Chapter 16
16
TUCK
T uck was in the kitchen looking for something to eat when Trick and Jackson found him and gave him the news that on their way to the clubhouse they saw Darren taking a woman into a room at the Red Oak Inn. Apparently, that’s where he’d gone after giving their room to Chance.
He just couldn’t wrap his head around how far off the reservation Darren had gotten. They’d all thought it best to give him space to sort through everything that had happened to him on his own. It looked like they’d fucked up and maybe Kylie’s approach might have been a better idea. She’d wanted to confront him with the video and get everything out in the open. If they had, maybe Darren wouldn’t have felt the need to seek out other women to work the drug out of his system. He understood that his friend was worried he’d hurt her, but Tuck would be there to pull him back if he got too aggressive.
“You really think it’s a good idea to keep this news from Kylie?” Jackson asked.
“Probably not, but damn.” Tuck ran a hand through his hair in agitation. “She’s had to deal with Taylor and her shit. Then I got shot. Then Darren got kidnapped and drugged. Those are all huge problems she’s dealt with. I can’t help but wonder how much more she can take. All this stress can’t be good for her or the baby.”
“Do you think we should have cornered Darren and made him hash it out when he first got back?” Trick asked.
“I don’t know, but letting him go off on his own isn’t working.” Tuck felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and pulled it out. It was a text from Cutter. Wonder what he wants?
Not supposed to be contacting you. Made me promise. Went with her to talk to Darren. Keeping her safe. Will text when we leave.
“What it is it?” Trick asked.
“Cutter. Telling me he took Kylie somewhere. He’ll let me know when they’re leaving and heading back.”
“Did he say where they went?” Jackson asked.
“She needed more ink for her printer,” he lied smoothly. If Kylie didn’t want anyone, including him, to know what she was doing, he’d help keep her secret. She was probably worried that he’d be mad at her for doing this without talking to him first. He was just glad she remembered to bring someone with her. Who knows, maybe she’d get lucky and talk the son of a bitch into coming home.
He shoved his phone back in his pocket and crossed his arms over his chest.
“Have you talked to Bacon lately? Any new news about the drug?” Trick asked.
“No, but Darren told me that Bacon discovered that Crockett added something into the Euphoria. Some drug neither of us can pronounce. It’s got a history of increasing someone’s libido causing him to want to fuck all the time. That on top of the constant pain he’s in, it’s a wonder he hasn’t lost his mind already.”
They heard a loud sound coming from the common room. It sounded like Race and Chance and the rest of the brothers were done taking a tour of the rec building. The music was turned on and the sound of balls breaking as someone started a game of pool could be heard all the way to the kitchen.
“When do you think Preacher is going to have the information we need so we can end the fucking Phantoms and the Black Horsemen can go back to their own clubhouse?” Jackson asked.
“You don’t care for the Horsemen?” Trick asked.
“I like ’em well enough. I would just prefer to be able to bring Calliope around without one of those fuckers flirting with her.”
“Are you jealous?” Trick teased.
“No. There’s nothing to be jealous about. She’s got everything she needs right here.” Jackson crudely grabbed his junk.
“Fucking idiot,” Trick laughed as he followed him out the door, presumably to see what everyone was up to.
Tuck waited a few more minutes debating on whether he wanted to go to Kylie’s office and pace or sit at the bar and nurse a beer while he waited for the message that Cutter was bringing her back. He opted for the beer. He was mentally crossing his fingers that she could talk Darren into coming home. If anyone could do it, she could. He missed having his friend around and he missed sharing Kylie with him.
Twenty minutes had passed with his beer relatively untouched, when he got the message he’d been waiting for. She wants to go home. Leaving now.
A second later, he received a message from Kylie. Not feeling well. Cutter taking me home.
He shot off a quick response. Meet you there.
“Hey, Miles!” he shouted to where the prospect was passing out beers at the other end of the bar. He waited for the man to reach him, then said, “I need you to follow me to my house so you can pick up Cutter. Grab the keys to the Tahoe. I’ll let Race know what you’re doing.”
