Craving Forbidden (Craving Series Book 8)

by Crave Publishing

  “Don’t move, Kacey, or I’ll tie you down to the bed.” His voice sounded deeper, controlled, and gave her the impression that he wouldn’t abide anything but her complete submission. The thought of Carter controlling her every move, her every desire, made her hot. She nodded her agreement and he continued to slowly strip her. After he removed her jeans, he pulled her flannel shirt up over her head, not fussing with the buttons. The desire that shone in his eyes was as clear as was his love for her. How had she missed that before?

  She lay there, in just her panties, since she didn’t bother with her bra after her shower, and she couldn’t get enough of the way he stared at her. He was a wolf surveying his prey and she couldn’t wait for him to eat her up.

  “You are so fucking beautiful, Kacey.” He pulled her up to his body, kneeling over her, he drove his tongue into her mouth, devouring her with hard, wet kisses. He sucked and nipped his way down her body. Carter sucked her taut nipple into his hot mouth, lapping up her flesh like a man who was starving. He palmed and tugged her other nipple, pulling a long deep moan from her. He had stoked a fire in her that had started as tiny embers of hope. Now, she wanted everything that he was promising to give her, including his love.

  He moved down her body, pulling her panties down her legs as he went. He parted her legs and growled as he ducked his head in to lick her drenched opening. “Mine,” he moaned as he sucked her clit into his mouth, causing her to buck off the bed.

  “Stay still, baby. I’m going to eat your sweet pussy, and then I’m going to fuck you until you’re screaming my name.” He spread her legs wide, licking and sucking her pussy into his hot mouth.

  “Oh God,” she moaned. He laughed against her sensitive folds, sending shock waves through her system. She was so damn close to coming, she just needed a little more. Carter seemed to read her mind, slipping two fingers into her tight opening, finding the spot that set her off. He sucked her clit back into his mouth and she completely lost control. This time, he didn’t stop when she started shamelessly rubbing her drenched pussy against his face.

  “That’s right, baby, take what you need.” He continued to lave up her wet folds until she lay breathless and limp, wrung out from the best orgasm that she had ever had.

  “Don’t move, honey. I’ll be right back.” She wanted to tell him that she couldn’t move, even if he wanted her to. She heard him rustling around her living room, and when he came back into the room, he was smiling ear to ear.

  “That smile scares me, Carter. What do you have planned?” He chuckled and flipped her over to her stomach. “I need for you to face the corner, on your knees with your hands on the bedpost.” She hesitated but knew that she could trust him, so she did as he commanded. He handcuffed her to the post and then stood in front of her. He looked her up and down, as if admiring his work. What a sight she must have been—still high from her last orgasm, hair a mess, kneeling on the corner of the bed while handcuffed to the post. Judging from Carter’s impressive erection, he approved of what he saw. She watched as he stripped out of his boxer briefs and t-shirt. The man’s body was everything that she dreamed it would be. She always loved his broad shoulders, but the boy she remembered seeing with his shirt off had turned into one fine looking man. He must work out because he was hard muscle and even had a six pack. Her gaze stopped with his erection, jutting out toward her, and she couldn’t help her gasp. Carter laughed, wrapping his hands around his cock, stroking it a few times. She loved the way his head fell back, enjoying the sensations of rubbing himself while she watched. It was hot.

  “Are you ready, baby? I’m not going to be gentle. Tell me now if you want me to stop.”

  She shook her head. “Don’t stop, Carter. I need you inside of me.” He smiled and rounded the bed, slipping in behind her. His hands and mouth were everywhere. He smacked her ass, causing her to yelp, and then dipped his hand down into her wet folds. She pushed back against him and he slapped her ass again, this time with a little more heat. “Still,” he warned.

  She mewled and nodded her head, she wanted to feel him everywhere. She felt him nudge her opening with his cock and she gasped again. How he was going to fit completely inside her, she never knew.

  “Don’t worry, baby, we’ll fit.” Carter was developing quite the mind reading techniques. Maybe it was the fact that he knew her since she was a child, or maybe it was that they were just meant to be together. He swatted her ass again. “Where did you just go, Kacey?” God, he read her like a book.

