Strong Reflection: Book 2 of the Dark Series Trilogy (20 page)

Ashley gave his lips a quick kiss, “Duly noted.  Know that I want to share everything with you but for now I think I should leave my scrambled brains to the professionals.  Like Catlyn, you are too close to me.  I love you.”

“And I love you.”

Chapter 12

Kyle came out of the bathroom, rubbing a towel across his wet head.
 “I can’t believe Jack’s assistant.”

Ashley was applying lotion to her body, sitting on the bed she paused in her nightly regimen, trying not to laugh at the scandalized look on Kyle’s face.

“Honey, she just asked you to dance.”
 At Kyle’s bulging eyes Ashley lost her battle against her laughter.  When her laughing got too loud she covered her mouth with her hand.

Kyle narrowed his eyes.  “Glad you’re amused.”

Bringing her mirth under control Ashley soothed, “Kyle, she just wanted to dance.  You danced with others at the party.”

“That was with Catlyn who is madly in love with Jack and their elderly neighbor, Mrs. Fordom.  They danced respectfully.  What Jack’s assistant—“

“Tasha,” Ashley interjected.

Kyle rolled his eyes, “Ok, Tasha.  What she wanted to do on the dance floor I usually do in my bedroom with my woman horizontally.”

Ashley cracked up.  At Kyle’s fuming look she once again controlled her laughing.  “Sorry honey, but, I thought you said you loved the twerking and wanted to try it out.”

“Babydoll, I meant 
with you
 and not on a dance floor!”

“Oooo, Director you’re turning me on.”  Ashley teased, removing her towel.  She stood and started a slow swaying of her hips.  Giving Kyle her back she bent over and started the moves for the twerk dance, rolling her hips and then rocking left to right she lowered her body towards the floor before coming back up,  adding the moves from yiking and then repeating her motions.

“Damn, Babydoll! You have such a pretty pussy.”

Ashley looked over her shoulder at Kyle’s harsh whisper.  His eyes had darkened with desire and the towel at his waist was now tented.  “Dance with me Kyle.”

Snagging her gaze with his hot blue eyes, Kyle
 removed his towel and moved behind her.  He aligned his body to hers, his shaft laying in the crack of her ass.  Kyle took over the lead as he guided their swaying pelvises and lowering to the floor.  On the way back up Ashley moved her butt muscles giving Kyle’s cock a gluteus maximus caress.

“Babydoll! Yes, do that again!”  Kyle’s grip on her hips and his cock tightened simultaneously.

Ashley gasped feeling his hardening length grow.

“Let’s get on the bed.”
 Kyle’s hands guided Ashley’s body.  “Stay on your knees but crawl to the middle of the bed.”

Ashley got on the bed and began crawling to the center.  Kyle’s body remained touching hers as he followed.

His cock moved to between her warm thighs.  He lifted her back to rest against his chest, his hands kneaded her breasts as he kissed and nibbled her neck.  “You’re so beautiful Ashley, inside and out!”

Ashley moaned, rubbing her ass into Kyle’s pelvis.  “I want you Kyle.”

“Hmm, you’re very giving and generous with your lovely body with me, especially considering how I took you the first time.”

Ashley’s eyes opened and she titled her head back to catch his heated gaze.  “From the moment you first touched me at that auction I was yours.  There is nothing I regret from any of your touches and that includes when you took my virginity.”

“Ashley.”  Kyle took her mouth in an intense kiss.  He sought entrance to her honeyed mouth with strategic strokes of his tongue and seductive rubs of his lips.  He did more than kiss her mouth, he made slow love to it, sliding his tongue in and out as he wanted to do with his cock inside her body, penetrating and retreating with a slow heat.

Ashley’s moans grew and her thrusting against his pelvis slid his cock back and forth between her trembling thighs.

Breaking the kiss off for air, Kyle changed their positions on the bed.  He lay down, putting her on top straddling him.  He pulled her down to recapture her lips, whispering, “Twerk on my cock, Babydoll.”

****  

The morning sun streamed through the partially parted curtains, catching Ashley’s slight smile in her sleep.
 Kyle held her in his arms.  They were spooning, her back to his front.  He watched her sleep.  She looked very peaceful, content.  Kyle knew those feelings were mirrored inside of him.  He had never felt so connected with any other woman.  Ashley truly was his soul mate.

When he had given her control of their lovemaking last night, he had expected it to be good.  Ashley was a quick and efficient student when learning something new.  What he hadn’t expected was to feel as though he had an out of body experience when he came for the third time inside Ashley.  Their sex was beyond good.  It was as if they were inside each other’s head, knowing what to do, what touch caused the greatest reaction.  

He thought about the times he had come inside Ashley.  With the exception of losing his virginity, he had never had unprotected sex with 
anyone
.  Yet, with Ashley, it hadn’t even crossed his mind to protect himself.  True he was privy to her medical status but he didn’t protect himself against pregnancy.  Kyle wondered at that as he pulled Ashley tighter into his arms, seeing her smile turn to a frown.

Ashley settled against him more fully before giving a sigh and her smile returned.  Kyle knew on a gut level that Ashley was meant to be his.  He still berated himself for wasting so many years ignoring what his mind, body and soul were telling him from the beginning.  He would waste no more time.  He needed to speak with Jack about his plan.  But first he wanted to wake his woman.

****  

Ashley felt toasty warm and safe.  Safe was something she never felt while sleeping.  She was in that wonderfully euphoric world between sleep and wakefulness.  Suddenly she felt tongue strokes against her clit. Her eyes sprang open to find Kyle between her legs lapping at her pussy.

