by Ann King
“Not asking you out when we first met,” I answered quietly. I had no idea where that came from. But it was what was on my mind? I said it more softly than I had anticipated. I’d hoped that she would not probe, either. But I could tell by that deer-in-the-headlight look she was giving me that she was as equally stunned at my answer as I was of her answer.
“Um…I…” Kate looked astonished. God, her cheeks flushed like fifty shades of red or something. I resisted the sudden urge to grin. Of course, it wasn’t really that funny. It was, after all, the truth, wasn’t it?
I knew she really wanted to probe further but…too bad. Like I said, two could play her game. This Truth or Dare thing was turning out to be more intriguing than I’d imagined.
Let’s put it all out there, Katie. Let’s see where all of this leads.
Kate drew in a deep breath. I could not keep from gazing intently into her soft brown eyes. God, she looked so adorable.
It was just Kate and me in the back of my SUV.
Alone.
Together.
The only sound between us at the moment was silence. I wondered if she could hear the heavy beats of my heart. The only sound outside was the roaring gusts of wind and occasional pitter patter of the snow pellets hitting the windows of the vehicle. It was dark outside. The visibility was almost zero. Just blowing snow everywhere under the overcast sky. No sign of help for miles. We could be here forever. Who really knew? Inside the car the temperature started to plummet. We were almost out of gas.
“Here,” I said, pulling one of the blankets over Kate’s shoulder.
“Thanks. What about you?” she said, quietly.
Kate was genuinely concerned about me and that really went to my heart. “I’m good, thanks. I’ve got my muscles to keep me warm.” I grinned playfully and watched how she gave that cute little half-smile of hers and rolled her eyes. At least now that she was covered with the blanket she would stop shivering. And, oh, yeah…I wouldn’t have to torture myself looking at her hard as rock, erect nipples that seemed to make a shape through her snug top. I could tell the cold had gotten under her skin. Literally.
I wanted to grab her and hold her tight and share whatever body heat I had left inside me with her. Oh, if only Kate knew how I felt about her right now. I would die for her. I would die if it would spare her life. I don’t know what came over me all of a sudden. But I’d had a few flashbacks to the past, to the day we’d first met in high school. And every day after that up until this point. The moment that we would bare our souls to each other. The critical moment where we both tinkered on the edge of the unknown. We could very well die from hypothermia if rescue crews don’t find us soon. My blinkers still flashed but who the hell would be able to see us? I glanced at my phone over at the dashboard. Still no freaking signal. Was the whole city out of power right now?
“You sure you won’t be cold?” Kate murmured softly.
“I’m good,” I half-lied. I felt good being with her alone and if I had to die with anyone…I would definitely choose Kate—hands down. But I wouldn’t be good for too long as my core body temperature dropped. But I would tell that to Kate. I wouldn’t want her to worry about me like that. I was a soldier at heart. I could probably last longer than some…until the bitter end.
“What’s on your mind?” Kate asked me. I could see the spark has gone from her eyes. She looked somewhat lost. Fearful. Probably she knew that we only had so much time left before we’d freeze our butts off.
“Is that a Truth or Dare question you’re trying to sneak in?” I lifted a brow, trying to downplay how I was feeling inside and possibly lift her mood.
“Very funny,” she grinned. “I meant it. Off the record or outside the game.”
“Do you really want to know, Kate?”
“Yes,” she said so softly, I could barely hear her.
I sighed. Should I really tell her what’s on my mind. “I would like to finish what we’d just started,” I answered her in a low voice.
“You mean Truth or Dare?” she raised a brow, her voice was silky and low.
Was she being cocky or feigning innocent? Good God! If only she knew how I really felt about her right now.
“Yeah. Whatever. Truth or Dare?”
“Dare,” she answered without hesitation, tilting her head to the side.
“Kiss me.”
Kate gave me that shocked gaze again. Could her brown eyes get any larger than they already were? The answer was yes. If she could only see herself in the mirror. Her jaw fell open.