Miles hurried off to do as he’d been told and like he promised, Tuck told Race the prospect was going with him for a little bit.
When Tuck arrived home, he pulled his bike into the garage while Miles parked in the driveway. He entered through the kitchen and immediately found Kylie sitting at the table eating ice cream right out of the tub and Cutter sitting on the opposite side eating a piece of chocolate cake. Damn. Things must not have gone well.
“Miles is waiting outside to take you back.” Tuck tipped his head toward the living room, wanting a moment to speak with him.
Cutter nodded his head and wiped his mouth with a napkin before setting it next to his empty plate. He got up and pushed his chair in, while saying, “Thanks for the cake, Kylie. It was really good.”
“You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked it.” Kylie’s smile didn’t quite meet her eyes. She obviously had a lot on her mind, but at least she made the effort.
Tuck followed Cutter to the front door so he could have a word with the prospect. “Thanks for having Kylie’s back and thanks for letting me know what was going on. I know she made you promise not to tell me anything and that’s fine. I’ll get the details from her. All I want to know is how did she look when she left his room? Was she crying?”
A muscle in Cutter’s jaw twitched as his mouth turned down. “She wasn’t crying but she looked upset and emotionally drained.”
Tuck clapped his shoulder and thanked him again, locking up after he jogged off to catch a ride with Miles. He returned to the kitchen and pulled a chair close to Kylie’s. “Baby, are you okay?” He did a quick head to toe scan and saw that physically she was fine. Not that he worried she wouldn’t be with Darren.
“I guess you know I went to see Darren at the Red Oak Inn?” She took another bite of the Chocolate Cherry Chunk ice cream. From the looks of it, she’d put a good sized dent in it. All that sugar couldn’t be good for her. She needed to save room for real food. Whatever she had cooking in the Crockpot smelled so good his stomach rumbled, reminding him that he never did get to eat earlier.
“You did? How did you find out that was where he was staying?” He had no problem letting her believe he didn’t know. He didn’t want her hiding things from Cutter when she roped him into doing something she probably shouldn’t be doing.
“I overheard you, Trick and Jackson in the kitchen talking.” Her eyes started filling and she dropped the spoon in the tub.
Damn it. He pushed the ice cream away, reached for Kylie and settled her sideways in his lap. He held her head to his chest and rested his chin on top of her head. “I’m guessing you got to see him? How bad was it?”
She sat back far enough that he could see the tears she’d been trying to hold back leaking slowly down her cheeks. “It was bad.”
“Oh, baby, why didn’t you let me go with you?” He wished he’d have gone with her so she didn’t have to go through all this alone.
“You would have tried to talk me out of it or unwisely forbidden me to go.”
He chuckled and admitted she was probably right on both counts. “How did it go? What did you say to him?”
“Well, once I steadied my hands enough to get the key card in the lock, I let myself in. They were so into it they didn’t hear me come in, which both hurt and pissed me off.”
“They? He had someone with him?”
“You know he did. Trick told you he brought a woman to his room.” He hated that she’d heard that part. Regardless of whether she knew there was a woman with Darren or not, it still had to cut deeply.
She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and went on to tell him more. “She was on top and riding him like a damn rodeo queen. She was really pretty with long black hair.” She sniffed, the tears she’d been holding back broke loose. She closed her eyes tight, replaying the scene in vivid HD color in her mind. “She was riding him and he had his hands on her hips helping her move faster. And there were empty bottles of alcohol all over the room and opened condom wrappers on the nightstand.”
“What did you do?” He slowly rubbed his hand up and down her back in comforting circles.
“I told her she had really pretty hair and that if she didn’t get off my man, I was going to yank it all out. Then I pulled my gun out and pointed it at them.”
“You what?!” he choked.
“Yeah. I was so angry I started counting and told her she didn’t want me to get to three.”
He could just imagine his sweet Kylie pulling a gun on the poor unsuspecting woman. Darren had to be a little freaked out as well. “What happened with Darren after she left?”
