Kane Richards Must Die (17 page)

“Life without love, ha . . . It's ooh, so lonely . . . I don't think, I don't think I'm gonna make it. All my life, all my life, yeah, I've been lost to you only . . .

“Come on and take it, girl . . .

Come on and take it girl, because all, All I can do... All I can do, since you've been gone, is cry
.” I felt myself laugh softly and looked up at Kane questioningly, to which he smirked as his eyes burned into mine

“Alright, I didn't cry, but I was close,” Kane murmured through his smile and I giggled softly, shaking my head at him as we continued to move gently. The song wove itself back to the chorus and I sighed, staring up at Kane, completely lost in the burning force of his gaze. I watched him take a deep breath and close his eyes before he leaned down and rested his forehead against mine.

And then he opened his eyes.

And it was there.

I felt the pressure in my chest expand as my heart did a double take. I let out a raspy breath as my eyes locked with his.

His eyes blazed and swirled with the one thing I had been desperate for over these past weeks. They blazed with
love
.

I smiled up at him, and a happy, relieved sob escaped my chest. Kane smiled back and lifted his hand to brush away the tears that now slid down my cheeks.

“Suranne . . . ” he whispered softly, his eyes piercing right through me into the depths of my heart.

“
I love you
.”

The words pushed me off the edge and I closed my eyes and locked my arms around his neck, my tears sinking into his fresh white shirt. The song wound down to an end as Kane wrapped his arms tightly around my waist and crushed me to him.

“I love you, too,” I choked into his shoulder, feeling his chest rumble as he chuckled into my ear. 

***

I sighed contently, leaning back against Kane's chest. We were sitting at one of the tables in the corner of the hall. He had lined two chairs up and propped his back up against one whilst his legs rested on the other and I sat on his lap. The music continued to pulse through the room and the dance floor was crowded. I watched as couples twirled and swayed whilst Kane played with my hair softly.

“Kane?” Throughout all of this, there was one thing that had still been bothering me.

“Mmm?” He brought his head down and pressed his lips to my temple softly. I swallowed heavily, “Why were you hugging Kate in the parking lot today?” I blurted and held my breath, waiting for his answer.

“To say thank you,” he replied simply as he nuzzled my neck and I resisted the urge to moan as his tongue darted out against my skin.

“Why?” I asked breathlessly, my mind becoming incoherent as he continued his assault.

“She forced me to realise the truth, Suranne. If it weren’t for her pushing me to admit that it was only fear stopping me from coming to you, I still wouldn't be here.”

I sighed in relief and melted against his chest as he carried on kissing down my neck. He started slowly brushing his hands along my arms and this time I couldn't contain the shiver that rippled through me at the feel of his touch. Again.

I squirmed against his lap and smirked when I felt a certain something straining against my lower back. Kane groaned and bit my ear lobe.

“You know, I think
all
of me missed you,” he whispered hoarsely, his words causing desire to shoot through my body. 
“I can see that,” I murmured as his hands gripped my hips and pushed me back against him. “Maybe you should take me home.” Kane stopped his movements and I turned around in his lap only to see a frown and a hurt expression on his face.

“You wanna go home?” he asked softly, and I realised that he thought I wanted to go home alone.

I leaned forward and gripped his tie, using it to pull him towards me, “Well of course I wanna go home,” I smirked as confusion crossed his face.

“My aunt’s away and I do believe you've got three weeks to make up for.” I tilted my head and smiled sweetly at him as understanding and lust flashed in his eyes. He grabbed my face and pushed his lips against mine, kissing me passionately before I pulled away.

“Take me home Kane,” I gasped. “Now.”

He grinned and kissed me chastely on the lips.

“Did I tell you that I love you?”

“D
amn, Suranne,” I hissed, fighting the urge to close my eyes.

We were in my car; I was driving as quickly as possible without getting us killed. She was leaning over the console kissing my neck, and she had just placed her hand over my crotch.

I needed to get her home. Fast.

I groaned and gripped the steering wheel more tightly as her hand made a small circling motion. If she kept this up I’d be having her in the damn car.

“I need you so bad, Kane,” I heard her whimper and . . . Christ. After three weeks of having no action whatsoever, then suddenly having, well,
this
, I was seriously about to lose it.

“
Jesus
,” I muttered, because she couldn’t just say that to me right now. “You can’t
say
that to me right now, baby. Christ, I’m half tempted to just pull the hell over and put the back seats down.”

She breathed a husky giggle right in my ear and I groaned again, pushing my foot down a bit further, because damn, why weren’t we there already?

I breathed a sigh of relief once we reached her drive, but with the state I was in, it came out more like a rough grunt, and Suranne just chuckled in my ear again. I threw open my door and jogged around to her side, opening her door and grabbing her hand, snatching her out of the car. I shut the door and pushed her up against it. Hard.

My mouth instantly connected with her neck and I groaned again, because it had been too long since I last tasted her skin. I carried on licking and nipping her skin lightly as her breathing became labored and choppy. Two can play that game.

