Chapter 16 Bit
BIT
Iopened the door, then led Eberly into the room and over to the bed. Like I had last night, I knelt between her legs. When I reached up to unfasten the flannel shirt she wore, she put her hand on mine.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but is there food we need to put away?”
“Did you see any boxes in the rear of the truck?” I moved her hand and kept unfastening her buttons.
Her brow furrowed. “I wasn’t paying attention.”
“There weren’t any. Sometime this afternoon, Benny, Louie’s son, will deliver what I ordered and put it in the building where I told you there was a commercial kitchen.” I leaned up and kissed her. “All I want you thinking about now is how you feel when I touch you.”
Forcing myself to take my time, I removed her clothes until she was naked and sitting on the edge of the bed like she’d been last night. Then, I’d told her we’d hold each other but nothing else.
Today, my plan was to learn every inch of Eberly’s body and how to wring pleasure from each place I touched. I’d use my fingers, hands, lips, tongue, and my cock, and then I’d start all over again.
“Where are we going?” she asked when I stood, took her hand, and led her toward a closed door.
“Remember what I said was one of the best parts of this place? It’s got nothing on where I’m taking you next. Close your eyes.”
I led her in so she was facing the most spectacular view in the entire house.
Rather than the white oak I’d used in the other areas, the floors and two walls of this room were teak.
The other two were glass. A circular tub, bigger than the one built into the deck, sat on a platform, and above it was a four-square-foot rain showerhead.
There were three doors built into the teak wall sections. Behind one were shelves with warm towels, another led to a dry sauna, and the other to the second area of the bathroom with two sinks, more teak shelves, and a water closet with a bidet.
Another door to the right of one glass wall opened to a separate deck with a daybed. There were heaters built in above and below it so the space could be used in both warm and cold weather.
The bed had other features Eberly wouldn’t learn of today; however, my cock became hard as steel imagining her spread open and bound, powerless to do anything other than accept the pleasure I gave her.
“Eyes still closed?” I asked once I had her positioned for the optimum first impression.
“Yes.”
I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my chin on her shoulders. “Okay, open.”
When she did, she gasped. “Oh, it’s gorgeous.”
While she looked out at the panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, I moved one hand to her left breast and the other between her legs. “Open for me.” When she did, I pressed between her folds and put pressure on her clit until she shuddered.
“Come,” I said, leading her to the tub. When I pressed a button, water flowed from ports placed a few inches apart near the bottom around the inside of the bath.
Each port had two openings. One button opened and closed the flow of water.
The other emptied it. Because of the number of ports, it took under two minutes to fill.
Eberly turned in my arms. “It’s spectacular, Trevino. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“Are we talking about the room again or…”
She put her hands on the waist of my jeans and pulled the five rivets loose, then pushed them down. “Not the room this time.”
I shimmied, and they fell to the floor after I’d toed off my shoes and socks. I yanked my shirt over my head, and since I’d gone commando this morning, I was as naked as she was.
By then, the tub was filled almost to the top, but since there were overflow drains built into the floor, it didn’t matter how much of a splash we created.
I lifted Eberly into my arms, lowered her into the warm water, then climbed in behind her. Once I was seated facing the ocean, she settled between my spread legs.
“You here with me is like a dream come true.” I kissed down the side of her neck to her shoulder. “The things I want to do to you…”
“Like what?” Her voice was between a moan and a whisper.
She gasped when I reached between her legs and slid one finger into her wet heat. With my opposite hand, I pinched her nipple between my thumb and index finger and gently pulled. As I’d anticipated, her body arched, and I added a second finger, thrusting deeper.
“Can you come for me like this, little dove?” I curled the tips of my fingers inside her and rubbed her clit with the pad of my thumb.
When she writhed, I held her steady with the weight of my arm.
Her whimpers and cries of pleasure were nearly my undoing.
While Eberly experienced orgasms by my hand, I’d held off, knowing nothing short of being inside her when I next came would truly satisfy me.
When the last threads of my restraint gave way, I removed my fingers, shifted her body away from mine, and got out of the water.
I grabbed two towels from the warming closet and attempted wrapping one around my waist, but my painfully hard erection made it impossible.
I quickly dried myself, offered my hand to help her out, then wrapped her in plush warmth before lifting her in my arms and carrying her into the bedroom.
