Wanted (The Dare to Dream Series Book 1)

by Jennifer Kittredge

  “Ryan, please.” I was panting, need pushing all else aside.

  Ryan circled my opening. I was so slick for him. He would have no trouble getting inside me. He plunged his head into me slowly. Not far, just enough to tease me.

  “Ryan…” I was breathless.

  “Hmmmmm….” he whispered in my ear.

  This man completely undid me. He slipped further inside me and the feel of him was almost too much.

  “Kate, I love being inside you.”

  With that, he pumped harder into me. God, it felt amazing. He was still lying on my back and the position was exhilarating. Him, totally covering me with his body, the feel of him pumping into me, his strong arms on either side of me. I never wanted to move. He removed himself from me and quickly flipped me over onto my back. He plunged back into me and took my mouth in his. I wrapped my legs around him and began to feel myself soar. I never wanted this to end. Ryan pumped harder and I began to build.

  “Ryan…”

  “Look at me, Kate. Open your eyes and look at me.”

  I did as he asked. I was looking directly at him as we climaxed together. I’d never felt so connected or intimate with anyone before. He leaned down and kissed me sweetly, then rolled onto his side and spooned me.

  “Beautiful, you undo me.”

  “Mmmmm,” I murmured.

  We slept for a while, comfortably curled in each others arms. I woke and stared at the sleeping man holding me. I had never felt so loved before. I didn’t really know if you could call it love, but I felt something I had never felt before. I felt safe, as if this was where I belonged. How could I feel so much in such little time? I slid myself from Ryan’s arms, wrapped a blanket around me, and went up on deck. The night was dark and the water even darker, but the stars sparkled brightly.

  “Wow,” I said aloud. The stars were like tiny little lights illuminating the darkness, making the water glisten like thousands of fireflies. It was breathtaking. I sat with my thoughts for a while, grateful for the time alone. I had complicated my life so much by adding Ryan to it. It wasn’t fair to him. He didn’t deserve this. He didn’t deserve a woman who was stuck in a loveless marriage, running away from her life, hoping she’d never wake up and have to deal with the reality of it. It was all too much, honestly.

  “Hey,” I heard as footsteps approached me.

  “Hey,” I said back.

  “What are you doing out here all alone?”

  “Just thinking”

  “What are you thinking about, beautiful? Would you like to share?”

  “Not really. It all feels so complicated. I just…you deserve more, Ryan. You deserve a woman who is available. A woman who can return what you give. I can’t do that right now. I’m not available. I’m complicated. I haven’t even faced my reality. I’ve run away so that I could sort things out, and instead, I ran straight into your arms, which complicates things further.”

  Tears were brimming. I hated that I was always on the verge of tears lately. Crying made me feel weak. Dammit! I hated feeling weak and vulnerable.

  “Go on,” he said quietly.

  “I just…I need to figure out my life. I need to make a plan and put it into motion. I need to go home.”

  Chapter Thirteen

  Ryan was quiet for a few minutes. We sat in silence. Not an uncomfortable silence, but silence nonetheless.

  “Kate, the way I see it is you have two days left before you head back to your reality. Two days that I would like to spend with you. I made arrangements for us to stay out in the boat tonight, but if you want to go back, I will take you back. I would love to spend more time with you, if you’ll allow it. I know what I’m getting into, Kate. You’ve been honest with me. I walk in willingly. When you leave Thursday morning, my heart will hurt, I know that, but I am willing to risk that hurt to spend the next few days with you before you leave.”

  God, this man was too much. Was he even real? When had a man ever thought of me like that? Um, never. I decided then and there that I would give him those two days. I would fully embrace them before I had to go back to the fucked-up-ness that was my life.

  “Okay, Ryan. I will give you these next two days,” I whispered, the words barely audible.

  He leaned in and kissed me. The kiss was soft and sweet at first, but then it turned into more. The yearning inside me was quick to rise. I loved the way our mouths fit. It was like he was drinking me, sucking every last breath out of me, leaving me completely breathless. Ryan moved from my mouth and down my jawline to my neck. He kissed and sucked and lifted the blanket off me slowly. I made it easy for him. I was completely naked underneath. I stood before him, with the stars flickering like lightning bugs off the water as he drank me in. I had never felt so sexy and so wanted in all my life.

