11. Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Kora
I couldn’t believe this was really happening. Maybe it was the alcohol keeping me from making the smart decision and leaving, but if I was drunk, I wouldn’t be thinking of leaving. I wouldn’t be thinking of anything at all.
When Kai stood, outside of feeling abandoned, I had a full view of him. I could easily see how worked up he was. Outside of the increase in his breathing, his crotch area appeared a bit full. I shimmied out of my bottoms and laid in front of him, naked and free. I motioned for him to do the same. “Come on, Kai. Show me what you’ve got.”
He kicked off his shoes and shucked his pants quickly, then was back on the bed beside me. God, his body was amazing. I brushed my fingers down the ridges that were his abs. It was obvious that he worked in construction and carried heavy loads often. His body was perfectly sculpted and tanned from the sun.
He closed the space between us. His lips left a blazing trail from my shoulder to my neck and finally met my lips. I moaned in acceptance of his mouth while his fingers teased at the sensitive spot between my legs.
His mouth abandoned mine, and he kissed a trail down to my breast where his tongue played with my nipple, then sucked it hard into his mouth, causing a tingling sensation to travel all over my body. The feeling was intense. I couldn’t moan. I couldn’t cry out his name. I just sucked in my breath and prayed to God that this was not a dream. That this was real.
Suddenly, his mouth moved on and followed the tingle downward. I gripped his face in my hands. That would be amazing, but not now. “I want to feel you inside me right now. Nothing else.” My voice was a whisper. Barely audible. I was high and didn’t want to come down.
He licked his lips and peered at me with those crystal-blue eyes. “You sure? You’ll be missing out on one of my talents.”
I breathed out hard. “Damn, Kai.” I paused as a throb started between my legs.
He smirked.
“You’ll have to show me that talent another time.”
“Sounds like a plan,” he said as he kissed my breast again, then left for a brief moment—that felt like an eternity—then he was back with the condom he’d retrieved from his pocket.
Thank God he had a condom. Did he usually keep them? How often did he do this? The rational part of my mind told me this needed to stop, but I was never rational. I never thought things through. This was what I wanted. Kai was who I wanted. This was exactly where I wanted to be, and I wanted him now.
He kissed me deeply, and a moan escaped from deep in my throat.
He moaned my name as he slipped inside me.
I gasped and grasped his ass. I wrapped my legs around his hips and pushed him deeper, accepting all of him, and he felt amazing.
He went slow at first. I moved my hips with his rhythm. He filled me and the feeling was pure perfection. I couldn’t stop the moan that escaped.
Our hands were everywhere. Names were yelled. I was on cloud nine, and it was over with one final thrust of his hips as an amazing blast of heat exploded throughout my body. I worked hard to catch my breath as I held him close. I placed a kiss on his neck right below his ear, and he let out a final moan. My lips found his, and I kissed him softly.
Kai leaned up and brushed his hand across my face and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. “That was amazing.”
My entire body was numb and relaxed as he lay softly on top of me. “I agree.” My voice was a whisper.
He laid on his back, still holding me close. I laid my head on his chest, my arm draped across him.
“That was better than I imagined.” Kai’s voice was soft.
I pushed up on my elbow and faced him. “You imagined sex with me?”
“Since that first day I heard you arguing with a cow.” He smirked and that dimple popped.
I brushed my finger against it. “I’ve been wanting to do this.” I brushed my lips over that dimple, then moved to his scar and kissed him there. I glanced at Kai, and his eyes were closed. He moaned softly. He looked more peaceful now than I’d ever seen him.
His eyes fluttered open.
I smiled. “I’ve been wanting to kiss your dimple and scar for a while.”
“We’ve only known each other a week.”
“Seriously?” I pursed my lips. Was it really only a week?
“Hard to believe, I know. It seems like we’ve been fighting whatever this is for a while.”
I lay back on the pillow and pulled the sheet up to cover my breasts. Suddenly I felt a little self-conscious. I didn’t do this. I hardly knew him.
