McKenzie, Cooper - Saving Chloe (Siren Publishing Classic)

by Cooper McKenzie

  An hour later, Chloe had had enough even if Declan had not. She was tired of being in the spotlight with these so-called friends telling all of her embarrassing secrets that she did not necessarily want him to hear. She also learned about vampire things that she knew had to be true, even as the others laughed them off, saying Declan was an even bigger storyteller than Winston. The only thing no one asked was whether the rumors of Declan being a vampire were true. When Jasmine started telling what she’d seen the night before, Chloe stood up.

  “We’re going now,” she said as she tossed her second empty beer can into the plastic laundry basket Winston used to collect the cans to be recycled.

  “You can’t go yet!” Winston and Ray protested in unison. “We’re just getting to know Declan.”

  “Sorry, guys, but when the lady wants to be alone—” Declan stood and set his beer can aside.

  He shook Winston and Ray’s hands before he turned to Jasmine. Taking her right hand in his, he lifted it to his lips and kissed the back of her knuckles. He then turned his attention and met the eyes of each person and held the gaze for a moment.

  “It’s been very interesting. We’ll have to do it again sometime when Chloe doesn’t have to work. I don’t like to bother her all the time, especially when she’s busy with work.”

  Again, Chloe heard the thread of power in his voice and wondered at its meaning. She was shocked when the others nodded their heads in agreement. “Yeah, we understand. When Chloe’s not busy.” She frowned at their tone. It sounded like they were in a trance or something. Could Declan control their minds?

  Declan smiled at the three before turning and offering Chloe his arm. “Shall we?”

  Chloe nodded and threaded her arm through his. Once they were off the porch and well out of earshot of the Porch People, she looked up at him. “I’m sorry,” she said softly.

  Declan glanced at her and looked surprised. “What are ye apologizing for, darlin’ Chloe? It was my decision to meet them.”

  “Yes, but they were so…so…”

  “Inquisitive?” He finished the sentence for her with a chuckle.

  “I thinking more along the lines of horrible, nosy, and downright rude.” She giggled as he pulled his arm from hers and wrapped it around her back.

  “Yes, but I think they’ll be better from now on. But I don’t want you visiting with them without me, do you understand?” he asked as he guided her past the porch and toward the driveway that ran up beside the house.

  “Yes, sir,” she snarked. She lifted her left hand and gave him a halfhearted salute as he led her to his SUV. “Where are we going?”

  “We have a little shopping to do.” He winked as he helped her settle into the passenger’s seat. When she fumbled with the seat belt, he took it from her and hooked it. He kissed her deep as his hand brushed over her tits, bringing her nipples to peaks once again.

  “Mmmm,” he murmured when he finally moved away. “We’d better hurry, or we’ll have to put it off to tomorrow.” Before she could respond, he closed the door and walked around the front of the car.

  “Are you okay to drive?” she asked as he climbed into the driver’s seat.

  “I’m perfectly sober, darlin’,” he said as he started the engine.

  Chloe wanted to question where they were going, but from the look on his face, she could tell Declan would not answer. Wherever it was, he wanted it to remain a surprise so she settled back and watched the scenery pass.

  She looked around when he pulled into a strip mall on the other side of town. She saw a number of people in the shadows watching as Declan parked. This wasn’t the best neighborhood to visit during the day. Why were they here now?

  “Declan?”

  “It’s all right, little one. No one will hurt you,” he said as he released his seat belt then hers.

  Chloe didn’t want to get out. She wanted to Declan to get back in and take her home. Instead, he walked around and opened her door.

  “Come on, darlin’. Let’s go shopping,” he said with a smile that sent shivers from her nipples straight to her pussy.

  Taking his hand, she reluctantly climbed from the truck and followed him into the only store that was open at that hour of the night, Blissful Pleasures. Once inside, Chloe didn’t release his hand. She edged even closer when the two men behind the counter looked at her and licked their lips.

  “Evening, folks. Anything special you’re looking for?” one of the men asked, obviously focused on Declan.