  Without saying a word, Ryan took my right breast in his mouth. He licked and sucked, and my nipples stood at attention. He bit down on my nipple slowly, which totally caught me off guard. It was a feeling of pain mixed with pleasure—mostly pleasure—and it was fucking hot. He bit down again, and I felt the pool of wetness between my legs. He made his way to my other breast and did the same. I was going to come undone right there, just from him biting my nipples. God, this was pure pleasure.

  “It’s okay to enjoy it, Kate. You can let go.”

  “God, Ryan, that feels amazing. Don’t stop.”

  He didn’t. He licked, sucked, and bit. I couldn’t contain myself.

  “Ryan, I’m going to come right now.”

  “I want you to, beautiful.”

  With that, he bit my right nipple and pinched my left one. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I was soaring. The physical tremors ripped through me as I cried out his name.

  “That’s it, beautiful.”

  I came undone and exploded right there in his arms. My orgasm came hard and fast. It left me panting and wanting more. Who was this highly sexual woman? Had she always been inside me? This man had found a piece of me I didn’t even know existed. He made his way back up to my mouth and kissed me hard. Our mouths melded together in a swirl of heated passion.

  “God, Ryan, you do things to me I can’t even put into words.”

  “Oh, beautiful, I haven’t shown you anything yet.” He spoke against my mouth.

  “Show me, Ryan. Please show me,” I begged.

  “I’m not sure you’re ready beautiful. I need you to truly trust me before we move on from where we are.”

  “Ryan…” I panted now, the words pushing through the shallow breaths. “I do trust you. I know you would never hurt me. I know that in my heart of hearts.” I said those words while looking directly into his magnificent blue eyes. “Please.”

  With that, he lifted me in his arms and took me below deck. He placed me gently on the bed.

  “I want to do unspeakable things to you, beautiful,” he said, while climbing on top of me.

  “Do them, Ryan. Please. I trust you.”

  Without a word, he got up and walked out of the room. What the hell? Where the hell was he going? Should I get up and follow him, or should I stay put? Should I be upset that he left? I heard his footsteps getting closer, so I decided not to move. When he appeared in the doorway, he had rope in his hands. My eyes grew wide. He was going to tie me up. I had never been tied up before. I mean, never.

  “Are you sure you’re up for this, Kate? We don’t have to do this.”

  “Yes, Ryan. I want to do this. Please.”

  He approached me, and I sat up and put my hands out in front of me.

  He smirked. “Ready and willing, I see.”

  I should have been embarrassed, but I wasn’t. I was completely aroused. My desire was full throttle. He tied my wrists together tight enough that I couldn’t escape, yet loose enough so it wouldn’t hurt.

  “I don’t want you getting rope burn.”

  I smiled shyly up at him. He then took a bandana from his jeans pocket. He covered my eyes with it, tying it behind my head. I was completely aroused. My se
nses were on high alert. Ryan pushed me so that I lay on my back. He straddled me, took my tied wrists, and moved them above my head. I heard him working with something, but I had no idea what it was. He leaned down and kissed me hard, then tore his mouth from mine.

  I felt my arms being tied to something above my head. I had no idea what it was, and at this point, I didn’t really care. I was breathless. I didn’t know if I should be afraid. There I was, completely naked, exposed, and tied up below deck on some boat with a man I barely knew. No one knew where I was.

  For some reason, I wasn’t afraid. I was aroused. I wanted whatever it was he was going to do to me. Ryan got off me for a minute. I heard him unzipping his jeans. God, I could picture him before me, that amazing “V” coming into full view. He straddled me again and kissed me hard.

  “Beautiful, are you ready?”

  “Yes.”

  With that, he kissed me harder. Our mouths danced together as my intensity matched his. My nipples were so hard, they almost hurt. I could feel Ryan’s hard cock against my belly. I wanted it inside me more than I ever wanted anything. He made his way to my jawline and tenderly made his way up to my ear.

  “You’re beautiful, Kate. If you could see what I see, you’d be amazed. So soft, yet so strong. Perfect. Your body does things to me I can’t even explain. I’ve never wanted anything so much in my entire life.”

