My Missing Puzzle Piece (Creekside Falls #1)

by Kristin Hoepfl

  He started to lift onto his hands to ease his way in when his brain registered…condom! But Elle was lifting towards him; he gently pushed her back and pulled his hips further away, as far as he could manage with her legs wrapped tightly around him.

  “Wait, condom.” Trevor panted out; glad he had the some sense left to remember.

  “Huh?” Elle said eyes heavy with pleasure but it was slowly fading as she registered what he just said.

  “I’m not wearing a condom.” Trevor shook his head and tried to clear away some of the lust clouding his mind long enough to think of whether he had any with him. Then he remembered his wallet, no matter what he always carried at least one or two in there, just in case. But right now all he wanted to do was drive forward into Elle and feel her wet heat around him with nothing between them.

  “My wallet is in my pants. Downstairs.” Trevor said through clenched teeth

  “You don’t have to wear one.” Elle said than quickly added, “I’m on the pill and I get checked by my doctor every year, I’m clean, I was there two months ago.”

  “Are you sure?” Trevor asked

  “That I’m clean? Or on the pill?” Elle said sounding confused but also mildly hurt he would question her.

  “No not that, I believe you. Me too, I got checked a few months back at my physical. I meant about the condom?”

  Elle rolled her hips beneath him and he groaned before dropping his forehead to hers.

  “But I want you to know I haven’t done this before without a condom.” Elle said as she pulled him towards her.

  Trevor realized just how much she was trusting him by saying that and letting him go bareback and he knew if didn’t love her before this that he would love her after this just for trusting him so much.

  “I’ve never, not worn one, so I guess it’ll be a first for both of us.” He added the last part to make her feel more at ease since he knew she was still nervous and self-conscious about sex.

  “Thanks for telling me that.” Elle said smiling but glanced down at where their bodies were almost connected.

  “Can we do this? I am dying here.” Elle said with a smirk as she rolled her hips again first towards him than in a circular motion.

  Trevor’s only response was leaning down to kiss her; it was a scorching kiss she felt deep into her bones. She never let her ex do this before, but she wasn’t worried at all about Trevor going without protection.

  Trevor teased Elle with the tip of his penis a few times to make sure she was ready before he oh…so…slowly started to slide inside her just a little. He felt her go still as she waited for what was next and relaxed herself to let him in. He eased inside just the tip of his erection and waited so that she could get used to him, she was so tight, he was worried it would be uncomfortable for her but instead she moaned and lifted her hips letting him know she wanted more. He slowly eased himself inside her further, inch-by-inch until he was seated to the hilt, he stilled so her tight sheath could get used to him before he started to move. It took everything he had to stay still because all he wanted to do was pound into her and keep going until he claimed her. He loved the feel of her all around him, wet and hot with nothing separating them. This was so much better then he imagined and had longed to experience.

  “That feels so good Trevor but please move.” She begged him after he was only still for a brief second.

  He started to move in and out of her body. She wrapped her legs tighter around his waist, dug her heels into his butt and lifted her hips. He knew the angle she had herself would have him hitting her in just the right spot and boy was he glad for that because he felt his own climax starting already, it was going to be the best climax he’d ever had he could feel it. Damn it, he didn’t want this to end. He kept moving in and out, they found a rhythm and met each other thrust for thrust.

  Elle never knew anything could feel so good. Trevor inside her and filling her completely felt more amazing than anything she ever knew. She didn’t for one second have doubts about not using protection; this was the way making love to him should be she thought. The angle she was at and the way they met each other thrust for thrust felt more amazing than her last climax and she felt another one heading straight ahead like a freight train.

  Trevor could tell by her breathing and the noises she was making that she was going to come soon, she had to come with him.

  “Elle come on baby, let it go. I need you to let go.”

  “Come with me.” She whispered roughly in his ear and with that they both climaxed together. Each of them practically shouting out their release and saying the others name in unison like they had done this a thousand times.

