Chapter 14
CHAPTER 14
CASSIE
“ O h shit! Kendrall… oh my God! Yes, baby.”
Kendrall came home from the meeting and went straight to the shower. When he got out, he came and got me from the couch and took me to the bedroom. The minute he pulled off my pajamas, my clit was ready and willing to give him all my love. I gripped his hair and held on for dear life as he fucked my world up.
My bottom was lifted from the bed, and he was hitting my G-spot in the most pleasing way. My orgasm was floating around like it wasn’t quite ready to release, but when Kendrall bit my ear and said, “Let that muthafucka loose,” I came instantly.
It was like my body was under his control. It didn’t hesitate to do what he commanded, and that was still a mystery to me. Kendrall ruled me in the most pleasing way, and like Jill Scott said… if the nigga could tell me what to do, he could tell me what to fucking do. The way he knew when to be rough and when to be tender was the thing that addicted me the most.
Living with him for the past two weeks had been nothing like I ever felt. It was like none of the shit that had been going on even mattered anymore. None of the relationships I’d been in mattered. He’d made me forget. All the heartache, pain, arguments, and misunderstandings were a thing of the past and thrown into the sea of forgetfulness.
“Oh fuck! Cassie… Caaassiiiiee.”
That shit turned me on completely. The way he dragged out my name like that let me know I was doing some shit to him that he didn’t understand either. Knowing that no other woman had made him feel the way I did made me feel amazing inside, but those were words. When I felt it through his actions, it seemed as if my heart was a mushy mess.
He lifted my legs, and I swore I sprang a leak, because my pussy was shooting juices all over his abdomen. I couldn’t contain my screams, nor the way I was scratching at him and pulling his hair. He released my legs and grabbed me by my wrists and forcefully pushed them above my head.
“I love you, Cassie. I love you so much, baby.”
I kissed his lips, and he slid his tongue to mine. When he pulled away, he said, “I wanna marry you. I want you to have my babies. I want us to start a family, baby. I’ve wasted enough time… both of us have. We need to be on the fast track.”
He stroked me slowly as he stared into my eyes. I couldn’t respond because my body was still feeling the aftershocks of my orgasm. It was jerking uncontrollably and trembling at the same time. I wanted everything he wanted, though, and as soon as I could verbalize that, he would know it. He continued stroking me slow but deep, causing the tears to fall from my eyes. I swore his dick touched all my feelings whenever he was inside of me.
Gently wiping my tears, he said, “Tell me you want that too. Tell me, baby… please.”
His skin was red, and I knew he was about to tip over the edge. Through my pants and what felt like another pending orgasm, I said, “I want all of that… with you… toooooo!”
He maintained his slow place, making my orgasm hang around a little longer, as he gripped my thigh. He tried to kiss my lips, but I swore I would have bitten those beautiful lips of his right off. His pace increased slightly as he latched on to my nipple, intensifying my orgasm, and unloaded his magma chamber inside of me.
“Oooooh fuuuuck,” he said when he released my nipple. “Cassiiiie, damn. I love you so much, baby. Marry me, baby.”
My eyes adjusted from their previous position in the back of my head and focused on his. I needed to know if he was serious, because I would do that shit tonight. There was no doubt in my mind that Kendrall was the one for me. He perceived that I needed clarification, because he said, “I’m serious. Marry me, baby. Let’s do it as soon as possible. I’m gonna do it right by asking your dad, but I need your ‘yes’ first.”
“Yes, Kendrall. Let’s do it, baby. I’ve loved you for a long time, even when I thought I’d gotten over you. It will be an honor to carry your name.”
His dick hardened while still inside of me, and he began stroking me again. However, when I saw the tears fall down his cheeks, I was a whole heap of emotions. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and we both cried while expressing how intense our love was in the best way possible. I wrapped my legs around his waist and let him guide me to ecstasy with every stroke.
“You’re so beautiful, baby. I can’t believe we’re at this moment.”
He bit my earlobe then my neck as I rolled my hips against him. Our rhythm was perfectly in sync, and we were creating the most beautiful song I’d ever heard. My legs began trembling against his waist, and that only propelled him forward, increasing his pace and force. He hooked my leg and lifted his body from mine, his face wet with tears. I had to assume it mirrored mine.
He started digging me out forcefully, and somehow, his thrusts were moving this extremely heavy wooden bed. The fact that I was absorbing most of that force amazed me. It was like my body accepted whatever he gave it with pleasure.
“Kendraaaaalll! Oh fuck!”
