by Alison Mello
“What the hell are you doing?” I scream as I back away from them.
“I’m here to show you that you’re mine and only mine,” Ben says as he walks toward me. His words are slightly slurred, like he’s been drinking, but you probably wouldn’t catch it if you didn’t know him. He’s a mess too. His khaki pants are wrinkled, and his shirt looks like he spilled something on it.
“Ben, I haven’t been yours for a long time now. I don’t know what my mother promised you, but there is no way we are getting back together.”
“Oh but we are, sweetie. I love you, and when I want something, I get it.”
“You do not love me. You hit me, and if you loved me, you wouldn’t have done that.”
“I didn’t mean it,” he screams with a thunderous roar as he starts to pant. “I didn’t mean it,” he says again, calmer, but his voice cracks slightly. I think this guy has totally lost it, and I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere with him.
“Okay, you didn’t mean it. How about we sit on the couch and talk about it.” I need to calm him down because he is really scaring me. “How did you find out I was here?” I ask in a calm voice, like we talk every day.
He laughs. “Your mother will tell me anything I want to know. She owes me, and her debt won’t be paid until you’re mine.”
I usher him to sit so we can talk about the situation. His friend closes the door, leaving himself out in the cold. I can’t imagine he will last long out there.
“Why don’t you tell me why you want me back?”
He laughs. “Isn’t it obvious, sweetie? It’s because you’re beautiful and no one has taken care of me the way you did.”
“I’m sure there is another beautiful girl out there to take care of you. What about the girl you were at the dance with? What was her name?”
He bursts out into a fit of laughter. “That was Olivia!” He sneers. “She was there with me to set up Carter so that the two of you would break up. That has to have been one of your mother’s best plans yet.”
“So, my mother was involved in trying to break Carter and I up,” I say under my breath, but Ben hears me.
“Yeah, I told her she was running out of time and that she had to figure out how to get us back together soon or I’d be going to her hubby with her dirty little secret.”
My eyes shoot up to meet his. “What dirty little secret?” I ask him, totally confused.
“Nice try, sweetie, but that will stay with me for now. I won’t even tell the woman I love. All you need to know is that you need to be with me or I’m going to tell her husband what I know and then he’ll leave her.”
“I don’t care if he leaves her. I’m tired of her messing with my life. If she kept her life together, she wouldn’t be messing with mine. Tell the world if you want,” I say without a care for what it’ll do to her. Maybe, if my stepfather leaves her and puts her out on the streets with nothing, it’ll teach her a lesson.
He slides closer to me on the couch, and when he does, I try to back away but I’m already at the arm. I have nowhere else to go.
“Ben, please don’t do this.”
I start to stand, but he pulls me back down.
“Where do you think you’re going?” He grabs hold of my wrist.
“Don’t do this! You can walk away, and I won’t say a word to anyone.”
“Don’t do what, sweetie? Show you how much I love you and want to be with you.”
He brushes his fingers across my cheek, and I beg him to stop. I’m starting to pant with panic because I really don’t want him to hurt me. He leans in to kiss me, and as he does the door slams open one more time. We both jump, looking toward it. I’m relieved when we find Carter standing there, panting, probably from fighting off Ben’s friend. To be honest, the guy never had a chance.
“Get the fuck off my woman,” he screams as he waits to see what Ben is going to do next. I can’t believe he’s chosen this moment to show up. I’ve been waiting all this time for him, and he manages to get here as Ben is about to attack me.
“She isn’t yours anymore. She broke up with you because you’re a loser.”
He looks at me. Sarcastically, he says, “Did I miss something? Did we break up?”
I giggle. “No, we never broke up, honey.”
Ben turns to me with his hand held to hit me, but before he can, Carter grabs his arm, bends it behind him, and takes him to the floor. Ben screams like a lunatic, and his face is beet red. It’s quite funny.
The local police come walking through the door. They take Ben from Carter and bring him out to the waiting car with his goon.
“Can you tell me what happened, ma’am?” the second officer asks me.
“I was finishing up dinner when he came bursting through my door. My boyfriend happened to get here in time to stop him from forcing himself on me,” I say to the officer. I stand from the couch and run to Carter’s side. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight.
“Who is this man to you, ma’am?”
“He’s my ex-boyfriend who can’t seem to understand the ex part,”
The officer turns to Carter and says, “Good job taking him down and protecting her. We’ll be in touch if we need anything more from either of you.”
“Thank you, officer,” I say to him as he moves toward the door.
The first officer takes some pictures of the damage he caused by kicking in the door. He tells us he already has Ben and his friend’s fingerprints from the door, so they’ll match them up and charge them with breaking and entering as well as attempted rape.
We stand at the door with the officers until they’re done. When they leave, Carter closes the door behind them, using the deadbolt to keep it closed for now.
I jump into Carter’s arm. He squeezes me tight, and I say, “I’ve missed you so much, Carter. Thank you for coming to my rescue.”
He kisses the top of my head. “I’ve missed you too, but I needed to stay away long enough to know I wouldn’t hurt you again. I know I have a lot to explain and to make up for, and I hope you’ll allow me the opportunity to do it.”
