Meet Me Halfway

by Xyla Turner

  “It means, there is a whole lot going on that you don’t see or know. It means, that I am into you. A lot more than I’d like to admit out loud. It means, I’ve been in a funk ever since I last saw you. It means, yeah, we fucked but you know it’s more to us than a fuck.” He raised his head and stared at me, almost in a way that dared me to go against his words.

  However, I turned my head the other way and tried to stand up. Knox had other plans as he pulled me down so I was lying on the couch and he was in kneeling in between my legs.

  “You were saying?” he coaxed with his body hovering over mine.

  “I didn’t say anything.” My voice was small.

  “You were about to. It was written all over your face.” He moved a curly strand from my forehead while he held his weight on one hand and one knee on the couch.

  “Explain more than a fuck,” I asked.

  “More than a fuck means a few things,” Knox said before kissing my lips. “It’s you not leaving my mind for months now. It’s me getting on a goddamn plane after one drunk text. It’s me apologizing for being a fool before. It’s when we’re together, everything feels right. Life is good again.”

  Before I could say anything, his lips were on mine for the second time, and I was pulling him down on top of me. We fought for dominance but Knox was not a man to be trifled with. The fact that he hopped his ass on a plane to see me because I sent him a drunk text spoke volumes.

  Somehow, he worked my clothes off, then his entire body descended below my waist line.

  Oh God.

  He was through with the questions and I knew that when his mouth latched onto my taut clit like it was his life support. It brought back all the memories of him in New York and the time in Iowa. Knox was an excellent lover and he was serious about every aspect of pleasing a woman. He did not tell me but it was clear, his first priority was getting me off, the second was making sure I felt every inch of him and the third was to scream, hold on tight and enjoy the ride. Whether he was on top or I was, his attention to these goals were uncanny and that made his love-making skills a ten out of ten.

  Knox's fingers joined the party downtown and I nearly jerked off the couch.

  "Knox," I breathed as my hand clutched his hair.

  His mouth continued to make love to my swollen lips, sensitive nub and my already wet center. The man did not play around down there because within minutes, my fingers were pulling the strands of his hair as a lightning bolt split through my spine, causing me to explode all over his face.

  Just like the man he was, that tongue of his licked up every drop then he kissed his way back up to my stomach and then my breasts. Knox's head rose to look at me before he said, "You are like a sweet tea on a hot day."

  "Don't ruin this by talking," I griped back.

  He slapped my right breast and watched it bounce up and down.

  "Do you plan to watch me get off," I smirked.

  Knox slapped my left breast and I moaned loudly.

  "So fucking naughty," he said before he squeezed them both and bit each nipple, one after another.

  "Yes," I exclaimed as my center grew wet and my nipples tightened.

  "Missed you so goddamn much." Knox tore off his shirt, unbuckled his belt and kicked off his jeans. "Going to the bed, need room to spread you out."

  "Fuck." I sighed as my mind imagined everything he was about to do with my body.

  Spread me out is exactly what the man did. He had me hold onto the headboard as far as my arms could reach, he held my legs as wide as they would go and entered me repeatedly as he watched his long, thick cock push in and out of my willing body.

  "You see that?" He stroked in and out of me. "So beautiful."

  Damn, it was. Watching his muscled abs flex and twist with each thrust or turn of his hips; his blazing eyes watching as we connected and the way he had me open for him.

  "Yessss," I sang in response.

  Knox continued to power into me like a starving man on a mission. I held on and met him thrust for thrust until he took my lips and kissed me until I was cumming around his hard cock. This must have spurred him on because a minute later, he released his seed with a bite to my shoulder.

  That was so hot.

  Knox always knew what to do to send me over the edge. I didn’t like the control he had over me but it felt so damn good.

  Chapter Six

  Knox:

  Lying there, holding her like she was mine, made it worth the trip. Nina was all sass and thorns but when we got together, my girl came alive.

  Shit, I came alive.