  “No thanks, we’d just like to look around, if that’s all right,” Declan said.

  Without looking at the men, he led her through the trashy-slutty lingerie to the area of the store where all sorts of sex toys were openly displayed in their plastic packages. He released her hand and wrapped his arm around her when she began to tremble with nerves.

  “Shhh, darlin’. Relax. Nothing’s going to happen,” he murmured.

  “I don’t think I can.”

  “We’ll have to do something about that, but for now I need something. Has a man ever taken that beautiful ass of yours?”

  The sexy purr of his tone barely softened the shocking subject of his question. In response, Chloe’s asshole clenched tight.

  “Once,” she said, when he turned her face up so she looked deep into his eyes, “a long time ago.”

  “And what did you think of it?”

  “It hurt, but he was so drunk I don’t think he realized what he’d done,” Chloe whispered, dropping her gaze to his lips instead of his all-seeing eyes.

  “Did he not prepare you? Stretch the muscles? Use lots of lube?”

  Chloe found herself blinking back tears as she shook her head. “It was my ex-husband, and we were both trashed. He wanted to screw me doggie style. I don’t think he meant to take my ass, but his aim was off, and he missed my pussy. Once he was in, I couldn’t get him to stop.”

  She dropped her forehead to rest against Declan’s chest and began to cry as the memory overwhelmed her of the pain when he had slammed into her time and again until he came. Then he pulled out and rolled off, asleep before his head had hit the bed. She’d cleaned up and never spoke of that night again. But that had been the last time she’d slept with her ex-husband.

  “I want ta make love with ye in every way possible, every way a man can love a woman, Chloe. But I won’t cause ye pain if I can help it,” Declan whispered as he rubbed his hands up and down her back. “Would ye be willing ta try it again? For me?”

  Chloe shocked herself by nodding yes against his chest.

  “Good girl.” He kissed her hair and hugged her. “What color plugs would you like?”

  “Huh?” Chloe lifted her head and turned to look at the display.

  There were a half-dozen butt plugs of various sizes hanging on the wall. Each came in several colors.

  She felt her face burn as Declan pulled the choices for the smallest plug off the wall and fanned them out for her to choose.

  “I personally like the purple,” he said with a wink and a grin, “but I’ll leave it up to you.”

  Chloe looked at the choices in his hand. For a moment, she was more concerned about where that thing was going rather than what color it was. Purple, red, black, and green were the options.

  “I like the purple, too,” she whispered, wishing, hoping, praying the floor would open up and swallow her to keep her from dying of embarrassment in the middle of a sex shop.

  “Then purple it is.”

  Declan slid the others back onto their rack then chose two other purple ones that were each bigger than the last. Chloe wanted to walk away, but a glance over her shoulder proved the two men were still watching them closely.

  Declan seemed oblivious as he moved further down the wall to a display of lubricants. Chloe would have just grabbed one and left, but Declan picked each one up and thoroughly read the back. Then he consulted the back of the plug packages before making his decision.

  Finally, he made his choice. “It taste
s like cherries,” he said with a wicked grin.

  Instead of heading to the checkout counter, he pulled Chloe along and made her pick out a vibrator. “For when you’re alone and horny,” he murmured with a wink.

  “But I’ve already got one,” she whispered, her face burning with embarrassment.

  “Pick one anyway. One you can use when yer thinking of me.”

  With a sigh, Chloe chose one identical to the one she already owned.

  Chloe refused to go behind the red curtain into the adult-movie section, so Declan shrugged as he unashamedly adjusted the cock that pushed hard against the front of his jeans. “I don’t think we need any more stimulation anyway.”

  After the new toys were paid for and bagged, Declan took Chloe’s hand and looked at the men behind the counter. “Would you mind if we used your restroom for a few minutes?”

