“You have no idea,” he laughed and kissed her softly on the forehead.
He stepped back slowly and turned around to the bath which was now almost full and turned off the taps. He returned to Ally and gently lifted her down off the vanity unit and stood her on the floor.
“Turn around,” he instructed her and she did as he said immediately. Slowly he straightened her dress down and undid the zip at the side. Then he slid the dress down her body and helped her step out of her of it. He turned her back around to face him as he eyed the beautiful black bustier she was wearing under her dress.
She had asked Jenna, the over friendly sales assistant, to help her pick something stunning and seductive to wear under her dress. Despite Ally’s original impressions of the young woman she really did everything she could to help Ally get just the perfect look she wanted for this evening.
“Wow!” Cole exclaimed breathless and his traced his fingers down the delicate lace and black satin of her bustier. “This is simply stunning on you and may I say it goes rather well with your beautiful shoes.”
“I am glad you approve,” she smiled, happy he seemed pleased with the effort she had made for him.
“After our bath I would love you to put it back on,” he said as he leaned in closer to her whispered into her ear. “And also your shoes, but that’s all.”
Ally could feel her face burn. Jesus, this man really knew no limits. Slowly, he unhooked the front of the bustier, starting at the top and inching down slowly.
Finally, when he opened the last clasp he held it in his fingers for a moment before he let it fall to the floor.
Now she was standing in in front of him in just her stocking and her 5”stilettos.
He pressed himself against her and inhaled deeply; letting her beautiful scent fill his senses. He slipped his arms around her and held her to him closely.
“God, I love you, Ally,” he sighed as he pressed his mouth against her neck.
Cole released her and held her hands. Staring into Ally's eyes, she could see how much he wanted to hear her say those words back to him. It was written all over his face. But she just wasn’t ready, not yet.
He sighed sadly and kissed her once again before he led her to the edge of the bath where he guided her to sit down. Kneeling down in front of her he slipped her shoes off one at a time before he peeled her stocking down each of her legs.
He lifted up her legs and turned her before he placed her feet into the water. Then, taking her by the hand he eased her down into the water completely. She couldn’t help but gasp a little as the hot water hit her backside. Cole quickly stepped in behind her, and pulled her to him when he had sat down.
“The bath will help,” he sighed as he kissed the back of her head softly. Ally relaxed back into his chest as he reached for the wash cloths folded neatly on the edge of the bath. He poured some of the body wash on to the washed cloth once it as wet.
“Lean forward,” he said suddenly, much to Ally’s surprise. But she complied and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around her, now pulled up, knees.
She rested her head on her knees and closed her eyes as Cole washed her back slowly, making sure he got every inch of her body.
When he was done with her back he pulled her back to his chest and slowly he began to rub Ally’s chest and down across her breast and instantly her nipples harden from his touch. He washed down each of her arms and across her stomach and Ally lay there, her eyes closed enjoying his tender touch.
He reached down further, until his hands disappeared beneath the water and dipped down in between her legs.
The moment the cloth, with his finger inside brushed across her soft folds her body became alive and instantly responded to his now familiar touch as instinctively her hips titled upwards into his waiting fingers.
She could feel his now rock hard erection pressing against her lower back and she wanted him. God she couldn’t get enough of him.
In a moment of sheer bravery Ally sat up in the bath and turned around to face Cole. She watched him for a moment or two, her eyes filled with pure desire and something else.
He wanted so badly to believe what he seen was love but he couldn’t be sure. He watched her unsure of what she would do next. The last time she behaved like this, she gave him the best blow job of his life.
After a moment of indecision and uncertainly, Ally moved slowly towards Cole, climbing up his body and straddling him. She lifted her bum off him slight but never let her eyes leave his.
He watched her as she reached down between them and took his pulsing cock in her hand and positioned it against her opening before she slowly slid down taking his entire length into her.
“Jesus, Ally,” Cole cried as he dropped his head back in pleasure as she began to slowly grind against him, cautiously at first but then her confidence grew and she began to move harder and faster. He grabbed her hips and he pulled her down closer against him.
She grabbed his forearms to steady herself as she moved against him, their bodies becoming almost one. He quickly sat up in the bath and wrapped his arms around her wet body, holding her closer to him as he claimed her mouth with his, his tongue dancing with hers.
She quickly slid her hands up his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck and she moved harder against him until she could hold the rush back no longer, pleasure shot through her entire body.
“Cole! Yes! Yes!!!” she cried out and her orgasm took hold of her entire body.
“Oh fuck, Ally!” Cole cried moments later as he pushed up into her hard one more time and came inside her. He cupped her face with his hands again kissed her hard. “I love you, Ally Brody. I think you are amazing.”
I love you, too! She wanted so scream because it was the truth. She loved him so much it scared the hell out of her. But she couldn’t bring herself to say the words. But she knew it was only a matter of time before she did. And she was terrified she would have her heart broken.
Chapter 14
“Aren’t you tired?” Cole whispered against Ally’s ear as they lay wrapped in each other arms. After their bath, Ally did as Cole asked her and wearing just her bustier and stilettos, he made loved to her again.
