I watched what he was doing. Remarking on it. “It was full.”
The clip was already loaded until he’d taken a round out only to replace it with another one that looked exactly the same to me.
He nodded.
“So, why do that?”
“Rounds get scratched over time and could cause a misfire. Changing them every so option is just one of the ways of ensuring you have a good round ready when you need it.”
I nodded. Not really having any idea what he said but willing to sit on the edge of the bed and watch him, nonetheless.
There was something very sexy about the nimble way his hands moved over the firearm and the confidence he had when seating it in the holster along his leg.
I doubted I could ever be that confident in anything.
“What are you thinking?” He said as he pulled his dark coat out of the closet and shrugged into it.
“How sexy you look when you’re getting ready to go be a badass.” I admitted. Pulling one knee up to res
I was quiet so long that he felt the need to explain further. “They will, without fail, do something to embarrass me.” “You’re worried about them being embarrassing?” I asked, a bit astonished. He gave me a quizzical look. “Of course. They’re brothers. What did you think I meant?” I shrugged. Staring out the window. Not wanting to admit that I was so self-conscious. But I was incredibly relieved. Not me. Them. He was worried about what I’d think of them. And him after they were done slandering his reputation. “Don’t believe a word they say.” I was kind of excited to hear it. Whatever they’d tell me. All of it. I felt like, despite all that was between us, and had been, that I still knew so little about him. They’ll tell me. I was hopeful. I shot him furtive looks. “What?” He asked. “I can literally feel your excitement.” “I’m ju
“This feisty little bit here,” Mike gestured to the redhead. “Is Lizzy. And the southern bell there is Nita.” “Nita? What a unique name.” I tried complimenting her. But the look on her face didn’t relent. I was getting the hint of animosity from her. The flavor of disdain entering the air. “Not that unique in Alabama.” She corrected. “Alabama? How’d you end all the way up here?” I immediately regretted asking. Wondering if she’d even bother to answer me. I shouldn’t have asked. But to my surprise, Nita answered. “Allen dragged me.” She drawled aloud. Gesturing his direction. I eyed her. Trying to figure out what she meant by that. I couldn’t tell if she truly was a snobbish witch or if this was all part of a sarcastic personality. But Lizzy and Karen already had me. “Careful.” Mike warned. “They’re a pool of pretty piranhas.” “Piranhas?” All three women were shouting after him. He left m
“Oh.” He nodded sagely. Peering cautiously over his shoulder at them, before whispering to me. “Really watch your ass, they pinch.” Lizzy clearly heard him. Reaching over to give his rear a rough tweak. He spun on her with a betrayed look. So, Karen took the opportunity to do the same as Lizzy. Jabbing his tush with pointy little fingers in a small pinch. He yelped and when Nita reached for him, but he swatted her hand away. Then Lizzy’s as she reached again. He was spinning nervously. “Angel!” he flung himself in my arms. “Save me!” I stumbled backward under his weight. Laughing so hard as his abrupt leap that I nearly fell. Teetering on my heels before balancing us. He turned his face and gave the side of my neck a quick kiss. “Thanks for getting me out of there. It was getting dangerous.” “We’re always dangerous!” Nita called. They’re hilarious! “And they have sonar hearing.” He added conspiratorially. “Like
They were hilarious. I was watching everyone with an interested eye. Each interchange was unique and amusing. Everyone always has something to say. And it was clear that they all listened to each other. Supported each other. Seeing the way Allen brought Nita her plate. Kissing her cheek before he sat beside her, told me that whatever problem had nearly divided them was long gone now. They made me feel warm and fuzzy. Kane came over with a plate that seemed to have an extra burger off to the side. I was guessing it might be for me. But there were so many children skipping before him. Twisting to talk to him and hanging off his legs, that he could barely move one step at a time. I was laughing as I watched them. Surrounding him like loveable puppies. It was probably rather predictable that I would feel some feminine pang deep in my chest. There had been a time when I’d dreamt of having a little on
I blinked at her. My confusion obviously. “He was basically telling me not to let go so easily. To fight for our relationship.” “You must have.” “I did. Tooth and nail. I borderline stalked him until he relented.” “I think, from what I’ve seen, that it was worth it.” She grinned brilliantly. Revealing a far different face then the one I’d first seen. “It was. He’s my everything.” “I think he’d say the same thing about you.” “He does.” She said proudly. “Well done.” I nodded to her. “I did learn one thing.” She sobered. “Amongst others of course, that a Porter man is worth keeping.” She gave me a pointed look. Her meaning clear. “I’m getting that impression.” “You know,” She caught my arm and pulled me into the hall next to her. And suddenly I felt as if I’d been adopted as she said conspiratorially. “In some ways, I think Kane may be the best of them.” “Then why is he not already
