One Last Chance (Complete Series Box Set)

by Lauren Wood

  “Hey.”

  “Alicia.”

  “Hello Alicia.”

  “You look tired. Would you like a massage?”

  I told her that I was good but thanked her anyways before I sent her over to see if Racen wanted one. He’d been eying her and then she’d be off my back. That’s all I was worried about and I knew that it was going to be easy enough to get rid of her.

  Alicia gave me a look back and I could tell that she wanted to be with me, but it wasn’t going to happen.

  “Let me know if you change your mind Frank.”

  I told her that I would. My cock was hard with the offer, but I’d learned that real satisfaction came when I had the girl I wanted. Alicia was nice, pretty and looked like she could suck a ball through a straw, but she wasn’t Gemma. I was holding out for something more than a few minutes of pleasure.

  I went to bed alone and it was the first time in a long time that I wish I had someone there with me. I was sure that I would be able to get through it. Gemma was going to come around. I was sure of it. I just had to wait her out. Getting involved with one of the girls around here was going to be a problem, so I knew that I wasn’t going to. I was just going to have to wait.

  The next morning, I was up early to set about for the day. I’d told Gemma that I would come get her for a ride and I was up and dressed earlier than I planned. Not wanting to wait to see her, I went to the cabin and found her still sleeping. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take off my boots and slide into bed next to her. Her body was soft and compliant against me.

  She made a moaning sound and turned towards me, wrapping her arms around me in her sleep. It would have been perfect if she hadn’t said another man’s name. When I heard her say Justin, I got up and made sure that she was up as well. He was the last person that I wanted to think about right now.

  “Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up Gemma.”

  She smiled at me and my heart melted. It was just that easy for her and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do about it. I wanted her, needed her even, but there was still so much between us that was unsolved. I wanted more than she was willing to give at the moment and a reminder that she was with an old friend and my second didn’t sit well with me. I wanted it to be out in the open and for her to move on. We were meant to be together. She knew that, so why was she fighting it so much?

  “No problem Frank. I need to get up anyways. What time is it?”

  “It’s almost nine. I couldn’t sleep, so I figured that we could get some breakfast or something.”

  “Okay, well let me just get dressed and wash up really quick. Do I have time for a shower?”

  I told her that she did. I would wait for her as long as I needed to. There was nothing that I wanted more than to spend time with her and I would get it in any way that I could. Her eyes were alight and when she stood up from the bed, I gave her a kiss. It wasn’t planned, purely spur of the moment, but I couldn’t help it. She just looked so damn pretty when she was looking at me in that way.

  Her lips were soft, and they yielded to me rather quickly. She made a soft moaning sound, much like the one she had when I laid down next to her and it was hard for me to contain myself. Gemma finally pulled away and I was ready for more. I wasn’t going to be able to shut this off, whatever this was between us. I certainly didn’t know if I wanted to. I needed her, badly and it was literally all that I could think about.

  “Are you sure you don’t want help in the shower? I would be more than happy to wash your back.”

  “You want more than that.”

  “That’s it, I swear.”

  I thought she was going to say no, but there was mischief in her eyes and I knew that I was the one that was in for it.

  “Sure, Frank come on. But you only get to wash my back and hair. I miss that. But that’s all you get. Just so you know. Full disclosure.”

  I agreed to it, but who wouldn’t? She was going to be naked in minutes and I was going to be there. Of course, I was going to agree to whatever she wanted to get me in there with her. I used to wash her hair when we were together. I’d always loved the brown locks and they were longer than before. Her hair always smelled good and it wasn’t long before I was sure that I was going to get her right where I wanted her. I just had to talk her into it. It was easier, knowing that she wanted it. It was just convincing her that there was nothing else that we should be doing. We were great together and I had to believe that quickly she would see that. It was my hope anyways.

  We got into the bathroom and I noticed that some of her toiletries were already there. I liked the idea of her showering in here. I could see her body perfectly long before she took her clothes off. She was beautiful, she really was and there was nothing more that I wanted to do. I just loved her so much and when her clothes started to come off, something came over me and my fingers were itching to touch her. I wanted to hear that moan again that I loved so much.

  “Don’t get that look on your face Frank. I’m serious about no funny business.”

  I didn’t agree with the term for one, and I certainly didn’t agree with not doing it. She had to see that she was driving me crazy.

  “There is no look. I’m just enjoying the view. I don’t think you get how beautiful you are.”

  She waved me off like I was just complimenting her because it was something to say. Gemma had never really gotten the effect she had on men, namely me, but also everyone that met her, wanted her. It was hard not to want Gemma. She was like the hot girl next door. She was down to earth and so damn beautiful. It was a hard mix to ignore.

  Gemma

  I knew that inviting Frank into the bathroom was a hard thing to do because while I said there would be no funny business, it was clear rather quickly that it didn’t matter what he did, I was the one that was already wishing that I hadn’t said it. I wanted him, always had and this day was no different.

