Ice Dreams Part 1 (9 page)

Her arms went around his neck as her fingers slid up into his hair and pulled lightly on it. His lips continued to attack hers as his fingers started to explore her lower back. She could feel his response as he pressed her harder against his truck. His fingers glided over her skin and around to her stomach. She gasped softly as she felt his grip around her waist tighten.

She finally broke the kiss and took a deep breath. “Wow.”

“I love how your lips get so red and tender after I kiss you. I love the way you respond so quickly to me.”

She blushed as she suddenly felt very aware of the situation and where they were. She felt nervous as she looked around the parking garage.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” He asked.

“It’s nothing, I don’t know. All of a sudden I felt very aware about certain things and I just don’t know how to handle it,”
Madison explained as her nerves got the best of her again. Her body was on fire and she didn’t understand everything that she was feeling.

Hunter gave her a quizzical look. “I’m not following you.”

Madison blushed and tied to change the subject. “It’s nothing. Show me your apartment.” He backed off and she followed him to the elevator and thought about how she noticed her body reacting to Hunter; his feel, his touch. She read about it but never felt the power of it before until now. She wanted to explore the sensations more but needed to talk with someone first.

CHAPTER EIGHT

Hunter’s apartment was beautiful and overlooked the beautiful city. Madison stood on his high rise balcony and looked at all the high rises and office buildings. She could feel his presence as soon as he onto the balcony behind her. “It’s beautiful, Hunter.”

“Thank you. I like it too. Honestly, I will stay here a lot during the season. It’s so close to the arena so it makes the commute a lot easier. Carter has it more difficult because of Alicia. She likes the house better but I can’t really blame her.”

Madison smiled. “It reminds me of Toronto. Jessie and I snuck away one night before she left for college and we walked the streets looking up at all the buildings and dreaming of what it would be like to see it from above.”

Hunter wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to his chest. He leaned down and kissed her cheek lightly. “You are welcome here anytime,
Madison. No one except me and my family ever come here.”

“Thank you, Hunter,” she paused. “Can I ask you a question?”

“You can ask me anything, honey.”

“Would you mind if I wanted to go talk with Carter and Alicia?”

“Of course not but I think he will be at the arena by now. He likes to be the first one to arrive so he can make sure everything is going as planned.”

“Let me call Alicia because I would like to speak with her first anyways.”

Hunter leaned down to kiss her lips lightly. As he pulled away, he whispered, “I’m getting addicted to your kisses.” He left her standing on the balcony and returned inside.

Madison
dialed Alicia’s number and waited for her to answer.

She quickly answered. “
Madison, I’m so happy that you called me. I’m so upset about this morning and I know Carter is too.”

“Hunter mentioned that Carter may be at the arena already, if he is, can I stop by and talk with you for a little bit?”

“Of course you can. You can tell him to drop you off. We are apartment twenty three. Just click the button in the lobby and I will buzz you in.”

Madison
headed back inside of Hunter’s apartment and found him in his bedroom. He had a towel wrapped around his waist as he was getting dressed to head to the arena. She stood in the hallway and stared at his back muscles. Clearly, he worked out and all his hard work paid off. He moved around his room as he gathered his clothing and made a pile on the bed.

Madison
couldn’t stop herself from watching him. Everything about his perfect chiseled body turned her on. She noticed herself biting her lower lip as she held her breath. As he moved into his closet, Madison entered the room and cleared her throat. He turned around and smiled. “Hey, were you spying on me?”

She nodded slowly as if she couldn’t find the right words to say to him. Her body betrayed her as she tried to keep her eyes locked with his but they slowly moved up and down his body. He walked over to her as she instinctively put her hands on his chest. Her eyes watched her fingertips as they traced over his chest muscles. She continued to move them down over his abs and noticed the trail of light hair as it disappeared beneath his towel. She quickly looked up at him and saw the fire burning deep in his eyes.

“You can’t do this to me, I’m already late and I can’t start anything,” Hunter said as he backed away from her. “You claimed that you are innocent but when I see that look in your eyes and that curiosity on your face and it drives me insane.”

“Sorry,” she softly whispered and sat on his bed.

Hunter knelt in front of her. “Please don’t be sorry, I love it. One day when I have the time, I will properly show you exactly what you do to me. But, I’m still trying to get to know you better and trying to remember that you are my best friend’s sister.”

Madison
blushed as she felt those new sensations rush through her body again. She took a deep breath and changed the subject. “Alicia asked if you would drop me off at their apartment.”

Hunter nodded as he traced his finger down her cheek and wrapped his hand around her neck softly. He nuzzled and kissed her neck softly. “Can we continue this later tonight?”

Madison nodded. “Where am I sleeping?”

Hunter smirked and shook his head as if he was shaking away a thought. “I will show you, can you give me a minute to finish getting ready?”

She nodded as they both stood up. She braced her hands against his chest as they slid up around his neck. She quickly brought his lips down to meet hers. He groaned softly as she parted his lips and softly played with his tongue.

She broke away from the kiss and slowly backed away from him. As she turned her back to leave the room, he grabbed her hand at the last minute and pushed her against the door. His lips were within inches of hers, his breathing was rapid and he quickly covered her lips again. She kissed him with every ounce of energy that she had in her and didn’t seem like it was enough. His arms were on either side of her head holding her in place. He backed away from her as he softly chanted to himself that he was late.