We were both exhausted by the time we got back home. We didn’t say much as we both readied for bed. He let me shower first then he hopped in. I was already tucked into bed and half-asleep by the time he came in. He’d been quiet much of the way back. I knew he was worried about my answer to his question. But he was scared to probe. I know that feeling. I wanted to reassure him but every time I thought about telling him my heart began thudding real hard and my mind got scrambled. I just need a little more time to sort it all out and to figure out how everything will work. He laid next to me. Pulling me back against him. But to my surprise, he didn’t pursue having sex. I was a little disappointed by that but barely had time to consider it before I was asleep. I had no idea that the night would prove to be a mess. It was still dark when I heard Kane shout. “Get down! Get out
I licked my lips. Looking around and realizing no one else was paying attention, I was incredibly tempted to goad him just a little further. I wanted him to come over the desk. The image of him tossing me over the desk and pushing up my skirt to pound into me while everyone else in the office stood frozen in shock was erotic. It was the danger of it. The lure of the forbidden. I stood. Breathing raggedly, I rubbed my thighs together a moment and adjusted my tight skirt. Visibly trying to shake off my arousal as I left the office and turned down the hall. Making a desperate flight to the bathroom to cool off. I went into the largest stall. Turning the little round knob and dropping my forehead against the opposite wall. Splaying out a bit back from it and sliding my feet apart. I glanced over my shoulder to make sure no one else was there. I lifted the front of my skirt. Edging my cloth panties down to mid-thigh, I dipped two f
I walked faster. “You should know,” She said slowly. “I wasn’t the only one that caught him coming out of there.” I gave her a quick look. “Who else?” “Carolina.” No! Carolina was a notorious gossip. I couldn’t stand her. And she was equally as fond of me. “She can’t know it was me.” “I don’t think she does.” Teresa looked up and down the hall. “She left.” I should’ve known someone as nosy as her wouldn’t have let that go. As I walked back down the hall toward my office, I passed the main office area and realized she was propped in the doorway, waiting. “Ha! I knew it.” “What?” Teresa said. “It was Ms. Chase with him.” “What makes you think it wasn’t me?” “Ha!” Carolina tossed her blonde curls. Sneering at us. “Wouldn’t Mr. Walker love to know that Ms. Chase is fraternizing with her favorites?” Mr. Walker? My gaze
“Well,” Nita slapped my desk. “My work is done.” She stood and rounded on Kane. “This one is going to cost you.” She pointed at him. He smiled fondly at her. “Slow barbecued ribs, I remember. Long as you make some of that potato salad.” She slapped his shoulder when she was next to him. “Of course.” She stretched sideways to give his cheek a light peck as though he were a brother before smoothly exiting the office. “She’s a pitbull.” I shook my head in wonder. “You should’ve seen her in the courtroom.” Kane shook his head in disbelief. Settling his suit jacket over his chest. “It was so brutal, I was uncomfortable for Logan.” “Well, I’m glad someone was. Because he certainly wasn’t.” He nodded grudgingly at that. “Well, he’ll have plenty of time to think about it, with his wages cut and sitting at home, trying to find other ways to access beautiful, capable, women.” He walked over to stand befor
I was standing next to my desk, not wanting to be sitting when Logan came in. I didn’t want him to catch me off-guard. I was as prepared as I could be for the awful confrontation. But Logan never came. Instead, I saw the legal team carrying boxes, escorting him down the hall like a flock of busy blackbirds. Chirping different things while he talked to them in a clipped, annoyed tone. With boxes? I watched them. Turning my head to follow their progress past the glass walls of my office. It was only a few minutes after that, while I was still standing there bemusedly, that Kane entered the office in his fine suit. But his mouth was tight and he looked a bit saddened. Nita’s face was unreadable. At least for me. I don’t know her well enough yet. “What happened?” I asked quickly. Afraid to move. Afraid something bad was going to happen. Kane stopped just inside the office. B
His warm weight was along my back. His legs molding my legs as he slid his erection along the crack of my ass. Stroking himself in the warm crease. Getting harder by the second. He swept one arm beneath my ribs to lift me slightly. The other was along the front of my chest, just below my neck. Holding me where I was while he kissed my ears and cheek. When he lowered enough to straighten his cock and slide it into my entrance it was that warm, stretching relief. The feeling of satiation that only he could offer. My body superheated. And he stroked into me. Holding me to him as though he intended to never let me go. Eventually his hands molded along my biceps so he could lean up. Holding me there while he angled in more deeply. “Ahh.” I cried in surprise, feeling the sudden depth of him touching me more deeply. He rolled his hips forward, testing his length in my channel. Finding the objecting barr
