First Class Justice (First Class Novels) (11 page)

They drove in companionable silence most of the way back to
Portland. Katy looked lost in thought so Mark didn’t disturb her with small
talk. The weather remained dry and it was an uneventful trip back to the city.
They caught up with rush-hour traffic coming in on Highway 26 and Mark was a
little irritated.

Katy frowned. “It’ll be like this for most of the way.
Sorry.”

Mark punched something into the GPS and aggressively changed
lanes.

“But now we’re in the wrong lane?” Katy snarled.

“We’ll go get a drink and then with this shit has cleared
out, I’ll take you home. I HATE sitting in traffic.”

Mark pulled off the highway and headed into downtown
Portland. He navigated his way through the streets and pulled up in front of
the Monaco. He jumped out and opened the door for Katy and the valet jumped in
and the car disappeared.

He started to lead her into the bar of the restaurant but
Katy stopped.

“Let’s just go to your room. I don’t want to be around a
whole bunch of people.”

“Okay,” he said and turned and headed for the elevators.

Once in his room, Katy took off her jacket and slipped out
of her shoes.

“Mind if I use your bathroom?” she asked.

“Of course not,” he replied.

Katy slipped past him and closed the door behind her. Mark
wasn’t sure what was going on here. He took of his jacket and hung it in the
closet. He pulled his sweater over his head and threw it on the chair and
slipped off his shoes and pushed them aside. Opening the minibar he pulled out
two beers.

“Beer okay?” he yelled through the door.

“Sure,” came the reply.

Mark popped the tops off the bottles and took a big swig.
Katy joined him and he handed her the other bottle. She took a long drink and
then put it down on the coffee table.

“I want to have sex with you,” she stated matter-of-factly.

“Huh?” Mark choked on his beer.

“I trust you and I want to have sex and I think it should be
with you.”

Mark wiped the beer from his mouth, dumbfounded.

“Look, I understand that it may not be pleasant for you, but
I need to have sex. I haven’t since, you know, since August, and I think if I
do then that’s one more hurdle I can get over, one more demon I can put to rest.”

Mark studied her expression. She was totally serious.

“Why do you think it wouldn’t be pleasant for me?” he asked.

“Well, I know you don’t think of me in that way, but we’re
friends, right?”

Mark nodded.

“So let’s have sex as friends.”

Mark’s eyes were open wide and his jaw dropped. He couldn’t
have been any more surprised if she had sprouted horns and grown a tail.

“Why do you
need
to have sex?” he finally asked.

Katy sighed and sat down on the sofa. “I was hoping you’d
just say yes and we wouldn’t have to talk about it.”

Mark shook his head. “You can’t just drop that bomb and not
expect me to ask any questions,” he said.

“The last person who touched me was
him
,” she spat.
“I don’t want it to be that way. I need to have someone else rid him off that
honor.”

“But you want it to be more than ‘Hey, let’s have sex?’
don’t you?”

“Why?” she asked.

“Because it should mean something.”

But it does,
she thought. “Always a gentleman,” she
smiled.

“Hey, I like sex as much as the next guy. But you need to be
sure that this is really what you want.”

“You said you’d do anything for me. All I have to do is ask,
right?”

Mark nodded, knowing it was true. He would do
anything
for her.

Katy stood and closed the gap between them and put her arms
around his neck and pulled him to her lips. She tasted like beer and salt. He
hesitated for just a moment and then responded to her. He fumbled with the
bottle in his hand and managed to put it on the table without breaking the
kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. He took
charge and pressed his tongue into her mouth, tasting every inch of her. Their
tongues danced and twisted and tasted and the excitement built.

Mark pulled back and opened his eyes.

“Are you sure about this?” he whispered.

“Yes, very sure. I need this. Please?”

Mark gazed into her eyes and saw the pleading there. He
didn’t want anything more than to make love to her but was this the way he wanted
it? In that split second he realized that this may be his only chance so he
lowered his head and kissed her softly. Her lips were warm and wet and
inviting.

“Ok,” he said. “I
will
do anything for you.”

Katy sighed and pulled her t-shirt over her head, revealing
her perfect round breasts in her plain white bra.

