Divining Elise

by Jody A. Kessler

  He picked up his cup and joined her in the living room. Elise stood by the fire, warming her legs and backside. Rob set the hot toddy down and picked up a log from the rack to add to the dying fire. She moved again, this time taking a spot on the couch.

  “Do I make you nervous or something?” he asked, perching on the opposite side of the couch after stoking the fire.

  “No. Why?” She answered too quickly, her discomfort obvious.

  He slid her the side eye then drank more tea.

  “A feeling. Or more like your vibe. I don’t know. You’re fine one minute, then act like I have rabies the next. I didn’t ask you over to make you uncomfortable. If you like, I’ll say goodnight and head to my room.”

  “I’m sorry. It’s not you, it’s me.”

  “Wow. I haven’t heard that in a long time. Like since high school. Her name was Marie Russo. She crushed me with those five words.”

  “Was she also intimidated by you?”

  “Intimidating?” Rob laughed, then sat back against the cushions, looking more relaxed. “No. Marie dumped me to go out with an older football player.”

  “And a hot basketball player wasn’t for her?”

  “Basketball? Did you just assume I’m a basketball player?”

  “Well, you’re tall and athletic looking,” Elise said.

  “Not to disappoint you, but I didn’t play basketball in school. Hockey is my game. And I heard you say I was hot. Is that why you think I’m intimidating?”

  She stared at the wall and tried to get over herself. In the moment, it was a monumental task.

  “Maybe,” she said. “I know we’re attracted to each other and I’m not sure how to handle it.”

  “Well, right now, we’re not doing anything except talking. I don’t think that’s too overwhelming.”

  “Except, I’m trying to figure out a way to keep my hands to myself when I really would rather not.”

  “Is that so?” Rob finished his drink and set the mug on the coffee table.

  Elise turned to him on the couch and finally let herself stare at him. “That is so.”

  “I didn’t invite you here to hit on you, Elise. I’m not that guy. Your son, my daughter. I’m… umm... in limbo. Out of practice. My words are really failing me right now.”

  Elise scooted over on the couch, not touching, but closer. “Don’t think weird thoughts about me, okay?”

  “Too late. I’ve already had every thought about you.”

  “Such as?”

  “Such as the way your lower lip pouts when you hear something you don’t want to hear. I’ve thought about how long your lashes are when you look down to hide your eyes. I’ve pictured your face and wondered how it’s possible for your eyebrows and cheekbones to be so perfectly shaped. But what really drives me insane is how you smell. It’s indescribable and makes me grow hard when your scent lingers on my clothes after I’ve been anywhere near you.”

  “Those are so not the thoughts I was worried about. But you get points for being descriptive.”

  Rob shifted on the couch so they were almost face to face. “If you continue to sit by me, I’m going to assume you want me to kiss you.”

  “I might.”

  “Damn it. Your vague answers confuse me even more.”

  “This shouldn’t be too confusing.” Elise slid into his space until their legs touched. She laid her hands on his sides and that’s all the invitation he needed.

  Rob’s mouth landed on hers with fiery heat. She pressed forward so her breasts pushed against his chest. His hand wrapped around her back, holding her close, while his other hand cupped the back of her neck. The tip of his tongue tasted her lower lip and she opened to him. Their tongues met and circled. He sucked softly against her mouth and a small moan escaped.

  He moved to the side of her neck and tasted and nipped. Elise explored the width of his shoulders and the firmness of his muscles. He could have been a sculpture. “You’re so hard,” she said.

  “You haven’t gotten to the hard part of my anatomy yet,” he said against her throat.

  She laughed. Then she laughed at her laugh. How had she gotten here? What was she doing? Which reminded her of the weird thoughts she didn’t want Rob having about her. Elise didn’t sleep around. She hadn’t been with anyone since her ex. It’d been years.

  “I don’t do this,” she said as she stroked her hands up his shirt and whimpered at the feel of his smooth torso and exquisite muscle definition.