He turned his face toward me and chuckled. “You are amazing. One minute you’re throwing yourself at me, now you’re covering up and look all shy. I hope this won’t make things weird between us.”
His chuckle had put me at ease, and I placed my hand on his chest and turned toward him. “We’ve known each other a week. You’ve changed my tire, drove me home, talked to my goats, and now we just had sex in my aunt’s best friend’s hair salon. No, nothing’s weird about any of this.”
He smiled wide and his dimple appeared. He pulled me on top of him and kissed me hard. That kiss sent an electric pulse throughout my body and caused some things to get wet and other things to get hard.
“Someone’s ready for more,” I said seductively. I Straddled his wide and strong body and went for round two.
The next morning, I awoke with a pounding headache. I draped my arm over my head, then cracked open my eyes. It took me a moment to remember I wasn’t in my room and to remember where I was. It helped when memories of amazing sex came back. I closed my eyes and let the warm feelings of last night spread over me.
Noises from the other side of the bedroom door bombarded my consciousness. I was at the hair salon, and the sounds were coming from the kitchen. Kai must already be up, making us coffee.
I rolled over and stretched. My arm hit a body. I wasn’t in bed alone. The noise in the kitchen wasn’t Kai. He still snored lightly beside me.
My eyes popped wide, and I leaned on an elbow to focus harder on the noise in the kitchen. I recognized Diane and Tonya’s voices immediately.
“Holy shit.” My pulse jumped awake. “Wake up.” I pushed on Kai’s chest. “Kai.” I hissed his name.
He rolled over, wrapped his arm around me, and nuzzled into my neck.
My insides turned into that familiar fluttering and my arm laced around his waist. I could easily ignore the issue on the other side of the door and get right back to what we were doing all night. His nuzzle turned to kisses, and my insides turned to mush.
“No, no, no.” My eyes bulged and my pulse raced. Panic took over. I tried to lift his arm, but it wouldn’t budge. Was he made of lead? Lord, his arm was heavy. It was like dead weight. But he had to get up. This was an emergency. “Kai. We can’t do this right now.”
“Yes, we can.” His voice was thick with sleep. His kisses continued and closed in on my breast.
Good, God, I wanted to melt right into him, but a crash from the other side of the door made him freeze and reason return.
“They’re here. They’re here. They’re gonna know.” I untangled Kai’s arms, jumped out of bed, and searched for my clothes. I found my bra hanging on a light, my panties over the chair, and my jeans were in a wad on the floor. I slipped into them and searched for my shirt. Where the hell was my shirt?
Kai’s eyes opened and he pulled himself to a sitting position.
“Shit. I can’t find my shirt.”
Kai leaned back on the headboard with his hands behind his head and a smirk covered his face.
I couldn’t believe him. “Seriously? You do realize how this looks, right? Fuck.” I picked up his clothes thrown randomly everywhere and threw them on the bed, but still no shirt. “This is going to look so bad.”
“I don’t know. It looks pretty damn good from where I’m sitting.” A smirk covered his face. A damn hot smirk.
Ignore him. Stay focused. I huffed out a breath and fastened my bra. At least now my breasts weren’t hanging out for him to ogle. I finally found my shirt. Hallelujah! It ended up behind the chair in the corner. How did it get all the way back there? I didn’t think I threw it that far.
“Hey?” Kai wrapped his arms around me, trapping my arms.
I hadn’t even realized he had gotten out of bed.
“Relax. Last night was hot.”
“Yes, but this doesn’t make it any easier. What are they going to think?”
“It doesn’t matter what they think. We are two consenting adults, and we both consented, and it was amazing.” He kissed me lightly, then made his way to the bathroom.
I watched his sexy ass enter the bathroom. He looked just as good this morning as he did last night. Maybe I wasn’t as drunk as I thought. And yes, the sex was great, but that didn’t make this whole thing less awkward.
I paced the room. How would I get to his truck without Kaye, Diane, and my nosey aunt knowing I spent the night?
