by L. P. Dover
As Alec and I were kissing at the bar, the girl dropped the pill in my drink and hurriedly sauntered off. I remembered the other girl huffing and scampering off when I put the moves on Alec in front of her, but I had no clue there was someone behind us.
“Were they working together?” I asked curiously. “I still don’t understand why they would’ve spiked my drink.”
Detective Michaels turned off the video and took a seat. “We think they were put up to it by someone, but they left the bar together and were never seen with anyone else. We’ll investigate further, except as of right now we have nothing to go on. I’ll keep you posted on what we find, but for now, just be careful. You have a habit of getting yourself into trouble.”
“Not by choice,” I groaned.
Feeling disappointed, I tried my best to be understanding, but I wanted to know who drugged me and why. Before leaving, I gave Detective Michaels a hug good-bye and said, “Thank you for all your help. Keep me informed if anyone finds out anything.”
“I will, Ms. Chase. Stay safe out there. I don’t like the fact that this is twice now in two years that you’ve been targeted. It seems a little odd to me.” Yes, it did seem odd, I thought. I guess I just have shitty luck.
When the meeting was over, we all went out to lunch at Macado’s and then back to the apartment minus Kristian. He wasn’t happy with me at the moment, and I hoped that he would come around soon. I didn’t want anything coming between us.
“Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” my sister asked.
“Yes, I’ll be fine.” I smiled to reassure her.
She hugged me hard and kissed my cheek. “Please come home sometime. I told Alec to drag you down and for him to come along. The girls would love to see you.”
I nodded. “I know, and I will … soon.”
Kimberly hugged Emily and Alec, and said her good-byes before getting into her van and driving off. My throat closed up at watching her go, but I held back the tears. I missed my family, especially my parents.
Alec put his arm around my shoulders and placed a kiss on my temple. “Why don’t we take it easy tonight and watch a movie? Does that sound good?”
Wrapping my arms around his waist, I laid my head on his chest. “Sounds great,” I mumbled, breathing him in. “Except, I get to pick out the movie.” Groaning, Alec let me go and I laughed. “Don’t worry, it’ll be one you like, I promise,” I assured him.
“I highly doubt that. Women have shitty taste in movies.”
Crossing my arms over my chest, I glared at him. “You wanna bet.”
“Well, then tell me what you had in mind.”
“Let’s see …” I began, biting my lip. “It happens to be one of my favorite movies, and since you like surfing I thought it was quite fitting.”
His eyes widened and he grinned. “If you say Point Break then I think I’m in love with you. It’s one of the best movies of all time.”
“See.” I smiled. “We have something in common, and besides, Patrick Swayze is so freaking hot in this movie.”
Rolling his eyes, Alec kissed me on the lips and whispered in my ear, his breath on my neck making me shiver. “I’m sure we have plenty of things in common, Marissa. You just need to let me show you.”
I whispered back, “I look forward to it.”
Two weeks had come and gone, and there were no leads from the police on who the girls were that had slipped me the roofie. I was starting to think they’d never be found.
“You look deep in thought this morning. What’s on your mind, baby?” Alec whispered sleepily.
Exhausted, I snuggled deeper into the covers and closer to him, feeling the warmth of his body. We had a long night of studying, and I was wiped out. Since exams were coming up, I told him in order for him to spend time with me he had to help me study. I was rewarded when I answered all the questions right. My reward was in the form of his naked body all over mine.
“I guess everything’s on my mind like exams, the summer … you.”
For the past two weeks I’d spent every night with him, and each day he was opening up to me more and more. Even though he still kept his dark secrets hidden, he was slowly getting comfortable with confiding in me on other levels. We talked about our fears, what we liked and disliked, and about where we were from. I laughed when he told me his favorite snack food was gummie bears. It wasn’t what I was expecting from him at all.
Even staring at him with that gorgeous smile on his face, naked and completely aroused in his bed, I couldn’t believe I used to think he was nothing more than a cocky bastard. There was so much more to him than I thought.
