Late Nights

by Marie Rochelle

  “Well, I had to take a good look at myself and figure out if it worth losing Cash over. I realized it wasn’t, but he loved me so much that he stopped working as a freelance writer and now has a good job working for the newspaper here. He loves it and I love him, even more for doing it for me.”

  Sighing, Sasha shook her head. “Rachelle, I understand what you’re telling me, but you know how I am about everything,” she cut in. “I’m so motivated by the need to understand where my feelings are coming from. It’s like I’ve wanted Sterling from the first moment I saw him, but he was so aloof for so long. How can I trust what we are moving towards is real?”

  Reaching across the table, Rachelle placed her hand on top of hers. “Sweetie, sometimes it takes a man a lot longer to figure out what is right in front of his face. I saw the way Sterling was looking at you earlier in the living room. I promise you that he wants more than just a working relationship with you. I’ve no doubt he’s falling in love with you.”

  Sasha eased her hand away from her sister and placed it in her lap. “Sterling has such a hard time expressing his feelings. He has told me a little about himself, but not enough. I want him to see me as that special woman he can share his deepest, darkest secrets with, when there is something on his mind. I want him to come to me about it.”

  “Ever since you were a little girl you have always felt things more deeply than Genise and Akisha. I think it’s wonderful you want to be there for Sterling when he needs you, but don’t lose who you are. He needs to be an equal part of the relationship and if he isn’t then you should move on and find a man who will be.”

  “I know, but─”

  Rachelle held up her hand, cutting her off. “No buts, little sister. Sterling needs to be there for you as equally as you are for him or even more. A couple in any loving commitment has to work towards it and I can promise you that it isn’t easy as it looks. One person shouldn’t add more to it than the other one.”

  Sasha heard what Rachelle was telling her and all of it was excellent advice, but she didn’t know if Sterling could be the man her big sister wanted him to be for her.

  She wondered something. “Is Cash that for you?”

  “Sasha, I wouldn’t have ever married Cash if he wasn’t. He’s truly the most perfect man, and we love each other so much. I can’t imagine my life without him now. He has my heart as much as I have his. Now, how about you get up from here and talk to Sterling? I think the two of you need some more alone time. You aren’t going to get it here with us.”

  “You’re right,” Sasha agreed, getting up from her seat.

  “I know I am,” Rachelle said, standing up. “I’m not your big sister for nothing. Now, take my advice and enjoy the rest of your night. Even take the day off tomorrow. I’ve missed work so I’ll go into Luxury early tomorrow for your shift since Cash has to work as well.”

  “I’m so glad you’re home. I really have missed you.”

  “I’ve missed my family, too.” Rachelle gave her a hug and then moved back. “Okay, time for you to hit the road and remember everything I told you.”

  “I will,” Sasha said before turning away and heading over to Sterling. She had so much to discuss with him when they got back to her house.

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  “I thought we would never leave your sister’s dinner party,” Sterling complained. His warm breath whispered against the back of her neck as she unlocked her front door. “I liked talking to Cash, but I would rather be here with you. All I could think about was getting you alone. We need to spend more time together.”

  Sasha pushed opened the door and walked inside, leaving Sterling to follow behind her. She was listening to him, but her thoughts were still on her conversation with Rachelle in the kitchen.

  Was she really overthinking everything with Sterling? Should she just go with the flow more and allow each day to uncover something new and exciting?

  “Baby, is everything okay?” Grabbing her by the arm, Sterling spun her around to face him. “You were awfully quiet in the car. Did something happen at your sister’s house I don’t know about? I noticed you were in the kitchen with her for a long time.”

  Her apprehension concerning Sterling got pushed to the back of her mind when she remembered what her sister told her.

  “I’m fine,” she answered, smiling at him. “I was only remembering how happy my sister looked. I never thought Rachelle would get married, and she’s happily in love with a husband who adores her.”

