“Isn’t he?” Her smile was contagious when he said this. Or maybe it was those plump pink lips that tempted a man to lick and bite them until she was climbing his body to get closer.
“Ethan are you okay?”
He nodded. “You got so beautiful Freddie. I mean you were a cute kid back then, but now. Now you’re stunning.”
She blushed, happy and slightly uncomfortable that he was saying the words she wanted to hear years before. “Thanks."
“Freddie.”
She looked up at him. “Yeah?”
“I need to taste you again.” She nodded in agreement and he crashed his mouth into hers, eager to have a repeat of that stolen kiss in the English garden years ago. He wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her to him until she was on his lap. He pulled back and looked into those deep green eyes, searching for a hint of hesitation. He saw only desire in her eyes when she placed her hands on either side of his face and pulled him to her mouth.
The kiss was hot and intense, frenetic and unexpected. Freddie started the kiss but Ethan quickly took it over. He angled her head to deepen the kiss and further explore the depths of her mouth. He tasted her lips, her tongue, teeth and other parts never before touched by another person. His hot mouth tasted of mint and chocolate and she cried out when he left her mouth for the line of her jaw and the sweet salty skin of her neck. His tongue swiped across her collar bone and left a wet trail between her breasts.
“Ethan!” She cried out when she felt the wetness of his tongue and the sharpness of his teeth close over a nipple. The sensation was so powerful her hips began to move without her consent and her hands inched forward until they were buried deep in his dark brown hair. A cry escaped again when she felt the absence of his mouth on one breast and then a moan when it landed on the other. “Ethan, yes! God yes!”
His mouth pulled back and she felt bereft until she caught the heated look in his gaze. That dark look told her he wanted her down to the core of his being. She felt the moisture drip down her thighs and onto his pants. “Are you sure you want this Freddie?”
She nodded. “More than I’ve wanted anything in a long time. Make love to me Ethan, please. Please.”
He growled and nipped her throat. “Hang on tight sweetheart.”
Before Freddie could nod or acknowledge his words she was feet from the ground barreling through the halls of Silver House backwards. She tightened her thighs around his middle, bringing her up close and personal with the hardest part of him. He groaned again and she laughed a laugh she didn’t recognize. It was husky and damn sexy. “Hurry Ethan, I can’t wait to have you.” She licked the rim of his ear and seconds later she was hit by the softness of a bed. His bed.
“Tell me to stop right now Freddie, if you don’t want this. I’ve been craving you since you got here and I’m ready to lick you until you come all over my tongue, to squeeze my fingers inside you and pound into you until you’re hoarse from screaming my name.”
That intense stare bore into all the layers she wore to hide herself from the world and she was spellbound. Words escaped her with every small jerk of his hips crashing right into where she ached for him so she nodded her agreement, her readiness. That was all he needed to hear apparently because he was ripping her jeans and panties down her legs and bearing her breasts to him. She was fully naked in front of Ethan Silver and he was staring like she was the most beautiful, sexiest, most mesmerizing creature he had ever seen. “Ethan,” she whispered shyly.
“Fuck, you are one gorgeous woman.” Ethan kept his gaze connected to hers so he could see her reactions to him. She was already so wet for him he wasn’t sure how long he could hold out, but when he ran one finger up and down the creamy folds of her lower lips, her eyes darkened and her pussy clenched. He groaned and touched her gently until she was grabbing the bed sheets and writhing in need. For him. He plunged two fingers into her and swirled his tongue around one of her tight pink buds.
Freddie screamed and moaned and muttered nonsense as Ethan’s fingers worked delightful magic in her body. His tongue shot sparks off every inch of her body and when he sank his teeth into the underside of her breast she felt the wave’s crash over her, again and again as she convulsed and her body squeezed his fingers. “Holy hell Ethan! That was. So. Good!”
