Savage (Park Avenue Kings #1)

30. Lachlan

30

LACHLAN

M Y CHEST HEAVED as I stared down at Cooper.

Granted, I’d laid him out much gentler than I would others, but I wasn’t out to hurt him, just prove a point. He had no idea how deadly this city could be, especially in the places he’d been sniffing around lately. But no matter what I said to him, nothing seemed to be getting through.

So maybe this little demonstration was what had been needed.

It wasn’t my original goal when I’d come to the gym. I’d wanted some alone time, time to work off my frustration and calm down. But when Cooper had stepped inside the studio and come at me for trying to protect him, something inside me snapped. His constant habit of putting himself in dangerous situations was driving me fucking crazy.

And so was the way he was looking at me right now.

Where there should be fear, or shock, in those blue eyes, all I could see was a dark desire as they roamed down over my naked chest and stopped at the waist of my pants. That look was trouble, he was fucking trouble, and if he was smart, he’d get to his feet and hightail it out of here, putting several doors and floors between us.

I wanted to equal parts punish and pleasure him. I wanted to open his eyes to what could happen when he trusted the wrong person—or stranger slipping through a window—while also protecting him from that very danger.

And wasn’t that the biggest joke of all—I was worried about Cooper’s naivety when it had been the very thing I originally preyed on.

So who was I really trying to protect him from?

Cooper’s breathing was coming a little faster now. But what had started out as an emotional kind of frustration had now turned physical.

I should walk away. I should leave him to find his way back to the penthouse and get the hell out of there before I did something stupid. But when he slicked his tongue along his lower lip, my decision was made for me.

I reached for the button on my pants and undid it, and Cooper arched his hips off the mat. That was an invitation if ever I’d seen one. An invitation to come and really work out his body.

I unzipped, and he did the same, and by the time I was on my knees at the end of his feet he was shoving his jeans down his hips and I was pulling the denim away. Cooper gasped as the cool air hit his fevered skin, but I didn’t give him time to think as I tossed his jeans aside and moved up between his legs.

I planted a hand on either side of his head, using my body to keep him in place, as I hovered over the top of him. “Do you understand now?” I asked, wanting to keep him close but also prove just how easy it was to trap him if he wasn’t paying attention.

“That you’re an overprotective control freak?”

“When it comes to you, fucking count on it.”

“Is that supposed to scare me?” Cooper said as he got his legs out from under me and wrapped them around mine.

“No.” My eyes narrowed on his defiant ones. “It’s just the way it is.”

“And that bothers you?”

“It sure as hell doesn’t help me sleep at night.” I crushed my mouth to his in an effort to push those complicated feelings aside, but all it did was bring them roaring to the surface.

Flames licked across my skin, spreading heat throughout my body as the first taste of him hit my tongue. Sweet, defiant, and a little salty in attitude and flavor, Cooper reached for the back of my neck and pulled me in closer.

I’d thought the best way to get my aggression out was a couple rounds with the bag. But as my tongue and legs tangled with Cooper’s, I realized the best way to ease this brand of frustration was to go a couple rounds with the man who’d caused it.

I swept my tongue around every inch of his delectable mouth, rolling my hips and reveling in the feel of his hard cock aligning with mine.

It had always been like this with us, from the very first time in his apartment to right here, right now. I’d touch him, he’d go up in flames, and then together we would burn until we consumed one another.

The fact he didn’t know that, or believed he’d once felt this with someone else, was a whole other side to my frustration I didn’t even dare touch, because how could I compete with my fucking self?

I growled and ripped my mouth from his, my need for him too strong as I stared down at the most perfect face I’d ever seen. With soft pink cheeks that matched his swollen wet lips, Cooper pushed every single button I had.

I’d never been the type to get lost in a pretty face. But I couldn’t walk away from him now. I was in too deep. I wanted him too much, and no matter how many times I told myself this was temporary, it didn’t matter.

I moved up to my knees and ran my eyes down to where his stiff dick was testing the confines of his briefs, and licked my lips.

“Show me your cock.”

Cooper bit into his pouty lip and reached into his briefs to pull out his long, veiny erection.

“Mmm.” The sound rumbled out of my throat of its accord, the wide, sticky head of his dick a testament to how aroused he was. The sight of it had me rubbing a rough palm over my own aching shaft.

“Do you like it?” he asked.

“You can’t tell?”

“Not without proof. I showed you mine. Only seems fair that?—”

My cock was out and in hand before he could finish his sentence.

“Oh hell . ” Cooper’s hips arched up. “I want that.”

I knew Cooper was fired up tonight, but this ballsy attitude was hot as fuck. I gave myself a couple of hard strokes and looked around the empty studio. Just because no one was in here didn’t mean there weren’t eyes watching. But when Cooper reached for the edge of his sweater to strip it off, my concerns vanished.

He’d forgotten my warning, and when he tossed the sweater aside, I suddenly forgot too.

“Look at you…”

“That’s what I want,” he said, stretching his arms over his head. “For you to look at me and see that I’m not helpless. I’m not weak. I go after what I want, and right now, I want you.”

My balls throbbed at his bold declaration, then I hooked a finger into the elastic of his briefs and tugged on it. “Then you better get these the fuck out of my way.”

Cooper drew his legs up to his chest and slid the scrap of material free, and just as he was about to lower them to the ground, I put a hand on either knee.

“Hell yeah,” I muttered. “Keep them up there, just like that.”

