Chapter 27 #2
“Me too,” she says, and I unclasp our hands, bringing mine to her waist. She stiffens at the contact at first and then relaxes.
“Thank you for what you did with Maysie back there.”
“It can be hard not having a mom. I didn’t want her to feel like she was alone in that.”
“You have a big heart, Jade.”
Moving my hand down to the hem of her dress, I finger the edge of it giving it a slight tug. “God, Jade,” I groan. “I’m trying to take this slow with you, but I can’t stop thinking about running my hand underneath this dress. How fucking easy it would be just to flip it up.”
Her breath catches, chest rising quickly as she swallows and then looks me in the eye. “Do it,” she whispers. And holy fuck, I’m not sure I heard her correctly.
Very slowly, eyes still on hers, I let my hand trail higher up her thigh, fingers tracing along the delicate, smooth skin. Her breathing picks up as she trembles, and I know I heard correctly. She wants this.
“You sure?” I ask, huskily.
“Yes, yes, West. Please.”
My fingers inch higher and higher until I meet her centre and the damp fabric that sits there. She lets out a tiny gasp, and I swallow it down with my mouth on hers. I slip my finger in the edge of her panties and let out a groan at the feel of how wet she is. “Fuck, Jade, is this all for me?”
She nods aggressively as I slip a finger into her, making her arch against the barn and let out a little moan.
As if I wasn’t already rock hard, the sound shoots straight down to my cock.
I can feel myself pulsating with the desire to sink into her.
Pumping my finger in and out, I add a second and bring my thumb up to the small bundle of nerves as she rocks forward.
Her head tilts back, breasts pushed out, and I tip my head, pulling the fabric down with my teeth.
Fuck. No bra. Her breasts pop out, and I take the peaked little bud into my mouth as I work her over with my fingers.
“Yes! Oh God, West!”
I give her a few more pumps and then she’s trembling and bringing her head against my chest.
Pulling my fingers from her, she watches as I bring them to my mouth, wrapping my lips around them and sucking off the taste of her. “Mmm. Tastes just as good as I’ve imagined,” I say, before crashing my lips back to hers.
Hoisting her up, I grip her ass and pin her against the barn, her wet centre flush with my cock. She begins to rock against me, and my God, I think I just came in my pants.
Her grinding intensifies as she searches for that release, and I suck her nipple back into my mouth, flicking it and sucking it in tandem.
“West!” she screams, and I clamp a hand over her mouth.
“Shh, baby. Someone might hear us. And no one gets to see you like this except me.”
The sounds she makes are the most beautiful and erotic things I’ve ever heard, and I cannot wait for the day I can finally sink into her. Finally, she comes to a still as her release takes over, and when I look down, I see she’s made a mess all over my pants. Her desire mixing with my own.
Holy shit. I don’t even care. That’s the fucking hottest thing I’ve ever seen.
Her eyes follow to the spot I’m looking at, and she gasps. “Oh God, West. I am so sorry.”
“Nothing to be sorry about. As long as you enjoyed it,” I tell her, placing her back down on the ground and giving her a kiss. “Let’s go clean up in the barn. There should be extra pants in there.”
“Okay,” she says breathlessly.
In the bathroom, I change into a spare pair of pants we keep in here for times we get too dirty for Ma to let us in the house, and then I wait for Jade to clean herself up when I’m finished. When she comes out, she won’t meet my eyes, and I’m worried I took things too far too fast.
“Hey,” I say, tilting her chin up so she has to look at me. “Jade, I’m sorry if things went too far and you weren’t ready for that.”
“It’s not that.” She shakes her head. “It was great, West, it’s just that, well, I don’t have a lot of experience,” she says so quietly, I almost don’t hear.
“Hey, look at me,” I say. “I couldn’t care less if you have experience or not, Jade.”
“It’s just..” Her eyes flick down to the hard outline of my pants. “I want to take care of you too, but I don’t know how.” She bites her lip, and I use my thumb to pull it back out before bringing my mouth down to hers.
“We’ll learn together. There’s no rush,” I tell her.
Just then, my phone rings, breaking the moment. Because I’m on call, I have to answer it.
“Sheriff Donovan,” I bark into the receiver.
“Sheriff, it’s Ian. I just got a call from Ms. Tizzy. She claims her granddaughter has been missing since Thursday.”
“Goddammit. Ms. Tizzy’s granddaughter, she’s blonde, right?” I hang my head, looking at the ground.
“If I’m remembering correctly, yes,” he confirms.
