ANGEL'S WRATH by SK (SIN CITY HEAT)

by S K

  Nikki correctly interpreted the look and cleared her throat to bring his attention back to her, and off her more than ample chest. When she continued to stare at him with impatience, Angel winked and pursed his lips, blowing her a kiss before resuming his conversation. Nikki huffed and cut her eyes in warning before practically stomping over to her vanity table to apply another coat of lip gloss she didn’t need.

  They were on their way to Keisha's baby shower and needed to leave now if they were going to be on time. The frown that creased her brow disappeared when her son decided to practice his kicking skills inside her belly. An unconsciously soft smile transformed her face in an instant as she placed a hand over her stomach and gently caressed what she guessed was a tiny elbow or foot.

  "Hi, little one. Tired of being ignored, huh? I see you're going to be just as demanding and impatient as your daddy, aren't you?" Nikki cooed.

  "Yes, he is. He's a LaCroix. Patience is definitely not one of our strong points." A pair of large hands reached over Nikki's shoulders to cover hers before slipping down to caress her stomach with a gentleness that made her misty eyed.

  She picked up the ultrasound they'd gotten at her doctor's appointment yesterday from on her vanity. It was one of those 3D ultrasounds which showed a clear picture of their baby's features. They'd been able to see him move in real time, yawning and stretching...Nikki looked at the first image which showed him smiling, then picked up the second one where he was sucking his thumb. She was so in love with her son already. They both were.

  She leaned her head back to peer up at Angel, and the look they exchanged needed no words. Angel bent down and kissed her softly. Nikki smiled when his lips traveled to her ear and suckled on the lobe, causing her stomach to clench in instant desire. His mouth traveled a little further down to the curve of her neck, sucking and kissing it as well. A creamy pool of arousal formed at her very center as Angel's hands travelled up and covered her breasts. He kneaded them gently before taking her nipples between both thumbs and forefingers and pinching them like cherries topping the mounds of his favorite dessert.

  "Mmmm..." Nikki moved restlessly in the chair, her silk panties now damp with her slick wetness. "Angel...baby, we can't. We don't have time."

  "You don't want to?" Angel whispered in her ear. At the same time, his hand inched down to the hem of her dress and pushed it up.

  Even though her mouth said one thing, her libido, which had elevated significantly now that she was pregnant, was clearly running this show. Her legs parted automatically as Angel's fingers slid up the inside of her thighs. When they reached the saturated crotch of her panties, she knew she should've been embarrassed by how wet he'd gotten her in a mere nanosecond, but hearing his masculine growl only caused the woman inside of her to swell with a feminine power that came from the knowledge that her man wanted her with an intensity he couldn't hide.

  "God, you're so fucking wet, Nikki." Angel's voice was hoarse and greedy. Screw being on time. He wanted her now.

  "You get me like this without even trying," Nikki answered with a catch in her voice. "Seriously though, this is going to have to wait until...oooohhh...." A wispy hiccup of pleasure overtook the firm tone she was trying to interject in her voice. His fingers pushed her panties to the side and slid inside of them to tease her engorged clit, making her forget what she was going to say. "Oh, yes! Right there, baby. Right...there..."

  Nikki's back arched and her hips circled around in sensual abandon as Angel's fingers teased the tight bundle of sexual nerves located above the center of her opening. Tiny shocks of electricity shot to her very core. Her body tensed as it prepared for the orgasm which was only seconds away...until Angel removed his fingers.

  Nikki's eyes opened quickly when he picked her up and carried her over to the bed, setting her down in front of it on her feet. Before her brain had time to formulate a protest, Angel had her dress, bra and panties strewn about on the floor, leaving only her heels on.

  "Angel..."

  His mouth covered hers, pushing the words back down her throat with his tongue, and seconds later, Nikki was tearing his shirt off. When he chuckled in amusement, she murmured threateningly against his lips. "Shut up. I don't want to hear it."

  Angel laughed and kissed her with a hunger that told her how much he wanted it. "You are so fucking sexy." His teeth nipped at her bottom lip before he reluctantly stepped back. His hands went to his belt, letting his eyes scan over her body with the accuracy of an electronic radar. "Lie down, baby. Let me look at you."

