Chapter 3 Free #2
I couldn’t help but follow the trail of his tongue as it eased over his lips.
“I might know a trick or two that could help. Depends on what’s got you stressed out though.
” I felt myself about to fall right for his trap when he kept talking.
“Aw, shit. My mama about to show her ass tonight.” He chuckled, and I realized he was talking about the song blasting from the speakers.
It was Rick James’ “Give it to Me, Baby.” “I hope you like to party. These people don’t know how to go home.
They will dance until the roosters crow,” he said to me with a smirk.
“I know how to hang.”
“I hope so.”
I took another pull from the blunt, then handed it back. “Guess I’ll see you on the dance floor.”
“Maybe. Maybe not,” he said, mocking me. Even still, his eyes tracked me like prey.
I couldn’t help but laugh before I made my way back inside. I fought against the urge to glance back over my shoulder, so instead, I put a little extra sway in my hips. If he was going to be watching me, I might as well put on a show.
I walked right into an entrance tunnel for Ms. Paulette.
Somehow, I managed to squeeze my way to the front, so I saw the full entrance.
The song switched to Rick James’ “Super Freak” before the lights spotlighted the door.
Everyone screamed “Surprise!” as the doors came open, and Katana’s twin was left standing there in shock.
There were tears in her eyes as she registered what her children managed to put together for her.
I was such an empath that I could feel her love and appreciation.
I felt a tingle down my spine and couldn’t resist the urge to look back this time.
I found Ketai leaning casually against the wall.
There was a genuine smile on his face as he watched his mother dance her way down the aisle like the superstar she was.
He must’ve felt my eyes on him because his gaze slowly turned to me. I dropped my eyes quickly and pretended I was focused on the floor decal. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard his voice in my ear a few seconds later.
“Looking for me, beautiful?” he questioned in a teasing manner.
I couldn’t hide my blush or my smile. “Yeah, making sure you aren’t missing the party.”
He came to stand beside me and began stroking his goatee. “Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” His cologne invaded my personal space as a mixture of oud and weed. Glancing down at me, he motioned his arm toward the dance floor. “Get out there.”
“I will when you do.”
He shocked me when he held his hand out for me. An electric shock went through my body when my palm landed in his, but before he could pull me onto the floor, his mother came over and forced him to dance with her.
“Save a dance for me,” he said, then winked before he got yanked too far away to be heard over the thumping speakers.
I caught myself from melting right on the spot.
Walking over to the bar, I got another shot of tequila, hoping it would make me forget about the handsome man who had the kind of smile that’d convince you to feed him grapes on command.
Coming back to the States was about focusing on me, not falling victim to another man’s charm.
When I felt I had control of my feelings, I made my way to the dance floor and got lost in the music.
They were playing all the oldies but goodies.
I was having the time of my life, like this was my actual family and not like I was a random woman who rsvp’d online for what was supposed to be a private party.
The entire time I was dancing, I felt the weight of his eyes.
It was easy to ignore when his sister and mother both wouldn’t allow me to take a break from dancing.
He wasn’t lying when he warned me that they liked to party.
All the women seemed to gravitate toward me, and I found myself in the gossip circle as if I belonged there.
I was only able to escape when I went to use the restroom. When I came out, my steps halted when I saw Ketai leaning against the wall as if he were waiting for me. I tried to convince myself that wasn’t the reason he was out here, though, because then the fantasizing would begin.
“What happened to my dance?” I teased him playfully.
The corner of his mouth lifted subtly. “I was too busy enjoying the show, and I changed my mind. I’ll only dance with you if it’s only us.”
“Why is that? You trying to get me all alone?”
It was as if my body had a mind of its own because I erased a little more of the distance between us.
Waves of heat rolled between us, creating the kind of friction that could surely start a fire.
I didn’t know what it was about this man that made me want to fuck around and find out if I’d get burned or not.
With my track record with men, it was inevitable, yet and still, I was drawn to that spark in him, the one that could ruin what was left of my sanity.
“Yeah, I am,” he stated boldly. “I’m selfish like that.