He smiled as his mouth continued to work her breast and when he pulled his fingers from her and held them up so she could see them glistening with her juices, she felt her body heat up all over again. When he licked those fingers and said, “So, so good,” she felt her body clench again as small aftershocks rocked her body.
“I feel as though I’m melting into your bed,” she murmured. She heard him laugh, probably at her drowsy speech because she felt like she’d downed a bottle of tequila. Sex tequila. She glanced up at his body still hovering over hers. “Ethan.”
“Freddie.”
She was panting heavily. “I want to undress you. Now.” His gaze never left hers when he pushed himself off the bed and stood waiting for her to undress him. It might kill him, but he’d risk it to have her soft hands on his body. He wanted to laugh at the way she hurried off the bed and stood before him, biting her bottom lip. “I’ll bet you’re beautiful everywhere.” He groaned when her soft hands reached for the hem of his t-shirt and pulled it up so damn slow, he was ready to toss her onto the bed and slide deep inside her then and there. Freddie tossed the shirt over her shoulder and her mouth dropped open. “Yep. Fucking stunning.” Her fingers trailed over his shoulders and pecs, stopping to graze his nipples with her nails before she leaned in and kissed his six pack.
“Freddie,” he groaned as she took her time exploring his body.
“Patience young man.” Her voice was breathless, she was obviously enjoying herself. Her mouth traveled back up so she could taste his nipples while she unbuckled his belt and pulled down his pants and boxers in one swift pull. “Ethan you are a sight to behold. Strong thighs. Beautiful, hard cock.”
His control snapped and he tipped her back onto the bed before her small hand could wrap around him. “I’ve got a beautiful cock?” She nodded with a smile on her face and Ethan couldn’t have stopped himself from kissing her if his life depended on it. Freddie was the most responsive woman he’d ever been with and it was something genuine which drove him insane with want. Her small body moved under him like she couldn’t get enough of him, grinding her wet heat against his cock. “Damn Freddie you will be the death of me.”
She was already moments away from yet another orgasm, but instead of telling him that, she reached a hand between them and grabbed the hard goodness torturing her. She squeezed just enough to get his attention and lined him up where she needed him most. “Ethan. Fuck. Me.” Her heels dug into his firm ass cheeks and his groan as he sank into her and made her cry out.
“You’re so tight, so goddamn hot,” he cried out. He was breathless and he hadn’t been inside of her a minute yet so he held himself still, hoping to contain any climax that wanted to come. He felt her squeezing him gently and he knew she wanted him to move. So he did.
“Ethan!” She screamed out because she couldn’t help it when he started to thrust deep and pull nearly all the way out before thrusting in even harder. The sensations washing over her were glorious and sent fireworks shooting off deep inside her. “Harder please, Ethan!” Those must have been the magic words because Ethan unleashed all the desire he felt and pounded it into her body over and over and over until she was practically climbing the walls chasing her orgasm. Her nails scratched down his back, making him grunt into the quiet room.
“Come for me baby.” He was so close he needed her to come first, he had to see what she looked like when she came apart while he was buried deep inside her. Freddie maneuvered her hand between their bodies and touched herself where their bodies were connected. He looked down and saw her pinch her clit and when he looked back up, the sight before him slayed him. Her face was pink with exertion, those white teeth buried deep in her extra p
lump bottom lip with a small satisfied smile on her face. Her body continued to pulse and shake under him, around him. When she opened her eyes they were the darkest green he’d ever seen. She didn’t speak because he knew she couldn’t form any words but she was still screaming and shaking with her orgasm when his grunt sounded moments before he poured himself into her body. “You are fucking gorgeous, baby.”
“You make me feel gorgeous, Ethan.” Her breathing was labored but she knew he heard the words when that intense stare softened.
“No Freddie. It’s all you.”
