Craving (Steel Brothers Saga Book 1)

Craving - Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen

Talon

"Uh...hi," Jade said.

"My brothers don't want me to leave," I said.

She shook her head. "Hi to you too. What are you doing here?"

"Are you still leaving?"

She walked to her chest of drawers, opened the top one, and pulled out a pair of underwear. I tried not to imagine the plain white cotton panties clinging to her shapely ass. What was it about plain white panties on women? God, so hot.

"No, not yet, anyway."

"What changed your mind?" I dared to hope I had played a part in her decision.

"Nothing in particular. I mean, I took the Colorado bar, so I'll be living somewhere in the state anyway. And I promised Marj I would try to make it work here in Snow Creek."

Of course. For Marjorie. Not for me. Which was fine anyway, because I couldn't love her. I couldn't give her what she deserved. But her not being here... I'd be ripped in two.

I stared at her—at those blue-gray eyes that seemed to cut through my many tiers, at those red lips still swollen from her earlier kisses, at the lush golden-brown hair hanging in wavy layers around her creamy shoulders, at her perfectly shaped face, at her amazing and beautiful large breasts, at those brown-pink nipples poking through that damned white cotton tank. The woman could be wearing a lacy negligee from Victoria's Secret and she couldn't look any sexier than she did in a white tank and plaid boxers.

I wanted her again. My cock grew inside my jeans, and my balls tightened. How was this happening to me? I still hardly knew the woman. Was this simple physical chemistry? If it was only chemistry...why were my emotions involved?

Emotion... I had turned off myriad emotions long ago just so I could get through the craziness that was my life. Now feeling was creeping back into me, and as much as I wanted to stop it, I was powerless against it.

If Jade left, maybe I could get back to normal.

But if Jade left...she'd take a piece of me with her.

I had to get her out of my system once and for all. I could fuck her again. That would sate my physical hunger, but not for long, given the state of my cock at the moment. I had just had her an hour ago, and now I wanted her again. Truth of it was, I had wanted her as soon as we were done.

She fidgeted with the white panties she held, looking at the floor. "I need to shower, so if you'll excuse me..."

Shower. I could take her into the shower with me. But no. I would have her again on her bed.

"Look at me," I said.

She still looked down.

I rose and walked toward her. I lifted her chin and forced her to meet my gaze. "I said, 'look at me.'"

Her eyes burned darker, into an almost midnight gray-blue. I waited for her to speak, but she did not. My cock strained against the confines of my jeans. I ached to grab her, bend my legs, and grind my cock into her pelvis while we were still fully clothed.

Instead, I lowered my head and kissed her lips. She opened for me, and we kissed softly for a few seconds, but then the kiss became more fervent. God, to kiss her was heaven. Her soft sweet tongue, her firm full lips, the tiny nibbles from her teeth... Yes, it was heaven kissing her. And heaven was a place I hadn't known until Jade.

I brushed my hands over her shoulders, down her arms, and then up, cupping her firm full breasts. I thumbed her hard nipples through the flimsy cotton material. She groaned. I took them both between thumb and forefinger and pinched once, twice, three times...