“You don’t have to go, you know?” “I do.” Kane said flatly. I said nothing. Unsure what to say. “It is absolutely about protecting you.” He read my thoughts. “But it’s more than that.” I waited. Intrigued. “The way he treats people in this office is deplorable. Threatening, groping, demeaning. Now woman deserves that.” For the first time, it dawned on me that he was right. I’m not the only one he sexually harassed. It was how Logan had often coaxed women to his bed. But not every woman in the Chase and Walker departments was a whore. So, how many could he have tried to bully into his bed. My eyes widened and my stomach got a little sick. Perhaps, I was to blame for that. My silence, for fear of Logan kicking me out of the company, might’ve exposed other woman to Logan’s shit treatment. Kane was reading my features. Something he was getting rather good at. “Don’t you dare
“To think, I once thought you…Safe.” I said ruefully. Safe…I was shaking my head at myself. How many times had I thought how silly that word was, in application to him? He lifted his head in surprise. “I am safe.” I searched his face. Sensing the severity in his meaning. “For you.” He vowed. “I will never hurt you, Angel. If you stay by my side, I’ll give you everything.” I nodded. Sensing the deep sincerity. As if he was now offering me everything he’d yearned to give me back then. “You were enough then too, Kane. You know that?” It was something that really needed saying. His brow furrowed. As if in doubt. I felt the immediate need to reassure him. As he would me. “When you were, K.P.” I explained. “You were enough. I was just too young and dumb to see it.” He laughed and dropped sideways over me. “Isn’t that the story of everyone’s life?”
I licked my lips but found this even harder to admit. He leaned over me, pushing that finger in further as he began to move it with his hips, simulating what he’d soon be doing to me. Now he could whisper into the shell of my ear. “All tied up and whimpering. Unable to stop me while I take you…” My back jerked upward and I nearly came, but he pulled that finger away. Making me growl in frustration and writhe furiously. But before the sound had even reached completion, he’d replaced that finger with his long pulsing member. Which was starving to intrude into my tight channel. Pulling my walls apart as it delved into my very center. Reminding me how powerful he was in this moment. How easy it would be for him to hurt me if he stretched just a little too far. He’s long enough to do it. He could destroy me. Hurt me irreparably. He could scratch me, bite me. Things I’d always feared Logan might try to do, every tim
I almost couldn’t believe I’d admitted out loud. That I want to belong to him. I could imagine life with Kane being just what he’d shown me so far. Pleasant evenings in his blue jeans making dinner together, drinking sweet wines, going for drives in his fancy blue spider that smelled of leather and his woodsy cologne, even him going off to do what was needed at the Red Tar while I waited eagerly for him to return. Keeping his bed warm. Then waking to blearily watch him pull on his shorts to go for his run. Then falling back asleep until my alarm blared. Then rising and going to the kitchen to get my thermos, already full and warm and steaming with the fresh brew, he made me every morning. Walking into that office and seeing his handsome features across from me. Knowing he’s mine. And I’m his. That was getting me wet. All of it. I swallowed the lump in my throat. Watching his f
My wrists strained at the bit of Velcro and buckles, wanting so badly to touch him. I was finding it incredibly hard to track all he was saying. “Wh-what do y-you want, Kane?” “You. No resistance, no distance. You. Bare, vulnerable.” He caught my breast and squeezed its shape in a sensual motion as he finished. “Mine.” He was watching my face intently. Parting his lips as I parted mine. Watching each nuance of my expression. His lips nearly against mine as I writhed and tipped my head back. Trying to escape the intensity of the situation in tiny increments. Both aroused and resistant to being so exposed. “Stop.” I laughed. He growled hungrily and dipped his head to kiss me. A deep, probing kiss. While he moved his finger in slow circles inside me. I moaned uninhibitedly and he swallowed the sound. Twirling my tongue, with his. A reflection of the motion his finger was doing. Stretching me and warming me. Making me moister by the minute as I ye
I caught the stool and turned it. Pointing his knees at me. I swept my hair back into a ponytail and began lowering before him. He set the fork down and turned slightly to offer me more. His eyes riveted on me. His lips parted and I looked up, observing his face as I wrapped my lips around the knobbed tip of him. Letting my soft lips glide over the tip and take him fully into my cheek. Tucking my teeth and rubbing along the side of him with my tongue. He gave a long groan of pleasure. “Holy shit.” “You like that?” I lifted my head to whisper. “I fucking love it. More.” He caught my head and guided me back down to him. I obediently put my mouth back on him. Drawing him in further, until I felt him just brushing the back of my throat. The chair creaked as his ass flexed. Straining to push him deeper into me. “It’s so hot.” He panted in objection to the raging temperature combining with what I was doing to him. I c