I leaned closer to her. “I think you’re supposed to meet my lips with your beautiful open mouth, Kate.”
Kate heaved a sigh. Her face was red as beet. “S-sure,” she answered with a weak attempt at sounding brave.
She leaned in closer to me now and closed her eyes. God, the aroma of her sweet perfume drove me crazy out of my mind.
I pulled away. She then opened her eyes.
“No. Not on the lips,” I chimed.
“What?” Kate’s mouth fell open again.
I proceeded to unzip my pants, my gaze holding hers.
“Fuck. No.” Kate shook her head and tried to stand up but her head hit the ceiling of the car, missing the opening of the sun roof.
“Ouch!” She yelled out.
“You okay, Kate?” I moved over to her.
“Yeah. I’m good. Let’s get back to the game.” She sat back down biting down on her lip again. God, she really turned me on when she did that. My dick was getting harder by the second but I had to control myself.
I continued to unzip exposing my dragon tattoo on my lower abs. “Kiss me there. Right below my navel. Right on the tat.”
She flushed again. I could tell she was humiliated.
“What did you think I meant, Kate?” I cocked a brow in amusement.
She rolled her eyes and lowered her head to my abs. She caught me off guard when she paused and gazed longingly at my six pack as if she’d never seen a guy ripped before.
“What’s wrong?” I asked her.
“Wow. Just…wow. I’ve never seen such beautiful art before—and wow, your six pack…you’re fit!”
“You like?”
“I love it,” she said, moving her fingers over the smooth design of the black dragon as it snaked across my abs. Her hands sent my blood soaring. Her touch was like some magical potion. As she lowered her lips to kiss my abs. I moved my hand to hold her chin up. I lowered my head to hers and pressed my lips against hers. We sucked on each other’s lips for a while then I slid my tongue inside her hot wet mouth. We French kissed the heck out of each other like starved animals, hungrily devouring each other—soft, tender, wet...erotic. My lips tingled like hell by her touch.
Before long Kate was all over me. She grabbed my shirt and pulled it all the way off.
“Whoa, there,” I grinned. “You sure you want to…?”
“It’s Truth or Dare, right? You didn’t say where I can kiss you,” she murmured into my neck. Fuck this caught me off guard and very little caught me off guard.
This was so not like Kate. Was it the chill in the van speaking.
I could not control it any longer. My erection was driving me fucking crazy out of my mind. “Oh, Kate,” I moaned as pleasure ripped through me. I pressed my lips on her neck and sucked hard before moving down on her nipples again. Before long, I had her clothes off. We didn’t seem to care that we were both naked right now. Everything came off so fast. I was on top of her in no time. Moving down on her belly button and kissing her hungrily with a soaring passion I’d never felt with any other woman.
Kate was different. She was just…beautiful inside and out.
“Let me get a condom.” My voice was so hoarse I hardly recognized it.
She nodded, breathing heavy. I moved towards the glove compartment and pulled out a box, a whole string of packaged squares with condoms inside rolled out.
“Wow, you’re prepared.” Kate propped herself up on her elbows eyein
g me, breathless.
I grinned. “I might be brave, but I ain’t no fool. I’ve always played it safe.”
She seemed to melt into a smile and a look of approval. “Good, because I want you Cory. I want all of you.” She tilted her head. I could see her round beautiful breasts in the dim light from the battery-operated emergency lantern I had in the car. She looked gorgeous. I couldn’t wait to nestle my head into her soft dark pubic hair and slide my tongue inside her wet folds. I rolled the condom over my hard dick and got back down on my knees and used my legs to spread hers open when she laid back on the carpet of the van.
“God, Kate! You’re so beautiful,” I said in a low voice, admiring her beautiful body, her precious glow and the scent of her body. “You ready?”
She nodded, biting down on her lip. She looked like a nervous kitten. “God, Kate. This isn’t the first…?”
“No,” she shot back. “I’m just…a little cold in here, that’s all.”