My pacing was interrupted when Kai blocked my path. My eyes slowly traveled from the floor to his strong thighs and stopped on his hips. He was clothed in basketball shorts which hung low on his hips. Those luscious, sexy hips. I blinked hard then forced my eyes to continue upward to his chest, where they hung out for a while and admired all the ridges of his six-pack abs and finally found their way to his eyes. Crystal clear and amazingly sexy. Desire churned deep within my gut, and the overly sensitive area between my legs yelled out with need. I squeezed my eyes tight. Stop. This is not the time.
His dimple appeared. “Having a hard time deciding if you should leave?” He took a step closer.
I took a step back and shook my head. I’m leaving. Just push him away.
Again, that dimple popped, and the space between the two of us shrunk until his body was pushed up against mine.
I took yet another step back, but the wall stopped my retreat, and his hands pressed on either side of my body. I was trapped, but not at all in a bad place. I placed my hands on his chest to keep some space between us, but as soon as I touched his skin a shock traveled downward, and that need returned.
Fuck. I closed my eyes. Focus Kora.
He brushed his hand along my face gently. “You know, we could just wait it out back under the covers. They can’t be here all day.” He kissed my neck softly.
I moaned.
“And it’s Saturday. We have nothing to do until tonight.” I felt a smile on his lips when he kissed my shoulder and scraped his teeth against my skin.
I blew out a long breath. “You’re not making this easy,” I whispered.
“Nope, not my goal. I think we could find a way to pass the time.” He trailed his fingers up and down my right arm, causing goose bumps to appear on my flesh. “There’s many things I still want to do to you. Like taste you,” he said as he kissed the top of breast.
I took a sharp breast in.
“Take things slower," he said as he lowered my bra and kissed my nipple.
A breathy whimper escaped my throat.
"Make you say my name a bunch more times. Show you my other talents.” He lifted his eyes to mine and winked.
My knees went weak. He was so sexy and so . . . Kai.
His mouth connected with mine in a tantalizingly sweet kiss that made it easy to imagine that climbing back under the covers with him was a good idea. A very good idea.
I moaned softly, then broke away. “I gotta go,” I whispered. “We just gotta figure out how.”
“Fine.” Kai kissed the tip of my nose before he grabbed his keys off the dresser and walked to the door. “You might want to put that shirt on before you leave the room. I’m sure that would be a dead giveaway that we fucked like rabbits.” He smirked, grabbed a shirt from off the chair, and reached for the doorknob.
I did what he suggested and slipped my tank top over my head just as he opened the door a crack. “It’s clear.” He stepped out into the kitchen.
I crossed the room, placed my hands on his back, and listened. I held my breath to make even less noise. Kaye’s, Diane’s, and Tonya’s voices were in the main area. “I think we got this,” I whispered as quietly as I could. “And if they catch us, we just act like I was drunk and we passed out together, but nothing happened.”
“That sounds like a crystal clear, fail-proof plan. Let’s do it.” Kai led the way to the door, a smirk on his face.
I ran my fingers through my hair, tried to comb away the sex-hair evidence, and followed quietly behind him. Okay, we can do this, not a big deal. Almost there. We got this.
Kai unlocked the back door and opened it.
“Well, isn’t this a surprise?”
Damn. We didn’t make it. My heart dropped, and I ran into Kai and placed my hands on his back.
“Kora, honey. Why are you leaving the salon at this hour of the morning? Did you have a salon appointment?” Tonya asked.
“I’m sure she had some sort of appointment,” Kaye agreed with Tonya.
I laid my head on Kai’s back. “Fuck,” I said under my breath.
“That’s probably more like the appointment she had this morning,” Tonya said, and peals of laughter came from the Orlinda Valley gossip channel.
Kai turned and glanced at me, his smile large and his dimple laughing.
I stood there and shook my head. We only had a few more steps, and we would have been home free.
Kai shrugged. “We tried.”
“Look who it is,” Diane said as she joined her friends. “Good morning, you two.”