  “I was just thinking that we are meant to be together.” She moaned as he plucked both of her nipples with his fingers, grinding his erection into her ass.

  “Damn right we are,” he hissed in her ear. “You’re mine, Kacey. Say that you are mine.” He didn’t need to ask twice, Kacey felt with every ounce of her being that she was his.

  “I’m yours, Carter.” He snaked his arms around her body, pulling her ass back to be seated on his erection. He thrust deep into her, completely filling her body and soul. They both moaned their pleasure as he began to move her up and down his shaft, pumping in and out of her.

  “Fuck, you feel so good, Kace.” He pinched her nipple, almost sending her over the edge again. She could feel that he was close to his release and she wanted to be with him.

  “I need more, Carter, please.” He reached down between her thighs to find her clit, gently rubbing the pad of his finger against the sensitive nub. “Yes,” she hissed, throwing her head back onto his shoulder. Within seconds, she was screaming out her release, as Carter groaned against her neck. He whispered her name, telling her how much he loved her, and she couldn’t think of anything more perfect than finally being wrapped up in the arms of the man she loved.

  Carter pulled Kacey into his arms after unlocking her handcuffs, noticing that they left marks. He rubbed her wrists, kissing where the cuffs dug into her skin. “I’m so sorry, baby. I didn’t realize that I made them too tight. Kacey looked at her wrists, examining the marks, and he waited for her anger, but it never came. She shrugged and pulled him in for a kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.

  He pulled away from her, wanting to take care of her wounds. “Kace, I need to disinfect your wrists and bandage them. I don’t want them to get infected. I’m so sorry I wasn’t more careful.”

  Kacey shook her head, “It’s not a big deal, Carter, they don’t hurt.”

  “Maybe I should have been gentler our first time together. We should have gotten to know each other more before I broke out the handcuffs.” Carter was mentally beating himself up for not taking better care of Kacey. They should have started simply and worked their way up to the kink that he liked. What if she didn’t like it? What if she wanted out of, well, whatever this was between them?

  Kacey straddled his lap, framing his face with her delicate hands. “Carter, I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I know that it’s not good. You didn’t do anything wrong. You didn’t do anything I didn’t like. Hell, I loved everything that you did to me, with me. I love you, Carter.” He gently kissed her lips, pulling her tighter into his body to wrap his arms around her.

  “That was the first time that you said you love me. I like it.” Carter held her in his arms and knew that he finally had everything he ever wanted, wrapped up in one petite fireball. He was completely in love with Kacey and had been for years. He wanted everything with her, he wanted forever.

  “Well, I guess it’s about time, since I’ve been in love with you since I was about twelve.” She giggled against his body and his cock sprang back to life. “Do you remember how I used to follow you and Sam around all the time?”

  He laughed. “Yep, you were like our shadow. At first, I thought it was pretty damn annoying. But when we were in high school, I liked the way you watched me when you thought I wasn’t looking. It was fucking hot.”

  “So, now what? We love each other, but what if that’s not enough? What if I’m not enough?” Kacey tried to pull away from him, but he wasn’t having i
t. He tightened his hold, taking a deep breath. He knew that his demands could be intimidating, but Kacey would always be enough for him.

  “Kace, you don’t have anything to worry about. You are everything to me; you will always be enough.”

  “I need to know what you want from me. I need to know everything, Carter. What do you like, you know, sexually?” Carter rhythmically stroked Kacey’s back. He really didn’t want to have this conversation right now. He had a feeling Kacey wasn’t going to let this go, so now was as good a time as any.

  “I like what we did tonight.” He laid back in Kacey’s bed, pulling her down on top of his body. She snuggled in after pulling a quilt up over them.

  “I liked what we did tonight too.” She giggled.

  “Thank fuck. I was worried I was too rough. I like to be in charge, you know, tell you what to do and how.” She nodded her head against his chest. “I’d also like to spank you.” This got Kacey’s attention. She leaned up on her elbow to look at him. Her smile was radiant; she was so beautiful, she nearly took his breath away. He brushed a strand of her blonde hair back from her face, wanting to see how she felt about his suggestion.