  Never enjoyed eating pussy so much in my life. I could never express or explain it, but she just turned me on in the best fucking way. As of lately, my cock only worked with her. I wanted us to stay like this. Fuck the real world, fuck our jobs, or even the distance. I wanted to stay right there with her in my arms.

  "Knox," she whispered.

  "Yeah, darlin'," I whispered in her ear. "I'm here."

  She mumbled something but then went silent. We stayed that way for a long while until she woke up again, an hour later. By then, I had ordered us dinner using an app J.D. helped me download on my phone. This sleepy town had a better selection than Libby, so I ordered a bunch of shit from a restaurant the hotel had recommended when I called.

  "Who’s that at the door?" Nina half opened her eyes.

  "Dinner," I said before I kissed her forehead and rolled off the bed. "Be right back."

  The delivery guy gave me two big bags of food after I paid him in cash.

  "Thank you." I nodded.

  "No, thank you," the young, blue-haired boy replied and took the stairs back down towards the lobby.

  "Look at you," Nina came out with a sheet wrapped around her middle. "Just making yourself at home, huh?”

  "You gotta eat, right?" I ignored her jab and moved back inside the hotel suite that Nina had made into some sort of home.

  "I guess." She smiled and slid up beside me as I placed the food on the magazine table and sat down. “Was looking for something else to eat. Hmmm," she mumbled. "Mouth-watering, dripping and maybe with an Iowan twang to it."

  Holy fuck.

  "Darlin’," I whistled and closed my eyes. "Get your energy up and you can have an all-you-can-eat buffet for all I care."

  My hand landed on her ass, then I said, "Now eat this, so you'll be up for that."

  "Yes, sir." She sat down next to me and opened her container.

  The two of us scarfed down every morsel of the delectable Southern food. Well, I scarfed down mine. She ate just enough and then slid to her knees.

  "Woman," I warned as I leaned back against the couch and lifted my hips so she could pull down my boxers.

  "Knox," she laughed. "I've been so naughty and I do need to be punished."

  Oh fuck.

  The woman stood up, extended her ass so it was within reach and held onto the couch for leverage. My hand came down on her ass as those lips wrapped around my cock. Her mouth was so warm and wet. The suction she had with her jaws and tongue made me a mad man. My hand came down on her ass, faster that time, but she sucked it harder and harder.

  More slaps on both cheeks had her moaning and bringing me to my end.

  "Fuck, you're so good." I leaned back with my eyes closed.

  She was about to have me cum hard. Nina's lips tightened once more, causing all my brain cells to fry. She inhaled and just as she was about to pull the cum from me, I managed to utter, "I'm cumming."

  One more slap and my girl swallowed everything I gave her. When she was done, she licked her lips, put her finger in her mouth, and sucked off any excess cum. I could not fuck her just yet so I grabbed her by her thick hair, lifted one leg onto the couch, inserted two fingers inside her drenched pussy and finger-fucked her as my thumb caressed her clit.

  She was about to talk but I simply covered her mouth with mine and let the moment be. I added another finger and she jerked her face away and moaned, "Fuck, Knox."
/>   "You have been naughty." I rubbed her clit again. "I'll fix that."

  I kissed her again, then I dropped down to my knees to finish her off. Latching onto her clit, I sucked on it until the woman tried to suffocate me with her thighs. Once I calmed her down, my finger slid to her tiny back hole and I began to rim the outside, causing her to moan louder.

  "Oh, Knox," Nina yelled out. "I'm c-cumming."

  At that, I inserted my index finger and my ears rang when she screamed out her release.

  "You're awfully loud," I said when I was climbing to my feet.

  Nina's body was slumped against the couch as she was half on the seat.

  "Shush," she hushed me.

  "Let's get in the shower, so I can show you what shush really means," I countered.

  "Oh God," she yelped as I picked her up and we went to the shower where I had her screaming two more times with my tongue and my big cock between those legs.

  The next day sprang on us unexpectedly but that was because we'd been up all night, bringing each other past the brink of orgasms. After making her breakfast, we sat and simply ate our food.