  “What? Feel a guy up?” She heard the smirk in his incredibly smooth voice.

  “Yes. Exactly.” She pulled his shirt off to see him in the firelight. “I’m not myself around you.”

  “Well, whoever the hell you are, don’t stop. I like this version of you.” He found her mouth again and resumed kissing her even more senseless than she already was.

  “I don’t want you to think that I’m normally like this.” The urge to taste his skin moved her lips to his neck, then down to his incredible pecs. She swirled her tongue around his nipple, then bit it lightly.

  “Whoa! Did you bite me?”

  “Yes. Did you like it?” The goose bumps that prickled the skin around his nipple gave her a thrill that tingled all the way to the center of her core.

  “Fuck. Maybe. Yes,” he said. “Do I get to return the favor?” He nipped her earlobe and pinched her nipple simultaneously. Something akin to a squeak rose from her throat and a shiver raced up her spine. She wanted him to do that again.

  “If we do this, I need you to make me a promise,” she said and leaned back so she could look him in the eyes.

  “What is it?” he asked, the hint of challenge gleamed in his pale irises.

  “You can’t ask me out tomorrow or act like you own me or anything else possessive. We can have tonight and no promises afterward.”

  “You want a one night stand with me, Elise Martinez? Should I feel used or honored before we even do the deed?”

  “You’re using me, too. It’s mutually beneficial.”

  “I guess this is happening, then,” he said with that irresistible half-smile, half-smirk that made her insides quiver and her toes curl.

  “Yes, it is,” she said and slid her nails over his taut stomach toward his waistline.

  Rob stroked his fingers over her chest and up her neck until he cradled her jaw. He tilted her face up, firm, yet delicate in the way he handled her. He forced her to look at him again before she could lower his pants and find out what the rest of him looked like.

  “Are you sure about this, Elise?” he asked.

  She stilled, breathing in the moment, staring back into the most incredible eyes she’d ever seen and nodded against his cupped hand. Elise turned her face into his hand, then tasted his finger with a stroke of her tongue. A hint of cinnamon lingered on his skin. He gripped her tighter for the second it took to bring his mouth back to hers.

  His tongue delved in. His mouth captured hers. Possessive. It scared and thrilled her.

  “Jesus, I like kissing you,” he whisper-hissed when he came up for air. He moved to the pulse point below her jaw. “We should move this to my bedroom. You know, just in case Colton—”

  She whimpered from the incredible way he toyed with her skin. “Yes.” The word came out more of a breathy sigh than she meant for it to.

  “If you keep making sounds like that, I’m not going to make it that far.” He removed his massaging hand from her breast and pulled back. She rose off the couch with him, her hands staying connected to his body, roaming, seeking the curves of his ass. He kissed her hard and deep. His erection pressed into her belly and his hands held her tight against him. Rob reached down around the back of her thighs and lifted her off the floor. Elise wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.

  Rob carried her to the bedroom where he set Elise down in front of him and stripped off her shirt. His gaze landed on her half naked body. The rushed feeling she had to move this show toward full nakedness slowed
. Rob’s chest rose and fell in full breaths as he stared at her in the darkened room.

  “Give me one minute,” he said, then laid his lips against her for a quick, soft kiss before walking out.

  Floor to ceiling glass lined the front wall of the bedroom. She went to see the view. Beneath the heavy layer of clouds, she could see the expanse of Granite Lake and the outline of the treetops surrounding the lake.

  Rob returned, but walked across the room. She looked over her shoulder to where he was bent down by the nightstand. Then she saw her video monitor screen light up. He slid the nightstand drawer open, reached inside, and then closed the drawer again.

  Elise focused on the sprawling darkness outside. She hadn’t been with anyone in so long. If she were to share her body with a man, why not this one? He’d been more than chivalrous. And he wanted her as much as she wanted him. With the kisses they already shared, she knew their compatibility was off the charts unreal.

  His reflection in the glass was little more than an outline, but she didn’t turn around as he approached. He stopped just behind her.

