Freedom: A Captivating and consuming contemporary romance (Freedom series Book 1)

by J Grayland

  He closes the gap between us with such force I’m pushed back into the back of the couch, his mouth taking mine with a needy, greed- filled passion. He snakes a hand around the back of my head deepening the kiss, while his other arm moves around my waist. With hot tongues dancing against each other, accompanied by a deep guttural moan coming from Nate’s throat, I melt into his body. Breaking the kiss, he breathes out in a harsh breath “I need you, baby,, I need to be connected to you,” and when I nod he stands and pulls me up with him and almost runs us both up the stairs into his room where he quickly pulls off every stitch of my clothes, followed by his own, and we drop onto the bed, our bodies entwined in each other as our mouths crash together once again. His mouth moves away from my mouth and he starts to nip and bite along my jawline making his way down my neck and I feel his hot breath and mouth as he sucks against the pulse at my throat. He’s ravenous with my body and he soon works his own thick thighs in between my own as he nudges open my legs and I feel his solid length against my sex, sliding against the outside coating himself in my wetness, and when my body starts to grind against him I shiver with anticipation as I breathe out one word, “Please,” and that’s all the invitation he needs to slide inside my body, making me groan in ecstasy with the fullness of him. He waits for just a moment for me to adjust to him and when I run my hands down his muscled back and into the cheeks of his ass I give him a squeeze, urging him to move.

  With no hesitation, he pulls himself out and then thrusts back in with deep languid strokes that start off slowly until I wrap my legs around his waist and grind my sex harder into him. With a growl he picks up speed and sinks deeper and harder into me, our bodies joined together in a sensual unity of movement and passion, until I am pushed to my limits and let myself crash into an orgasmic wave, moaning into his mouth with pleasure. The sounds coming from my mouth cause him to follow and with a last hard thrust, I feel the heat of his orgasm as it fills me.

  Nate stays buried inside my body as he rolls us to our sides and we just look at each other. As our breathing slows, he slides a finger across my forehead and moves my disheveled hair away from my face. “Nate?”

  “Hmmm”

  “I missed you,”

  I watched as his lips curved into a huge smile. “I missed you too, so much” he says, as he slips from the warmth of my body and pulls me into him “If we’re starting a new life together we need to promise each other that there will never be anything between us again, no secrets, no lies and definitely no clothes.” I laugh as I feel him kiss the top of my head. “I love you so much baby, with all my heart and soul, you are mine and I will never let anyone or anything hurt you.”

  “I love you too Nate, I love you too”.

  Epilogue

  Nate

  Three months later…

  Looking across at Casey as she sits looking out the window at the scenery, I smile and wait for her reaction as I continue to drive down the secluded road and straight past Paxton and Lynda’s beach house. “Hey you missed the driveway,” she says as she turns to look at me.

  “I know,” I grin at her.

  “Ok, so where are we going?”

  “There’s something I wanted to show you first before we go to the beach house,” she grins and looks down directly at the crotch of my jeans.

  “I don’t think you have anything that I haven’t seen already big guy,” she laughs.

  “Oh the things I can do with that dirty mouth of yours,” I say, giving her a wiggle of my eyebrows.

  When we come to the end of the road I turn into an open gateway and drive up the winding gravel drive and she scoots forward in her seat, her head darting from the windscreen to the side window. “Where are we?”

  “You’ll see we’re almost there.” The drive climbs upwards and over a small hump to reveal a large open space of grass surrounding a white timber house complete with wrap around veranda and an open view of the ocean and beach below. Pulling up out the front and putting the Audi in park, I open my door climbing out and around to Casey’s side, and open her door offering her my hand which she takes. “Nate?” she looks at me questioningly and I tug her up the stairs and pull a key from my pocket and slip it into the lock. When the door pushes open we’re greeted by the smell of clean fresh paint and the beautiful shine of a polished wood floor that runs through the whole house. “Nate, who lives here?” Ignoring her question and with her hand in mine, I move down the long hallway until it comes out into a huge sunroom with a whole wall of glass tri-fold doors. Unlatching one door and sliding it back, we both walk out onto a deck with stairs leading down to the sandy beach.

  “What do you think?” I ask her, wrapping my arms around her waist from behind, as she looks out at the ocean.

  “It’s stunning, but who lives here?” She turns her head to look at me and when I say, “We do,” she spins fully in my embrace until she is facing me, her mouth gaping open in shock. “What?”

  “I know how much you love the ocean so I bought it for you, for us I mean. I don’t know about you, but I am getting a little tired of holding my hand over your mouth to keep you screaming out my name and waking Paxton and Lynda up when I fuck you. You know, this way I figured you can scream all you want and no-one will hear you”

  “You are kidding me right?”

  “Nope, not kidding.”

