SEAL's Second Chance (A Navy SEAL Brotherhood Romance)

by Ivy Jordan

  I couldn’t afford to lose control, not around Adam.

  “What’s your pleasure?” he asked, his confidence returning in his tone.

  “White wine,” I replied, still standing at the entrance of the grand room.

  Adam moved to the bar, pouring me a white wine into a long-stemmed crystal glass. I walked toward him, my knees weakening with each step.

  “Thank you,” I said, taking the glass from his hand.

  He held on for a second, allowing his hand to graze against mine. Just that touch, that simple, quick touch, sent electricity through my veins.

  “I’m overdressed,” I whispered.

  He smiled wide, his eyes glistening against the light in the room. “No. You look amazing.”

  “I—I just… I’ve never had dinner at the White House before, let alone with the president of the United States,” I said playfully.

  I sipped on my wine, letting it soothe my nerves as he chuckled at my comment.

  “This is all new to me too, Quinn,” he said softly.

  He extended his hand to mine, pulling me closer. “You smell terrific,” he whispered, slowly allowing his nose to slide just inches from my neck.

  My nipples hardened, but my body relaxed, almost melting into him at his words.

  “Dinner is ready, Mr. President. Would you like to start?” a man wearing a white chef’s coat and tall hat entered the room.

  His presence startled me, causing me to pull back from our intimate position. This is why you’re here, Quinn, because this can’t happen.

  “Yes. That would be great,” Adam said, moving a couple steps from intimacy as well. “Please, sit,” Adam said, motioning towards the table.

  He walked with me, moving slowly behind me, and I could feel his eyes on my ass. I took the seat directly to the left of the head seat as Adam pulled my chair out, and then back in as I sat.

  “I remembered you loved pasta,” he said with a smile.

  “Yes,” I smiled.

  The chef returned back into the room with a silver tray. He placed a bowl of minestrone soup in front of Adam, and then myself. It was my mother’s favorite recipe, a treat she’d only take the time to make for very special occasions.

  My first bite sent me back to when I was a girl and Adam had sat at our dining room table. It was the last time she’d made it.

  “Being a single president, it gets lonely at dinner time,” he said, a flicker of pain shooting from his heart and out of his eyes.

  “I’m sure you stay busy through dinner most nights,” I said.

  “Yes. But if I had someone waiting, I’d have reason to not work so late,” he said softly.

  Dinner was linguini noodles with scampi shrimp and roasted artichokes, served with a clam sauce better than any I’d ever eaten before. “Would you like to come to my private quarters?” he asked, his voice shaken and nervous once again.

  I was frozen with my thoughts, unable to answer due to the struggle in my mind. No. I shouldn’t, that will only complicate things. Yes. I should; he’s Adam Andrews, my dear friend and the man I’d had a crush on for years. Who cares that he just happens to be the POTUS?

  “I promise not to bite. It’s just more private to talk about whatever it is you had on your mind,” he said sweetly.

  “Yes. I’d like that,” I said quickly, wanting desperately to believe that’s all we’d do: talk. I knew better.

  Adam scooted his chair from the table and then moved behind me to pull mine out. He took my hand, my sweaty, shaking hand in his, and smiled sweetly as he guided me from the dining room to his private quarters.

  The large doors opened to an impressive space, but all I could focus on was the large bed.

  “Are you okay?” he asked, pulling me into him closely.

  His breath was hot as it gently hit my neck. My body melted into his arms, my mind went blank, forgetting any reason I had to talk, or even what I wanted to talk about.

  “Can I kiss you?” he whispered.

  No. Tell him no, the reasonable voice inside my head warned.

  The only thing that escaped my lips was a sigh as my head fell back and invited Adam’s lips to explore my neck. “Does that mean yes?” he chuckled softly.

  “Yes,” I gasped as his mouth pressed into my sensitive skin, his teeth grazing slowly against the large vein in my neck.

