I reached over and grabbed a cigarette out of the pack. While stunned over what I was doing, I caught Ford off guard and grabbed his to light mine. I tucked it back between his lips and puffed on mine, coughing almost instantly.
Ford pulled it away from my lips and tossed it out the window. “They ain’t good for you.”
I grabbed his and did the same thing, turning to him and smiling after I’d done it. Without saying anything, I climbed on top of him, while he drove, straddling his legs. I kissed him softly, running my hands over his ears. “Forget about everything and focus on me, Ford. Let me be your distraction.”
It was a good thing that we were driving down a deserted highway, because he kept veering off the side of the road as I kissed him. The more I did it, the more he matched my motions. I opened my eyes and watched him trying to stay focused on the road. It was obvious that he was having a tough time.
My piercing felt like it was pinching me, but I couldn’t let a little pain get in the way of distracting my pain-stricken guy. He needed to know that he was my first priority.
Thankfully, we made it back to his place in one piece. If I had to pick a way to die, though, I’d pick being on top of Ford and feeling his kisses.
Even though we’d made it back to his place, we didn’t exactly get out of the truck. Ford had me where he wanted me and he wasn’t going to let me off of him until he was done with me.
The stubble on his face, tickled my neck as he made his way up to my ear. “Lift up your shirt.”
I did as he said and held onto his head when he dove right in, taking one of my nipples into his mouth. My back pressed hard against the steering wheel as his hand and mouth explored my naked skin.
I wasn’t just sitting still while all of this was going on. My natural reaction was to begin rocking my body back and forth. I wanted to know that he was rock hard under that pair of shorts. “We should go inside.”
He took one hand and reached it up my shorts. “Oh yeah, you’re so ready.”
I felt his fingers entering me. He made sure he stayed away from my swollen clit. I could still feel what he was doing, and the pain from the piercing was bearable. I rocked against his fingers. “Suck my nipple. Bite it!”
Ford teased my nipple with his tongue, getting it so close but never touching it. I moved myself to try and make contact, but he was too quick. It was making me hotter and I didn’t know if I wanted him to suck on it or keep playing around.
When he finally took it into his mouth, he jerked his fingers roughly at a harder pace. I felt his teeth dragging over my nipple right before he bit down and pulled. My head fell back as I kept rocking. “Oh, God, yes…It feels so good. Please, don’t stop!”
He sucked harder and the pain was pleasure. “I want more than this truck allows.”
I started to tremble, feeling butterflies running through my body. “You can have anything you want.”
He patted my side. “Slide off.”
I did what he said and watched him open the door and climb out. His erection was easy to spot sticking up from under his shorts. He held out his arms. “Come here.”
I let him grab me out of the truck, but he flipped me over his shoulder and started carrying me like that up the stairs to his place. “Ford, I can walk.”
I couldn’t see where we were, but I heard him open the door and start talking. “What the fuck are you doin’ here?”
I patted on his back for him to let me down. Of course, he was rock hard and my bra was completely hanging off, under my shirt, as well as my pants being totally unbuttoned. Ashley sat on the bed with her legs folded. I was at a loss for words, considering I’d wanted to beat her ass earlier.
“I came to apologize! I didn’t think she’d still be here.” She motioned towards me.
Ford reached for my hand. “You need to leave, Ash. I don’t know how else to put it. We’re through. I’m with someone else and there’s nothin’ you can do to change that.”
She started to cry as she ran out of the apartment. Even though I didn’t admit it, I felt bad for her. She obviously loved him.
Ford turned and looked at me. “Are you alright?”
I nodded. “Yeah, but I think you should check on her. I might not like her, but I don’t want any accidents happening because she was too distraught to drive.”
He grabbed both sides of my cheeks and just looked at me for a second. “I don’t deserve you.” I watched him walk out of the apartment without saying anything else back to him.
Five minutes turned into ten. After twenty, I started to wonder what had happened to Ford, then the worry set in. What if he really was some kind of player? Was he out there getting head from her, while I waited in here? I tried to shake off the nonsense sort of feelings I was having, but they wouldn’t go away.
Then it really hit me.
I was falling for him.
It couldn’t be possible.
But I was sure, that’s exactly what was happening to me.
Ford
The last thing I wanted to do was walk away from Sky while having a stiff erection that was calling her name. Ash had caused enough problems for us already, and I really didn’t feel like giving her another second of our time together. Still, to keep the peace, I decided to take Sky’s advice and go check on her. I couldn’t have her blaming me for something bad happening, which she definitely would have done.
Ash made it to the bottom of the steps before she plopped down and started crying. By the time I made it down there, she was in full-blown sob mode. I sat a couple steps behind her. She turned, to check to see if it was me, I guess. “Just go away, Ford.”
“You obviously drove here to see me. I ain’t leavin’ until you tell me what you want from me.”
Ash turned around again. Her makeup was smeared all down her face. “I wanted you. I came here to make that clear, but you were too busy with HER!”
I stood up and grabbed her by the arm, forcing her to walk out front with me. I didn’t want Sky to have to hear her calling her names, which Ash was famous for. “Look, I ain’t tryin’ to hurt you, Ash, but I’m with Sky. I don’t know how else to make that clear.”
