Training the SECRET (Corrigan & Co #6) (18 page)

The ref breaks us up,
and we each throw some more punches and kicks. Neither one of us is
fully in it now, as I’m focused on wanting to talk to him some
more. I can’t pull him in again too soon, or everyone will start
getting suspicious. I get in some good shots, as does he, before he
pulls me close enough so we can talk again.

“Watch out for Brent
Sutter. He’s bad news man, real bad news. Word on the street is
that he fucked your woman, and when she went back to you, he
re-instated the bounty on her head.”

“Fucking bastard. He
kissed
Jade, and she
told him no, but let him keep his job.”

“He doesn’t need
that job, and that’s all I can tell you.”

“Thanks. Now fight
me.”

We break apart, and
then it’s finally on. He’s gotten better because he had to in
order to survive, so we’re pretty evenly matched like we were all
those years ago. I know I’m going to win now, because I need one
win that’s just for me. Yeah, I’m helping Jade, but she’ll jump
into my arms afterward no matter what happens. I know he needs a win,
too, but this will not be his last fight.

He can sense my mood,
or maybe he backs off a little again. I don’t take time to analyze
it as he falls to the ground, and I follow him down. I get him into a
hold, and apply enough pressure to make it almost impossible for him
to keep fighting. He lasts longer than most men, but he does
eventually tap the mat.

The cage opens, and
there’s my girl, launching herself at me in her fancy dress and
all. She does make the one concession to not wrap her legs around me,
and give everyone a show, but we’re locked together. The ref tries
to pull us apart, but I only let him have my arm to raise while I
keep the rest of my body—and my mouth—plastered to Jade. She
finally pulls away, and smiles shyly at me.

“Your public wants
you too.”

“So?”

“Go on. I’ll be
right here waiting.”

“You better be.”

I kiss her once more,
and then walk around the ring. Al and I do a man hug, and then I grab
Jade’s hand and go out into the arena. I use my other hand to hold
my fist in the air as I circle the outside of the cage. I also high
five and shake hands with people until it gets to be a little too
much. Security pulls Jade away first, and I freak out when her hand
isn’t in mine. I know she can take care of herself, but I want her
next to me. I get away as quickly as possible and run to the tunnel.
She’s waiting inside for me, and I sigh in relief.

“I knew you’d be
worried,” she says as she takes my hand again.

“I was. I know you
could kick some ass, but the crowd is big, and a little crazy right
now.”

“Is it always like
this?” she asks as we walk towards the room.

“Pretty much.”

“You really are a god
to them.”

I shrug. “I guess,
but all I want is to be your boyfriend.”

“You’re the only
one who I’ve interviewed, so I guess the position’s yours.”

“Smart ass.”

“You love my ass.”

“I really, really do.
I can’t wait to get home and spank it.”

“Keep dreaming,
Soldier.”

“I won the match for
you,” I remind her as we enter into the room where all our friends
are waiting.

She stops and looks at
me, ignoring everyone else who’s around us. “You won for you,
too, right?”

“Yes, Angel. I did it
for me.”

“Good, because that’s
way more important.”

“No it’s not. Your
dad’s gym is important.”

“It’s a gym. You’re
a person. People come before things, Nate Anderson.”

“I know that. You
come before everything to me. I’m happy to take second for you.”

“Second? You’re not
second.”

“Your dad is first.”

I see her fighting to
come up with what she thinks will be the right answer. It kills me to
see her like that, so I remind her again. “Second is fine. I
promise. Your dad has to come first.”

She nods. “If your
family needed something from you, I’d be fine with second, too.”

“That’s not gonna
happen.”

“You’ve never told
me about them.”

“And I probably never
will. Are you okay with that?”

“Do I have a choice?”

“Yes. You can break
up with me.”

“You seem to always
be giving me that option. Are you sure
you
don’t want to walk?”

“I give you the
option, because you need to know that I won’t blame you if you take
it. I’m all kinds of fucked up, and you know that. I’ve already
told you that I’m staying until you kick me to the curb.”

