by Milly Taiden
He didn’t understand any of this. He had to see her. The only way he’d get to the bottom of why would be from Addy’s lips.
“You look like you need more information than I can give you,” she smiled. “How about I set up a flight so you can talk to her yourself?”
SEVENTEEN
Addy glanced at the crashing waves and dug her feet into the warm wet sand. This place was paradise. How could Kayla own this island and ever be able to leave? This was her second day there. Ryan had said he’d talk to Nick to see if he’d come down to the island but there had been no other calls from either him or Kayla. Now that she thought about it, she wondered if maybe Nick wasn’t interested in learning the truth. Maybe he wanted to believe the worst in her.
She turned back down the beach to head to the giant blanket the housekeeper had put under a big palm tree for her. The sun was setting and the picnic lunch she’d brought had felt like a lot of food before, but now would make a great dinner.
From a distance, she could see someone on her blanket. She frowned until she realized who it was as she approached him.
“Nick?” She stopped a few feet away from him. “What are you doing here?”
He met her gaze and offered her a hand. “Why did you spend all that time at the hospital with me when I was going through all those surgeries?”
She took his hand and sat next to him on the big blanket, both facing the water and watching the sun go down. “I was heartbroken for you. I couldn’t believe Gracen could be so emotionless and leave you to deal with that alone.” She turned to meet his gaze. “You did something heroic and were hurt. I couldn’t let you live through that without some support.”
“But why not tell me? Why not let anyone tell me?”
She shrugged. “I didn’t think you would want to think about Gracen when you were fighting for your life.” She sighed. “I also did it for me. When I started going to see you, I wanted you to feel supported. Even if you were in a coma. But then…”
His frown deepened. “But then?”
“I realized I enjoyed spending time with you. I loved telling you how I felt and how work was and when you did good after a surgery, I was so happy. I got attached to you, Nick.”
“I remember,” he murmured.
“What?”
“I remember you reading to me when I was in and out of the anesthesia. I thought I was dreaming, someone telling me how good I was doing. How proud she was of me. How much she wanted me to get up and keep living life to the fullest.”
“Oh god,” she whispered, covering her mouth with her hand. “You do remember.”
He took her hand from her mouth and brought it to his chest. “I even remember you telling me those scars were honorable. That I should feel like the ultimate warrior. That you were proud of me.”
A tear slipped down her cheek. Emotion clogged her throat. She’d only said what was in her heart, not for a second thinking he’d remember any of it.
“I’m sorry that Gracen treated you the way she did,” she said.
“I’m not,” he said solemnly. “If she hadn’t, I wouldn’t have met the woman who really deserves my love.”
“Nick—”
“I was angry when I thought it was you saying those things, but now I realize that could’ve never come out of your mouth. I should have known better then. She did a good job pretending to be you, but where it counts,” he said. “In her heart? She’s nowhere near you. She’s a cold, mean, bitch and her dumping me is the best thing she could’ve ever done for me.”
“Really?” She sniffled. “I can’t believe she pretended to be me with you, too!”
“If I hadn’t been so angry over the words she used, I would’ve noticed she wasn’t you. But anger took control and I didn’t want to hear anything else you had to say.”
“So you ignored all my calls,” she said, finally realizing why her messages went unanswered.
“Forgive me, Addy,” he said, raising his hand to cup her cheek. “Give me a chance. Let’s see where this relationship takes us.”
Addy nodded, her heart filling with emotion once again. “Yes. Nick, you’re the first man to make me want that. A relationship.”
He leaned in and kissed her, his lips soft over hers at first and then she was pulling him to her, closer. Their lips mated and their tongues danced in a ritual that warmed her from the inside out. Addy’s breaths pounded in her ears. Something changed in the kiss.
It went from soft to aggressive and possessive in a single tongue slide. His hands were under her tank top, sliding up to cup her breast while her fingers were all over his T-shirt, tugging and trying to get it off him without breaking their kiss. It wasn’t happening. He pulled back and got his shirt off first, then hers before attacking her lips again.
He pulled from her lips, giving her a chance to gulp air. There was no stopping, though. He glided down, kissing and licking long slides down her neck. Warm wind skated up her thigh as he caressed her leg, pushing the material of her skirt up to her hips. The breeze sounded and the sun hid behind the waves as Nick’s touch turned scorching.
She gripped his hair between her fingers, holding on to him while he licked her chest. The swim top came off and his mouth sucked her nipple, sending a rush of moisture down her channel.
He crawled his hands up her legs and undid the ties at the sides of the bikini she wore under her skirt. Then his fingers were touching her so intimately she lost her ability to think. She gulped, feeling his fingers part her pussy lips and press at her clit.
“Oh…god!” she moaned brokenly.
He didn’t stop; he flicked circles on the tiny, aching nerve bundle with the speed of one of her sex toys. She gasped at his touch. She arched her back, pushing her breast into his mouth, hoping for more of that suckling he did that sent electricity careening straight to her clit. He sucked her nipple and bit, making her ache down to her core.
The fingers on her clit massaged and then dipped into her sex—in and out, slowly at first and then faster. Her muscles started to burn as she tensed, expecting the wave from her release.
It didn’t take long. He rubbed a wet thumb on her clit and sucked harder on her tit, groaning how good she tasted against her nipple.
“Oh god. Yes!”
