“He sold your car?”
“Yeah.”
“How was he able to do that?”
“He’s a lawyer and he’s evil, Kelly. He got me to sign a Power of Attorney when I was hopped up on pain killers after he busted my ribs. When that happened, when I realized how trapped I was, I pretty much gave up hope. I let him do whatever he wanted to me and I just didn’t fucking care anymore. I was slowly dying.”
“What got you away from him?”
Noah leaned back and pulled his shirt up, showing Kelly the six-inch scar on his right ribcage. “I turned the spaghetti sauce up too high and it splattered on the stove. This was my punishment. Jacob was chopping vegetables for the salad at the time with a huge butcher knife. When he saw the mess on the stove, he buried that knife in my side. The only thing that saved me was the tip of it breaking off against one of my ribs otherwise it would’ve done more than just puncture my lung.”
“Jesus Christ. So, he got arrested for that?”
Noah let out a snorted laugh, “No, of course not. He slipped on some water on the floor. It was an accident, it wasn’t his fault.” Noah said bitterly using his fingers for air quotes.
Kelly’s voice got quiet, “Did he do the same things to my brother? Did he hit him too?”
Noah’s gaze moved back to the empty hall, “No, I don’t think so. From what Jesse has told me, Jacob was different with him, not violent. But still abusive, in other ways. You’ll need to talk to him if you want to know more.”
Kelly’s eyes went wide but then he nodded, “So, how did you get away?”
“Morgan. I still don’t know how he knew I was in that hospital, but he did. And he made sure Jacob couldn’t get anywhere near me. He got a restraining order and then he took me to his house. He let me stay with him while I healed and then he trained me – he trained me to fight, to defend myself, to be strong – and then he gave me a job working for him. He was there for me then. He was there for me years later when I became obsessed with getting my revenge, stalking Jacob in my off hours, planning on how I was going to kill him. He stopped me and helped me get my head on straight.”
“How did you meet my brother?”
“I saw him at a club….with him.”
Kelly stared into Noah’s eyes, “And you saw the same haunted look in him that you used to have.”
Noah dipped his head in a nod, “The one that I still have….in here,” he whispered as he pointed to his chest.
“What happened…when you saw Jesse?”
“I’m not exactly sure. I wanted to run, Kelly, I really did. I wanted to get the fuck out of there before Jacob saw me but I couldn’t. I couldn’t leave him there. I didn’t even know him but I knew I had to save Jesse.”
“I’m glad you did,” Kelly said as he looked down the hall again then he turned back to Noah, “Tell me how you got him away.”
Noah’s gaze turned….angry. “Tracking device, Kelly. That asshole implanted a fucking tracking device in Jesse’s arm and I had to dig it out in the men’s bathroom.”
“What?”
Noah’s fingers slid through his hair and with a curse he pushed to his feet and began pacing the living room floors, “I’m sure it’s because of me. I know he put it there because I left him and got away and he didn’t want Jesse to be able to do the same thing.”
“Noah?”
Noah’s feet froze and he looked at Kelly.
“Don’t. This wasn’t your fault. This wasn’t Jesse’s fault. It was because Jacob Knight’s a manipulative, controlling, sick fukcing bastard.”
“But…”
“No. Jesse wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you so stop thinking about anything but that. Now tell me how Jacob knows that Jesse is with you.”
“He saw us. When I had Jesse in the car and we were leaving, he saw us together.”
“And you think he’ll come after you?”
“I don’t think so? That’s not his style. He’s evil and controlling and violent but only behind closed doors. I can’t picture him really breaking the law like that. But, he’s made connections over the years from his cases, underground connections. He might hire someone else to find us.”
“To kill you?”
“Probably not. More than likely to get Jesse back. And then to use me to teach Jesse a lesson to never leave again. He hates me because I left him. That is unacceptable to him. I’m sure he hates that I have that control over him.”
“Well, too fucking bad.”