“I told him he was an idiot and that I knew about him and Sadie because of what I did to Crockett and how Crockett got even by sending the video. He was crushed that I’d seen it.” She wiped the last of her tears with the back of her hand. “At one point he said he never wanted to hurt me and I told him he already did when I walked through the door and found another woman fucking him. Then I told him he was coming home, but we were going to make a pact first.”
“What kind of pact?”
“A pact that there will never be any mention of what happened between the time he was with Sadie and the woman I caught him with. He will never fuck another woman again and whenever he needs to fuck, he’s supposed to come to me. I told him he was going to pack his shit, take a shower and be home before dark or we were through. No second chances.” She wiped at her tears, then added, “I wish I would have remembered to tell him I knew he never would have cheated on me if Crockett hadn’t drugged him, but I was kind of in a blinding rage.”
He kissed the top of her head and squeezed her closer. “All of that had to hurt. How are you doing, baby?”
“It hurts really bad. I hate that he went to other women for sex. I don’t know that I’ll ever get over that hurt, but I can’t and don’t want to live without him. I love him every bit as much as I love you.”
“But?”
“But if he’s not here by dark, I’m done. I can’t keep trying to hold onto something he doesn’t want any part of. I can’t live in limbo while he continues to have sex with other women.” She looked up and glanced out the window and saw that the sun had set. She sat up straight and wiped her face one last time. “I guess I got my answer. It’s dark and he’s not here.”
The door to the back deck flew open, startling them both. Darren stood in the open doorway, his duffel slung over his shoulder. He looked like hell.
Tuck was shocked to see how bad his friend looked. It had only been only a few days since the last time he’d seen him and he looked like he hadn’t slept the entire time. He had dark circles under his eyes and he’d never seen such sadness in them. Had he lost even more weight since his return to Redemption?
“I know you said to be home by dark or no second chance, but by the time I finished my shower, packed my shit and went out to my bike, I found both tires punctured.”
“What?” Kylie gasped, still sitting in Tuck’s lap.
“Yeah. I think someone was pissed and wanted to get even.” He told them who done it without saying who done it, honoring his pact with Kylie. “I had Race send someone with a trailer to haul my bike to the clubhouse so I can work on it tomorrow. I hurried as fast as I could. Race gave me a ride.” He only had eyes for Kylie. “Am I too late?”
“No. You’re not too late,” she spoke through fresh tears. She jumped off Tuck’s lap and ran for Darren. He had to catch her by the arms before she rammed her stomach into him. He held her at arm’s length, the pain on his face almost more than Tuck could take.
He rose from his seat and moved to lean a shoulder against the doorway to Kylie’s office. The back deck opened into one of the new additions they’d made to the house and it was now her office. The door was still open and letting in cold air. He didn’t care. He waited to see what unfolded.
Darren bent and pulled Kylie in for a hug, dropping his head so his face was in her neck. His words were muffled when he said, “I’m so, so, sorry, Kylie. I love you so damn much.”
“I love you, too, baby.” Her eyes were clenched tight as she hugged him hard.
Releasing the breath he’d been holding, Tuck decided everything was going to be all right and slipped past them both to close and lock the door. He patted Darren’s back in way of greeting. “So glad you’re home, man. Have you eaten yet?”
They slowly broke apart only to have Kylie snuggled into his side and stare up at him. “I’ve got homemade vegetable soup in the crockpot.”
“That sounds great.”
Tuck entered the kitchen first. He pulled some bowls out of the cabinet and filled two mostly full for him and Darren and one only halfway full for Kylie. He dropped spoons in all the bowls and brought them to the table. “She also made some yeast rolls last night. You want me to reheat a couple for you? Throw some ham on them?”
“Yeah, that’d be great.” Darren’s voice was rough and his eyes grew suspiciously wet. He’d tease him about it later, but right now, he was just glad he was finally home.
DARREN
Thankfully, they ate their meal with Tuck and Kylie taking up most of the conversation. Tuck filled him in on antics the Black Horsemen had been pulling as everyone tried to entertain themselves while they waited on Preacher and his guys to do their thing. He laughed as he told a story about how Smoke thought it would be hilarious to poke at Jackson by flirting with Calliope. He didn’t find it quite as funny when Jackson flew over the table at him. Realizing he’d crossed a line, Smoke maintained a respectful distance from Calliope from that point on.