  “There’s a decent view when it’s not clouded over.”

  “I like it already.”

  He placed a hand on her hip, leaned down and kissed the top of her bare shoulder. “You haven’t changed your mind, have you?” His fingers traced a path over her shoulder and along her side.

  “No. Have you?”

  “No. I made sure I had a condom.”

  “How about more than one?”

  “I think there’s a full box,” he said.

  “Hmm...” she made a pleasing sound and reached behind her to touch his incredibly warm skin.

  Rob stepped in closer so her ass snuggled up against him. His hand slid around her ribcage to cup her full breast as he sucked on the side of her neck. He flicked her hardened nipple and involuntary sounds rose from her throat. She pressed her backside against his erection and circled her hips.

  “I want your cock inside me, Rob.”

  “How about I warm you up first?” His other hand ran down her smooth stomach and beneath the waistband of her joggers. He kept sliding his hand down until his fingers found the apex of her triangle. He dipped into her slick heat. “You’re so fucking wet,” he said into her ear.

  Elise reached forward to brace herself against the cold glass and spread her legs to give him room. Rob found her center and slid a finger inside her womanhood. He worked it in and slid it back out then added a second finger.

  With his other hand, Rob unclasped her bra and squeezed her breast, toyed with her nipple, and sucked on her bare neck. Rob worked at increasing her pleasure. Her inner walls began to pulse and tighten against his fingers.

  “Come for me, Elise.”

  She held back. A tiny whimper of suppressed need squeaked out of her. She stroked the front of his pants, then pushed down at the edge of his waistband. Rob continued finger fucking her and let go of her breast to shove her pants and thong over her hips and ass. He gripped her hip and let his member slide between her legs while continuing to finger her. She came apart in a rush of heat and throbbing wetness.

  “You are so fucking gorgeous,” he said into her ear.

  Elise narrowed her stance and stepped out of her clothes. Her bra fell to the floor and she turned in his arms.

  “Now, it’s your turn. How do you want me?” she asked, letting the question be as open ended as his imagination.

  Her hands roved. She gripped his erection at the base and stroked slow, moving up and down and back again.

  “Against the glass? On my knees?” Elise pushed his pants down long, muscular legs until they piled at his ankles.

  Rob kicked them aside, then pulled his erection out of her hand. He stepped over to the nightstand and she heard the crinkle of the condom wrapper. When he moved back to her, she took it from his hands and unrolled the condom over his length. She’d never been with anyone who had quite so much to give. The girth and overall size of him needed a bit of preparation for, and she appreciated his warm up... and she was more than ready.

  Rob tilted her face up to his and bent down to kiss her. She needed him inside her, but first came the kiss. She quickly discovered that kisses could turn her mind and body to mush. Without removing his lips, he hoisted her up and her legs automatically wrapped around him. Rob took the few steps toward the windows and put her back against the glass. He shifted so he could ease the head of his length inside her. He paused, then added another inch.

  “Fuck me. Please.” Elise couldn’t take the waiting and pushed her ass forward just as he moved to give her more. She moaned low and long as he filled her completely.

  Rob kept her braced against the glass as he pulled back and pushed in again and again. She was close to flying over the edge for a second time when he held onto her back and stepped back away from the glass. He walked to the bed, turned and sat, with Elise on his lap, still buried inside her.

  “You feel so fucking good. I’m trying to make this last.” He held still and refused to pump his hips for a moment.

  She smiled and kissed his neck. He ran his hand up her back, over the fine bones of her neck, and into her hair. He released her hair from the band and it fell loose over her back and shoulders. She tilted her head back into his palm, loving the feel of his hand in her hair. Elise arched her back and Rob bent over her chest to take her throbbing nipple into his mouth. A groan purred through his chest as he tasted her luscious bud. The sound caused Elise to squeeze her thighs around his shaft.

  “I need you to fuck me now, Rob. Fuck me so hard and don’t stop.”