  “Elle, you’re mine now.” Trevor said through clenched teeth as his climax was slowing.

  They slowly came back from their climaxes. As their breathing returned to somewhat normal and the stars began to fade they just laid there wrapped in each other’s arms.

  “You are incredible. That was amazing!” was all Elle could say.

  “Beyond amazing. Are you okay?” Trevor said as he shifted so they lay belly-to-belly and chest-to-chest. He was still buried inside her and didn’t want to move just yet.

  “I’m good. Really good.” Elle said with a laid back and lazy smile.

  “I didn’t hurt you right?” Trevor said as he tried to inspect her body while still entwined together.

  “Not at all, you made sure it was perfect and didn’t push me. You made sure I was comfortable. You’re the best.” She lifted her head and kissed him again.

  “I’m glad.” Trevor said with a smile and pulled Elle closer into him so they could cuddle and stay in the moment. Minutes later they fell asleep entwined together.

  Elle woke up in the middle of the night still wrapped in Trevor’s arms and legs but she had to use the bathroom. She untangled herself from him, immediately missing him and his warmth and went to pee. She already felt some of the sore muscles she knew would be there from just having had the best sex ever. When she walked out of the bathroom and headed back to bed she jumped with an “eek” when Trevor said, “You okay?” He nearly scared her to death.

  “I’m fine; I just had to use the bathroom. I didn’t wake you did I?”

  “No, well yes when I went to reach for you and you weren’t there but no.” Trevor said as Elle was slipping back under the covers, Trevor had gotten under while she was in the bathroom. They hadn’t bothered to unmake the bed because they basically passed out after making love.

  “I guess I’ll go to the bathroom too since I’m up.” She watched as Trevor strode naked to the bathroom. She really loved the man and he looked great naked.

  He came out of the bathroom and got beneath the blankets, “Nice green bathroom.”

  She giggled. “I like it. I wanted one room to be mint green and it didn’t make sense anywhere else so the bathroom won.” Elle paused and said, “Do you really want to talk about the color of my bathroom?”

  “Nope, I did want to tell you I liked the color because it made me smile when I went in there, but I have other things we can do.” Trevor said pulling her close.

  “Like what?” Elle said with a huge grin.

  “Come here and I’ll show you.” Trevor said as he pulled her down on top of him.

  He proceeded to do those other things for the next hour or so. They did nothing all weekend but make love and stay naked in bed. Except for when they got out of bed to eat. They found creative places all over her house to make love. They showered together and Elle realized the little step in her shower was good for many other fun things besides reaching the showerhead. Speaking of which, the way Trevor used the showerhead on her left her body tingling for hours; he knew just how to make her blissfully happy, in and out of bed.

  Trevor was loving every minute of this weekend with Elle and not only because they were having mind-blowing sex, the best sex he ever had, that wasn’t “just sex” it was making love because he knew he loved her and was almost positive she loved him
too, but also because he was getting to spend so much interrupted time with her. He liked being around her all the time, there had never been anyone he could spend that much time with, without needing a break.

  arly Sunday afternoon when Elle went to make them sandwiches she finally found their clothes from Friday night that had been thrown in all directions. She put on Trevor’s shirt and went upstairs with lunch. When she walked into her room he was lounging on the bed naked under the sheet.

  “You look incredible in my shirt but you’d look even better without it.” Trevor said as he pulled her towards him. She put the food tray on the night table while he showed her exactly how incredible he thought she looked without the shirt.

  Later when Elle and Trevor were downstairs on the couch, feeling sexually satisfied; over the past forty-eight hours they hadn’t been out of each other’s arms for more than a few minutes, with Bruiser at their feet in front of the couch. They were cuddled together and talking, that’s when Elle decided to drag reality back to their world. “I know we didn’t want to talk about work but I can’t help it. I think I have a plan to make sure we get the person who’s screwing things up. But the catch is that we’re going to have to involve more people than the ones we suspect for it to appear legitimate and to know for sure. I want this whole problem behind you.”

