Never Kiss A Bad Boy: A Bad Boy Secret Baby Romance

by Lauren Wood

  It was late when he cleared the room on this night, and that was exactly what she had wanted. The drink had dulled him and made time go by ever faster. It also gave him, as it did with all men, a heightened sense of what he could achieve. She knew how far away her home was, and no matter how fast he flew she felt there was no way he would be able to get back here by sunup.

  The Prince took her hand and gave her a shawl to put on over her clothes.

  “We don’t want you getting cold,” he smiled. They walked out to the balcony and looked out over the land. It was such a clear night, and everything was bathed in moonlight and looked magical. He had a look of pride on his face, as though he had made this landscape himself and was not just part of a dynasty that controlled it.

  Nera was nervous about flying; though she knew it was her one chance of escape, she also had no idea what it would be like to be soaring unnaturally high above the ground. What if she fell? Would he try to save her, or would he be content to see her fall? She looked to him again, and the look in his eyes said that he would save her if she fell. A pang of regret poured through her. She had never met anyone who had made her feel the way she did in his presence, but she just couldn’t sacrifice her life to those feelings.

  “Are you ready?” he asked.

  “Yes,” she nodded nervously.

  “Don’t be afraid,” he said, “I will make sure you are safe. Take my hand.” She did as she was bid. “This is the start of a new life for you and I. I have found in you something I never thought possible,” he said looking into her eyes and stroking her hand. She trembled with anticipation before him. He lifted her in his strong arms and then eased gently from the ledge.

  She shut her eyes against her expectation that she would plummet to the world, but the easy feeling of the light wind on her skin had her open them again and she wondered at the feeling and the things she was seeing. He flew so fast and yet it was so smooth. He held her in front of his chest like she weighed nothing at all. Down below the mountains soon gave way to flat lands and then to the sea. She recalled some of the places from her forced march to this strange country and she pondered if those same men were in some other part of the Kingdom now rounding up women in same way to take to be part of the Royal house.

  They hit landfall in her home territory about an hour after they left, and she guided him to the small village she had called home for the last ten years. Though she had never liked the place and had planned to leave, she found that she was stung by fondness and nostalgia for this place on seeing it and being there once more. There was no one about, but she knew who lived in every dwelling and what they must have been up to her absence. She pointed out her own house and said to the Prince,

  “Can we go inside?”

  “Won’t there be someone there?” he asked.

  “No, I lived alone.” He swooped down and landed at the doorway and set her on her feet on the ground.

  “Thank you,” she said to him. She pushed open the door and looked inside. She knew there wouldn’t be anyone there, but there was always the chance that someone knew what had happened to her and had usurped her home and would be sleeping there right now. But instead all was quiet and as she had left it. He stepped in behind and she watched as he took the place in. She saw his eyes settle on her bed, and he smiled at her. She smiled back and kissed him and led him to it.

  This was the first time she had ever made love in her own bed, and again it was so amazing with him and she lost herself so deeply in his presence that she almost gave up her plan and was willing to settle for his offer. But, she managed to hold her resolve, and it was with a heavy heart that his final thrusts against her spent him, and he flopped down panting on top of her.

  The alcohol had tired him and with the exertion of the flight and then the lovemaking he soon drifted into a light slumber beside her. Nera lay there as quiet as she could be and let the minutes tick by. She closed her own eyes in the vain hope that she too would fall asleep, but she was so scared that the pounding of her heart would wake him that she couldn’t relax. She looked out at the sky, and she was sure that she could see the first hints of a change of light in the heavens. He stirred suddenly and looked about the room.

  “Where am I?” he asked groggily.

  “My home,” Nera said. He looked at her and saw who it was that he shared a bed with smiled at her and kissed her on the shoulders.

  “We better get going,” he said as he rose,”How long did I sleep for?”

  “Only a moment,” she lied. He nodded but didn’t seem to think anything of it. They dressed, and he took her back outside.

  “You will be able to come back here any night you want to, now that you know the way,” he said with a smile.

  “Thank you for bringing me here,” she said.

  They retook to the skies and not a single person that she was aware of had known that she had been back home, and with the Crown Prince no less. They were only in the air a few minutes when she thought she saw the first looks of concern on his face as she looked at the horizon.

  “Hold on, I’m going to go a little faster this time,” he said. If he was worried his voice didn’t betray it, but why else would he be speeding up if not to get home before the sun rose? She clasped her hands around his neck, and he set off much faster than before. The raging sea below then became a blur, and she had to close her watering eyes to the sharp wind that greeted them from time to time. When she could open them, she was sure that there was a change in the light in the sky. She looked at his face, and now she was sure she could see panic and fear in him. His body sweated and his breaths were more laboured.

  “I shouldn’t have taken you out so late!” he scolded himself.

  “What’s wrong?” she asked playing the innocent. He didn’t answer, and she thought it was because he didn’t have the breath to say anything more.

  Nera looked ahead, and it soon became clear to her that they were flying easy. There was an unmistakable sheen of light that rounded the horizon and was the dawn trying to rise up over the land. She saw that he saw it too, and he steeled himself to a renewed effort to get home before that happened. He flew lower as the approached the higher lands so as to remain in their shadows but on this morning the dawn seemed to come at a rate she had never experienced before and the land lit up around them as the sun showed her the world.

