Always Mine: A Bad Boy Next Door Romance

by Lauren Wood

  “Who is she Joel?”

  The question threw me off and I knew that the answer that I was going to give her was not the one that she wanted to hear. She didn’t want to hear that Lisa was my ex-wife. I hadn’t even gotten to tell her about her and this was not the way that I wanted to broach the subject. She was not going to like my answer.

  “She is an old girlfriend.”

  “From here?”

  “No, she came down from Chicago.”

  “Well she came a long way to see you. You could have just told me that you were going to be busy Joel. I would have understood.”

  “I wasn’t busy. She just showed up and that was the end of it. I tried to get her to leave, but she needed a place to stay for the night.”

  “How generous of you Joel. Please leave and don’t come back. I mean it this time. I don’t want you using my key to break in anymore. If that is going to be a problem, I will call your uncle. I have lived her a long time, but I am not going to deal with a manager that just comes in whenever he wants to.”

  I was losing her. I could see it in her eyes and she was never going to listen to me. “She just came here to mess with me. She slept on the couch and I told her to leave this morning. I swear to you Cameron that nothing happened.”

  I needed to touch her, kiss her, tell her with my body the words that she didn’t want to hear. She was mine and I wasn’t going to let her go, not for anything and just because Lisa had showed up, I was not going to lose everything because of it. That was what Lisa wanted and I wasn’t about to give it to her.

  “Please hear me out Cameron. You know that I love you and that I would never do anything to hurt you.”

  She shook her head and then smiled through the tears. “Yet here I am with my heart broken. How do you manage that?”

  The sassy mouthed woman that I fell in love with was gone and the one in her place was sad. I didn’t want to see her like this and I moved to hold her. Cameron took another step back, but she had backed herself into a corner. I should have stopped and given her space, but every time I did, something went wrong. I wasn’t going to chance it this time. I had to have her and I was not above doing anything to make it so. Not this time.

  Pulling her in for a kiss, the only thing that gave me a little ease was the fact that she still wanted me and moaned softly when our lips touched. I wanted her, badly and by the fever in which she kissed me, I had to believe that she wanted the same thing. There was nothing else that I was able to believe than she was going to be mine. That was all I could think of and there was no other thoughts past that.

  Her body was soft and compliant when I pulled it closer to mine. It was such a contrast to my hard chest. I could feel her soft breasts yielding to my touch. Cameron was everything that I wanted and needed in a mate. She was all that I could think about and even though it was still in the air, Cameron was the only one that I was ever going to want. She made me feel invincible and I wasn’t ready to lose that.

  Turning her around, I pushed her up against the wall and started kissing on the back of her neck and her shoulders. She was squirming from my touch and I had to stop myself once before I moved too fast. Her hips were non-stop, backing into me and rubbing her soft ass on the hardness below.

  “What do you want Cameron?”

  She whimpered and answered with her hand moving behind her to grab a handful of my cock. It wasn’t hard to understand what that meant and what she wanted. I wanted the same thing and I was pulling down her shorts before she had a moment to think of a reason as to why she shouldn’t.

  I knew that Cameron was impatient and it worked out well because I was too. Just the idea of losing her had her even more preciously in my arms. I wasn’t so blind that I couldn’t see how badly it could have all went. Something told me that possessing her fully was the only real way to silence all of her thoughts. Words couldn’t express everything that I wanted to say.

  “Now Joel!”

  Giving her what she wanted, I moved forward quickly, pulling her hips to meet mine as I thrust forward. She wanted it hard and fast, something I had learned the first time we were together. While Cameron was delicate, that wasn’t the case when we were in the bedroom. She wanted it harder than I would have ever expected and faster than I could manage sometimes. The woman got crazed and it didn’t take her long to start moving up to meet me faster. Her hands moved to my butt and pulled me in deeper. It was like she couldn’t get enough. It was something that we both agreed on.

  “Turn around.”

  Pulling out of her, we both groaned at the emptiness. I looked down at the wetness she had dripped on me and the round ass that moved out of my view. I wanted to see her face as I entered her and I picked her up, barking orders to wrap her legs around my waist. She was perfect and felt like nothing in my hands. Now I could go as hard and fast as we both wanted to. Cameron felt the difference almost immediately and threw her arms around my neck to hold on.

  “Yes Joel, I am coming!”

  I felt the flush of fluid run down my leg as she came all over my cock. It had never been like that with anyone else, but it was clear that she was satisfied. Her head moved to my shoulder and she had less ability to hold herself upright. I pounded into her a few more times before I could feel the need boiling up in my balls and I couldn’t hold it back anymore.

  We stayed face to face like that, breathing heavily for several moments. I moved to kiss her and she didn’t kiss me back. Her eyes were still closed and I knew that she was getting through her pleasure. Cameron almost went comatose sometimes and when I set her down, her knees were weak. I liked that I had done that to her, more than anything else. The sound of her pleasure and the way she whimpered was nothing compared to the way she felt when I knew I had done her right. She couldn’t even stand up on her own two feet and I was silently taking credit for it.

