Taking Chances (The Chances and Choices Duology - Book 1 of 2 - Contemporary Romance)

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by Omasta, Ann


  Seth surprised me by turning towards the bar and asking, “How long do you think it will be before your friend and the bartender hook up?”

  I gave him a sideways look, “Courtney? And Joe? He’s her boss.” I responded, shaking my head.

  “Well, they’ve been giving each other googly eyes all night,” he countered.

  I sat back in my seat, thinking that one over for a minute. Could he be right? Court loved sex and men, but she had never shown an interest in keeping one around for more than a couple of dates. As I contemplated it, I realized that she did act different around Joe. I had always chalked it up to him being her employer.

  I watched Joe working the bar with his customary laid back ease. He was kind of cute, with his slightly scruffy, dirty-blond hair. His style tended towards tee shirts and flip-flops, while Court was a glamour girl. “Hmm,” I said aloud as I tilted my head, pondering him.

  Seth coughed. “Please don’t gaze at another guy while you are out with me. You’re going to give me an inferiority complex.” He smiled after he said it, to let me know he was teasing.

  “Well, then you better work to keep my attention,” I retorted quickly, openly flirting with him.

  “Lets get out of here then, and find someplace where I can have you all to myself. How about a walk along the water?” he asked.

  “I’d love to,” I responded, deciding to give more thought to the Courtney and Joe idea later.

  As Seth paid Joe at the bar, Courtney slid behind me and whispered in my ear. “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”

  I chuckled as I turned to her and asked, “What would that be?”

  “There isn’t much that would be off-limits with that fine hunk of man.” She mumbled under her breath as I turned to leave with Seth. “Have fun!” She yelled the words to both of us as Seth put a gentle hand at the small of my back and guided me out of the restaurant.

  Chapter 6

  We walked hand-in-hand along the sandy shore. The nearly full moon glimmered on the water. It was unseasonably warm, so even the breeze off the water wasn’t too chilly. I was pleasantly tipsy and happier than I ever remembered being in my entire life.

  I was in my own world with Seth and barely took notice of the couple walking towards us, until the man spoke to us. I would have recognized his voice immediately, even if he hadn’t called me by the nickname he had used the entire time that we were married, despite the fact that I didn’t care for it.

  “Abracadabra.” He drew the word out. “Working your magic on a new fellow, I see.”

  Seth smiled and introduced himself, extending his arm to shake hands.

  I almost felt sorry for Trudy the skank when Larry introduced himself as my husband. “Ex-husband,” she and I interjected simultaneously.

  “Right, of course, we all knew that. What good fortune, to run into you on our little weekend getaway.” I had to force myself to refrain from rolling my eyes at his broad interpretation of the words ‘good fortune.’

  “Well, as you can see,” Larry said loudly and with a big smile as he patted Trudy’s slightly protruding belly, “I’ve been busy since the divorce. My Little Love Muffin and I are going to be the proud parents of Larry Jr. in a few months.”

  I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. Not because I still cared about Larry, but because this pregnancy proved that I was barren. Throughout our marriage, I had longed for a child. I wanted to be a mother more than anything. Larry had been agreeable from the start, and we had never used birth control. As one year rolled into two, it became apparent that something was wrong.

  I had always believed, deep down, that he was the one with the fertility issue. Whenever I broached the subject with him to get tested, he became irate and insisted that I was the one whose equipment didn’t work, so I was probably the one who couldn’t conceive.

  I had never gone for the testing because I wanted to hold on to the hope that I could conceive a child. The baby bump protruding from Trudy’s too-tight, leopard print mini-dress was proof that I had been the reason we couldn’t get pregnant. Not only did my lady parts not know how to have fun, they didn’t even know how to do what they were made to do. I felt broken and sad, and I wanted to get away from these two.

  I didn’t even know what had been said as I stood there reeling, and I didn’t care. “Okay, take care. Buh-bye.” I grabbed Seth’s arm and stalked off, wondering how Larry was still able to ruin things for me.

  Seth waited until we were a safe distance away before saying, “You still care about him, huh?”

  “Larry? Ick, no! I just was caught off-guard with the whole baby thing.” I was determined not to let Larry and Trudy ruin my wonderful date with Seth. I would think about the dire implications of Larry being able to impregnate Trudy later. Tonight was about Seth, and I wasn’t ready for it to end. I wanted to forget all about Larry and his baby momma and thoroughly enjoy my time with Seth.

  In what was likely the boldest statement of my life, I turned to him and said, “How about showing me your place?”

  Seth was clearly surprised, but he smiled and said, “It’s not much, but I do have big plans for it someday.”

  “I’m sure it’s great,” I said, as I locked arms with him and marched him back up the gravel path to the parking lot of Joe’s.

  He showed me to a dark green Jeep Wrangler with no doors and helped me climb in. As we drove, I cleared my mind as the wind whipped through my hair. It was a clear night and there seemed to be a million stars twinkling above us.

  I was surprised when he turned down a wooded lane that angled towards the lake. Seth seemed almost nervous as he parked the Jeep. “I told you it wasn’t anything special.”