“Sorry it’s not fancy lingerie,” she frowned. “I really
hadn’t planned this.”

Mark smiled and took her face gently in his hands and kissed
her. His thumbs caressed her cheeks and his fingers entwined themselves into
her long blonde hair. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever met and he
had dreamed of this moment. Now he would fulfill the fantasy. He knew he would
only have one shot at it so he was determined to make it perfect. He wasn’t
just going to have sex with her. He was going to make love to her and hopefully
wipe the memory of Danny into the far corners of her mind. He would try to rid
her of the demons, because he loved her.

*****

Katy shocked even herself. She couldn’t believe that she had
asked him. She couldn’t believe that he had agreed. She hadn’t planned this but
she’d thought about it for a long time. She didn’t know if she would ever find
a man to have sex with again. Her opinion of men had changed. Her standards had
altered dramatically. Her trust in men in general had been shattered and she
was now wary of their motives. But she didn’t want her last sexual experience
to be an assault. She needed it to be with Mark. She trusted him.

His hands were gentle and tender and his lips were soft and
sweet.
Yes
, this was what she had dreamed of. His fingers were gripping
her hair and forcing her head up to him. She placed the palms of her hands on
his chest and could feel his heart beating through his shirt. She could feel
his lean muscles and in her mind she could see his chest, a memory from their
trip to Hood River. When he had stood over her and removed his wetsuit, she’d
almost drooled at the sight. Now she was touching him and all she could think
about was wanting more. She wanted it all.

*****

Mark kissed her over and over and over again. He couldn’t
get enough of her. He placed small dainty kisses down her chin and her neck and
nipped at her shoulders. He pushed down her bra straps allowing his tongue to
explore the small indent below her shoulder blade. He kissed and licked and
sucked and tasted every inch of her skin, his mouth exploring every little
freckle and mole. Katy’s head was tilted back, her eyes shut and her breathing
shallow. Her hands moved from his front to his back and she pulled him close to
her, her breasts pushing into his chest. Mark’s hands flicked open the two
little hooks of her bra. His hands splayed over her back and he kneaded and
caressed her wonderfully soft skin.  He kissed and sucked on her neck, careful
not to mark her, and then moved his hands lower over her jeans to her hips and
pulled her to him, his erection pushing into her belly.

Katy pulled the soft cotton shirt from the waistband of his
jeans and Mark stepped back, out of the embrace and lifted his arms high above
his head as Katy removed the fabric to reveal his chiseled frame. He was
god-like with each muscle well-defined and no fat to be seen or felt. Mark
threw his shirt on the floor and then pulled the straps away from Katy’s body, her
bra now in his hands. He looked down at her. Her big brown eyes looked back at
him and the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.

“You’re beautiful, Katy Miles.” His head lowered and he
kissed her again, her eyes slowly closing. Mark tossed her bra aside and pulled
her to him, their skin rubbing together, warmth against warmth, heart to heart.
Their hands caressed each other until they were looking for more skin to
explore. Mark stepped back and took her by the hand and walked through to the
bedroom, stopping at the end of the bed. He reached for the button on her jeans
and flicked it open, his eyes never leaving hers. His fingers found the zipper
and slowly pulled it down and pushed the denim down her legs until it was
wadded at her ankles.

“Sit,” he said.

Mark kneeled in front of her. He lifted one foot and then the
other, removing the jeans over her feet and then her socks. He stood up and
undid the button on his jeans and the zipper and pushed the denim down as Katy
watched his legs slowly appearing before her. They were strong and muscled and
covered in soft dark hair and she reached to touch him as he pulled his legs
out of his jeans. He flicked off each sock and stood in front of her in black
briefs, his erection bulging right before her.

She moved her hand up his leg to his penis. She ran the back
of her hand gently up its length. It was rock hard and pulsed at her touch. Her
eyes looked up at Mark’s. They were hooded and she thought that she saw desire
there. She wriggled out of her white cotton panties and then hooked her thumbs
in his briefs and slid them down his legs to his ankles.

