Shades of Pink

by 33 authors

  “It sounds pretty good to me, Trav.”

  “Good. Let’s head on inside then. I’ll grab the bags if you can unlock the front door for us.” He passed her the key at seeing her nod her head to answer him.

  Once inside, Travis disappeared down the hall to place the bags in what Holly presumed was the main bedroom. She took advantage of the few moments’ peace to peruse the cottage. It was quaint with the timber beams on the ceiling and the roaring log fire in the hearth of the old stone fireplace in the lounge room. It gave the cottage that character charm the owners where probably going for. She rolled her eyes though, at seeing the large sheepskin rug lying on the floor near the fireplace. It was so cliché as it lay there on the hardwood floor practically crying out for a couple of lovers to roll around on it, while getting all naked and hot and heavy with each other. There was no doubt in her mind she and Travis would be rolling around on that welcome bit of softness sometime in the very near future.

  Holly was in the kitchen, making a start on their dinner when she heard Travis walking back down the hallway. She called out to him to let him know where she was. Within a matter of seconds he was by her side with his hands wandering enticingly up and down her arms. The heat of his hands could be felt through the thin cashmere jumper she had on, but it wasn't enough. She wanted more of his touch on her body. She was desperate to feel his soft tender caresses on her naked flesh without the hindrance of clothing getting in the way. She moaned when his hand slid underneath her jumper to cup her breast. His thumb and forefinger pinched and rolled her hardening nipples through the bra she still had on. But it was his wicked touch that had her cursing him under her breath, much to his own amusement.

  “You seem a little eager for my touch, Holly?”

  “Aren’t you eager for mine, Travis?” She asked him with a huskiness lingering in her voice. Before he could answer her, Holly slid a hand down to cup his impressive bulge straining out through the front of his dark suit pants. He was always so impeccably dressed and she couldn’t resist a man in a suit, especially when that man was hers. Hearing his hoarse groan in her ear as her hand began to slowly rub his protruding member, had a smug smile curving at her lips. She gazed up at him through lowered lashes and was about to say something else flirtatious to him when her stomach growled in want of food.

  She nodded her head at him when she heard him say to her, “let’s get you fed, darlin’. Then we can turn our attention back to getting naked and worshiping each other’s bodies with teasing touches.”

  “Sounds like a fine plan to me, Trav.”

  “I knew you would see it my way. Now, what can I do to help with dinner?”

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  CHAPTER TWO

  Travis was about two seconds away from going out of his mind with carnal lust. He wanted Holly naked and beneath him in a bad way. His cock had been hard for what felt like hours now. Even as he sat there on the sheepskin rug beside her, he had to casually readjust himself for what felt like the tenth time in the past few minutes. Hearing Holly’s soft light chuckle at his discomfort sure didn’t help matters either. Goddamn he wanted her bad. He couldn’t wait another fucking minute to have her.

  He all but swooped on her as soon as she lowered her plate and half empty glass of wine down onto the floor beside her. He pushed the plate and glass out of harm’s way so it wouldn’t get broken and hurt one of them. He soon had her flat on her back and underneath him before she could even utter out a word of protest to him. Her answering squeal of excitement only seemed to push his aroused state of mind to even greater level, a dangerous one at that too. He felt unhinged in an almost animalistic way, as he lowered himself down between her splayed legs. His lips found hers as his hard and unrelenting cock brushed up against her damp heat. Even her dark denim jeans couldn’t hide the fact of how wet she was for him, and he loved it. She was so ready for him to take her right there on the sheepskin rug in front of the roaring fire. He didn’t give a fuck if that sounded a little cliché. All he cared about right now was how quickly he could get her naked.