  “Will you listen to me now Cameron?”

  She wasn’t listening to me, but she still nodded her head like she was listening. I knew that she hadn’t heard a word I was saying and that was fine for now. Anything to get her to agree with me was enough for me.

  I took her to the bedroom and laid her down on the bed. Cameron looked beautiful and she didn’t even try to hide her body. It was as tempting as the time before, but I knew that I had to secure us. I couldn’t leave things as in. I didn’t just want her underneath me in the bed, I wanted her for good.

  Lying down next to her, I traced her jawline with my fingers and played with her hair. She just sighed against me and snuggled in towards me as I ran my fingers through her hair. Cameron was perfect. She really was and I knew that if I didn’t get it out soon she was going to be asleep, another thing I had learned when we were together before.

  “Are you going to go to sleep?”

  She shook her head that she wasn’t, but the grin on her face told me otherwise. As soon as she started to come, that was it.

  “I want us to be together Cameron.”

  Her smile got bigger and she waved her hand to the bodies pressed together. “What do you call this?”

  “I call this one night that I want it to be many. I want us to really be together. I love you Cameron and I don’t want to hear you say how we are not together again. We are together. You are mine.”

  She opened her eyes and the blue ones met mine. I could tell that she disliked the sound of my owning her, but there was no other way to describe it. She was mine and that was it.

  “Let’s just take things slow Joel. We barely know each other.”

  “That’s not true and you know it. We know enough. I know enough to know that I love you and I don’t want to live without you.”

  That got her attention. “You love me?”

  “More than I ever thought possible.”

  “Then what about Lisa?”

  I sighed and kissed her. I had to tell her the truth, but I didn’t want to feel her pull away. I didn’t think I could take it.

  “She is my ex-wife. We have been
divorced over a year and she just popped up. I couldn’t do anything about it Cameron, I really couldn’t.”

  “Do you love her?”

  “Are you even listening? She is my ex and you are the one I love. It is that simple.”

  Cameron turned away and I could tell that she was thinking about everything. I had given her a lot to think about, so I wasn’t surprised when she moved away.

  “I didn’t know you were married.”

  “I was and I want to be again one day, to you.”

  “This is too much Joel. What am I supposed to say to this?”

  “Just tell me that you love me too and I am not the only one.”

  “You know I love you. I don’t want to, but I can’t help it.”

  I chuckled at her answer. It was never what I wanted it to be, but somehow it was even more perfect. That was my Cameron and I wouldn’t have her any other way.

  “Good enough Cameron. That is all that I needed to hear.”

  Moving down to kiss her, I was filled with need once more and pressed inside of her. Cameron whimpered at the fullness and kissed me, as her hips rose up to meet mine. I was never going to get enough of her.

  THE END

  ALSO BY LAUREN WOOD

  Bad Boy Next Door Standalone Series:

  Only Mine: A Bad Boy Next Door Romance (Book 1)

  Bad Boy Second Chance Standalone Series:

  Never Mine: A Bad Boy Second Chance Romance (Book 1)

  **Every book in these page-turning bad boy romance series can be read as a standalones, there are no cliffhangers, and happily ever after’s guaranteed! Although, I would recommend not to miss book 1. **

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  PREVIEWS

  Only Mine

  A Bad Boy Next Door Romance

  Chapter 1

  Carlos

  “Hey man, what are you doing up this early?”

  I shook my head and shrugged. I didn’t know why I was up with the sun. I hadn’t even slept but a couple of hours. Something loud coming from underneath me was what woke me up and as I took a drag off of the cigarette in my mouth, I went to the porch to see what it was. I wasn’t above cursing someone out first thing in the morning if I couldn’t get some peace and quiet while I woke up.

  “Looks like someone is moving in downstairs.”

  I wanted to tell Joel that he was being Captain Obvious, but I didn’t. Instead I just kind of looked at him and then to the moving truck that was parked downstairs. I wasn’t too thrilled to have new neighbors because it took me so long to get rid of the last ones that had called the police on me several times before. Every time I had a party, I was sure to get the cops called and I didn’t want to go through that again. I didn’t want to be quiet, I wasn’t a quiet person, but I knew that I didn’t have a choice. I was too stubborn to rent out the apartment below. Why would I when I could just make the people leave?

  “So who do you think it is going to be?”

  Again it was a moronic thing to ask. I didn’t know and there was no point in imagining who it would be. It was better to wait and as I flicked the cigarette, watching the ashes float down to the pavement below, I stopped when I saw the tiny blonde that reemerged from the inside and went back to the moving truck to get another box. I could tell she was struggling with it. It looked like it was as big as she was, but I didn’t feel moved to help. I felt moved to watch her and her jiggling breasts as she tried to get it in without dropping it.

  “I think I’m going to go help her. You know, be neighborly and all of that.”

  I sighed at Joel and reminded him that he didn’t even live in the building. “She isn’t even your neighbor, Joel.”

