Love and Hate (The Pierce Family Trilogy)

by Chelsea Ballinger

  “Okay well answer me one thing.”

  “What?” She groans.

  “Was it good?”

  There’s long pause.

  “It was amazing.”

  I burst out laughing again as I hear Jade whining some more.

  “That’s what makes it worse! He was so Alpha male you know. He tamed me or something. It was like he took charge, you know I’m usually the one that takes charge, but that little guy can do some things.”

  Well good for Emile. Jade needed somebody to shock her.

  “Well you never know Emile could be a good guy for you.”

  “Seriously!”

  “Okay well imagine what you’re prom pictures would look like” I laugh some more.

  “Yeah, he would need a step stool obviously to even reach the camera. Any way how is your trip, Is Donovan Pierce good in bed?”

  I pause.

  “You haven’t had sex yet?!”

  “No” I say quietly, hoping she doesn’t hear me.

  “What the hell. Claudia I swear if you go back home without having sex with him I will literally kick your ass.”

  “Jade, I’m working on it.”

  “Well work harder!”

  “It’s just” I turn around toward the patio to see Donovan on the phone. I don’t want him to hear me, so I move a little farther away from the pool. “It’s just that last night was more intimate and I’m scared to say the “L” word, okay? I want him to say it first.”

  “Okay, seriously, you need to get over yourself. You are in a love affair with the son of Roman Pierce, the number 1 man on your father’s most wanted list. You might as well say it.”

  “But what if he doesn’t say it back?”

  “Claudia! I know I object to it, but that guy is head over heels in love with you. If you can’t see that then you shouldn’t be with him, but I know you do. I know he is the tortured soul and you’re the girl who keeps her emotions bottled, scared to trust anyone, but you guys are idiots if you don’t think you love each other.”

  Wow. All this coming from Jade is amazing. What did she do with my best friend?

  “Suck it up bitch!”

  There she is.

  Donovan

  So what do you do when you’re girlfriend is sitting in front of the fire place looking sexy in her cute long sundress and obviously waiting on you to say something to her?

  Kiss her?

  Take her clothes off and carry her to the bedroom?

  In my case, before I do all that. I tell her I love her. I love her. I love her. I love her.

  “I love you.” I snap out of my thoughts to see her staring at me, scared shitless. She said it first. She said I love you. She loves me. I mean, I knew, but it’s different when you hear it. All the possibility of doubt goes away.

  “I’ve been waiting for you to say it, but I realize today I need to grow up and stop being a wimp.” She says laughing nervously. “So there it is. I love you. I’m in love with you. I love you so much that it consumes me whenever I think about it.”

  Say something you idiot.

  “And I didn’t want to do anything until it was said. I was scared that if I told you later you wouldn’t say it back.”

  What?

  “Claudia how could you think that?”

  “I know it’s so stupid. You have obviously proven to me how much you love me; I think I was worried because you hadn’t tried anything yet.”

  “I haven’t tried anything because I love you. I love you Claud. Claudia, how do you feel about the fact that I’ve been with a lot of girls?”

  “I hate it.” She slowly says, wondering where I’m going with this.

  “Yeah well I don’t care. I’m a guy, and I feel like it’s healthy for a guy to sleep with as many girls as possible.”

  “Are you fucking kidding me right now?”

  Okay let me hurry up and get to my point, before she goes off.

  “You have only been with two guys and I hate it. Selfish right?”

  “Yeah. Jackass”

  “Well, that is what I am. I’m selfish when it comes to you. You’re selfish when it comes to me. I can’t stand seeing Eric Anderson and knowing he has had his hands all over you. I want to kick his ass every time I see him, because when I think of you, I think of mine. I don’t want any other guy to touch you and I don’t want any other girl. Yeah, I’ve had plenty of girls, but none of them, and I mean none of them Claud, compare to you. I am so in love with you, that I can’t take it sometimes. It’s like my heart has been filled with hate and nothing, until you. You bring joy, love, and happiness to it. Everything I have left in this world is nothing without you. Am I crazy for thinking that?”

  “No, you’re not.” She quietly says to me.

  She leans in closer to me and places her hands on my mine.

  “When I think of you, I think mine too. You’re my guy. You’re my soul mate, Donovan. I don’t want to share you with anyone outside your family… and Emile I guess.” She laughs. “But Donovan all the things you are feeling. I feel them too. I know I’m not good at saying it sometimes like you are, but I am so incredibly in love you. You give me pure happiness and my heart has been yours probably since the first day I laid eyes on you and it’s yours forever if you want it.”