My pussy mimicked my tear ducts and rained on him like it was the first time. He stared down at the action and bit his bottom lip. Gripping the flesh on my stomach and hips, he pounded into me until his dick was completely satisfied and satiated, and he was the same. Collapsing on top of me, he panted for a while, then said, “You complete me, baby.”
I responded by saying, “You make me forget.”
He lifted his head with a slight frown on his face. When the realization of what I was talking about graced his facial expression, he lowered his head and kissed me passionately. “The only love that matters is ours,” he said when he pulled away. “I’m happy that the remnants of the ones before me didn’t come along with you, making you doubt what was between us. Our love is perfect… flawless, and there’s only one thing left to do.”
“Yes. Make it official.”
“Hey, y’all! Come on in!”
Mama was so excited to see Kendrall and me. We hadn’t visited as a couple since that day he came here to get me. We’d just been so busy with learning even more about each other, along with him helping his family. Things were starting to really unravel in Nome, and Kendrall refused to allow me to be outside by myself. Whenever I was leaving, he walked me out to my car, and I had to call when I got home so he could walk me into the house.
He started on his fence around the front of the house a couple of days ago. He said those white people in Nome couldn’t be trusted. I was in shock when he told me what happened at the meeting. He said while he knew it was probably only a handful of them that would give them problems, he didn’t know who would be in that handful. So it was best to not trust any of them right now. ‘Better safe than sorry’ were his exact words.
That shit was weird that they expected the Hendersons to take care of Nome. They were entitled and spoiled by the generosity of the family. It wasn’t their duty to sustain Nome. Just because they had money didn’t mean they had to take care of everyone. In the GPS system, it already recognized Nome as Beaumont. Before long, it really would be.
When we walked through the front room, Daddy was seated watching TV. He hated seeing me in court behind Mesani’s foolishness. He’d even said he was going to go by the house. I begged him not to. I was already in trouble. I didn’t need him to be in trouble too.
While he owned his own business and had a contract with the Hendersons, they weren’t his only customers. I didn’t want him to lose any contracts on account of me. Once he calmed down, he promised me he wouldn’t. I was glad that he was keeping up with his promise.
He stood from his seat and hugged me tightly like we hadn’t seen one another in months. This man was truly my saving grace. If I wouldn’t have had him in my life, there was no telling how I would have turned out. After he found out he wasn’t my biological father and Shayla had made him leave the hospital, he could have stayed away.
He had been taking care of a child that wasn’t his for eight years. Shayla had abandoned me… left me with him and went about her damn life. None of that mattered to him though. He said at that point, I was his, whether we were blood related or not.
After he released me, I hugged my mama, then Ebony and Evan. I didn’t even realize they were here initially. I’d called my daddy this morning to tell him that Kendrall and I were coming over tonight. It had been two days since he asked me to marry him, and although he hadn’t talked to my daddy yet, we’d already applied for our marriage license. I was pretty sure he would give us his blessing.
“Something smells good! Mama, what are you cooking?”
“Ebony and I got it going on in the kitchen. We’re frying chicken, smothering cabbage, baking cornbread, and cooking red beans. We doing it up!”
I chuckled at her excitement and followed them to the kitchen while Kendrall took a seat with Daddy and Evan. As soon as we got to the kitchen, Ebony said, “Baby, you are glowing! That man must be putting it down right !”
I laughed as my eyebrows hiked up in surprise. I couldn’t believe she said that in front of Mama. What shocked me even more was that Mama was laughing. I never really talked to her about sex. For some reason, I was always shy about talking about it to her. It wasn’t like she didn’t know I was fucking. Obviously, if I was engaged to Mesani, he’d sampled the goods. They could probably tell in my physique when I started fucking regularly, before the pregnancy scare.
My face had to be red, because it was hot as hell. “I have to admit, I hadn’t made love until I was intimate with Kendrall. Lord God. It’s like relaxing in a hot tub of water with a glass of wine, and sometimes it’s like a hot, sticky night in a hip hop club when the right song comes on. And those descriptions still don’t do it justice.”
I sat at the table, clearly in a trance, propping my head on my hand. “I’m so in love with that man I can barely function. With everything that has happened, with me losing my job and doing community service, Kendrall has been there to support me for every minute of it. He told me I didn’t have to work if I didn’t want to, because he had my front, back, and sides in every way imaginable.”