Movement to their left had them both turning their heads to find Jesse standing at the end of the hall, his fingers fidgeting as he looked down at them. “Jess?” Noah quietly said.
No answer.
“Jesse? Babe?” he said a little bit stronger than he had the first time.
Jesse’s eyes barely darted up to look at Noah through his long bangs, “Scared,” he whispered.
Kelly watched the interaction between the two of them with fascination. Noah was like a Grizzly Bear fiercely protecting its cub but then there was also the sheer animalistic lust that sizzled so strongly between them that anyone who was within the same zip code would feel it.
“Jess?” Noah whispered softly again.
“Yeah?”
“Come here.”
The relief that flowed from Jesse’s body as he crossed the room and walked straight into Noah’s arms made Kelly want to sigh out a breath.
Eleven
“What happened?” Noah whispered into Jesse’s neck. He was rubbing his hands up and down his back trying to quell Jesse’s trembling body. The poor guy was shaking like a leaf.
“I, uh, we decided to watch a movie and I fell asleep.”
“You had a nightmare,” Noah said, he didn’t need to ask it as a question.
Jesse’s head nodded on his shoulder.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
Jesse’s head shook slightly side to side in a no.
“He’s not going to get you back, Jesse. I swear to you you’re never going to have to go back to him.”
“That’s not what happened,” Jesse mumbled into Noah’s shoulder.
Jesse’s head lifted and he brushed tears from his cheeks as he stared into Noah’s eyes, “He got you. He was hurting you, Noah. I…..I can’t lose you, I wouldn’t survive.”
Noah cradled his hand on the back of Jesse’s head as he brought their foreheads together, “I am not going anywhere, babe. I promise you, I am not going anywhere.”
“You won’t leave me even after we get him?”
“No, of course I won’t. Why would you ask that?”
“Because, because, because I’m useless,” he blurted out.
“What? Why would you say that? You’re not useless, babe,” Noah said as his eyes darted to Kelly.
“I’m useless because I don’t know how to do anything. I’m basically a twenty-four-year-old fucking child. I can’t cook because he never allowed me in the kitchen, I can’t get a job because he never let me learn anything and I….I can’t please you in bed because I don’t fucking know anything!”
Noah heard Kelly curse as he turned away and he knew the man was probably ready to punch something right now – because Noah was too.
Noah pulled him in close, pressing his lips to Jesse’s neck just below his ear as he said, “Jesse Miller, you are a survivor. You’re one of the strongest men I’ve ever met. And you have the biggest heart of anyone I know. If there are things that you don’t know, that you want to know, I can only hope that I’m the lucky one who gets to teach you because that would be the greatest joy of my life.”
“Are you sure? I don’t want to waste your time. When Jacob got angry, he used to always complain that I was wasting his time.”
“Babe, I’ve got all the time in the world for you. Now, I think Morgan and Luther are bringing Charlie up here to stay with us. You remember my dog, Charlie, yeah?”
Jesse nodded his head.
“You’re going to be in charge of fee
ding him, getting him water and making sure he gets outside for his bathroom breaks, okay?”
Jesse’s eyes lit up, “I am? I’ve never had a dog before. I always wanted one but dad wouldn’t let me and Jacob said they were too messy.”
“Well, you’ve got one now.”
Jesse sighed as pressed his forehead to Noah’s chest, “Thank you,” he whispered.
“Babe….”
Jesse’s head popped up, “No. You saved me, Noah. Nobody made you do that. You saw me there with him and you could’ve just walked away but you didn’t. I don’t know how I’ll ever repay you for that.”
Noah’s hand cupped Jesse’s cheek and his thumb slid gently back and forth as he said, “You’re wrong, babe. There was no way in hell I could’ve ever walked away from you. I didn’t even know you and yet you’d already grabbed hold of my heart in a way that no one ever has.”
“Will you come take a bath with me?” Jesse said.
Noah blushed as he looked over at Kelly, “Oh, um, maybe we should think about dinner first?”