Kylie talked about the new program she was working on in her spare time when she wasn’t doing something for the club. She said she thought she could make big bucks once it was finished. That was nice and he was proud of her, but between himself and Tuck, she really didn’t have to worry about money. Anything she made, like the nice chunk of change from the sale of the last program, was all hers to do with whatever she wanted. He didn’t understand a lot of what she said, but he enjoyed the animated way she explained it.
Sitting and eating dinner with his best friend and the woman he loved was all so normal, yet it was like he was experiencing it for the first time. He almost choked on his soup when his throat tightened painfully. He’d missed this so much. He’d missed the easy way they fit together; the way they worked like a well oiled machine. He’d been lucky to be included in Tuck and Kylie’s relationship the first time. To think he could have and maybe still might fuck it all up was almost overwhelming.
“Do you want some more soup, Darren?” Kylie’s sweet voice drew him back from his inner thoughts. Getting stuck in his head could only lead to trouble.
“No, babe. I’m good.”
“Do we have any chocolate cake left, or did Cutter eat it all?” Tuck got up to put his dishes in the dishwasher.
“No, he did not eat a whole cake. There’s plenty left.” Kylie got up and followed him to the dishwasher.
“You want cake?” Tuck asked Darren.
“No. Not right now. Maybe later.” He got up to load his dishes and refilled his glass with tea, then followed the two of them into the living room. Tuck was already sitting at one end, remote in hand, with Kylie sitting in her usual spot in the middle. That left the other end of the couch for him. He set his tea on a coaster and sat down.
Tuck settled on a scary movie that had come out a couple of years back. “You want popcorn?” he asked no one in particular.
“Yeah. That sounds good.” Kylie pulled her legs up onto the couch, her knees pointed his direction.
“Be back.” Tuck got up and disappeared into the kitchen, leaving Darren alone with Kylie. She snuggled a little closer. Leaning into his arm, she dropped her head on his shoulder. “I’m glad you came back. I’ve missed you.”
Fuck. With just a few simple words, he felt like she’d ripped his insides out. His voice was a little rough when he responded. “I missed you, too.”
“You doing okay?”
“Yeah. I’m good.”
Before anything further could be said, Tuck returned with the popcorn and placed the bowl in Kylie’s lap. He grabbed a handful to shove in his mouth as he settled back into his end of the couch. Darren ate a couple of handfuls, but quickly lost interest as the need to fuck slowly crept up on him. He’d been revved up and ready to come when Kylie let herself into his motel room earlier. Unable to finish what he’d started, the need was coming faster than he would have liked. It was inevitable that he’d need to fuck sometime tonight, but he didn’t want that to be the first thing he did since coming home. He didn’t want Kylie to think he was only back for the sex. Reclining back against the couch, he folded his arms over his chest, doing his best not to think about how soft and warm she felt pressed against him. He took a deep breath and was instantly assaulted by the smell of her sweet flowers and sunshine smell. Damn. Was it hot in here?
He rubbed a hand across his mouth, then reached for his tea. He took a big drink and set it back down. He jerked at the feel of Kylie’s hand settling on his leg. When did he start bouncing his leg? Kylie smiled, locked eyes with him and silently rose to her feet. She reached for the hem of her shirt, pulled it up over her head and dropped it on the coffee table. Her bra came off next. A sudden lump in his throat made it hard to swallow.
“Come on.” She offered her hand and waited for him to take it.
Knowing he was unworthy of such an amazing woman, it didn’t stop him from taking her hand. He didn’t deserve her love and understanding, but he was selfish enough to take it anyway. If anyone could bring him back from the edge he found himself on, it was her. He followed her around the coffee table, his eyes focusing on her ass. He stopped at the beginning of the hall to ask Tuck, “Are you coming?” He needed the other man there in case he started to lose control. If he hurt Kylie, he’d never forgive himself.
