“Cap, if I wanted your fucking opinion, I’d give it to you. I’m good.”
He nodded and didn’t say anything else.
“Time to go meet Burg’s lady friend. You ready?” Sinner asked.
“Burg has a lady friend?” Cap asked. “Where?”
Sinner pointed over to the pool table and Cap let out a low whistle. “Damn. She’s at least an eleven. Where the hell did he find her?”
“Let’s find out,” Sinner said a little too excitedly. We walked over and Burg groaned when he saw us walking up.
“Who’s your friend?” Sinner asked with a big smile.
“I knew I shouldn’t have fucking told you,” Burg muttered. Sighing, he wrapped an arm around the pretty blonde’s waist and pulled her closer. “Meghan, this is my boss, Cap, Sinner, and Cazzo.”
“Uh, are those seriously their names? I mean, no offense, but who names their kid Sinner?” Meghan asked.
“Sebastian, Mark, and Sam,” he said pointing to each of us.
“What do they call you, Blake?”
“Burg,” he responded. She looked at him in confusion. “Short for Reasenburg.”
“And because he’s the size of a fucking iceberg,” Sinner added. “Although, I don’t know about the size of his other assets. I’ll leave that to you.”
She blushed and Burg cursed under his breath. “Christ, you guys can leave us alone now.”
“But we’re just getting to know your new lady friend,” Sinner complained.
“So, what do you do?” I asked, wanting to join in on the fun.
“I’m in nursing school.”
“A nurse. Really?” I grinned at Burg. He shot me a look that could kill.
“Ever dressed up as a sexy nurse for Halloween?” Sinner asked.
“Umm..No. I can’t say that I ever have,” Meghan answered, obviously uncomfortable with the question.
“Don’t mind Sinner. He’s the jokester of the group. He’ll hit on anything with two legs,” Cap said.
“Hey, I’m a taken man.” Sinner looked at Cap in mock outrage. “I’m just saying, she’s going to be a nurse. It would make sense that she might have shown her love for the profession by dressing up for Halloween.”
“So, how long have you and Burg been together?” I asked.
“Well, we’ve been dating about a month now.”
“A whole month? Damn, Burg, she must be a keeper,” I grinned. “Did he tell you about the last woman he dated?”
“Don’t start, asshole,” Burg growled. Meghan looked at me with hesitation.
“No. Do I want to know?”
Sinner started laughing as Burg shot him a lethal glare. “The man found this really fine woman at a bar and they started talking-”
“Sinner, if you don’t want me to kick your ass, I suggest you shut your face.”
But Sinner didn’t care and Meghan looked way too interested now to stop.
“He took her home for the night, but he got the surprise of his life when they got down to it.”
“What happened?” Meghan asked in rapt fascination.
“Well, it turns out that she was actually a he.”
“Shut. Up!” She shoved Sinner back a step as she looked on in shock. “Are you serious?”
“He had no fucking clue,” Sinner laughed. Burg looked ready to murder him.
“Alright, asshole. You’ve had your fun. You can leave now.”
“How did you not know?” Meghan asked, trying to hold back her laughter.
“You guys are all assholes,” he muttered. “Can we get back to our date?”
“Just one question,” Meghan said. “Did you sleep with her? I mean him?” She burst out laughing before Burg could answer and Burg slugged Sinner in the shoulder. Sinner massaged his shoulder and feigned injury. God, I had missed hanging out with these guys.
Vanessa
“I can’t get into any schools until the fall semester.”
Sam sighed into the phone and I could tell he was disappointed. I had spent the past month talking with different schools, trying to find a way to get onto the spring schedule, but I hadn’t had any luck. “We’ll work it out, sweetheart. It’s only for another semester and then we’ll have the summer together.”
“I don’t want to wait. I think that I should just move there and enroll in the fall.”
“That’s crazy, Vanessa. That’s a whole half year you’ll waste. I don’t want to be the reason that you put your dreams on hold.”
“You’re not asking me to do this. I want to. It’s been hard to be away and it’s only been two weeks. Besides, if you’re not working yet, we’ll have some more time together. When I start school again, you’ll be working and neither of us will have time for each other. This could be good for us.”
“If that’s what you want, then you know I’m happy for you to come here. I just want you to be sure about this.”
“I am. Besides, it’s been months since I’ve been with you and I’m getting horny. My vibrator just isn’t doing it anymore.”
“Is that so? What would you do if I was there with you now?”
“I’d probably rip your pants off and attack your cock.”
He groaned into the phone and I couldn’t help the smile that crossed my face. There was something so satisfying in knowing that I could affect my man in that way.
“Take your clothes off sweetheart. I want you spread out on the bed for me.”
“But you’re not here. You can’t see me.”
“I can imagine it. Just do it.”
I took off my clothes and laid down on the bed with my legs slightly spread. “Alright,” I said breathily. “I’m naked.”
“Good. Now, pinch your nipples. Imagine my mouth on them, biting at them and running my tongue all over them. Can you feel it?”
I was panting hard because I could definitely feel it. It was one of the things I loved most that he did to me. There was nothing like when Sam’s mouth was on me.