  He pulled back, stared into my eyes with the deep-blue beauties that melted my heart. My eyes closed as he neared my mouth, our lips touching to create a thunderous explosion of passion.

  His hands gripped at my waist, pulling tight with his fingers digging into my flesh as I ground against his erection.

  “I can’t stay away from you,” he groaned, his voice vibrating through my nipples.

  I couldn’t stay away from him, either. I’d come here to talk, to tell him we couldn’t do this, and here I was, in his private bedroom, in his arms, under his spell.

  The weight of his hand slid to my shoulder, sliding my dress strap down, and his lips immediately pressed into the newly exposed skin.

  My mouth searched his neck, sucking his sensitive flesh and causing him to growl. My panties clung to my skin, my pussy swelling and pressing against the silk. The room spun out of control as my head went light, and my body limp with excitement.

  I closed my eyes, trying desperately to pull myself from this passion, but it was useless. His grip, his mouth, his scent—it was too much to deny.

  Adam pushed into me, walking me backward until my legs hit the soft mattress. His hand pressed into the small of my back, bending me onto the bed. I didn’t fight him.

  The mattress swelled around me like soft clouds as I squirmed with excitement and anticipation. Adam stood back, staring at me. His lips curled into that sexy, irresistible, crooked smile. He shook his head slowly, growling as his eyes rolled down my body, and then back up again.

  Even without touching me, he was sending wild sensations through my body, causing me to tingle, ache, and yearn for his hands, mouth, and body to be on me.

  His fingers moved to his shirt, resting on the top button as his blue eyes dug into me with hunger and desire. I watched as he unbuttoned his shirt, one button at a time. His strong chest was tan, smooth, and chiseled as it was revealed from under the material.

  I sighed as he slid the shirt from his body. His tongue glided across his lips slowly, and he leaned himself over my body.

  He dangled his lips over mine, close enough to feel the heat of his breath, but not close enough to taste.

  I reached up, unable to handle his teasing any longer, pressing my mouth against his. My tongue explored his, entangling around it and sucking every ounce of delicious flavor he had to offer.

  His hard cock ground into my side and upper thigh, teasing me with strong thrusts, and a smooth, erotic rhythm.

  He lifted from me, taking his mouth from my reach. My hands gripped around him, digging into his back with my long fingernails as I arched my back to reach him once more.

  He chuckled, slid down my body, his mouth stopping to gently kiss each breast over my black dress.

  His breath was hot as it slid down my body, his hands heavy as he pressed into my thighs, sliding my dress up past my hips.

  My back arched, my body squirmed, and I let out a moan as his mouth pressed into my flesh. Soft kisses, first on my thigh, and then on my panties, made my pleasure build into a wild storm that was growing out of control quickly.

  “I need to taste you,” he whispered, his eyes looking into mine from between my open legs.

  His lips opened, taking in a mouthful of my panty-covered pussy. I was already excited, wet, and swollen. His tongue slid along the silk fabric, teasing me with long laps as my lips parted and moans rolled through the large room.

  My hands slid to my hips, sliding my panties away from my skin as his mouth continued to search through my delicate skin.

  I felt his hands touch mine, helping to relieve me of the constricting material between my legs until
finally, I was freed.

  His tongue slid through my pussy lips, tasting my sweet juices for the first time. I gripped his hair in my hands, sifting the longer locks through my fingers and tugging gently.

  My body rolled towards his mouth as his tongue entered my tight hole, fucking me with a quick rhythm and bringing me closer and closer to climax.

  The room fell dark as my eyes rolled to the back of my head, and the world seemed to stand still as my orgasm ripped through my body and into his mouth.

  My legs tightened around his head to the point I felt I was squeezing him too hard. I called out his name, tugged at his hair to pull him towards me, wanting more, wanting it to never end.

  “This is what I want, what I’ve wanted for years,” he sighed, sliding up my body.

  “Me too, but—” I said, cut off from his mouth pressing against mine.

