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Without waiting another moment, Paden slowly unbuttoned his shirt and pushed it off his shoulders to the floor. She had never seen such a perfect physique in her life outside of airbrushed magazine ads. This man didn’t need an ounce of airbrushing. Every inch of his torso was perfect
, and before addressing his pants, she stood for many minutes just touching and rubbing her fingers all over his chest and arms. She was amazed by his muscle tone and the softness of his skin. He was beautiful and she couldn’t take her eyes off him while she gently explored every inch of his stomach, abs and chest. Just touching him was starting to turn her on again and she could feel that familiar tension starting to build.

Completing her exploration for the moment, Paden let her hands lower to his belt
. With great concentration and purpose, she undid his jeans and lowered his zipper. As she started to push his jeans down his hips, she saw that his shaft was bulging out of his underwear.

As she took
a moment to free him from the confines of the cloth, CJ breathed, “That’s it, baby.” Pushing both his jeans and underwear down his legs, Paden couldn’t take her eyes off his rock hard dick that was pointing right at her, as if daring her to touch it. His shaft head looked so invitingly soft and smooth—all she wanted to do was wrap her lips around it. The size of his penis was bigger than any man she had ever been with and she found herself both excited and a little nervous at the same time. For an instant, she wondered if he was going to be able to fit inside her without it hurting, but then quickly dismissed the thought as he wrapped her in his arms while kicking off his pants. Paden had complete faith in this man she had only recently met and she instinctively knew he wouldn’t ever do anything to hurt her.

As CJ ravaged her mouth with a deep, sensual kiss
, Paden was taken to the same place she had been when he kissed her on the dance floor at Cat’s Cradle. Everything around her seemed to disappear as every part of her body responded to the intensity and passion of their mouths making love to each other. She had never felt so completely fused as one with someone as she did right now, being wrapped up in his tight embrace. Gently releasing her lips from his, Paden playfully pushed him down on the bed and crawled on top of him. Giving him a sexy smile, she said softly, “Now it’s my turn to drive you wild!”

Taking control, Paden resumed kissing him with passion and need. His lips were so full and soft that she couldn’t get enough of him. After a few more moments of very heated kissing, she very slowly moved her body down until her mouth found his breasts. As she kissed and licked one nipple, her hand caressed his chest and other breast. His chest hair was the same dark color as his hair
, and he had just the right amount to run her fingers through as she took her time kissing his nipples and rubbing his muscular torso. Paden could hear CJ breathing deeply and she knew he was enjoying her attention to his breasts.

Wanting more of him, Paden continued moving her way down his body, licking him along her descent. The moment her mouth reached his stomach, she could feel his shaft against her chin and knew instantly how aroused she had made him. Unable to wait any longer to get her mouth wrapped around his penis, Paden lowered herself just a little bit more until her mouth was right where she wanted it to be. As desperate as she was to take him completely into her mouth, she wanted to take it slow and tease him just enough to make sure she pleasured him completely.

Without touching any other part of his shaft, Paden began by kissing and licking just his cock head and rolling her tongue around his cleft. It felt so soft and smooth on her tongue and lips that she let out a little groan as she started to gently suck just the tip. After seducing just the head of his penis, Paden took more of his shaft in her mouth while continuing to roll her tongue around his head. She could hear CJ gasp and it turned her on. Taking her sweet time, Paden took more of him into her mouth inch by inch until finally she had his entire length being massaged by her lips. Now that his cock was completely wet from her mouth, Paden took one hand and began stroking the base of his penis while sucking and licking the top. It was then when CJ started to groan louder. She could tell his cock was so thick that he was ready to cum at any minute. Wasting no time, she released his member from her mouth, and sliding back up his body, she positioned her folded legs on either side of his hips. Sliding his cock inside her, they began to thrust together as she lay across his torso with her arms wrapped around his neck. Although she was positioned on top of him, she followed the rhythm of his thrusts.

It didn’t take long until she heard CJ say breathlessly
, “It’s coming, baby.” Paden was also right on the brink, and with only a couple more deep, hard penetrations, they cried out together.

Chapter Seven

Roxanne knew all too well about the dinner date CJ just had with the radio bitch and she was furious. As she sat in her car outside his house, she fumed, knowing that they were inside together. Every so often she could see one of them pass by the window and then when that activity stopped, she knew exactly what was going on. Obviously in her mind, CJ hadn’t learned his lesson by her smashing up his truck. In her sick way of thinking, Roxanne was feeling like the woman scorned and that her man was cheating on her.

As she racked her brain
, hell bent on revenge, she knew what she was going to do next. Luckily for Roxanne, his band was going out of town for four days on tour in the Memphis area. She knew each of the clubs his band would be playing and she was going to make sure that little Miss Radio Pants wouldn’t go with him.

Grabbing a can of spray paint from the passenger side of her car, Roxanne got out and stealth
ily made her way to Paden’s car that was parked on the street in front of his house. Taking a few glances around to make sure no one was watching, she set about exacting revenge and causing damage for the second time.

***

Gently pulling her into his arms, CJ said as he nuzzled her neck, “I hate that I have to go to Memphis tomorrow. I’ll miss that sweet little ass of yours!”

Giggling, Paden replied as she poked him, “Is that all you’re going to miss? Just my ass? Nothing else?”

CJ could see the light dancing in her eyes as she teased him, and as he walked her to the front door, he said with a straight face, “Yep. That’s all I’m going to miss.” Not able to contain himself, CJ burst out laughing as he saw her expression start to look grim. Scooping her into his arms, he lightly brushed a lock of hair away from her face and said in a low tone, “I’m going to miss everything about you while I’m gone and I’ll be thinking about you every minute.”