  His hands soon found the hem of her jumper and he hastily removed it from her, baring her upper body to his avid gaze. He groaned loudly at seeing the barely legal lacy bra she had on. Her taut little nipples were poking out through the front of it. The sight of them had him licking his lips in hunger. He wanted to devour those luscious buds of hers with his mouth, until she was writhing in ecstasy. In fact, he couldn’t wait any longer and lowered his mouth to the delectable treats that were begging for his attention. He wrapped his moist lips around one hard bud and nipped and sucked at it before giving the other taut nipple the same tortuous treatment. Travis heard Holly cried out at one point when he nipped at her sensitive tips. He revelled in hearing her moan his name as he soothed the string of his bite away with his tongue.

  “Goddamn it, Holly, I need you naked in a bad way, darlin’.” He didn’t bother waiting for her to give him permission to strip her naked. Instead, he busied himself with the task of removing her denim jeans. His mouth went dry at seeing her lying there in front of him almost naked. The only thing stopping him from seeing her completely nude was the pink lacy scrap of material adorning her soft feminine curves. “You are so gorgeous, Holly, lying there waiting for the pleasure I want to give you. So very gorgeous indeed.”

  “Well, you’re pretty damn hot yourself, Mr. Kane.”

  “That little remark has you up to now ten smacks to the ass, darlin’. Care to add anymore to your tally?”

  “I guess you’re going to have to wait and see, Travis.”

  “You really love to dare me don’t you, darlin’?”

  When she didn’t answer him straight away, Travis slipped his hand between her parted thighs and swivelled the tip of his finger against the dampness lingering on her panties. His cunning movement had her arching her back in a silent plea for more of his wickedly enticing touch. “Answer my question now, Holly, if you want to receive more than a teasing touch.”

  “W-what question, Trav?” She panted out to him.

  He shook his head at her and lowered his head to her neck and whispered his question against the sensitive skin there. “Do you love daring me, Holly?”

  “Yes,” she breathed out hastily.

  “Your honest answer will be rewarded shortly. Firstly though, I need to take care of this little flimsy barrier that’s hindering my access to feel that moist heat of yours.” Before Holly could get a word out, Travis gripped the offending bit of pale pink lace and satin in his hands and gave it a hard tug. The sound of material ripping was music to his ears.

  “You just destroyed my new panties, Travis.”

  “Yep, I sure did, darlin’. It’s not like you’ll be needing them any time soon.”

  “That’s not the point, Travis. They were very expensive panties you’ve just ripped to shreds.”

  “Well, if I promise to replace them, will you let me taste this?” Travis swirled his finger through her damp folds of her sex to emphasise what he was asking permission to taste. It wasn’t long before he heard her say a breathless “yes” to him. With her eyes squeezed shut and her lips slightly parted, Travis could tell she was enjoying the pleasure he was giving her. So to be devious, he swirled the tip of his finger lightly around the hard bud of her clit and smirked at seeing her hips buck upward in a silent plea for more. She was always such a greedy little thing when it came to her pleasure and he was more than willing to satisfy her every need.

  Lowering himself between her splayed thighs, Travis breathed in the spicy scent of her arousal, and then swiped his tongue through her glistening folds. He all but growled as her taste ignited a fire within him. He needed more. Fuck, he was ravenous for her. He was a starved man, starving for a taste of his woman. They would both be exhausted by the time he was done feasting his hunger on her. They would both be pleasantly exhausted indeed.

  “Oh god, Travis, it feels so damn good!”

  “That’s right, darlin’, feel me. Feel
what I’m doing to you, Holly. Fuck, you are so gorgeous when you let yourself go, so fucking gorgeous indeed.”

  Holly continued to squirm in need beneath his hold as his tongue darted across her swollen clit. With his tongue busy teasing her needy bud, Travis slid a finger deep into her core, then a moment later added another one and scissored them to prepare her for his entrance into her slick heat. His fingers continued to stroke deep inside her fluttering channel, searching for that hidden little spot guaranteed to get her going. He knew when he hit the right spot as her back arched upward and a gasp of pleasure left her lips. Her whole body shook uncontrollably beneath him as her orgasm came to an explosive end.

  “That’s it, Holly, come for me now, darlin’.”