“You still with me?”
“Uh-huh,” I murmured into the phone.
“Good. Close your eyes. Slide one hand down to that pretty pussy.” I did as he said and felt my juices seep out of my core. “Are you wet for me?”
“Soaking.”
I heard the sound of a zipper and imagined him taking out his cock to stroke.
“Fuck yourself with your fingers. Imagine it’s my cock inside you, fucking you hard as I suck your tits.”
“God, I love it when you talk dirty to me.”
“You ain’t seen nothing yet, sweetheart. Do you have your fingers in your pussy?”
“Yes,” I gasped at the rasp in his voice.
“Flick your button. I want you to come.”
I slid my hand out of my soaking pussy and ran the juices to my clit. It tingled and sent my body into overdrive. “Oh, God. I wish this was you.”
“Tell me what you want, sweetheart. I’m here.”
“I want your tongue on me. I want you to play with my clit and suck it into your mouth and fuck me with your fingers until I come. And then I want you to flip me over and fuck me hard from behind.”
Hot air blew across my pussy and my eyes flew open. Startled, I sat up with a screech. Sam was sitting at the foot of the bed with a grin.
“What the hell? How the hell are you here?” I flung myself at him and kissed him hard.
“I couldn’t stay away. I knew you only had a week left of school until the semester ended and I wanted to spend it with you. Then, we’ll spend Christmas in Indiana and I’m taking you home with me after that.”
“But what about my apartment?”
“I’ll take care of it. I can pay the rent until they can move someone else in.”
“I can take care of it.”
“I know you can, but I want you to use that money for school and whatever else you need.”
“I can’t believe you’re here,” I said with a grin.
He threw me back on the bed and trailed his li
ps down my body, leaving little love bites along the way. When he got to my pussy, he did everything I had just told him I wanted done to me. I screamed and writhed in his arms, but he refused to let me up until he had made me come three times. I’m pretty sure on the last one, I came close to blacking out.
Cazzo
I sank inside her and practically came on the spot. My hand had been doing jack shit over the past month, so I said fuck it and headed to Illinois. It was a waiting game back home anyway, so I figured, why the hell not? She opened her eyes and the haze of lust was shining bright. Lifting her hips, I shoved a pillow under her ass and then gripped her tight as I pounded inside her. My hips slammed against the inside of her thighs with every thrust.
I tried to hold back, but she started clenching around me, making it impossible to hold back. I squeezed my eyes shut as I thrust harder and harder inside her. When I shot off inside her, I collapsed and only barely caught myself before I landed on top of her and crushed her. It hadn’t been like this before. I had been weaker and hadn’t been able to take her like this.
I rolled to the side and kissed her lightly on the lips. “Damn, that was..”
“Fucking amazing,” she said with a smile.
“Yeah, pretty fucking amazing,” I smiled back.
“I can’t believe you’re really here. I thought you were going to start training?”
“I had to do the psych eval first.”
“How’d that go?”
“Passed it with flying colors. Cap called and told me to get my ass into the gym to start training again, but I wanted to see you.”
“I’m glad you’re here, but isn’t that kind of bad, blowing off your boss?”
I shrugged and kissed her shoulder. “I think I needed a few extra days. This is going to make me sound like such a pussy, but knowing that you’re going to be coming home with me, now I know that I can do this. I was freaking out a little about getting back to work.”
“Well, maybe the guys would tell you that you’re a pussy, but that’s probably the best thing I’ve ever heard. No one has ever needed me.”
I pulled her into my arms and held her tight. I knew, like I did when I first met her, that she was someone I couldn’t live without. But after everything we’d been through, I knew that if anything ever happened to her, I would fight like hell to live without her because anything less would be letting her down.
We spent the afternoon sleeping and then Vanessa had some studying to get done. I had to call Cap and get shit straightened out with him. Chances were, he was going to be pissed at me for blowing him off, but I had a feeling that he would understand.
“Cazzo, you want to tell me why you didn’t show up for training today?”
“I’m in Illinois.”
“You’re what? What the hell? You tell me that you’re ready to get back to work and then you run off to see your girlfriend?”
“I needed to. Cap, she’s my anchor and I needed to see her before I got going again.” He didn’t say anything and I worried that I had really pissed him off, so I tried to explain some more. “She’s moving back with me. I know that I have a long road ahead of me, not just with training, but also with gaining back the trust that I broke with everyone. I needed to see her, but then she told me that she’s moving back, so I’m going to come back after Christmas. We’re going to see my family and then I’ll move her in with me. I know that I can do this if she’s-”
“Would you shut the fuck up, Cazzo. Jesus, you’re gonna make me puke over here. I get it. You love her. It’s like every male around me is turning into a fucking pussy.”
“We learn by example, Cap,” I said with a grin.
“Yeah, yeah. I get it. You just get your ass back in the gym right after New Year’s. No fucking excuses. I’ll drag your ass here if I have to.”
“You got it, Cap.”