I squeeze him tight as I nod my head. He pulls away and lifts my chin so I can look into his eyes. “I’ll fix the door in the morning.”
I nod. “How did you know I needed you?”
“I didn’t. I happened to be coming here, and when I pulled up I saw the car and the guy standing on your front porch. I called the cops and then took down the guy. You know the rest,” he says, lowering his lips to mine. When our lips meet, I feel a jolt of electricity shoot through me.
He pulls away and says, “Please tell me I can make love to you. You have no idea how much I need to touch you and show you what you mean to me.”
I bite my lip, and I can feel myself blushing. The heat creeps up my neck and face. I nod and smile shyly because I can hear the need in his voice.
“We have a lot to talk about, and I promise you, sweetie, we will, but for now I want to feel you and hold you close while we rest together. Is that okay?”
I pull him toward my room because I also want to show him how happy I am that he’s with me, that he rescued me from that loser. He grins at me as I approach the foot of my bed. Pulling me to him, he wraps his arms around me and holds me. Then he lifts my chin and leans down to kiss me as he looks into my eyes.
I lick his lips, letting him know I want more, and he opens to me. Our tongues meet, tangling together, making up for lost time. His hand goes to the back of my neck as he pulls me close. We both moan into each other’s mouths. I can feel his cock hardening, and the juices are flowing between my legs.
My hand glides up his back as I press my body to his. He feels thinner, and I don’t like it. I start to yank his shirt out of his pants. We pull apart, taking turns removing one another’s shirts. Once they’re gone, we start kissing again. He unclips my bra and slips my straps down my arms. I let it fall to the floor, and we press our bodies together so we’re skin on skin. The feeling is absolutely amazing.
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The air is chilly, but so much warmth is pouring from us that I no longer feel the chill. He scoops me up and places me on the bed. Then he kicks off his shoes and climbs on top of me.
He looks into my eyes with so much concern. “Am I going too fast? I don’t want you to regret this.”
“I want you, Carter. Show me that we’re going to be okay.”
“I know. I want you too, but do we need to talk first, because I want you to know that I’m better now and I want to fix things with you. I promise you we will be okay.”
I smile at him. “I’m so glad to hear you’re better. And you’re right, we have a lot to talk about, but we can talk in the morning. Right now I really want you to make love to me.”
He looks down at me. “I can do that,” he says, lowering his lips to mine in a very passionate kiss. I can feel the love he’s pouring into the kiss, and it makes me moan.
His hand slides up my stomach to my breast. He massages it and then pinches my nipple, rolling it between his two fingers. He kisses his way along my jawline to my earlobe, nibbling it before he kisses his way down my neck. He continues down to my breast, licking, kissing, and sucking as he goes. When he gets to my nipple, he sucks it into his mouth, rolling his tongue over it. He kisses his way to my other nipple showing it equal attention.
“I want to kiss every inch of this beautiful body,” he says, kissing his way down the valley of my breasts to my belly button. He slides his tongue down my stomach to the top of my leggings. He sits up to peel my pants off and then tosses them to the floor, leaving me in nothing but my thong. He lifts me off the bed and tears my panties off of me. I gasp and then giggle as he smiles down at me with my torn panties in his hand.
“Sorry. Hope you weren’t a fan of those.”
“They were my favorite, but I can get more.”
He lowers himself so his face is between my legs. He gently blows on my clit and then gently licks at my folds. I start to moan and squirm with anticipation. He grabs my hips to try and keep me still as he continues to lick my clit. I’m moaning his name as he laps up my juices.
Stopping for a second, he says, “Mmm, you taste so good, sweetie.”
The tip of his tongue finds my clit as he starts licking it again. This time he doesn’t stop his assault until I’m coming and screaming his name.
“Oh my God, Carter, that was amazing, but please, I want to feel you inside me.”
He kisses the inside of my leg and then continues kissing his way up and over my hip. “You. Taste. So. Good,” he says between kisses as he makes his way up my body. He takes the tip of his hard cock and rubs it against my clit, teasing me.
“Carter, please,” I say as I try to adjust myself so I can get him to slip it inside of me.
“Shh, sweetie, I promise to take care of you. I want to always take care of you,” he says as he slowly slips his rock hard cock deep inside of me. I moan at the pleasure that soars through my body. He feels so damn good inside of me.
He slowly pumps his entire length in and out of me, making sure he hits the spot. I grind my hips in rhythm with him, and I can feel my orgasm building again. He slowly pick up the pace as he buries his face in my neck, kissing between my neck and my collarbone. He bites on my earlobe as he starts pounding his cock deep inside me.
He whispers in my ear, “Give me what I need, sweetie.”
Suddenly my body is shaking as my orgasm tears through me. I scream out his name as he slams into me one last time, emptying every last drop of his seed deep inside of me.
He looks into my eyes while he’s still on top of me. “Thank you so much.”
“You’re thanking me for making love to you?”
He chuckles softly. “No, for not giving up on me. I love you, Patty.”
I give him a huge smile. “I love you too, Carter.”
He slides off of me and holds me close while we both fall asleep.
