by Jen Andrews
“How many times do I need to tell you we’re through before it sinks in? We’re no good together, can’t you see that?”
“Don’t say that. Our relationship was amazing. We had lots of good times together.”
I shook my head, even though I knew she couldn’t see me. “It’s not true and you know it. All we did was fuck and fight. That’s not a relationship, and not what I want.”
“It’s all because of that redheaded slut, isn’t it?”
“I’m assuming you mean Teagan. We’re friends Cammie, but that is none of your business anyway, because you and I are not together. Why can’t you go find someone else and leave me alone?”
“Because, I don’t want someone else, Jeremy. I want you back. I miss you.”
“Not gonna happen. Goodbye, Cammie.” I hung up on her. She called right back.
“Look, I don’t have time for this anymore,” I seethed when I answered. “I’m busy with work and have a lot of shit to do. Please, stop calling me.” I ended the call, blocked her number then left my phone on the workbench. I needed to stay focused on the motor.
When I finished, I glanced up at the wall clock. A quarter to midnight? Not good. I had completely lost track of time, but at least the motor was ready for the dyno test tomorrow.
I washed up and when I picked up my phone, I saw I’d missed a couple of texts from Teagan asking where I was. I hadn’t heard my phone go off because I had been making quite a bit of noise. I didn’t text Teagan back because she was probably already asleep and I didn’t want to wake her.
She wasn’t in my room when I got home, but the TV was on in the guest bedroom. I found Reese and Teagan asleep in the center of the bed, Teagan pressed up against Reese’s back with her arm thrown over him. I was jealous, but not because my girlfriend was in bed with another man. Reese was undoubtedly gay and I trusted them. No, I was jealous because I wouldn’t have her sleeping next to me tonight. Teagan needed her sleep and I needed mine so I turned off the TV and went to clean up.
After my shower, I pulled on boxers and crawled into bed alone. This time I made sure to turn on my alarm clock, in case Teagan had forgotten to turn hers on before she’d fallen asleep.
Sometime during the night, I woke to find her sitting next to me on the bed staring down at me. My eyes adjusted to the light from the lamp next to the bed and even though I was half-asleep, I knew she was upset.
“What time is it?” I asked her.
“It’s three-forty. Where were you?” she asked, staring down at her clasped hands in her lap. “I was worried. You said you would call on your way home and you didn’t. I sent you texts and you didn’t respond.”
I’m too tired for this conversation right now. “Can we talk about this in the morning? I’m exhausted.” My eyes involuntarily closed and I drifted off again.
“I’ll see you tomorrow morning,” she said with a hint of irritation in her tone. She rolled from the bed, turned off the lamp, and left the room. When she went into the other room, I heard her and Reese talking.
Teagan was upset and once again, it was my fault. Grumbling, I forced myself out of bed and went into the other bedroom.
“What’s wrong?” I asked from the doorway. I was met with silence from both Teagan and Reese. What the fuck? I could see the outline of them on the bed, and they were lying in the same position they were in when I’d come home.
I walked over and slipped in behind Teagan. I was tired and just wanted to sleep after working over fifteen hours.
“Where were you, Jeremy?” Teagan asked from the darkness. She rolled over to face me.
“I’m going to go in the other room so you can talk,” Reese said, throwing back the covers on his side of the bed.
“You might as well stay since it seems you already know what’s going on here. Besides, I have nothing to hide,” I said with a sigh.
As Reese settled back in, I found Teagan’s hand. “I was at work Teagan, like I told you when I called earlier. Where do you think I was?” She obviously thought I was somewhere I wasn’t supposed to be.
“I don’t know, Jeremy. All I know is you said you would call me and didn’t. And you ignored my texts. I was worried about you.”
“I’m sorry, I lost track of time. I wasn’t ignoring your texts intentionally. I put my phone on the workbench because Cammie kept bugging me until I blocked her, and then I didn’t hear your texts come through because I had the air compressor on and wasn’t near my phone.”
I heard her sigh with frustration. “Did you talk to her?”
