Love Unexpected (Navy Love Series Book 2) (13 page)

Reed still hasn’t looked anywhere but at Caleb’s hand.

“Do you have a problem, dude?” Caleb’s voice seems like it’s starting to carry an aggressive tone. I need to defuse the situation quickly.

I shrug Caleb’s arm off my shoulder and step up to Reed.

“Hey.” Once he finally quits glaring at Caleb, he locks his eyes on me. “You okay? Is something wrong?”

A look of confusion crosses his face, but he’s fast to mask it.

He looks back and forth between Caleb and me.

“So,
this
—” he gestures toward Caleb “—is what was so important that you couldn’t talk to me earlier?”

“No, no—”

“Who the hell do you think you are talking to her like that?”

I whip my head around to Caleb.

“Caleb, you need to leave. I can handle this. Reed and I need to talk.”

Realization dawns on him as he finally puts the puzzle pieces together. This is
Reed
, the guy that broke Tegan’s heart.

He slowly nods. “You sure you don’t need me to stay?”

I nod back at him. “Thank you.”

He looks back at Reed. “Don’t fuck with her again, dick.”

“Yeah? Let me hear you call her ‘your girl’ again and you’ll be the one I fuck with, pretty boy.”

“Caleb, just go, please.”

I’m sure it’s done out of spite, but he kisses my hair, glaring at Reed the entire time and then walks away to his car.

We stand in awkward silence before both of us try to speak at once.

“What are you—”

“Look, I—”

I let out a nervous laugh and fidget with my purse strap as I look everywhere but at him.

“Can we go somewhere and talk, Tegan?”

His question causes my eyes to cut to his.

“There’s nothing to talk about, Reed.”

He shakes his head.

“There’s plenty to talk about, babe. We can start with why the fuck that prick had his hands on my woman.”

His woman
?

Reed

My
woman?

I have no idea where that those words came from.

Is it true?
I have no idea.

Do I want it to be?
Fuck yes.

Does that realization scare the shit out of me?
Hell yes.

I need to talk to her. I know she wants this as much as me, both the physical aspect and the
more
.

“Come on, let’s go back to my apartment. We can have dinner and talk.”

“Reed, why do we need to talk? There’s nothing between us anymore.”

How did I know this wouldn’t be as simple as I had thought it would be when I was thinking it over last night? I should’ve known better.

“Tegan, you’ve got two options here. You can get in your car and drive to one of our apartments or I will throw you caveman style over my shoulder, toss you in my truck and take you to mine. Which do you prefer?”

This poor girl is probably so confused. One minute I’m a complete jackass to her, and the next I’m practically begging her to talk to me. I can’t say for sure that I even know what the hell I’m doing. There was no elaborate plan when I came to her school, I just knew I didn’t want us to be over.

I know I still have a lot of past demons to deal with, but I’m hoping she’ll hold my hand through all of it.

That’s what I need. Someone who’s willing to stand by me as I walk through this fire. Close enough to suffer some burns, but willing to take the pain to keep me from getting stuck.

Not knowing what else to do, I lean in and take her lips in a hard, rough kiss. My tongue pushes its way through her sealed lips. I’m surprised there isn’t much of a fight from her.

By the time I pull away, we’re both panting, and Tegan has a dazed look to her.

Oh, yeah, she can argue all she wants; she still wants me on some level.

“I'm taking you home. Now.”

“Okay.”

I walk her to my truck and then climb in my side. I give her one more hard kiss to her lips then take off. Peeling out, I make the short drive to my place.

Tegan leads the way up the stairs to my apartment. I, for some reason, cannot keep my hands off of her. The entire way up the two flights of steps, I'm alternating between gently tugging her ponytail, grabbing her small hips, and kissing her freckled shoulders.

I need to be inside Tegan, now.

Outside the door, she fumbles with the keys I handed over to her while I continue my exploration of her body, now adding an occasional thrust against her small pert ass.

All that I'm doing must be affecting her—I've never seen Tegan have so much trouble opening the door.

“Tegan, baby.” She stops moving, I lean in making sure the heat of my breath cascades around her sensitive ears. “If you don't hurry up with the door, I'll fuck you against it out here.” I press my cock into her backside once more. “And as much as I'd love to see your body pressed firmly against this door, it’s for my eyes only. So get the fucking door open so I can fuck my woman in privacy.”

My next door neighbor’s door stands a mere twenty feet from us and my door. Normally, I wouldn’t care about being exhibitionist, but not with Tegan. I don’t want anyone else seeing what belongs to me. And while she may not have admitted it to herself yet, she does indeed belong to me.

I lightly suck on her neck as she finally unlocks the door and pushes it open. Not separating myself from her, I follow her in, mouth still making a trail of kisses up toward her ear, and kick the door shut behind me. Somehow I’m able to lock it without looking back as well.

Tegan leads us straight to my room, carelessly dropping her purse and book bag along the way.

Seems she’s just as anxious for this as I am.