Paden felt her heart flutter at his words
. She’d be thinking about him while he was gone, too. Holding the door open for her, CJ then grasped her hand in his as he escorted her across the lawn to her car. The night was as black as coffee with only the twinkle of light from a few stars above.

The gentle breeze felt cool on their skin and Paden thought she couldn’t be happier
, until suddenly, it felt like a horrible déjà vu all over again. For an instant, she thought she was seeing things until she heard CJ let out a low growl and say, “What the f—” It was then when she knew what she was seeing was very real.

***

The first thing she saw was the word WHORE spray painted in red along the passenger side of her white VW Jetta. As they approached the hood, the word SLUT was splashed along the top of it. Tears started to fall from Paden’s eyes and she suddenly panicked. Who would do this to her car? Silently walking around the vehicle, she could feel CJ’s hand squeezing hers tighter and she knew it was because he was mad as hell.

This was all hitting too close to home
, and she knew without a shadow of a doubt that the person who did this to her car was the same person who trashed CJ’s truck. This was no coincidence. Coming around to the driver’s side, neither of them were surprised that there was something painted there, and sure enough, the word BITCH was spread across the entire side of the car. Paden could feel her knees start to give out, and as she reached to CJ for support, he pulled her tightly into his chest and held her as she cried.

Rocking her gently
, CJ said in a calm voice, “Come back inside, Paden. We need to report this to the police and we may not be safe standing out here if this person is still hanging around.”

Hearing that CJ was also nervous about their safety terrified her even more. Why was this happening to them? Who was this person who seemingly had it out for them? They had only just started dating and everyone they knew seemed genuinely happy for them. As they got back inside
, CJ locked all of the doors and quietly called the police. As they waited for the officer to arrive, CJ put on a pot of coffee and wrapped a blanket around Paden’s shaking shoulders. All of her life she had been waiting for a man like CJ and now that she’d found him, there seemed to be some evil force working against them. Nothing like this had ever happened to Paden and she felt incredibly violated and very scared. They were both targets for someone and it felt like a very bad nightmare.

When the officer arrived, he took down their information, looked over the car
, and took photos of the damage. After suggesting the same body shop that fixed CJ’s truck, they called the tow truck for the second time that month and asked him to deliver her car to Ames auto repair. By the time the officer and the tow truck left, Paden was too tired and upset to go home. It was already late and she was grateful that her radio shift didn’t start until 10 a.m.

As CJ guided her into his bedroom and pulled back the sheets
, he said in a determined tone, “Paden, I don’t know what’s happening, but I assure you, I’ll do everything in my power to get to the bottom of this. You can have my truck while I’m in Memphis. Danny, my drummer, and I will take his truck. Hopefully by the time I get back, your car will be painted and good as new.” Giving her one of his T-shirts to sleep in, he took off his clothes, climbed in beside her, and it wasn’t long until they both fell asleep in each other’s arms.

***

Bob Stanton could tell instantly when Paden arrived for her shift on Thursday morning that something was wrong. She looked tired and wasn’t her usual upbeat self. You couldn’t tell by listening to her on the air, but he knew something was off. Although he always acted cool and nonchalant around her, his loins ached for her and he wanted her in the worst way. His wife Miranda had recently moved into the guest bedroom, stating that she wasn’t sleeping well and didn’t want to disturb him, but he knew otherwise.

Bob knew his wife wasn’t interested in him sexually anymore than he was with her. Unbeknownst to Miranda, when Bob recently opened the guest room bedside table drawer looking for an old remote control, he saw a vibrator that he
’d never seen before. Closing the drawer in resignation, he knew their relationship was heading into a ditch. It was just a matter of time on how long they would stay in the marriage for the sake of the kids. In the meantime, he would keep inviting Paden into his office under the pretense of getting her feedback on new songs and continue to watch her and fantasize about the two of them being together.

***

Paden missed CJ terribly while he was in Memphis. They talked every day on the phone and he texted her a couple of nights when the gig was over and he was back at his hotel room. As those few days went by, even though Paden stayed busy at work, she didn’t know if she felt safer being with him or safer with him gone. There were too many unanswered questions as to what was happening to them and why. In the few days he had been away, nothing unusual had happened and part of her was wondering if it was all just a very bad coincidence.

As she finished up her Saturday afternoon on air shift, she got an unrelenting urge to go to Memphis and surprise him. She calculated that Memphis was only a three hour drive from Nashville and she would arrive at the club just as he would be going on stage.

Embracing her idea whole heartedly, Paden left the radio station when her shift was done and headed home to shower and pack. She had been to Memphis a handful of times and knew exactly how to get there and where the club was located. She couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear thinking about how she was going to surprise him and couldn’t wait to see the look on his face. Recently, she had purchased some very sexy things to wear for when they were together romantically and she also bought something she had been fantasizing about for a long time.

As Paden slipped those items into her bag, she was grateful she had just gotten her car back that morning so she could take it to Memphis. She was delighted when Chris from the body shop suggested since the whole car had to be re-painted because of the red spray paint, that it would look great painted red. Paden loved the idea and she felt sexy driving around in this new color. She could hardly wait to show it to CJ, despite the terrible circumstances that surrounded the need to have it re-painted.

Throwing her gear onto the back seat, Paden locked her house, turned on the radio, and sung happily the whole way to Memphis, thinking only of CJ and making love to him after the show.