“Yes I did. Then I hung up on her, blocked her number, and went back to work. When I finished the motor and realized what time it was, I came home, to you.”
“What did she say?”
“The same shit she does every time she calls. I told her again we were over. She asked if it was because of you. I told her you and I are just friends.” I let out a sigh when the words left my mouth. I hated hiding us, and even though I’d agreed to it, it was getting to me. Being the secret man in a relationship just felt all sorts of wrong now. “Teagan, it really sucks that it has to be this way.”
Suddenly I didn’t want to be in the same room with her. She didn’t trust me. Was it going to be this way every time I worked late? I tossed the blanket off and got out of bed.
“I’m sorry, Jeremy,” she whispered.
Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes as I turned toward the door to leave. “Yeah, me too.”
When I stepped into the hallway, I heard Reese tell Teagan she needed to go after me. At least someone was on my side.
I just wished it were Teagan.
As soon as I was in my bed and comfortable, I felt the mattress dip slightly as Teagan slipped in behind me. She wrapped her arm around my waist and kissed my back. It felt like she was shivering, so I rolled over and pulled her closer.
“I’m scared,” she whispered.
The raw emotion in her voice broke me.
“I’m sorry, Jeremy. I can’t help it. I am trying to work everything out in my head, but it’s hard considering all that’s happened.”
“I know it is. But I promise I was at the shop. Noah was having a bad day and I took over his job. Sometimes I’ll have to work late because of our deadlines. It might be once a month, or once a week. There’s nothing I can do about it.”
“Is Noah okay?” she asked, scooting even closer to me.
It was cool that she was concerned about my brother. “I think so. He’s freaking out about the baby. Jess is due in six weeks and it’s stressing him out.”
“I bet it is. Being a parent is a huge change in his life, so it’s understandable to feel that way.”
“Teagan, I’m sorry I didn’t call you on my way home, but it was almost midnight when I finished and I thought you’d be asleep. Next time I say I’ll call, I swear I’ll do it. Sorry I worried you.”
In the dark, her hand found my bare shoulder then made its way to my cheek. She rose up on her elbow and her sweet lips found mine. “Thank you,” she whispered, and kissed me again. “I’m kind of attached to you.”
“Goodnight, pretty girl.”
“Goodnight, my boyfriend.”
Reese and I were sitting on the couch, all dressed up waiting for Teagan to finish getting ready. We were going out to dinner before meeting up with Zoey and some of our friends at Hooligans for the christening of the new karaoke machine.
When Teagan made her appearance in the living room, my jaw hit the floor. She was wearing my favorite color on her—emerald green—in the form of a silky . . . tank top?
Holy fuck, what was she wearing? It was sexy as hell, whatever it was. It hit her about mid-thigh and was cinched around her waist by a gold, metal, chain-like belt. My eyes traveled down her gorgeous legs and found her feet wrapped in gold, strappy stilettos.
My gaze moved back up her body, and the tiny dress she wore hugged every curve. My girl’s tits and ass were going to be on display, but she looked amazing, and I�
�d be more than honored to have her on my arm all night. Her hair hung loose in perfect curls and she was wearing more makeup than I’d ever seen her wear.
She looked like a goddess.
“Oh man,” Reese elbowed me to get my attention. “You’re so lucky I’m gay.”
I snapped out of my Teagan induced trance and looked over at Reese, who was still ogling the stunning woman standing in front of us.
“Quit drooling over my woman, you twat,” I grumbled.
Teagan burst out laughing and Reese gaped over at me with a big, surprised grin on his face. “Did you really just call me a twat?” he asked, before erupting in laughter.
“Yes, I did.” I grinned. “And I’m not lucky you’re gay, you are. And you need to find a new roommate because I’m not letting you have my girl.”
“But she was my girl first.”
“She’s mine now.”
Teagan stood watching Reese and I go back and forth.
“He’s a mean, nasty-ass honey badger tonight, hooker-face,” Reese said to Teagan.
Ignoring Reese, I stood and took Teagan’s hand, spinning her so I could admire the rest of her. I let out a whistle as she turned. When she stopped, I leaned in, kissed her cheek then whispered in her ear, “Absolutely perfect, Red.”