  I don’t know what I had expected, but it wasn’t the Airstream trailer that sat before me. “Oh,” I gulped. “It’s nice.” It came out almost like a question, even though I hadn’t meant for it to.

  Once the surprise wore off, and I began to look around, I realized that this was the perfect spot for Seth. The lot was full of trees and had a beautiful lake view. At the edge of his land, was a huge pole barn where Seth built his boats. It was an ideal place for Buddy to roam, I noted, as he came over to greet me with a sniff before taking off to chase a leaf.

  Seth had built an amazing cedar deck on the front of the trailer, so we sat down to relax and talk in his rocking chairs. I looked out over the water and said, “Okay, this really is nice,” with more conviction this time.

  “The trailer is temporary. I just fell in love with the location, so I’m going to build here one day,” he told me.

  “Build it yourself?” I asked. “Do you already have plans? How exciting to be able to make it exactly how you want.”

  “No plans yet.” He became quiet, and I wondered if he was going to elaborate. He looked right at me with those gorgeous green eyes and said, “I’ve been waiting for the right woman to come along, so we can decide on our dream house together.”

  I almost melted on the spot. What I wouldn’t give to be his ‘Ms. Right.’ He was absolutely ideal, and I didn’t feel worthy of being with him; but I decided to enjoy every moment I had with him, even if it meant I was just his ‘Ms. Right Now.’

  I blurted out, “Want to take this party inside?” I wondered where this newfound boldness was coming from.

  “Oh, uh.” He ran his fingers through his hair.

  He doesn’t want me. He’s just being nice. My inner voice panicked.

  “I’m not exactly prepared.” At my perplexed look, he elaborated. “I didn’t think we’d be in this situation tonight, so I don’t have any condoms.”

  “Oh.” Relief flooded over me. Since I didn’t have sex until I was married, I had never had to worry about condoms. In fact, I’d never seen one other than during the banana demonstration that every teen suffers through. “Okay, we don’t have to.” I paused before adding, “But I know I don’t have any diseases because I got tested after I found out Larry had been with that ho-bag we saw tonight.” Ho-ba
g?!? My mental critic screeched. How classy.

  He looked down at me and smiled. “I know I am disease-free because I always wear a condom, but I don’t want to get you pregnant on our first official date.”

  “Apparently, I can’t get pregnant, so that’s not an issue.” I looked down, determined not to let negative thoughts creep in and ruin my night with Seth.

  That’s when what he had said really began to sink in. If he always wore a condom, then mine could be the first hoo-ha that this perfect man’s penis touched. I was sure that I would spend a lot of time being upset about the fact that I couldn’t conceive a child, but I had just discovered the only benefit of it, and I wasn’t about to ignore this opportunity. Without wasting any more time, I lunged at him.

  He caught me, and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he kissed me hungrily. He threw the door of the Airstream open and we toppled inside, laughing into each other’s mouths. We were on the floor, and I was still straddling him when he tilted his head back, breaking our kiss. “I don’t want to ruin this with sex.” Then he added gently, “You’ve had a lot to drink tonight, and I don’t want to take advantage of you. Are you sure you want to do this?”

  Touched by his sweet thoughtfulness, I placed both hands on his cheeks and looked directly into those piercing green eyes as I said, “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my whole life. Now hurry up and rip these clothes off me!”

  “Yes, Ma’am. Happy to oblige,” he said in my ear as he nuzzled my neck. He eased the pink tee shirt over my head as I worked to free him of his clothes. My eyes opened wide in surprise as he undid my bra with one hand in one quick flick of his long, capable fingers.

  We were still in the doorway of the trailer with our legs hanging out. It should have been uncomfortable, and I should have been concerned that someone would see us; but my mind had been taken over by my body and my body had been taken over by pleasure. Whatever his mouth was doing to my breast made me ache for more, and his hand was slowly working its way up my leg past the hem of my mini skirt.

  I ran both of my hands over him. I had managed to dispose him of his shirt, but his jeans were still in the way. I got them loosened, and I lowered the waistband of his underwear so that he sprang out. Instantly, I wrapped my hands around him. His skin was velvety smooth, and he was rock hard and huge. I ran my fingers along his length and moaned with pleasure at the feel of him.

  He grabbed my hands and pulled them to his lips for a kiss. “Abby, that feels amazing. A little too amazing, actually. I am a gentleman, and gentlemen always let ladies go first.”

  I almost confessed that he didn’t have to bother with trying to pleasure me, but I forced myself to stop.

  He lowered his hands to undo my skirt and quickly yanked it off me. He cupped his hand over my soaked panties, and groaned as he said, “You’re so wet.”

  “For you,” I whispered in his ear as I lifted my hips and he ripped my panties down. I panted as his fingers slid down the front of me. He slowly spread me apart and began making slow circles as my legs fell wide open. His other hand played with my nipple until it was a hard nub, and he gently kissed me on the mouth. It was too many wonderful sensations at once. I felt like I was going to explode.

