by Megan West
“What did you say?” she asked. She had another sickening feeling he had done exactly what she would have expected him to, only it wouldn’t be a smart move on his part.
“What else? Told him to go fuck himself. I’m not throwing a fight.”
He was glaring at her, but she knew it was because of the situation. Whatever anger he had toward her the previous night had disappeared completely to make room for this.
“Nathan,” she said unsurely, taking a step toward him. She wanted to reach out and place her hands on him in an effort to calm him down, but she knew it would be in vain. Not only that, but things were still weird between them. She still didn’t even know if they were together or not. Even if that issue was on the back burner for the time being, that didn’t mean it had ceased to exist.
He looked over at her. “What?” he asked, a bit more hostile than she knew he meant.
“I don’t think that was a good idea,” she told him. She cleared her throat and starting twisting her hands together. “I mean… I think you should just do it. I know it goes against what you believe, but Nick is a dangerous man. More than you know. He’s the type who won’t take no for an answer and if you dare defy him–”
Nathan walked forward and pressed his index finger to her lips to silence her. He looked deep into her eyes, “Everything will be okay.”
He was strong and always the type of man to take charge. He never backed down. Emma knew these things about him and knew he was talking about the situation, but something about the way he was looking at her and the tone of his voice when he said it implied he meant something else, too. She felt as if he was trying to reassure her that everything would be okay between them as much as he was trying to promise her he would be okay when it came to Nick.
She felt a fluttering in her chest and her breath caught in her throat. He moved his finger from her lips in favor of cupping her cheek with his hand.
“Nathan,” Emma whispered. He took a step forward and leaned in closer to her. She could feel his hot breath on her face. Without thinking about it, she placed her hands on his chest. Not once did they break eye contact until he leaned all the way in, bridging the gap between them and pressing his lips to hers. Although it had been just a day she already missed him so much, but she knew it was because of the uncertainty surrounding their relationship. And as she moved into the kiss the uncertainty didn’t leave.
Her questions were still in mind and everything that had come up during their argument was still valid, but it didn’t matter at that moment. Nothing mattered as much as the feel of his lips so perfectly molded to hers. She moved her hands up to rest them on his shoulders, marveling at how incredibly smooth his skin was and how firm his muscles felt.
Nathan kissed the corner of her mouth and then her jaw before kissing her ear and whispering, “I love you.”
A single tear escaped the corner of her eye and slid down her cheek as she whispered, “I love you too.”
She held her breath when his lips touched her neck and then moved down to her collarbone. This was inevitably leading to sex. She wanted it, not only because she found him irresistible, but also because she needed to feel him close now more than ever. He kissed down the middle of her chest until she felt his lips brush against the top of her cleavage. The same spot where Nick had violated her using his gaze and his words was now a feeling of desirable weakness.
Nathan moved his hand down and started unbuttoning her blouse, slowly, until it had fallen open. He leaned back and looked at her exposed bra and cleavage spilling out of it. Although it was just a plain, white bra the desire in his eyes was obvious. He made her feel sexy no matter what.
He pushed her blouse off her shoulders and she shook it off her arms until it fell to the floor. He reached around her back and unclasped her bra, pulling the straps slowly down her arms. Goosebumps erupted on her skin as his fingertips trailed slowly down her arms. He pulled her bra straps off with a smile playing along the corners of his lips. Even the slightest touch of his made her feel weak in the knees. It was unlike anything she had ever experienced.
He placed his mouth close to her and drew in a breath as he ran his hands through her flowing natural red hair. His hands trailed down her face, over her shoulders and finally down her arms. He grabbed one of her hands and turned her around, pulling her in so that her back was pressed against his chest. Her breath stilled as he placed both hands on her stomach and moved them up until he cupped her breasts, slowly starting to massage them.
As he placed his lips against the side of her neck, one hand moved down to unzip her jeans. Once they were unbuttoned, he stepped back and turned her back around to face him. He knelt down in front of her and pulled down her jeans along with her panties in one, swift movement. Emma gave a little wiggle of the hips to help him tug them down her thighs before she stepped out of them. As soon as she kicked her jeans away Nathan tapped the insides of her thighs for her to open her legs.
As soon as she did, he leaned forward and pressed his lips against her mound before moving down and running the very tip of his tongue along her slit. She trembled and sucked in a quick breath. She was already wet and he was only going to get her soaking in no time. It was rare for Nathan to go down on her but, when he did, it was amazing. He lapped up her juices before sliding his tongue inside her and moving it in gentle circles.
She had to grab onto the top of his head with one hand and his shoulder with the other to keep from falling, knees bent in a crouch. “Oh,” she moaned out slightly more high-pitched than usual.
“Oh, Nathan.” He started easing his tongue in and out of her, every once in a while licking upward while inside to drive her wild. Just when she felt her knees might buckle, he pulled his tongue out r and pressed a sloppy, wet kiss to one of her hipbones.
