into bed. He spooned her, his favorite way to sleep.

  Putting his mouth to her ear, he said, “You are my entire world. I love you with all of my heart and soul.”

  She turned in his arms, facing him. Her thumb smoothed over his cheek. “I love you so much. When I’m with you, everything falls away. It’s only us, nothing else matters. You are my one true love.”

  He kissed the tip of her nose. She was tired and he didn’t want to start something. She needed her rest. “Sleep, beautiful." Cali’s eyes fluttered shut and within minutes her breathing evened out.

  The sound of music infiltrated his dream, waking him. He reached over and smacked the snooze button on the alarm. It was Friday and that meant Cali was coming to work with him. Any day she was in the office put him in a better mood.

  An hour later, they were in the car riding to work. She turned to talk to him. “Oh, before I forget, Avery and I are having lunch today.”

  He raised an eyebrow. “Avery?”

  “Yes, Avery. I’m really starting to like her. She isn’t as bad as I first thought. We’re going to order in and eat in her office.”

  “Can I join you?”

  “Nope. Girls only. Besides, you’ll have me to yourself all weekend.”

  He pointed at her and said, “Fine, but you owe me.”

  “Whatever you say.”

  “Remember that this weekend.”

  He was wrapped up in work and didn’t realize the time. Cali entered his office from the side door to drop off a container of Chinese food. Smiling, he thanked her for thinking of him. She kissed him and left to go eat with Avery.

  An hour later he heard a knock on his door. “Come in.”

  He was surprised to see who entered. The woman who came in had on fitted jeans and a loose black blouse. She wore black heels and walked very sensually. Her strawberry blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail at the base of her neck.

  Her makeup was light and blue eyes pierced him. He saw Steven roll his eyes and shut the door behind her. She stopped when she stood directly across from his desk.

  “Hi Owen. I was hoping we could talk.”

  “Mia. I’ve told you before, I have nothing to say.”

  She took a seat in front of him. “I haven’t been able to move on from you. You still hold a piece of my heart. Sure I date, but no one has been able to take care of me the way you did.”

  “I’m in a committed relationship, Mia. Cali lives with me. You and I are over. We’ve been over for years. There is no chance of you re-entering my life. I don’t even want you in my office or in my building.”

  “Oh yeah, her,” she sneered. “I don’t know why she’s so special, but fine, if that’s the way you want it. Can we at least sit and talk so I can put the past behind and get some closure?”

  “You had no problem fucking my brother when you weren’t with me. You should have gotten your closure when I threw your ass out of my house. I don’t know what I could have done to be more direct.”

  He was trying hard to contain his anger and knew yelling wouldn’t get her out of his office any quicker. He thought that if he talked maybe she would finally leave him alone for good.

  “Owen, please, can we at
least talk for a few minutes? I’ll go then, I promise.”

  He sighed. “Fine. Do you want something to drink? Coffee, tea, water?”

  “Coffee would be nice, thank you. Please have one with me. It will make me feel better.”

  He stood and walked over to make a couple of cups of coffee, not sure why he was agreeing to sit with her other than trying to get her to leave. Owen remembered she liked her coffee light, no sugar. Bringing two cups to the table, he motioned for her to sit with him. She did and took a sip.

  “Oh, do you have any sugar? I like it sweet now.”

  He went back to grab a little square container that held different kinds of sweetener. After placing it on the table he took a seat across from her. Taking a few sips of his coffee, he sat back, cup still in hand.

  “All right, talk,” he said.

  And she did. She went on and on about her life, her family, what she had been doing since they split. It was too much information. He wasn’t sure why she was telling him everything or what it had to do with her getting closure. Owen kept sipping his coffee to keep from laying into her about the nonsense she was saying.

  When he finally went to interrupt her, he started to feel sick. The room spun and felt like he was going to throw up. He leaned forward and somehow managed to put his cup on the table. A sweat broke out all over his body.