Chapter 8
Carter
I wake long before Patty does and start my morning by watching this beautiful woman sleep peacefully beside me. I’m sure she’s exhausted because if she slept half as well as I did over the last few weeks, she didn’t get nearly enough sleep. After a few minutes, I decide to climb out of bed in search of a piece of paper to leave her a note. I’m going to hit the gym at my dad’s place, which is next door, and then I have to go into town to get what I need to fix the door.
I find a notepad in the living room with a pen, so I quickly jot her a note and place it on my pillow, sneaking back out of the room with my clothes in hand. I really don’t want to chance waking her.
I run over to my father’s for a quick workout. Between my binge and the time I was in the hospital, I haven’t been to the gym in a week and half and it’s about time I get back to it. I step into my father’s house and instantly smile when I think back to how much I didn’t want to come out here when he asked me to watch over her. Now I’m so glad I did.
I change into some workout clothes and then go straight for the gym. I love that the gym room faces Troy’s house because I can keep an eye on Patty while I work out.
I start on my elliptical, as usual, and go for a good thirty minutes. As soon as I’m done, I step off to stretch. My knee is really starting to bother me. I know it’s because winter is coming and the weather is changing. I just have to make sure I stay strong so I don’t make it worse.
I spend the next twenty minutes practicing my martial arts moves because clearly they come in handy, and then I leave for Patty’s to take a quick shower. I’m a little concerned about waking her, but I can’t stand the thought of showering here because I won’t be able to keep an eye on her. I need go to the store up the street and I want to go soon, and clearly that lunatic Ben has it out for her. I’ll be damned if he’ll get anywhere near her again.
Scooping up my bag, I walk back over to Patty’s, opening the door to find all is quiet. I kick off my shoes and tiptoe down the hall. She’s fast asleep in her bed. I smile as I watch her for a second and then stroll off to take my shower.
I turn the water on, step in, and wash away the nasty sweat from my workout. Man, did it feel good to work out. I chuckle. It felt even better being balls deep in my girl last night. I am one lucky bastard, and I need to make sure I do everything I can to fix things with her.
I quickly wash my hair and body, jumping out to dry off and get dressed. All is still quiet in the house. I pick up my keys and run out to my car. I quickly call the sheriff that I know in town and confirm that Ben and his goon are still locked up. I don’t want to leave her alone if he’s been released.
As soon as I end the conversation with him, I call Derek.
“Hey, man, are you okay?” he says as he answers the phone.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Sorry I didn’t call you last night, but you’ll never guess what happened,” I tell him through the Bluetooth system in my car.
“What?”
“I got to the lake house and Patty’s fucking ex was here trying to force himself on her. When I pulled up, I saw a car I didn’t recognize and I saw a guy standing on the porch. I called the local sheriff and he came right out. Well, by the time he got here I had one guy asleep on the porch and I had taken Ben down.”
“Dude, that’s crazy.”
“I know. I can’t believe my timing. Well, after that was all taken care of I had other business to attend to.”
He bursts out laughing. “I take it she forgives you?”
“We haven’t really talked about it yet, but I promised her we would talk a little about it today. I left her sleeping to go get what I need to fix her father’s door so it’s not left messed up. I think we’re going to spend tonight here, and then we’ll go home tomorrow.”
“Sounds like a plan. I have to say, man, it’s great to hear you sounding like yourself again,” he says, full of pride.
“Thanks, Derek, for everything.”
“You got it! Now go do what you have to do to fix things with your girl.”
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He cuts the call, and my music starts playing in the car. I pull up to the little shop in town, and when I walk in I tell the man at the counter what happened and he shows me the locations of everything I need to fix the door.
Once I’ve paid for all the parts, I load them into my car and hurry back to the house.
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Patty
I wake up feeling cold and lonely, and for a moment I wonder if I dreamed everything that happened last night. When I stretch, I notice my muscles are slightly sore from our evening together and there is a note on Carter’s pillow.
My love,
I wanted to thank you for an amazing night last night. We have so much to talk about and I will start filling you in on some of it today. Please be patient with me. Talking about my feelings is not something I’m used to doing.
I’ve gone to the gym at my dad’s and then I’m headed to the store to get what I need to fix your father’s door. Have no fear. I wouldn’t leave you alone unless Ben was still locked up.
I love you, Patty!
Carter
I smile at his note and reread it. I decide to get up and quickly shower so I can make us some breakfast. I need to put some meat back on his bones because even though it was only for a few days, his alcohol-only diet made a big difference on his body. I could feel it when he was holding me close last night.
I stroll out to the kitchen to see what I can make for breakfast. I’m so glad that Celia left some stuff in the freezer. I pull the ham steak out and place it on the counter to defrost. After making sure I have enough egg whites left for the both of us, I pick out some clothes and hit the shower. Quickly, I wash my hair and body. I realize I need to shave, so I grab my razor and have at it, hoping to surprise him.
I jump out and dry off, but apparently I wasn’t quick enough. Carter walks into the bathroom. He smiles at me as I wrap the towel around my waist, and I giggle.
“I was trying to hurry so I could surprise you with breakfast.”