by J. S. Cooper
“I love how wet you are for me, Maddie,” I whispered against her lips. “I love that I can feel your body trembling slightly as I touch you lightly. I love the way you press into me and kiss me back passionately. I love that when I am inside of you, I am on top of the world, and when we climax, I feel like we are on top of a cliff, jumping into the waves together. And I never want to let you go. Not even if I have to drown. I want to be with you and in you at all times. I want to touch you and feel your heart race against mine. I want to see your big violet eyes light up with happiness when you see me, and I want to feel your soft kisses against my lips, waking me up in the mornings.”
“Oh, Logan,” she groaned as I continued rubbing her wetness and then slipped a finger inside of her. I groaned as I felt her tremble against me and clench against my finger.
“You’re mine, Maddie Wright.” I looked into her eyes possessively. “You’re mine and I am never letting you go.” I felt my phone vibrating as I spoke, and I pulled it out quickly with a frown. I saw Jared’s name flashing across the screen and put it back down without answering it. “I want to make love to you,” I leaned over and whispered in her ear, and she turned to me with a brief smile.
“Not in the bathroom.” She winked at me and I laughed. I laughed because I was happy to have found the love of my life, and I was happy that she was forgiving and had a sense of humor.
“Can I make love to you, Maddie?”
“Yes.” She grinned at me and I pushed my seat back as far as it would go. She climbed over the gearstick and straddled my lap, reaching down to unzip my pants, she pulled out my hard, throbbing erection and grinned as she leaned towards me and kissed me. I grabbed her around the waist and pulled her down on me. I lifted her dress hastily and slid her panties to the side roughly before positioning myself at her opening. She moaned as I pushed the tip into her slowly and moved her hips so she was now in charge. She kissed me as she started riding me slowly, and I grabbed her butt and caressed it as she moved back and forth quicker and quicker. We kissed passionately and with abandon, and I tried to make her move more slowly as I felt my orgasm building up quickly.
“Slow down, Maddie,” I groaned. “I’m going to explode.”
“So am I.” She grinned and continued rocking back and forth, and within a few minutes I was exploding inside of her as she continued her movements. I felt her trembling and moaning as she starting to come, and I sucked on her tongue as she climaxed on me. We sat there for a few minutes grinning at each other, and then her phone started ringing. I looked at her with a frown and she shrugged her shoulders as she reached over to look at her phone. She glanced at it quickly and stuffed it back into her bag, her face looking at mine anxiously. I was pretty sure it was Joey, and I kept my mouth shut, not wanting to ruin the moment with my anger and jealousy. I was still upset that she had gone on a few dates with him, even though nothing had happened, but I knew I just had to get over it.
“Do you want to come over?” I played with her hair as she lay on top of me.
She shook her head slightly. “I have to go in.”
“You can stay with me,” I persisted. “I don’t want to sleep without you tonight.”
“I want to sleep with you as well, but not tonight.” She looked at her bag distractedly. “In fact, I better get in before my parents start looking for me, and my dad catches me in flagrante with you again.”
“I’m sorry.” I bit my lip, and she shook her head.
“No. It’s the past. I don’t want to relive it.” She leaned forward and kissed me again before getting off of my lap. “Call me tomorrow?”
“You’re leaving now?” For some reason I was reluctant to let her out of my sight. A part of me was scared that she would change her mind and decide that she didn’t want to be with after all.
“Yes.” She nodded, and opened the car door. “Call me tomorrow.”
“Let me walk you to the door.” I jumped out of the car to escort her, and she smiled at me sweetly.
“You’re such a gentleman, who would have figured it.” She laughed and shook her head. “But no, this is fine.” She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me one more time. I felt myself growing hard again and pulled her into me and she pulled away laughing. “Not again.”
“Please?” I winked at her and she giggled.