“Yeah. I’ll change that in a minute,” I murmured seductively. “I wish it was our first time, girl.” I didn’t know why those words came out of my mouth but it was the truth. I hated that Peter had the pleasure of having her. Period. She should have been mine from the start. I wish it was both of our first time. But what the heck! She’d be mine now and forever if I had anything to do with it.
My body pulsated with anticipation. This was the moment I’d waited for so long. To be with Kate. To bring her to a delicious orgasm like she’d never known before.
I continued to lick and kiss her body, slow and deliberate as my hands traced her beautiful curves. Her body was so warm. My blood pumped hard and fast. I wanted so badly to be deep inside her. I ran my fingers through her soft pubic hairs and watched as she writhed with pleasure. She let out a moan and my dick twitched. She loved that. Good.
“God, Kate! You’re so wet, girl,” I said, my voice low and hoarse.
She reacted by moaning and moving her body as I slid my fingers inside her wet, tight vagina. She pressed her hands on my head as I lowered my lips to her wet folds. I slid my tongue up and down then pushed inside her and she cried out.
Her body spasm turned me on. She groaned and cried in pleasure as I reached my hands up to her nipples and squeezed hard before trailing my fingers back down to her sweet pussy. Her juices tasted so sweet. God, my erection was swollen now. I fucked her with my tongue, sliding in and out as she groaned and moaned uncontrollably before she came with a shudder crying out my name.
I moved up on her and covered her body with mine. I pressed my lips to hers now. She licked her lips as if she enjoyed the taste of her own juices on my lips. “Oh, baby, you’re so sweet. You taste so good, you know that?” I moaned. She tasted fresh and clean and so damn sweet it turned me on like crazy.
I continued to suck on her neck and held her arms above her head. I spread her legs with mine and she curled her legs around my waist.
She was wet and ready for me. God, I loved her.
I grinded my hips into hers and before long, my cock slid inside her wet pussy. I was amazed at how she’d tightened around my dick. If she wasn’t a virgin—she sure wasn’t very experienced either. I’d been with enough girls to know a good pussy when I saw one. Kate was all good.
I thrust my erection inside her, pumping hard and fast crying out her name, the van was rocking to the rhythm of our sexing. The experience in this closed in space in the middle of a mad snow storm was indescribable. The body heat between us was generating enough heat to steam the car.
My balls slapped against her skin making a loud slapping sound. I loved the way she grinded her hips into my dick as I fucked her hard.
“Oh, God!!!” I cried out as my body went into a major spasm before my muscles relaxed. I was buzzing from head to toe.
We both came around the same time. How could I describe it? The pleasure between Kate and I was…explosive. Pulsations continued to ripple through my body like electricity.
Kate was the one.
I’d had many girls before her…but not like this. Kate was the one. A deep feeling of peace entered my soul being with her. Call it kismet or whatever. But we were made to be together. Crazy thought, I know.
But that was how I’d felt.
“Kate. I need you. I need you in my life, like I need air to breathe,” I whispered as I kissed her forehead and caressed her neck with my lips.
She squeezed me so tight, I felt her energy surge with mine.
“Oh, Cory,” she whispered. The temperature in the car rose again. Steam misted the windows. I enjoyed the thrill of exploring her body and bringing her pleasure. It was as if I was made for her…to make her happy. I had no other way to describe, sweet Kate. I must have been a fucking fool to have let her go years ago.
Why hadn’t I made a move on her before? Oh, yeah. I’d almost forgot. Because I was a real jerk then who was trying to figure out my life and probably wouldn’t have appreciated her then as I do now.
Sweat moistened our bodies and I reached over to grab the blanket so we wouldn’t end up catching a chill when the temperature dropped again. We’d dried ourselves off and I grabbed some wipes from the back that my aunt had left in the van and we got cleaned off.
I was so…protective over Kate. I didn’t want anything bad to happen to her. All of a sudden, I felt an overwhelming sense to always protect her. No matter what. Kate was a jewel. A priceless precious woman to be treasured, taken care of…worshipped.
