More Than Friends: Brad

by Marie Rochelle

  Getting up from his seat, Lee came around his desk. “You’re my little brother and I’ll always be in your corner no matter what, but it’s past time I stop seeing you as seven years old and realize you’re a thirty-two year old adult.”

  Brad stood up and gave Lee a quick hug then stepped back. “Thank you,” he said.

  “Not a problem,” Lee grinned. “Now, I better go. I know my gorgeous wife is probably already at the restaurant waiting for me.”

  “How about I walk out with you?” Brad suggested following Lee out the door. “Alicia is at Zack’s and I want to surprise her before she heads to work.”

  “Do you really think Alicia is the one?” Lee asked over his shoulder.

  “There isn’t a doubt in my mind that Alicia will be my wife and the mother of my children sooner than she thinks,” Brad answered without a doubt in his voice.

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  “Thank you so much for the interview Zack,” Alicia said as they walked to the entrance way of his house. “It was wonderful to hear how you and Traci fell in love. I’ll be getting back in touch with you about a time I can bring a camera crew over to tape the last part of the interview with you and Traci.”

  “That’s fine,” Zack smiled. “I enjoyed talking to you more than I thought I would. Do you need me to walk you to your car?”

  “No, I can make it there by myself,” Alicia said as Zack opened the front door for her. She went out and waved goodbye. As she walked down the steps, she heard the door close but she was more focused on the person leaning against the driver’s door of her car.

  God, she was so thrilled to see Brad. It was like that she hadn’t seen him a few hours earlier. “How did you know I was leaving?” Alicia asked before kissing him.

  “I know everything about you. I could sense you were about to leave, so I came over here to see you.”

  Alicia laughed then poked Brad in the ribs. “Tell me the truth.”

  “Fine,” he sighed. “I was hoping that I could come over here and drag you away before you had to go to work. I just got lucky you were leaving.”

  Disappointment filled Alicia. She wouldn’t be able to spend time with Brad before she was due at work. She had to be there earlier today because she was doing two broadcasts tonight.

  “Sweetheart, I can’t,” Alicia said. “Tiffany scheduled me for a double broadcast, but how about we do something afterwards? I should be home around seven o’clock. I really want to spend some time with you tonight.”

  Brad pulled her against his chest wrapping his arms around her lower back. “How about we catch a late movie and then grab something to eat?”

  She liked how her man’s mind worked. Brad was constantly coming up with some way for them to be together with her crazy schedule.

  “I like that,” Alicia smiled. “What are you going to do while I’m at work?” She was already missing Brad and she hadn’t even left yet.

  “I’m going to see if Zack can help me with the new business idea that I have. I’m pretty excited about it.”

  Alicia saw the excitement shining in Brad’s beautiful blue eyes and she couldn’t wait until he told her more about it. In the past, she lived for her job. Now that Brad was in her life she was beginning to see that there was more to life in the world than working sixteen hour days.

  “Can I get one more kiss before I head to work? I need something to tie me over until I see you later on tonight.”

  Brad moved his hands off her waist and up to her face tilting it back. Staring into her eyes, he whispered. “I love you,” right before his warm mouth captured hers in a soft kiss that made her body melt against his.

  Alicia moaned as Brad ground his erection against her stomach. She was about to suggest to Brad that she could call in sick to work when the sound of something unexpected jerked the two of them apart.

  “Uncle Brad, did you come to see me?”

  Brad looked away from her and down at his nephew. Carter was barefoot wearing a transformers t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans with a little hole in the knee looking too cute for words. He even had a half-eaten cookie in his left hand to polish of the adorableness.

  “Carter, what are you doing out here?” Brad asked as he moved away from her and picked up his nephew.

  “I saw you outside and I wanted talk to you,” Carter answered.

  “Do your parents know you’re out here?”

  Carter shook his head causing his sandy brown curls to bounce. Alicia thought she had never seen a more beautiful child, but Brad was right Carter shouldn’t have come outside by himself.

  “Brad, I’ll let you take Carter back in so I can get to work.” She saw how upset Brad was with his nephew and she was trying to make sure that Brad didn’t make it worse. She could tell how much Carter loved his Uncle Brad and only wanted to see him.

  Carter looked back and forth between her and Brad. “Are you mad?”

  “Yes, I’m mad, Carter,” Brad answered, hugging his nephew. “You could have run in the street and gotten hurt. Don’t ever open the door and run outside again by yourself, okay?”

  “Okay,” Carter answered and then took a bite of his cookie.

  “I better take him back in the house before Traci and my brother panic. I’ll see you tonight?” Brad gave her another quick kiss before walking away.

  Alicia stood by her car watching Brad until he went inside Zack’s house. If she’d ever doubted Brad was the man for her he’d just proven he was. He would be the perfect husband and father. Yeah, she was ready for a commitment and the only man she wanted to take that plunge with was Brad.

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Walking hand in hand through the park with Brad, Alicia glanced up at the stars shining in the dark sky. She noticed that she wasn’t the only person spending a romantic night in the park as other couples in love walked past them holding hands too or pushing baby strollers.

