Assignment: Deadline on Love [Hawt Men In and Out of Uniform 3] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic)

by Honor James

  “I love you, too, Piper,” he told her. Hugging her close, he lifted one of her hands and laced their fingers together. “I plan on being here for all the good, the bad, and everything in between. I want to have a life with you once all this is finished. A life of loving, laughter, maybe even a family of our own someday in the future. But one thing at a time. Let’s deal with your psychopath first, then we can talk about colors for the baby’s room,” he teased.

  “Yeah?” She was stymied by the thoughts of him wanting to have every single moment with her that might come to them. She was stunned that he might one day want a child with her as well. “Well one thing at a time. I think that we will be able to pull this off. A lifetime together, loving each other and everything that goes along with it. Right?”

  “Of course we will,” he said. He was toying with her fingers gently. “You ready to have me around for the rest of your life?” he asked, his tone curious. “It will mean all my teammates showing up now and again. Think you can deal with having a bunch of adopted brothers here on occasion?”

  “I don’t mind.” She grinned and turned to look back at him. “I like your teammates. They are all over the top and a bit wild and crazy, but I love that about them. They are fun and they are your brothers in arms. I would like to have a bunch of adopted ones in my life, too. I think that maybe we should adopt them all as our family, too. Think they would let us?”

  “I somehow doubt they will refuse,” he said. Laughing, he rubbed his thumb to her hand. “They will all likely want to move in. We will need to be careful about how we tell them. We do not need them all moving in here. We’d never afford the food bills.”

  “Oh, please, we would just make them all pay for food as well. Don’t you worry about it, mister man. If they move in they will pay their ways. I have faith in that,” she assured him and rubbed her cheek to his shoulder. “I like the idea of them spending time with us, though, just so you know.”

  “Something else we won’t be telling them,” he muttered. “I am glad you like them, though. They all seem to adore you, not as much as I do, but that’s a good thing. I’d have to kill them if they so much as showed a hint of thought toward stealing my woman.”

  “Good point.” She laughed, though, at the thought of any of them wanting to have her more than Aeron did. “No one can steal me when I’m beyond happy having you for my own. I’m happy that you are in my life, so it’s all good.”

  “Best damn answer you could give,” he told her. It also earned her a squeeze and a kiss to her lips. “Relax for now, sweetheart. We’ll get out in a little bit and get you to bed. For the moment, just relax and rest.”

  At least she wasn’t shaking and frozen anymore. She relaxed against him, her entire being seemingly going loose against him as she let go. She yawned and then closed her eyes. This was where she needed to be, where she had to be, and life was perfect there in his arms.

  Chapter Eight

  The scent of coffee dragged her out of her sleep. For a moment she was disoriented at the sensation of her blankets wrapping around her. “Wakey, wakey, sweetheart,” Aeron’s voice called to her. “Come on, Piper. Open those gorgeous eyes of yours for me, please. I have coffee and yummies for you to eat.”

  She opened her eyes and looked up at him. Stretching her hands up over her head, she sighed. “Hey, you.” She reached out and put her hand to his cheek. “Good morning, honey. Did you sleep well?” She had slept well when she had finally fallen asleep. She was grateful that he was there with her because he ensured she relaxed and slept. “I’m starving.” She smelled the coffee, and her stomach immediately rumbled.

  “I figured you would be,” he said softly. Smiling at her, he helped her to sit up. Then he collected the tray he must have set aside and moved it over her lap. “Coffee, bacon, eggs, and Yoshi made up the waffles.” She noticed that there was a lot of food on the plate, and two cups of coffee. Once the tray was over her lap, Aeron moved to rejoin her on the bed.

  “Oh God, you are so good to me.” She smiled and looked up. “Yoshi is still here? How sweet of him to make us food. How did you bribe him into doing that for us?” she asked as she took one of the pieces of bacon and munched on it. “Have you eaten already?” There was only one plate, but it had tons of food on it, so they could share if he hadn’t.

  “Didn’t need to bribe him. He smelled the coffee, came to investigate, and when I started the bacon he decided you needed waffles, too. Apparently it was his comfort food as a kid. So he made them while I dealt with all the rest of it. He’s also going to stick around here from now on. It’s better if he’s here,” he said.

  “I agree. This way you don’t have to split your focus.” She took another bite and looked at the waffles. “It was kind of him to make me something that was his comfort food as a kid. He’s a good guy, isn’t he?” Not as good as Aeron, but she didn’t say that.

  “One of the best there is,” he told her. Picking up one of the two forks, he cut a chunk of the waffle off and offered it to her. “Give it a taste. I had a bite of one of his in the kitchen, and I have to say that he’s definitely got something going here. If our other potential venture doesn’t cut it, I figure he and I can open a restaurant together.”

  “Oh, that’s a great idea!” she said as she took another bite of the waffles and sighed. “Damn that’s good,” she said with a lick of her lips. “Goodness, fabulous. He could always come and cook for me,” she teased.

  “Hey, lady, no stealing my waffle maker,” he teased. Brushing a kiss to her shoulder, he nipped at her skin lightly. “I have a feeling he’d never do it anyway. He said he only cooks when he’s in the mood, apparently. Which I can understand. Though I don’t mind cooking, I definitely prefer doing it for an appreciative audience. Of one only, though.”