” He lifted from the wall and pressed his chest into mine.
I had to tilt my head back to look him in the eyes.
I couldn’t label what I saw flickering in the depths of his brown eyes, but I knew it hypnotized me.
His raspy voice punted me even further from reality.
“Should I be scared?”
A panty-dropping smile appeared on his face. “If you don’t want a toe-cracking orgasm, then yeah, . . . you should be very scared.”
My mind was warning me not to fall for the trap, while my body knew we’d already reached the point of no return.
How did the saying go? The quickest way to get over one man was to get under another one?
Yeah, well, with Ketai standing in front of me, looking and smelling so good, I was overly going under him to forget everything that’d gone wrong in my love life.
“Prove it. Show me how scary shit can get.”
There was this pause where there was only the subtle thump from the music in the party, our labored breaths, and my blood racing through every vein in my body. Then it happened. Ketai pushed me back into the bathroom and locked the both of us inside.
His hands went to my hips before he lifted me onto the counter.
The smirk on his face never left and further proved that he was confident in his abilities.
I couldn’t quite tell you how we got there, but I became more excited by the second.
I was not shocked by what he found between my legs when he slid my thong off.
I was, however, shocked by him stuffing my panties in his mouth.
He licked his lips and lowered himself to his knees. “I’m not going to lie; this is not something I would normally do, but it’s all I could think about since I laid eyes on you. I know you felt me watching you all night long . . .”
I released a shaky breath. “Wait, wait. This is crazy. You don’t even know my name,” I blurted as my brain tried to regain control of the situation.
Ketai stopped staring at my pussy like a meal to give me his eyes. He sighed patiently. “What’s your name, baby?”
“Ff-free,” I stuttered, becoming nervous of the sincerity in his eyes.
He smiled, and I wanted to run for the hills.
This was trouble. I could already feel it.
“Nice to meet you, Free. Can I eat your pussy now?” He lifted my legs on his shoulders and inhaled deeply, but that still didn’t relieve me of the pressure building up in my core since he backed me into this bathroom.
“Yes. Yes, you can eat my pussy now.”
He didn’t wait another second before he dived in, slurping, licking, and sucking as if he had something to prove.
He hummed against my flesh, and I oozed all over him.
He seemed satisfied by my body’s reaction and began to strum my clit like a guitar.
I could only hold on to his head to brace myself, but when I saw how much he was enjoying unraveling me, I had to squeeze my eyes shut.
I couldn’t hold it together if I tried. This man was a damn expert at the female anatomy, like he studied what made us gush, churn, and beg for more.
I secretly hated all the women he’d used as practice to get so good at this.
His tongue needed to be registered as a deadly weapon because it had my eyes rolling to the back of my head and my body jerking uncontrollably.
Every time I tried to push him away, he countered by pushing his face in deeper and sucking harder on my clit.
“Ketai,” I moaned his name. “I’m about to cum.”
He chuckled darkly. “I know. Keep winding your hips the same way you were doing it out there for all my old ass uncles and shit. I want you to cum all over my face, Free. You look so fucking perfect.”
His deep, raspy voice sent me over the edge. My body began to quiver uncontrollably, and I couldn’t find the off button. He didn’t seem to care about anything other than savoring every drop because he continued to lap me up like he was getting paid to do so.
I felt like such a little slut when I came down off my high that I hopped off the sink quickly. I pushed Ketai out of the way, abandoning both my panties and dignity on the bathroom sink. I didn’t give him a chance to say anything as I rushed out of the bathroom and ran straight into Katana.
“Hey, girl. You seen my brother?”
I couldn’t even find my voice as I simply shook my head and raced toward the exit.
My cheeks were flushed with embarrassment.
Did she know I was lying? Had she heard me screaming his name and was playing it off?
Not even the nighttime air could douse the heat coursing through my veins.
The only thing to calm my racing heart was knowing there was no chance I would be seeing Ketai again.
Tonight was supposed to be a distraction, and he’d become that and so much more.
I didn’t have to make what happened between us more than that, no matter how good it felt or how badly I would let him do it again.