“God, I want you so badly, Kate. It hurts.” I didn’t know why I’d said it but I did. We both laid on our backs staring up through the sun roof to the clear plastic window of the tent opening above us. It was sweet. The afterglow of lovemaking captured us, sedated us.
Much later, I wasn’t sure how long we’d both laid together but a good amount of time must have spun by.
We’d both dozed off. I woke first to see that it was still dark outside.
Then as if she’d sensed my eyes were open, Kate opened her beautiful brown eyes and turned her head to me.
She was still breathing heavy from our hard fucking and love-making, with her eyes wide open. A look was plastered on her face that I could not describe.
Was it confusion? Longing? I couldn’t tell.
“What’s on your mind?” I asked her.
“I…I’ve never felt this way before,” she whispered, breathless. Her eyes looking away from me. Oh, no. Not that again.
“What is it, Kate?” I said in a low voice.
“I…I…came…”
“What?” Now it was my turn to prop myself up on my elbows. “What do you mean, you’ve never came before?”
“I…” I could tell she was embarrassed now. She had the blanket covering the front of her body while her shoulders were hunched.
“You mean, Peter couldn’t…”
“He did his best,” she said, biting down on her pretty full lip. Tears seem to shine in her eyes and she looked up as if pondering what to say next. “I will probably go to hell for saying this because, God knows I loved Peter. It’s just that…I’d never felt this way before…”
“Hey, man. That’s okay. Sometimes it’s like that.”
“But it shouldn’t be. Should it?”
“Hey, Kate. I really wish I had all the answers but…the only answer I have is how I feel about you and how much I want to be with you. For as long as we have.”
Kate looked at me. I wiped a tear from her cheek. “I really care about you Kate. The truth is I’ve never felt this way about any girl before.”
“You haven’t?”
“No. And that’s the truth.” It bugged the hell out of me that fuckwit Peter couldn’t even pleasure her the way she’d deserved to be pleasured. Kate really deserved better. I couldn’t do anything about it then…but I could now.
“Cory, I want to finish our Truth or Dare.”
I smirked. “Now? You sure?”
“Yeah. My turn. Truth or Dare.”
“Truth,” I answered
. God, where was Kate going with this now? I sensed that she still had a lot on her chest to get off.
“What happened the night Peter died?”
My blood went cold. I had to tell her the truth. Even if that would be the very thing that would make her hate me.
CHAPTER TEN
Cory Knights
“Are you sure you want to hear the whole truth?” I offered her one last time to escape the horror of the truth from that night. About the guy she thought she knew. The guy she thought she was in love with. Yeah, I’d wanted to tell her for so long. But looking at her now. Seeing her like this…I really didn’t want anything to ruin her happiness. It was amazing how a guy like me could change his tune so fast. Getting this close to Kate now—hurting her was the last thing I wanted to do.
“Yes,” she said, pulling herself up and putting the rest of her clothes on. My own body was burning up still from Kate’s sweet lovemaking. I wasn’t ready to put all my clothes back on just yet. I just had my silk boxers on.
I sucked in a deep breath. My jaw clenched. She wanted the truth. She deserved the truth.
Even if it would hurt her and probably tarnish her memory of Peter forever.
But, heck, we could very well die here today. Might as well get it all out in the open and move forward. Kate was carrying an overwhelming amount of guilt over that night. She blamed herself and I knew it. I didn’t want her to keep this up and ruin what chance of happiness she could have. This wasn’t even about me. Heck, even if she didn’t want me. She still deserved to know the truth so she could move on and stop blaming herself for something she had no control over.
“Peter really liked you, Kate. I believe he did.”
“But…?”
“But there’s a lot you didn’t know about him,” I said, trying to control my emotions.
“Wait a minute. You said he liked me. Didn’t he love me?”
I turned my head, trying not to look deep into her eyes. I just couldn’t bare the pain of what was to come. Shit! I had no idea how difficult this would be. “What do you know about that night, Kate?”