Tuck got up without a word and followed them into the bedroom. Hanging back, he let Kylie take the lead. She wasted no time getting the rest of her clothes off. That was Kylie; once she made up her mind she wanted something, she would give it her all until she had it. In this case, it appeared she was dead set on taking Darren to her bed.
“Before this goes any further, I need to know why?”
“Why what?”
“Why would you want to be anywhere near me knowing I was with someone else only hours ago?”
“Are you trying to piss me off?” She cocked her head to the side.
“No. I just need to know. If you wanna change your mind, that’s okay. I’ll have Tuck take me out to the backyard and he can knock me out.”
“Are you fucking insane? Has that drug messed up your brain?”
“No, Kylie,” he growled. “I’m having a hard time believing that you want to have sex with me of your own free will and not because you think you have to or because you feel sorry for me.”
“Look, I trust that you had a long, hot shower and I saw that you wore a condom. To make all of us feel better, wear one tonight, then go get tested tomorrow.” Seeing he was still struggling with her answer, she added, “Darren, sex with you has never been a hardship. I’m going to enjoy this as much as you are. Now, do you need help?”
“Help?”
“Do. You. Need. Help?” Her eyes dropped to his dick and the obvious outline of his erection.
“No. I got it.” He yanked his shirt over his head at the same time he toed his boots off. He stepped out of his jeans as they hit the floor and gave them a little shove to the side with his foot. Kylie didn’t give him time to think about what was going on. She stepped into him, wrapped her hands around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. His breath hitched in his chest and for a moment, a warm thrill shot through his body. The more firmly she pressed her naked body into his, the stronger the lust he’d been trying to hold back pushed itself forward. Her tongue reached out playfully, teasing his own, demanding entrance. He wrapped his arms around her upper back and held her as tight as he could without squishing her baby belly.
He groaned when her hand circled around his dick. She gave it a playful squeeze then dropped to her knees. She was probably afraid he might try to change her mind again. Tuck handed her a condom which she quickly tore open and rolled onto Darren’s cock. Even through the thin latex he felt her warm breath right before she took him in her mouth. She licked and swirled and hummed around his length until he was weak in the knees.
“Baby, you gotta stop or I’m gonna come.” With his hands cupping the sides of her head, he gently pulled her off with a loud pop.
“Isn’t that kind of the point?” She smiled up at him.
“Yeah. But I’m not coming until you do. Now get up.” He helped her to her feet, then nodded at Tuck. “You plan on joining or are you just going to watch?”
Tuck didn’t need to be asked twice. He stepped behind Kylie, stripped his clothes in record time, then pressed his front into her back. He gathered her tits in his hands and gave them a gentle squeeze. He lowered his mouth to the side of her neck and placed kisses from her shoulder to just under her ear.
Darren dropped to his knees this time and buried his face in her pussy. She fisted his hair in her hand, holding him where she wanted him.
“Oh my God,” she whispered.
“Feel good, baby?” Tuck asked.
“So good.”
He continued to give her pleasure until Tuck chuckled. “Is she ready?”
“Fuck yeah, she’s ready.” He got to his feet and wiped his chin with the back of his hand. He’d stopped before she could come and she growled her displeasure.
“How do you want it?” Tuck asked him while playfully nipping her neck.
“I want Kylie to ride me so she has control. I don’t want to take a chance that I might hurt her.”
“You heard the man. Hop up on the bed.” Tuck swatted her naked ass as she put a knee on the bed and crawled to the middle. She knelt to the side, waiting for Darren to lie on his back.
“Don’t let me hurt her,” he demanded of Tuck.
Lying flat on his back, he held his dick and watched as Kylie lowered herself down his length. Her head dropped back, her eyes closed and she sighed. “Ahhhh.” Bringing her chin down, she blessed him with one of her radiant smiles.
“You’re gonna have to do all the work. You set the pace,” Darren instructed her.
Her teeth sank into her lower lip as she placed her hands on his chest and slowly raised herself up. She repeated the same slow motion on the slide down.