EIGHTEEN
Addy was totally lost to the emotions rushing through her veins. Vibrations shot down her body, pushing her over the edge. Her pussy clamped around his fingers, gripping and sucking with the contractions from her orgasm. Waves of warm bliss washed over her.
He met her gaze and sat up. “Come here.”
She grinned, the skirt came off as did his pants. It was just the two of them, the waves and the beach. She straddled him, giving him the chance to help her kneel at the right spot. He palmed her bare pussy. She wanted him so badly. Nick was the only man to turn her on like this. So primitively.
He grabbed his cock at the root, guiding it to her entrance.
Instead of taking it slow and easy, she knew she was wet enough to take him, he’d worked wonders with his fingers. She lowered into a sitting position, impaling herself with his cock.
He kissed her, drawing her gasp into his mouth and fucking her mouth with his tongue. She yanked away from the kiss, moaning at the sensations coursing through her body. Waves of heat set her blood on fire.
“Nick...”
“You feel perfect around me,” he groaned.
He gripped her ass and rocked her on his cock. She dug her nails into his arms and wiggled her hips, taking him even deeper. She rocked back and forth on him, loving the way he rubbed her insides, touching parts of her no one had ever touched before. Her pussy muscles clamped tightly around his length.
She moaned words, vowels, something. Tension wound fast in her core, seizing her ability to move. He continued rocking her, gliding her up and down his dick. She let her head fall back, her eyes closed tightly, and fireworks sparked behind her lids.
He licked the area where her pulse beat e
rratically at the base of her throat. “Let go.”
She was so close, so damn close to going over the edge. He took her breast into his mouth, suckling hard on her nipple. Her body unraveled at light speed. She gasped, pressing her pussy down to take him deeper. She dug her nails hard in his shoulders, clinging to him for dear life.
Waves of pleasure fell through her; it was like a cold glass of water on a scorching day. She screamed at how hard her pussy contracted around his cock. Pleasure and pain mixed together, leaving her breathless and shaking.
He let go of her breast and tensed, gripping her ass. A loud groan sounded from him. He continued to lift and drop her hard on his cock, until he suddenly stopped. His cock pulsed in her pussy, thick, hot, and hard. Jets of his hot semen filled her channel with his seed.
They fell back on the thick blanket, she lay sprawled on top of him, his cock still inside her. He pushed her hair away from her face and caressed up and down her back.
“It might sound crazy,” he said. “It might be too soon. But I love you, Addy.”
She raised her face from his chest and looked into his eyes. “We can’t control love, Nick. I love you, too.” She bit her lower lip. “What do we do now?”
A grin slipped his lips. “Now we do the relationship part, babe.”
“Can we live in my place? I really like it.”
He chuckled and kissed her forehead. “Yeah. I kind of like it, too.”
Epilogue
Addy slipped on her wedding rings and left the bedroom to find Nick pouring a glass of wine for her.
“Captain Gates, you look dashing in that tux.” She rose to the tips of her too high heels and kissed her husband.
“Mr. Attiomo knows his shit.”
“I know. That’s why I asked Kayla to have all the bachelors go there to get suits. He’s been doing my family’s suits forever.”
Nick shook his head and gave her the glass of wine. “Of course. How did I not guess that?”
She took the wine and put it down. “Before we leave tonight, there’s a few things I need to tell you.”
“Uh-oh.”
“First,” she went on as if he hadn’t spoken. “Dad and Mom are happy to see us back from the honeymoon. I think Mom was sad we eloped and she didn’t get to plan a wedding.”
He laughed. “We’re allowing them to do a huge reception. That’s kind of the same thing.”
She slapped him on the shoulder. “No, it is not. Second, Gracen is back from her trip.”
“Ah. So your dad sending her to do charity work overseas as punishment is over?”
She curled her arms around his neck. “I need to know you’re okay with being in the same room with her or we don’t go anywhere.”
He met her gaze. “Really? You’d stop going anywhere she’s at if it bothers me?”
She nodded. “Absolutely. She’s never cared about me. You, I love. You’re my husband. Your feelings matter a heck of a lot more to me than hers.”
“I love you, Addy. I would never ask that of you. It won’t bother me to see her again. Not when all my love and attention is focused on you.”
She grinned and kissed his bearded chin. “Good. She has apparently made some changes in her attitude. At least, that’s what the director of our African site says. We’ll see tonight. Oh, there’s one more thing.”
He leaned her back, pressing her against the counter. “Hmm?” he hummed, pressing hot kisses down her neck.
“Nick! Stop that. I’m talking to you,” she groaned at the kiss he placed behind her ear. “Nick, I’m pregnant.”
He stopped and met her gaze. “You are?”
She laughed at his shock. “Well, it’s not like we’re using any protection.”
He kissed her hard, then soft and ran his hands down the bodice of her purple dress to stop at her still flat belly. “A baby?”
“Our baby,” she replied. “Our family.”
Another grin split his lips. “I love you, Addy.”
“I love you, too, Captain. Now let’s go let my parents show off the newlywed couple to their friends. Bets on how long it takes Gracen to try to be the center of attention.”
He chuckled and grabbed her jacket. “You’re on. I give it thirty minutes.”
She snorted. “Ten. Tops.”
“What do I get if I win?” he asked, tickling her sides.
“Twenty minutes of peace before the show begins,” she laughed.
“I knew I loved your wit, wife,” he smacked her backside as they left the penthouse. Addy still couldn’t believe that a bachelor auction had given her the hero to make her life complete.
THE END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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