“Fuck.” I kick the ground and sigh. “I’ll be there shortly. Tell Ms. Tizzy to come in.”
I hang up, and Jade runs her palm up my back, easing some of the tension. “Everything okay?”
“No.” I run my hand down my face. “Ms. Tizzy’s granddaughter is missing.”
“Oh, no.” She gasps. “I’ve met Natalie a few times.”
“I’m going to have to go into the station,” I tell her.
“Yes, of course.”
“Sorry to cut our night short. I’ll drop you off at home on the way in. I better go tell Cade.”
We walk out of the barn, and I hear the soft laughter of children. As we round the corner, I see Cade getting the kids into his truck. Picking up my pace, I whistle out to get his attention.
“What the hell are you wearing?” he asks, scowling at the too-tight jeans I have on. I thought they fit a little snug. They must be Colter’s.
“Not important,” I say, coming up to him. “We need to go into the station.”
My brother looks back at the kids buckled in their seats and lets out a sigh. “Change of plans, kiddos. Daddy has to go into work. You’re going to have to stay here with Grandma and Pops for a bit longer.”
“Yay!” Maysie yells, already unclipping from her car seat.
“But Dad. You said we can start the next Wings of Fire book tonight.” My nephew pouts.
“I’m sorry, buddy. How about tomorrow we read two chapters to make up for it?”
“Okay.” Hudson sighs, unbuckling.
“I’m just going to run Jade home, and then I’ll meet you at the station.”
“Maybe stop at home and take Colter’s pants off too,” he throws out, following the kids inside.
Flipping him the finger, I walk with Jade to my truck and head to town.
“Fill me in,” I command as soon as I get to the station.
Taking Cade’s advice, I stopped at home and quickly changed into less restricting pants before dropping Jade off, so I’m a little later than I thought I’d be. Cade beat me here.
“Nice to see you in pants that don’t have the outline of your dick.”
“Not the time, Cade.”
My brother chuckles, and Ian fills in. “Ms. Tizzy called in with concerns about her granddaughter. I guess the two of them were supposed to meet for dinner this evening and she never showed. It’s unlike her, so after calling and getting no answer, Ms. Tizzy stopped by the condo Natalie is renting with a friend.
The friend claims Natalie hasn’t been back since a date Thursday evening. ”
“That was three days ago. Why hasn’t the roommate thought it was odd that Natalie hasn’t returned yet?” I question.
“From what I gathered, both Natalie and her friend are residents at Lavender Falls Hospital, so it’s not unusual for them to not cross paths.
When Natalie isn’t working at the hospital, she works evenings at Cedar and Sage.
It wasn’t until Ms. Tizzy stopped by that she realized she hadn’t seen or spoken with Natalie since her date. ”
“Do we know who this date was?” I ask.
“No. Her friend says it’s someone she met at work.
I had the friend check the resident schedule, and Natalie wasn’t on shift all weekend.
I thought maybe, since she wasn’t scheduled to work, she was just spending time with the date still, but I called and spoke to a waitress at Cedar and Sage and Natalie never showed up for her shifts Friday and Saturday night. ”
“Fuck.”
“It ain’t looking good, boss.”
“Garrett,” I call out.
“Yeah, boss?”
“I want you to go to Cedar and Sage. Talk to Natalie’s coworkers. Find out anything you can that may help.”
“You got it.”
“Ian,” I say, turning my attention back to him. “You go to the hospital.”
“On it.”
“Cade, go speak with the roommate. You know what to do.”
The hours pass, and the only new information we have is that Natalie did in fact have a date Thursday night with a guy she met from the restaurant.
One of the other waitresses described the man as tall and lean with shaggy dark hair.
She said it was almost as if he kept trying to hide his face, and she didn’t like the vibe he gave off.
Apparently he’s been in a few times before speaking with Natalie, and he would always just sit and people watch.
Another waiter said Natalie and the guy actually had their date at Cedar and Sage Thursday night, and he was the one to wait on them.
He said from the looks of things, the date was going well.
Video footage shows Natalie and the mysterious guy entering the restaurant at 5:40 and leaving an hour later.
It didn’t skip my attention that both times, the guy had his face angled just enough that the camera couldn’t capture any defining details.
It’s like he knew they were there and didn’t want to be seen.
The owner handed over all footage available to Cade, and he’s going to watch through them from the first day this guy came in until the last time he was there. We should be able to see his face at least once.
Ms. Tizzy is offering up a reward, and the friend is going to hang up some posters.
I just hope to God we can find Natalie well and alive.