Cupping her face in my hands I kissed her with all the feeling I could muster. At a time like this I should really be gentle and soft, doing the whole ‘making love’ thing, but right now, I was too excited for slow and gentle.

I needed to feel her. Now.

She tentatively caressed my tongue with her own, sweeping it silkily around mine, and I reveled in her sweet taste. Everything about her drove me crazy. I pulled away and gazed into her wide gray eyes that shone with fiery lust. Her cheeks were tinted a soft pink and her lips were parted and full and just made me want to kiss her all the damn time. I brushed my lips against hers, softly feeling the intense feelings in my chest bubble and churn, just like they had when I was in the parking lot today and when I was dancing with her tonight.

As the bubble in my chest rose intensely, I felt the unspoken words flashing in my head, twisting around my tongue. It was like there was nothing I could do to stop them. I didn’t
want
to stop them.

“I love you,” I breathed against her lips, trailing them along her jaw and down the creamy tight skin of her neck and over her collarbone.

“I love you, too,” she gasped, her head thrown back and her heavy breathing pushing her chest against mine. I groaned at hearing her say the words and was shocked how they only turned me on even more.

She grabbed my hand and pushed my mouth away, dragging me toward her front door as she fumbled around feverishly for her keys. I smirked at her hurried movements and softly took the keys from her, kissing her gently on the lips once. I successfully opened the door and gestured with my hand for her to enter first. She smiled warmly and walked past, her delicious, sultry scent wafting up at me.

I slammed the door shut, my eyes fixed to the back of Suranne’s figure with a predatory leer. She jumped and whirled around at the sound of the door slamming, but didn’t have a chance to respond before I grabbed her waist and smashed my lips to hers, pushing her backwards at the same time until we both collapsed onto the couch, me on top, kissing her frenziedly. She whimpered against my lips and spread her legs allowing me to rest in between her thighs. Her heat was burning through my jeans, driving me crazy.

“Suranne,” I panted through my kisses on her lips and jaw, “I don’t . . 
know
if I can be
slow
.” I breathed against her, watching as her eyes closed and she breathed out a silent moan.

“I don’t want you slow,” she whispered, her eyes still closed and her breathing heavy.

I continued kissing down her neck, occasionally smirking arrogantly at her mewls and soft pleads for me. Reluctantly, I sat up on my knees and the look of her eyes, wide and lustful, her full pink lips, and her soft tongue darting out briefly and wetting her lower lip, leaving it glistening and red, would be burned into my mind forever.

But as much as the horny animal within me just wanted to ravish her right then on her aunt’s sofa, the other part, the gentle Kane Richards part, wanted to lay her down on her bed, watch as her hair flared softly on her pillows, and kiss every inch of her skin lovingly.

That part of me wanted to worship her.

And as I gazed down at her, the animal within me got pushed aside, and that gentle Kane Richards part of me won over.

I ran my hand down her arm and linked my fingers through hers, smiling down at her warmly.

“Come on baby, let’s go upstairs,” I murmured, leaning down and kissing her lips softly. She sighed, and returned my kiss before I pulled away and unwound her legs from my waist with a devious grin.

She ducked her head with a sheepish smile, but I wasn’t having any of that. I placed my fingers under her chin and pushed her face up to look at me, leaning down once again to kiss her gently, this time sweeping my tongue against her top lip, tasting her sweet skin. The moment a gentle moan escaped her throat I broke away.

Because seriously, I needed to get to a bed before I became a victim of self-combustion.

I tugged her off the couch and just as I was about to lead the way, I saw something familiar flicker in her eyes. It was a look I thoroughly enjoyed.

It was a look that was nothing but pure, one hundred percent Suranne, the I-want-you-so-bad seducing vixen.

She placed a hand on my chest and pushed, smirking as she walked past me and shrugged out of her coat, giving me a look over her shoulder as her hips sashayed from side to side while she walked towards the stairs, now being the one to lead me.

I stood, my eyes watching her ass as she walked up the stairs, enjoying the view far too much to even move.

“Don’t make me wait,
Richards
,” Suranne called at me from the top of the stairs.

I took those stairs two at a time and then I kissed her and pulled her against my hips roughly. I was back, full swing.

I grabbed her hand and tugged her towards her room, pushing her door open swiftly with my other hand, not caring about how it banged and rebounded against the wall. I pulled her in front of me and wrapped my arms around her waist, kissing her softly as I backed her up against the bed, until her legs reached the edge. I continued pushing, gently falling on top of her but still not breaking away from her lips. She snaked her hand up my chest and her little hands fisted into my hair, tugging hard and making me groan against her mouth.

I pushed away from her to undo the knot in my tie but her hand flashed out and grabbed my wrist, halting my movements.

“No,” she panted with a sly smile, “the tie stays on.”

I smirked, admiring her control.