  The stalling of his release ended with those words. He flipped her over and onto her back before she realized what happened. He held one thigh up and to the side so he could give her exactly what she asked for. Rob stroked her from the inside, and his body moved as if fueled by a higher power. The sensations captured him and he couldn’t escape as his climax escalated.

  Elise’s sultry voice penetrated his manic fucking haze of pleasure. “Your cock feels so good. God, you’re so deep. Come inside me, Rob,” she said.

  His surging release followed and her body quaked around him as they peaked together.

  His breaths came fast and ragged, but he sacrificed air to claim one more kiss.

  “You have a very pretty,” he kissed her lips, her jaw, her neck, “and a very dirty mouth, woman.” He pulled out of her delicate warmth, but hovered above her, not wanting to let go of the view just yet.

  She stroked his still hard erection and said, “You can fuck my pretty and dirty mouth next time.”

  He groaned. She laughed, low and seductive.

  * * *

  Elise fell asleep curled in his arms. Her breathing was steady and rhythmic. Being with her was the most incredible sex he’d ever had. Her curves and those sounds she made had turned him into a beast. An animal whose sole purpose was to screw its brains out and pleasure his woman. The thoughts rattled him. He’d never gotten off so thoroughly by just being around someone. Smelling her. Tasting her. Feeling her intoxicating softness. She was almost too much to process.

  Rob needed to take care of the condom, and he had the niggling awareness that Allison was awake in her crib even though she had only made the smallest of sounds. He eased off the bed and went into the bathroom, then checked on the baby. Sure enough, her eyes were open. Rob checked the clock and knew it was almost time for another bottle.

  After feeding Allison, thank the gods, she went right back to sleep. He settled back into bed, trying not to wake Elise. She rolled over, slid up next to him, and palmed his ass with one hand and his cock with the other. Her bare breasts pressed against his chest and he was hard in an instant.

  True to her word, she disappeared beneath the sheet and put her incredible soft and wet mouth around him until he was on the verge of orgasm.

  Rob pulled back before release. “Come up here so I can finish properly.” He found another condom in the nightstand and rolled it over
his length.

  Elise straddled him and worked her magic on him again. He watched as she lifted and plummeted, rolled her hips, and found the sexiest rhythm he’d ever experienced. Her gorgeous tits bobbed up and down and he couldn’t resist their soft plumpness. She moved faster, arched backward, and kept her hips swaying in time with his. He was so damned close, but wouldn’t release until she came all over him.

  He brought his fingers to her center and wrapped his thumb around her mound, seeking her alluring nub. With small circles, he coaxed her to completion. The moan of her release accompanied the pulsating throbs as her inner walls clenched and milked him dry.

  Elise collapsed against his chest. She was hot to the touch and her heart drummed against his ribs. His cock stayed hard inside her. He could keep going if she wanted to. The feeling of her wetness on his balls stirred him again, but he didn’t want to make her too sore.

  He remained silent, not wanting to break the spell.

  She said nothing in return other than the sound of her breath and pounding of her heart. He was amazed at how turned on he was even though he just came.

  When her breathing slowed, she peppered his chest, neck, and lips with soft kisses, then slid off to the side.

  Rob took care of the condom, then lay down next to Elise and gathered her in his arms. He fell asleep more sated than he could ever remember feeling before.

  When he woke again, Elise was no longer in his bed.

  Sunshine brightened the room and he squinted against the daylight. The video monitor he plugged in for Colton was no longer on the dresser. The clock on the nightstand said seven-fifteen. Rob’s ability to shift from dead asleep to wide awake almost gave him a heart attack. He found himself on his feet and standing over the crib like he’d teleported... but the crib was empty.

  Household noises trickled in through his open bedroom door. Rushing out of the room in his briefs probably wasn’t the smartest move he could make considering there was a five-year-old in the house. He jammed his feet into his pajama pants and yanked a shirt out of his dresser. Rob smoothed the shirt over his chest and entered the kitchen.