  She leans her forehead against mine as I feel her tears fall on my hand. I touch her face and wipe her tears away.

  “”I just want it to be special.”

  “It will be.”

  She wastes no time as she kisses me on the lips. This kiss is slow but with hunger, lust, and love. All I can do is return the favor as I kiss her ferociously back. She moves to my lap straddling me. I grip her ass as she moves back and forth against me. I’m immediately ready. I stop the kiss to take a breather and focus. I brush her hair from her face. Her eyes intensify begging me to take her. I stand up with her arms and legs still wrapped around me and carry her toward the master bedroom. Once we reach our destination, I gently lower her on the bed. I stand over watching her, relishing in this moment. We have waited a long time for this.

  She is so beautiful and she’s mine.

  Chapter

  10

  “I Gladly Welcome It”

  Claudia

  I watch him in amazement as he removes his shirt. His body is ripped and beautiful. I sit up and start unbuttoning my dress. He walks over to his bag and grabs a condom. I’m glad he brought something. I mean I’m on birth control but still. He lays the condom on the night stand and starts kissing me. I scoot back onto the bed until his whole body is in. I start unbuttoning his pants as he slides my dress down to my waist revealing my black lace strapless bra. He lays me back down and starts kissing me passionately making love to my mouth. His tongue feels warm and soothing along mine. He moves from my mouth to my neck, letting his tongue explore down to my collar bone to the top of my breasts. I’m so glad this bra hooks from the front. He easily unhooks it with one hand exposing my breasts. He grips my thighs and grinds his hips against me. I gasp at the feel of his erection. He kisses my breast tenderly with his mouth and tongue. The feeling is so overwhelming that I feel the pleasure within me building more and more. He slides my dress all the way off. I sit up and leave trails of kisses all over his chest. He tastes so good.

  I slide my hand inside his jeans and boxer briefs grabbing hold of his erection. He moans as I stroke it softly. The sound of him increases my need to pleasure him. He kisses my mouth and removes my hand. He moves off the bed and removes his jeans along with his boxer briefs. I see him fully now in all his naked glory. His body could be one of those Greek statues, I swear.

  He slides my panties off and lies next to me. He leans on his side and traces his fingers all over my body, while staring at me like I’m a goddess. I love it when he looks at me like that.

  As my breathing increases along with pleasure, he places soft wet kisses all over me. The way he takes his time, It’s like he is the painter and I am his masterpiece. He then m
assages my sex building up my arousal. I gasp and moan louder at the rhythm he uses with his hand.

  He reaches over to the nightstand and rips open the condom. I slip under the bed sheet and push the comforter down. Maybe it’s the hopeless romantic in me, but I always imagine making love in just bed sheets like the movies and books. I watch as he slides the condom on. Just from watching him slide on the condom I can’t believe I’m not coming right now. Just watching that thing turns me on. I must say Donovan is very well-endowed.

  He turns back towards me and joins me under the sheet. He slowly grins at me. I bite my lip and grin back at him. He positions himself between my thighs and rubs his hand along the inside of them. The teasing is killing me right now. I want him so much.

  “Donovan.” I moan his name against his lips.

  He takes that as an invitation as he grips my thigh and thrusts into me. I wince at the feeling. It’s been a while and I was never use to that part, but with Donovan I welcome it. He stops and looks at me with concern in his eyes.

  “Don’t hold back” I beg him to continue.

  He grips my thighs tighter and thrusts harder inside me, filling me completely. I immediately gasp. God… that… felt… so good. I smile at him as he looks at me with confusion and curiosity, wondering if I’m okay.

  He starts moving slowly and gently. I realize I need to show him that I’m not as fragile as he thinks I am. I grab his hair pulling on tight as he continues pushing into me. I take my other hand and grip his back moving my way down pressing him into me as I move my hips to meet his rhythm. He moans as I do this. Our breathing increases as he moves faster and deeper. He rests his forearm on the side to keep his balance as he sinks his head into my neck. I feel him shake but he slows down and moves his hips in circles. That feels great.