  Chapter 9

  Chloe gasped when she realized his meaning. He was going to put one of those plugs inside her right now. When she tried to open her mouth to object, she realized she didn’t want to stop him. She had been reading about anal sex ever since she started editing erotic romance, so wasn’t it was time she tried it with a partner who seemed to know what he was doing?

  The two men smiled knowingly and nodded. The one who apparently worked there said, “Nah, go ahead. Through the movie room and down the hall to the left. Here, you’re going to need these.” He handed Declan a pair of scissors.

  “Thank you. Come on, sweetheart,” Declan said as he took the bag and scissors in one hand and wrapped the other one around Chloe’s shoulders.

  Once they were in the large and surprisingly clean restroom, Chloe watched Declan go to work. He dumped the contents of the bag onto the counter. He sorted out the bottle of cherry-flavored lube and took off the safety seal. Then he cut open all three plugs. After washing them all, he put the larger two back in the bag.

  After generously coating the smallest plug with lube, he set it on the counter before turning to look down at her.

  “Chloe?” He sounded concerned as he stepped closer and wrapped both arms around her.

  “Yes?” she answered, once she swallowed hard to clear the lump of fear from her throat.

  “If you don’t want to do this, just say so, and we’ll stop right now. It’s your choice, darlin’.”

  Declan held her tight and laid his cheek on the top of her head, giving her the man hug she needed at that moment.

  Though nervous, she also was curious about anal sex. She’d read so many books where the heroines had it for the first time and loved it. Every time she read a scene, she got excited and usually ended up having to take a break in order to masturbate and calm herself down again.

  “No, I want to do this. Just don’t hurt me,” she said into his chest.

  She felt him kiss her hair before he pulled one arm away from her body. “Never, me love. Lift yer skirt, darlin’, and spread your legs a little,” he said softly.

  Chloe did as he asked then closed her eyes and tried to remain calm as she heard him fumbling one-handed with the bottle of lube. A moment later, there was silence.

  “Chloe, look at me,” he said.

  She leaned back and gazed up into his face. His jaw was tight, and he looked like one extremely turned-on vampire.

  “From now until the time we get in the car, I do not want ye to make a sound if ye can help it. Do ye understand?” The thread of power was back in his voice, and it melted any thoughts she might have had of disobeying.

  She bit her bottom lip as she nodded.

  “Good girl,” he said, bending his head to kiss her.

  As his tongue entered her mouth and began to stroke across hers, she felt a finger brush up and down the crease between her ass cheeks. When the finger found her puckered star, it paused and circled, causing her to clench the muscles tight.

  In the next heartbeat, a different finger touched her. This one was cold and wet with lube. Again, her muscles tightened, trying to deny him entrance.

  “Shhh, baby, relax and let me in. I want to make sure yer well lubed before I set the plug,” he murmured before returning to kiss her again.

  Chloe took several deep breaths through her nose and tried to relax everything south of her waistline. She felt her cream overflowing to coat her thighs as Declan’s finger pushed through and slid deep. Though she tried to stay loose, her body overrode her mind and clamped down on his finger.

  “Easy, darlin’. I’ll just hold it here until yer comfortable,” he murmured as he licked her lips.

  Chloe huffed a laugh, but didn’t say aloud that she didn’t think she’d ever be comfortable. Instead, she breathed deeply and focused on relaxing the muscles of her ass.

  She gasped when Declan twisted his finger one way, and then the other before pulling it nearly all the way out before sliding it back in again. He did this again and again. She jolted and moaned when on the next inward thrust, she felt two fingers enter her pussy as well.

  “You’re so damn hot and wet,” Declan said.

  His fingers continued to move in and out of her, driving her to an aroused level she’d never felt before. Gasping for panting breaths, she tightened her hold around his back and began to convulse as her orgasm swept her up and carried her away.

  She made a whining sound when Declan pulled his fingers from her. When he pushed the plug into her ass a second later, she made another sound, a high, keening sound of pleasure. The plug got wider and wider before narrowing just before the base settled against her skin.

  Her muscles clamped and pushed, but the plug didn’t budge.