  "So, what are your plans past yesterday?" Nina asked me with a raised brow.

  "Hadn't really thought about it but you have something in mind?" I matched her expression.

  Her right shoulder hitched up and down quickly, then she threw me a look before she said, "I have no claim to your dick. So... that’s why I'm asking you."

  Yeah, she was trying to go to work with a sore ass.

  Standing up, I went around the counter and swiveled her chair around so she was facing me.

  "Darlin', I just hopped on a plane because you drunk texted me. If you ain't got no claim to my dick, then no one does." I placed my hand on the island top and caged her in. "It don't get up for nobody else but you."

  Her eyes flashed then the smirk grew deeper before she leaned up and asked, "That so?"

  "It is," I answered as her hands snaked up my chest.

  "If it makes you feel any better, everything stays dry down there unless you're on my mind. I think you broke it." She was showing those beautiful teeth.

  "Good, kitty," I laughed.

  "Bad, kitty. It's been months." She frowned.

  "Who you tellin'?" I leaned down in her space. "I've been wanting to spank you since the last day you were in Libby."

  "I see." Her claws began to crawl down my chest. "So, you're saying you haven't had any sex since us?"

  "That's what I'm sayin' and it ain't for a lack of trying," I commented.

  "Hmm, I hear you," she mumbled. "Well, how about this, cowboy? Since we can't get each other out of the other’s system just yet, let's keep it up. Then we'll be good again."

  That was not the proposal I thought she'd throw out there. Hell, I should have been happy but it didn't sit right with me.

  "Let me get this right?" I was still in her space. "You want to make up for lost time, fuck like animals, and then try to see if that will work so we can fuck other people?"

  Nina laughed and said, "No, no, silly. I mean, let's play this out. You know. You're here, I'm here. Do what we've been doing and then once we're out of each other's systems, then we move on."

  That's what I thought she said.

  "So, while we're fucking like animals, are we trying to fuck other people?" I asked for clarification. "Just saying, I don't play nice with others."

  "You won't have to play unless you want to." She tried to escape but I put her back on the stool.

  "Nina, I don't play with shit that belongs to me." I sobered because she had to see I wasn't fucking around.

  "I was kidding," she corrected herself. "Look, I'm just saying, we're both in these unexplainable situations, so let’s maximize on it."

  "I understand, but when do we decide that enough is enough?" I asked. “What’s the criteria, so we are both on the same page?”

  She exhaled, then shrugged her shoulders.

  "Don't know, Knox." Nina palmed my cheek.

  "We'll play it by ear," I offered even though I wasn't feeling that option either.

  "Okay," she sighed. "We'll do that."

  My lips touched hers and stayed there so she could sense my unease with that option. I had no answers but I didn't like all that was on the table.

  "You comin' to work with me?" she asked after catching her breath. "Wait, how long are you in town?"

  "The week." I kissed her on the forehead.

  One of her eyebrows rose then she said, "So, you can help me then."

  "Yeah, what the fuck are you doing down here?" I asked. “You never told me.”

  "Long story," she said. "Come on and I'll explain on the way over there."

  As Nina talked about the shit that was happening with her family and the rest of the county, the more upset I grew. The shit people tried to get away with baffled me but it also made me respect the woman in the passenger seat even more. She had substance.

  I liked that.

  Right away, I knew I wanted to research the company that had started this shit with the proposal. If bids were being taken, then another company, preferably one that was less intrusive, could come in and fix the shit instead of fucking the people over. Having them move out of their houses and uprooting traditions and towns for the sake of what?

  "I'm on board." I interrupted her speech about how mad the County Commissioner was making her.

  "What?" she asked.

  "I'm on board. I have some thoughts so I'd like to run them past the team but whatever you need from me, I'm here," I told her.

  She squealed and said, "Are you serious, Knox?"

  "As a pig at a trough." I nodded towards the road. "Very serious."

