Chapter 11
Chapter Eleven
TEMPERANCE
He didn’t start soft and slow like most men might. Hayes kissed me with a ferocity that took my breath away. It was almost like a punishment, as if he were pouring decades’ worth of anger and longing into that one kiss. But I never wanted it to end.
A greedy moan worked its way from my chest as I fisted my fingers in the fabric of his shirt and lifted on my toes in an effort to get closer. I needed more. I needed everything, and I needed it right freaking now.
My tongue slid out, brushing against Hayes’s bottom lip and making him growl before he opened for me. The moment he did, I dove inside, melting deeper against him as the kiss intensified.
“Hayes,” I breathed when he tore his mouth from mine and started trailing his lips along my jaw and down my neck. A shiver racked my body when he hit that spot beneath my ear that always drove me crazy. I let out a groan and tilted my head to give him better access. “Baby.”
One of his arms wrapped around my back, pulling my body flush against his from hips to chest, and I could feel his erection hard as steel against my belly. And god, I wanted it. So damn much.
Pulling from his hold, I started to lower to my knees only to have him reach down and jerk me back up.
“Please,” I begged, looking up into those dark eyes.
His voice was craggy and abrasive as he grunted, “You wanna suck me off, believe me, I’m all fuckin’ for that.
But you don’t get on your knees on my shitty kitchen floor.
” He grabbed hold of me and I did a little hop, wrapping my legs around his waist and resuming our heated kiss as he started for the bedroom.
The moment we cleared the door, I began squirming until Hayes took the hint and placed me on my feet.
I went down to my knees as quick as I could and went for the fly of his jeans, unbuttoning and unzipping carefully.
My mouth started to water the moment I reached inside and pulled his thick length free of his boxer briefs.
Christ, it was even better than I remembered.
I hadn’t been with very many men in my life, but Hayes’s cock was far and away the most perfect one I’d ever seen. Looking up from beneath my lashes, I licked my lips and ordered, “Sit.”
He did as instructed, his eyes lit with fire as he lowered to the edge of the mattress and reached back to brace himself on his palms. Then I went to work.
Hayes
Jesus Christ, she was un-fuckin’-believable.
Tempie dragged the flat of her tongue up the underside of my cock before wrapping her lips around the head and sucking, those pale, expressive blue eyes pinned on me the entire goddamn time, letting me know just how much she was getting off on blowing me.
Her head sank even lower, and I lost her eyes when her nose bumped my groin and her throat tightened around me.
“Fuckin’ shit.” I’d forgotten she could do that.
How the fuck had I forgotten that she was the only one I’d ever been with who could take all of me like that?
She worked her way back up, bringing a hand into play and fisting the base of my dick as she started bobbing faster and sucking harder.
It was the best head I’d had in twenty-one years.
Only Tempie could ever get me off this way.
The woman used to be able to work me up to the point that I’d see stars.
I had to force my eyes from rolling back in my head so I could watch every second of what she was doing.
“That’s it, angel,” I coaxed, snapping my hips and reaching a hand around to fist her hair. She moaned around me, the vibrations sending shock waves through my cock and straight to my balls. I was close. Jesus, I was so goddamn close.
But I didn’t want to come like this. Not when I finally had my dream within arm’s reach for the first time in more than half my life.
She let out a whimper of disapproval when I grabbed her beneath her arms and pulled her to her feet.
“Baby, I wasn’t done,” she panted, her chest heaving and pressing her tits against her tight sweater.
“You can finish me off with your mouth next time,” I said, reaching up to yank her top over her head. “I’ve wanted you every goddamn day for twenty-one years, and I’m not waiting another fuckin’ second.”
I had her naked just moments later, then leaned sideways to reach into my nightstand drawer for a condom.
The moment I had it rolled into place, Tempie climbed onto my lap, lined my cock up with her entrance, and slammed down so hard that we both shouted out at the sensation.
“Goddamn it,” I hissed between clenched teeth. My fingers on her hips squeezed as I held her in place and fought to keep from coming. It was heaven, plain and simple. Being back inside my girl was the best thing I’d ever felt in all my life, and I wanted it, no.... I needed it to last.
“Hayes,” she whimpered, those baby blue eyes completely wired as her body trembled. “Honey, I need to move. Please.”