  Once he’d set the plug, two fingers returned to her cunt and finger-fucked her into a second, even stronger, orgasm. When she finally settled back to earth, he released her and turned to wash his hands. Her legs were like cooked noodles and refused to hold her. She knelt on the floor and wrapped her arms around his legs.

  “Oh, darlin’, did ye enjoy that little playtime?”

  She looked up at him and nodded. Continuing to hold onto him with one hand, she used the other to undo the fastenings to his jeans and push them out of her way. She needed to share this euphoric feeling of satisfaction with him.

  “Careful,” he said as she fished his cock out of his boxers. “It’s loaded and liable to go off.”

  She ignored him and took as much of his long, thick cock into her mouth as she could. She sucked hard as she bobbed up and down his length. Knowing he was close to his own release only made her work that much harder.

  * * * *

  As she began to suck his cock with purpose, Declan slid the fingers of both hands into her hair, holding her skull tight. She’d been such a good sport and had been so damn sexy as she allowed him to play with her ass, that he couldn’t refuse her. Besides, he wasn’t sure he could walk out of the store with the hard-on from hell demanding attention.

  It only took a few minutes before he bit his lip to keep from screaming. Three quick thrusts of his hips and he filled her mouth with his seed.

  Then he was the one who felt boneless. Collapsing against the wall, he took a few minutes to just breathe before he had the strength to wash his hands again and straighten his clothes. As he did, Chloe remained kneeling beside him.

  Once he finished cleaning up and gathering their things, he looked down at her. “So, darlin’, are ye ready ta go home?”

  She looked up at him, opened her mouth to speak, and then closed it again. She smiled and nodded instead. She remembered. That offset the sexy noises she’d made while he’d been playing with her. Maybe he wouldn’t punish her after all.

  “Can you get up and walk?” he asked, offering her a hand.

  She took his hand and stood up, but her knees remained weak, and she ended up leaning heavily against him.

  “That’s okay, darlin’. Here, you hold this,” he said, handing her the shopping bag before lifting her into his arms, “and I’ll carry you.”

  She stiffened then relaxed as he settled her high in
his arms, making sure to hold the back of her skirt against her legs. No need to give the store clerks a free show. He walked out with his woman in his arms. He knew they both looked relaxed and happy, but he didn’t care what the clerks thought of them. After all, they probably had people coming in all the time to do just the same thing.

  Chloe was quiet, and he thought she slept as he drove home, so he didn’t bother trying to talk. The classical music on the radio filled the comfortable silence.

  When they reached his house, he opened her door. “You will stay with me tonight, won’t you?” he asked as he helped her to the ground.

  She looked up at him and smiled. “I’d like that, but I have to go home in the morning because I promised Jasmine I’d make her cookies for her family lunch.”

  “We’ll be talking about how those people are hurting you at a later time. For now, let go inside and get comfortable…or as comfortable as you can get,” he said, patting her ass, which he knew shifted the plug and made her jump as they crossed the yard to the porch steps.

  * * * *

  “But they’re my friends,” she protested. “I think.”

  She yelped when Declan popped her left ass cheek with the flat of his hand as she crossed to the porch to the door.

  “I’m serious, little one. Those people are borderline crazy. I have a feeling they could be dangerous if yer not verra careful around them.” He closed and locked the door once they were inside then pulled Chloe into his arms.

  “You may be right, which is one of the reasons I haven’t completely blown them off. I’m afraid of what they might do in response,” she admitted softly as she rubbed her cheek back and forth against his chest.

  “Don’t worry, darlin’. I’ll protect you from the Porch People,” Declan said as he wrapped his arms around her, his hands on her ass cheeks. He pulled her close enough that his erection pressed into her belly. “Still want to watch that movie?”

  “Uh,” Chloe moaned as her body once again reacted to Declan’s nearness by kicking her brain off-line.

  “I’ll take that as a ‘We can watch it while we play some more’?” Declan smiled down at her, heat and arousal clearly visible in his eyes.