  “Travis!” she screamed his name at the top of her lungs, so loudly he was surprised the occupants from the main building didn’t come in to see if he had perhaps killed her or something. It was the something, he was guilty of doing to her, in the most pleasurable way too. As she was coming back down from her orgasmic high, Travis quickly stood up and stripped out of his clothing and then positioned himself between her welcoming thighs.

  Seeing some damp auburn locks, that escaped her ponytail, sticking to the side of her face, Travis brushed them out of the way and tucked them behind her ears. He then lowered his head to hers and took her lips with his in slow sensual glide that had her moaning against him in no time at all. His tongue slipped into her mouth and he gave her a small taste of what her sweet spicy arousal tasted like, as his tongue duelled with hers.

  With their mouths occupied with each other’s, Travis slipped his hands around her and gradually unhooked her bra with expert fingers. It took him no time at all to whisk the sheer material cupping her breasts so temptingly, from her to bare her tits to his avid gaze. Damn what a pretty sight it was to see too. Her full breasts were tipped with the rosiest nipples he had seen in a long time. Well, at least since he last saw her naked and spread out before him like the tempting feast she was to him. He licked his suddenly parched lips then sucked one of her rosy buds into his awaiting mouth and moaned with rapturous pleasure.

  Oh yeah, this is one of the things he missed. This right here with his Holly and the uninhibited passion he could stir up between them both. With his mouth playing homage to her breasts, Travis inched his achingly hard cock into her welcoming heat. Little by little, he eased his way into her softening channel until he was balls deep inside of her.

  “Damn, Holly, you feel so fucking good around my dick.”

  After a few shallow thrusts into her core, Travis asked Holly to tighten up on his plunging cock. He wasn’t anywhere near ready to feel her fluttering inner muscles tighten up around him when she did grip him hard. Christ, it was the hottest thing he had ever felt. He rose up onto his knees then and pumped into her with more purposeful strokes. He roared with animalistic hunger when she wrapped her legs low around his waist, giving him a deeper angle to penetrate her with. His gaze never left hers as he ground his pelvis against her clit with every forward thrust into her wet heat. The sounds of skin slapping against skin filled the room with white noise. The spicy scent of sex surrounded them and made him more ravenous for her. He only had to glance down at her to see she was close to going over again. Damn, so was he if the tightening of his balls was anything to go by. Three months without having Holly in his bed had his dick tingling with his impending release. If he could hold it off until she came a few more times, he would have. But that wasn’t even a possibility, not when his balls were on fire with the need to cum deep inside her core.

  To help her find that second climax she was searching for, Travis lowered a hand between their joined bodies and rubbed his thumb over her aching clit. And that was all it took for her to shriek out her pleasure as the maelstrom of emotions, he built up within her, burst to life with a rapture she would feel deep within her writhing frame. With his eyes squeezed shut and his face twisted in what felt like a grimace, the most intense sensations coursed through him. Travis roared loudly from the passion Holly had stirred up within him. In that moment where blissful need and elation met with full force, he let himself go and expelled his release into her trembling channel.

  Long moments later after having one of the most earth-shattering orgasms of his life, Travis collapsed on top of Holly and encircled his arms around her and held her to him. He lay there with her, next to the dying ambers of the fire, while they both caught their breaths back and their racing hearts slowed to a more normal pace.

  “Holy hell, Holly, I think I’ve died and gone to heaven, darlin’.”

  “You and me both, Trav. Damn, that sure was something all right.”

  “Are you okay? I know it’s been awhile since I’ve taken you and I tried to go as slow as I could—” Feeling the heat of her hand resting over his racing heart and the look of satisfaction glittering in her soft-green eyes, was enough to quell the rest of his words.

  “I’m fine, Travis, really I am.” She yawned at him then and he couldn’t help but yawn back himself.

  The night had gotten away from them and after a pretty long day with the lengthy flight to get here, then the couple of hours in the car to drive to her place then out to the country to the B&B they were staying in, he was beyond exhausted and so was his girl. Carefully, Travis pulled himself free from her pussy and gathered Holly’s satiated body into his arms and carried her down to the bedroom. After lowering her to the bed he methodically wiped away their lovemaking from between her thighs then tucked her into bed and crawled in beside her.