“Are you sure it’s not too much?” She pushed her hair back away from her face, revealing large, gold hoop earrings.
Teagan seemed uncomfortable with what she was wearing, but she was the most beautiful vision I’d ever seen in my life.
“Hooker-face, your man and I are going to be the luckiest bastards in the room tonight,” Reese said while I ogled her like an idiot.
After dinner, we arrived at Hooligans to find my sister, Andy, Jess and Noah, along with Zoey’s friend Sasha and her boyfriend, Ben, sitting with Sonny. Zoey’s friends Justin and Will couldn’t make it, and John and Eric had declined my invite, saying they were going out to find “some pussy” since there wouldn’t be any single women at the bar with us. Something was definitely up their asses ever since I’d moved into my house and found Teagan.
Once I’d introduced Teagan and Reese to everyone we took our seats. Since my sister was a friend with the owner, he had given us front row tables right near the stage. Sonny switched tables to sit with Reese, Teagan, and me. Looking around the bar, I had to admit the place was insane. The sound system made it seem like we were at an actual concert, not at some cheesy karaoke bar.
Nearly four hours later, Teagan was missing, off somewhere in the bar with Sasha. Those girls had turned out to be two peas in a pod, leaving Sonny, Reese, and me to hang out together. I felt like a third wheel with Reese and Sonny because they’d been talking non-stop.
Worried about the girls being gone for so long, I was getting ready to get up to find them, when the bar’s owner, Jerome, took the stage to announce the next act.
“Ladies and gentlemen, are you havin’ a good time out there?” Jerome yelled into the mic, eliciting deafening screams from the enormous crowd. “I don’t even know what to say about this next song, but once you see these two sexy-ass ladies, shit’s gonna get crazy! I just watched them practice backstage, and these chicks are gonna set this place on fire! May I present to you, Miss Sasha and Lady Teagan.”
Jerome took a bow and placed the mic back on the stand. The stage went dark, but I saw Sasha take the stage up front near us, while Teagan stayed at the back. I had no clue what they were doing, but when the music began to play my curiosity was definitely piqued.
Reese smacked me hard on the arm a few times because he was so excited. “Wait till you see what your girl can do. She’s amazing!” he yelled over the noise in the room. He leaned toward Sonny and reiterated Teagan’s awesomeness.
A spotlight came on over Sasha’s head right before she started singing “Beast Within” by In This Moment. Halfway through the first verse, a spotlight came on over Teagan’s head, illuminating her gorgeous red hair, and she joined Sasha singing, swaying her arm back and forth in the air.
I could not believe what I was seeing and hearing. As Sasha finished the second verse, Teagan took over singing. No, she wasn’t singing, she was doing the screaming part of the vocals. Holy fucking hell. She sounded exactly like the singer from the band.
How the fuck did I not know my petite girlfriend had enough rage inside her to scream like that? It was definitely a far cry from her usual sweet and calm voice.
The girls pulled their mics from the stands and joined each other in the center of the stage. Together, they traded off vocals as if they’d performed the song a hundred times. They were flawless. Teagan turned, Sasha stepped up behind her and they did a sexy bump and grind dance. Teagan turned to face Sasha and they did their dance again.
I didn’t know about the other guys, but my pants were getting pretty snug around my dick region. I’d never seen something so hot in my life and couldn’t look away even if I’d wanted to.
When they finished the song, the crowd went insane. People were on their feet, mostly men, calling out for them to do another song. The girls agreed and the music for the song “Adrenalize” came pumping through the speakers. Oh damn, this was gonna be good.
I stared in awe as the girls gave another flawless, nearly X-rated performance that once again had every man in the room going nuts.
A minute before the song was over, Ben tapped on my shoulder. “I don’t know about you, but I am going to get my girl from backstage. I am not about to let her walk out here by herself with all these horny assholes around.”
Shit, I didn’t want Teagan walking back out here by herself either. Leaving Reese and Sonny at the table, I followed Ben backstage. We found our girls in a dressing room gushing over nailing their songs.