  Frank took his clothes off and my eyes traveled down his body. This was the first time that I’d seen it in years with the lights on. He had more muscles, more scars and several more tattoos. I couldn’t believe the changes in him. He was far more man now and the smallish muscles that he had when he was younger had gotten thicker and there was certainly more of him to desire.

  He got in next to me and he was rock hard. When I looked that way, he shrugged and told me that there was nothing that he could do about it.

  “You’re standing there naked in front of me. How could I not be hard?”

  I tried to ignore his logic. I know that I was certainly getting wet. It was hard not to be, so I could see his point. I certainly wasn’t upset about it in the least bit. There was nothing more that I wanted than to check him out. I was supposed to be getting dressed and getting clean, but all there was in my head, were dirty thoughts that made me blush just to think about it. I really wanted it all to be different. I wanted his hands on me, even though I was resisting the urge with everything inside of me.

  Frank reached around me to get to the squeezy that I was using, and I knew that I was in for it. His hand just barely brushed against me and I was sure that I was going to lose it. It wasn’t hard to imagine what was going to happen next. It didn’t really matter how much I tried to deny it, I wasn’t going to be able to, not really. When I was around Frank, all bets were out of the window. I knew then that I wasn’t going to be able to stop the inevitable.

  His hands moved onto me and though he’d grabbed the loofah, he didn’t seem to be using it. Instead I could feel his slippery hands on my back and then wrapping around me to get a handful of tits. I moaned as his fingers tweaked my nipple, long since forgetting that we weren’t supposed to be doing this. I wasn’t able to stop it and I didn’t want to.

  Frank moved over my body slowly, making sure that every inch of me was as slippery as his hands were. I was ready to lose my mind. I couldn’t help it. He just felt so damn good. I was going to lose it. What happened to no funny business? Had I really believed it as I was sa
ying it?

  His hands were magical, they always had been and soon I was leaning back on his wet, hard body and my mind was gone. I was wet, not from the water cascading down on me, but from the fluid that was flowing between my legs. I needed him, badly and the more he touched me, the more I was ready to give into his demands. His hard length slid through my legs and I could see it coming out the other side. He groaned behind me and I tipped my ass up a little so that the next time he pushed through my legs, instead of going through, he went inside of me

  Frank groaned behind me and played with my breasts as he pumped in and out of me. I felt stretched and needed more of him. I leaned forward, bracing myself against the tiles of the shower as Frank started to push deeper and faster. He was winding me up quickly and the quick shower was turning into something else. It was hot in there. I was burning up and then the next minute I was exploding, calling out his name before I could stop myself. He just felt so damn good.

  He wasn’t too far behind me and he bit my shoulder as he filled me with his hot seed. It was all just too much for me and before I knew it, I was wobbly on my legs. It was more than I could have imagined. Everything with Frank was just more. I knew then that I was going to have to limit myself. This wasn’t supposed to happen and every time he held me and was inside of me, I lost a little more of the resistance. It was the only thing that was going to keep me sane.

  I started to get out of the shower and he told me that he wasn’t finished.

  “My legs are about to give out Frank. I can’t.”

  He chuckled at me. “We have to wash your hair, don’t we?”

  I had forgotten about my hair. In truth, I’d forgotten what I was even in the shower for. Once his hands got on my body, there really was nothing else that I could do. I can’t think when he’s close and the more he touched me, the worst it got.

  “Why don’t you rinse off and I will finish my hair?” Truth was, if he didn’t, I knew we were going to go to round two. I didn’t have the energy to tell him no and I certainly didn’t have the want to. I wanted him to touch me, taste me and if he didn’t get out of the shower soon, I was never going to get on with my day. This was what Frank did to me and it was hard for me to get around it. He’d always been my downfall and it was no different now.

  He chuckled at me, like he knew why I was saying that and why I was so determined to get him away from me. Frank wasn’t unaware of his talent. He was quite sure of them and that was the hardest part of all. He knew what he did to me and I was sure that he made it worse on purpose.

  Frank tried to pull me to him and I stopped him. “I’m serious, rinse off and get out. We’ll never leave the shower and I have things to do today. I can’t be here with you all day.”

  About that time, we heard someone at the door. I figured that it was Racen. He said he was going to be in early yesterday and I knew that he was going to be back with a few friends to clean up and work on painting up the clubhouse. I didn’t want to be caught like this, so I kicked him out with a towel still around him. Frank wanted to act like he was upset about it, but I knew he wasn’t. He’d gotten his way after all.

  I heard talking when Frank left the bathroom and I would have recognized that voice anywhere. I knew who it was, and it made it all the worst.

  “What’s up Justin? I thought that you had to work today?”

  “It’s technically a holiday, so I’m off work. I tried to call you, but you didn’t answer.”

  Frank was stuttering a little bit.

  “Just thought I would stop by and see how the work was coming along. I need help at the warehouse if you want to go down there with me.”

  “Sure, in a bit. I have lost my girlfriend and I can’t find her. She hasn’t been home in a couple of nights now. Have you seen Gemma? I know that you two were close before.”

  “Well, I have seen her.”