Alec bit his lip and slowly ran his finger down my bare arm, sliding the covers off of me in the process. “Ah, I like that you think about me,” he teased. “You’re always on my mind.” He’d proven that fact countless times and made sure to show me again by digging his rock hard cock into my stomach.
I giggled at his tenacity. “I have to be in class in thirty minutes, Alec. You can wait until tonight, can’t you?”
“No,” he stated forcefully, shaking his head. “It’s not easy waiting when you’re lying in my bed naked right in front of me. Why don’t you skip classes today? You’re ready for your exams, and you said the other day that all your professors are doing is reviewing. They don’t even take attendance.”
He had me on that one.
“You’re a bad influence on me, you know that,” I chided.
Alec smiled, but it quickly disappeared and was replaced with worry. “Please, Marissa. There’s a lot I want to tell you before things go further, things you know I haven’t wanted to tell you. I didn’t expect things to get this far between us.”
“So you thought you could keep your secrets, is that it?” Honestly, I didn’t expect things to get that far between us either. I guess I couldn’t blame him.
Alec looked away and sighed. “Yes, but things changed. I need you to know now, so please say you’ll stay and let me explain.”
Somberly, I nodded and made my choice. “Okay,” I muttered softly, “I’ll stay. I just need to call Kristian and tell him not to meet me.”
When I reached for my phone it lit up with an incoming call. Well, speak of the devil. It was Kristian.
“Hi, Kris,” I answered brightly, making Alec stiffen beside me. He hated my relationship with Kristian, but I told him that he was a part of my life and that wasn’t going to change.
“Hey, Mare.” He sounded happy, which was a good thing. Ever since he had that fight with Natalie he’d been angry and very testy.
“Is everything okay?” I asked.
He chuckled, and I smiled at hearing it. “Everything’s great. I wanted to tell you I won’t be going to class today.”
“Slacker,” I teased, even though I wasn’t going either.
“I know, I know, but I wanted to tell you why. Last night, Natalie and I talked and we’re going to work things out. I’m flying to meet her in Boston.”
“Oh, Kristian, that’s great,” I squealed. “I’m so happy for you. You’ll both work it out, I know it. When will you be back?”
“I’ll be back late Sunday night. I’ll call you and let you know how everything goes.”
I could practically feel his happiness through the phone. If he worked things out with Natalie it would definitely take the strain off our relationship.
“Sounds great, Kristian. Have fun and be safe.”
“Will do, Mare. You too.”
He hung up and I laid back down on the bed. Alec visibly relaxed beside me. “Thank God,” he muttered sarcastically. “Maybe now he’ll get over you once he gets laid. I was seriously thinking he was going to be a problem.”
Honestly, I did too, but I was glad he was getting back together with his girlfriend. “He won’t be a problem anymore,” I said, straddling his waist, surprising him. “You have nothing to worry about.”
Alec’s cock grew harder between my bare legs, and I rubbed my slick cleft up and do
wn it, drawing a strangled moan from his lips.
“Christ, Marissa,” he growled.
I bent down and kissed him greedily. “I think the only problem we have right now is you not being inside me.”
Alec grabbed my hips and squeezed. “If I’m not mistaken I think it’s my turn to pick the position. You had your way last night, so now it’s mine.”
To make things interesting we both decided a few days ago that each time we had sex we’d take turns having our way with each other. I rocked him hard the night before, riding the backwards cowgirl position while rolling his balls in my hand. It was the first time I’d ever tried that position, but it seemed to tear him apart.
Alec reached up and grabbed my breasts, pinching my nipples lightly. “I want you on your stomach,” he demanded.
“Don’t you have to go to your aunt’s house? You usually go first thing in the mornings.”
He lifted up his head and took my nipple into his mouth, sucking hard. “Yes, I usually do, but I’ve decided to take the day off. I was due for one anyway.” He grasped me by the waist and flung me down on my back, covering my body with his. “So right now, baby, I have to have you or I won’t be able to concentrate until I do.”
