The Promise (Neighbor from Hell Book 10)

by R. L. Mathewson

  Always.

  But as he laid there, grabbing hold of the pillow as he tried not to think of how fucking tight she was, he-

  “Two years!” Joey suddenly blurted out. “I haven’t had sex in two years! I’m on birth control! I’m clean! I’m very clean! I’ve never had sex without a condom before and I get tested every six months! But then again, if you can’t say the same then maybe we should get a-Oh, god!”

  “Two and a half years,” he ground out between clenched teeth as he slid home and lost his fucking mind.

  Chapter 24

  “You feel so fucking good,” Reed groaned in her ear as he slid his hands over her arms so that he could entwine their fingers as he continued slowly thrusting inside her, taking his time to give her body a chance to get used to his size. “So fucking tight.”

  A moan escaped her as her back arched and her hands tightened around his as he slid back inside her before pulling out until only the tip was inside her. When he pushed back inside, she gasped only to groan when he released her hand so that he could reach between them and cup her breast.

  “So fucking soft,” he said, taking her nipple between his fingers while he gave her breast a squeeze and kissed her neck.

  She pulled her hand away from his so that she could run her hands over his ass, giving it a squeeze and encouraging him to keep going. When he stopped, she was torn between crying and-

  Groaning when she suddenly found herself rolled over onto her stomach and her hips yanked back so that her ass was raised. A few seconds later, she was moaning into the mattress as he slowly entered her from behind. His grip tightened around her hips as he ground himself inside her.

  “So fucking good,” he growled as he ran his hands over her back, over her shoulders, and down her arms.

  She licked her lips when he pressed a kiss against the middle of her back as he wrapped his arms around her. With a kiss pressed between her shoulder blades, he pulled her back so that she was kneeling on the bed with her back pressed against his chest. He pressed a kiss against the side of her neck that sent a shiver down her spine as he brushed his fingertips down her arms, leaving a trail of goosebumps behind.

  “Hold on,” he said as he took her hands and placed them on the headboard. She grabbed hold of the intricately carved headboard and released a shaky moan as Reed pressed another kiss against her neck.

  When he ran his hands over her arms and shoulders, she licked her lips as she dropped her head forward only to gasp when she felt one of his hands slide down her stomach as his other hand cupped her breast. God, he felt so good, she thought as her lips parted on a shaky moan when Reed pulled all the way out and ran his fingers between her legs, parting her so that he could rub his fingers against her clit before he slid his fingers inside her.

  As he slowly fucked her with his fingers, she whispered, “Oh, god,” as her grip tightened on the headboard while she knelt there, watching as his large hand moved between her legs and the other kept kneading her breast, gently tugging on her nipple and-

  Screamed when the orgasm that she hadn’t been prepared for hit her out of nowhere. While her body trembled and her legs turned to Jell-O, she found herself hanging onto the headboard, gasping as he continued thrusting his fingers between her legs while he kissed his way back up to her neck and started whispering in her ear, telling her just how much he liked fucking her. He told her just wet she was, how tightly her pussy wrapped around him, and how good her pussy felt when he fucked her, hot, wet, and how unbelievably tight she was.

  The last moan left her lips when she found herself barely managing to hang on as he ripped another moan from her when he slowly slid back inside her. When she lost her grip on the headboard, Reed wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back against him while he continued to move inside her. Closing her eyes, she dropped her head back against his shoulder as she reached up so that she could cup the back of his neck and hold on as he slowly thrust inside her.

  They really shouldn’t be doing this, but as Reed pressed a kiss against her neck, she realized that she didn’t care. At that moment, she didn’t care about a lot of things. She didn’t care that the rest of her colleagues probably hated her, that she was on sabbatical and would most likely lose her job because a man that she’d respected lied, that she didn’t know what she was going to do now or thinking about any of the things that kept her up late at night.

  Right now, the only thing that she cared about was how good it felt to be in the arms of the only man that she would never have to worry about breaking her heart.

  *-*-*-*

  He was a fucking idiot, but as he kissed the beautiful woman climbing on top of him, he found it difficult to care. She felt so fucking good, he thought as she settled on top of him. Cupping her face in his hands, he continued to kiss her, groaning as she ground herself down against his cock, somehow making it harder than it had ever been before. When she whimpered into his mouth, he realized that he’d do anything to make her scream his name again.

  Absolutely fucking anything, he decided as he moved his hands over her shoulders and down her back so that he could cup her ass, encouraging her to keep moving against him. She was so fucking wet, he thought with a groan. So fucking wet, so fucking tight, and so fucking-

  “Reed,” she moaned his name on a whimper as she shifted her hips so that the next time she pushed back, he was sliding back inside her.

  So fucking good, he thought, groaning as he wrapped his arms around her and rolled her onto her back. Before her back touched the bed, he was already moving inside her, unable to help himself. He’d never felt anything better in his life. She was so fucking hot and tight…so fucking tight.

  “You feel so fucking perfect,” he groaned as he slowly fucked her, savoring every thrust back inside her.