  “Ugghhh you had to bring work up. Isn’t this supposed to be our weekend, with no work?” Trevor groaned and leaned his head back on the couch.

  “It is but I just thought of it and wanted to know what you think.”

  “I didn’t want to involve other people but to stop this and know for sure I would be willing to. What is the plan, and can we tell the people we’re involving they’re part of this plan?” Trevor asked her, still reluctant to discuss it.

  “Well, I don’t think we should tell them, it’s not that I’m trying to hide anything from them but I think it might be better if we don’t. If you want to tell them though, you can, it’s your call. It’s perfect in it’s simplicity and I think it could work. We give everyone a list of appointments and jobs that need to be set up and input into the scheduling module. Tell them they can’t overlap and be sure every job you have an appointment for gets put in. All the schedules will be for employees, teams and jobs. See who puts them in right when they have the power to switch it up, since you said you usually figure it all out and put it in yourself. Becky and the route managers have access to it now but can’t change it; this will be their chance. Before you ask, you will still make the schedule as always. They will each get a ‘practice’ module that looks like the real one but isn’t, they’ll also get a separate screen of their own so they can’t see what the others have done because they won’t know that other people have schedules too.”

  Trevor liked the plan. “It is simple enough that it just might work.” He sat up and stretched out his arms. “Why didn’t we think of this before? Why didn’t I think of that before I called you? We wouldn’t have had to work on this and waste our time for a month.”

  “We had to make sure no one was working together and after those interviews I just don’t see that as a possibility any longer…and your people really like working for you. Plus we had to get a plan in motion so that if this got out it could be handled.” She said as explanation.

  “Yeah, but all this,” he gestured around them, “could’ve been avoided, I could’ve done this without having to hire someone to fix this problem for me if I’d only thought of that. It’s obvious, why didn’t I think to do that and save so much time and money that’s been wasted…wasted on this crap!” He stood up and started to pace. He was frustrated and venting but Elle heard only one word, ‘wasted’.

  She sat up and looked him in the eye, she didn’t want to be hurt by his comment about wasting their time but it stung. “You know Trevor I get that you didn’t want this to happen to your company but if it hadn’t we wouldn’t be here now.”

  Trevor sat stunned for a minute then realizing what he’d said, and how it must’ve sounded to her, he silently cursed himself for saying what he did and hurting her feelings. That was the last thing he wanted to do. He tried to bring her closer to him again but she wasn’t moving from her spot. Damn it! He screwed this one up big-time. How could he be such an ass?

  “I didn’t mean it the way that came out. I’m sorry.” That was all he could think of to say.

  “Well it sounded like you meant it when you said it. Maybe it’s time to stop this, if we’re just wasting our time anyway.” She was MAD.

  How did they get from in each other’s arms and everything being fine five minutes ago to fighting?

  “You really think we should just throw this away?”

  “I don’t know Trevor, I wouldn’t have even considered it had you not said that.” Elle said honestly but he noticed her eyes were glassy and saw a lone tear slide down her cheek.

  He wanted to grab her and pull her into his arms but thought she would fight him. Was she questioning whether they should be together and using his stupidity as an excuse or did he mess up that bad?

  “I don’t think its best. We need to straighten this out.” Trevor was being serious with her now, but tried to still be sensitive to how she was feeling.

  “There’s nothing to straighten out. You said what you thought and that’s fine but I can’t do this anymore and waste either of our time if that’s how you really feel.” Elle all but yelled back at him.

  “Yes there is! Damn it will you just listen to me! I am not walking away from you and you’re not giving up on me or us because I said that. I didn’t mean I didn’t want to see or spend time with you. Just that this whole mess could have been cleared up quicker. But I don’t know if I would have come up with that plan on my own, no matter how simple.”