  With his arms wrapped securely around her and her head lying on his chest, Travis breathed in the scent of perfume and closed his eyes and let the sleep that was coming at him take him under. In that moment, between sleep and awakeness, was one of the most contented moments he had had in a long time. Here in his arms lay his heart and she was so very special to him. His love for her would always be never ending thing too, one that would only grow stronger for her day by day, year after year. She was his heart and she would always be his soul. Distance, time or space that separated them, even now, would never take his love for her or his need to have her in his life, away. He would always be there for her, nurturing and treasuring the woman she was to him. His Holly Shepherd.

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  CHAPTER THREE

  Holly tried valiantly not to think about the hours she had left with Travis. If she thought about the time she had remaining with him, then she would beg and plead with him to stay a little longer, and she knew she couldn’t ask him to do that. He had his work to go back to in New York and she had hers here in London. She signed up for this yearlong transfer not him. So she had to suck it up and make the most of his presence while he was here. And boy had they made the most of it. They had spent basically the entire day yesterday in bed. He had made love to her that many times, she was surprised she wasn’t sore down there. Well, maybe a little sore. But once he left for his flight back to New York, Holly knew she would relish the delicious soreness, she would no doubt feel for a few days, before it disappeared and left her aching to feel his possession all over again. Hopefully, she wouldn’t have to wait as long to feel it. Three months was hell of a long time between having Travis between her thighs.

  Strolling out to the lounge in the itty-bitty pale pink teddy she had packed to wear for him, Holly made her way quietly to where Travis was lounging on the sofa. He had gone into the lounge room about an hour ago to rest, while she lingered in the bath to soak away some of the tenderness she could feel in her muscles as well as in her lady parts. He had joined her for a little while before getting out of the tub and leaving her to soak. He told her if he didn’t get out now he would have her again and knew she needed a break. She would have to admit she was glad for the little reprieve he had given her. Now, though she wanted to feel his possession one last time, before they had to drive back into the city where they would have to say their good-byes to one another.

  Holly stood at the end of th
e sofa for a few minutes just to watch him sleep. He looked so at peace with his dark eyelashes feathered across his cheek bones. His lips were still slightly reddened from his earlier ministrations. His bare chest was lightly dusted with dark fine hairs and the sight of it had her aching to run her fingers through it. She really loathed wakening him, but the mere sight of him had heat stirring low in her belly. Her pussy throbbed with renewed passion to feel him buried deep within it.

  He must have sensed her lingering nearby, because his eyes fluttered open to reveal his dark amber gaze. His arms unfolded from his chest and he held them open for her. Slowly, Holly lowered herself down on top of him and weaved her fingers into the dark strands of hair at his nape. His arms circled her as his lips lifted up to meet hers. He kissed her with a passion and reverence that had her melting within his embrace. His talented tongue slithered its way into her mouth before she knew it even happened. It played and tormented hers until it slithered back out to dance across the seam of her lips. He tasted her. Every corner of her mouth was touched and caressed by his tongue. She sighed against his lips as his kiss overwhelmed her senses.

  His hands skimmed up the lengths of her bare arms then teased them on the way back down, with soft tantalizing touches, awakening everything that was female within her. Her core throbbed as more juices spilled slowly from it and dribbled onto his denim covered crotch. She wasn’t wearing panties, because Travis seemed to have developed this bad habit of tearing them off of her. So to save her expensive panties from being ripped to shreds, she had forgone wearing them. Her choice of not wearing panties seemed to have an instant effect on him. The rumbling groan that left his lips told her so.

  His hands roamed seductively over her, then lingered on the bare cheeks of her ass. He squeezed them hard enough to leave a mark, and then he pressed her down onto his denim covered crotch and rubbed his hardening length against her. He obviously liked having unrestricted access to her body, if his stiff cock was anything to go by.