  On trembling legs Nikki climbed into bed and reclined back, letting her thighs fall open. Angel unzipped his pants, his attention never wavering from the womanly mystery between her thighs. Her sweet abyss would forever fascinate him, tempt him to explore its secrets and discover its powerful hold he was helpless to resist.

  "Wider. Open your legs wider."

  When Nikki complied, Angel kicked off the rest of his clothes. Once he was naked, he brought his hand to his shaft, squeezing the length of it as he studied his gorgeous wife. He took his time and moved between her thighs, staring at the wetness thickly smeared on her skin. He slipped two fingers inside of her tight opening, cursing under his breath when her kitty purred and stretched happily as he petted and scratched its itch.

  "Mmm. She's hungry for me, Nik. But don't worry. I'm gonna feed her in just a minute."

  Over her excited moans, they heard the quiet gushing of her sweet nectar every time his fingers moved. Angel's dick jumped in response, needing to be inside her, but he forced himself to ignore his own need and focus on pleasing her. Leaving her breathless, his fingers moved in and out of her juicy pussy at a painstakingly slow pace. He added the textured pad of his thumb to the action, letting it glide over her slippery pearl button. Eyes closed, lips parted, Nikki's back lifted off the bed as she undulated beneath his questing touch.

  "Beautiful," Angel whispered in reverence, watching the flicker of emotions cross her face like a movie screen playing in high definition. "I could cum just from touching you. Play with your breasts, Nikki. That's right, baby. Does that feel good to you?" Angel's eyelids were heavy with anticipation. "Talk to me."

  "Y-yes..." Nikki gasped as he applied more pressure to her clitoris. She squeezed her breasts, tweaking her nipples in time to his thumb caressing her clit. "It feels good. You always make me feel good, Angelo."

  Groaning deep in his throat, Angel's eyes studied the movements of her hands, watching the way she pushed the plump mounds together then separated them like an orchestrated demonstration designed to drive him out of his fucking mind. He knew how ultra-sensitive her breasts had become during her pregnancy and could feel her pussy raining down on his fingers as she got closer to exploding. Damned if he wasn't jealous of Nikki's hands bringing her that added pleasure.

  Hissing swiftly, he locked her wrists gently, but securely, in one of his hands and leaned over her body, holding her captive with her arms stretched above her head. With his fingers still beckoning her approaching orgasm, he brought his mouth down to one of her delectable breasts.

  Nikki's high pitched, keening pleas begged, cursed, and praised him as he worshiped her like the goddess she was to him. He licked her nipple with a light, rapid flick of the tongue, over and over until Nikki bucked and writhed on the bed. The pressure building inside her had reached the boiling point and she needed it to be released. Knowing his way around her body as if he'd taken clay and molded it himself, Angel was totally in tune with her feelings and gave her the relief she sought.

  "Cum for me, baby..." His whisper urged her to let go as he moved to her other mound. The second his teeth closed down over her nipple just hard enough to deliver a deliciously, sharp sting, Nikki erupted like a scorching hot volcano. Her inner muscles grasped his fingers tightly before Angel withdrew them and replaced them with every inch of his dick. Her orgasm was powerful and intense as Angel fucked her through the explosion. The sound that rumbled from his throat sounded raw and primal when N
ikki's pussy curved naturally to his rigidity. The fit was custom made and shaped to perfection by Angel.

  Bracing his hands on either side of her head to keep his weight off of her, Angel closed his eyes briefly, reveling in the liquid heat surrounding his dick. Before Nikki, he never understood why so many men lost their mind over pussy, but now he did. His name was stamped all over her shit for a reason. Sex with her was like a drug. An addiction, a hunger that he could never satisfy in this lifetime but would die trying.

  "Yes, Nikki. That's right, fuck me, baby. Show me you want it. Show me how much you love this dick."

  Nikki went wild underneath him. Her nails dug sharply into his back, but the pain intensified Angel's pleasure. He urged her on with a raunchy vulgarity that would've made her blush before she met him, but now the words he whispered in her ear raised her level of ecstasy to the roof. As another wave of bliss slithered its way through her body, she screamed his name until she was hoarse, bringing him to the edge of the cliff with her before they both took that frenzied leap together to euphoria. For those few brief, earth shattering seconds they were in sync as one before they descended from the mind blowing high.

