Chapter Nine
CALEB
We’re at my parents' house. I’m watching Cora as she jumps into the pool. I know she was awkward at coming over today, but she’s slotted right back in like she did before. It’s like she’s always been here.
“Hey,” Mom says as she sits next to me. “How does it feel having her back in your life?”
Mom knows me. She knows how much leaving Cora broke my heart. “It feels amazing. The first few days were not great.” I laugh, remembering the cutting remarks she threw at me a few times. “But I think we’ve reached a point where we have to forget about the past.” I nod toward her. “She seems to have, anyway.”
Mom looks at Cora and then back at me. “Don’t push her, Caleb. I can see she still likes you. She’s working for you, so you need to be sure of her feelings, because I don’t think you’ll bounce back this time, either.”
“I know, mom. I’m taking it easy, but it’s so hard when I know she’s in my apartment, in the room next to me, and all I want to do is take her by the hand and show her how much I still love her.” Mom has a way of getting the truth out of me. She makes me see what’s really going on.
“You can’t hide your feelings for her, can you?”
I watch as Cora gets out of the pool and smiles at me before coming over. “Unfortunately, I can’t,” I say to mom, quietly.
“Hey,” I say when Cora grabs her hair and squeezes the water out all over me.
“You should come into the pool, Caleb. It feels so good.” She takes a towel and sits on the lounger right next to mine.
“Did you enjoy the swim, Cora?” Mom asks. “Have you used Caleb’s pool yet? It’s slightly warmer than ours.”
“No, I haven’t used it yet. I didn’t want to impose.”
“Impose? Cora, I’ve told you to treat the apartment as if it’s yours. You can do what you want there.”
“Anything?” she asks, playfully, looking between me and my mom.
I nod my head and smile. “Of course.”
“Does that mean I can add a bit of color there? You seem to be all about the creams and minimalistic and I’m more of a homely kind of person. Pictures, color and stuff like that.”
I smile. If she’s thinking of adding to the apartment then maybe she’s thinking more long term. “Of course, Cora, anything.” I’m already looking forward to coming home from work tomorrow to see any changes she’s made.
It’s Wednesday and every day when I get home I look to see if there’s anything else. That’s when I find a picture on the wall. It’s an old one of the two of us, laughing. I never expected her to put pictures of the two of us up. Maybe, she’s defrosting toward me a little.
“I remember this,” I say, standing in front of it. “We were at the fair and wanted to go on the Ferris wheel, but when we went up the top, you wanted to get off. I held your hand and helped you to feel safe.”
She slips her hand into mine. I take a deep breath. “Yes, you did. You always did.”
I don’t want to think too much of it, but my heart is racing and my cock is pressing against my zipper.
“That’s the first night we kissed, do you remember that?” She squeezes my hand. I turn to face her.
“Of course I remember. I didn’t know what to do.”
“Neither did I,” she laughs.
“We kind of just fumbled along, but we got better each time, right?” She nods her head. With my free hand, I reach up and lay it against her cheek. She lays against it. “Cora, I want to kiss you so badly right now. But I won’t if you don’t want it.”
She looks at me and I see tears in her eyes. I clearly read the situation wrong. I remove my hand from her cheek and she steps closer to me. “What are you waiting for? A written invitation?”
I smile and put my hand on the back of her neck and bring her closer to me. My lips touch her and for a moment I don’t do anything except remember the feeling of my lips on hers.
She opens her mouth to kiss me and I release my passion. I’ve wanted to kiss her since the first time I saw her. Actually, since the day I left, I’ve wanted to kiss her again and feel her in my arms.
The kiss is fast and furious. So much passion that I know she can feel my cock pressing against her stomach, but I don’t care. She needs to know how I feel about her.
I lift her and she instinctively wraps her legs around my waist. I can feel the heat between her legs and I move her so that she is being held up by the wall. “Cora, stop me when you’ve had enough. I don’t want to rush this. I want to get it right. But if we go any further tonight, you will be staying in my room with me. Think about it carefully.” Our eyes are aligned. We are both looking deep into each other's soul.
“I want it all, Caleb.”
I don’t hold back. I kiss her harder and then move her away from the wall. I am not stopping until she tells me to.
I kick the door open to my bedroom and I lay her down on the bed. I can see some fear in her eyes, but not of me, of our situation.
I slowly take her clothes off. I saw her in her bikini the other day, so I know what’s under her clothes and it’s been driving me mad. I stop and look at her in her bra and panties. “You’re so beautiful, Cora,” I whisper, my tone deep and gravelly.
She blushes and I love that about her. She can be really dirty, but embarrassed. I’m glad to see that hasn’t changed over the years. I take my shirt and trousers off and then lean down onto the bed. “I haven’t eaten yet, I know what I want right now.” I pull her so that she is at the edge of the bed, I open her legs and move between them. She props herself up on her elbows and watches me. I tear her panties off her body and she moans.
I move closer to her and run my finger between her lips. She’s wet. She wants me. I’ve just confirmed it. “Someone likes me doing this.” I run it over her clit, without touching it. She moans. I slide my finger, hovering over her opening. Then I slide my fingers inside her. She’s hot, slick, and has arched her body.