  He was in a full panic now, but they were in sight of the tower. The rays of the sun came over her, and she heard him cry out in pain as they struck him also. He used the high mountains and the building of the palace for cover but there was no avoiding the light at places and each time he would scream in pain as he crossed the shafts of light.

  Nera looked, and the hole that was the balcony of the tower zoomed at them and they both went flipping to the ground as he landed with speed. She sat up dazed and saw that the women from the night before were all back sitting around the room. Each of them rose at the spectacle, and she saw some run to the howling Prince. She stood up and looked in his direction. This was not what she had hoped for; she wanted to be out over land when he faltered so that she could escape.

  The women were huddled around him in concern, but Nera could not see him.

  “You!” his voice suddenly roared out as he sprang from their envelopment. “You tried to kill me?” he said snarling at her and pointing an accusing finger. The skin on his body looked very badly burned, and his eyes were black with anger.

  “Me?” she said, “What did I do?” she asked playing her role again.

  “You know what you tried to do. I should have gone with my gut and said no when you first asked me this evening!”

  “I don’t know what you’re talking about Your Majesty,” she said backing away towards the balcony. The other women flocked around her in a wide circle now, some of them going behind her blocking her from the outside.

  Nera knew that she was cornered now and that he probably only wanted to kill her outright now instead of making her like the rest of the w
omen here. She took one last look at him, sad at what might have been had he not been the creature he was.

  “I can’t give up my life for the one you want me to live” she called out to him as she turned and ran for the balcony. There were a few women there who were poised to stop here; she shoe the smallest one and crashed into her with all her might, force enough that it sent both of them tumbling to the light outside and falling rapidly to the earth below. Her only hope was that this crying and burning creature would be able to arrest both of their falls before the ground, and the body of Saleem rose up to finish them both. They spiralled and fell in the morning sunlight down and down and down.

  THE END

  HOLD ME CLOSE

  Chapter 1

  “What you are suggesting Erica is a groundbreaking moment for scientists everywhere. You’ve been working very hard and it appears that all of your hard work is paying off. Preliminary tests are quite revealing. I want you to make sure that there are no hiccups before I go to the trouble of making the proper introductions.” Nigel Adams was Erica’s boss and an English transplant that had his own designs on making a billion before he was 30. His dark hair and brooding nature had given him the perfect attitude to work with a one track mind like Erica.

  “I wouldn’t exactly go putting the horse before the barn. There are still a lot of tests to be done, but the preliminary results are favorable. I haven’t seen anything to indicate any problems whatsoever.” Erica was that dark haired sexy thing that had a lot of guys wondering what she wore underneath the lab coat. “I can’t tell him how excited I really am. I don’t want to get ahead of myself and this kind of breakthrough doesn’t come around very often. This could be a cure for cancer. The stem cell research that I have been doing has shown me the building blocks of the DNA of every man, woman and child on this planet. I hope that there are no miscalculations or side effects to worry about. We haven’t quite got to human testing, but maybe it’s time to move to that of something living.”

  “Erica, I must admit that I was skeptical when you came to me with this. It seemed almost Frankensteinish and I wasn’t sure if I could sign off on something that would make most people cock an eyebrow at the very least. You promised that you were on the right track and it appears that is the case. We need to be careful about who we speak to about this. The best way to handle this is for the two of us to be on the same page.” In a moment of weakness, Nigel leaned in and got rebuffed for his advances. Her hand met his mouth. She stared at him disbelief that he would do something like this. “I’m sorry, I thought that we were having a moment and I got a little carried away.” Nigel had this need to make Erica succumb to all of his hidden kinky desires. He’d already envisioned her strapped down on one of these tables writhing in agony, as he whipped her mercilessly with a cat of nine tails.

  Erica was not stupid and his infatuation had gone beyond that of a stalker. The only reason why she stuck around was because of the money. He was loaded and it didn’t hurt that she had the curvy figure that had made him tripping over his own tongue from the moment that they met to discuss her proposal. She used her sexuality to make men feel powerless to resist her charm. Those working underneath her would wonder what the hell they were getting themselves into. She was a taskmaster and had no problem putting people in their place whether they were her boss or not.

  “I understand that you have these feelings for me, but I don’t really feel the same way. I know that’s not what you want to hear, Nigel, but it’s the one thing that I don’t think is ever going to change.” She heard him sigh with resignation and that was at least a good sign that he was willing to back down. “I was an only child going up and my father was quite strict when it came to dating. He would grill any perspective suitors mercilessly over the hot goals, until they were running out the door like their pants were on fire. I didn’t even lose my virginity until I was 20 years old and that was just because I wanted to perform what I considered to be a personal experiment. The guy was a little younger at 17, but he was the one that had me looking out my window and finger fucking myself to him mowing his lawn with no shirt on. I researched the subject matter, but that didn’t prepare me for the onrush of emotional baggage that was unleashed afterwards. I had to teach him to slow down and the 25 times that we were together, it was better each and every time, until he went off to college.”