  “Do you not like Cash?” Sterling asked.

  “No, he’s a great guy. He loves my sister so much. I can see it every time he looks at her.”

  “Yeah, he came across as a nice guy. I can tell he loves your sister, too, but he can’t love her more than I love you.”

  What did he just tell her? Did she hear him correctly?

  She stared wordlessly at him, her heart pounding. Everything around Sasha stopped as Sterling’s words settled into her mind. She took a quick breath of utter astonishment. She was so shocked that she couldn’t form any words to give him any kind of response.

  Where in the hell had that come from? Why was he telling her that he was in love with her?

  “Don’t you have anything to say?” Sterling asked, pulling her closer to his hard body. “Or have I shocked you speechless?”

  Licking her lips, Sasha took a couple of deep breaths and then found the words to answer Sterling. “Of course, I’m shocked hearing you tell me that you love me. How can I not be, since it came out of left field? You have never given me any kind of idea you were thinking those words about me. I mean….”

  “Sweetheart, I’ve been in love with you for so long I can’t even remember when it first started. My feelings surprised me as well. I think they might have kept me from asking you out for so long. I’ve dated a lot of women over the years and I was okay with it.

  “However, I didn’t want the woman I was falling in love with to reject me. I haven’t had the best track record staying with women in the past. They were in and out of my life more times than I can count, because they weren’t the right one for me.”

  “What exactly have we done to fall in love with each other?” Sasha asked. “It seems like we have fought more than dated.

  “I mean, don’t people have this list of things they usually do before they say ‘I love you’ to each other? Like going on date after date, getting into fights over small things? Break up and then realize they are meant to be together before finding their way back to each other? You know, the same ritual that’s been done for years and years since my parents were kids.”

  The light went right out of Sterling’s eyes. “Are you telling me that you don’t love me?” he asked her in a low voice. “I know there is a slight age difference between us, but can’t you overlook it?”

  “Yes, I love you,” the words rushed from her mouth. Sasha didn’t have to think about anything. Sterling was the man for her. She loved him more than anything in the world.

  “I’m twenty-eight. I know what I want and it’s you. I don’t care if you’re older than me. It’s not that much of an age gap. It doesn’t matter to me at all. I just never thought I would be like Rachelle and fall for someone this quickly. What if this is just lust or something?”

  Like magic, the bright light of love suddenly came back into her man’s beautiful eyes. “Baby, I can prove to you that it’s just more than lust. Hell, if you want to go on a hundred dates, I can do that too, but it won’t change how I feel about you. How I have always felt about you. I love you, Sasha Williams. I’m tired of keeping my feelings a secret. I want to be with you for the rest of my life.”

  Sterling stared down at her with such intensity on his handsome face. His expression made her feel like she was the only woman in the world for him. Cupping her face in his hands, he brushed his thumb over her bottom lip. She gasped from the intimate touch.

  “God, I don’t know how I wasted so much time. You’re the woman I want. I’m g
oing to prove how much I need you in my life.”

  “So, I guess you’re happy that I love you as much as you love me?” Sasha teased, searching Sterling’s blue-gray eyes with hers.

  “Damn right, I do,” he growled right before his lips came crashing down on hers.

  Sasha wrapped her arms around Sterling’s neck as he continued kissing her. Picking her up, she wrapped her legs around his waist.

  Sterling walked over to the couch and sat down with her straddling his lap. The feel of his cock against her damp underwear sent her desire level up another notch. She was tired of fighting this. She wanted to make love to him so badly, but all of their clothes were in the way.

  She needed them off now!

  It was like Sterling read her mind, because seconds later…

  His long fingers slowly worked at the buttons at the back of her dress, slipping them out of each tiny hole. The soft brush of his knuckles over her already heated skin sent another rush of moisture into her underwear, making her squirm over his thick cock to ease some of the ache between her thighs.