He pushed her shoulders down to the bed. She scooted herself
up so that she was lying down, her head on the pillow. Mark stood and looked at
her.  Her brown eyes studied him as she bit her bottom lip. Her hands were at
her sides and her fingers played with the duvet. Her perfect pale round breasts
looked like pillows on which her pale pink rosebud nipples floated. His eyes
continued downward to her slim waist and he could see her bottom rib as she
breathed in an out. Down lower to the bushy hair at the apex of her thighs,
light in color, then down her thighs all the way to her feet with toes painted
blue. He smiled as his eyes traveled back up to her face. She would be his, if
only for a little while.

He climbed onto the bed, his knees on either side of her and
crawled ‘til he was directly above her. He kissed her and her hands immediately
wrapped around his neck and held him to her. She responded to his tongue and
kissed him back, their bodies not touching. He broke the kiss and his mouth moved
down her neck and over her perfectly round breasts to her nipples. He took each
one in his mouth, rolling over them with his tongue and gently pulling with his
teeth. Katy arched her back and offered herself to him and he feasted on her ‘til
he could hear her moaning. He smiled and moved lower over her belly to the blonde
hair that covered her sex. He caressed the soft skin over her each hip. His
lips kissed their way down to her hair and he licked her, parting her with his
tongue and tasting her. She was sweet and a little salty and he pushed apart her
legs to give him access to her. His tongue traveled lower and he found her
opening and pushed in as far as he could. She was wet and ready. He had never
wanted any woman as much as he wanted her. And even though he couldn’t see a
future for them, he wanted to have her more than anything.

His tongue teased her and she bucked her hips to him and
moaned. He sat up and wiped her nectar from his lips and then lowered himself
down onto her until he covered her body completely. Then he rolled them over so
that she was on top.

“Sit on me,” he said as he pushed her up.

Katy pulled her knees up and sat back, his erection under
her, pulsing at her clitoris. She pressed down onto him and rubbed back and forth,
panting as her orgasm was just moments away. Mark grabbed her hips and lifted
her and she whipped her head to look at him. He had a wicked grin on his face.

“Sit
on
me,” he growled, as he lowered her down, his
penis at her entrance.

Katy placed her hands on his chest and filled herself with
him as she sank down onto him, lower and lower until she couldn’t go any more. 

“Damn,” she breathed.

“Thank you,” he grinned as they both sat there for just a
moment reveling in the exquisite feeling.

Mark felt as though he was home. It was a strange thought
but he didn’t have time to dwell on it as Katy began moving in a slow circular
motion. He knew she was almost ready and all he had to do was let go of his
control and he would go right along with her.

Mark watched her as she moved. Her head was back, her eyes
closed, and she bit her bottom lip. He watched her breasts bounce up and down
with each movement and he grabbed them in his hands and squeezed.

Katy gasped and looked down at him, their eyes locked. She
changed the rhythm and slowly moved up and down, squeezing her muscles every
time she slid up the length of him.

“Shit,” he breathed as she moved over and over again. “I’m,
I’m gonna…Katy, damn!”

Just at that moment she pushed herself down onto him hard
and threw back her head and cried out as her orgasm exploded through her. Mark
grabbed her hips and thrust into her one more time and went completely rigid as
he came right along with her.

“Fuck!” he panted as Katy collapsed onto him. “Wow!”

He couldn’t catch his breath. His eyes couldn’t focus. All
of his bones had melted into jelly and wouldn’t move. It was the singular most
incredible sexual experience of his life, one that he knew could not be
outdone. And it was with the woman who owned his heart. The woman he could
never have.

*****

Katy caught her breath and then excused herself. She slipped
into the bathroom and shut the door. It had been all she had assumed it would
be. Mark was an exceptional lover and she was happy she had asked him to have
sex with her and relieved he had said yes. But the experience was bittersweet.
She had found a knight in shining armor, only he wasn’t hers. And she didn’t see
how that could ever change. What it came right down to is the way they met and
Katy didn’t think that either of them would ever be able to get past that. She
would just have to take this one perfect moment and hope it would keep her warm
for the rest of her nights. Because now, even if she did decide to put herself
back out there in the dating world, nobody would ever measure up to Mark. Nobody.
Ever.