Tessa's Temptation (13 page)

“Hmm...” she breathed out as he teased her with her own fingers. “I thought you said you should be the only one who touches me.”

“I want to be the one in control.” He moved her fingers to her other nipple, watching as he made her pleasure herself. “I want to be the one to make you feel good.”

“You do.” She cupped the back of his neck and drew him down to her lips. “Kiss me.”

He kissed her softly as he guided her hand down her stomach and between her legs. Her skin prickled with anticipation as he pressed her fingers inside her pussy. He was in total control, setting the pace with her hand, moving it back and forth. The harder he kissed her, the more excited she became. She was so wet.

“I think I need a closer look at the show.” He kissed a path down her neck, over her breasts and past her stomach. Spreading her legs, he settled between them. When he withdrew their hands, she let out a frustrated sigh. “Ah, don’t be a brat. You’ll get your reward.”

“I want it now.”

“Patience.” He licked her hipbone as he stroked the insides of her thighs with his fingers, getting closer each time, but never quite reaching where she needed him. “I want to play first.”

He brushed his mouth across her mound, taunting her slit with the tip of his tongue. Even that minimal pressure had her teetering on the verge of orgasm. Spreading her lower lips apart, he focused his attention on her clit, licking and sucking it into his mouth.

“Shit!” she cried out when he nipped at it. “Chase...”

He gripped her thigh as he threw her other leg over his shoulder, abandoning her clit so he could delve deep inside her. He swirled his tongue, inserting his fingers, working them in perfect rhythm. Her whole body was tense waiting for him. Every nerve ending cried out for a quick release, but he managed to keep her teetering in a state of deep arousal as he kissed, licked and sucked her sex. Lifting the leg from his shoulder, he laid it out beside them, opening her wide for him.

“Oh...” she scratched at the floor beneath her, rolling her head from side to side. The fire inside her belly crested. The ache between her legs washed away as he brought her to release. Every muscle constricted for several seconds, maybe minutes. She couldn’t be certain.

“Turn over for me,” he said in a rough voice. “I’m nowhere near done with you.”

Holy shit
!
She did as he instructed, watching him remove his clothes as she rolled over onto her stomach. She hadn’t come down from her orgasmic high. Her insides still craved more. She was greedy when it came to Chase and his climaxes. Thankfully he was generous in giving her an unlimited supply.

He straddled her from behind. Her hips were trapped between his toned thighs. She was his captive and she would gladly surrender as many times as he demanded.

Chapter Fifteen

Chase ran his palms up her arms, guiding them up above her head and holding them against the floor. He’d locked her lower body between his legs and now he restrained her upper half with one hand holding her arms.

Mine
.
“Always at my total mercy.” The things this woman did to him.

“Is there any other way to be?”

When he shifted his pelvis, the tip of his cock pressed against her ass crack. She arched her back and raised her hips. He took that as an invitation to experiment a little. Reaching between them he took the base of his shaft in his hand and ran it between her cheeks. She tensed when he pushed against her entrance.

“Relax,” he whispered into her ear. “I’m not going to do anything you don’t want.”

He kissed his way down her spine, taking his time to swirl his tongue in the dip between her back and ass, tasting her flesh. He moved lower, spreading her apart as he gripped her tight behind in his hands. What he wouldn’t give to claim her there. To be the only one to ever take her that way.

“Ahh...” she moaned when he darted his tongue out and gently moved it around her hole. She quivered beneath him.

“The things I want to do to you.” As he licked her, he pushed his fingers inside her slick pussy, coating them in her juices. “You want me to do everything to you, don’t you?”

“Yes...”

He moved his finger from her slit, spreading her arousal between her cheeks. “Try not to tense up. Just trust me.”

“Okay,” she whispered but he heard the uncertainty in her voice. He wouldn’t take his desire too far tonight.

He gently inserted the tip of his pinky finger inside her, making sure not to go too deep. Widening her legs, he settled himself between them, resting on his knees. As he continued to tease her ass, he pulled her hips up so he could enter her from behind.

“We’ll revisit this idea another time.” Withdrawing his finger, he trailed his hand down her backside and gripped his length. He thought he’d explode if he didn’t get inside her.