He stood up and kissed her jaw again before taking her lips into a fiery kiss. She could still taste herself on his tongue when he slipped into her mouth, but she didn’t care. It only turned her on even more. He eased her legs, one at a time, around his hips so that he could carry her over to his bedroom. She loved that about him. He could carry her whenever he wanted.
Nathan placed her down on the bed and stood back to take off his pajama pants and boxers, his big cock springing free as he kicked his pants away. Emma couldn’t help but look at his manhood and lick her lips. Without a word, she got on all fours and crawled forward until her face was right in front of his cock. She licked her lips again as she looked up into his eyes before opening her mouth and taking the tip of him into her mouth. She gave a pert suck before slowly taking in his entire length into her mouth. Nathan groaned in pleasure as she looked up to see, with delight, that he had his eyes clenched shut.
Her head rocked back and forth, working his cock in and out of her mouth before picking up the pace. She felt his hand land on the back of her head and grab a lock of her hair, eventually directing how fast and deep she should take him. She closed her eyes and let out a muffled moan against him.
Nathan groaned again and rocked her head faster before he started thrusting his hips. Eventually, he was holding her head steady with both hands as he thrust in and out of her mouth. That was another thing he did rarely, but when he did she was perfectly okay with it. She loved it when he took charge. Finally, he pulled his cock out of her entirely and moved her body around so that she was still on all fours, only now the head of his cock was playfully brushing up and down her soaking wet slit.
He shoved in all at once without warning, making her body collapse forward onto the bed. She struggled to get back up as he continued to thrust in and out of her at a rapid pace. The rhythmic slapping of his hips against her ass filled the room as she clutched at the bed covers.
There was need in his thrusting, but she could also sense the pent up anger he had. All that energy was going into every one of his thrusts. She gripped the bed sheets tightly as he continued thrusting in and out of her quickly, not going all that deep. He finally slowed down and pushed hims
elf deep into her, almost hitting her sweet spot and driving her crazy with the teasing. He reached around and started rubbing her clit as he continued bucking against her. Emma didn’t even know how to handle the sensations and she eventually collapsed forward on the bed, hips still up in the air for him.
“Fuck,” she cried out with a panting breath into the bed sheets.
Nathan started rubbing one of her ass cheeks with his hand playfully pinching her from time to time. She knew exactly what he was aching for and to say she didn’t want it was a lie.
“Do it,” she cried out. Without another moment he reached back and gave her a sharp smack on her cheek. Emma hissed through her teeth as her skin flared red. There was nothing she loved more than the perfect blend of pain and pleasure.
She let out a heavy moan against a pillow. He hadn’t let up on the way he was thrusting deep into her, almost hitting that sweet spot but purposely avoiding it. He shifted his body and pushed his cock deep inside her, this time hitting her perfectly. She cried out in sheer pleasure as he swung his hand back for another punishing slap that bounced off the walls.
She grabbed the pillow tighter and placed it under her face, her fingers curling around the edges so tightly her knuckles turned white.
His hips smacked against her stinging skin as he drove his cock deeper. She cried out, making every effort to relax her muscles and give in to the pain and pleasure. He gripped her hips and jabbed deep inside, forcing a pained whimper to escape her.
Emma moaned loudly into the pillow, her body shaking.
“Fuck!” she screamed out. He continued working his cock in and out of her, picking up the pace as the minutes ticked by.
It felt so damn good, but the discomfort from her spanking couldn’t be ignored. Nathan took a few more long strokes until her shaking died down and the loud moans of pleasure took over. He held onto her hips and started thrusting in and out until he had her downright screaming.
That was when he reached around to rub her clit. At the moment her body tensed up, she choked out a breath as the orgasm slammed into her. Nathan was thrusting against her mercilessly now, but it didn’t last long. His hands clutched at her hips so tight it nearly hurt. He buried his cock as deep as he could. His body went stiff and his thrusting stopped as he came with her.
“Oh fuck,” he grunted with the final pump of his orgasm.
He fell onto the bed on his side, opening his eyes to look at her. Emma was still collapsed forward with her ass in the air, trying to catch her breath and steady her body.
Finally, she dropped down and curled onto her side to look into Nathan’s beautiful, deep blue eyes.
He had just reached out to run his hand down her cheek when they heard a loud bang from the living room.
Nathan hopped out of the bed at once. Emma curled up in the bed, covering her naked body with the blankets.
Nathan skidded to a halt as soon as the three men with guns came into view.
Chapter Four
Emma didn’t even realize what was happening at first. Nathan jumped forward and threw a punch, forcing the man back into the wall and crumpling to the ground. The other two men jumped on him at the same time. Emma covered her naked body with the comforter. She knew they had to have seen her, but they were focusing on Nathan and there was nothing she could do.