Kelly tipped his chin, “Go. Cole and I can figure something out for all of us for dinner.”
Noah nodded his thanks to the man. After a very rough start, it looked like they might be able to be friends after all.
Noah turned back to Jesse and threaded their fingers together. He walked them down the hall and into the master bedroom. They weren’t sleeping in that room but the bathroom in there was the most incredible thing that Noah had ever seen. Polished stone floors, a long black granite countertop with dual sinks. A stone and glass-enclosed shower that was at least five feet long and four feet wide with more showerheads than Noah had ever seen. And tucked into the corner, jutting up against huge floor to ceiling windows with a view that looked out over the valley below and the Rocky Mountains surrounding them, was a huge, oval whirlpool tub. Noah walked in and got the water running then he looked over the assortment of bath oils that were lining back shelf and he chose a pine and sandalwood scented bath bomb and dropped it inside. The water immediately sizzled and filled with a light green tinge and tiny fizzy bubbles.
“It smells like the forest in here,” Jesse whispered as he stepped closer.
“It does, that’s why I chose this one.”
Noah stood up and helped Jesse strip out of his clothes then he did the same with his own. When he saw Jesse’s eyes staring down at the floor and his hands clasped trying to hide his growing erection, Noah cupped his chin and tilted his head up, “Jess?”
“Yeah?”
“It’s okay to get turned on when you see me naked. I feel the same way when I look at you.”
Jesse snorted a laugh, “Yeah, right.”
“What? You think my dick is always hard like this?”
“Well, I, uh, no, but….”
Noah gripped his hard cock and gave it a slow tug, “Babe, this is all because of you.”
Jesse frowned as he looked at Noah, “Why?”
Noah sighed as he gripped Jesse’s shoulders and turned him around so he was facing the mirror, “You really don’t see it, do you?” he whispered as he stepped up to Jesse’s back and met his eyes in the mirror. His hand moved up to gently brush through Jesse’s dark, golden waves, “This hair, I just want to spend hours running my fingers through it or clasping it as I pull your head back to kiss you.”
Jesse’s body shivered slightly as he sighed, “Jacob hated my hair. He said it was an unruly mess.”
Noah’s eyes snapped up to Jesse’s in the mirror, “Jess? I’m not him. No more comparing me to him, okay? I don’t want Jacob Knight in our bedroom…at all….okay?”
Jesse’s adams apple bobbed as he swallowed hard and nodded.
Noah’s fingers traced down to Jesse’s temple, “These eyes, God, I just want to get lost in them. They’re so expressive. They tell me when you’re hurting, when you’re scared but mostly they tell me when you’re wanting to learn, when you’re aching for me.”
“I do want to learn…..everything and I want you so much,” Jesse whispered.
“I want you too, and you will learn, in time. You just have to be patient, babe.”
Noah’s fingers moved down to Jesse’s lips, “These lips, fuck, these lips, I just want to spend hours kissing them.”
“Yes,” Jesse whispered on a sigh that sounded more like a plea. “I really like it when you kiss me.”
Noah turned his head, leaned over Jesse’s shoulder and molded their lips together. The air was sucked out of the room and the only thing that existed in that moment was the two of them as Noah swept his tongue inside Jesse’s mouth to deepen the kiss. Jesse tried to turn his body around but Noah kept him in place with his own and broke their connection, peppering gentle kisses to Jesse’s now wet and swollen lips. He opened his eyes and ran his thumb across them, “This, just like this, wet and plump and beautiful, this is how I picture your lips when they’re wrapped around my cock.”
“Oh, God, yes, please yes, I want to try that, Noah. Please teach me.”
“Soon, babe, soon.”
Noah’s lips joined his fingers in their exploration of Jesse’s body, “This neck, it’s so damn sexy,” he whispered as he pressed a kiss to the back of it.
Jesse’s entire body shivered, “Oh God,” he whispered as his chin dropped to his chest.