Her fingers ran smoothly down my shirt, her eyes following her movements as she began slowly to undo the buttons on my shirt. Once she finished, she paused, as if memorizing the image before she pushed the shirt off my shoulders, leaving it in a creased white heap behind me. I heard her let out a small whimper as she ran her fingers over the muscles of my chest and abdomen, her eyes hooded with lust and her breathing increasingly labored and heavy.

I ran my hands up her arms, over her shoulders and across the collarbones visible beneath the button-down shirt that made her body look so amazing. I groaned as I unbuttoned the first two buttons and the top of her chest came into view, straining against the confines of her sheer black bra.

“So sexy,” I breathed silently, more to myself than to her as I continued unclipping her belt and unbuttoning the rest of her shirt. I pushed it off her shoulders and she lifted her torso, allowing me to pull it off her completely. I tossed it somewhere behind me.

The next few minutes were spent shedding each other’s clothes. The sounds of the various garments filling the floor surrounded us, along with our heavy breaths and moans of appreciation whenever a new body part was revealed. The temperature around us rose perceptibly and I brushed a bead of sweat from her neck before brushing my lips across the same spot, continuing a trail of kisses down, across her chest, kissing the sensitive skin as her whimpers of my name grew louder.

I positioned myself between her thighs and sat up, wrapping her legs around my waist.

She let out a frustrated sigh and wrapped my tie around her wrist, jerking me towards her roughly. My lips brushed against hers as she whispered to me in a husky voice.

“I want you, Kane.”

I groaned and thrust my tongue into her mouth. And without any hesitance, I gave her what we both wanted.

The heat and the anticipation of finally feeling her caused my body to shudder and she let out a sexy groan. Willing me to move against her, she lifted her hips, causing me to gasp into her neck.

Control
, Kane . . .
control
.

Her heavy breaths were in my ear; her sweet scent, mingled with the faint musk of her sweat, was turning my mind hazy.

I took a deep breath and lifted my head, looking at her face to distract me. Her gray eyes burned into mine with desire and passion. But as I continued staring at her, I felt them flicker and blaze with the love she felt for me and I smiled at her, sighing before kissing her lips softly and continuing.

The air was thick and hot and I could feel the pleasure inside me building and building, reaching a new level. Moaning my name, she arched her back and shuddered, driving me over the edge. I exhaled a shaky breath against her neck as the pleasuring tingles shot through my body. I would never get over how good she felt. Nothing compared to that.

A tranquil calm washed over me as I gained control of my breathing and lay beside her. I tucked my arm beneath her still-trembling body and pulled her against my chest. Her hand drew lazy circles against my skin as I closed my eyes and rubbed her back, stroking her hair softly.

I heard her breathe a quiet laugh that sounded so calm and carefree that I found myself smiling down at her.

“What’s so funny?” I asked her, my voice tired and low.

She chuckled, her hot breath tickling my skin. “When I told my aunt that I would be fine before she left, I didn’t think I’d be
this
fine.”

I laughed and pressed my lips against the top of her head, before smirking as I was reminded of something.

I rolled us over so I was on top, my smirk still plastered on my face.

“So, you like my tie, huh?”

Her face filled with a light shade of pink and I couldn’t help but chuckle at her all-of-a sudden coyness.

“Yeah,” she replied shyly, looking up at me through her eyelashes. That just made my body twitch in response.

I leaned down to slowly kiss her lips, nipping at the skin lightly as she fisted her hands in my hair and deepened the kiss with her tongue. She squirmed underneath me and sighed against my mouth softly. I pulled away and kissed her cheeks and chin chastely as she ran her hands over my chest, smiling whenever her fingers brushed over the loose black tie around my neck.

 I stroked her cheek and down her neck continuing over her shoulders as she gazed up at me lovingly, her eyes flickered to my mouth before returning to my face. I chuckled and shook my head, because reading her was so easy these days.

And right now my girl wanted my lips on hers.

I leaned down and kissed her again, before a loud vibrating filled the room and shocked us apart. I looked around the room before spotting her cell phone on her side table, moving across the surface. I distractedly picked it up and glanced at the number, but the area code was unfamiliar and so I tossed it to the ground with a shrug.

“Kane! I should answer it,” she scolded, her tone disapproving. I shrugged again and began kissing down her neck, ignoring her words.

“Kane,” she sighed, trying to escape my grip but I tightened my hold on her.

The vibration stopped and I lifted my head, smiling down at her in victory. She rolled her eyes and shook her head at me. “Why can’t I ever say no to you?” she sighed.

I smirked arrogantly, “’Cause you can’t resist me.”

She frowned up at me, “I know, and it only means you’ll get away with murder,” she muttered.

I grinned and shook my head against her lips, “I won’t murder you.”

I heard her giggle as I kissed her top lip, shifting myself between her legs again, but that damn vibration started up once more and she stopped, turning her head to the noise of her cell phone.

“Kane . . . I should answer it,” she murmured to me softly, but I shook my head and lifted myself on my arms.

“No,” I replied, kissing her lips softly as I positioned myself against her. I pulled away and grinned crookedly. “You can answer it after another round.”

And just like that, we started all over again . . .