Her heart was pounding and he body shaking. This had to be Nick’s work, there was no other explanation for three armed men busting into Nathan’s apartment. She wondered if Nick had even assumed she would go to Nathan right after and was getting twice the kick out of all this thinking she would get caught by his men as well. Nathan was struggling against the weight of the two men as she curled up against the headboard and peered out over the blanket.
She saw Nathan pinned to the floor with a gun pressed against his head and it took everything in her not to scream out in terror. Then she froze. The other man walked in and sneered as soon as his eyes landed on her, his gun now pointing directly at her chest. She couldn’t even breathe. There was no way she could see them getting out of this. It was sure death. Nathan’s little conversation with Nick had come to this. It was too late for her to get out of this alive.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the man pointing the gun at her spoke up. “Nick is not to be fucked with.”
He stepped over Nathan, who was still pressed into the ground by the other man’s gun, and walked forward to Emma. He pressed the gun to her chest and moved it downward to expose her breasts. She didn’t even dare cover her body back up. He looked down at her and placed his free hand on the buckle of his belt, smacking his tongue against his teeth.
“Tell ‘em,” he barked at the other man, his gaze not leaving Emma’s exposed breasts even for a second. The gun felt cold pressed into her stomach.
“Now ya either do the deal Nick proposed or both you and Emma die,” he said, pressing his gun into the side of Nathan’s head. It didn’t take long for him to reluctantly agree to the deal, if only for the sake of staying alive and getting them out of his home.
“Can’t be a little fuck and be obvious about it either. You go down in the third round, you heard?”
Nathan agreed to Nick’s demands sent over by armed messengers. The two of the men backed out of the room, guns still pointed at Emma and Nathan, pushing the third man out the door. As soon as it shut, Nathan ran over to secure it although the lock was broken. He immediately ran back into the room to find Emma, who was clearly shaken up, on the verge of tears.
“Fuck,” Nathan said, fist curled up and ready to be hurled at someone or something. Emma’s body shook and tears spilled out the corners of her eyes. This was the type of thing she hoped to avoid every day she was part of this lifestyle but, in the end, she hadn’t managed to escape it.
“I can’t stand seeing you this way,” he muttered. He walked forward and pulled the blanket up to cover her exposed body. Although he wasn’t someone she wanted to hide her body from, it was comforting for him to do it.
“No one fuckin’ treats my girl this way,” he muttered, his voice low and dangerous. There was a little quiver in it that suggested just how furious he was.
Emma wanted to plead with him not to make any rash decisions, but she knew it was pointless. Not only that, she was frankly thinking something needed to be done to put a stop to this. She had the sinking feeling Nick would never stop targeting them. Even if he didn’t want her, he wanted to make it impossible for her to be with anybody else. And he hated being outdone, something that Nathan threatened to do all on his own.
“I’m not throwing that fight,” he declared. Emma looked up at him, heart racing. After what had just happened, how could he actually say that? “I’m going to win that fight. I don’t care what Nick says or how the fuck he threatens me. This isn’t ending like this.” He paced up and down the bedroom, running his index finger on his upper lip.
Emma could tell he was thinking and coming up with a plan, but she didn’t like it one bit. She had already warned him Nick wasn’t the type to defy and the three armed men had proven her point. She couldn’t understand what was running through his mind.
Finally, he stopped pacing and turned to look at her. He saw the fear in her eyes and walked over to her, kneeling down beside the bed and placing his hand on her thigh.
“There’s only one way about this. I’m going to Alex Moretti.”
“You’re what?” Emma finally spoke. That seemed even worse of an idea than anything that had passed through her mind.
“I’m gonna make a deal with the guy. If I win the big fight against ‘Tiger’ when Moretti comes to watch, there’ll be a big payout.” He paused and looked into Emma’s eyes with hope. She wasn’t sure what he was getting at but the road seemed far too dangerous. Nathan hopped up onto the bed and gently placed a hand against her cheek.
“Then we can use the money from that to leave Chicago and go to California.”
Silence.
They stared at each other, Nathan waiting fo
r her response and Emma trying to find one in the mess of thoughts running through her mind. It was awfully dangerous, but one of the most tempting things she had ever come across. She knew deep down that even if they did as Nick wanted now, it was only the start of his torture of them. One way or another they had to leave Chicago.
If she felt it was too late to get out now, she could only imagine how it would be after more time had passed. After some thought she agreed; although somewhat reluctantly.
“I’ll talk to Moretti before the fight,” Nathan told her.
Chapter Five
The night of the fight finally arrived. It had been a tumultuous time leading up to it, mainly because Emma was incredibly nervous. She knew Nathan was too, but he didn’t show it. He was being strong for her and for the sake of appearance. As she watched him lock up the moving truck that was packed with all their belongings and ready to go, she realized her questions about the relationship had mostly been answered.