  Still being careful of her stomach, Angel rested his forehead to hers. They both inhaled gulping breaths of air as they rode out the last bits of pleasure. Angel lifted his head and kissed her sweetly, murmuring how much he loved her, and how much he adored her then rolled onto his back. His arms tightened around her when Nikki curled closer, tangling her legs with his, purring like a satisfied kitten.

  Angel kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back soothingly. "Damn, woman, you trying to kill me or what?"

  "Uh uh, don't even try it," Nikki uttered in a drowsy voice. "We are going to be in so much trouble. No, I take that back. You'll be in trouble. No one will blame the pregnant woman, so just get ready to have your brother to curse you out and give you death stares for ruining his wife's shower by being late."

  Angel laughed. "Dom's gonna make me kick his ass. The only reason he wants the men there is to share in his pain for having to attend. If he has to suffer, he wants everyone to suf-" Angel realized his error as soon as the words came out of his mouth.

  Nikki raised her head and pinned him with a sharp stare. "And what is that supposed to mean? Are you saying you won't want to be there for my baby shower?"

  "Nik, of course not, baby."

  "Then what did you mean?" Nikki rose up on one elbow.

  Angel kept eye contact with her, noticing with inner amusement how miffed and insulted she seemed to be on Keisha's behalf as well as her own. He knew he was getting ready to throw his brother under the bus, but...so be it. "Just because Dom is less than thrilled to go to his wife's baby shower, doesn't mean that's the way I feel."

  Nikki's eyes narrowed. "Hmm. That's not how you sounded."

  Angel blinked a couple of times and was preparing his reply when the phone rang. Sighing in relief at the save, he gave Nikki a quick kiss then leaned over to grab the phone sitting on the nightstand. "I guess we'd better get going. This is probably Dom now." He gave her a smile designed to counteract the suspicion still lingering in her eyes.

  Nikki looked him up and down before getting out of bed, mumbling something he couldn't quite hear, something he was sure he didn't want to hear. With his eyes glued to her gorgeously swollen tummy and hypnotizing ass, Angel watched until she closed the bathroom door behind her then put the phone to his ear. "Yeah."

  "Let me speak to my sister."

  Angel frowned, recognizing his sister-in-law's voice. "Hello to you too, Raven."

  "I'm not in the mood, Angel. I need to talk to my sister. Now."

  Chapter 24

  Alert to the hint of panic in her voice, Angel swung his legs to the floor and stood up. Just before he answered, he heard the water turn on in the bathroom. He held the phone balanced between his shoulder and his ear while he pulled his pants on. "She's taking a shower. Raven, what's going on?"

  "You want to know what's going on, Angel. You and your bullshit, that's what! It's beyond any of us how my sister chose to get involved with you. And now the stink from your 'lifestyle' is spreading like a freaking STD without a cure and affecting my parents!"

  Angel paused in the act of picking up his cell which had just buzzed with a text. His eyes cooled a couple of degrees when he heard the condescension in her voice. "I understand you're upset about something, but you need to watch your tone."

  "I'm not married to you nor am I one of your underlings so I can speak to you however I freakin' choose!"

  "Raven..." The warning came through Angel's growl very clearly.

  "Is that my sister?" When Angel swung his narrowed gaze to Nikki, her brows bunched together in inquiry. She could tell from his expression that he was ticked off, which didn't come as a surprise. He and Raven barely tolerated each other. Nikki extended her hand for the phone. Angel hesitated then brought it to her. "Rave? What's wrong?"

  "God, Nikki, how do you stand being married to that control freak? It's like I have to go through a got damn inquisition just to get to you."

  "Raven! I'm on the phone now so what's wrong??" She glanced at Angel who was staring at her intently with arms crossed.

  "Your husband is what's wrong, Nicole. Mom and Dad had a couple of visitors earlier today. Three guesses who it was. The freakin' Feds, that's who!" She answered before Nikki could speak. "And do you want to know who they were asking about? One Angelo LaCroix!"