  The sweet flavor of my orgasm dripped from his tongue onto mine. But what? I didn’t know.

  The weight of his body pressed into me as he leaned across me to reach the drawer of his nightstand. He pulled out a foil package, a condom, and proceeded to split it open across the top. My body tingled with anticipation, wanting nothing more than for him to be inside of me, filling me, pleasuring me, to be pleasuring him.

  He pulled back, lifting to his knees between my legs as he unfastened his jeans. My eyes wanted to shift to his waist, to see what he was unleashing, but they were locked onto his eyes. They were so blue, they lost me.

  “I want this to work. However you need it to be, I’ll trust you,” he said softly.

  My hands were already working to help his pants down his legs as he pressed back into me. The condom already in place, ready to protect us as we entered a very risky relationship.

  “I just don’t want either of us to get hurt,” I said softly, feeling the words of Michael heavy on my heart.

  If he was focusing on us, or a scandal, he couldn’t focus on the country. I knew that was true.

  Adam was a good man and had the ability to be one of the best presidents this country had ever seen. I didn’t want to be the one to destroy that. And I certainly didn’t want to be the one to be hated by all of America for being the one who destroyed that.

  “We won’t get hurt. I’d never let you get hurt,” he gasped, sliding his hard cock into the wet spot between my legs.

  My entire body shuddered, losing control of my thoughts with the intent of the hard meat waiting at my excited entry.

  “Promise?” I gasped, already lost in the moment, and ready to take the plunge whether he promised or not.

  My legs parted, allowing him to slowly slide into my body. “I promise. Whatever you want,” he whispered.

  He filled me with the satisfaction I’d been yearning for as he thrust himself into me. My fingers dug into his back, my nails sliding into his smooth, soft skin.

  My head pushed back into the mattress, arching my back to take him deeper as his mouth sucked on my neck.

  My little black cocktail dress, the one that Rowena warned me was too sexy for business, was wrinkled around my midsection as Adam’s mouth wandered down my neck to my breast.

  I knew it was just Adam, the man I’d had a crush on since I was just a girl, but my mind wouldn’t let go of the fact that he was now the president of the United States. I was fucking the president of the United States.

  My hips rocked into his, grinding my pussy against his pelvis as he thrust into me. His breathing was growing rapid, his groans becoming louder and deeper with each thrust, and I knew it wouldn’t be long before I brought him to his satisfaction.

  I reached my hand between us, sliding it between my legs, and then his. I gripped his balls, massaging them gently, and then tugging at them as they tightened into his body.

  His cock swelled, spreading me open wider than I’d ever been, and then throbbed in the same rhythm as the pulses that began in my clit. His head lifted, his eyes locked onto mine, and his bottom lip trembled as he let out one last growl.

  My second orgasm was in sync with his, no longer in my control. As he throbbed inside of me, I throbbed against him, our bodies becoming one with each electric pulsation.

  “Will this work?” I whispered in his ear as the weight of his body pressed down onto me.

  “We’ll make it work,” he said softly, gently kissing me on the cheek and rolling to my side.

  I still wasn’t sure how, or if it was even possible, but I knew I wanted it more than ever. No matter what Michael said, what Rowena said, or what the world said, this is what felt right to me. There had to be a way to make it work.

  Chapter Six

  Two weeks sneaking around with Adam, and it had become my drug. Adrenaline flowed through my veins like heroin every time we were together.

  An attack on a military base had brought the country to a new height of sensitivity and stress, and Adam had been working hard to come up with the answers America wanted, that America needed.

  I was by his side, guiding him through the personal aspects, but felt helpless that I couldn’t offer any help with the strategic planning of protecting our country.

  The meeting was one of many in the last two weeks, but the sexual urgency between us was stronger than ever.

  He worked all hours of the night, mostly with the chief of staff to form a plan of action. There were multiple press meetings, and for each one I had to help create a sense of calmness, and trust for the people. We needed each other, more than ever, but there seemed to be no way to find the time to be alone.