“Goddamn, woman. You feel so fucking good.” He settled his hands on her hips and let her set the pace. She worked herself up and down his hard cock several more times, then stopped to take Tuck’s dick in her mouth. Fuck, she looked good with a cock between her lips. He turned back to where they were joined and had to clench his teeth hard at the sight of her pussy spreading wide to accommodate his size.
“Kylie, you suck the best cock,” Tuck praised her. His hand was fisted in her hair, holding it out of her face for Darren to get a clear view. “How’s she look from down there?”
“Like a dying man’s wettest fantasy.” His hands clenched her hips as her pussy tightened around him. “She liked hearing that. She’s milking my cock.”
“Damn it, Kylie. You’re gonna make me come and I wanted to get inside your ass so we can all come together.” He pulled her off his length and crawled to the side of the bed. “Ride him, baby, while I get the lube.” He opened the nightstand and grabbed the bottle before kneeling behind her. “She close?”
“Yeah, she’s really close.”
“Good. Now lie down, baby, while I work myself in.” He gently pushed between her shoulder blades so that she was lying as flat as she could get on Darren.
His jaw clenched again as he waited for Tuck to get his dick in Kylie’s ass. From the way she was milking his cock, it wouldn’t take long for either of them to come.
Through half-slitted eyes, Darren focused on the way her eyes lost focus as she took both of them inside her body. Her cheeks were flushed and her mouth was slightly opened with her excitement. It was such a fucking turn on to watch her lose herself to the pleasure he had to fight back his need to come. Her little pink tongue snuck out and licked her lips, reminding him how much he liked seeing his cock in her mouth.
“I’m in.” Tuck’s hands replaced Darren’s at Kylie’s hips as he slid his up her sides, along her back and finally latching onto her shoulders from behind. “Ready?”
“Yes, fuck me!” Kylie was growing impatient. She took the initiative and pushed herself backward, forcing both men to slide even deeper. They both released a tortured groan at her aggressive action. “Oh, God, I missed this so much!”
“You heard the lady. It’s time to fuck.” Tuck pulled out, then Darren pulled out as Tuck pushed in. They set up a steady pace until Kylie demanded more.
“Fuck me harder!” she groaned.
With Tuck also fucking her, it made it easier for Darren to gage how rough he was taking Kylie. From everything she was saying and her constant urging to take her harder, he felt confident that she was doing okay.
“Oh, yes! Yes! Yes! Harder! Just like that. I’m almost there.”
Darren couldn’t take his eyes of Kylie. She was magnificent as she took what she needed from the both of them. The way her tits bounced each time one of them hammered into her was hypnotizing. He imagined Tuck was captivated by the way her ass jiggled with each pounding thrust he took. His eyes lifted to her face and froze. Everything she was feeling in that moment shone in her bright blue eyes. “Fuck. I love you, Kylie.” He grasped the sides of her face and pulled her down for a punishing kiss. He devoured her. He worshipped her. He poured all the love he had for her into his kiss.
Her inner muscles squeezed him tighter, signaling her imminent release. He pulled back and put her forehead to his, so they were looking into each other’s eyes. “Are you going to come?”
She nodded against his head. “Yes,” she whispered. “I’m gonna come.”
“Then let go, baby. We’re right there with you.”
“Oh, God! It feels so good I can’t stand it,” she breathed against his mouth.
Darren’s mouth fell open on a silent gasp, his eyes widening at the strength of his release. Kylie gave him a watery smile as his orgasm seemed to go on and on and on. With his hands on her hips, he held her down and allowed the most amazing orgasm of his life to play out.
Behind her, Tuck roared his own release. He slowly rocked his hips a few more times before finally coming to a stop and gently pulling out. He rolled on his hip and left the bed, presumably to get a wet cloth to clean Kylie.
“You’re so goddamn amazing. I don’t deserve you, and I don’t understand why you still want me, but I’m going to be a selfish bastard and hang on tight. I’m never letting you go.”
Tuck was back with the cloth, crawling to the middle to take care of her. Darren slowly pulled his cock out, the feeling of sliding free tickling as he went. Surprisingly, this was the first time he came and didn’t immediately need to fuck again. His cock was actually semi soft.