“I really should be,” Ally sighed before she laughed loudly. “You really are a bloody sex god. Caitlin was so right about you.”
“We could always go again,” he said as he thrust himself up against her bum and giggled.
“Behave,” Ally scolded him with a playful slap him on the arm.
“Then what would you like to do instead?” he said wrapping her tighter in his arms and kissing her on the top of her head.
“We could talk?” Ally suggested.
“Okay,” Cole replied but he sounded a little reluctant and this worried Ally. Was there something he was hiding from her? Something he would be afraid she would ask about him that he wasn’t ready to tell her?
“Well it’s just you already know quite a lot about me,” Ally said nervously not wanted to put Cole on his guard. “Maybe you could tell me something about you,”
“Sure,” he replied, he voice still guarded. “What would you like to know?”
“Let’s see,” Ally sighed. “Okay. What part of London did you grow up in?”
“I grew up in Hampstead Heath,” Cole replied. “My parents still live there. I have an apartment in Central London. I use it when I go back to visit.”
“You have an apartment in London?” Ally said, a little unsure why she was surprised by this new information.
“Well I bought the house in Merrion as a base for when I was here for here on business,” Cole continued. “I hadn’t really any intentions on staying here so long. But I have been so busy here with work. Before I knew it I was here six months. And I just became used to being here.”
“Do you think you will ever go back to live in London?” Ally asked trying to appear casually.
“I was planning to,” he replied honestly and Ally could feel her heart contract at the thought
Cole might move back to London. “I mean there was nothing really keeping me here. And my family is in London. But things change.”
“Oh,” was all she was able to reply. Did he mean she changed things for him? God, she truly hoped so.
“I was planning on going back for good after Christmas,” Cole continued. Ally could feel him smile against her ear as he kissed her softly. “But suddenly Dublin seems like such a more appealing option.”
Ally couldn’t help but smile. “Glad to hear it,” she said.
“So what else would you like to know about me, my gorgeous girl?” He said with a smile giggle in his voice.
“Tell me about your sister,” Ally said. “You said you weren’t close. Why is that?”
Cole’s whole body tensed and Ally instantly regretted the question.
“I’m sorry,” She said turning a little to looking at him and her heart almost stopped when she saw the look in his face. “You don’t have to talk about it.”
“No,” Cole said and gave her a nervous smile. “It’s okay. Ella and I used to be really close. We were always together. Socialised in the same circle and had a lot of the same friends. Her best friend was Charlotte.”
He stopped for a moment as if thinking how best to go on. Ally said nothing she just smiled reassuringly at him.
“Charlotte and I started dating casually for a while but Ella kept pushing that I need to take thing more seriously. That Charlie was perfect for me. So after about two years of dating I asked her to marry me.”
Ally inhaled sharply, completely taken back by his words. Cole didn’t speak for a few moments, giving Ally a chance to absorb what he had just said. Finally he spoke again.
“She said yes and I was happy,” he said but suddenly he voice seemed smaller and quieter.
“What happened?” Ally croaked, her words almost stuck in her throat.
“I found out Charlie was sleep with, my then best friend, Andrew,” he said and Ally could hear the anger that was very evident in his voice. “I found them together in our bed, two weeks before our wedding.”
“Oh, Cole, I am so sorry,” Ally said turning around completely so she was now face to face with him.
“Turned out, not only did Ella know,” Cole continued. “But she had been covering up for her and helping them lie.”
“Fuck!” Ally breathed.
“Yeah,” Cole laughed sadly, but for some reason he seemed to relax completely. “So needless to say, Ella and I aren’t as close as we once were.”
“I totally understand,” Ally replied.
“I am glad you do,” Cole replied serious once again He took a deep breath before he continued. “That’s why I freaked out last Sunday. Since Charlotte, I have never let myself get close to another woman. I dated a few casually. But as soon as I thought it was getting a little more than fun, I was out of there.”
Ally wasn’t sure how she should respond to that, but before she could, he continued.
“Last Sunday I realised for the first time I wanted more than just fun and it scared the crap out of me,” he reached up and softly brushed her face with the back of his hand. “What I felt for you was so much more than I'd felt for Charlotte. I knew I was falling in love with you, Ally. And I was terrified. I didn't know what to do. And when you, for the most part, kicked me out... I went. But those three days without you felt like hell. You were all I could think about. All I wanted. I missed your voice, your smell. I missed you.”
“I missed you, too,” Ally replied honestly as his word rushed through her body and filled her heart with so much love she thought it was going to burst.
“I knew I had to take the chance of being hurt again,” he whispered as he pulled her closer to him. “Because I knew I couldn’t live without you, Ally. I knew I loved you. As crazy as it sounds, I knew the minute I saw you staring into my car that night on the side of the road. You were going to turn my world upside down.”
Ally could barely breathe. She knew without doubt she loved him too and suddenly she was no longer afraid.
“I love you, Ally” he breathed against her lips, his eyes locked with her, like he was looking into her very soul.
“I love you, too, Cole” Ally whispered back. “I promise I will never break your heart.”
