Groans turned to cries, cries turned to pleading. “Jake! I need—I need you...harder.”
“A little more, baby. Take a little more for me first and I’ll fuck you as hard as you need.”
Her body raged out of control and the only thing holding her to any sort of comprehensible present was his rhythmic triple stimulation, his confident strokes on all three places on her body. As his cock surged out, his thumb pushed in a little farther. The alternating penetration forced her to open her mouth wide to even breathe correctly.
He pressed his thumb a little deeper on her long exhale, his hand rested on the top of her ass cheek giving him complete control of how deep he went. When he pressed deeper still, his thumb met resistance and she unconsciously tightened against the intrusive presence. He slowed his strokes down, thrusting his thick cock slow and downward against her G-spot.
“Breathe, honey. Give it a second. A little farther and it’ll feel so much better.”
Wet fingers worked her clit harder, at last giving her the direct stimulation she needed. She groaned into the comforter as her muscles began to let up around his thumb. He stopped moving completely, his cock pulsing inside her, stretching her walls more as he circled her clit harder, faster. He’d gotten her so wet and so distracted, his thumb slipped past the tight forbidden barrier before she could register it. After a quick sting of pain, discomfort turned into a dark, vulgar need that consumed her. Harder. She needed him to move harder.
When her eyes met his in the mirror, a sexy smirk slid across his lips. “That’s it baby. Pain’s gone.”
“Yes,” she wept. “Yes.” He began working his cock again in slow, hard thrusts, as he rubbed her clit in tight small circles. His cock, his finger and his thumb, played her body like a well orchestrated symphony he was in complete control of.
Eve gripped the comforter between her tied hands so hard she began to lose circulation in her fingers.
“Jake! Oh God!”
She pushed back into him and held on for what felt like her last minutes on earth. Her mind checked out and she gave herself over to his care completely, confirming what she’d known since the second he touched her with an intent other than friendship. She belonged to him and him alone.
“Mine. You’ll always be mine, Eve. Your body. Your pussy. Your heart. This gorgeous ass. All mine.”
Tears streamed down her cheeks and into her open mouth. “Yes! Only you. Please!”
“Come, baby. Show me who you belong to.”
It was a claim. One she willingly accepted and cherished. Her blood raced in time with her breathing, her body raged like a volcano, and all three places where he touched her, penetrated her, owned her, exploded with a force that left her collapsed atop the mattress. Barely moving her head to the side, she gasped as her body strangled his.
“I love you, Jake. I love you so much.”
The second her torso dropped the bed, Jake gently pulled his thumb out. She gasped at the emptiness flooding her until he grabbed her hips with both hands and drove into her, right through her orgasm. Her legs became limp and spread farther, his balls slapped against her wet pussy as he buried himself inside her swollen channel, over and over as her body milked his and pulled him over the top with her. With a few final thrusts, his chest came down hard against her back, pushing them both into the mattress.
He lay there for a second before turning over and taking her with him. He brought her arms down on her chest and blindly unbound her hands. As soon as the tie was gone, he wrapped his hands around her wrists and gently rubbed the area where they’d been tied.
“Baby, sit up.” His hands dropped to her hips. “Turn. Slow!” He chuckled into her hair before pushing her shoulders up. “Turn around to me.”
Orienting herself, Eve pushed up the rest of the way and turned, slowly lifting one leg over his chest, so she straddled him and laid back down, her ear over his heart. He was still deep and semi-hard inside her, his body twitching with each clasp of hers around him. She wedged her arms under his head and he wrapped her up, kissing her forehead. Rolling her over so he was on top of her, he rested between her wet thighs.
He framed her face with his hands and kissed the tip of her nose. “You back with me?”
“Mmm…” Eve sighed. “I’m always with you.”
Firm lips slammed down on hers, his tongue thrusting inside as if to reestablish she was his. He pulled back, hands buried in her hair, their mouths less than an inch apart.
“Never forget who you belong to, Eve.”
Stretching like a contented cat under him, Eve lifted her heavy arms over his shoulders and wedged her face against his neck.
“You may need to spend a lot of time reminding me, seeing as how you waited so long and all.”
His beard tickled her earlobe. “Be careful what you wish for, love.”
Eve pulled back and looked up into his warm brown eyes. “I know exactly what I wished for Jake. I wished for it over two decades ago.”
His grip tightened in her hair. “Forever starts now, baby. However long that may be.”
Eve stared into the eyes of the one man she’d loved more than half of her life.
“Forever,” she promised, turning her head to run her lips directly across their mirror image permanently etched on his wrist. The one kiss that inevitably bound them together.
THE END
ABOUT CAROLYN
Carolyn Anthony is a sucker for a dark romance with a dominant, tattooed, alpha badass man at the helm.
Her characters deal with real life issues: the painful, the tragic, the damaging sort of life events that leave both external and internal scars, because she’s been there.
Her heroines are strong women at the core who will always find what’s been lost, taken or exploited: their strength, their self-worth, their identity, their innocence or their love. She writes about women exploring their sexuality, owning that sexuality and enjoying it. Along for the ride, the hot-ass men who prove worthy enough to be on that journey with them.
