Winter

by Michelle Love

  After six months, we moved in together in the little house we rented. He lived in a motel room until that time. He stayed for me and worked as many hours as he could so he could get us a place.

  And I did spend very little time at home the last year that we were together. And when I was home, I was holed up in the bedroom, studying or doing online school work. It left him alone much of the time.

  Yet, when he left, I was devastated by it. I recall not understanding at all why he’d leave. But now I can see it very clearly.

  I ask him, “Gage, did you and she leave together then?”

  He shakes his head. “No. Everything else I’ve told you is the truth. She wanted me to leave you and threatened to kill you if I didn’t. I was trying to get out of town without her knowing but somehow she figured it all out and found me on the road, I guess. That part I’m unclear on. I know she was there at the scene of the accident because when I was able to talk again, the paramedics who were first on the scene and took care of me, came to see me and told me she was right by my side from before they got there.”

  “Okay, so we know she was there from the beginning. Gage, are you sure you and she weren’t leaving together?” I ask him one more time because he’s letting little things out a bit at a time and I’d hate for him to give the police information that’s strewn with lies. They would stop pursuing the case if that’s how he’s going to be.

  “I was going to go back to Texas. That’s the truth, Angel. And I wasn’t leaving you. Not altogether, I wasn’t. I was just making sure she didn’t hurt you.” He looks at Benny and smiles. “Angel and I did a little rough stuff, sex wise. And Melissa was into that too. Only she could take phenomenal amounts of pain and had me do some really hard shit to her. I won’t get into the details but I knew Melissa could take any kind of ass whooping Angel could dish out. So I was afraid for Angel, even though she’s tough.”

  My stomach hurts all of a sudden as I think about my Gage and that crazy bitch. Gage sees the look on my face and he looks away. His expression tells me he’s sorry. But it doesn’t make the pain stop.

  Benny pulls me to him and I snuggle into his side. His warmth helps me to try to come to peace with the fact so much was going on behind my back at that time. “It’s okay, Baby,” he whispers.

  No, it’s not, okay. But I guess someday it will be.

  Gage looks at me with a sheepishness to his handsome face. A face I used to really like to look at. His rugged jawline with softness around the edges always fascinated me.

  His mouth moves into a crooked grimace. “I’m really sorry, Angel.”

  I nod. “I’ll get over it.”

  Benny asks him, “Gage, did that woman ever hurt you?”

  Gage’s eyes go very dark. “Yes.”

  I sit up and am suddenly furious. “Before or after your accident?”

  “After,” he says then he looks despondent.

  I move quickly to sit next to him on the small sofa across from the one we’re sitting on. I take his hands in mine and make him look at me. “After you were hurt? What did she do to you? Tell me, Gage!”

  He just stares into my eyes for what seems like forever then he says very quietly, “She tied me up when I told her I was leaving. I had pain pills to help with the really bad headaches that would crop up after I woke up from the coma. I still get them only not as often as I did when I first woke up. Anyway, she must’ve put some of them in my drink or something because I recall telling her I was leaving. Then I found myself waking up in the bed. I was all tied up and tied down to it.”

  “She drugged you and tied you up. Then what did she do to you, Gage?” I ask as I see in his eyes that wasn’t all she did to him.

  He looks from me to Benny. “I’d rather not say.”

  Benny gets up and takes me by the shoulders. “Angel, don’t make him relive that. Whatever it was. Don’t make him do that just so you can get really pissed at that crazy chick.”

  Gage nods at me. “You wouldn’t look at me the same way. I couldn’t take that, Angel.”

  And now I know I’m going to make that bitch pay for what she did to us both.

  Chapter 7

  BLAZE

  The evening went by faster than I ever expected it would. My family has turned into a bunch of people I didn’t know they could be. Angel and her grandmother have spun some magic, and it seems to have captivated my family.

  Guess I’m not the only Worthington to find a Jennings so remarkable. Grandfather couldn’t seem to leave Angel’s grandmother’s side. And it wouldn’t surprise me to find him leaving her bedroom in the morning.