Chapter Four
It was time for Freddie to leave Silver House, even though she never wanted to leave. It wasn’t the house, although the house itself was a magnificent work of art, it was the big man with the strange eyes. The crush she had on Ethan years ago had turned into something more. Something significant. Intimate. They spent their days acting like a happy family, going to kid friendly restaurants, arcades, bowling alleys and even a water park over the past few weeks. It was the most fun she’d had since college.
But it was the nights that had her body overheated and reaching out to Ethan, her heart longing to offer itself up to him. Every night he came to her, wearing nothing but a pair of pajama pants that hung sinfully low on those well-muscled hips. He took her body to heights she had never traversed. She learned what pleased her body as he worked her from head to toe, using her gasps, sighs and moans as a roadmap to her pleasure. She learned what pleased him by being bold and doing things she’d never done with a man. The first time she took him in her mouth she’d never felt so powerful. The way his strong legs almost buckled under her hands and his hips thrust ever so slowly into her mouth had her dripping with desire but she couldn’t stop. His moans and grunts, the way he pulled her hair until it almost hurt, it all conspired to give her an orgasm that sent him deep down her throat where he happily emptied himself and she more than happily accepted.
She didn’t want to leave but she couldn’t stay. It was a trick of the mind, making her believe the three of them could be a happy family. They weren’t. Matt was Ethan’s son, with her sister. He wasn’t hers and he never would be.
Freddie worried about leaving Matt, he’d already lost his mother and she didn’t want him to feel as though she was abandoning him too. I’ll just get an apartment in the city so I can always be close to him. She packed her bags and set them by the door. She would bring it up after lunch and it would be fine.
Wouldn’t it?
***
“Guys it’s time for me to go.”
“No!” Matt stood up and threw his small body at her, wrapping his arms around her waist with all his might. “You can’t leave me Aunt Freddie, I won’t let you!”
Freddie felt like the lowest of the low when her nephew’s body shook with tears in her arms. “I’m not leaving you kiddo. I’m just stepping back so you and your dad can have more time together.”
Matt pulled back and looked from Ethan to Freddie. “We don’t need you to leave to spend time together. We have our guys nights together so if you need girl time you can hang with Brooke and Galina. See? It all works.”
She smiled, allowing a few tears to creep out at her nephew’s earnestness. He wanted so badly for everyone around him to be happy. “You are the sweetest kid in the world, you know that? I love you so much.” She pulled him in for another hug. “Sweetie this isn’t my home, it’s yours.”
“No.”
She wanted to laugh at the stubborn tilt of his head, his arms crossed telling her he meant business. “Yes Matt. You belong here with your father.”
“But you belong here too Aunt Freddie!” She shook her head but he just nodded in return. “I know you and my dad like each other. I see you with those googly eyes and I saw you kiss once.”
Well hell. At least someone wanted her to stay. Her gaze cut to Ethan who sat still as a rock and wore an emotionless expression. She shook off the block of ice his look sent her way and focused on Matt. “I’ll be moving to the city so I can be close to you and we can hang out all the time.”
“But Dad says he doesn’t know where we’ll live we he gets a new job.”
Ethan reached for Matt and turned him around. “Hey buddy can you give your aunt and me a minute to talk?”
Matt looked between them several times before nodding and walking out the door.
He turned his stare to Freddie and took in her delicate features. She was still beautiful but he could see this decision weighed heavily on her. Her flawless porcelain skin was only marred by the dark purple crescents under her eyes. “Why are you leaving?”
“You know why.”
His jaw clenched. “Pretend I don’t.”
She stood and began pacing between the sofa and table, back and forth trying to put her thoughts and feelings into words. “Dammit Ethan, I was only supposed to be here for two weeks. Two weeks I could deal with. Two weeks and I would—,”
Ethan felt his body tense, waiting for the words he knew were coming. “And you would what? Get back to your fun exciting life instead of playing mommy to a kid that’s not yours?”
Freddie turned to face him and gasped. “Go to hell Ethan Silver!”
He saw her face pale and frowned, trying to figure out what he’d missed. “Well I….”