  “So do you,” Joey said with one of those moans that drove him crazy as she ran her hands over him.

  After giving her one last kiss, he raised himself so that he could watch her as he deepened his thrusts. She was so fucking beautiful, he thought as he watched her lick her lips hungrily as she shifted her hips to move with him. When she cupped his face in her hands and pulled him closer, he went without a second thought even as he had to wonder if he’d ever be able to resist her.

  There wasn’t a chance in hell that he’d ever be able to resist her, he decided when he felt her walls tighten around him and-

  “Reed!” she gasped, her breaths coming faster as she grabbed onto his shoulders, her back arched, and-

  “Fuck!” he growled, deepening his thrusts and ground his teeth with a groan as she milked him, tearing a groan from him as his hands fisted in the sheets and he buried his face against her shoulder as a shot of pleasure tore through his body.

  As he laid there, struggling to catch his breath, he realized that he was in real trouble here only to decide that he didn’t fucking care when she wrapped her arms around him.

  *-*-*-*

  Now was definitely a good time to panic, Joey decided with a solemn nod and a quick glance at the man that had finally passed out by her side. Biting her lip, she grabbed hold of the large arm that was wrapped around her and after several failed attempts, she was finally able to lift his arm off her and-

  Sigh when he wrapped his arm back around her and pulled her tightly against him as he grumbled what sounded suspiciously like, “Soft,” in his sleep. Risking a glance over her shoulder to make sure that Reed wasn’t waking up for round five, and she fully planned on freaking out about round one, two, three, and four in a minute, she reached for his arm again. Several minutes and numerous failed attempts later, she reluctantly accepted the fact that she wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while.

  Biting back a sigh, she shifted to get more comfortable only to remember that there was currently a huge arm pinning her to the bed. Deciding that this would be the perfect spot for a nervous breakdown after all, she slowly exhaled as she prepared herself for the panic that should be coming only to become somewhat distracte
d by the large appendage currently pressed against her back.

  That, of course, brought up memories of what happened last night and all the incredible things that Reed did to her and-

  She decided that she was actually okay with what happened last night. More than okay with it in fact, she thought as she watched the large tan hand that was holding her start making its way down her stomach right around the time that she decided that she was definitely okay with whatever happened.

  Chapter 25

  “We are no longer speaking, asshole,” the little bastard said with a glare that Reed easily ignored as he walked into the kitchen and found the reason that he felt relaxed for the first time in years sitting at the table covered with platters overflowing with French toast, eggs, hash browns, toast, and sausages.

  “Good morning, Reed,” he thought he heard someone say.

  “Thanks,” he said absently as he placed his bag on the floor and joined them at the table, barely aware of the little bastard glaring at him as he sat there, thinking about just how good it felt to wake up with her in his arms only to bite back a groan when he thought about just how fucking incredible it felt when she’d joined him in the shower earlier.

  He’d never been a big fan of shower sex before, but now…

  He couldn’t stop thinking about how fucking good it felt to have her in his arms. The way her body felt against his, how good it felt to run his hands over her wet skin, and just how fucking good it felt to have her hand working him. Just thinking about her hand sliding over his cock had him shifting in his chair and seriously debating calling in sick so that he could spend the rest of the day in bed with her only that wasn’t an option, but god, did he want it to be.

  “Everything looks so good!” someone said, making him wonder how they were going to manage to do this when he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

  “Thank you,” the woman who was making him question his sanity murmured from where she sat, biting back a pleased little smile, and reading a book on the American Revolution while he sat there trying to figure out what he was going to do about her.

  Last night had been fucking amazing, but this morning…

  Had him shifting in his chair as he remembered what it felt like to wake up to find Joey climbing on top of him. He’d barely opened his eyes when the first groan was ripped from him. When she settled on top of him with a moan, he’d lost it.

  One minute she was leaning over him and the next, he had her on her back and he couldn’t fuck her hard enough or fast e-

  “Asshole,” the little bastard mumbled, drawing his attention away from the small woman that he couldn’t wait to get alone to find his brother still glaring at him.

  “What’s your problem?” Reed asked, although he had a bad feeling that he already knew.

  The look Matt shot Joey only confirmed it.

  Really fucking great, he thought as he grabbed the bowl of scrambled eggs, barely noticing the heavy sigh that followed or the mumbled, “I’ll just grab something on the way to work,” while he sat there wondering how long it would take before the little bastard went running to Jackson.

  “You’re my problem,” Matt bit out as he grabbed the platter of French toast.

  “Hey!” someone said only to sigh when Matt stabbed his fork through several slices of french toast and put them on his plate before shoving the platter away.

  “Thank-” someone started to say only to end up sighing heavily when Reed picked up the platter.

  “I had to sleep in the shop because of you last night, asshole,” Matt said as Reed’s glare was shifted back to Joey as she grabbed the platter away from him with a sad shake of her head and held it out to-

  “Thank you,” Julie said, making him wonder when she got here.

  “What was wrong with your room?” Reed asked, helping himself to several slices of toast.