I rested her on the bed, removed the towel from under her, then spread her legs. Her wide eyes met mine. “Tell me you want this,” I groaned as much as said.
“I want everything with you, Trevino.”
I leaned down and ran my tongue through her folds, making sure her body was soft and ready for me.
“I can’t wait. I need you, little dove,” I said, sucking her clit and easing my fingers inside her. As soon as her pussy clenched, I removed them, sheathed my cock in the condom I’d left on the bedside table, then positioned myself at her entrance.
“Eberly?” My eyes met hers, and I asked one more time if she was sure.
“Please, Trevino. Don’t make me wait any longer.”
I slowly pressed against her flesh, waiting until her body eased enough to allow me to go deeper. All the while, my gaze remained riveted to hers. Her quick intake of breath with my next thrust slowed me, but when she wrapped her legs around my waist, pressing me deeper, I thrust hard.
My cock pulsed as she clenched again, and I closed my eyes, willing myself back under control but knowing I wouldn’t be able to if she made the slightest movement.
I reached between us, rubbing her clit with my thumb like I had a few minutes ago, slowly increasing the rhythm and depth of my thrusts.
When she cried out my name, I brought my mouth to hers, kissing her as the most powerful orgasm of my life left me shaking in her arms.
I held myself above her, not ready to withdraw from her body, and rolled us both to our sides.
“My precious little dove.” I brushed her hair from her face. “I hope I didn’t hurt you.”
“If you did, the memory of it was obliterated by everything that came after.” Her look of wide-eyed wonder made me smile. “Can we, um, do that some more?”
“That and so many other things.” I eased my softening cock from inside her and rolled from the bed. “Do not move.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Keep that up, and we’ll be doing more of it quicker.”
I disposed of the condom, ran a washcloth under warm water, then returned to the bedroom. I spread her legs enough to gently clean her, then returned it to the bathroom. Before lying beside her, I took a second condom from the nightstand’s drawer.
She glanced over at the foil packet, then at me.
“Do you have something you want to ask me?”
“You seem, err, prepared.”
“Did you think I wouldn’t be?” When her brow furrowed, I stroked her forehead with my fingers.
“I told you earlier that I’ve never brought anyone else here.
I did, however, dream of bringing you, and for that, I made sure I had everything we might need.
Including sustenance,” I added when her stomach rumbled. “Hungry?”
She laughed, and her cheeks turned red. “God, I’m so sexy, right?”
I cupped her face. “Everything about you is, Eberly.” I leaned forward and kissed her temple.
“Your eyes.” Then the tip of her nose, then the corner of her mouth.
I touched her bottom lip with my fingertip.
“Your mouth, especially.” I eased down her body and kissed across the soft flesh beneath her belly button, then rolled from the bed and pulled her up with me.
“Where are we going now?”
“I’m going to feed you so I can fuck you again.”
“If you wanted to, ahem, fuck me first, I wouldn’t mind.”
I put my hand on her neck and kissed her hard. “Be careful, Eberly. I predict I will be insatiable when it comes to you.”
She smiled enough that I could see a hint of her dimples. “Yes, please.”
I’d brought the muffins inside earlier and had several other things in the refrigerator we could eat. “I’d offer to make you breakfast tacos, but they won’t be anywhere near as good as yours were.”
“I wouldn’t mind making them.”
My gaze traveled the length of her body, and my cock pulsed. Having her in my kitchen, naked, was almost enough to make me carry her caveman-style straight to bed.
“Is everything okay?” she asked.
“Maybe refraining from wearing clothes isn’t the best idea when cooking,” I said.
“You’re probably right.” She looked down at the floor rather than at me.
“Eberly?”
“I’ll get dressed.” She swept past me on the way to the bedroom, but I caught her around the waist.
“Is there something you want to say?” I asked.
“No.”
“I’ve asked you to be honest with me.”
She sighed. “I am being honest. You asked if there was something I wanted to say, and I said no.”
I cocked my head. “You have me there.”
“Look, I’m aware I don’t know what I’m doing, and maybe I’m not as sophisticated as other women you’ve been with…”
“Do you think I’m passing some kind of judgment here?”
“Maybe.”
“I’m not. I never would. Especially with you.”