  We had Gage stay the night too. I have a feeling that crazy chick would be massive amounts of trouble for him if he were to stay at the motel in town. And he does seem to be more than a bit fragile the more time I spend around him.

  Angel climbs into bed next to me and snuggles up to me. “Benny, why did you say your family was so stuffy?”

  “Because they are.” I run my fingertip over her collarbone and kiss the top of her head as she wiggles her body to get in closer to me.

  Her hand moves over my chest as she seems to be feeling every muscle I have. “No, they’re not. I think you have some kind of a chip on your shoulder about them. Like you just don’t like to be told how to act so you really rebelled against them.”

  I take her hand and kiss it. “I don’t like to be told how to act.”

  “I doubt anyone does. But when you’re a little kid, you do have to be taught how to act accordingly. Don’t you agree?” She turns her deep blue eyes up to mine and smiles.

  Her smile does something to my heart. It flutters and in her eyes, I see my future. “I do. And you’re right, I do have a chip. But I came by it honestly. My grandfather has ruled my entire family since the very beginning. I don’t know how my mother stood it all these years. He overrode her and Father’s every decision.”

  “But he seems very smart,” she says. “I’m sure it’s only because he had no other family. He felt very obligated to make sure his son and his son’s family were taken care of and learned the things he thought were important.”

  “Probably.” I pull her up on my chest to lie on top of me. Pushing her dark hair back, I say, “He won’t be overruling you and me about our kids.”

  Her right eyebrow cocks to up as her lips curve into a smile. “Our kids. That’s sounds oddly enticing. I wonder if our son will have your rebellious streak. I wonder how you’d handle that.”

  “Don’t wish that on us, Baby,” I say with a laugh. “If you knew half the shit I’ve done in the name of nonconformity, you’d shit.”

  “Yeah, don’t tell me about any of it. I won’t shit as much as I’ll want to smack you around a little bit.” She smiles but I think she’s being pretty damn honest. “What are we going to do about this Gage mess? We can’t keep him safe with us forever.”

  “My grandfather’s wheels are turning on it. He’s a lawyer to his core and if anyone can figure out how to press charges that will stick, it’s him.” I kiss her and she melts on top of me and the conversation is over.

  I roll over with her, covering her body with mine, savoring the feeling of her soft body giving into mine. Her leg moves up the back of mine and I feel her foot on my ass.

  The heat from between her legs calls out to my cock and it grows to life with a want to fill her. I run my hand over her cheek and sigh. “You’re so beautiful, Angel.”

  Her deep blue eyes dart back and forth then she kisses me back. Her lips press hard to mine. Her tongue pushes past my lips and runs over mine

  My entire body is tingling. This is like a fantasy come true. A fantasy I never knew I even wanted. The light from the television is the only light there is, and she looks gorgeous in the muted tones.

  I run my hands over the soft flesh of her back as her sweet kiss takes me to a world far away from this place. Her hands roam all over my body, leaving electric trails in their paths.

  I run one hand between u
s and cup one of her breasts. She arches a little and her breath catches as I squeeze it. Her mouth leaves mine, and I move down to take a breast into my mouth. My lips press the nipple between them as my tongue flicks over the tip.

  She moans as my hands roam over her hips and run around to grip her ass. I’m on fire for her with a dull ache to be inside her.

  Her hands travel over my arms, stopping to feel my biceps. “I love your muscles, Benny,” she says with a low moan.

  I pull my mouth from her breast. “I love your juicy tits.”

  She giggles and I kiss my way down her body, pushing her legs apart as I make my way down. My heart is pounding as I stop. My face is right at her apex.

  Our eyes are locked as my lips touch her clit and she makes a spectacular moan with the sensation. “Benny!” She grabs the sheet and fists it.

  She closes her eyes as I use my tongue to stroke over her stomach then move my mouth down again. My tongue flicks and runs over her clit, making her arch up with a deep groan. “Sweet Jesus, that feels amazing.”