Her body was already in the state prelude to climaxing.  Ashley arched into his mouth as her knees gripped his head, holding him against her.  “Ah, ah, Kyle.”

Within seconds his quick flicking tongue had her coming.  Swiftly, before her body could stop it’s convulsing in pleasure Kyle slipped his long hard dick into her hotness.  One stroke had him buried to the hilt.  He paused looking into her desire glazed eyes as her vaginal walls fluctuated around his penis.  He lowered his chest to hers, kissing her with open eyes.  “Morning, Babydoll.”

“This is the best wake—Oooh, oh, yes,” Ashley gasped as he began a slow fluid thrusting.  “Best wake up ever!”  She finished as she caught her breath and began to move in tandem with Kyle.

He joined their hands and his slow stroking began to build that falling-in-mid-air feeling.
 He put their hands against the mattress while he swirled and stroked, never picking up speed, using a slow rhythmic rocking to appease them.

When he felt her walls begin to tighten again his hands squeezed hers and he took her mouth, stealing her breath.
 She started to come.  He released her from their kiss and stared into her eyes as he started to spill his seed into her.  While their bodies released an orgasm to one another’s and her hard nipples rubbed against his chest and his hands still clutching hers, Kyle asked the question in his heart.  “Ashley, will you marry me?  I love you.”

With her body still trembling from her orgasm, Ashley didn’t think she could get any more pleasant feelings rushing through her, but, at Kyle’s words pure pleasure engulfed her entire being.  Tears sprang to her eyes, a smile trembled on her lips as she simply answered, “Yes, Kyle.  I love you.”

****    

“So you guys are just basically doing errands for the wedding today?”
  Ashley asked as she tucked into a big breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, grits, applesauce and hash-browns.

“Yes.”  Catlyn looked on as her former partner continued to shovel food into her mouth like she hadn’t eaten in days.  Teasingly she said, “Worked up an appetite hon?”

Ashley laughed out loud, winking, “In the bed, in the shower on the floor—“

Catlyn laughed holding up a hand palm out, “W-T-M-I.”

Ashley scraped her plate clean before carrying it to the sink to rinse.  “So, do you want me to come with?  I am not sure what Kyle has planned but he’s shut up in Jack’s study again.”

“Those two are up to something, not sure what though.  But, you’re welcome to come with me and Jack.  I could use a woman’s opinion.  When I start talking details of the wedding reception Jack gets that shoot-me-now look I can’t stand.”

“And here I thought you loved everything about me!”  Jack said from the doorway, crossing over to take Catlyn in his arms.  Kyle followed behind going to Ashley.

“I love every single part of you except your inability to hide the fact that I lost you when it comes to shopping and parties.”

“Catlyn, that’s women stuff.  I am a hundred percent tuned in to the important stuff.”

Catlyn stepped out of Jack’s embrace, crossing her arms against her chest.  Before Kyle could give his friend a warning look against the impending trouble he was about to make for himself Catlyn questioned, “So, you don’t think our wedding and the reception is important?”

“Of course I do, just not the planning part.”
 Jack answered matter-of-factly.

“Uh, we are going to go wait in the car for you guys.” Kyle slipped in before
 Catlyn could respond to Jack’s in the dog house answer.

****

The two couples were out and about doing the left over, last minute errands for the wedding reception and having a good time.  The men got along great as did the women and as a whole group everyone just seem to click with everyone else.  They spent most of the morning laughing.

“So, except for picking up the rings I think we’ve finished everything on the list.” Catlyn stated while checking off items on a piece of paper.

“Where are the rings?” Ashley asked, leaning forward from the backseat to take the list from Catlyn’shand.

“Jay’s Jewelry at the Galleria.” Catlyn happily named the upscale jewelry store.

Ashley tapped Jack’s shoulder, “Great taste Jack, fancy.”

Jack gave Ashley a quick glance in the rearview mirror.  “I wanted nothing but the best for Catlyn.  I picked the store, Catlyn picked the rings.”

“He picked my engagement ring and matching earrings he gave me on Valentine’s Day all by himself.” Catlyn smiled, waving her left hand.  

“They’re beautiful Jack.”  Kyle noted Ashley’s voice was a little wistful.  He was glad he had asked Jack to help him arrange their next stop.

****

“They’re gorgeous Catlyn.”  The women were looking at the rings off to the side.  Jack put his wallet in his pocket and accepted the receipt.  Kyle was having a whispered conversation with one of the sales people.

The women turned towards the door to walk out but Jack put a hand on each of their shoulders, “This way ladies, we’re not done.”  

Ashley looked up to see Kyle next to
one of the counters.  The salesman had put out several trays of engagement rings.  Kyle held his hand out.  “Come on Babydoll and pick your ring.”

Ashley gasped in surprise.  She looked at Jack and Catlyn who were smiling happily for her.

“You mean pick out an engagement ring now?  You already gave me such a beautiful ring.”

“You meant it when you said yes didn’t you?”  Kyle laughed.

“Of course I did!”

“Then come and pick your ring baby.”  At his words Ashley almost skipped to Kyle at the counter, grabbing his hand she hugged him to her.  “The family Claddagh ring is my I–love-you-Ashley ring to you and the engagement ring is we-are-getting-married ring.”

Ashley listened as she looked at the tray of rings.  They all were so beautiful.  It would be hard to choose.

Kyle watched as Ashley’s eyes roamed over the trays of rings.  The rings were priced on the high end, some very intricate, some with huge diamonds and others more subtle.  There were diamonds mixed with sapphires and some paired with rubies and emeralds.