  “You mean like you did to me tonight? I liked that too.” She pulled Carter’s hand to her mouth and kissed his palm.

  “No,” he explained. “I mean that I’d like to pull you across my lap, naked, and spank you.” Kacey gasped and studied him wide-eyed. God, he could feel his face heat and he knew he was blushing like a fourteen-year-old boy. Kacey did that to him, turned him into a shy adolescent just wanting to win the heart of the prettiest girl in school.

  “We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to, Kace. I would never want you to give me something that you don’t want.” He pulled her back down onto his body and she cuddled back into his hold. They laid there like that for so long, that he thought she might have fallen to sleep.

  “I’d like to try now,” she whispered, “You know—spanking.” His heart beat so fast, he thought it was going to beat out of his chest.

  “Be sure, Kace, I don’t want you to regret it later. We don’t have to rush into this, we can take our time.” She rolled on top of him and aligned their bodies so that they were face to face.

  “It’s now or never, Cavanaugh, are you coming with, or are you a chicken?” She rolled away from him, standing on the side of the bed with her hand extended, waiting for him to make the next move. He reluctantly took her hand and stood to follow her to her living room. He made his way to the sofa and sat down, wincing when the cold leather met his bare skin. He patted his thighs, and Kacey took her cue, laying naked over his legs, presenting her perfect pear-shaped ass to him.

  “You sure about this, baby? You can still tell me no.” He rubbed her ass and she moaned. This seemed to be turning her on, he could feel the heat from her pussy when she pressed her folds against his thighs.

  “I’m sure. I want you to do this to me.” He felt her whole body relax and knew that she was with him.

  “If you want me to stop, just say ‘stop.’” She nodded, and he raised his palm, landing the first smack on her fleshy cheek. She moaned as he rubbed where he left his mark. “You still good, honey?”

  “Yes, Carter. I want more.” She pressed her slick folds against his thighs and he smacked her ass on the other side, leaving a new mark.

  “Stay still, Kacey. I’ll take care of you. That’s my job.” She whimpered, lowering her ass, giving him back control over her body’s needs. He smacked her ass four more times, each time rubbing the pain until she moaned from desire burning her flesh. He dipped his finger into her drenched folds to find that she was just as turned on by the whole scene as he was.

  “Damn, baby, that’s so hot.” She moaned as he withdrew his fingers and smacked her ass two more times.

  Suddenly, her front door swung open and Sam filled the door frame. “Hey guys, she’s not…” He froze halfway through the door, “What the fuck is going on here? What are you doing to my sister?” Sam looked horrified and Kacey screamed, squirming to get up from Carter’s lap. He found a blanket that she kept on the back of her sofa to cover her with.

  “Turn the fuck around, Sam,” Carter shouted.

  Sam turned to face the wall, but the damage was done. Kacey ran to her bedroom and slammed the door, leaving Carter trying to figure out how the whole day went sideways so quickly.

  Kacey could hear her brother yelling at Carter and it took everything in her to pull herself together. She wanted to run back out there and tell Sam that he shouldn’t just barge into her apartment, but the looks of hurt and disappointment that shown on his face nearly did her in. She couldn’t stand knowing that she hurt him and caused a rift between Sam and Carter. That was the last thing she wanted, and the whole reason why she stayed away from Sam’s best friend all these years. Now, here they all were—her locked in her bedroom and the two men she cared most about in the world, yelling at each other in the next room. She pulled on her clothes and pulled her hair back. Looking in the mirror, she knew that she needed to wash her face, wipe her tears, and go out there to put a stop to all the damn fighting. She also needed to convince Carter that the afternoon that they had just spent together was a gigantic mistake. She never meant for any of this to happen. She was in love with Carter, that much she knew, but was it worth the trouble that their relationship would cause?

  “She’s not yours, stop saying that!” Sam had a very naked Carter pinned up against the wall and he looked like he wanted to tear him apart.