Cole’s smiled filled his beautiful face as he finally heard the words he had been longing to hear.
He pulled her tighter to him, so now they were almost one. He rolled her on to her back, lying on top of her, pressing her into the mattress and slipped his legs between hers.
“Promise me you will never leave me,” he said softly against her lips.
“I promise,” She cried out as he pushed himself deep inside her.
Cole made slow, tender love to Ally before they finally fell asleep wrapped in each other’s arms.
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Ally was the first to wake the next morning. She lay face to face with the man she loved and watched him sleep. The look of happiness and contentment on his face made Ally smile.
“You know is a little freaky to have someone watch you sleep,” Cole said as a smile spread across his face without opening his eyes.
“Sorry,” Ally said and couldn’t help but smile back at him.
“Good morning, beautiful,” Cole added as he flicked his eyes opened. “I love you.”
“I love you, too,” Ally replied as the smile on her face grew wider. Cole surprised her by grabbing her and rolling her back on to her back. He kissed her softly on the lips and pulled back and looked down into her face.
“Say it again,” He whispered as he traced soft kisses along her jawline.
“I love you,” Ally said and giggled.
“God I will never get tired of hearing that,” Cole smiled and Ally heart melted. “I love you, too, Ally, so much that it terrifies me.”
“I am scared, too, Cole,” Ally whispered softly against his mouth. “Please don’t break my heart.”
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“Come on lazy bones,” Cole said as he softly shook Ally. “It time to get up.”
“Hmm…” she sighed as she rolled away from him. “I don’t want to.”
Cole laughed as he bent down over Ally and ran his tongue along her neck until he reached her ear lobe. He quickly sucked it onto his mouth and Ally’s eye flew open and Cole smiled against her ear.
“Knew that would wake you up,” he laughed. “Now up you get sleepy girl. I got Rosie to pack some clean clothes in bag for you and Liam dropped it to reception while we were at dinner last night. If you want to go out with your friends this evening we really need to get going.”
“Okay,” Ally groaned as she kicked her duvet back and reluctantly she climbed out of bed. He really did think of everything she laughed to herself. “I am up.”
“That’s my girl,” Cole laughed as he smacked her playfully on her bare backside as she climbed of the bed and quickly pulled the sheet from the bed to cover herself. “What time are meeting your friends tonight. And I assume you will need to go back to your apartment to get something to wear tonight.”
Cole was tempted to offer to bring her but remembered how Ally seemed so insulted, and decided against it. He preferred the memory of dressing room. He loved that she was so responsive to his touch
Disappointed that Cole was already dressed, handsomely in a simple, crisp, V-neck t-shirt and dark wash jeans, Ally decided to head in for a shower. Running through in her mind all that was going to be going on today, she stopped abruptly as her mind quickly flicked to the previous evening. “Shit. I have no phone. I will have to get a new one today.”
Cole, who was sitting at the edge of the bed tying his shoe laces, looked up at her in confusion.
“Why?” he asked sitting up straight, suddenly concerned by the nervous look on her face. “What happened to your other phone?”
“I kind of broke it,” she said as she nervously bit her lips. She had totally forgotten about Jason ringing and
she knew Cole was going to freak out because she took so long to tell him. “Okay, don’t freak out at me.”
“Freak out about what?” Cole asked, standing up from the bed and walking slowly towards Ally. And her stomach lurched. She knew he was going to be angry about Jason. She took a steadying breath before she continued.
“I broke my phone in temper last night,” Ally began as she took a nervous step back away from Cole, backing herself up against the door frame. “It was just before we left your house.”
“Why were you in a temper?” Cole asked pinning her with his eyes and she knew he was going to be mad as hell. She had promised she would tell him about Jason and she hadn’t. She swallowed nervously before she continued.
“Jason texted me again,” Ally whispered, suddenly unable to meet Cole’s eyes with hers.
“And you are only telling me now?” Ally jumped with his harsh tone. Her heart began to pound quickly in her chest. “Jesus, Ally, you promised if that guy bothered you again you would tell me immediately. How can I trust you if you hide things from me?”
“I was going to tell you.” Ally exclaimed, feeling a little than annoyed that he seemed so angry with her. “But we were going on our first proper date and I didn’t want Jason to ruin our night. I didn’t want you to be angry. Just like you are angry now.”
“I am angry because you are hiding things from me Ally,” he snapped and Ally tried to press herself tighter to the wall. She could feel the tears pool in her eyes and her skin began to tingle as she flushed with nervousness. But Cole didn’t seem to notice her reaction or if he did he didn’t seem to care because he just continued his rant. “This fucking nut job can’t seem to get in into his head that my girl does not belong to him anymore, you belong to me now. But how can I keep you safe if you hide things from me?”
His words where like a slap in the face to her and anger bubble inside her. She squared her shoulders and took a step forward.
“I hate to break it to you, pal,” she growled as she poked him hard into the chest. ”But I belong to no one. I was going to tell you, I am telling you now, aren’t I. But if you are going to behave like such a child, maybe it will be better for everyone if I just go!”
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