I turned slowly. “Look, it’s not what it looks like. We were out at the pub last night, and I had a bit too much to drink. Kai offered to take me home, but I forgot my debit card here, so we came by so I could get it. He offered me some water, and I just passed out. Right, Kai?” I made eye contact and he shrugged again.
“Kai, don’t answer that.” Tonya raised her hand to stop all talking. “It’s okay with us that you two had a hot night of sex… or fun.”
“Or both,” Kaye added.
“Oh, my God. Kaye! I expect this from my aunt, but you?” I could feel the heat rise in my face. I really needed to escape. I was not in the mood to listen to the book club gossipers. “Come on, Kai.” I grabbed his arm and tried to pull him out the door, but he wasn’t easy to move.
He chuckled. “We can’t just leave.” He addressed the women. “Good morning, ladies. I’ve got to get Kora to her car. I’ll be back here soon to paint the room and meet Blake. See you in a bit.”
“Oh, we can’t wait to hear all about your night,” Tonya said.
“Good Lord.” I pushed the screen door open and about ran out to Kai’s truck and climbed in.
“Hey, relax.” He answered with laughter in his voice as he climbed behind the wheel.
“That was mortifying.” I covered my face with my hands.
Kai started the truck, pulled out of the lot, and drove the short distance to Darlene and Bryson’s. “It’s all good. Don’t worry so much about it.”
“Don’t worry?” I spun in my seat to face him. “You don’t know them. They will make this part of book club lore forever. They will never let this go. You don’t understand my Aunt Tonya. She’s a lunatic and a sex fiend.” I needed to calm down, but I was past embarrassed, and my mouth just wouldn’t stop. “She’s been telling me how hot you are and that I should try to get a piece of that ass, and here we are.” I waved my hands. “And she was right. You are hot. And I did get a piece of that ass. And a very fine ass it is, I might add.”
He pulled up in front of Bryson and Darlene’s house and put the car in park before he turned toward me. “Thank you. Your ass ain’t so bad either.” He winked. “But is it so bad that we got together and had a great time? If I remember correctly, I was the one not sure about us last night, and you were all about it.”
Shit. I was all over him . I’d never acted like that before. I’d never acted like a . . . I shook my head again and tried to cover my face, but he grabbed my hands and wouldn’t let go. A blush crossed my cheeks, and I turned away.
That didn’t help at all. Bryson and Darlene stood on their front porch. Bryson waved, and Darlene had a huge smirk glued on her face. “Dammit. Fuck. Shit.”
Kai lifted his hand to return Bryson’s greeting, then turned back to me. “Girl, you have one mean potty mouth.” He made this odd growling noise. “I like it.”
I narrowed my eyes at him and tried to look angry, but his voice was sultry. Sexy. Hot. I closed my eyes to gather myself. “I knew I should have moved. Nothing is ever private in this small-ass town.”
“Look, I can’t let you out without saying this. I know last night was unexpected, but I’m not sorry it happened. I’m glad you came on to me, and I’m glad you didn’t let me turn you away.” He moved my face toward his.
I got lost in those eyes—again—and let out a heavy sigh,
He chuckled. “It’s all good, Kora. I promise.” He brushed his lips softly against mine, then deepened it into a sweet lingering kiss.
I stayed there for a beat, enjoying the warmth that spread throughout my body.
He pulled slightly away, and our eyes met. “Now you can leave. I’ll see you tonight.”
Even in a whisper, his voice was sexy. My body perked up and became all hot and bothered. “Damn you, Kai.” I grabbed his neck and pressed my lips against his again and deepened the kiss. I tasted him with my tongue, and my lips lingered on his before I pulled away. If my body wanted more and my bestie was going to watch, she might as well enjoy the show. “There. Now I can leave.” I smiled and climbed out of his truck.
I watched him pull away and already couldn’t wait to see him again.
I ignored the questions, sailing across the yard from Darlene. “Sorry. Can’t talk. Gotta get to Percy and Jackson.” I waved, blew Darlene a kiss, and climbed into my car. Tonight couldn’t come soon enough.