I hope you enjoyed reading book one of the Shattered Boundaries Series. Each book is a stand alone with a well earned HEA. Book two coming soon as well as Phoenix, the first book in a Contemporary second chances trilogy.
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24 HOURS—THE PLAYLIST
IF ONLY... / Eve
“Dirty Little Secret”—Sarah McLachlan
“Secrets”—The Weeknd
“Fallin’”—Alicia Keys
“Sorrow”—Flyleaf
“Drumming Song”—Florence + The Machine
“R U Mine?”—Arctic Monkeys
“Glitter In the Air”—Pink
“Bring Me To Life”—Evanescence
IF ONLY... / Jake
“More Than a Feeling”—Boston
“Again”—Lenny Kravitz
“Remix” (I Like The)—Backstreet
“Best of You”—Foo Fighters
“Angel”—Theory of a Deadman
“Earned It”—The Weeknd
“Need You Now”—Lady Antebellum
“Shameless”—The Weeknd
* * *
YESTERDAY’S SCARS / Eve
“Magic Man”—Heart
“I Feel A Sin Comin’ On”—Pistol Annies
“Mercy”—Duffy
“Wrecking Ball”—Lifehouse
“Stand Back”—Stevie Nicks
“Into Dust�
�—Mazzy Star
“Nothing Without You”—The Weeknd
“Gravity”—Sara Bareilles
YESTERDAY’S SCARS / Jake
“Does Anybody Hear Her”—Casting Crowns
“Come On and Love Me”—Lenny Kravitz
“Midnight”—Hadouken!
“How Did You Love”—Shinedown
“When I’m Gone”—3 Doors Down
“Iris”—The Goo Goo Dolls
“Let You Down”—P.O.D
“Dark Times”—The Weeknd
* * *
NEVER MINE / EVE
“Drowning”—Stereophonics
“Lie To Me”—Johnny Lang
“Almost Lover”—A Fine Frenzy
“Foolish Games”—Jewel
“Give Me Up Again”—Jonny Lang
“Say Something”—A Great Big World (with Christina Aguilera)
“Forever”—Papa Roach
“It’s Over”—Trapt
NEVER MINE / Jake
“Recognize”—Flaw
“Never Too Late” - Acoustic Version—Three Days Grace
“Trust”—Sevendust
“November Rain”—Guns and Roses
“Better as a Memory”—Kenny Chesney
“Cold”—Crossfade
“Here Without You”—3 Doors Down
“Breakin’ Me”—Jonny Lang
* * *
FOREVER BOUND / Eve
“Dreamer”—Toni Childs
“Truth”—Jason Aldean
“My Immortal”—Evanescence
“Again”—Flyleaf
“Rabbit Heart”—Florence + The Machine
“I Never Told You”—Colbie Caillat
“Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—Lady Antebellum
“Crazy In Love”—(Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack) Nicole Anderson
“Oklahoma Sky”—Miranda Lambert
FOREVER BOUND / Jake
“Far Away”—Nickelback
“Ain’t No Sunshine”—Bill Withers
“Diamond Eyes”—Deftones
“It’s Been Awhile”—Staind
“Have a Little Faith In Me”—John Hiatt
“The Flame”—Cheap Trick
“Still Loving You”—The Scorpions
“I Belong to You”—Lenny Kravitz
“Thank You”—Led Zepplin
* * *
24 HOURS / Eve & Jake’s Song: “Faithfully”—Journey
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My parents and my brother. Thank you for the patience, continual support and sacrifices you make for me to be able to do what I love. I love you with all that I am.
My best friends—C and C. The light to my dark. If not for you, I am truly lost. Thank you for your undying loyalty, constant support, encouragement, and faith in me.
“Prettiest” cousin. Thank you for never letting me get too serious, for coffee Sundays and reading anything I give you, even the first drafts that only you can decipher.
Alexa. My voice of reason and my outlet. I was blessed when you entered my life. Thank you for pushing me to face my fears and stay focused on what’s important. You bring me peace.
My Editor, Leanore Elliott. This story would not have seen the light of day without your guidance, your belief in me, and in this book in particular. You have taught me more than any teacher ever has. Thank you for taking a chance on me, for nurturing me through editing rounds and for believing in Jake and Eve’s story. You are my editing goddess.
Riley Bancroft. You were my “writing soulmate” from the second we met. Thank you for your treasured friendship, your support, reading anything I put in front of you and for your beautiful positivity. I love you.
Christina Alexandra, for caring enough about me as a writer and a friend to never “sugar-coat” a damn thing. For your brutal truth, for forcing me to see past my own bias and for making me see sometimes my “darlings” need to be “killed,” or in certain cases, burned...
Debra Mullins, for adopting a newbie and taking her under your wing.
To RWA/OCC, for being the best community of writers an author could ask for.
The “Early Morning Crew”—You know who you are. You are my second family. You saved me in ways you will never know and continue to do so every day. Thank you.
And to you, my cherished reader. My heartfelt thanks for taking a chance on a new author. I hope you enjoy the story of Jake and Eve. It is for you that I write and I look forward to creating new journeys for you to take with me. I am truly blessed that you picked up this book.
To all, my deepest thanks,
Carolyn
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Copyright © 2017 Carolyn Anthony
Edited by Leanore Elliott
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