  “I don’t … I don’t feel good all of the sudden.”

  “Oh no,” he heard Mia say. “Sit back. You look like you’re going to faint.”

  He was vaguely aware that she came to stand near him and felt her hand on his shoulder. Resting his head on the chair, he closed his eyes and darkness consumed him.

  ~ 23 ~

  Cali had a great time at lunch. She couldn’t remember the last time she laughed so hard. Avery told embarrassing stories about Owen and Cali told her stories from when they were kids. She finally felt like she had a friend and couldn’t be happier.

  After thanking Avery for lunch she decided to stop at Owen’s office before returning to work. She wanted to tease him a little over what Avery had told her. She knew he’d be pissed at some of the stories.

  Erik trailed behind her as she walked to Owen’s door. Steven was standing outside with an irritated look on his face. She cocked her head at him and asked, “What’s wrong?”

  She noticed his jaw clench and he didn’t respond. “C’mon, spill. What’s going on?”

  Nothing. “Fine, suit yourself, but I need to see Owen. So move out of the way.”

  “I don’t know if you want to go in there, Cali.”

  “Why wouldn’t I want to go in there? Is he in a meeting?”

  “No, not a scheduled one any way.”

  She put her hands on her hips, getting angrier by the second. She wanted to see Owen and couldn’t understand why Steven wasn’t letting her in.

  “Stop being vague, Steven. Move. If you don’t you know I’ll just go into my office and go through the side door.”

  Steven sighed in defeat, moving aside. He grabbed her arm before she could enter. “You’re not going to like who is inside.”

  She looked down to where he was holding her and shook him off. “What the hell? I don’t know what your problem is, but I’m going to find out what’s going on.”

  Cali punched in the code to his office. She heard the door click and pushed it open. She did not expect the sight in front of her and for a moment was frozen in place. She could feel Steven behind her.

  Owen was sitting in one of the chairs in his seating area with his eyes closed and his head tipped back. Kneeling in front of him was a woman with strawberry blonde hair. She could only see her back and her head, but immediately knew who it was.

  Mia’s head was in Owen’s lap, bobbing up and down. Cali couldn’t believe what she was seeing. All of her old memories from her last relationship came rushing forward. She had been cheated on and felt her chest get tight at the idea he would do that to her. She knew he loved her, but Mia was his ex-girlfriend. Did seeing Mia again bring back old memories, she wondered.

  She could feel the tears forming in her eyes, but quickly blinked them away. Deciding to move forward, she was unable to stand still any longer. She was going to kick the bitch’s ass and then confront Owen.

  She didn’t say a word as she walked over to them. Bringing her foot up, she used her high heel to kick Mia in the side, knocking her over. Looking down, she was relieved to see she wasn’t blowing Owen like she originally thought. Although, his belt was undone. That whore, Cali thought. She blinked a few times and noticed his pants were still buttoned and zipped closed. I’m really going to kick her ass now.

  “What. The. Fuck?”

  Mia quickly recovered and stood to face her. Owen was unmoving in the chair between them. Mia smoothed her hair and straightened her shirt. She had a smug smile on her face.

  “What are you smiling at, bitch?” Cali said.

  A knock was heard and she turned to see Steven and Erik had entered the room, shutting the door behind them. He must not have wanted the entire floor to hear her yelling at Mia.

  “Mia! I asked you two questions and you have yet to answer either. What in the hell are you doing?”

  Mia’s hand went behind her like she was scratching her back, but when she brought it back around she was holding a small handgun. Her finger was on the trigger and she was pointing the gun straight at Cali.

  Cali instinctively put her hands in the air and retreated a few steps. She felt both Steven and Erik come to flank her on either side. Glancing at them, she noticed they both had their guns drawn and aimed at Mia.

  “What’s going on Mia?” she asked.

  Mia’s voice was cold when she spoke. “Well, Caliana, Owen is mine. And before you, there was no one else since I was with him. Then you enter the picture and ruin everything.”