“No.” She shook her head and I tickled her. She started laughing and twitching and her handbag fell to the ground, and her wallet and phone fell out. I helped pick up her phone and as I passed it to her, I decided to check out who had left her the missed call. I looked at the screen as I passed her the phone, and I nearly dropped it again when I saw Jared’s name.
“Why is Jared calling you?” I frowned.
“I don’t know.” She shrugged. “Maybe looking for you?”
“Yeah.” I nodded slowly, not believing it but not wanting to question her. “Dream of me tonight?” I traced my finger along her palm as we walked back over to her house.
“Of course.” She smiled back at me sweetly.
“Then I’ll meet you in my dreams tonight.” I smiled at her. “You’ll be naked and in a field.”
“And you’ll have some whipped cream.” She winked back at me, and my heart ached as I realized I wouldn’t be with her tonight. I hadn’t even left yet, but I already missed her.
“I can get some whipped cream now and come back,” I offered eagerly and she laughed.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Logan.”
“I love you.” I kissed her and she nodded.
“I know.” She hurried away from me and I watched as she walked through the front door with my heart in my hand. I wanted to shout out and stop her. I wanted to hear her tell me she loved me as well. I needed to hear it again. I walked back to the car slowly and happy. I hadn’t lost her. I couldn’t quite believe how lighthearted I felt. I hadn’t lost her.
I got in and started the car but for some reason, I didn’t want to leave. A part of me felt that something wasn’t quite right. There was an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I still didn’t really understand why she had dated Joey so quickly after we had fallen out or why had Jared called her. I didn’t believe he was calling her looking for me. How would he even have her number? I chewed on my lower lip and frowned. My stomach started churning, and an odd feeling of foreboding filled me. Something wasn’t quite right. I knew that with every fiber of my being. Maddie wasn’t telling me something. She hadn’t even really asked me any questions about our dads. Something was off, and I was scared that I wasn’t going to like the truth.
***
I tried calling Jared as I drove home, but he didn’t answer the phone. As I pulled into the driveway, I saw Vincent waiting for me and my heart started pounding.
“Where’s Jared?” I jumped out of the car, and ran up to Vincent.
“He left.” Vincent looked at me with a scared expression.
“What do you mean he left?” I shouted at him.
“I don’t know.” Vincent spoke hurriedly. “He was pissed when you left to go meet Maddie. He said you were going to fuck up everything. He called Joey to find out about the sale and when it was going to go down. I don’t know what happened, but he got really angry and hung up.”
“Why was he angry?” I questioned, my brain going a hundred miles a minute.
“I don’t know.” His tone was tense. “Then he tried calling you, and you didn’t answer.”
“I was busy.”
“With Maddie?”
“Yes, with Maddie.”
Vincent looked away and mumbled something, and I pushed his shoulder. “If you have something to say, tell me to my face.”
“Why don’t you just leave her alone?”
“I love her,” I bit out harshly.
“She’s bad news.”
“I thought you liked her.” My voice announced the betrayal I felt at his words, I had always known Jared hated Maddie, but I thought Vincent liked her.
“I do li
ke her, but she’s the mayor’s daughter, Logan.” He sighed. “This isn’t the time to be focusing on her. We need all our wits about us.”
“Don’t worry about it.” I tried calling Jared’s number again, and I heard the phone ringing in Vincent’s pocket.
“Why do you have his phone?” I shouted at him.
“He left it with me.” Vincent looked scared. “He said there was something he needed to take care of. He told me that we were to do the exchange together without him. We just needed to wait for the call.”
“What the fuck? Where did he go?”
“I don’t know.” Vincent looked at me with wild eyes. “But he was crazy. He told me that now was the time to make everything right. He said if you weren’t going to do it, he would.”
“Do what?” I felt a chill run through my bones. “What is he going to do?”
“I don’t know.” Vincent grabbed my shoulders. “But he told me to tell you to trust him. He said that no matter what happens, remember that he is your brother and he loves you.”
“What the fuck does that mean?” I broke away from Vincent and paced up and down. “We need to find him.” I grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him towards me. “If you know where he is Vincent, you better tell me. By God, you better tell me.”