  “Yeah, but you are my cousin and you live here, so that technically means that I live here too.”

  “I don’t think it works that way.”

  He disagreed and really wasn’t listening to me anymore. To him, he was already downstairs with the blonde lovely and I could tell just by looking at him what he had in mind. I didn’t blame him. She was beautiful, but I learned not to mess with anyone that I was going to have to see every day. She may have been pretty now, but after a few times with her and after I get bored with her, she wouldn’t be quite so attractive. Not when she would no doubt hate me for whatever it is I would be blamed for doing. No doubt I would break her heart.

  The idea made me smile and then I saw Joel talking to her. I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but whatever it was, she must have thought it was funny because I could hear the melodic sound of her laugh from where I was. For a moment I regretted not going down there with Joel, but part of me knew that it was for the best. I didn’t need to get involved, especially with a neighbor, no matter how cute she may be.

  Going back inside, I didn’t want to hear the two of them any longer and I crawled back into bed. I shouldn’t be up before noon and I didn’t plan to be. Ignoring the sounds of the moving going on downstairs, I went back to sleep without worrying about a thing. Joel would tell me all about her later when he got back upstairs. I could wait to get the low down on the new neighbor. I was hoping that she would at least be okay with me and my life style. The last thing I needed was some uptight woman that was going to give me a hard time.

  ***

  “So, what is she like?”

  Joel just smiled and then poured himself a drink. It was almost one when he came back upstairs and I had been up for a while, wondering what in the world he was down there doing. I didn’t hear any noises like he was getting it in, so I had to guess.

  “Her name is Eve and I have to say, I don’t think I have ever met anyone like her before.”

  It was his tone and the way he said it that made me look at him a little sideways. Why was he acting like he was in love with this chick or something? It didn’t make sense. He had only been down there a few hours and I didn’t see how anyone could feel anything for someone else when no time had passed. I slept with the same girl for a week and I was bored, so I didn’t get what it was that he was smiling like an idiot for.

  “What is wrong with you Joel?”

  My cousin shrugged his shoulders and took a drink of his glass, looking off in the distance a bit too much for comfort. What was wrong with him?

  “Nothing man, she is just perfect. I can’t believe you didn’t go down there. I told her that you lived up here and Eve thought it would be good to meet. I told her that you would go down there later for an introduction.”

  “Why the hell would you tell her that?”

  “Because you should. You are going to regret it if you don’t. I’m telling you Carlos, there is something about her that you are going to want to see.”

  I thought he was talking about her physical attributes. I had seen a bit of them from my place on the porch earlier, but then he started talking about her personality and her likes. What had gotten into my cousin? It was like he wasn’t himself all of a sudden and I knew that it had to have something to do with the new neighbor.

  “I didn’t see anything that special about her Joel. I think it has just been too long for you.”

  He tried to look like he was offended, but he wasn’t. Joel was a one-woman man and after his divorce, he was even more so now. I kept trying to get him involved and looking for other women, but he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend Lisa. For him to actually like a girl in that way had me sitting up and taking notice. It also made her off limits in a way. If there was someone that was going to make him forget Lisa, I wasn’t going to mess with that.

  “You just have to meet her.”

  “I think I’m good. You can chase after her if you want to.”

  Carlos didn’t say anything, but I knew that was what he was thinking about. It didn’t take a genius to really get it. “I don’t think we have much in common. If you went down there with me, then it would be less pressure.”

  “Are you actually nervous around her?”

  He wouldn’t admit it, but it was pretty clear that he was. I
didn’t know what to think about his reaction, but it did make me want to see what all of the fuss was about. What was it about the woman that had acting so strange?

  “Well, all I know is that I hope she isn’t like the last ones, always banging on the door when it gets too loud.”

  “I don’t think she is much of a partier. I think she is some kind of journalist or something.”

  I sighed and blew out a breath. If she was one of those types, I was sure that it was going to be hard to keep it quiet for her. Not that I cared, but I had a feeling that I was going to hear from her whether I wanted to or not.

  Chapter 2

  Eve

  I was trying to concentrate, but it was almost impossible. I got a couple of hours in the morning that were silent and peaceful, but once noon rolled around and the man upstairs woke up, there was no more quiet to be had. He was loud with everything that he did and at one o clock, it was back to me trying to ignore him. It was impossible though, everything about this apartment felt impossible. Why couldn’t he be like the nice man that had come down and helped before?

  Getting up from my seat, I tried to think of something else to do that didn’t need quiet, but it was work that called to me and that was more important than anything else. That was the reason that I had moved to the city in the first place was to work for the paper, but I was missing my small town more and more. I liked the excitement of the work and I liked having my name in print, but was it worth it? Everything felt so different here and it felt like I didn’t belong.

  Carlos was the name of the guy upstairs and I couldn’t help but wonder what it was he did. He didn’t work in the day time like most people and he was gone until late in the night, but after he got home there was usually a party going on. A couple of times I had heard a knock at my door, but there was no way that I was answering at one o clock in the morning. It couldn’t be that important.