She cut him off. “You just assumed that I was just like Toni, is that right? Well you can take your assumptions and shove them up your ass Ethan! I’ll let you know when I settle in the city and we can set up a schedule for me to see him.” She took a full minute to take in all his features, to remember every detail about him before she said goodbye. When she was done she nodded once and made her way to the door. “Goodbye Ethan.”
“If you’re not leaving because of Matt it must be me.” His heart sank when her shoulders slumped. He was right.
Freddie didn’t turn around, she couldn’t stand to see evidence of the hurt she heard in his voice. “It is because of you Ethan but not in the way you’re thinking.”
“Not too many ways to think about it.” He smirked when she mumbled about stubborn ass men and turned to face him.
“You, Ethan! You are why I only intended to stay two weeks. Two weeks would have kept me safe.”
He stood quickly. “Safe? You needed to be kept safe from me?”
She wrapped her arms around her body. “Yes. No. Well yes and no, I guess.”
His nostrils flared and he was seeing red. “You better explain that now.”
“God you’re an idiot. When I met you I was awestruck. You were handsome with that great smile, you remembered me, listened to what I had to say and you were always nice to me. I had the biggest crush on you.” She blushed and shook her head at the memory. “I didn’t talk to Toni for six months after she broke things off with you. I was so mad at her.” She could see the confusion on his handsome face and shook her head. “When Toni died I knew I had to come here and tell you about Matt even though she told me not to. Even though I didn’t want to.”
“Why did you?”
She smiled, tears trickling down her cheeks. “You deserved to know your son and Matt deserved the chance to know you Ethan, you’re wonderful.” She wiped the tears that seemed to fall quicker. “I agreed to stay because you said two weeks and I knew I could do two weeks. I could spend two weeks with you and not fall in love with you. But I’ve been here too long.”
“So you’re in love with me?”
Her heart cracked a little at the stiff and impersonal way he asked the question. A sob was threatening to break free so she bit the inside of her cheek and nodded, turning away from his all-knowing gaze. She looked at the rain streaking down the window and thought it was appropriate for the moment her heart broke into a million pieces.
He stood behind her and twirled her around in his arms. “If you love me and you love Matt, why are you leaving?”
She pushed him away. “Because you big idiot, it isn’t enough for me to love you if you don’t love me back. That would be wo
rse than leaving, which is why I’m going.”
“Who said I don’t love you?”
Her heart stuttered and stopped for a minute before kicking into overdrive. How she wished he really did love her, but he didn’t. She suspected he was terrified of parenting on his own but he would be great. She could already tell. She had to be strong. “Who says you do?”
“I do!”
“You do?”
“Yes dammit!” He raked his fingers through his already mussed hair and took in the question in her gaze. “Of course I’m in love with you Freddie, how could I not be? You’re beautiful as fuck, kind, nice, funny and goofy as hell. Your pussy is the best thing I’ve ever had and your heart is so big it taught me to love.” He saw more tears falling and cringed. “Don’t cry Freddie. I can’t stand it.”
She smiled at the big strong Ethan Silver brought to his knees by tears. “You love me?”
“I do but I didn’t think I was enough.”
She wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed her face to his chest. “You’re more than enough. God, I love you.” She inhaled his sweet scent. “Why would you ever think you’re not enough for me?”
“I wasn’t enough for my mother and Vance only took me in because I was all alone. You already know about Toni.”
“Well their stupidity is my good luck because I really do love you and the only reason I would walk away is if you didn’t love me back.”
“He does love you Aunt Freddie, I know he does! I love you too so you can stay! You can stay!”
They both turned to find Matt peeking at them from behind the sofa. “Come here kiddo.” She bent down to take him in her arms. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“Promise?” he asked. She nodded and his smile got even wider. “Because you both love me?” She nodded again. “And ‘cause we’re gonna be a family, all of us?”
She nodded and turned to look up at Ethan. “Forever.”
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