  “I know that what you say is something that you believe, but I know that if I can get you in my bed that things would change. The feeling of me thrusting against you and my cock deeply encased within the hot little hole of yours would seriously have you screaming at the top of your lungs. The one thing that I know is that I’m a consummate lover and I’m always forcing women to see outside the box.” Nigel had always had women dripping off his arms and it was the accent that had them throwing their panties at him before even the desert arrived. He had had many encounters, but the one that had gotten away was Erica.

  “I have no doubt that we would have a good time, but I’m looking for more than that. I hope that this doesn’t ruin anything, but I thought that I made this very clear from the moment that I came to work with you. There was not going to be anything physical, but I have to admit that you are persistent. It’s no wonder that there’s not a girl that goes by your path that doesn’t want you. You’re pretty good to look at and if I was only into something fleeting, I would gladly spread my legs for you.” He’s not my type and I’m not looking for some pretty playboy English expatriate to turn my crank. I want something that is going to make me feel like my entire world is changing around me.” Erica turned her back on Nigel hoping that this would be the end of it, having no idea that Nigel was just as determined to take what he wanted by whatever means necessary.

  “You do know that we have a lot in common. We both come from being the only child in the family. We were doted on from the moment that we were born. We also have a love of science and it’s that kind of passion that should be translated into the bedroom. Trust me, I’m never going to give up, until I hear the words that I want to hear coming from your lips. If you expect me to give up this crusade up, then you don’t really know me at all.” Nigel had seen brief glimpses of her cleavage and images of him squirting his load up all over her chest came to mind in a hurry. Glazing her like a doughnut from head to toe, while she was tied up for days on end would keep him hard for days. It was something of a fantasy that he could never relinquish. “I don’t know why you just won’t give in.”

  “You dress impeccably and you have the manners of a gentleman, but underneath it all you are still a dirty boy. I’m not saying that I’m not tempted, but I am saying I think that I can hold off, until I find that one that is going to make all others pale in comparison. I want more from a relationship than just hot animal sex. Don’t get me wrong, I want that to, but all of that should come hand in hand.” Erica was that blond bombshell with an hourglass figure. She had a 5’8 frame and 160 pound body that had guys literally falling over themselves to be close to her. “I’ve had many suitors, but none quite like Nigel. He obviously fantasizes about me and I just hope that his fantasy life doesn’t get the best of him.”

  “I have some business to conduct, but trust me we’re not finished with this by a long shot. I will have you and there’s really nothing that you can do about it. You may think that you have control but once you give up the reins to somebody else, you’ll feel so much better about yourself.” The image of his seed dripping off her face and the look of contempt after the deed was done was what he lived for. He loved to seduce with his words and then surprise them with some of the hidden toys in his closet of sexual delights. The woman would usually leave feeling ashamed and aroused at the same time. “It’s just a matter of time and I will wear you down. That’s a promise that I’m going to live by.”

  “I always thought that it was a blessing that you accepted me into this program. I showed you a woman that was not only beautiful, but had the intellect that was far superior over others. I gave y
ou no reason to doubt that my claims couldn’t be proven. I’ve been working on this for years and now that we see the finish line, you decide now that you’re going to do more than just flirt. Why would you try to ruin this good thing between us? I could take my research and go someplace else. I didn’t sign any kind of nondisclosure agreement and I wouldn’t have come to work with you had you even brought it up.” I don’t want him to get the wrong idea and I’m grateful, but I’m not going to show him that with my body on the line. The one thing that my mother did teach me growing up before she died was to respect myself. If I didn’t, then nobody was going to do it for me. My father on the other hand believed that I should find some rich tycoon to settle down with, but that was not how I was made.”

  “I’m just trying to make a good thing even better. Why you are resisting is beyond me. Every woman loves pleasure and I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve had several scream to god about my prowess. You might be curious or even tempted, but you have yet to throw caution to the wind and it’s about time that you do.” Resisting him was giving him license to believe that the hunt was still on. Seeing her every day was like dangling a piece of raw meat in front of a slobbering and hungry dog. It was cruel and unusual punishment. Once she did finally succumb, he was going to make her realize just what kind of mistake she made. He had seen her walk to her car several times and that feeling of coming up behind her and kidnapping her for days on end to satisfy his carnal lust was feeding into his fantasies like never before.

  Erica didn’t dare turn her back for too long. Every time that she was working, she would get this intense feeling of somebody staring at her. She had her own lab, but that didn’t stop Nigel from coming down to witness her in action. She had known from the moment that she met him that he was more than just her benefactor. He was the type of guy that couldn’t rest until the woman that he wanted was in his bed. She hoped that bringing it up during negotiations would put an end to any such nonsense, but it only seemed to fuel his need. “I hope that he understands. I don’t want to consider putting him in jail tonight and not promising to bail him out after. He’s getting dangerously close to making me feel like he’s a threat. I have to commend him for giving me this DNA sample and the several others that come before it. It has helped me to make this breakthrough and mankind is never going to have to worry about cancer again. The one disease that has taken too much from many people will be eradicated by my hand. I feel like I’m a god, but maybe that’s just my god complex raising its ugly head.”