  “Holy shit Nate I…I” she stammers and I place my lips against hers and gently kiss her.

  “No buts, this is our home, together, just you and me baby.”

  “But you work in the city”

  “That’s ok we’ll split our time between the Penthouse and here.” Her eyes start to search mine and I can see a small show of insecurity coming through.

  “Stop overthinking, I told you you’re stuck with me forever- in like never getting rid of me- so this is,” I gesture to the house, “ our forever, this is our freedom,” I say, waving my hand over the ocean in front of us. Looking down at her face as I feel her relax in my arms and leaning her cheek against my chest, I hear her whisper.

  “Thank you for being my forever”.

  After taking a look around the house and Casey excitedly talking about what furniture will go where with reluctance she finally lets me lock up the house and gets back into the car. As we drive back down the road, I can’t help but chuckle at her insistent chatter and excitement over the house. Her smile is spread wide across her beautiful face and her eyes are sparkling with happiness and I feel a slight relief at my decision to purchase the property. Paxton told me about it a few weeks ago and I had tracked down the owner and made them an offer that I knew they couldn’t refuse, and now, looking at the joy in my girl’s face, it was worth every penny.

  After dinner that night Lynda informs Paxton and I that we get to clean up the dishes so the girls can have some downtime with a glass of wine out on the deck while Emily is asleep. Paxton bumps my shoulder with his as I place the last dish into the dishwasher and close the door. “She looks like a different woman” he nods to where Casey is sitting next to Lynda on the porch swing idly moving back and forth.

  “I know” I smile.

  “I’m glad. You two are good together.”

  “Thanks.” I press the button to start the dishwasher when I hear a familiar tune emanating from the coffee table. Looking over to where Casey’s phone is vibrating its way across the wood as it plays, Waltzing Matilda.

  “What the hell is that noise?” Paxton asks as I grab the phone and look at the screen to see Flynn’s name on it.

  “That is Casey’s BFF Flynn calling.” Opening the screen door and walking over to Casey who stops when she hears the song and reaches out to take the phone I hold out to her. Pressing the green button to answer and placing the phone to her ear she smiles when she answers.

  “Hey, Flynn?” She’s quiet while he speaks and I watch as her face changes from the happy glow she normally has to a somber, serious one. She stands and walks closer to me, her eyes darting from mine to the ocean
that sits behind me, then she speaks into the phone. “Are you sure?” then, “Ok, I’ll get onto it straight away, thanks, Flynn. Yes, I love you too.” Ending the call, she looks straight into my eyes and I see something brewing in them. Placing my hands on her shoulders, I say, “What is it baby, is Flynn alright?”

  “He’s fine,” she says with a small shake of her head and I bend down slightly so I can look straight into her eyes.

  “Baby what’s wrong?” I watch her swallow and close her eyes as she says.

  “I have to go back to Sydney.”

  “What? What do you mean? Casey look at me what’s going on?”

  “Max Sullivan has applied for parole and I need to be there to stop him from getting it.”

  Standing to my full height, I pull her against my chest and rub my hands up and down her back, soothingly, and say, “Then I’m coming with you.” She pulls back and looks at me.

  “But your business, the company?”

  “Paxton can take care of that he’s done it many times before. right, Paxton?” I look at my brother for confirmation and he gives it to me instantly.

  “Absolutely. because there is no way you’re going there without him.” Paxton points a finger at me while he looks at Casey. I kiss the top of her head and her arms tighten around my waist before looking up at me with uncertainty in her eyes. “Told you before baby, no-one will ever hurt you again, you’re stuck with me now.” I place a finger under her chin to bring her face up to mine.“Ok?” she closes her eyes then gives me a nod, “Now did Flynn tell you when the parole meeting is set for?”

  “He said it looks like the 24th of this month.”

  Doing a quick calculation, I say, “So that’ll be the end of next week.”

  “Nate,” she gives me that hesitant look again.

  “Everything will be fine, I promise. You just enjoy the rest of your wine and girly talk with Lynda and I’ll jump online and book us some tickets for down under.”

  She sighs and pulls herself up onto her toes to bring her mouth closer to mine. “I love you Nathanial King” she breathes against my mouth before pressing a kiss to it.

  “And I love you Casey Tyler,” kissing her back I slowly release her and walk back into the house with Paxton trailing behind me as we walk to his home office. Sitting down at the computer, I log into our company flight account “Nate,” Paxton says and I look up to see the worried look on his face.

  “Don’t let that fucker near her,”

  “Paxton this is one fight that she will not be taking on alone and I will kill that mother fucker if he even looks at her.”

  “Just do what you need to do and bring her home, ok?”

  “That’s exactly what I intend to do brother, and Max Sullivan, you have a whole new other problem heading your way……me”.

  The End