  “I know, baby, I can feel how wet you are for me,” Sterling whispered against her moistened lips. “I promise you I’m going to make our first time special since we waited for it this long.”

  Pulling the material from around her shoulders, he let her dress pool between their bodies. He stared at her hard nipples that were dying for his mouth. Reaching out, he ran his fingertips over her right nipple, playing with it until Sasha felt like she was going to lose her mind.

  “Please…” she whimpered, pressing her breasts into Sterling hand. “I need more. Can you give it to me?”

  She felt his cock jump and strain against the front of his slacks as he continued staring at her breasts. “I will, baby, but I just want to look at and touch you for a few minutes. I’ve never seen a more enticing sight in my life. You’re so beautiful,” Sterling said, cupping her breasts in his hands. “I swear if I had realized you weren’t wearing a bra, we would have left your sister’s party hours ago.”

  “Baby, I’m so glad you like what you see but you’re driving me crazy. I want to touch you too. How about I help you get out some of your clothes?” Sasha asked, working on the buttons on Sterling’s dress shirt. She undid the buttons until it was wide open, displaying the light dusting of hair on his chest.

  Taking the tip of her finger, she trailed it down the center of Sterling’s muscular chest. She grinned when he growled in the back of his throat. She liked having this kind of power of him. If she had known about it earlier, she would have definitely used it to her advantage.

  “I love when a man has chest hair. It’s so masculine and sexy.”

  “Well, you aren’t going to see any other guy’s chest after tonight. Make sure you understand that very clearly.” Sterling eyed her before he ran his fingers through her hair, giving it a little tug. She gasped at the roughness as he nibbled at her earlobe before sucking it into his mouth.

  “Sterling,” she whispered as Sterling’s lips worked their way down her neck and over to her breasts.

  “Shit! Look at how flawless you are.” Sterling’s thumbs gazed over her nipples, making them even harder.

  Biting down on her bottom lip, Sasha swallowed down her screams of pleasure. Her body was tingling from head to toe and places it never had before because of Sterling’s masterful touch.

  “Sterling,” she moaned as he drew her nipple into his mouth. Sasha was going out of her mind as his hands slipped under her dress and grabbed her ass. He moved her lower body back and forth across his throbbing erection.

  “What is it, baby?” he whispered after letting go of her nipple with a loud pop. “Do you need something from me? Tell me what it is. I will give you anything you want.”

  The desire-filled look in his eyes made her even crazier with need to get him out of her living room. She wanted him off her couch and in her bedroom making love to her until the sun came up. She felt like he was torturing her on purpose for all of those times she turned him down for a date.

  Sasha jumped when she felt one of Sterling’s finger ease underneath her underwear and brush against her damp curls. “Come on, tell me what you want. I swear. I’ll be more than happy to give it to you.”

  “I want you,” she admitted, not caring how desperate she sounded. “I need you so badly.”

  “Spread your legs wider for me.” She hurried and did as Sterling requested.

  Sterling grabbed the hem of her dress, pulling it up and then over her head. He didn’t even bother looking where he tossed it after it was off her body.

  His thumb brushed again and again over her pussy, causing tiny currents of shockwaves to dance across her skin. He worked two of his fingers inside her. Sasha moaned out loud, not caring how she sounded because she couldn’t keep silent in any longer. He was driving her out of her mind and he damn well knew it but didn’t care.

  Sasha felt his fingers in and out of her at a slowly agonizing speed, pulling out and then pushing back inside. She whimpered in the back of her throat as the sensations started feeling better and better.

  “Your fingers are amazing,” she whimpered, arching her back to get Sterling’s touch deeper inside of her. “I need more than that from you.”

  “Baby, you don’t have to ask. I’ll be more than happy to give you anything that you want,” he whispered, then kissed the corner of her mouth.

  Sterling removed his fingers from her and stood up from the couch with her legs around his waist. “Where is your bedroom?” he demanded hotly.