“Chase,” she screamed when he plunged his cock deep within her.

“I couldn’t wait anymore,” he moaned when she clenched around him. “Fuck.” He thrust his hips forward, watching as he slid in and out of her. “You’re so hot.” He pulled her up so that her back met his chest.

“Harder, please...”

He held her by her waist as he slammed his hips against her, driving his cock relentlessly into her heat. She rested her head back on his shoulder, wrapping her hands around his neck as he took her the way she requested – fast, hard and unforgiving.

The warmth and glow of the fireplace surrounded them, illuminating the room, making her hair look even redder than usual. A light sheen of sweat covered her pale, creamy skin as her perky breasts bounced with each of his forward thrusts.

“It won’t be much longer,” he warned her.

“I’m close.” She took his hand from her hip and moved it to her breasts. He squeezed one and then ran his thumb over her nipple. “I love when you touch me.”

“I’m going to come,” he whispered into her ear. “Right— now.”

“Me too...” Her flesh tightened around his cock, milking him as he shot his seed inside her.

He couldn’t stop moving, wracked from a particularly hard orgasm. He quivered with aftershocks as he relaxed inside her. When she shivered against him, he reached for the throw as he slid from her body.

She turned to face him, seeking out his lips. “How do you manage to make it better every time?”

“It’s a gift.” He curled himself around her, close to the fire and covered them with the soft blanket. Wrapping his arms over her, he fitted every part of her backside against every part of his front
side. He’d never been a fan of post-cuddling until Tessa. He held her most nights as she drifted off in his arms. He couldn’t fall asleep until he heard her soft, contented breathing. That was his permission to give in to sleep with thoughts of only her in his mind.

“I love this part.”

“I know you do.” He kissed the back of her hair. “We’ll stay in front of the fire for a little longer but then I’m taking you to bed. This floor is too hard for us to sleep on.”

“I don’t care where I am.” She yawned. “As long as I’m with you. In your arms. Safe and happy.”

“My arms are the only place you belong.” He held her, running his hand down her side. “Don’t fall asleep. You need to get your little butt into that bed.”

“Not yet,” she mumbled. “This is too relaxing.”

“You’re spoiled.”

“It’s your fault.”

“I suppose it is.” He laughed. “I can’t say no to you.”

“I just thought of something,” she said.

“What is it?”

“If you had an apartment off the kitchen why didn’t you let me move in there?” She paused for a moment. “Not that I would have wanted to but wouldn’t that have made your life so much easier?”

“Easier? Yes, but nowhere near as interesting.” He’d thought about having her move into the space off the kitchen when he agreed to let her live with him, but decided against it. “I wanted you close.” He cupped his hand over her hipbone. “Something told me I needed you here with me.”

“I’m glad I’m here with you.”

“Me too, sweetheart. Me too.”

***

Tess glanced at her phone for the time.

I’m late
.
How had she managed to oversleep? Chase had kissed her head and told her to get up before he went to work, but when he left the bedroom she’d closed her eyes for just a minute and now it was an hour later.

She grabbed her coat from the hall closet and hurried to the garage. The tapping at the front door stopped her. May had an appointment and wouldn’t be there until late morning. Tess went back down the hall. She peeked out the side windowpane and saw Audra standing on the porch.

Tess opened the door wondering why she was at the house and not at the office.

“Hi,” Audra said when Tess greeted her. “I have some papers for Chase.”

“Okay but why didn’t you take them to the office?” She pushed the door open and motioned for Audra to come inside. “Don’t you work there?”

“I have an appointment with a client and then I’m taking the afternoon off.” She bulled past Tess into the house. “I’ll just leave these on his desk. He’s been really anxious for these papers. I didn’t want to hold on to them.”

Tess glanced at the name on the envelope. The papers seemed to be from an attorney named Seth Anders. Chase had mentioned Seth was his family’s attorney and he sometimes handled private business for him. She wondered why Audra had the papers.

“I can put them on his desk.” Tess held out her hand for the envelope. “I’ll let him know you dropped them off.”

“I know the way.” Audra headed down the foyer to the back of the house. “I’ve spent many nights here.”

“Have you?” Tess followed her to Chase’s study.