  Just then she remembered Owen was in the chair. Looking toward him she noticed he still hadn’t moved. “What did you do to him?”

  “Nothing he won’t wake from in a few hours. You,” she said shaking her gun at Cali, “ruined everything! You were supposed to come in, see me in front of him, think I was sucking his cock, get upset thinking your man was cheating on you and leave. But, nooo, you had to drag your ass into the room and make a fucking mess of everything!”

  Cali’s voice was laced with venom. “What the fuck did you do? He better be alive you crazy bitch.”

  “Oh, please, like I’d kill him. I just gave him something to knock him out. You, on the other hand, have bigger problems. You have been fucking up my plans since you walked back into his life. You don’t scare easily, do you? Instead of driving you away, everything I did pushed you further into his arms, but that’s going to stop. Now.”

  She saw Steven start to move next to her and shook her head. She wanted to know what Mia was talking about before they disarmed her, knowing Mia didn’t stand a chance with the two men next to her.

  “What plans? What are you talking about?” And then it clicked. “It was you! You’re the one who destroyed my cabin and house! You’re the one who set Owen’s cabin on fire!”

  Mia laughed, a crazy, loud laugh and said, “It’s always been me, but if you think I’d get my hands dirty, you’re wrong. I have people to do that stuff for me.”

  She stared at her for a few seconds, thinking. “You mean the two guys who were with you at the diner? And what was with the red X on everything?”

  “Yes, yes, good for you for figuring it out. Bravo,” she said in a bored tone. “My guys do all of the shit for me I don’t wish to handle and they do anything I want. Every one of those X’s was me moving you out of Owen’s life. I’ve slowly tried cutting you off from your ever so comfy life and you won’t fucking leave, but I’m about to rectify that.”

  Steven growled low next to Cali. “The fuck you are.”

  “Oh Steven, please. We both know you are all bite. You won’t shoot a woman.”

  “You don’t know a thing of what I will and will no
t do. Drop the gun, Mia,” Steven said.

  Mia brought her other hand to her chin, rubbing it, pretending to be deep in thought. “I don’t think so, Steven. I’m not done with her. I need this bitch out of Owen’s life.”

  Cali’s voice lowered, trying to calm Mia down. “Owen and I are in love. We live together. I’m not going anywhere, Mia.”

  “He doesn’t love you! He can’t, he’s mine!”

  Cali could hear sirens and knew someone must have alerted the police. Internally, she sighed in relief knowing help was on the way, but the immediate threat was still in front of her with a gun in hand. On the outside her body was rigid with fear.

  “Mia, put the gun down. Please.” She needed to try something else. “Owen needs to go to a hospital. Look at him, he needs medical help. If you love him, you would get him help.”

  Mia took a step forward so she was standing in between his stretched out legs. She held the gun in one hand, still pointed at Cali and used the other to reach for his wrist. Her eyes never left Cali’s.

  “He’s got a pulse, he’s fine.”

  Steven voice interrupted them. His whole body was tight, poised to jump. “Give me the gun, Mia. Hand it over and you won’t get hurt.”

  This needs to end, Cali thought. She was really worried about Owen and needed to get him out of there. She wasn’t the only one who thought so. Erik and Steven must have had the same idea, because what happened next felt like it did in slow motion.

  Owen groaned, causing Mia to turn her head toward him. Steven took that as an opportunity to move forward to knock her to the ground. Mia’s head snapped up as Steven was going for her. His gun aimed at her head.

  Mia still had her gun pointed at Cali and pulled the trigger. As soon as she did, Steven pulled his. One bullet flew toward Cali as Erik threw himself in front of her to block the bullet, but he wasn’t fast enough. It hit her on the left side of her abdomen.

  The bullet that left Steven’s gun hit Mia in the head, right between the eyes. Cali saw her head fly back from the impact and her body hit the ground. Cali felt the bullet hit her, but the shock of everything was numbing.