“I don’t know.” Vincent pushed me away from him. “I know you’re anxious, but threatening me is not going to help anything.”
“Give me his phone. I’m calling Joey.” I took the phone from Vincent and dialed Joey’s number. He answered on the second ring and started talking.
“Dude, you need to chill, okay? I’m only fucking with Maddie ’cause her dad wants me to, I told you that. I told you before, she is not my type. I like them skinny and blonde. She’s got big tits, but her ass is too big for me as well.” He laughed and I gripped the phone tightly, not saying anything. I wanted to see if he would say anything of importance and I didn’t want him to know that I wanted to knock his front teeth out. “Jared, you can be such a baby sometimes, stop being a pussy. Do you want her or something? Does Logan even know you’ve been talking to her? I bet she wants to suck on your cock. Her dad would be pissed if she caught her with another Martelli. I wouldn’t do it, bro, he’ll fuck you up. Trust me. Let Logan fight that battle. Ha, ha, ha. Jared?”
“This is Logan.” My voice was tight and I wished I was with him so I could thump him so hard that I had him crying. I knew he was a piece of shit.
“Oh,” Joey paused. “Where’s Jared?”
“That’s what I want to know.”
“I was joking about Maddie.” Joey laughed uncomfortably. “Jared’s not fucking her or anything. He hates her guts.”
“I see.”
“He just told me tonight,” Joey continued quickly. “In fact, he encouraged me to go on another date with her.”
“You were out with her before tonight,” I growled.
“You mean the other night, when you guys stole the car?” Joey laughed. “That was her dad’s idea.” He laughed. “But tonight was all Jared’s idea. I guess he wants to make sure you’re out of the picture.”
“He wouldn’t have done that.” My voice is deceptively soft, but all I wanted to do was cuss.
“He hates her.” Joey was matter-of-fact. “He should be careful who he tells that to. I know her dad well, and he will fuck him up if he hears that.”
“When is the exchange going to happen?” I changed the subject, not wanting to discuss my brother and Maddie anymore.
“I was just about to call you guys. Bring the car to the pier tomorrow morning at seven a.m. We’ll be waiting with the money.”
“You’ll be there?”
“Yeah.” Joey’s voice was low. “I gotta get my cut as well.”
“The buyer will be there?”
“I guess so.”
“Joey, who is the buyer?”
“I don’t know everything.” He sounded nonchalant. “And who cares? It’s a million bucks. For nothing. Just be there.”
“It’s not for nothing, and this better not be some stupid setup.”
“Look,” Joey sighed. “I honestly don’t know who set it up. My dad told me about it, ’cause he knows I’m friends with Jared. And he told me to approach you.”
“So you have no idea who the buyer is?” My heart started pounding. “That is not how you made it seem.”
“It’s fine.” Joey sounded unsure of himself. “Look, I gotta go. Be at the pier at seven.”
“Wait a minute, I want to—” I stopped talking as I realized he had already hung up the phone. “Something’s going on.” I frowned at Vincent. “I don’t know what, but I have a bad feeling.” I shook my head in worry. “I fucking knew we couldn’t trust Joey.”
“It’ll be okay, Logan.” Vincent’s eyes blazed. “It has to be.”
“We have to take the Bugatti to the pier at seven a.m.” I sighed. “With or without Jared.”
“And we’ll get the money?”
“I guess.” I bit my lip nervously. I had a bad feeling that we were never going to see the million dollars. “Listen to me, Vincent. You need to drive the Mustang to the pier. And if anything shady goes down, you deny everything. You don’t know anything about the Bugatti. If the cops show up, it was all me.”
“No.” Vincent shook his head. “I can’t do that.”
“Vincent, listen to me. You need to take care of dad and Jared if anything happens to me. Okay?”