  “You’re awful quiet. What are you thinking about? Did you not like the movie or was it the Thai food?” Brad asked.

  “No, I loved everything,” Alicia said, truthfully, I had a wonderful time. I was thinking about something else.”

  “Care to tell me what it was about?” Brad inquired, smiling down at her.

  Alicia stopped walking and Brad paused next to her. She couldn’t believe how hard her heart was beating. She never thought that she would get to this point in her life, but here she was.

  “I was thinking about how much I love you and how glad I am to have you in my life.”

  Staring up at Brad, Alicia watched as several emotions registered on his handsome face from shock, joy, disbelief and finally total happiness. She didn’t have time to tell anything else before he planted a hard kiss on her surprised mouth.

  “Baby, I’ve waited forever for you to tell me that. I love you too, but you already know that.”

  “I know that you do,” she whispered against Brad’s lips. “I think that’s what finally made me admit how I truly felt about you.”

  Recapturing her mouth, Brad kissed her again slipping his tongue between her lips. His hot warm tongue lapped at the inside of her mouth making her knees almost buckle.

  Wrapping his arms around her waist, he yanked her against his hard body; his erection throbbed against her stomach. Slowly, Brad moved his lips away from hers only leaving enough space for him to whisper.

  “Sweetheart, I’ve to get you back to my house. I need to make love to you.”

  “I want you too,” Alicia replied already thinking about how good it would feel to be naked in Brad’s arms.

  He planted one more kiss on her mouth before he moved back. Linking their fingers together, Brad walked them back to his car and all she could think about was getting back to his house.

  ****

  As soon as the door closed to his house, Brad pressed Alicia’s back against the door and continued where they had left off at the park. Slanting his mouth over hers, Brad slipped his tongue back into her mouth relearning the
unique and amazing sweetness that made Alicia the woman he loved kissing anytime he got a chance.

  “So, delicious,” he moaned as he let go of Alicia’s swollen lips and ran his tongue along the side of her jaw.

  Alicia pushed at his shoulders until he moved back from her. What in the hell was going on?

  “What’s wrong?” he asked, brushing her bottom lip with his thumb. Did she want him to stop? Was she trying to take three steps back when their relationship was going forward so well?

  “You’re wearing too much clothing,” she said, tugging his shirt out of his pants. “I want to feel your skin beneath my hands.”

  Chuckling, Brad brushed Alicia’s hands away. “Let me do it.” Brad kicked off his shoes and then stripped down until he was completely naked. He would wait until he got Alicia in his bedroom before he got her luscious body naked. He had thought about stripping her down to nothing in his room for too long not to make it a reality now.

  All during their walk through the park he had been in a state of semi-arousal and now it was a full blown erection. He had never been this hard in his life and he couldn’t wait much longer to get Alicia to his bed.

  “What are you doing?” Alicia gasped as he swung her up into his arms. “I’m carrying you up to bed. If you have to ask, I must be doing something wrong.”

  “No. you’re doing everything perfectly,” Alicia told him wrapping her arms around his neck.

  At that moment Brad knew that he wasn’t ever going to be with another woman. Alicia was going to be his for the rest of their lives as he carried her up the staircase to his bedroom.

  ****

  Dropping Alicia down on his bed, Brad stood there just looking at the vision she made in his bedroom. The richness of her chocolate skin stood out so beautifully against his white sheets. It was like his bed had been waiting for her all along.

  “Do you know how beautiful you are?” Brad asked as he removed Alicia’s scandals and then dropped them on the floor.

  “I’m okay,” she said, looking at him. “I’m not too ugly to be on television so I’m happy about that.”

  He didn’t have time to wonder were Alicia got that ridiculous thought from, so he focused on stripping her naked instead and then he would prove how stunning she was on the inside and outside.

  Sliding his hands up her smooth warm thighs, he worked at the button on her denim shorts and when they were undone he slipped them down her legs tossing them somewhere near him.

  His eyes zoomed in on her black underwear with small hearts all over the fabric. They were pretty simple, but they were hot enough to drive him wild. He had to get them off of her so he could get to the best part...the part he had been thinking about exploring all night.

  Spreading Alicia’s legs wider Brad pressed his nose against the fabric breathing in her sweet scent. Sticking out his tongue, he licked at the wetness there growling in the back of his throat. All of that was for him and no one else. He shut his eyes savoring this moment.

  “Is this all for me? Is this mine?”

  “Yes,” Alicia moaned. “Please.”

  “Please...what?” Brad asked as he moved back and rolled the scrap of fabric down her legs and over her feet adding them to the pile of clothing already there.

  “Just...God, just make me feel good,” Alicia pleaded with him.

  “Oh, baby. I’m planning on doing more than that as soon as I get you totally naked,” Brad promised with some heat in his voice.

  As much as he wanted to continue to explore every inch of Alicia’s body, the need to be buried deep inside of her took over and became the most important thought in his head.

  It seemed that after the thought became a plan for him the rest of Alicia’s clothing seemed to just disappear off her lovely body until she was as naked as him and it was a wonderful sight.