  My hips began bucking of their own accord. I didn’t know what was happening, but I knew that I didn’t ever want it to stop. My nerve endings were electrified and my breath was coming fast. I turned my head to the side, unable to think of anything but how good this felt. My breath caught, and pleasure surged through me. I threw my head back and gasped, mouth wide open as the first orgasm of my life ripped through me.

  Just then, Seth plunged into me. His moan of pleasure spurred me on, and my body continued thrashing wildly beneath him. He reached a hand down between us to rub over me. The friction of his finger, along with the feeling of his cock driving into me, sent me over the edge again. As I pulsed around him, Seth pumped faster and groaned as he came.

  He collapsed on top of me, still breathing hard. He was hot and heavy, and it felt wonderful. As the reality of what had just happened sank in, I began to laugh.

  “Laughter at a time like this isn’t great for my ego,” Seth muttered.

  “I’m not broken!” I said, still laughing.

  “Broken? You thought I would break you?”

  “No, I thought my lady parts didn’t work because I have never had an orgasm before.”

  Seth’s eyes widened in surprise. “Never?” When I shook my head in answer, he said, “I can vouch that your lady parts work quite well. Now, it sounds to me like you have a lot of orgasming that you need to catch up on, and I’m just the man to take on this task.” He had a big smile on his face as he added, “If you’re up for it.”

  I nodded and giggled as he picked me up and carried me to the back of the trailer. After he tossed me on the bed, we removed the rest of our clothes, and he kissed his way up my body to lie beside me.

  He placed his lips on my forehead in a gentle kiss as he said, “I’m going to recuperate a little, but feel free to wake me as soon as you’re ready to raise that total orgasm count.”

  “Will do,” I agreed, as I snuggled into his naked, perfect body. I couldn’t believe that I had just had sex with this amazing man. I smiled at my thoughts as I realized that if I had known that orgasms felt that fantastic, I probably would have broken down and tried out the vibrator that Court gave me.

  When I felt his breathing steady, I quietly got up to find my cell phone. I sent a quick text to Court, “Won’t be home tonight.” I added a smiley face after it, so she would know everything was okay, since it wasn’t at all like me to stay out all night.

  As I stood there, naked, breathing in the fresh air, I could not stop smiling. What a marvelous night and a wonderful man. It was such a relief to know that my body was capable of that much pleasure.

  I wanted to pay him back in some way. I snapped my fingers as the idea came to me, and I snuck back into his room. He was going to wake up with his dick in my mouth, and I was going to give him the best blowjob of his life.

  Being a gentleman, he was happy to return the favor.

  Chapter 7

  I awoke to the delectable smell of sizzling bacon. “Could you be any more perfect?” I asked as I devoured the sight of him working in the kitchen. I watched the muscles in his bare back flex as he turned the bacon. Clad only in perfect fitting jeans, he looked completely at ease in the kitchen.

  When he turned to hand me a mug of English Breakfast tea, he asked, “Cream and sugar, right?”

  I could see by the color of it that he had already added the ingredients, and I was beyond touched that he had remembered. “I hope you don’t mind that I borrowed a shirt,” I said, indicating the long, navy blue tee shirt that I was wearing.

  “Looks way better on you than it ever did on me,” he smiled. “Mind buttering that toast? Then we can head outside to eat. It’s a beautiful morning.”

  He was right, the sun was glistening on the water and the air was fresh and clear. We ate in companionable silence, and I kept finding myself gazing at him. He was so handsome it almost hurt my eyes. When he tossed his last bite of bacon to Buddy, then flashed a smile at me, an idea popped into my head.

  It was still early and this place was secluded, other than the lake. I did a quick scan and didn’t see any boats or other signs of life, so I walked over and stood directly in front of Seth’s chair. He sat forward to press his cheek against my belly in a warm hug. His hands slid under the long tee shirt, and he quickly discovered that I hadn’t bothered with panties this morning. “You’re going to be the death of me, woman,” he groaned, but he looked up at me with a huge smile.

  “Third time is the charm, right?” I asked, as I climbed onto his chair, straddling him. I pulled the shirt over my head and enjoyed the look of pure desire that washed over him as he gazed at me, fully nude, in the early morning light. I was normally one to hide my nakedness in the dark, but Seth made me feel safe and sexy.

/>   He ran his hands down my bare back and cupped my bottom. My head fell back as he kissed my neck. I rose up on my knees and arched my back to allow his mouth full access to my breast. When he bit lightly on my nipple, pleasure shot through me and I let out a whimper of delight.

  His hands, still cupping my rear, began to move forward. When he slid his fingers along the slick surface at the front of me. I was panting with need, as I said, “I want you inside me. NOW.”

  I worked his jeans loose and smiled when I saw that he had opted to skip underwear this morning as well. He raised us up, so I could lower his jeans. Then I eased myself on to him with a groan of satisfaction.

  I started riding him, circling slowly as his fingers worked their magic at the front of me. I leaned my head back, closed my eyes, and let the pleasure wash over me. The chair rocked to our rhythm.

 

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