  I wanted to wrap my arms around him but I couldn’t move.

  “Ryan, please,” I begged.

  “Not yet, sweetness.”

  He moved from my ear, down my jawline, and to my breasts. He sucked my right nipple hard, so hard I cried out in pleasure. He bit down, and I felt a pool of wetness between my legs. God, I wanted to touch him and look at him. He made his way to my left nipple and continued his attack. I was going to come again, right there.

  “Let it go, Kate.”

  So I did. My senses were so heightened, I came hard. Ryan didn’t even give me a minute to recover. He made his way down to my folds and began to lick and suck. He inserted two fingers inside me as he sucked on my clit. My God, this was the most amazing sex I’d ever had. He finger-fucked me hard. I wanted to push myself down harder onto his fingers, but I couldn’t move. He removed them my pussy and made his way to my other entrance.

  “It’s okay, baby, I won’t hurt you.” He massaged my entrance and the feeling was like nothing I had ever felt before. Tingles shot through my entire body. The sensation was almost more than I could take. I couldn’t believe I liked it.

  “Ryan,” I said breathlessly.

  “I’ve got you, beautiful. Relax.” I did as I was told as he continued to massage my entrance. He sucked on my clit as his finger played there. The feeling was sensational. I could feel myself building again. I felt his finger break through my entrance and I nearly came undone.

  “I’m going to have you here, beautiful.” At that point, I wanted him there.

  “Please,” I whispered, almost inaudibly.

  I could feel his smile on my clit.

  “Please, Ryan,” I panted.

  Ryan took hold of my waist and flipped me over onto my stomach. My arms were still tied and raised above my head. I lay flat on my stomach as he climbed between my legs. I parted them willingly. Ryan placed two fingers in my pussy again and massaged me inside. He then took his fingers out and massaged the entrance to my behind.

  “Ready, beautiful?”

  “Yes.”

  I felt the head of his penis touch my entrance.

  “Relax, beautiful. It will be uncomfortable at first, but you’ll get used to it.”

  I was ready. I wanted this. I couldn’t believe that I wanted this, but I did. Desperately. He pushed into me slowly. It was uncomfortable, but it wasn’t horrible. As he made his way all the way inside, I moaned.

  “Relax,” he said again, “I’m going to sit right here until you get used to me.”

  Ryan leaned over and kissed my back. It was the sweetest, softest kiss.

  “Ready?” he whispered.

  “Yes.”

  He began to pump slowly, in, out, in, out. I surrendered to this glorious sensation. Ryan began to pump harder, holding on to my waist. I was up on my forearms, ass somewhat in the air. Ryan pumped harder and harder as I began to climb again. I was going to come for the third time, and I was looking forward to it. I could feel him building, too.

  “Baby, I’m going to come. I want you to come with me.”

  “I will,” I said desperately.

  I have never known a sensation like this. Every fiber of my being was on high alert, my skin sizzled, my body ached, and I could feel the pool of wetness between my legs. God, this was heaven. “I’m going to come, Ryan. I’m…I’m coming. Oh my God!”

  I burst. Right there, while he was still thrusting inside me.

  “Kate…beautiful.”

  We both exploded. I could feel the tremors through both our bodies as he lay on top of me. I couldn’t move. I wanted to touch him desperately. I felt Ryan untie the bandana from behind my head. As it fell, it took my eyes a moment to adjust. He unhooked the rope that secured my hands and flipped me over. My hands immediately went around his chest. Oh, how I loved touching this man. He looked me in the eyes, bent his head, and kissed me. It wasn’t a hard kiss, but it was intimate and strong. My body began to react to him at once. The kiss deepened, and we lay there kissing for a while. When he took his mouth from mine, I frowned.

  “You need some rest, beautiful. It’s after midnight.”

  With that, he rolled over and spooned me from behind. I have never felt so wanted and satiated at the same time.