  “I am not giving up! I’m being practical. How would we make this work anyway?” Elle fought back.

  She felt a sense of fear rising up inside like it was going to choke her from within. She couldn’t believe any of this was happening, she realized she might be overreacting but didn’t know if it would work out between the two of them. What if he didn’t love her back? She felt her heart crack at the thought. She couldn’t make out the look in his eyes and it scared her.

  “We’d make it work like we’ve been doing. I know it’s just been a little while but we’re doing fine, or so I thought. It isn’t supposed to be like this.” Trevor said with all the conviction he had in him.

  “What’s not supposed to be like this?” Elle said in a defiant tone in her voice, turning back to face him.

  “Loving someone isn’t supposed to be like this. Why in the hell won’t you listen to me? Why are you being so stubborn?” Trevor said but blinked when he realized what he just said.

  Elle stood there silent for a few minutes just staring at Trevor. Did he just say he loved her? Was she hearing things?

  “What did you just say?” Elle asked as she looked into Trevor’s gorgeous blue eyes.

  Trevor drew in a deep breath at knowing what he just said and how it came out, “It wasn’t supposed to come out like that. But I love you, and I am not letting you throw this away.”

  “You love me?!” Elle said as tears streamed down her cheeks.

  “Yeah I do. And don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m saying or that it’s too fast because I’ve never been more sure of anything before in my life.” Trevor said as he stepped forward and brought Elle into his arms.

  His hug squeezed her so tight she felt his love, his tenderness and the solid rock of a person who would be there for her always. She knew Trevor wouldn’t say it if he didn’t mean it.

  Elle pulled back slightly, looked up at Trevor and said, “In case you’re wondering. I love you too,” then paused, a little embarrassed, “I’m sorry I didn’t let you explain, I do believe you didn’t mean it. I overreacted, I’m sorry.”

  Did he just hear her right? Did she say she loved him too? Damn this was a bouncy half hour!

  Trevor looked do
wn at Elle with a look of joy on his face and said, “You love me too?”

  “Yes. I don’t know when it happened but it hit me like a load of bricks. I was afraid you wouldn’t feel the same.”

  “Of course I do. How I could I not fall in love with you? You’re amazing, beautiful, smart, funny, driven. I can keep going if you want.” He said with a loving smile.

  “Are we moving too fast?”

  “Hell if I know, but I don’t really care, to me it feels just right.” He smiled down at her and a lone tear slid down his cheek.

  He couldn’t believe she was in love with him. He felt like the luckiest guy ever. He had never felt happier than he did right now.

  Elle was a bit taken aback by her own feelings and that he felt the same but she was crazy happy and never wanted this to go away.

  “I’m sorry about fighting with you.” Elle said as squeezed him in a hug.

  “It’s okay and I’m sorry too. Come here.” Trevor pulled her into an even tighter hug and lifted her chin to give her a soul-scorching kiss that she felt all the way to her bones.

  onday was a crazy day for Elle. She had three clients call before 9:00 demanding she and Taylor meet with them ASAP, so with both of them out of the office and only one intern there, not a lot was accomplished. They finally made it to the office a little before lunch.

  Elle sat at her desk thinking back over the weekend; it definitely hadn’t gone how she had planned…it was even better! She was in love and the best part was that Trevor was in love with her too. She couldn’t believe she started that fight with him. She wasn’t happy about what he said because it hurt her but she believed he didn’t mean that he didn’t want to have spent time with her. God she had acted so immature with him yesterday, it was unlike her to do that in a relationship. She felt such a deep connection and need for him, it created some insecurity in her; she would have to keep that in check and not let it take over.

  Trevor’s morning flew by because he was busy with scheduling and nailing down details of what each client wanted at their houses and businesses before his teams went out on the jobs. It was almost lunch and he wanted to finish up so he could go eat; he knew just what he wanted to eat and just who he wanted to eat with.