I took a deep breath as my mama sat across from me with her hand to her chest. Her hair was pulled up in a curly bun, and her milk chocolate complexion was glowing as well. “My God, baby. He’s your one. I felt the same way about Price. Things happened the way they were supposed to. Had Mesani not done the things he did, you would have moved on with the wedding, marrying a man that was less than what and who you truly desired.”
I shook my head. “I don’t think I would have. That was why a date hadn’t been set. I felt like I was missing something. It just didn’t feel complete. I didn’t know what it was until I got reacquainted with Kendrall. The passion was missing.”
My mama gave me a tight smile then stood to go and stir the beans. “Well, the food is just about done. We’re just waiting for the cabbage to cook down a little more. I’m gonna set this timer so we can go in there and relax with the men.”
She set a timer for fifteen minutes, then we made our way back to the front room. I sat next to Kendrall, and I could tell he didn’t want to prolong this any longer. The moment everyone was situated, he turned to my daddy and said, “I have something really important to ask you and Missus Kendall.”
“Do you want to do this privately?” my dad asked with a smirk on his lips.
He already knew what Kendrall needed to ask them about, especially when he grabbed my hand. Neither of us exhibited even a small ounce of nerves.
“No, sir. Here is fine.”
Daddy paused the TV then gave his attention back to Kendrall. “What’chu got?”
“I know it’s clear how much I love Cassie. It’s only been a short time since we’ve been together as a couple, but our spirits have been longing for each other for a long time. She’s my everything, and I know my life wouldn’t be the same without her in it. She gives me purpose and direction. My future is clear with her by my side. I wanted to ask your permission to make Cassie my wife.”
“You are already taking care of my miracle child. This right here was pointless. I know you come from good stock, as my mama used to say. You were raised with morals, and the way you treat my daughter proves that. I would be honored to have you be a part of our family, KJ.”
They stood and shook hands then hugged. When Kendrall turned around, he went to his knee. I lost my breath for a second because I didn’t know he would do this. We’d already applied for our license. This wasn’t even necessary.
He grabbed my hand and kissed the top of it then my fingers as Mama pulled out her phone and started recording. “I know we’ve already talked about this, but I wanted to do this right. You deserve the full experience, baby.”
I felt like I wanted to cry, but that happened a lot sooner when this nigga started singing “All of Me” by John Legend. I knew Kendrall could sing, but I had no idea he could actually pull off singing a John Legend song acapella. I felt like a water fountain these days with how easily Kendrall was exposing my soft, crybaby side.
He sang the chorus, the second verse, then the chorus again. When he finished, he said, “That song expressed my feelings for you perfectly. Having you as my wife would mean the world to me. I haven’t been who I was meant to be because I hadn’t locked down my forever. The dreams we will fulfill and the goals we will crush as a couple will be beyond anything we could have ever done solo. I love you so much. So, Cassie, will you do forever with me?”
My face was twitching because I was doing my best to hold in my cries. Kendrall was so expressive when it came to me… even more expressive than I was, and that shit was overwhelming. “Absolutely, without a doubt.”
The minute the words left my lips, he slid a beautiful ruby on a platinum band on my finger. It was encased in diamonds and quickly became the center of attention. Jesus Christ. He stood from his knee, and I fell into him. This moment meant so much to me.
When we released one another, our eyes still held each other captive. My mama had grabbed my hand, but my eyes never left Kendrall’s. I wanted to hop in his arms, wrap my legs around him, and pull his hair out of that man bun as I rode him. He stepped closer to me, and I swore I stopped breathing.
“Damn, sis! Maybe y’all should go on and head home. Shaaat!”
Well, that broke us out of our bubble. My mama laughed, and Daddy slowly shook his head. “You should have let me take her to the doctor when I hit her head against the wall,” he said.
Ebony side-eyed him as we all laughed. When I calmed down, Daddy hugged me. “This is what I always wanted for you… to experience an unfathomable love like Kendall and I had. It found you, baby girl, and I couldn’t be happier for you.”
He kissed my forehead, then my brother hugged and congratulated us. Kendrall grabbed my hand as everyone headed to the kitchen and pulled me into his arms.
“This moment was overwhelming, Kendrall. It took my breath away. This ring is beyond gorgeous.”
He didn’t respond verbally, just laid his lips on mine. He pulled me so close until air couldn’t even pass between us. His erection felt powerful and so damn irresistible. I grabbed his hand and licked my lips then led him to the bathroom.
For the first time, I didn’t care about disrespecting my parents’ home. People around us had better get used to this. Whenever the spirit moved us, we would be fucking.