  Chapter Fourteen

  I woke the next morning in the same position I fell asleep in. Ryan’s arms were still wrapped around me. I liked it there. I loved being in his arms. He made me feel safe and beautiful. He made me feel wanted. I unwrapped myself from his arms and made my way to the galley. In the galley, I found the fridge stocked and decided to make breakfast. I began sizzling the bacon, popped on the coffee maker, and decided on scrambled eggs, instead of over easy. In a matter of minutes, I had whipped up a pretty good breakfast. I plated, found a serving tray in one to the drawers, and walked back to the bedroom. The sight of him always made me catch my breath. He was exquisite. Every single inch of him.

  “Rise and shine.”

  He grunted and peered out of one eye.

  “Mmmmmm. That smells good.”

  “I thought you might be hungry.”

  “Breakfast in bed with the most beautiful woman in the world. I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Ryan sat up in bed. I placed the tray on his lap, crawled in next to him, and took my plate. We ate and talked. I was so comfortable with this man.

  “I have something special planned for today. You up for it?”

  “Yes. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”

  We finished eating, drank the last drop of our coffee, then he took my plate, got up, and walked to the kitchen. Naked. Damn, he was mighty fine to look at from the rear. I giggled to myself. I was like a freaking school girl with an enormous crush. Ryan sauntered back into the stateroom, leaned over the bed, and kissed me hard. I met his kiss with as much passion. This man never ceased to amaze me. He crawled slowly back into bed with me without ever leaving my lips. He took me in his arms and rolled me on top of him. Our kiss and passion continued to build.

  “I want you to ride me, beautiful. I want you to look at me the entire time you are.”

  He kissed me deeply again and then slid me up so that I could slide down on his cock.

  “That’s it, beautiful. Ride me.”

  I rode him hard. I gave him everything I had, never breaking eye contact with him. Up, down, up down… I could see by the look in his eyes how much he enjoyed it. He was loving every moment of it. I got up on my feet so that I could bring myself higher up on his cock and slowly eased myself down again. I did this again and again as I watched him building.

  “Don’t stop, Kate. Th
at feels amazing.”

  I didn’t stop, moving slowly at first, but then I increased my rhythm. The faster I went, the more I was building, too. “Ryan, I’m so close.”

  “Me too, beautiful. Don’t break eye contact with me. I want to see your eyes looking into mine when you come.”

  Fuck, he undid me.

  “I’m coming Ryan. I’m coming right now.”

  I came hard, never breaking our eye contact. Ryan came, too. We both soared while looking into each other’s eyes. The intimacy between us was absolutely sizzling. The closeness of that moment couldn’t be put into words. Ryan sat up with me straddling him. He took me in his arms and kissed me tenderly. Our mouths melded together as we held each other. Ryan was still inside me and I could feel him getting hard again. I began to move my hips ever so slightly. I could feel his grin on my mouth.

  “You’re insatiable, beautiful.”

  “I could say the same about you.” I giggled.

  We made love right there, slowly, with me straddling him while he sat up in bed. Our mouths never parted as we came together. I knew in my heart of hearts the most difficult thing I would ever have to do was say goodbye to this man.

  We sailed up to Charleston. I was squealing like a little girl as I hadn’t been to Charleston in fifteen years and was so excited to be there. The man never ceased to amaze me. We pulled into the marina and Ryan got the boat settled. He must have called ahead, because they were ready for him.

  “Thanks, guys. Take care of her while I’m gone.”

  “Will do Mr. Pierce. We’ve got her covered.”

  “Mr. Pierce? Wow, that sounds so formal.”

  “Yeah, they’re a little more formal here. I’ve tried to get them to call me Ryan, but none of them have taken me up on it.”

  “Well, Mr. Pierce, what do you have planned for us today?”

  To my surprise, Ryan had an entire day planned. We walked all of historic Charleston, taking in the sights, shopping in the small shops, and enjoying one another’s company. The comfort I felt with Ryan was more than I could ever have hoped for. This man made me feel as though I was the only woman in the world. I could see the love and passion he had for me when I looked into his eyes. We walked along Rainbow Row, a section of Charleston I absolutely adored. I loved the story behind it and could envision the men, staggering home, looking for their colored home so as not to walk into the wrong house. We strolled into a sweet little cafe for lunch. This had been one of the happiest days of my life. I felt so relaxed and comfortable for the first time in a very long time.