  "What??" Nikki's eyes stretched wide as she held Angel's.

  "You heard me. Of course Mom and Daddy couldn't tell them anything because they don't know anything, but they tried to make it sound like our parents have intimate knowledge of Angel's illegal activities."

  Nikki released a shaky breath and sat down on the bed. "Are they okay?"

  "Mom was a little upset and you know Daddy, he's spitting nails. But that's not all. They walk out of the house on their way to the store a couple of hours later and find those same two men parked across the street watching them. Then the assholes follow them for hours, making no effort to be discreet. Mom called me from her cell phone, scared and frantic, and all I could hear was Daddy cursing in the background."

  "Oh my God."

  By this time, Angel was standing in front of her with a look of concern. "Nikki, what is it?"

  Nicole shook her head and swallowed, trying to keep the bile from rising to her throat. "Where are they now? Mom and Daddy, I mean."

  "They're at home. I tried to make a few calls, but didn't find out much."

  "Okay, um, let...let me call them and check on them, then I'll call you back."

  "Nicole, do you have any idea what kind of man you're involved with? You need to think long and hard about whether or not you want to bring your child up around that."

  "Rave, please, not now."

  "I'm not trying to upset you, but geez, take the blinders off. Yes, while I admit the bastard is handsome as sin and has a certain amount of dangerous sex appeal, he…"

  "Raven, that's enough."

  "Mom and Daddy raised you better than this, Nikki. Shit, here I am a freaking lawyer in the DA's office and my brother-in-law is one of the most wanted criminals on the street! Such a joke."

  Nikki closed her eyes and took a deep breath as her sister continued.

  "Do you remember how proud Mom and Daddy were when you were accepted to Harvard? Then on top of that you graduated at the top of your class. They sacrificed a lot for both of us. You were meant to be more than some drug and arms dealer’s wife. How do you think that makes Mom and Daddy feel?"

  By now Nikki was biting down hard on her lip to keep the tears inside, but they escaped and rolled down her cheeks. Angel released a rough curse and grabbed the phone out of her unresisting hand. "I wanna know what the fuck is going on right now, Raven!"

  "Fuck you! All of this is your fault! I can't wait until Nicole sees you for the monster you are. If she stays with you, you won't do anything except ruin h
er life!"

  "Listen you little bitch..." Angel had had enough of her shit. No one spoke to him like that. "I haven't had to chew a bitch like you up and spit her out in a minute, but let me just advise you, I'll make you bleed from the inside out without even laying a finger on you. You don't wanna fuck with me, Raven. I'm warning you now. You do not wanna fuck with me!"

  "Go to hell!" A second later, she hung up.

  "Got damn cunt!"

  "Angel!" Nikki knew he usually showed great constraint where her sister was concerned, but whether Raven was in the wrong or not, she wouldn't put up with him talking to her like that and calling her vile names.

  A cutting remark directed at Nikki was on the very tip of his tongue, but he pulled it back just in time when he saw the sadness behind her anger. Resisting the urge to throw the phone against the wall, Angel tossed it on the bed and kneeled in front of her. He took her hands in one of his and reached up to wipe her face with the other.

  "Nik, stop crying, it's not good for you or the baby. Tell me what's wrong. Whatever it is, I'll fix it."

  The sound Nikki made was a cross between a sob and a hysterical laugh. “You’ll fix it? How can you fix it when you're the problem?"

  Angel's head jerked back as if she'd physically slapped him. "Nikki, it's no secret your family hates me. Don't let them cause confusion between us…"

  "I'm not letting them do anything. Federal agents went to my parent’s house today, Angel. They went to my parent's house! They questioned them like they were criminals off the streets then deliberately followed them around in order to scare them!"

  A low expletive was hurled from Angel's throat. "I'm sorry they were upset. But if it's any consolation, they weren't trying to scare them, they were sending me a message. I'll make some phone calls and have it taken care of."

  Nikki stared at him in disbelief. "That's it? You'll make some phone calls, case closed? Do you understand how horrible that was for my parents? They've never even had a speeding ticket for Christ's sake!"