  “I’m in love with her, Sam. She’s mine, and I’m not letting her go.” Carter looked just as fierce as Sam, and Kacey knew she had to put an end to all of this before someone got hurt.

  “Sam, let Carter go so he can at least put some pants on. You two need to remember that you’re best friends and stop all of this nonsense.” Kacey held her breath, hoping that she could be the voice of reason that would calm them both down.

  “Sam,” she warned, “I need to talk to Carter alone.” Her brother blew out a breath and released Carter, who followed her to the bedroom. As soon as the door shut, he pulled her into his arms. She didn’t want to go so willingly, but being held by him felt so right.

  She sighed against his bare skin. “Carter, we can’t do this.” She felt his whole body stiffen and she knew he understood what ‘this’ entailed.

  “Baby, you’re just upset right now. Give everyone some time to cool off and you’ll see, everything will be all right.” God, she wanted to believe him. She knew that sooner or later everyone would calm down and they would find a new normal, but would that be fair to Carter and Sam? They had been the closest of friends since they were eight years old, how could she put herself in the middle of their friendship? She felt so selfish, only thinking about what she wanted and needed from Carter, that she forgot about her own brother’s feelings.

  “We can’t do this. I can’t be what you want me to be. God, Carter—I’m so in love with you this is ripping me in two, but I won’t come between you and Sam.” She tried to pull herself free from his hold, but he held her tightly to his body. She gently kissed his cheek, “Please let me go.” Carter looked conflicted, torn between what he wanted and what he knew was right.

  “I love you, Kace. He’ll always be my best friend, but I can’t let what he wants dictate my desire for you, that won’t change.” He released her, and she felt his loss instantly.

  She knew that she couldn’t stand around and watch as he dressed and left, it would completely break her heart. She walked out into her living room, straight past her brother, who still refused to look at her. She grabbed her coat and purse, pulling on her winter boots. “I’m going to the grocery store, I want you both out of my apartment before I get back.” Neither of them said a word or tried to stop her. She opened her front door and trudged out into the cold, knee-deep snow. She was going to walk the two blocks to the store to give herself some time to cool down and think. She was pretty sure that she’d have to walk clear
across the country to have enough time to do either.

  Pulling on his clothes, Carter couldn’t decide what his next move should be, but he knew that he couldn’t leave things the way they were with Sam. He needed to convince his best friend that he was in love with Kacey, not just fucking her. He walked into Kacey’s living room and Sam sunk down into her sofa. He looked completely defeated, and now that Carter took a better look at his friend, exhausted.

  “Man, you look like shit! How’s Em?” Sam shook his head, running his fingers through his unruly hair.

  “She’s fine. Not in labor, just a false alarm. They sent her home and told her to rest. We’re still doing dinner tonight because my wife is just as stubborn as the rest of the people in my life. I’m ordering pizza. You still coming over?” Carter laughed and clapped Sam on his back. He just walked in on Carter spanking his little sister and he was still inviting him to dinner?

  “How about we talk first and then you can decide if you still want me to come to dinner.” Sam nodded, but Carter could see by his expression that he wasn’t quite ready to talk about what he walked in on.

  “I’m sorry that you had to see all of that, Sam. But I need for you to know that I’m in love with her. I want Kacey forever, not just an afternoon.”

  Sam growled, and Carter gave him a minute. He was lucky that his friend hadn’t already pounded him for what he found him doing to Kacey.

  “I know this all seems sudden, Sam. But, honestly, I’ve been in love with Kacey for years. I just didn’t know how to tell you. Every time you caught on, you made me recite that fucking bro code oath. I tried to keep my hands off her, really, man, I did. But then I saw her column from today, and I knew that if I didn’t take my chance with Kacey, I might never get another one.”

  “Her column?” Sam must not have read Kacey’s article. Carter pulled out his phone and found where he saved it and showed it to Sam. As he read his sister’s words about unrequited love and how she had been in love with Carter for years, and would always consider him the ‘one who got away,’ his demeanor seemed to change.