“Okay.” We stood there silently for a few moments and then walked back into the house. We stopped by the living room door and we watched as my father slept on the couch, snoring his head off. I wanted to go and talk to him. I wanted to go to him for advice. I wanted him to tell me everything was going to be okay. I wanted him to be better. I took once last look and turned away to go up the stairs.
“You coming?” I looked over at Vincent, who was still standing at the door.
“No.” He shook his head. “I’ll go up in a bit.”
“I love you, bro.” I gave him a quick smile and walked up the stairs, worry making every step heavier. Just an hour ago, I was the happiest I had ever been in my life and now I was the most stressed. I tried to remember Maddie’s smile as I lay down on the bed, but all I could think about was the missed call on her phone from Jared. And what Joey had just told me. I closed my eyes and tried to stop analyzing everything. I didn’t want to jump to any conclusions. I would talk to Maddie after all this was taken care of. I’m sure there had to be a reasonable explanation. I drifted off to sleep, but all I could think of was how much Jared hated Maddie. I really hoped he wasn’t out there doing anything stupid.
***
Vincent and I arrived at the pier at six-thirty a.m., and we walked to the shore and stared at the waves in companionable silence as we waited. We didn’t bring up Jared’s name, but I knew that both of us were worried about where he was. I tried to ignore the worries in my mind. The drive to the pier had been smooth and there had been no cop cars around. So far everything was going smoothly. Jared’s phone rang, and I looked at Vincent as I answered it.
“Hello.”
“Hey, it’s Joey.”
“Where are you?”
“I just got to the pier, where are you?”
“Down by the jetty.”
“Come to the parking lot. That’s where he is going to meet us.”
“Who is he?”
“The guy who set it all up.”
“Who is it?”
“Just come to the parking lot.” And with that he hung up on me again. I put the phone in my pocket and looked at Vincent with a brief smile.
“This is it, bro. Joey’s here and said the guy who set it up will be in the parking lot.”
“So we’re doing the deal in the parking lot?” Vincent frowned, and I knew he felt as I did, that something seemed off.
“Yeah,” I shrugged. “Remember what I said last night.”
“I don’t like this, Logan.”
“Ther
e’s nothing we can do right now.” I took a deep breath. “Hold on a second.” I pulled out my phone and called Maddie quickly. I sighed when it went to voicemail, but decided to leave a quick message. “Maddie, I just wanted to tell you I love you. I’m doing a deal right now, and it doesn’t seem right. I just wanted to let you know that I love you. If anything goes wrong, please know I did this because I wanted to be a man you could be proud of. I love you.” I hung up quickly and Vincent and I walked to the parking lot in silence.
“Over here,” Joey called out to us as we walked into the almost empty lot.
“So where is he?” I stared at Joey with cold eyes. I took in his appearance and it took everything in me not to deck him. He looked so cocky and carefree, and there was something in the glint of his eyes that made me shiver. Something seemed off and I wasn’t sure what it was. Maybe it was because he didn’t seem to have any nerves. But it was more than that. It was almost as if he knew something that gave him great pleasure. Like he had a surprise. A big surprise that he couldn’t wait to share. But it didn’t feel like a good surprise. All of a sudden I felt very apprehensive. “Where the fuck is he?” I growled at Joey with intense eyes, warning him that I wasn’t here out of fun and I could blow up at any moment.
“He’s coming.” Joey looked at me with a slightly scared look.
“This better not be a setup.”
“Look, dude, I’m just here for my money.” Joey shrugged. “I didn’t do anything.”
“Where is Jared?” I got up in his face. “If you did anything to him, I’ll fuck you up.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Joey looked at me with an apprehensive look. “Believe me when I say I didn’t set this up. I just approached him because everyone knows you are the guys to steal a car.”
“So where is he?” I muttered.
“I’m right here, Logan.” I heard the familiar voice behind me, and I froze. I turned around slowly, and there standing behind Vincent, was Marty. He looked at me with a short smile, his eyes looking beady in his fat face, and I wanted to punch him. I should have known that something was up.