  “I’ve closed the borders,” Adam announced to everyone in the Oval Office.

  It was a surprise to most, but not to me. We’d spent late hours texting, talking, and snuck a few moments alone where he unleashed his plans to protect our country against future attacks.

  It was the right move. It was the only move. But it was one of the riskiest for his reputation.

  “Just until we find out who was behind the attack, and from what I understand, that will be very soon. Possibly by end of day,” he said calmly.

  His authority, his strength, and the calmness he exuded made me quiver with desire.

  My eyes locked onto him, watching his lips move as he spoke, but not hearing his words. All I could think about was how they felt against my skin, on my neck, between my legs.

  “Are you sure you want to isolate the country this way?” the secretary of state spoke up.

  Adam smiled, a warm but weak smile. “I believe this is the only way not to isolate the country,” he said.

  The press secretary was asking question after question, pushing for more details, ones that Adam was not willing to give. “You can talk to Quinn. She has everything you need,” he told him, causing every eye in the room to turn to me.

  I felt uncomfortable, vulnerable, and as the VP rolled his eyes up and then down my body, I felt exposed.

  There were moments, ones where Adam and I hadn’t been so careful. He was pleasuring me with his mouth, almost getting me to my edge of ecstasy when his Secret Service men had to interrupt for an abrupt meeting with the chief of staff. I knew they knew, especially since they’d delivered him to Rowena’s house that night so many weeks before.

  If they knew, who else knew? Did everyone know, or at least suspect, that something was going on between us?

  Michael glanced at me, his eyes narrow and disapproving. He knew. I knew he knew. I wanted to crawl into my own skin and disappear from all the prying, judging eyes in that room.

  “How can she help answer these questions?” the press secretary pushed.

  “She can help you answer the questions that will be asked. That’s why she is here. She is the best,” Adam said, his glance at me too long, too loving, too much.

  “That is all I have for you right now. Hopefully, I can answer more questions later today,” Adam assured them, motioning for everyone to leave him.

  I hated that our events, the ones where I was scheduled to be by his side, alone, had been canceled. This ou
tburst of terrorism had been isolated to one event, but it was scary that it had made its way to a secured military base.

  The country was in an uproar, feeling that there was no protection, and this new president, this young president, wasn’t doing anything to make it safer.

  I knew the weight he carried on his shoulders, and my heart ached that I couldn’t be closer to him through it all.

  I left the room with the rest of the advisors and staff that had clearance for the meeting. The press secretary grabbed onto my arm, pulling me to him for the details Adam had promised.

  There wasn’t much I could offer, other than a way to avoid answering certain questions and how to answer the ones that were inevitable.

  “Can I speak with you?” Michael asked, pulling me away from the intense drilling I was dealing with at the moment.

  I walked with Michael down the long hallway lined with red carpet. We stopped in a secluded hallway, him pulling me aside. “Is there something going on I should know about?” he asked.

  “What do you mean?” I asked.

  His eyes rolled back into his head and he let out a sigh. “Seriously?” he asked, staring directly into my eyes.

  “I will let you know anything that is important,” I said softly, knowing exactly what he was asking me.

  “I think the information you are holding back could very well be very important,” he whispered loudly.

  “I’m not holding back anything that matters. When it does, if it ever does matter, you will be the first to know,” I said, smiling, and quickly turning to walk back to the Oval Office.

  Adam leaned against his desk. He was alone, not only physically, but in his lost world of thoughts. I hated it. I wanted to comfort him, to be there for him, but things were growing more and more complicated each day.

  “We have to cool it,” I said quickly.

  “Cool it? I’ve been taking cold showers for two weeks,” he chuckled, making light of the stress I felt.

  “I’m serious,” I said sternly.

  His eyes widened and filled with confusion. “What’s wrong? I’m doing everything your way,” he insisted.