“Chase is a workaholic.” She walked boldly into his study. “So am I. It makes us a perfect match.”

“I’ll bet.”

Audra set the envelope neatly in the center of the desk, pulling out a notepad from the side drawer and scrawling a little note for him.

“I guess those papers are important?” Tess asked as she came into the room. “For you to make a special trip here.”

“I’m his attorney. I don’t mind.” She came around from Chase’s desk. Tess couldn’t help but notice how comfortable she acted there. How many nights had she spent in Chase’s house? “I think he’s crazy to buy this property out on Hollow Lake, but you know him; when he sees something he wants,” her gaze traveled down Tess’s body, “he can’t control himself.”

“Hollow Lake?” Tess ignored Audra’s insinuation when she heard the location of the property. “What did he buy out there?”

“Some old fishing cabin and the five acres it sits on. I don’t know what he would want with that. He can’t develop it commercially. What would he want a lake house for? He’ll have a hard time getting rid of it. It’s in the middle of nowhere.”

“My family had a cabin out there when I was a kid. I used to spend the summers there with my folks.”

“Hmm.” Audra scrunched her face in an unflattering expression. “How very
nature
of you.”

“It was a great place.” Tess smiled when she recalled the family time up there. “That’s where I met Chase.”

“Really?”

“Well, I don’t exactly remember it since I was so young, but he spent a few summers there before my parents got divorced and we gave the place up.”

“I’m surprised Chase didn’t tell you he was interested in some land there.”

“He doesn’t always tell me everything.” Not that Tess expected Chase to tell her every purchase he made, but she wondered why he would buy land out on the lake that she loved so much and not tell her.

“I’ll bet that’s true.” Audra sneered. “He can be rather difficult sometimes. Trust me, I know him pretty well.”

You make that clear every chance you get.

“He’s very private.” She stepped out into the hall. “So, I know where your dad is these days, but where’s your mother?”

Does it really matter?

Audra talked over her shoulder at Tess. “You mentioned her a few minutes ago. Do you see her often?”

Not for years.
Tess followed behind her. “We’re not close. The last time I spoke with her she was living with her husband in Philadelphia.” She’d only spoken to her mother a few times since she’d graduated high school. When her mother didn’t come to the ceremony, Tess decided they really didn’t have much of a relationship.

“You stayed with your dad when they got divorced?”

“Yes, she didn’t leave me much of a choice.” Her mother had packed up her things and left while Tess was at school. When she came home her father couldn’t function. It took him a long time to get himself together. “It was better I stayed with my dad.” Tess had always been convinced of that. Her mother was resilient, but her father wasn’t so durable. At least not when it came to love. Her mother had broken his heart and he had never quite recovered.

“That must have been hard,” Audra said as they came to the foyer. “Growing up without a female role model. I couldn’t imagine my life without my mom.”

“Some women aren’t that good at being maternal. My mother was one of them. It’s not a big deal for me. I managed.”

“You’re pretty tough, Tessa.” She zipped up her jacket. “Not at all Chase’s type.”

“I wasn’t aware he had a type.”

“They all have a type.” She laughed. “You’re young but you’ll figure out what they want.”

“Do you think you have Chase figured out?” What was her deal? Was she just his attorney or did she want something else from Chase? “You’ve known him for a while so maybe you have some inside information for me.”

“He’s far too complicated.” She reached for the doorknob. “Maybe a girl like you has the energy to tame him.”

“Tame him?” Tess shook her head. “The one thing I have figured out about him is he’ll never be tamed. He’s a free spirit. One who takes charge and goes after the things he wants. A man like Chase can’t be contained.”

“Looks like you’re doing just fine on your own.” Audra opened the door. “Let him know I dropped off the package. Tell him I still think his investment stinks.”

“I’m sure he knows what he’s doing.”

“I used to think that too.” She crossed the porch. “See you around.”

“Bye.” As Audra hurried out to her car, the cool November air danced across Tess’s face. Audra stopping by was strange and left her feeling unsettled. There was more to her visit than dropping off a package.
What is she up to?

Tess didn’t have time to think about it now. She’d already missed her first class and was on her way to being late for the second one. Whatever Audra wanted… She pushed the thought away and focused on getting to the campus.