“She’s not right for you. I’ve given you so many years. How can you just walk away from that?” She covered her face and cried harder. I felt bad, so I wrapped my arms around her and let her cry.
When I felt her putting her arms around me, I pulled away. “This is why I can’t be your friend. I give you an inch and you want a fuckin’ mile.”
“You’re mine! You promised we’d always be together. You said we’d get married. What happened to that?” Her defensiveness was making me think she wasn’t going to stop harassing Sky until she made sure she didn’t want anything to do with me.
“Things changed.”
Offering her a simple explanation got me nowhere. “No! You lost your sister. I lost my friend. We should have gotten through it together, but you pushed me away. You ripped out my heart, Ford. I gave you my soul and you threw it away, for some cheap piece of ass. How could you do this to me?”
The name-dropping had begun. “Things changed a long time ago, Ash. Sky had nothin’ to do with it. Harley didn’t have anythin’ to do with it either. I cheated on you years ago. You want the damn truth, well there it is!”
She put her hands to her side and walked up to me. “You’re lyin’.”
“The hell I am. We were at a party over at Pete’s place. Guys started doing body shots off of your bare chest. So I took your friend in the kitchen and I fucked her brains out.”
She slapped me hard across the face. “Who was it?”
I figured she wouldn’t remember. We partied with a lot of people and narrowing it down to one night was impossible. “It doesn’t even matter. I tried to spare your feelin’s, but I think I knew back then that things weren’t goin’ to last. We grew apart, Ash.”
She ran her hands through her hair and screamed out into the night air. “Why is this happening to me?”
I leaned against the building and watched her losing it right in front of me. She paced back and forth a dozen times, talking under her breath. Finally she stopped right in front of me. “I hate you!”
“No you don’t!” I started to laugh at her comment and she shoved me.
I fell back against the wall and tried to catch myself from losing my footing. Ash started to back away. “Fuck you, Ford!”
“Whatever!” I shook my head. “Don’t come back, Ash! I ain’t even kiddin’.”
I watched her peel wheels out of the parking lot and onto the road. Once she was gone, I climbed the stairs to my apartment. Sky was sitting there on the bed and she looked upset. I kneeled down in front of her. “What’s wrong, darlin’?”
Chapter 20
Skylar
I didn’t mean for Ford to see me so upset. It was too soon to be showing my feelings for him. Falling for someone so soon was unheard of. It had to be lust and the excitement of being with him again. Yet I found myself sitting there and wondering about things that only someone in love would be feeling.
I didn’t just want to know how things went, I wanted details. Ford was obviously down there for quite a while, so naturally, I wanted to know every detail of what they talked about. I wanted to know if he told her he would always love her. I wondered if they talked about what would have happened if his sister had never died.
What was wrong with me?
I didn’t want to be this girl that clung to her man in fear of losing him. That’s what forced men to go and do it. If Ford felt smothered he wouldn’t even want to be with me. I had to get myself under control.
Ford was still waiting for me to respond to his question and secretly I was beginning to freak out. “Nothing.”
He ran his hands up my thighs. “It don’t seem like nothin’ to me.” He looked behind him and then back to me. “Look, I didn’t mean for you to have to deal with her again. I swear, she’s lost her mind.”
I shrugged. “I get it. She wants you and is willing to go to extreme measures to make that happen. If I were her, I’d probably be doing the same thing.” It was hard to keep looking him in the eyes when I said the next thing. “You’re pretty great, Ford.”
Ford clenched his jaw and stood up. He pulled his shirt over his head and climbed onto the bed. He pulled me down beside him and moved my clothes out of the way to look at my new tattoo. “I can’t believe you did this.”
“Why? I’ve done crazier things in my life.”
He made a face and then smiled. “Like sleepin’ with a complete stranger?”
“A very sexy stranger that kissed like no other man on the planet.” I traced a tattoo on his arm. It was a long dragon, with tribal designs and a rose around it. “Is this new?” I didn’t remember him having it last time.
“I added some more to it a couple weeks ago. I get bored, easily.”
His comment caught me off guard. “Should I be worried?”
He fell down on his back and rubbed his face. “That came out wrong.” He rolled back over. “Nothing about you could ever make me bored.”
I rolled over and lay on his chest. His arm wrapped around my back and he kissed my head as I got comfortable. “You don’t know that for sure. I could be horribly jealous and overbearing.”
Ford rubbed my back. “I don’t really care. It ain’t like I go out anywhere. My life is here and so is my job. Aside from rescuing beautiful women who drive their cars in farm fields, I don’t get out much.”
We both laughed at his comment, and I kind of figured that I was the only woman he’d ever rescued like that, but it didn’t stop me from asking. “How many women per year do you rescue?”
A little chuckle escaped him. “On average, maybe thirteen a month. I’m startin’ to think that they’re wreckin’ just to spend the night with me. Word gets out in small towns and from what I hear, I got mad skills.”
I smacked him lightly on the chest and laughed some more with him. “You did not just go there! Oh my God!”
He sat up causing me to do the same. “See how lame I am?”