Madison sat in his living room and waited for him to finish getting dressed. Her body was on fire and she tingled in places that she didn’t recognize. As he came around the corner, he smiled at her. “I’m sorry about that. I need to find a way to control myself better around you.”

She found herself disappointed that he had found clothes to put on but still was impressed by the way he looked in slacks and a dress shirt. “I like the way you are when you are around me. I can take it, I won’t break, I promise.”

Hunter stopped in his tracks as he slid his jacket on and closed his eyes. He softly whispered when he turned back towards her. “God, I like you.” He reached for her hand and put her jacket on as they hurried out to his truck and drove to Alicia’s.

As Hunter drove away,
Madison quickly pushed the buzzer for Alicia’s apartment. She heard the noise as the door opened. As the elevator arrived on her floor, Alicia was waiting at the door for her and hurried across the hallway to hug Madison tightly.

“I’m so happy that you are here. Come on, I made us a snack.”

Madison entered their apartment and looked around. “This place is spectacular. You are so lucky. You have a view like Hunter’s apartment.”

Alicia smiled and poured them a couple glasses of wine. “Here you go. So, what did you want to talk about?” She asked as she sat on the couch.

Madison sat next to her and smiled. “I’m sorry that you had to witness that earlier. Now, you can understand why I don’t have a relationship with my parents. They don’t listen to what I want and I can’t surround myself with that anymore.”

Alicia smiled. “I totally understand and I’m proud of you because you stood up for yourself. Carter felt horrible though. But you have to understand, that’s the life he has gotten used to. You know how your parents ignored you? Well, on the flip side, they controlled everything that Carter did in his life. It took me so long to break his horrible habits but I had to understand that was how he was wired. I blame your parents for the way they mismanaged their children. You and Carter are beautiful people regardless of the ways you were brought up.”

Madison nodded and listened to her, she never thought about it that way before. He suffered as well being under total supervision of their parents. Even though, he had the career and fiancée, he still missed out on a normal childhood. “You know what, Alicia. I never thought about it like that before. I was always so jealous of him because he got all the attention but I didn’t realize the negative side of it.”

“You have a lot in common with him, Madison. I hope you will sit down with him when he gets back home tonight.”

Madison nodded and laughed. “Yeah, I will. I was just so mad earlier.”

Alicia took a sip of wine. “Did you want to talk about something else?”

Madison put her glass on the coffee table and stared at the wall. “I’m worried, Alicia.”

“What are you worried about?”

“Hunter and I have started to explore our feelings with each other and I’m so nervous that I will screw everything up.”

Alicia chuckled. “It’s normal,
Madison. You would have experienced the same thing as a teenager if you had the chance.”

Madison
looked at her. “He knows what he is doing though. Every time that he touches me, I think I’m going to explode.”

Alicia laughed. “Oh
Madison, you haven’t experienced anything abnormal. Just do what comes naturally to you. Believe me, when each moment happens, you will know what to do and if you don’t, he will fill in the blanks.”

Madison
blushed. “I like him, Alicia. I really like him. I feel so comfortable around him and I miss him. I just saw him thirty minutes ago and I actually miss him.”

“He’s a great guy, I don’t blame you and I know he feels the same way about you too. Just have fun and enjoy it. And if you get really nervous about something, you can always research online or ask me.”

Madison let out a loud laugh as she fell against the couch. “So after the game tomorrow and we head home, what is on the agenda for the rest of my vacation?”

“When do you head back to
Canada?”

“On Tuesday afternoon, gives me another five days to enjoy myself.” Alicia suddenly looked at her with concern and
Madison knew her next question. “I don’t know, Alicia. I wasn’t planning on finding him and I have no clue on how I’m supposed to leave him.”

Alicia sighed. “Well, we don’t need to think about that now.”

Madison nodded and stood up. She headed towards the window and stared into the night sky. “How long will the guys be tonight?”

“Probably a couple of hours, what do you want to do in the meantime?”

“Well, it’s only around eight. Is there a store around here, I would like to shop.”

Alicia bounced off the couch. “I have the perfect place!” She grabbed
Madison’s hand, her purse and headed down to her car.

As they arrived at the store, the sales lady smiled at Alicia. “You are back in town!”

“All Star game this weekend, Mallory, this is my future sister in law, Madison.”

She shook her hand. “It’s a pleasure meeting you, dear.”

“Madison has a new boyfriend and I think she wants to buy something nice for him.”

“Well then let’s have some fun. What would you like to buy, something sexy, dressy or both?”

Madison looked at Alicia for guidance. “Actually since tomorrow is the All Star game, how about something sexy and sporty?”

Alicia clapped her hands in approval. She pulled
Madison towards the back of the store. “What would you think about some hip hugging jeans and a sexy top?”

Madison
pulled a pair of jeans off the rack that caught her eye. She heard Alicia gasp as she ran over to her with a red and black low cut hockey t-shirt featuring the logo from the guys team.

“That is ridiculous. I would be one of those hockey groupies.”

“You wanted to buy something sexy! This would look so hot on you.”

Madison
grabbed the shirt along with her jeans and headed to the fitting room. She slid on the jeans as they hugged every curve on her lower body. She slipped the t-shirt over her head and realized a small section of her midriff was on display. The shirt did emphasize her chest as she ran her fingers through her short hair and quickly realized that she liked the outfit and the way it made her feel.