  “It’s all the way at the end of the hallway.” Sasha answered as her arms circled his shoulders.

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Gently, Sterling placed Sasha in the middle of the bed and stood back, eyeing how stunning she looked in her lacy white underwear. He could get used to seeing his woman like this for the rest of his life, but right at this moment all he wanted to do was make love to her. He had been waiting way too long not to finally get what he wanted.

  Tonight wasn’t going to be another wet dream or cold shower to alleviate the ache because of his need to be with Sasha. She was sitting on the bed waiting for him like she had all in the time in the world while he was slowly losing his mind.

  “This is truly going to be the best night of my life,” Sterling said as he kicked off his shoes and then removed the remainder of his clothing until he was completely naked.

  Sasha’s rich brown eyes dropped down to his cock and her tongue licked her bottom lip. His cock throbbed and grew another inch as her hand reached out and wrapped around it.

  “Oh, shit!” He hissed between his front teeth as her thumb brushed over the mushroom tip.

  She smiled up at him as she repeated the movement with her hand. “Do you like this?” Sasha teased.

  “You know that I do, but if you don’t stop I won’t be able to hold on much longer.” Sterling grabbed Sasha’s small, warm hand and moved it away from his throbbing cock. He gently pushed her back on the bed and removed her skimpy underwear off her body.

  Sterling worked two of his fingers inside Sasha’s snug pussy, stretching her to accommodate the thickness of his fingers. Smiling, he started moving his fingers in and out of her faster and faster, drawing a low moan from the back of Sasha’s throat.

  She got wetter and wetter. Her juices flowed over his fingers and down his hand. Taking a deep breath, Sterling tried to calm himself down. He didn’t want Sasha to come like this their first time together. He wanted to be buried deep inside of her.

  Sterling slowly started to take out his fingers out of Sasha when she grabbed his wrist. “What are you doing?” she whispered. “I don’t want you to stop.”

  “Baby, I’m not going to stop,” he assured her as he gently removed Sasha’s hand off his wrist before pulling his fingers out. “I just don’t want our first time together to end up with you coming all over my hand. I’ve dreamt about being inside this tight little body of yours for way too long.”


  Easing away from her, Sterling picked up his pants off the floor and dug a condom out of his wallet. He tore it open and got it on in record time. Sterling ran his middle finger over Sasha’s swollen nipples one last time, causing her to gasp before he covered her softer body with his harder one.

  He couldn’t keep the smile off his face as Sasha’s eyes connected with his and he saw the desire burning there. Seeing the look in her beautiful eyes pushed his arrogance level up another notch.

  He bent his head slightly and licked the side of her neck, loving the salty taste of her sweat on his tongue. Sterling brushed his cock against Sasha’s wet pussy and she moved her hips restlessly like she was dying to have him inside of her.

  “Sweetheart, do you want me?” Sterling whispered into her ear.

  “Yes…oh, God…yes, I want you,” she moaned loudly as her fingernails scratched at his back.

  Sterling tried to continue touching and kissing Sasha’s temping body, but he had been denied access to it for far too long. He needed to be inside her now, or he would lose his mind from desire.

  “You’re going to get me, sweetheart,” he promised. Sterling lined his cock up to the opening of Sasha’s vagina. He didn’t want to thrust right into her. He wanted to make this pleasurable, not painful. But he had to have her…he could no longer be satisfied with his wet dreams.

  Slowly, Sterling inched his way inside of Sasha, growling in the back of his throat when her scorching heat wrapped around his throbbing cock. Shit! She was wetter and tighter than he could have even thought of in any of his fantasies. He took a few minutes to savor the perfection of her and then he thrust the rest of the way in until he was completely inside of her.

  “Are you okay, baby?” he breathed against the side of Sasha’s neck as one of his hands played with her breasts. Sterling could feel her soft body squirming on the sheets beneath them. He knew she was enjoying having him inside of her, but he had to hear the words.