  “It should probably be condemned,” Joey said, not bothering to look up from her book as she reached over and plucked a piece of toast off his plate.

  With an offended glare in Joey’s direction, Matt said, “I couldn’t sleep in my room last night, because of all the screaming.”

  Aw, shit!

  He should have known that they wouldn’t be able to keep this a secret, but maybe that was for the best, he thought only to frown when the woman that he wasn’t going to be able to keep his hands off decided to help.

  “They were really loud,” Joey said with a little sniffle and a sad look on her face that had him wondering what the hell she was up to.

  “You were screaming?” Julie asked only to sigh when Matt grabbed the platter of sausages.

  When Reed went to answer Matt cut him off. “All. Damn. Night.”

  “All night,” Joey said, nodding in agreement as she turned the page, leaving him sitting there shaking his head because there was no way that they were going to believe that she hadn’t spent the night with-

  “What the hell is wrong with you bringing some bar bunny home while Joey is staying here?” Matt demanded, shaking his head in disgust as he resigned himself to going along with this bullshit story.

  At least, until he figured out what he was going to do.

  “We weren’t that loud,” he said with a glare pointed at Joey because if anyone had been loud last night it had been her.

  “Really? Because I could hear you all the way out in the barn,” Matt said with a glare as he dumped the entire bowl of hash browns on his plate.

  “He really was loud,” Joey added with a little sniffle as she turned the page while he sat there, drumming his fingertips against the table as he glared at the little brat.

  “Where the hell is she?” Matt asked, frowning as he shifted his attention to the kitchen door.

  “She left,” Reed said evenly with a glare that let her know that she’d pay for this later.

  “I don’t blame her,” Joey said with a sad shake of her head as she turned another page.

  “It did sound like she was faking, didn’t it?” Matt murmured, sounding thoughtful as Reed sat there, narrowing his eyes on the little bastard, barely aware of the snort of amusement from his right.

  “It really did,” Joey said with a sad shake of her head while he sat there deciding that yes, yes, he would be spanking her ass.

  Soon.

  *-*-*-*

  Perhaps she’d pushed him too far? she thought even as she risked a glance up and-

  Yup, she’d definitely pushed him too far, she thought as she shifted her focus back to the book that she’d helped herself to from the Bradford family library and couldn’t help but regret her decision not to grab that book on medieval plagues when she had the chance. She could get it now, but that would require her leaving the safety of the table and walking past the man that was sitting less than two feet away from her, glaring.

  Since that most likely wouldn’t end well for her, or more to the point, her ass, she decided to wait out the next thirty-two minutes and eighteen seconds left before she had to go to work sitting at this table with absolutely nothing to do except worry about what the very large man glaring at her was going to do to her bruised ass as she did her best not to make matters worse. She really hoped that she didn’t make this worse, but unfortunately for her, he was making her really nervous, which never ended well for anyone. Perhaps she shouldn’t have teased him? she thought as she looked up and realized that they were alone.

  “They left five minutes ago,” Reed said on that familiar long-suffering sigh that she was painfully familiar with as he leaned forward and grabbed her chair.

  “Oh,” Joey said, unable to help but frown as he pulled her closer because she’d kind of been counting on them to keep the large man that was pulling her closer from-

  “Lost you again,” he said, sounding amused as he leaned in and kissed her.

  “It happens,” she admitted, reaching up so that she could cup his freshly shaved jaw in her hands as she kissed him back.

  “I sensed that,” he said on a groan as sh
e found herself pulled onto his lap.

  Smiling, she shifted on his lap so that she was comfortably straddling him as she wrapped her arms around him. Once she was settled, she felt herself relax. There was just something that had to be said about being in Reed Bradford’s arms, she thought even as she had to admit that she could easily become addicted to this.

  “Faking it, huh?” he asked as he ran his hands down her back so that he was cupping her bottom.

  “I felt that it was prudent to throw them off my trail,” she said, nodding solemnly only to moan when he used his hold to pull her closer.

  “And it didn’t bother you to screw me over like that?” he asked, making her breath catch as she felt him harden beneath her.

  “It did. It really did,” she said with a nod as she licked her lips and tried to focus.

  “You looked really heartbroken about it,” he said on a groan as he used his hold to move her against him.

  “I really was,” she said only to tilt her head to the side on a moan when he kissed his way down to her neck.

  “You’re going to make my life a living hell, aren’t you, brat?” Reed asked, not really sounding all that upset about it, which was probably for the best since she had a feeling that he was right.

  Chapter 26

  “So, I’ve decided to forgive you,” Jen said with a heavy sigh as she sat down in her favorite chair and helped herself to the bowl of candy that was starting to run low.

  “That’s really generous of you,” Reed murmured absently as he finished saving the changes that he’d made to next week’s newsletter before he checked his email to make sure that there weren’t any last-minute surprises waiting for him before he finally called it a night.

  “I know what you’re thinking,” Jen said with a sad shake of her head as she popped a piece of candy in her mouth.

  “And what’s that?” he asked, scrolling through his emails, making sure that there was nothing that couldn’t wait until tomorrow.