  It was then that I heard a loud commotion and I wasn’t sure what it was about. I heard Justin’s words and knew that he’d found something of mine, indicating that I was here.

  “Are those her shoes?”

  Again, Frank didn’t know what to say and he was stumbling on his words. The more I tried to ignore the exclamation that he had to give, the more I knew I had to get out of the shower. Was I supposed to stay in here or not? If I came out now, he was going to know that I was in the shower. Since Frank was wet as well, Justin would quickly put it together that we were in there together.

  I didn’t know what to do and I just froze with the water off and waited to hear anything that would give me an indication of what I was supposed to do next. I was mentally trying to get Frank to get Justin out of there, but now that he found my shoes, it wasn’t long before he was clearly finding more of my things here.

  “Is she staying here? With you?”

  “No, it’s not like that Justin. She came to me after the party and told me that she needed a place to stay. I’ve known Gemma for a long time. She was upset, so of course I gave her a place to stay. I don’t know what happened at the party, but she was very hurt and upset. Do you know what happened?”

  Justin was quiet, not saying a word. It made sense for him not to admit to banging Sandra. Part of the problem was that it was Frank’s sister. Justin probably didn’t want to piss Frank off. He was the president after all, in charge of it all, not to mention that he was rather scary when he wanted to be.

  “Is she here now?”

  I waited for the answer. My heart was beating rapidly in my chest and I wasn’t sure what he was going to say. Was he going to rat me out? It was no secret that Frank wanted to be together, but did that mean that he was going to tell Justin what was going on. I didn’t know if I wanted him to or not. I still wasn’t ready to talk to Justin. That’s why I was avoiding him like the plague.

  “Let me just grab my clothes and then we’ll go to the warehouse.”

  “Okay, but if you see Gemma, will you let me know? I really want to talk to her. I don’t know what happened. She just took off.”

  “Well girls usually have a reason.”

  It was Frank’s way of fishing and I wondered if Justin was going to admit it. When he didn’t, I knew that he never would. If he wouldn’t admit it to his friend, why would he admit it to me? It didn’t make any sense and I about came out of my skin when the bathroom door opened. I was half-expecting that it would be Justin that came in, but I was relieved that it was Frank.

  “What are you doing?”

  “Getting dressed and then you can come out.”

  “I need to get my car, remember?”

  “Yeah. Just take Racen’s bike when he gets here and go get your car. I’ll bring him by to get his bike from your place later, okay?”

  It was as good of a plan as anything else and the truth of the matter was that I knew it was the only way. I was going to have to figure things out soon with me and Justin, just not yet. I still wasn’t sure how it was all going to work out.

  I watched Frank get dressed and he left with Justin not long after that. The cabin was empty, and I could breathe, but it just reminded me of the things that I had to take care of, no matter how badly I just wanted to ignore it all.

  This was all a right mess.

  Frank

  “So, what’s going on with you and Gemma?”

  “Hell, if I know. You know how chicks are. They are crazy as hell.”

  I knew the reason, but Justin wasn’t copping to it. It sure would make it a lot easier if he’d just come out with it. Then they could break up and I could move in. I already had, but we wouldn’t have to hide it anymore.

  “So, you have no idea why she is upset?”

  Justin looked at me weird. “Why, do you know something?”

  I figured fuck it, let’s get the ball rolling. Let the healing begin.

  “I heard something about the night of the party. She walked in on you and my sister.”

  Justin’s face paled and it wasn’t just the lack of lighting in the warehouse It was quite
obvious that Justin didn’t want me to know abut Sandra. Truth was that I didn’t care either way. I was more worried about Justin getting hurt than my sister. My sister was the type of woman that was a maneater, so I didn’t worry about her. I worried about Justin more because he didn’t know what he was getting into, though I knew what he’d lost.

  “I didn’t know that she saw us.”

  “Well you were in her bedroom from what I hear, in her bed.”

  Justin hung his head and I knew then, that he knew that he’d been found out. It was hard to imagine losing a woman like Gemma. I could see it in his face and in a way, I knew what he was going through. Though I’d left out of fear of some sort, the fact was that when Gemma was out of my life, everything took on a grey look. Nothing was as sunny and bright as it had been before. I knew that I’d messed up as soon as I left Hartford, but the fear of love and what came next made it impossible to go back. I just couldn’t, and I’d regretted it almost every day in one way or another.

  The most regret came when I was with another woman. Every time I was with a girl, it was Gemma that I would see in my mind. She was the one that I wanted, and it made it hard to ever get close to anyone else. That’s why everyone knew me as a player, because I couldn’t have what I wanted. It was always Gemma that I’d wanted. No one else. Nothing had changed.

  “What am I going to do?”

  He was asking a question that wasn’t going to have an answer that he liked. He wanted me to give him an easy way out of it. If there was one, I certainly wasn’t going to tell him about it. I wanted her. I’d lost Gemma before and I wasn’t going to let him swoop in and take her back. He’d fucked up and I’d won. It was all that mattered to me. Gemma was mine now. It was just that simple and the more I thought about it, the more I was glad that it had happened. If not, it would have gotten messy.