  Brad settled between Alicia’s legs and barely stopped himself from shouting when the head of his cock slipped inside of her. How was it possible for Alicia to feel this good every time he was inside her? Had she put a spell on him that he didn’t know about?

  Moving his hips, he burrowed deeper until there wasn’t an inch of him not wrapped up by her wonderful tightness. He started to move slowly trying to savor the moment of having Alicia naked, sweaty and looking stunningly beautiful in his bed.

  “Brad,” Alicia whispered, rubbing her hands down his back while wrapping her legs around his waist.

  “What sweetheart?” he panted as sweat trickled off him onto her.

  “Can you give me a little more?” she whispered.

  More?

  It took a minute to kick in what Alicia wanted from him. Taking her hands, Brad held them down at either side of her head as his thrusts continued to get harder and faster as he got lost in the sensation of being with Alicia.

  He felt her body straining as it worked toward her orgasm. Brad held on to her hips and continued working in and out of her until the orgasm ripped through her. Alicia screamed her release and her voice echoed through his bedroom and seconds later Brad shouts filled the room.

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  “Alicia, tell me more about yourself,” Brad whispered against the back of her neck as his fingers brushed against her belly.

  “Isn’t that line a little late since we’re already in bed together?” Alicia laughed as she snuggled closer to the warmth of Brad’s body behind her.

  “Humor me.”

  “Let’s see. I’m the youngest of three children. You’ve met my sister Chloe. She’s single and has never been married.”

  Alicia yelped when Brad pinched her side. “What was that for?” she snapped, glaring at him over her shoulder.

  “I don’t want to hear about your sister. I said that I wanted to know about you...not anyone else.”

  Alicia groaned. She hated talking about herself, but she would do it for Brad. The memory of how he took his time to be patient with her made her normal defenses fall away making her want to be more open and let him in to learn more about her.

  She was silent for a second or two while she got her thoughts together.

  “Brad, my childhood was totally different from yours. You had a close relationship with your parents, but I didn’t.”

  Brad touched her shoulder making her face him. “Are you saying that your parents didn’t love you?”

  “I was the surprise baby my mom wasn’t expecting. My brother was eleven and my sister was ten when I came along. So my parents had to rearrange their schedules to raise me for a little while. I wouldn’t say that my parents didn’t love me, but I did suffer from lack of attention and I don’t think they were really aware of it.”

  “Did your parents ever do anything with you?” he asked, running his hand down her arm. “I’ve so many memories of doing family picnics with my parents or going camping with my dad.”

  “Oh, my parents had the nanny do stuff with me. I was around the nanny so much that I started calling her ‘mama two’. She was with us from when I was about two years old until I was about eight,” Alicia said.

  “Why did she leave you?”

  Alicia shrugged her shoulder. “I was told that she wanted to move back to be near her family in Virginia, but I believe my mother got jealous of our closeness.”

  Brad pulled her closer to him until her breasts pressed against his solid chest. “Have things gotten any better with your parents over the years?”

  “I usually send them a card on the holidays or sometimes they call me, but it’s only to tell me that I need a career change,” she sighed. “Don’t misunderstand me, I love my parents because they are just who they are and aren’t going to change.”

  “Your parents don’t know what a wonderful and talented woman that you are. They are the unlucky ones and I hope they realize it before it’s too late to fix things.”

  Alicia ran her finger across Brad’s chest while she thought about what he told her. Was that the reason Chloe had shown up out of the blue? Did her parents really want to
try to make a closer connection between them now after all of these years?

  “Chloe came here for the same thing you’re telling me about. She told me that our parents want to talk to me about our less than stellar relationship. They want me to come for a visit. I haven’t been home for about seven years.”

  Tucking his finger underneath her chin, Brad made her look at him. “Are you going to see them? I can go with you if you want. I promise I won’t let them hurt you.”

  “Brad, my parents were unfeeling but they wouldn’t hurt me,” Alicia corrected defending her parents. “Chloe told me that she would go with me before she left for her flight.”

  “Does that mean you’re going back home?”

  Alicia wasn’t quite sure what she was going to do yet, but she didn’t want to spend the rest of the night talking about her parents or her not so exciting childhood. She would rather be doing other things.

  “How about we find something else to do instead of talking about my past?” Alicia asked. She pushed Brad on his back and lay on top of him.

  “What do you have in mind?” Brad asked as his hands roamed down her back to cup her ass.

  “I was hoping that the two of us could spend the rest of the night in bed getting all sweaty unless you would rather watch television or play a board game?”

  Placing his hands on either side of her hips, Brad lifted her up until she was directly over his erection and he slowly entered her.

  “I think I’ve given you my answer,” he whispered right before he pulled her head down for a kiss.

  ****

  “Wake up, sleepy head.” The words were whispered against her ear.

  Alicia slowly opened one eye and found Brad sitting on the side of the bed fully dressed looking too gorgeous in a dark gray suit with a black shirt underneath open at the collar.

  “Why didn’t you wake me up,” she complained, brushing a piece of hair out of her eye. “I could have joined you in the shower.”