  After several more thrusts, I swear I’m getting close. My body is filing up with heat and vibration. I lean my head all the way back as it comes closer. He kisses my mouth thrusting deeper as I moan for more. He moves his hand from my thigh. He slides his hand over my stomach pressing down applying pressure. I feel like I can’t breathe, as the fire inside my belly begins to burst... I can feel it coming. He then moves that hand over my sex rubbing it and that is my undoing. I explode with ecstasy. He thrusts into me two more times until he comes undone.

  Oh. My. God.

  I feel his chest against mine settling down as he rests his head on my shoulder. He is heavy as hell, but I don’t care. I kiss his temple and brush his hair. I don’t know if it was the built up tension, but that was the best orgasm I ever had. I know there are plenty more to come this week.

  Donovan

  I wake up to see her bright gray eyes staring at me gracefully under the sun shining through the window. Her hair is pushed back exposing her smooth neck. I could lie here all day and just watch her. Pick out every little detail on her body from the two small moles on her neck to the birthmark on her back. Every little thing about her, rather its perfection or imperfection… is magnificent.

  She continues staring at me grinning.

  “What?” I whisper.

  “Nothing.” She whispers back with a smile. “I really love you.”

  “Ditto”

  **********

  If being in love means you’re a fool, than I am a fool because this week consisted of pure bliss. A bliss I didn’t even know could exist. I get what my parents mean now. It’s amazing when you find that someone that matches you, that brings you into a world full of joy and peace.

  I found my peace.

  The week consisted of sex, love, beauty, and more sex. The cute moments where we would play cards and all she would be wearing is my shirt looking sexy as hell, causing me to lose concentration. The moments we cooked, well really I cooked; we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. I don’t know how many times I heard her say “Damn it! Put a shirt on!” We had a bet about who could keep their hands off the other the most for a whole day, and me being shirtless didn’t help. Hell, her showing off her legs didn’t help either. She has attractive legs. Those long and narrow legs that are silky and smooth. In fact, I don’t even think I looked at legs like that till her. Anyway, finally I gave in and lost the bet. Nevertheless, she rewarded me with some amazing sexual favors. She definitely knows how to hold her own in the bedroom. I don’t think I could ever get tired of it. We made love all over the house, from the kitchen table, to the shower, to the stairs, to the pool, I mean everywhere.

  I have to admit I felt guilty about tainting my uncle’s house, but only for a minute, I mean my uncle lives in Vegas most of the time and we cleaned it as much as we could, before we left.

  Now I’m sitting in the back of the town car while she rests on me tracing shapes on my hand and wrists. I inhale the scent of her as she lifts my hand to kiss it. Is it possible for your heart to explode from too much of this?

  “If it is, than I gladly welcome it.” I realize I asked that question out loud after Claudia answers me... I need to stop dazing off. Still, I’m really glad she feels the exact same way I do.

  After I got home and fabricated my Paris trip to my parents, I went to my room and started unpacking.

  “Come in.”

  I turn around to see Ella closing the door behind her as she looks at me.

  “Hey.”

  Hopefully this doesn’t go bad.

  “Hey.”

  Ella didn’t go to Paris because it’s a senior trip and Ella is a junior and even though I didn’t tell her I know she knows I didn’t go.

  “So that was a pretty good lie you told them.” She says.

  “Yeah well it was mostly the truth….. just Emile’s story.”

  She laughs a little. That’s a good sign. My sister and I have only exchanged hello and bye the past month. I don’t want to continue doing that.

  “Listen.” She walks toward me. “You’re my brother and I love you. I hate what you’re doing, but I know you would do anything for this family.”

  “I would.”

  “So why don’t you end it?”

  “Because I love her, El.” I can’t do it. I’m in too deep now.

  “Okay. Well even though I still don’t get it I can’t take having this feud with you.”

  “Me either. So truce?” I extend my arms welcoming her into a hug.

  “Truce.” She says with a smirk. She welcomes my hug. “Just be careful okay?”

  “Okay”

  Well life is really starting to look up now. I got my girl, my family, and my awesome friends.

  Please don’t let anything ruin it.

  Claudia

  Could life get any better? I got the perfect guy, perfect best friend, and I got my admissions letter to NYU.

  I haven’t told Donovan yet, but I will. He told me he is thinking about going there too. That could work out good for us. We will have more freedom. Well if we don’t tell our parents after graduation.

  Right now we are all at Naomi’s party. She decided to throw a random party on a Tuesday of all days, but with graduation coming soon, there isn’t really a lot to be done.