Cooper’s breath was coming a little faster now as I stared down at the erotic picture he made. Positioned as he was, naked and flat on his back with his legs drawn up, his body was open and vulnerable to me. His cock and balls were easily accessible, and that tight little hole I was about to devour, winked at me like it was my lover.

He was my own personal offering, and when I lowered my head to swipe my tongue up the underside of his shaft, Cooper’s entire body trembled.

I tapped his leg to get his attention. “Spread these for me.”

Cooper pulled his legs into a wide straddle, and I shifted down to my stomach, getting my face in his business.

“Oh, this is going to be fun.” With a hand on each thigh I held him in place, then leaned in and sucked one of his balls.

Cooper hissed and bucked against my hold, but I held firm as I swirled my tongue around his heated skin, teasing and tormenting him.

“Lachlan,” he said as I lapped at him like a hungry kitten, then moved my attention to both balls. I drew the sensitive skin between my lips and sucked, and Cooper tensed.

He liked that, so I did it again, and again, until he was writhing under me like a man tormented.

I continued my assault, my lips and tongue working overtime until hands twisted in my hair and pulled me up from between his legs.

“My dick, Lachlan,” he panted. “I need you to suck my dick.”

My lips curled as I lowered my head back down, but instead of going for the tight balls drawn up to his body, I licked from the base of his cock to the tip.Cooper shoved his hips up in an effort to make me hurry, but I was in no rush. I wanted my fill. I wanted to bathe in his scent and savor his taste, and when I swiped my tongue over the head of his cock and got that first burst of flavor, I knew nothing else would ever satisfy.

I reached for his cock and angled it to my lips, then swallowed him in one greedy gulp. Cooper’s legs hugged my ears as I devoured him one inch at a time, and when I started to move back down, he tugged on my hair and pleaded with me not to stop.

I grunted, his desperation equal to the voice in my head pleading with me to get inside him already. But I wanted him out of his mind first, and the quickest way to do that was to get my mouth on him.

I licked a path over his sac, bracing my hands on the back of his thighs and shoving his legs back up his chest, then nuzzling my nose in under his balls.

Earthy, manly, and one hundred percent Cooper. The scent made my cock jerk against the mat as I spread his ass cheeks wide and growled at the sight of his hole waiting for me. I leaned in and flicked my tongue over it, then speared it inside.

“Ah… Fuck .”

His curse was music to my ears, and I dug my fingers into his soft cheeks and went at him again. I was like a man crazed. I couldn’t get enough. But with the way I was feeling, I needed to prep him with more than my tongue.

I stroked my thumb over his hole, gently pushing inside.

“I can’t wait until this is my cock,” I told him, replacing my thumb with two fingers.

He whimpered, clenching his ass around them. When I leaned down and sucked one of his balls into my mouth, his shout echoed around the empty studio.

“Lachlan…” he begged as I scissored my fingers inside him. “Lachlan, I need more.”

“Good,” I said, and pulled my fingers free then spat into his stretched hole. “Because you’re about to get it.”

I reached for his ankles and pulled his legs down, and when his lust-laden eyes found mine, I winked and then flipped him over.Cooper landed with a soft grunt, and I took hold of his hips.

“Hands and knees.”

He moved quickly, planting his hands on the mat and pushing up to his knees, bracing himself for what was about to happen.

I shoved my pants and briefs down my legs, then spread those perfect ass cheeks apart.

“God you’re fucking sexy.” I directed the head of my cock toward his waiting body, and Cooper white-knuckled the mat and shoved back.

I growled as my dick disappeared inside him, the white-hot pleasure of his tight ass almost enough to make me shoot my load right then. But it was the promise of an even more explosive finale that made me hang on, that made me grit my teeth and wait for the high I’d get when Cooper exploded with me.

I looked down at where we were joined, then ran my gaze up over his naked body. He was so damn beautiful, and his smooth, unblemished skin beckoned me to mark it in some way.

I slowly pulled out of him, and when Cooper shouted my name, I sank back inside with a thrust so powerful that one of his arms collapsed and he stumbled forward.

I grabbed hold of him and pulled him onto my lap, and he sank down onto my cock and looped an arm back around my neck.

“Damn it.” My dick was so deep inside him now it was hard to know where I ended and he began. “I’ve broken every fucking rule to keep you alive. Every rule to keep you close.”

Cooper moaned and arched his back, and I reached down and wrapped a hand around his throbbing dick.

“If you ever put yourself in danger again”—I bucked up, making him cry out—“if anyone ever hurts you, I can’t be held responsible for what I would do.”

His fingers tightened at the back of my neck and his hips started to move, and I sank my teeth into his shoulder—marking him, just like I’d wanted to.

“Lachlan… God… That’s it, right there.”

My name on his tongue sounded like a prayer as I licked a path up his neck to his ear. “Right there?”

“Yes.”

“Say it louder.”

“ Yes .”

“And you’re going to come for me, right here? Right now?”

“Yes… Anything…”

He was exactly where I wanted him.

I wrapped an arm across his shoulders, then powered into him with rapid thrusts, stroking him in rhythm with each punch of my hips. It was sweaty, messy, and one of the hottest things I’d experienced in my life.

He shook, his cock jerked in my fist, and then Cooper shouted my name as jets of sticky cum sprayed all over the exercise mat. My orgasm clawed at me then, demanding release, and as my vision blurred and I exploded inside of him, all of those feelings I’d been trying to shove aside came crashing to the forefront.

In that moment I knew everything had changed. I had changed.

Cooper was no longer just some guy I’d saved in an alley.He was no longer just a means to an end.

Cooper was mine, and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with that yet.