“Let me get rid of this, babe.” He tapped her hip and waited for her to slip to the side.
Once he returned, Kylie immediately burrowed into his side and rested her head on his shoulder. He swiped her hair off her damp face and gave her shoulders a squeeze with the arm he’d wrapped around her.
“Damn, Darren. You came forever. Is it like that all the time?” Tuck sat with his back against the headboard, watching the two of them.
“The drug is designed to make the person come harder and longer than they’ve ever come in their life.” He rubbed up and down Kylie’s arm. “And it does. Usually after I come, I never feel satisfied and I’m ready to immediately go again. With Kylie, this is the first time I’ve actually had a satisfying orgasm where I didn’t feel like I needed to bide my time until I could do it again.”
“Should I take that as a good thing or a bad thing?” Kylie frowned up at him.
“It’s a fucking great thing. Don’t get me wrong. I came longer and harder than I have with anyone else, but I also feel…” he searched for the right word. “Relief. Like I can relax and just be in the moment and not have to worry about when the need to fuck is going to hit me again. It’s been like a chore to have sex. I was only doing it to relieve the pain. With you, I was completely invested in you and the act of having sex.”
“Sounds like you should’ve come home sooner.” Tuck hitched an accusatory brow his direction.
Kylie yawned wide. “I need a nap.” She rooted her shoulder deeper into Darren’s side.
He tipped her head back with a finger under her chin in order to get her eyes. “Tell me the truth, Kylie. Did I hurt you?”
Her frown was completely aggravated. “You were right there. You were no more rough than Tuck and he was fucking my ass. I begged you to fuck me harder so don’t try and turn our first time together in far too long into something it isn’t. Just enjoy it and bask in the afterglow.”
“Bask in the afterglow?” Tuck laughed.
“Yes. That’s what I said. Now, who’s going to get me some chocolate cake and pull the covers up?”
“I’ll go get your cake. Darren can cover you up.” Tuck got up and swatted Kylie’s ass before heading to the kitchen. “Be back in a minute.”
Darren sat up and pulled the covers over the both of them, then took a moment to enjoy the quiet with Kylie in his arms. His mind hadn’t felt this peaceful since before he’d been drugged. He was so relaxed he thought he might even fall asleep. It would be the first time without having to drink until he passed out.
“What did they do to you?” Kylie’s softly spoken words made him tense. All thoughts of being relaxed and falling asleep unaided were gone. Maybe if he pretended to be asleep, she’d drop it.
“Please, Darren?” He felt her head tip back to look at him.
The thought of telling her everything he’d been through made him sick to his stomach. Even as he fought with himself as to whether or not to share or how much, he knew he’d end up telling her. Even before she forgave him and welcomed him back into her bed, he’d had a hard time denying her anything. If he was going to do this he was going to do it sitting up. He unwrapped his arm from around her waist and pushed himself up so his back was to the headboard. Kylie also sat up, turning to face him.
Unable to look her in the eye, he focused on the pillow he’d pulled onto his lap. “The first day there, they beat me. Asked me questions about the club. When I wouldn’t tell them anything, they injected me with that shit and cut my clothes off before throwing me in a cell. Or at least that’s what I think they did. Everything’s a little blurry about that.
“I must have passed out at some point because I woke up in a cell to this slapping sound. I couldn’t figure out what it was. It took a minute, but I finally managed to sit up and was able to look around. In the cell across from me there was this man jacking off like his life depended on it. I didn’t know it at the time, but he was in so much pain, he was desperate to get off. The guy in the cell next to mine explained about the drug and how it worked. He also said that what the guy across from us was doing was a result of being drugged and unable to come.” He shook his head. “I found out later that the only thing that eases the pain is having a fucking orgasm, but the catch is, you can’t give one to yourself no matter how hard you try.” He lifted his gaze. “And yes, I tried.”