I’d somehow managed to forget this too, how wild she went whenever I was inside her.
“Then move, baby,” I said, loosening my grip.
She lifted up and drove back down, her head falling backward on a cry as she rode me hard and fast. I could feel her pussy tightening as she got closer.
Her fingernails scraped down my back, and I knew she was about to come, but I wasn’t ready for this to end yet.
“Slow down, baby.”
“I can’t,” she moaned, grinding against me. “You feel so good, Hayes.”
Jesus, she was killing me. “Tempie. Slow.”
She didn’t listen, and I could feel my balls drawing up and that telling tingle at the base of my spine. I’d missed out on two decades of Tempie. No fucking way I was going to let this end yet.
Grabbing her ass, I flipped Tempie around onto her back, chuckling down at the frustrated look on her face. “Told you to slow down, angel. You should’ve listened. Now I take over.
She reached down and grabbed the hem of my shirt, pulling it off. Her heels dug in at my ass, shoving my jeans down as far as she could as she issued her challenge. “Then take over already.”
Damn, I loved that.
Hooking my forearm behind her knee, I pulled her left leg up and drove in hard and deep. Tempie’s head jerked back into the pillows, her eyes squeezed shut, and she cried out, her pussy squeezing me like a glove.
“Yeah, baby,” she groaned, putting her other foot into the mattress and shifting her hips up against mine, meeting me thrust for thrust. “God, just like that.”
“Fuck me,” I hissed through clenched teeth. I couldn’t rip my eyes off her face as ecstasy washed through her delicate features. “Most beautiful girl I’ve ever known.”
Her eyes flew open and locked on mine, and just like when we were together, I could read every single thought and feeling rushing through her. “Hayes,” she whispered, her voice soft and full of emotion.
My body began to slow as something between us shifted. What started as a hard and fast fuck had taken an intense emotional turn, and I could tell just by looking at her that she felt it too. “Still so goddamn beautiful.”
Her hand came up and cupped my jaw as we moved together. “Still so goddamn handsome.”
Letting her leg go, I wrapped my arms around her and held her tight against me as I pressed my lips to hers. Her arms and legs closed around me and she opened her mouth wider, taking the kiss even deeper just before every single muscle in her body strung tight and she cried out her release.
I swallowed down every single moan and whimper as I powered in and out of her until I couldn’t take it anymore. Wrenching my mouth free, I shoved my face in her neck just like I used to and buried myself deep as I let out a long, hard groan, coming harder than I had in twenty-one years.
Temperance
Curling up on my side, I rested an elbow on the bed and propped my head in my hand, watching a now fully naked Hayes come back from the bathroom after discarding the condom.
A slow smile pulled at my lips as a contentment I hadn’t felt in forever settled inside my chest and a spread warmth throughout my entire body.
“What are you smilin’ at?” he asked, pausing just inside the doorway.
“Just enjoying the show,” I answered, openly ogling every inch of him.
Hayes’s laughter made that warmth inside me bloom even brighter as he came to the bed and whipped the covers back, climbing in to join me.
I started to shift to make more room for him when his arm shot out, hooking me at my waist and pulling me back so my front was pressed along his side.
Getting more comfortable, I draped my arm across his abs and threw one of my legs over his, settling my cheek against his shoulder.
I hadn’t been held like this by anyone since the last time Hayes and I lay in bed together.
I’d only dated a handful of men in Chicago, and every time one of them tried to hold me after sex, I pulled away, claiming I wasn’t big on cuddling.
Every time I tried, my mind screamed at me like I was betraying something special, something that belonged solely to Hayes.
But now that I was back in his arms like this, there was no denying how right it felt. Like I’d just come back home again.
“Just so you know,” Hayes started, breaking the silence, “if I catch you tryin’ to sneak outta this bed tonight, I’m gonna tan your ass.”
I let out a quiet laugh, turning to press my lips into his chest before resting back against him. “I’m not going anywhere.” After all, I was exactly where I was meant to be.
The quiet descended once more, and the gentle beat of his heart matched with the soothing brush of his fingers against my ribs had almost lulled me to sleep when his chest rumbled against my ear with his deep voice. “How long are you planning on staying?”
At the reminder of Chicago, my arm around his waist clenched. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I even wanted to go back. There wasn’t much left for me back there despite having spent more than half my life in that city.