  I smile and grip her ass, pulling her up to devour her. She can’t stop moaning. Eventually, she completely falls apart under his mouth. “God! Benny! Benny!”

  My tongue runs inside her and she shivers. Then I move up her body and kiss her hard. I cradle her ass as I press my erection against her. I ache to go inside her but I wait until she’s wiggling underneath me. “Benny, please.”

  I keep the tip of my wanting cock just at the edge and can feel her pulsing with the orgasm I just gave her. My lips graze over hers as I ask, “Do you love me, Angel?”

  “Yes.”

  “Do you want me, Angel?”

  “Yes! Benny, please,” she hisses as she arches up to try to get me inside her. “I need you! I need to feel you inside me now.”

  I put the tip inside and she moans like it’s the best thing she’s ever felt. I pull it back out and she makes the cutest little mewling sound. Then I slam into her and she lets out a bunch of air as it seems I’ve pushed it out of her lungs.

  Over and over I thrust into her so hard that I can feel her breath coming from her mouth as mine hovers near hers. I breathe her in and take in everything she is. Her essence is amazing and I want all of her.

  I want all of her forever.

  I can’t see my life without her being a part of it and slow my hard thrusts, making long, slow strokes as I move one hand up and down her side.

  Her body shakes with the chill my touch gives her. She rises up a bit, making our mouths touch. Her tongue taps at my lips and I open them to find hers moving inside as she kisses me with a deep, sweet kiss.

  She tastes like the red wine we drank before we came to bed and I run my tongue over hers, tasting the wine mixed with her own natural juices. I roll us over, so she can be on top of me and she sits up, looking down at me as I lift her up and down.

  Her dark hair is falling over her shoulders in waves that shine with the television’s light. Her tits are magnificent as they bounce with each movement she makes.

  “How about you lean over here and pop one of those yummy tits into my mouth, Pumpkin?”

  With a smile, she leans over and teases me with just the slightest touch of her nipple to my lips. I growl and raise my head and grab it with my teeth, making her yelp then it morphs into a groan as I bite it and lick the tip until it’s as taut as it can get.

  I pull more of it into my mouth and suck it hard. Her nails gouge into my shoulders as she moans my name then a string of curse words comes out of her mouth as her body tightens around my cock and she starts to shake with an orgasm.

  My cock can feel every little wave and squeeze the orgasm has her body making. I want nothing more than to give her as many of these things I can.

  Just as I feel her beginning to slow the squeezing action it has on my cock, I let her tit go and smile at her as I say, “I have a little surprise for you.”

  She opens her eyes and sits up on top of me. “What is it?”

  I lift her up, off me and turn over to take out a set of pink, fluffy handcuffs and a matching blindfold from the nightstand. “You game?”

  She nods and smiles. “Oh yeah, I’m game.”

  “Hands in front,” I say as I hold out the cuffs.

  She holds out her hands then I cuff them. I get off the bed and place the blindfold over her eyes. Picking her up and tossing her over my shoulder, caveman style, I carry her to the closet where I hang her cuffed hands over the hook on the door where her robe usually hangs from.

  It’s high enough off the ground she has to stand on her tippy toes. “Please tell me you plan on making my ass ache, Benny.”

  I walk back over to the nightstand and get out a pink gag and one of my belts. I kiss her long and hard. Then stop and ask, “Hand or belt?”

  She licks her red lips. “Some of each, please.”

  “Gag or no gag?” I ask as I run the ball over her lips so she can feel how big the gag is.

  “Gag. I want you to make me feel it, Baby. I want to see red covering my ass when I look at it later in the mirror.”

  Her breathing is already getting heavy again as she grows more excited. “Since you won’t be able to talk and use a safe word, when do you want me to stop?”

  She takes in a deep breath and says, “This might sound weird, but I really need to cry since I found out that Gage actually did cheat on me. I want you to stop only once you see tears streaming down my cheeks. Because I feel the hurt welling up inside me and I don’t want it to fester like it did before. I want it out and gone. Okay?”