  "Oh my God, this is amazing. I just..." Then she stopped talking and grabbed my hand. "Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thanks."

  "Thank me tonight." I grabbed her thigh and squeezed. "Sit on my face, then my lap and thank me that way."

  She smiled, then that mischievous expression came over her eyes, "I'll do you one better. I'll twirl all over both and make a mess just like you like."

  "Fuck, darlin'." I grabbed her hand and placed it on my crotch so she could feel my hard dick. "See what you do?"

  "Don't worry." She squeezed it. "I'll pay special attention to it tonight."

  "Goddamn." I whistled.

  My second day in Evans was more than eventful as we planned and the team welcomed me with open arms, listened to my ideas and I started making calls. By the end of the day, we had an updated plan and proposal for the County Commissioner pending some of my contacts.

  Nina and I did everything we said we'd do that night and for the rest of the week until it was time for me to get on the plane back to Iowa. She came with me to the airport and half of the time, we spent against the wall, as I tried to kiss her to make her never forget.

  "Who would have known Knox Timms was a kisser and liked to cuddle." She finally pulled away from me and headed towards the doors.

  "Who would have known, Nina loved it," I said while grabbing her hand and pulling her towards me.

  "Hmm," she laughed as I took her lips again.

  "When am I coming back?" I asked.

  "When do you want to?" she countered.

  "Need you to tell me, darlin'," I told her. "Need to know you want me here."

  "Didn't stop you the first time." She was putting her defenses back up.

  "You summoned and I came running." I laughed. "When?"

  "How about I let you know. Once I hear back from the County Commissioner and everything." She turned it back to business.

  "Fair enough." I nodded my head. "I'll be in touch."

  One last kiss would do it and then I was heading through security. She waited because I turned to see the look of sorrow on her face.

  She still wasn't ready.

  Shit, neither was I.

  Chapter Seven

  Nina:

  He was gone.

  I couldn't believe he had hoppe
d on a plane and came down in the first place. Hell, I shouldn't have cared because multiple orgasms every single night was enough to have me singing the man's praises for a lifetime. He was good, thorough and knew just what to do with all the right equipment.

  The truth be told, Knox could get it any and every night. I knew it was my fault that our status was vague, but it was better that way. Nothing serious, just occasionally hooking up when the other was in town and keeping it simple. That's the type of guy he was anyway. It damn sure was how I rolled but the problem was, as of late, it only worked with him. Somebody in that family probably put a hex on us because when he said the Knox down under wouldn't get up for nobody else, I’d nearly passed out.

  That was a lot of goddamn pressure but once his hands were on me, there was no turning back. Knox was a great addition to the team that we had with Barton & Associates. His ideas and contacts would be greatly needed in the immediate future. I didn't want to put all my eggs in a basket with him but if he came through, that would be the icing on the cake.

  It was Sunday evening and I was waiting for the wine to settle as I reminisced on the past week with Knox. My phone chimed causing me to flip it over.

  Tess: So, you had company?

  Me: How'd you know?

  Tess: You do know I'm engaged to his brother, right?

  Me: No, when did that happen.

  Tess: You can be such a jerk.

  Me: So I'm told.

  Tess: I'm calling you.

  She was about to lay me out.

  "Yes, yes. I had company," I answered the phone before it even rang.

  "So, why didn't you tell me he was coming?" she asked accusingly.

  "’Cause I didn't know." I laughed. "I sent him a drunk text saying some shit, I wrote a while back. The next day, the crazy ass man sent flowers and less than an hour later, was at the law firm where we've been doing business."

  "Lies," Tess gasped. "Are you serious?"

  "Oh, hell yes," I confirmed. "Walking in and giving the owner the stink eye. Which reminds me, how did he get the address?"

  "I thought he was sending flowers. He told me he was sending fucking flowers. You do know Knox is crazy. Wasn't he about to beat your dates' ass that day in Iowa?" Tess laughed out loud. "Oh, I would have paid to see that shit. ."