I leaned in and kissed him slowly. “I kinda like lame.”
He brushed the hair out of my face. “I kinda like you.”
As his tongue entered my mouth, I forgot all about him being outside with Ashley. All I could think about was being alone with him, in his bed. His hands started to explore my body, but when he reached between my legs, I lifted my body and screamed. The pain was horrible.
Ford laughed and buried his head into the pillow. “Guess that means I don’t get any of that tonight.”
How could I have been so stupid to think I could just get that part of my body pierced and not feel pain? I lay down next to him and rubbed his back. “We can do other things.”
He rolled over and looked at me. “Sky, it’s probably better that somethin’ is preventin’ us from that. With you havin’ to go home tomorrow, I’d rather spend more time just hangin’ out. Now, with that bein’ said, I want you naked in my bed, no matter what we’re doin’.”
“I thought getting the piercing was going to be sexy.”
Ford cleared his throat. “Take off your shorts.”
I stood up on the bed and shimmied out of my shorts, letting them fall down to my ankles. He pointed to my panties and motioned with his finger for them to go too. “You said no sex.”
“I know what I said. Now come down here and let me see it close up.”
I got down on my knees and watched as he got his “close up” look. I got hot watching him looking at my pussy like he was studying it. He ran the back of his hands up and down my inner thighs.
“Does it look alright?”
He groaned and looked up. “Do me a favor. Don’t you go showin’ anyone else this. I want to know that I’m the only man that gets to see it.”
I smiled and sank down onto the bed with him. “I promise.”
He rubbed our noses together. “How about we get in this here bed and watch scary movies until we’re scared shitless and can’t fall asleep without holdin’ onto each other, after we make sure all the doors and windows are locked.”
“I love scary movies!”
He started laughing at me and grabbed the remote for the television. “Good. You can hold me when I get scared.”
A little while later we were curled up under the covers watching movies. Once again, it felt natural. Ford was proving to me that our attraction wasn’t just about sex. Sure, we were totally naked, but just being in his arms made me feel satisfied. More than ever, I was sure that what I was feeling for him was the real thing.
Ford
Just like the times before, waking up with her in my arms was the best feeling ever, unfortunately, it also meant that she had to go home today. After she walked into the bathroom, I got up and followed her. She was using the bathroom and looked shocked. “Can I pee in peace?”
I had my back turned to her. “We all pee, Sky.” I put the toothbrush in my mouth. “Besides, I’ve seen every inch of your body.”
I heard the toilet flushing and felt her walk up beside me. She held out her hand for me to give her my toothbrush. Like the day before, I handed it to her without argument. She stood there naked brushing, while I watched. “Stop it!”
I could tell she felt uncomfortable, so I kept at it. “What did you want to do today? Want to go pierce your nipples or get your neck tatted up?”
She rolled her eyes and finally spit. “Okay, so maybe I went a little crazy yesterday. It’s not like I regret doing it. Don’t they look hot?”
“You were already hot.”
“It still hurts.”
I pulled her into my arms. “How about we go and do somethin’ fun?”
“Like what? It isn’t like you live in a big city.”
“You’re right, I don’t. I was thinkin’ I’d go with you to meet your parents. Shayne can drive me home. We’ll meet up with them later for dinner and leave from there.”
It was wron
g to assume that she’d be okay with me meeting her parents, but after the Ashley fiasco, I wanted her to know that I was serious about us being a real couple. “Where did you say I could get the best phone service?”
I pointed. “Outside, on the porch. Why?”
She walked out of the bathroom and started getting dressed in more of my sister’s clothes. “I’m going to call my parents.”
Sky walked outside, while I got dressed. Thinking about meeting someone’s parents was a little weird to me. I hadn’t done it in a long time. With Ash, it was easy; I’d known her parents since we were in grade school.
When Sky came back into the apartment, she was all smiles. “My dad said he would love to meet the guy who has taken his daughter hostage for the weekend. They want you to come there for dinner.”
Then it really hit me.
“Shit! What if they don’t like me?”
“They like everyone.”
I shook my head and wondered why I’d been so quick to offer this idea to her. Clearly, I was losing my mind. “I ain’t like the guys you bring home to meet your parents. Look at me.” I motioned to the tattoos.
“I think you look sexy as hell.” She approached me, but I pulled away. I felt nauseous thinking about meeting her dad, and him telling her that she wasn’t allowed to see me anymore. They knew she was spending the night with me. There was no way that they would be alright about it.
“Can you be serious? Dad’s don’t like sexy, Sky.”
She laughed at me. “Why are you freaking out? I told my dad all about you.”
“What?” I paced around the small area, thinking about him answering the door with a shotgun in his hand. “I can’t go with you.”
When I finally sat down beside her, she slid next to me and hugged me. “Please come with me, Ford. I want them to see how much of a great guy you are. If you really want to have a relationship with me, you’re going to have to meet them.”
“They won’t like me. I can’t offer you what those college graduates can. No man would want me dating their daughter.” They probably loved her ex.
“I’ll make you a deal.” She stood up and looked down at me. “If you come meet my parents today. I will drive here next weekend and stay with you, whether you want to attend the party or not.”
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