“But—”
We’d left our cell phones in the bedroom, and I could hear hers ringing. “This way,” I said, leading her through the tub area. Once in the room, she raced over to answer it but was too late.
“It says the call was from an unknown number,” she said, holding it out for me to see as her hand shook.
“Come here,” I said, pulling her into my arms. “I’ll contact Decker and see if he can figure out where the call originated from.”
“He can do that?”
“Sometimes, from what I understand.”
Rather than phone him, I sent a message with the time the call came in.
Roger that. I’ll see what I can dig up, he responded.
“I feel like I should go home,” Eberly muttered as she picked up the clothes that were lying on the floor.
“Of course,” I said, doing the same and hoping she didn’t suggest she stay there alone. If she didn’t want me there, I’d call Michael Oliver.
Eberly put on her bra, shirt, and panties, then sat on the edge of the bed. “What if that was someone calling about my dad? Like a hospital?”
“If so, they would’ve left a message and would likely attempt to make contact again soon.” The unknown number led me to believe it wasn’t quite that innocuous.
“Let’s get you home,” I said once we were both fully dressed.
“I’m sorry. I know you wanted to stay longer. I feel so far away here.”
“I get it, and I should’ve thought about that.
” The drive to her place from here would take close to an hour.
I only hoped that whoever had called wouldn’t try again in the next few minutes.
It was another thing I should’ve considered.
Cell coverage was spotty this far out and wouldn’t get better until we reached the highway.
“Your instincts are right in wanting to go home,” I assured her.
“Trevino?” Eberly said when we were within a quarter mile of her house.
“Yeah?” I glanced over and saw she’d put her head in her hands. I pulled the truck over when I noticed her body shaking as if she was crying. “Talk to me, little dove.”
“I’m scared,” she whispered.
“Tell me what I can do to help.”
“Can we go to the cottage instead?”
“Of course we can,” I said, moving her hand from her face and cupping her cheek. “I’ll take you wherever you want to go.”
“I don’t want to be alone.”
I brushed her lips with mine, then smiled. “Did you think I planned to drop you off and leave?”
Eberly shrugged.
“Not a chance you’ll get rid of me that easily.”
“I don’t want to get rid of you.” Our eyes met. “Ever, Trevino.”
I felt the same way. However, as recently as four days ago, we were nothing more than boss and employee.
Once her father turned up and we were able to get her some answers, her dependence on me might come to an end.
Allowing myself to think beyond that was too much of a risk.
“Does knowing I intended to stay make you feel differently about going to the cottage?”
She shook her head. “Right now, I don’t know if I can set foot in the house. Not even to get more clothes.”
I’d tease her again about keeping her naked, but now wasn’t the time, especially with the insecurity over it she’d expressed before we left my place.
“I’ll be with you, Eberly. Plus, my brothers have been overseeing upgrading the property’s security system.
If anyone comes or goes, we’ll know. With the injunction and the winery being closed, there shouldn’t be anyone here besides the vineyard manager and his staff. ”
“It isn’t that. With everything my dad has done, I feel like I’ve been living with a stranger.”
I took her hand in mind. “While I understand why you might feel that way, that house, even the winery, represents good memories too.”
“You’re right. It was a wonderful place to grow up. Like you said about Los Cab, I took it for granted.”
“I won’t pretend I know how you feel, Eberly.
I cannot imagine how hard it is, believing your father has been dishonest with you.
Worse, that it appears he committed fraud.
What I do know is that holding on to good memories is what sometimes helps me get through the bad shit that’s unavoidable in life.
” I wouldn’t say it now, but there had been times when doing that kept me alive.
“So, house? Cottage? Clothes? No clothes?”
Eberly rested her head on my shoulder. “Thank you for being so sweet to me. Oh and, cottage, but I should pick up more clothes.”
“You got it.” I put the truck in gear and was about to pull out, but saw an SUV barreling in our direction. I turned the truck so it was farther off the shoulder.
“What is it?” She glanced behind us. “Oh my God.” She grabbed my arm. “I think that was Tiernan,” she said when the vehicle flew by us.
If Eberly wasn’t with me, I’d follow, but there was no way I’d put her in danger. Instead, I sent a group text to the caballeros, then one to Vader. Both said the same thing.
Tiernan Burke spotted heading in the direction of Eberly Winery.