Chapter Four
That first night was not a fluke. It was no false alarm.
Caleb’s hands were dangerous and addictive.
Mae didn’t want him to stop, even for a second, because they felt so good.
He took care of her panties, and she was pretty sure he tossed them across the room.
When he spread her legs open and his mouth went right to her pussy, she didn’t care.
Not even about the clothes messing up the place. His mouth felt so good.
He spread the lips of her sex, and his tongue danced across her slit. He stroked across her clit, then down, plunging inside her and making her cry out his name. She didn’t want him to stop.
And he sunk his fingers beneath her ass. His mouth keeping her sex open as he took her clit into his mouth and used his teeth to create just the right amount of pain to make her beg for more.
“Please,” she said.
She couldn’t believe how good it could feel to have his hands working her ass, massaging the flesh. Then he focused on her clit, and it was like every sensation came together.
Mae didn’t know what to think. It all felt so good. Better than cloud nine.
Her body built toward that fire, and Caleb took her right to the peak and didn’t hold her there. He pushed her right over the edge, and Mae was more than happy to fall. His name spilled from her lips and it was like a mantra that just wouldn’t stop.
He was not willing to stop either. Mae didn’t think it was possible, but Caleb worked through her first orgasm, and then continued as if he didn’t know she had already come. Then, he started to work her higher and higher, and she screamed his name, not wanting him to stop.
He shocked her as she went straight into a second orgasm. This one seeming to be more passionate and stronger than ever. She screamed his name and this time, she didn’t care how loud she sounded, because she wanted him to hear it.
Even after he was finished, Caleb moved her up the bed, and she felt him move between her thighs. Last night she had been nervous. This time, she didn’t feel that way. She was more than ready for him.
His cock slid between her slit, nudging her clit, and it made her cry out.
He reached between them, holding his length, and then slowly he moved inside her.
Caleb was large and thick, and she felt every inch of him as he slid inside her, making her cry out at the instant hit of pleasure. She didn’t want it to stop.
There was no way for her to hold back, and she kept repeating his name. He took hold of her hands, pressed them against the bed and began to take slow, deep thrusts. Mae whimpered. He seemed to go deeper with each thrust.
She looked into his eyes, and they were a dark brown, so intense as he looked at her. The moment she did, it felt like they were the only two people in the world. She thrust up against him, not wanting to stop, gritting her teeth to stop saying his name, and trying to hold in the moans.
“Let me hear you,” he said.
Mae didn’t hold back, and she moaned as he thrust harder inside her. He seemed to stroke a sensitive part of her. She felt every single inch of him as he pushed within her. Then, he slowed down and took possession of her lips.
She didn’t know which she loved more—slow or fast—both felt so incredible. She didn’t want him to stop. It felt amazing.
He suddenly ramped up his speed and plundered inside her.
The sound of flesh hitting flesh filled the air, and Mae watched as he started to come apart.
She felt the change within him, and his thrusts increase, and then he pushed deep inside her and his cock pulsed as he spilled wave upon wave of his release inside her.
Mae didn’t know what he would do after he had come, but he collapsed on top of her, wrapping his arms around her.
She ran her hands down his back, enjoying the weight of him, as she traced along his spine.
He didn’t seem to be in any kind of rush to leave, and she was more than happy to feel him surround her.
He pressed kisses to her neck, and they were in that position for the longest time.
Caleb was still inside her, even as he moved, giving her some space. “I wasn’t too heavy for you, was I?” he asked.
“No.” She smiled at him. “Is this the part where you try and make your escape?”
He chuckled. “You think I want to run away?”
“Isn’t that what you usually do?”
“True. Can we agree not to bring up my past ... stuff?”
Mae frowned. “Why?”
“I don’t want to. I’m with you, Mae. I’m not with any other woman, and I don’t want you to start thinking about other women when I’m with you. I’m here, one hundred percent.”
She was shocked.
He was a man with a reputation, but this felt different. She wondered if she was just reading into it.
“No problem.”
He cupped her face and didn’t say another word. She got the feeling he wanted to say something, but he didn’t. Instead, he closed the distance between them and kissed her.
****
Caleb woke the next morning and marveled at the fact his woman was in his arms. He also paused, because Mae felt like his.