“Well, I don’t kick
as well as I punch, so you’re safe for now.”

“Good, because I
really do need to spank that ass.” She pinches me. “Ow. What the
hell.”

“I was just waking
you up since you were obviously dreaming again.”

“You wound me.”

“Still not letting
you spank me.”

She’s saying the
words, but I can also see the desire in her eyes. So I push her a
little more. “I’d kiss it and make it better after.”

“Fine. One or two
slaps. I’m not getting into a safe word situation.”

“You’re always safe
with me.” She gives me a look. “No?”

“Cheesy.”

“You love cheese.”

“I do,” she says,
laughing and pulling me down for a kiss.

“Enough of that. We
didn’t come all this way to see the two of you making out,” Darcy
says.

“Let them be,”
Audrey admonishes her. “They’re in love. You’ll be the same way
once you find your man.”

“I’m not on the
hunt, so I’ll just continue gagging.”

I love Darcy, and not
just because she’s as cynical as me. Well, maybe it’s a little
bit because of that. She’s my closest female friend of the group,
because we both had the kind of childhoods that nightmares are made
of. We bonded over a bottle of whiskey one night, and kissed,
immediately realizing that there was nothing romantic there between
us. She’s the one I confide in if I don’t have Aiden and Matt
around, so she knows how much I’ve wanted to be with Jade. That’s
why she’s messing with me.

“Just because kissing
you made me gag, doesn’t mean you have to block my cock.”

Jade stiffens, and I
realize what I just said. Shit. “You two kissed?”

“Just once,” Darcy
tells her. “And like he said, we both gagged.”

“Oh. I didn’t know.
Um, excuse me for a minute, please.”

“It was just a kiss
after we downed a bottle of whiskey,” I tell her.

“Yet neither of you
bothered to tell me, even though you both knew that I wanted Nate to
kiss
me
.”

“You wanted him so
much that you slept with Miles Corrigan, right?” Darcy says, and I
step back.

“You and
Miles
?”
I ask loud enough to be heard over everyone.

Silence descends on the
room as I make eye contact with him. He holds my stare, almost daring
me to say something to him. I knew he slept around before Alex, and
even that he was with Tegan, but I didn’t know about Jade. Because
neither of them wanted me to know.

“You and all of
Vegas,” she responds.

“Not
all
,”
I say a little more quietly.

“Once,” she
replies. “It was once.”

“And so was our
kiss,” Darcy reminds her.

“Go away, Darce. I’ll
see you later.”

“Nate.”

“We’re good,” I
say, turning to her and giving her a hug. “Thank you for coming out
here, and supporting me. You know you’re my best girl friend.”

“Yeah, well, your
girlfriend
isn’t
feeling too friendly towards me right now.”

“No, I’m really
not.”

This is going downhill
fast, and I don’t know how to stop it. I’m not sure I could if I
tried. They need to have this out on their own. I step back, but stay
close enough to hear the conversation. No one else is even daring to
approach them, not even Ellie.

Jade

“Do we need to go to
Reina?”

“I don’t know, do
we? Because I’m not the one who started this.”

“Sleeping with Miles
is much bigger than one drunken kiss. He needed to know.”

“If he’d been
paying attention back then, he’d already know. I didn’t keep it a
secret, and I’m not ashamed.”

“I never said you
should be.”

“How long?”

“How long, what?”

“How long have you
wanted Nate?”

She laughs, actually
full out laughs in my face. “You’re so far off base, Jade. Nate
is my friend, my
best
friend. But that’s all it is. I really did get grossed out when we
kissed. I
will
defend
him against you and anyone else, but not in a romantic way.”

Nate didn’t step in,
and I’m glad for that when I take a deep breath, and pull Darcy
into a hug. “Thank you for being a good friend to him.”

Darcy hugs me back.
“I’m your friend, too. I just had to keep my distance while he
was being an idiot where you were concerned.”

“I understand, but
now that’s not an issue anymore.”

“I can see that, and
so can everyone else,” she says with a smirk. “I’m about to
start my mission, but when I get back, we should hang out or
something.”