“And Cazzo, you’re wrong about one thing. You didn’t lose everyone’s trust, just shook it a little. You’ve got nothing to worry about. We’re all ready for you to get back here.”
He hung up before I could say anything else and I stared at my phone in relief. That was a weight lifted off my shoulders. The last year had really fucked me over, but I had a feeling that once I was back in shape and had my girl by my side, it would all be smooth sailing from there on out.
CHAPTER TWENTY
Vanessa
“SAM, WOULD YOU just tell me what’s going on?”
He was driving me to Reed Security and it was the day after we got back from his parents’ house for Christmas. I had unpacking to do and I just wanted to relax for a few days, but here he was, hauling me off for some unknown reason.
“You’ll see. Just be patient.”
I grumbled in the passenger seat. I hated not knowing what was going on and he knew it. That was one of the things that I made him agree to when I moved in, was that he would always let me know what was going on, even if he couldn’t tell me everything. After all, he did work for a security company. There had to be limitations.
We pulled in and Sam went through the steps of entering all the codes, and then we were parking the car and heading in. There were a few other people still in the office, but most had taken some time off for the holidays. He led me back to the conference room where Sebastian was sitting at the table with a woman who appeared to be in her late forties.
Sebastian stood, signaling for the woman to stand. She turned and looked at me like she was worried about something. I looked to Sam and then Sebastian, wondering what the hell was going on.
“Vanessa, I’d like you to meet Annette Mattson, your mother,” Sam said. The air felt like it was being sucked from my lungs as I took in what I was hearing. How in the hell was my mother, who I had thought for years was dead, standing here in front of me. She had tears in her eyes and her lip quivered as she took me in.
“I don’t understand. He said that you left. Why are you here?”
“I wanted to meet you. I didn’t leave you willingly.”
“Um, where have you been?”
“Texas,” the woman replied. “I’ve been living there since your father tossed me out.”
“He always told me you died.”
“When we saw Victor over the summer, he said that he wasn’t sure where you were,” Sam said.
“Oh, he’s always known where I was. He made it pretty clear that he would always keep tabs on me.”
“So, you didn’t abandon us?”
“Not in the way you think,” she said sadly. “After your father and I were married, he changed. He became money hungry and wasn’t the sweet man that I thought he was. You see, my parents arranged the marriage with him. He was rising in the financial world and my father saw the potential for hitching their wagon to him. He’s made them a lot of money over the years. After your oldest sister was born, I realized that he didn’t really care about me. He had been hoping for a son to pass on a legacy to. He was disappointed that I didn’t deliver. I stayed with him though, hoping that he would change. After you were born, it became clear to me that would never happen. He became more frustrated with me every day and finally told me that if I didn’t disappear, he would make me. He hired guards and told me there was no way I would ever get you back. I was locked out of the house and he had a driver take me to the bus station and gave me an envelope with twenty-five thousand dollars. I didn’t even have any of my stuff with me.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. What kind of man does that to someone? “Why didn’t you take him to court? Go to the police?”
“I had only the money he gave me. He would have dragged any court proceedings out until I had no money left. Besides, by that time, he had made quite a name for himself. I didn’t really believe I could ever win against him. So, I moved on. It may not have been the smartest decision and I’ve regretted not fighting harder for you girls over the years. I wanted to contact you and I actually tried once, but your father intercepted the call and the next day I was evicted from m
y apartment. Then, I saw your picture in the paper. You were doing charity work and I was just so happy that despite your father, you seemed to turn out okay. I lost track of your sisters after they got married. Then Mr. Reed called me and here I am.”
I turned to Sebastian in disbelief. “You did this?”
“No,” he said, shaking his head. “That was all Sam. I just made a few phone calls after Becky tracked her down.”
I turned to Sam and gave him a big hug. “I can’t believe you did that for me.”
“You needed to know, and I would do anything for you.”
“I know, and I love you for that.” I turned back to my mother and blew out a breath. “So, how long are you in town for?”
“Well, that depends on you. I’ve got some vacation days built up, so I can take about a month off. But when you want me to leave, you just say the word.”
I looked at Sam, unsure what to say. Luckily, I didn’t have to say anything. Sam did all the talking for me.
“I have a guest house on my property. You’re welcome to stay there, if that’s alright with Vanessa. Then you two can get to know each other until you have to go home.”
Annette looked at me with uncertainty, but I nodded. “I’d like that.”
She smiled in relief and just like that, I had my mom back. I didn’t know if we would stay in touch after her trip or if we would even get along, but I was excited to have the chance.
After getting my mom settled in at the guest house for the night, I dragged Sam into our bedroom and shoved him down on the bed, ripping his pants off him, just as I had promised the day he showed up at my apartment in Chicago.
“Hey there, killer. Slow down.”
“Nope.” I yanked his boxers off and eyed his burgeoning erection. I licked my lips as I thought about how much I wanted him in my mouth this instant. I couldn’t wait. I pounced, swallowing his cock whole as his hands gripped my hair and he moaned loudly.
“Fuck, Vanessa. Good God, you’re going to kill me.”
“Not a chance, but I am going to suck you hard until you come down my throat.”
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