I lay her back on the bed and take my place beside her as I pull her earlobe into my mouth.

“Reed, I thin-—” I place my finger to her lips to silence her.

“Shh.” I place a kiss to her neck. “We’ll talk later, Tegan. I haven’t seen you naked in over three months, I’d really like to change that now, if it’s okay with you?”

“I, uhh… Okay.”

I take her lips in a slow kiss, gently seeking entry, when all I really want is to demand it. I know I need to go slow with all of this. If I want to make anything work with Tegan, I'm going to have to prove myself to her. And I intend to start right now.

If I were just fucking her, I would've already had her naked. I want to show her that she's more to me than just sex this time. As much as I want to have sex, I have no intentions of it, at least not yet.

Lifting up, I remove my shirt while she tosses hers to the side. Most guys want the girl with the huge chest, that’s never been my style. And Tegan just reiterated that fact by removing her shirt and revealing that she wasn’t wearing a bra. One less thing to worry about. Plus, more than a handful is just a waste, right?

I gently push her back down and straddle her. I take her hands and place them over my rock hard shaft.

“Feel what you do to me, Tegan?”

She slowly nods her head.

It’s been so long since a woman has touched me that I feel like I could cum from the friction her hands are causing against my jeans. I push her hands away and smile when I hear the whimper leave her mouth. But I don’t let her want distract me. Right now, this is all about her.

“I haven’t had sex since you,” I whisper in her ear. “If I let you keep touching me, I’ll embarrass myself.”

I shimmy down her body and pop the button of her jeans then begin working them down her legs as I scoot further down.

Once her panties and jeans are both removed, I settle myself between her widely spread legs. My eyes unhurriedly take in all of her beautiful naked body.

Thanks to Marshall and J.C.’s help, I know we both have alibis for the night. Marshall mentioned in passing to Hunter that he and Tegan are seeing a movie together. While, if anyone asks, I have plans to be at the bar with J.C. That means twenty-four hours of uninterrupted alone time with Tegan.

Time to reacquaint our bodies.

I start off slow with gentle laps across her tender flesh.

It’s been three excruciating months since I laid eyes on her body like this—ready, willing and waiting to fall apart at my touch. I plan to take my time with each and every orgasm I get from her.

I feel as if I can do this all night. However, that idea is quickly discarded when I feel Tegan’s death grip on my hair at the exact moment her hips thrust up.

“Reed, please,” she softly cries out.

Hint received.

I pummel two fingers inside her tight little pussy as my tongue begins working over her clit faster and harder.

Within minutes, the soft cries have become full on yells throughout the room.

She grinds herself against my face as she clamps down on my fingers and rides out her orgasm.

I return back to my slow strokes with my tongue while her body comes back down from the high I sent her on.

Her tap on my shoulder has me crawling up her body, where I’m met with a long, deep kiss.

I love that she doesn’t act grossed out by my eating her pussy. I’ve known a few chicks that wanted me to brush my teeth before they would kiss me afterwards.

I lie down beside her, the two of us facing each other, and she starts working my cock through my jeans again.

While I’d love nothing more than to bury myself inside that tight pussy of hers, which is exactly what’ll happen if my cock comes out, I stop her. Tonight was about her. I’ll get mine before she leaves this apartment, but tonight was just for her.

There are things we need to discuss before we get into sex again.

If there’s one thing about me the women I’ve been with will tell you, it’s that I’m upfront and clear with my intentions from the start. And I want her to understand this time will not be limited to just sex.

This time, it’s all or nothing for me. I just have to convince her to take a chance on me.

I gently kiss her soft lips and we both drift off to sleep.

Tegan

I wake up early the next morning and glance over to see Reed sleeping soundly, one hand resting on his lower abs and the other elbow thrown across his eyes.

Checking the alarm clock beside him, I see that I have plenty of time to shower before I need to head out. My day isn’t as hectic as yesterday was, but I need to get home and get ready for my lunch with Tessa.

Last night’s events will all remain untold at this lunch. My sister and I are just now back on good terms with one another, the last thing I want to do is tell her that I messed around with the same guy that caused all of the issues.

The rumbling in my stomach reminds me that I didn’t eat dinner last night. I throw Reed’s shirt from last night on and head to the kitchen.

The only edible thing he has is eggs, milk, cheese and ham. A ham and cheese omelet it is.

I find my phone still stored in my purse from last night and scroll through the texts. Nothing that needs an immediate response, and no one was worried about where I had disappeared to. I back out of the text message screen and pull up my music.

I dance around Reed’s kitchen as I prepare myself breakfast. I contemplated making Reed something, but I didn't want to wake him. I don’t know his work schedule now, but if he’s working overnights he’ll need his sleep today before he has to go in tonight.

While I eat, I contemplate what the hell happened last night. Reed came to my work then ended up at my school, how did he know I’d be at the school? The only person who knew that was… Marshall. I grab my phone and shoot off a text.

Me: Care to explain y Reed showed up at my school?