“Definitely. And
thank you for looking out for my dad. That should’ve been the first
thing I said to you.”

“He’s a cool guy.
He’ll be glad to see you, though.”

She leans up to kiss
Nate on the cheek, and then walks away with a wave. I spend the rest
of the night keeping glued to his side as we talk and party with our
friends. Miles looks him in the eye as he shakes his hand, and then
he pulls Alex tight against him. It’s his way of letting Nate know
that there’s nothing to worry about. He honestly shouldn’t even
be entertaining the idea that he has something to worry about, but
I’m glad that Miles is putting it out there anyway. I give him a
big smile, and he nods at me.

When we get home, Nate
backs me up against the door with my hands above my head as he takes
my mouth. “I’ve been thinking about you and
this
all night.”

“You already had me
once.”

“You know damn well
that once is never enough. And now that training is over, I don’t
think I’ll have enough of you until I pass out.”

“Promises, promises.”

“Have I ever
disappointed you?” he asks as he rubs his thigh against me.

“No. But there’s
always a first time.”

“You don’t really
believe that, do you?”

He lips are on my neck
and his thigh is rubbing me in just the right rhythm. We both know
it’s going to be explosive, but I’m not sure I’m ready to admit
that yet. “Maybe I do.”

He applies more
pressure with his thigh, and is sucking my neck hard enough to leave
a mark. When he lets go of my hands to slip his fingers into both the
top and bottom of my dress, I know I’m done. I’ll admit anything
in about a minute, and we both know it.

“I’m going to make
you come with my fingers right now, so you can allow yourself to
admit how good I am at what I do to you.”

“Arrogant,” I say
on a sigh as his fingers start working their magic.

“And true. Which is
why you’re going over my knee after you come. That’s probably
going to make you come again, even though you don’t want to admit
that either.”

“Then what? Oh God.”

“That’s right,
Angel. Keep soaking my fingers so I can lick them clean.”

“After, Nate. After?”

“After I make your
ass nice and red, I’m going to kneel you down on the bottom stairs
and fuck you nice and rough like you like it.”

“More.”

He twists his fingers
and presses on my clit. His other hand is still working my nipple,
and he sucks hard enough on my neck again to leave another mark. I’m
actively riding his fingers now as my back bangs into the door. It’s
not long until I’m screaming his name, and begging him for his
cock. Yes, I honestly begged him for it. There’s absolutely no
shame left in my game. None.

* * *

Nate

I loved making Jade
come with my fingers, while I marked her neck, but now it’s time
for me to mark that perfect ass of hers. I carry her into the living
room, and sit down on the couch. She turns, and lays across my knees
before I even have to say anything. Damn, that’s hot.

“Take off your thong,
Angel,” I tell her as I let her watch me lick my fingers.

She pushes her dress up
and pulls that little scrap of satin down her legs as I savor the
taste of her on my tongue. I’m going to have to have a full taste
later, but this appetizer is more than enough to keep me going for
now.

“Can I touch you
while you do it? While you spank me?”

Oh fuck yeah. “I’d
like that.”

She slides her hand
into my sweat pants as I run my hand softly over her cheeks. As she
starts to stroke, I place two fingers in her with one hand, and smack
her ass with the other. She arches her back, and my fingers get wet.
Her stroking gets faster.

“Look at me,” I
say, removing my fingers as she whimpers. I let her watch me suck
them into my mouth.

“Stop teasing me,
Nate.”

“Later. There’s no
way I’m not feasting on your pussy tonight. I promise you that.”

Hours later when we’re
both satisfied and relaxed, I’ve done all I’ve promised, and
more. She’s been a willing participant, and even begged me to spank
her again while she was riding me. I’ve been thoroughly sucked and
fucked into a state past oblivion. We both have.

“I concede. You are
always
amazing,
Soldier.”

“I have the perfect
muse. Who likes to be spanked.”

“Only by you.”

“As it should be.”

“I’m not sure I’ll
be able to sit comfortably for the rest of the week, though.”