I laughed. “You have a problem, you know that?”
He flicked his tongue over my nipple and slowly moved up, grazing his teeth along my neck, biting me gently. “Yes, I know,” he whispered gruffly in my ear. “I want you on your stomach, now.”
His eyes smoldered with an intense flame that had me heated to the core. Alec could be so playful outside the bedroom, but once he was in, it was all heat and no play. He rolled over onto the bed and stared at me expectantly waiting for me to comply with his demand.
Slowly, I moved onto my stomach, and turned my head so I could stare back at him. He trailed his finger from my cheek, and slowly down my back to my thigh. The chill bumps cascaded over my body and he smiled. “I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of that. I love watching you shiver from my touch.”
Alec caressed my inner thigh and slowly moved higher to test how turned on I was by slipping his fingers inside me from behind. Moaning, I grabbed ahold of the wooden headboard and held on while he thrust his fingers inside me. My breaths fell in tune to his thrusts and I thought I’d hyperventilate from the rapid pace. It felt so amazingly good.
“You’re so tight this way. I love it,” he murmured, slowly slipping his fingers out. He fetched a condom from the bedside dresser drawer, and I heard him open it and slide it on. Alec pushed my legs apart and grabbed me by the hips, lifting my ass up in the air.
“Lift up on your elbows,” he commanded smoothly, stroking my nub with his finger.
As soon as I lifted up, he lowered himself onto my back and pushed inside me with one intense thrust. “Ah,” I cried out, not expecting the ache from him being so far in my depths.
He froze. “Did I hurt you?” he asked, and lightly pulled back my hair so he could see my face.
I shook my head. “No, just keep going. You feel amazing.”
He groaned and continued on with his pounding thrusts from behind, rocking my body back and forth. He had one arm holding him up, and with the other he massaged my breasts, rolling around my sensitive nipples. I cried out and that only spurred him on more.
Alec’s ragged breaths sounded enticingly erotic in my ear, and when he bit down on my lobe and sucked it greedily it was almost my undoing.
“I can feel you clenching all around me. So tight …”
He reached around me to rub my clit, circling around it. I cried out again and leaned my head back so I could look at him over my shoulder.
“Alec,” I choked out. “I’m so close.”
“That’s right, baby, let it go for me. I want to hear you cry out when I make you come.” He continued his deep rhythm as he pounded inside me.
As my orgasm started to send me over the edge, I grabbed Alec’s hand and moved it to my breast and squeezed. Knowing what I wanted, he took over. I loved it when he touched my breasts. He pinched and rolled my nipple hard while I screamed out my release.
“Alec,” I cried, just as my orgasm heightened.
“Fuck … Marissa!”
After two more hard thrusts, he jerked with his release and collapsed on top of me, sweaty and breathless. My arms gave out underneath me, so I was smashed into the bed with his weight on top of me. My muscles quivered and I couldn’t move.
Alec sure was giving my body a good workout these days. Gently, he pulled out of me and I heard him slide off the condom. I still couldn’t move, so he grabbed me by the shoulder and rolled me over.
“Did I work you out that hard?” he teased.
Testing my arms, I lifted them and winced at the burn in my muscles. I turned to peer into his amused blue gaze. “Well, when we do it every day it can begin to wear on you. Not that I’m complaining or anything. The sex is really nice.”
“Really nice?” he repeated dryly. “How nice of you to say that.”
He pursed his lips and tried to look offended, but failed. I rolled my eyes and gave in. “Okay, fine. The sex is freaking amazing. It’s absolutely the best sex I’ve ever had.”
That had him smiling that delicious smile of his.
Leaning over, Alec took my face in his hands before laying a gentle kiss on my lips. “You are amazing, Marissa. Promise me you’ll still stay with me once I tell you everything.” His eyes were pleading, worried. I’d never really gave much thought to how bad his secrets could actually be.