  I kiss her cheek then put the gag into place and fasten it behind her neck. “You got it, Baby. And for the record, I don’t think it’s weird at all.”

  We all have our ways of dealing with tough shit after all.

  I run my hands over her ass. It’s round and plump and perfect. I take it all in. The paleness of the skin I’m about to turn pink. The way it gets tighter with every pass I make over it with my hand.

  I smack it once half as hard as I can. She makes a little moan and I do it again then run my hand over it, finding it warm where I hit it. I pick up the belt and give her a slight slap with it and watch the plump muscles move in waves then I do it again in another place, and once more in another place.

  She groans with each one and I look at her to see if any tears are beginning to spill but see no indication of any.

  I use my hand to administer more spanks to her flesh that’s beginning to turn pink. She’s tough as shit and I make a few more strikes with the belt then her groan turns a little high and I look at her face and find the pink blindfold staining with tears.

  I stop the spanking and move in behind her. Moving two fingers inside her, I find her not only insanely wet but her insides as quaking with an orgasm.

  It makes my dick actually hurt and I lift her up higher and slide my dick into her from behind. I make hard thrusts into her as I kiss her neck, nipping it and sucking it.

  Her body is hot and I can feel sobs making her chest heave. I whisper, “Do you want me to remove the gag?”

  She shakes her head. I’m sure she’s afraid she’ll make so much noise someone will hear her crying.

  Her body is still squeezing and throbbing with an intense orgasm as I stroke into her and all I can think about is making everything better for her. I keep making deep thrusts into her over and over until I finally cum and send my semen into her hot depths.

  Her legs quiver as I do and finally our bodies slow their intense pulsing and squeezing. I pull the gag off then take her cuffed wrists down.

  Picking her up, I lie her face down on the bed, leaving the blindfold on as I look in the drawer for the key to the cuffs. I don’t see them as I move the few things that are inside the drawer around.

  She’s crying pretty hard so I stop my search and rub her shoulders as her arms are stretched out over her head. “I have to go downstairs and see if I can find the keys to the cuffs, Baby. I must’ve tossed them in the trash wit
h the package they came in. That was careless of me and you can take it out on my ass if you want to.”

  “It’s okay. I’m just going to lie here and cry some more. I’m starting to feel better, believe it or not.”

  Her ass is red so I ask, “You want me to put some ointment on your ass before I go down there?”

  She shakes her head. “I like the comfort of the burn. It makes me feel like I’m experiencing the pain of the heartbreak. I know it sounds crazy…”

  I stop her as I kiss her shoulder. “No, nothing is crazy, Baby. You want the blindfold off?”

  “No. Leave it on. The complete darkness is comforting. And, Benny?”

  “Yeah, Baby?”

  “Thank you. Thank you for understanding me like I’ve never been understood before.” She lets out a long sigh.

  Her red ass makes me feel kind of terrible and I place my lips on it. “You’re welcome. You know, you understand me better than anyone ever has too, Pumpkin. And when I get back with the keys or some other way to get you out of those cuffs, I’m going to kiss every inch of your sweet ass and let you know how much I love you and how happy I am that you’re mine. I’m sorry your heart had to get broken by that dumbass, but I’m happy you were free when I came along.”

  “Me too,” she says with a whimper.

  After I put on a robe, I leave the room to head out to find the damn key.

  Chapter 8

  BLAZE

  It’s dark as I go down the long hallway. I can see the light from the television coming from underneath the door closest to ours. It’s the one her grandmother is in and I have to wonder if my grandfather is in there too.

  A little further down the hallway, I see the door to my parents’ room. It’s dark under that door and I’m sure they’re asleep already. The next two doors are where my parents’ and grandfather’s drivers are sleeping. I see no lights on in either room.

  The door to my grandfather’s room is dark underneath it. Then there’s the room we put Gage in and I find it wide open and no lights are on inside of it. Curiosity takes me over and I creep inside to see if he’s in here and sleeping with the door open.