“Fuck yeah, Caleb.”
I smile to myself, as I take my finger out and insert two. When I have them inside and she lays her body back down, I swipe my tongue over her clit. “Caleb, too much.”
I laugh. “It’s never too much, Cora. I can never have too much of you.”
I flick my tongue quickly over her clit, moving from flicking to sucking and I feel her squeezing my fingers inside her. I put a third finger in, it’s tight and I can feel every ripple she’s making.
“Caleb, it’s been so long. I’m going to come.” She writhes under me and I just get faster at pumping my fingers in and out, flicking her clit, sucking her clit and when I grab it between my teeth and gently bite her there - she explodes.
“Caleb, oh my god. Oh my god. Fuck.” She is sweating and she has a smile on her face. I put that there and I am so happy that I did.
Pulling my fingers out, I put them in my mouth and suck the juices off them. “You taste even better than I remembered.” She leans up on her elbows and looks at me. Hunger in her eyes.
“Can I have some of that, too?”
I nearly come there and then. I take my fingers out of my mouth and out them in hers, watching her eyes roll and her throat bobbing up and down as she sucks. Fuck, I really want her to suck my cock, but I know I won’t last long. Not with Cora.
“I need to be inside you, Cora. I really want to fuck your throat, but I know that right now I need to be inside you more.”
I look at her to make sure she still wants it. “Fuck me, Caleb,” she says as she reaches out for my cock. She can’t reach from that angle, so I grab it myself and line myself up. There’s no stopping me now. I thrust in deep in one single thrust.
“Fuck, Caleb, I wasn’t ready. It’s been a long time. Fuck your thick.” She leans back down and puts her arms over her face. I move them.
“I want to see your face, Cora. I need to see your face.” I move her arms. “That’s better.” She’s so beautiful and to know that I put that blush on her face makes me feel powerful.
She reaches out her hands and pulls me closer. “More. Move.”
I chuckle and then I do what the lady asks. Being inside her like this is something that I would never think would happen and now that it is, I know that I can’t lose her again. Whatever is happening between us, is real.
I thrust in and out like a virgin with his soulmate. I am chasing the orgasm that I know is going to destroy me, but it’s like a drug, I need it. I need her to have another one too, so I lean back, open her legs wider and thrust back inside her. Rubbing my thumb over her clit. It’s a different angle and she feels so full. I’ve never stopped loving this woman and it’s only better this time around. Everything is better.
“Caleb, I need to come, I’m so close.”
“Cora, come with me.” I keep thrusting and rubbing her clit, and I watch as the most beautiful woman in my world comes apart and I thrust two more times before I follow her. We are both panting and smiling. I lean down and kiss her before pulling out and laying next to her. I pull her into my side and she wraps her leg and arm over my body. This is what life is all about. Me and her against the world.
“That was amazing, Cora.” I kiss her on the top of her head.”
“Yeah, it was. What now, Caleb?”
My fingers are rubbing her back and neck and I’m quiet for a while. What does she mean? “You move in here where you belong."
"Are you sure? We just had sex, Caleb, we haven't sorted out our problems. Is sex going to get in the way?"
I roll her so that I am lying on top of her. "You're joking, aren't you? We had more than sex, Cora. I believe we opened our souls just now. You are moving in here and we are going to see where this takes us. I want you so badly. I want to own you, love you, admire you, respect you. I want it all."
"I feel the same, but you're paying me to be here and I don't just want to be a prostitute for you." She tries to roll me off her, but I box her in with her arms at her sides.
"A prostitute? First of all I'd never treat you that way. Secondly, I'd never pay for sex. Especially with you." I need to take a few breaths to tamper down my anger. "Did I just make you feel so bad that you feel like a prostitute?" I can't take it any longer, I release her and sit on the side of the bed. My head in my hands. "I would never..."
I feel her hand on my shoulder and then I feel her right behind me, pressed against me. "I didn't mean that you made me feel like one, but if you pay me to be here then it doesn't feel right. Do you get me?"
I grab her and pull her to the front of me. She's straddling my thighs. "I don't want you to feel like that. I want to pay you because we signed a contract and I never renege on an agreement. Just think of it as your allowance or some other payment. It's for you to enjoy your life, live carefree for a while. But I'll never pay you for sex. When you live here with me, I'll always give you money. I'll make sure you have everything that you ever wanted. I can give you that now, I couldn't give it to you before. I want to give you everything, Cora. Every fucking thing." I close my eyes as I know I have tears in them.
She lifts my chin with her finger and looks me in the eye. "I know you wouldn't do that, but I had to ask. I don't know you now, I only know you as you were before, Caleb. You need to give me time to catch up on what's happening here." She touches my face and then she kisses me. It's a peck on my lips, but she puts feeling into it. It's an, I trust you, kind of a kiss. I wrap my arms around her and hold her tight. I don't want to let go. I move us back into the bed and pull the covers over both of us. "You'll stay in here tonight, and every night."
She laughs. "Yes, boss." Then she snuggles in tight with me and we both fall asleep.