My face fell, and I couldn’t shake the nervous tremor that racked my body. “Is it really that bad?” I asked.
He shrugged. “It’s hard to say, but all I know is that I don’t want to lose what we have here. It’s the first real relationship I’ve had. I never thought I’d be able to experience it, and now that I have I don’t want to let you go. You’re the light to my endless world of dark.”
In my mind, I felt like I could withstand anything he was about to tell me, but I couldn’t stop the fear from creeping in. I was falling for the guy against my better judgment, but I desperately wanted to keep my heart at a distance. Especially, since I was moving away in a couple of months.
“Why do you look so sad?” he asked nervously.
Biting my lip, I shrugged and released a heavy sigh. “I’m not sad. I just don’t know how far to go with you. The more time we spend together the harder it is to keep my distance. I love the sex, and like I said before it’s amazing, but I was thinking the same as you. I didn’t think it would go as far as it has, and to be honest, I don’t know if I’m prepared for it.”
Alec was taken aback. “After everything that’s happening between us do you still want to distance yourself?”
I’d never felt the amount of passion and lust for someone like I did with Alec. Could it lead to love someday? I was sure it could.
Gazing into his forlorn eyes, I explained, “I’m scared, Alec. What we have is intense and it’s something I’ve never experienced before, but I’m leaving in a couple of months. Falling for you is just going to make it harder for me to go.”
Alec’s saddened and guarded eyes took a complete turn and his lips curled up into a wolfish grin. He caught me off guard by rolling on top of me, and possessed my lips in a brutal kiss. Immediately, I took to him, forgetting everything I just said and let him claim me, falling into a trance.
He growled in my ear. “Well, then… I’m just going to make it harder on you. It’s too late, Marissa. No matter where you go or what you do it’s too late.”
The fire inside me burned hotter, and my heart swelled and opened up another inch. “Too late?” I asked, even though I knew what he was going to say. “Too late for what?”
He caressed both of my cheeks and stared deeply into my eyes. “It’s too late because I’ve already fallen for you, Marissa … hard. It’s too late to go back for me.”
My mind said he was wrong, that it was never too late to turn back, but I had the
sinking suspicion my heart was telling me a different story. It was also too late for me.
I left Alec’s to take a quick shower and change into some comfortable clothes. Alec wanted to go hiking later, so I wore a pair of black yoga pants and a green performance tee, except he wanted to have the ‘talk’ with me first before we did anything.
Grabbing my juice and cereal bar, I traipsed down the stairs to his floor. His door was unlocked, so I walked right on in to the delicious aroma of bacon and eggs. Alec smiled when I walked in, but scowled at what I had in my hands.
“Uh … you can put that garbage away. You’re going to need your energy today, and that shit isn’t going to cut it.”
“Hey, it’s been working fine for me for the past five years,” I added dryly. I laid my breakfast on the bar and watched Alec place a heaping amount of food onto a plate.
Alec chuckled and held out a plate of bacon, eggs, and grits for me to take. “Eat up so we can get this day going.”
“Why are you so bossy?” I huffed, taking the plate from him.
With a smirk on his face, he muttered, “Because I’ve never had anyone talk back to me as much as you.”
Exasperated, I shook my head and sat down at the table. “Well, get used to it, Mr. Holden, because it’s most likely not going to change.”
He sat down across from me and grinned. “I sure hope not. I kind of like it.”
We ate our breakfast, me more quickly than Alec, which I was sure was a stalling tactic. While I cleaned the dishes, he sat on the couch and fired up his laptop. “What are you doing over there?” I called out from the kitchen.
He sighed and peered over at me. “I’m bookmarking all the sites you’ll need to see when I start explaining things to you.” That didn’t sound good. What kind of sites was he talking about?
“Oh,” I said softly, drying off my hands.
Alec patted the couch cushion and motioned me over. Nervously, he asked, “Are you ready to see the skeletons in my closet? I guess I can’t hide forever.”