He closed his eyes and dropped his head back against the wall. “I’m not sure on the time because there weren’t any windows where they were holding me. I don’t know if it was hours or days, but at some point, they ended up bringing me a woman.” He snorted and shook his head. “She was more like a girl. Twenty-one years old. They threw her in there naked. She was scared to death and huddled in the corner as far away from me as she could get. They left her with me for hours and the whole time I was trying to hide my raging hard on. Hell, she might not have ever seen a dick before for all I know. Anyway, I tried to talk to her and found out her name was Amy and that she’d been taken from one of the Phantoms’ parties. Fuck. It was so damn hard not to fuck her. Especially, when there was fucking going on in the cells on either side of me.”
Kylie placed her hand on his arm, causing him to straighten his head and open his eyes. She had her pillow pulled to her chest, the covers having fallen away when he’d sat up. She wasn’t crying and she wasn’t offering any platitudes like everything was going to be all right. All he saw in her eyes was the same strength in them that she’d had when she came to the motel and confronted him. Because there was no pity in her eyes, it gave him the ability to finish telling her about his time in captivity.
“The next day they drugged me again and brought a different woman to my cell. It was Sadie. She’d been given a dose and at first, she wasn’t doing too bad. But like me, the longer she had it in her, the stronger the need to fuck hit her. Eventually, it got the better of her and I was already too far gone and in pain that I just couldn’t take it anymore. We finally broke down and fucked. The relief was instant for both of us. I could breathe again.” He hated that he was telling her all this. “That’s when my brain came back online and I realized that I’d fucked another woman and she wasn’t you. It didn’t matter how much guilt and shame I was feeling because it didn’t take long for the pain in my dick to come roaring back again. It was like I hadn’t gotten off at all. We did it a couple of more times, then Race and the guys showed up to rescue me and the others.”
One side of Kylie’s mouth hitched up and she squeezed his hand. “I know that was hard, but thank you.” He wasn’t sure what she was thanking him for, but she obviously meant it. She crawled up next to him so that he was forced to raise his arm and let her get as close as she could get. He grabbed at the covers and pulled them up to keep Kylie warm. He glanced around the room, noticing Tuck had never returned yet.
“You can come in now!” he yelled toward the door. He’d bet money his friend stood in the hall listening to the whole thing. That was fine because Darren wasn’t sure how much he could have said in front of him.
Tuck came in carrying the whole cake pan and three forks. He crawled back into bed and set the pan next to Kylie. He squeezed her leg through the covers, silently asking if she was okay.
“I know you both think I’m an idiot for not coming home right after I got back to town.” Both Kylie and Tuck raised their hands in agreement, causing him to chuckle. “At this very moment I wonder the same thing. All I can say is that I was feeling so much shame and guilt I didn’t know how to handle it. Add the drugs messing with my head as much as my dick and I wasn’t in a good place. I know we said we would never talk about this again, but sex with the other women was just that. Sex. A way to get off. And as bad as it sounds, I didn’t have to worry about what they might think of me. There were no emotions involved. With you, I would rather kill myself than hurt you in any way. And yet I did it anyway.”
“Darren,” she crawled into his lap and clasped his cheeks with both hands. “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt, that I didn’t feel rejected when you turned to those other women. It’ll take some time for the sting to go away, but the bottom line is I love you and I cannot live my life without you.”
“But what will you say when the other old ladies find out? And yes, we all know they will find out.”
“I really like those women, but if they give me or you any shit about it, I’ll tell them it’s none of their fucking business. It doesn’t have to make sense to anyone but the three of us.”
Staring into her eyes, he could feel her conviction and pitied the old ladies if they thought to tell her how to live her life.
“I love you so much, Kylie.” He snaked his hand behind her neck and drew her in for a kiss.
“Love you, too,” she replied once they were finished.
“Now that that’s all settled, who wants cake?” Tuck held up three forks.
What started out as a nice snack in bed, quickly turned into Kylie being covered in chocolate icing and him and Tuck licking it all off. After a couple of orgasms for their woman and an embarrassingly quick orgasm for him, the two of them changed the sheets while she took a shower.
Once she was clean and had climbed back into bed, he pulled her tight against his side and miraculously fell asleep.