Noah’s knees bent as he pressed kisses down Jesse’s spine until he was squatting behind him and pressing a kiss to his lower back.
“This ass,” he whispered as he caressed his hands over it, “this ass is a work of art.” He squeezed the round globes in his hands then leaned his face closer.
“Wha…..what are you? Holy fuck!” Jesse cried out when Noah’s tongue licked over Jesse’s tight hole.
“Oh my God, Noah, no, that’s, that’s…..”
“It’s perfect,” Noah mumbled as he dove in, spreading those cheeks and slowly working his tongue inside.
In and out, his tongue dove in and captured Jesse’s essence. Noah felt it explode not only on his tastebuds but everywhere in his fucking body.
“Oh, God, N-N-N-Noah,” Jesse cried, his legs shaking, his body trembling, his fingers scraping down the granite countertop trying to find something to hold onto.
Suddenly Noah wanted to taste everything that was Jesse Miller. He moved back a few inches and growled, “Jesse, turnaround and sit on the counter.”
Jesse was too worked up to respond quick enough for Noah’s needs so Noah stood up, spun him around and lifted his ass to the edge of the counter, “I’m going to make you come now, Jess, you good with that?” he pretty much growled.
Jesse’s eyes got wide but he nodded his head so Noah dropped back down to a squat, sucked a finger into his mouth and then pressed it into Jesse’s wet hole.
“Ungh, fuck!” Jesse cried as he squeezed his eyes shut.
“Jesse, open your eyes and watch me.”
He waited until Jesse managed to focus on Noah’s face and only then did Noah lean forward and swallow Jesse’s hard dick into the back of his throat.
“Oh my God, Noah!” Jesse cried as he tried to buck his hips but Noah’s other hand pressed him down to the counter.
And then, God Noah loved this part, he pushed that finger farther in, curved it and found that soft mass of nerves and he brushed over it…..once.
“Ungh, fuck!” Jesse cried.
Twice.
“Holy fuck!”
Three times.
Jesse tried to shove Noah away but that wasn’t fucking happening, not in this lifetime.
“I….I…I’m going….ungh….fuck….Noah!” Jesse cried and then the first shot of Jesse’s warm, salty deliciousness shot into the back of Noah’s throat.
Before the second spurt, Noah’s left hand was moving off of Jesse’s leg and tugging on his own aching prick. An embarrassingly-short three tugs later, Noah’s orgasm was shooting out onto the cabinets and the floor while Jesse’s was still pulsing into Noah’s mouth.
As Jesse’s dic
k began to soften in his mouth, Noah slid his finger out, ran his tongue over the tip of Jesse’s prick to make sure he had captured every single drop and then he moved up Jesse’s body and slammed their lips together. Jesse’s arms and legs immediately wrapped around Noah’s body like an octopus. Jesse began mumbling into Noah’s mouth as one hand snaked down between their bodies, “Oh God, Noah, please let me do that to, to, to….wait, you’re not hard. You didn’t like it. You didn’t like doing that to me. Fuck, I knew you wouldn’t.”
Noah pulled him in tighter, lifted him off the counter and stepped back, turning their bodies to the side, “Jess, babe, look at the floor.”
Jesse’s head turned and he inhaled sharply, “You, you came?”
Noah leaned forward and kissed the corner of Jesse’s mouth, “You made me come, babe. I love the way you taste.”
Jesse tucked his head into Noah’s chest, “Hum, I’m glad.”
“Look at me babe,” Noah waited until Jesse’s sated gaze locked with his own. “All those things I described about you that turn me on?”
Jesse nodded his head.
“They’re nothing compared to what’s inside, what’s in your heart. I could care less how much experience you have or how full your lips are or any of that shit. You make me feel special, Jess. You make me feel like I mean something. That’s what matters to me. Not how well you can blow me. You could suck a dick like a fucking vacuum but still treat me like crap. You would never treat me badly because you’re a decent, good person. That’s what matters to me, Jess. The other stuff you can learn.”
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