She hadn’t attempted to sneak away, nor had she kicked his ass out of her bed. They had enjoyed more sex and taken a shower together. He loved washing her body with soap, then there had been more sex, until they finally fell asleep.
He didn’t want to leave. This was a new feeling for him.
He was not used to wanting to be around women.
He hadn’t worn a condom, which was also new for him.
Caleb knew this was his fuckup. He didn’t know if Mae was on the pill or what she thought about pregnancy.
The relationship was still new, and they were enjoying each other.
No commitments had been made. He didn’t want to spoil what they had started.
Mae was turned away from him, and he lifted up to look at her.
As he did so, he thought about what it would mean if she got pregnant.
He imagined her heavily pregnant with his child, and usually, any thought of settling down terrified the fuck out of him.
Not now. He liked the idea. He wanted to settle down.
Staring at Mae’s sleeping face, he couldn’t help but give himself a moment where he pictured a future with her. And as he did, it wasn’t scary—coming home to Mae, to kids, to a family that didn’t terrify him.
He climbed out of bed and grabbed his pants and shirt.
There was no desire to run away. Getting dressed, he made his way out to her kitchen and got the coffeepot set up.
Right now, he didn’t know what to fucking think, so he pulled out his cell phone and hovered his thumb over Pete’s number.
If he called Pete and started to ask him things, Emily would find out.
If Emily found out, then Mae was going to know.
He didn’t have any other best friend, and he trusted Pete. Dialing his friend, he started to look through Mae’s cupboards and found a couple of cups. He also checked out the fridge to find some bacon and eggs, and that was exactly what he would cook for them.
“Do you have any idea how cruel it is to call a father at this time of the morning?” Pete asked.
Pete and Emily had two young children, who were both in school. They were adorable girls, and Caleb also knew they were not the best sleepers, and knowing this, he couldn’t help but wince.
“Rough night?”
“Some kid at school was telling horror stories and the girls were up all night, because the dark was going to come and eat them. What do you think?”
Caleb winced. “That you wished you were a kid in school who could kick the other kid’s ass?”
Pete sighed. “Go back to sleep, honey. I’ll take care of this.”
Caleb heard his friend moving around.
“You want to tell me why you’re calling me this early? You don’t need me to bail you out, do you?”
“How bad do you think I am?” Caleb asked, a little affronted at the accusations.
“Have I not bailed your ass out of jail in the past?”
“Come on, that doesn’t count. You know Bob was pissed at me for fucking his daughter. It was a bogus charge, and he was just being an asshole.” Caleb pressed two fingers to the bridge of his nose. This wasn’t exactly going the way he liked. “Look, I just ... with you and Emily, did you know?”
“Did I know what?” Pete asked, stifling a yawn.
“Stop being an ass. That she was the one?”
Pete sighed. “Look, you try functioning on less than two hours of sleep, and see if you can understand your crazy friend’s questions. Of course I knew Emily was the one. It’s why I married her straight out of high school, although she was afraid to.”
“She was?” Caleb asked. This was news to him.
“Yeah, she was afraid we were young and making a mistake, but I knew. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She was worried that I was going to have regrets because she was my only girlfriend through high school, and I waited for her, and I didn’t leave town. She was worried I would resent her.”
“Do you?”
“Fuck, no. I know this is going to sound a little weird, but I love Halloween Point. I love the life I have. I love being a husband and a father, and my job. I love it all, and I wouldn’t trade a single moment for anything.”
“So, you knew.”
“Caleb, what is this about?”
“Did you know you wanted Emily to be the mother of your children?”
“Yeah, I was in love with her. Of course I knew.”
Caleb poured himself a large mug of coffee.
“What’s going on?” Pete asked.
“Nothing.”
“You called me to talk and you’re not going to tell me anything?”
He thought about Mae. “I ... I don’t mind the way things are going with me and Mae.”
Pete chuckled. “You don’t mind?”
He gritted his teeth. “Okay, I like being around Mae. I like falling asleep with her in my arms and in all honesty, I liked waking up with her in my arms. Fuck, what is happening to me?”
“Caleb, are you trying to tell me you’re falling for Mae?”
He had a sneaky feeling he was more than just falling for Mae, but had in fact already fallen for her.
“I’ve got to go.”
Pete tried to stop him from hanging up, but Caleb pressed the button and terminated the call.
He had fallen in love with Mae. And now, he didn’t know what the fuck he was going to do about it.