Teagan saw me and launched herself into my arms, locked her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck. Ben and Sasha quickly left the room, shutting the door behind them.
“What did you think?” Teagan’s body was vibrating with excitement.
Pulling her hips forward and centering her against my dick, I was certain she knew exactly what I thought. “Mmm, I fucking loved it,” I groaned as I crushed her lips to mine and backed her up against the door.
“Jeremy,” she moaned. “I feel like doing something crazy right now. That was so liberating.”
“What do you want to do?” I asked, nibbling gently on her lips and grinding myself against her. I wanted to rip her panties off and take her right here against the door.
But, I couldn’t.
I wouldn’t.
Our first time wasn’t going to be in the back room of a bar. Jesus, I needed to get my head screwed on straight.
“Jeremy?”
“Yeah, Red?”
“I want you . . . right here, right now.”
Fuck me. I wanted her too.
And, we were back to square one. Like the first night she’d come home with me, I wasn’t going to have sex with her, but I wasn’t going to leave her hanging either.
Unlocking her legs from around me, I set her on her feet. Dropping to my knees in front of her, I slid my hands up her thighs, and under her dress. Oh hell, she was wearing the panties that tied at her hips. I made quick work of the ties, pulled her panties off, and shoved them into the pocket of my jeans.
Reaching up next to her, I locked the door as she tangled her fingers in my hair. “Spread your legs for me, pretty girl.” She widened her stance a bit and my fingers curled around her ankle. Picking up her foot from the floor, I situated her leg over my shoulder, and went in for the kill.
I licked her hard, and flicked her clit with the tip of my tongue. She attempted to rock her hips toward me but couldn’t with only one foot on the floor to balance her. Without stopping what I was doing to her, I moved back just enough, and lifted her other leg over my other shoulder. She let out a squeal when she slid down the door a few inches.
Chuckling against her, I gripped her ass in my hands and pulled her hips away from the door so she c
ould move freely against my mouth. I thrust my tongue inside her and slowly turned my head from side to side, ever so slightly, delving deeper.
Teagan let out the most beautiful moan for me as she squeezed her thighs together in ecstasy. I licked, sucked, and teased her until she came undone. In true Teagan fashion, she gripped my hair hard while she came, and I fucking loved it.
“Wake up, sleepyhead.” I shook Jeremy as I straddled him on the bed then ran the palms of my hands up and down his toned chest. “It’s time to get up so I can take you out and scare the pants off you.”
As Jeremy woke, a grin slowly eased across his face. “How are you supposed to scare the pants off of me if I’m not wearing any, Red?”
Stifling a giggle, I scooted back and laid my naked body on top of his. Kissing his chest, I yanked the covers over us and descended his body to find the tip of his dick poking out the waistband of his boxers. I gave it a kiss as I tugged on his boxers. He groaned quietly and lifted his hips for me so I could take them off.
“Evil woman,” he mumbled as I licked him from base to tip then took him inside my mouth. I released him quickly and moved back up his body, pretending I was going to stop.
“So you don’t want your favorite wake-up call this morning?” My face hovered over the veins and V on his lower stomach that I loved and lusted after so much. Planting kisses and licking them while I purposely let my hair fall over his dick would answer my question quickly.
Hearing him laugh quietly, he put his hand on top of my head, preventing me from moving any farther.
“That’s what I thought,” I said before pulling my hair over one shoulder. I looked him right in the eyes and licked the head of his dick before taking him into my mouth. The next thing I knew, he’d bolted upright and his fingers were tangled in my hair.
“Come here,” he said, gently urging me to release him.
Sucking hard and slow as I pulled my mouth away from him, he let out a long hiss of breath until I let him go. As soon as he was free, he spun me so my feet were near the top of the bed and rolled me to my side. He pushed my legs apart then rested his head on my inner thigh. He bent his knee at an angle, giving me a place to rest my head on his inner thigh while he pulled my other leg over his shoulder. He’d arranged us into a very comfortable, sideways sixty-nine position.