  “Well I’m very appreciative of your skills,” she told him and continued to eat. “Is it bad that I don’t want to go in to work today? That I want to stay home until this is all over?” She knew that was giving the idiot that was stalking her a hold over her, but she didn’t care. She wanted to be safe, alone with Aeron and not out in the open.

  “Not at all,” he said. “You have a healthy self-preservation instinct, sweetheart. You know that you are safe here, in your home with us. But we should go in anyway. You have a business to run. Besides that, you need to get your keys. Why don’t we go in for the initial rush, then we will cut out early and leave someone to lock up at closing? I want Yoshi to remain here, just in case this guy comes back to taunt you some more. Plus, the general left a message that he can have a team out to go over that room this afternoon. I need to be there to let them in.”

  “That sounds good to me.” Crap, she didn’t want to think about someone coming to her home. “He had to have dropped that in the mail slot, there is no way that a postal worker would have delivered something like that. Right? He had to have gotten close to the house. Too bad we don’t have video cameras outside to have caught an image of him at least.” She hated that she hadn’t had the foresight to have those installed.

  Aeron paused with his fork part way to his mouth, shot her a look, and then cursed a blue streak. He dropped the fork onto the tray, wiggled around, and dug out his phone. “Yoshi, the cameras. I need you to check the exterior yesterday for the guy. It would have been after the postal person dropped off the mail for the day since the package had to have been on top given the mess that was dripping over the other pieces. Right, okay, and let me know the instant you have anything.”

  “Wait, what? Are you serious right now? There are cameras? I didn’t see any. I, how?” She knew that Yoshi had wired the place, but she hadn’t seen any cameras anywhere on the outside or inside of the house. “Oh God, we can only hope that this bastard was caught on camera. I hope he finds something.”

  “Me too, I completely forgot about the damned things.” Grinning at her, he caught her chin and held her for a hard kiss. “You are amazing. I should have thought of that. Damn, woman, is it any w
onder why I love you so much?”

  Piper just grinned at him. She loved hearing that he loved her as much as he did. “I think that you are pretty amazing as well. I think you would have thought about it sooner or later. I don’t know what made me think of it, but I did.” She shrugged and took another bite. “I just hope there is something there.”

  “Me too, sweetheart.” Picking his fork up again, he leaned into her as they ate. He’d occasionally feed her a bite before he ate some himself. When she was finally done, he finished up the last of the food, passed her the remainder of her coffee, and set the tray aside. Coming back to the bed, he slipped his arm around her, bringing her into his side as they sat finishing off their coffees.

  Once they had finished their coffees, Piper lay in his arms and looked up at him after a time. Grinning, she said, “So the condoms that we bought, should we make use of any of them and then get ready for the day or should we just get started with our day?” She was good with either one. Well, no, actually, she really wanted to make use of the condoms they bought and then start the day. Or, if she had her way, they would stay in bed until everything was over.

  “Are you trying to get in my pants?” he asked with a grin. “’Cause it’s working. I think we should make use of them, and then we will get ready and head out. We’re not staying in, sweetheart. If he’s watching you, we want to show him that you’re stronger than he thinks you are. We’ll prove to him that no matter what he throws your way, you have a life to live, and you’re going to live it. With me, of course.” Sliding off the bed, he tugged off his shirt before dropping his jeans and climbing back up next to her.

  When he was naked at her side, Piper shifted and leaned up on an elbow. Looking down at him now, she moved her fingertips over his chest, leaning in and tracing her tongue over his chest where her fingers had touched. “I think that each morning should begin like this. With you at my side. With you naked with me and loving me like you do. What do you think, Mr. Cutter? Think you could handle spending every waking morning naked with me?”

  “I don’t know. It’s such a hardship,” he said. Making a face, he burst out laughing when she poked him. She found herself quickly on her back, with his large body pressing to hers. “I happen to love the idea,” he told her. “I look forward to each and every single morning I get to have you naked in our bed, Piper. Now, grab us a condom while I nibble on your gorgeous breasts for a minute.” Dipping his head, he did just as he said he would.

  She let out a sigh of pure pleasure when his mouth closed over her nipple. She whimpered and arched into him when his hands began to toy with her body as well. Hands in his short hair, she held him closer and rubbed her leg up and down his thigh. “Aeron.” She moaned his name aloud when he nipped her nipple with his teeth.

  His mouth brushed kisses to her skin as he moved over to her other breast. Suckling at her nipple gently, he flicked it with his tongue. He began to suck harder, using his teeth to lightly scrape the tight bud. One of his hands cupped her pussy, a finger rubbing between her folds and around her clit.

  Piper sobbed and arched against him. She closed her eyes and kept him close to her, using her hands against his head. “More,” she demanded. She had to have more, needed and wanted more. “That’s so good. Please,” she begged him.

  “You’re so wet,” he said around her nipple. Slowly, he pushed a finger deep into her pussy, sliding it in and out. Biting at her nipple, he began to rub his thumb against her clit, pressing down on the swollen nub slightly.

  “Always seem to be wet for you.” She adjusted under him and gasped when his fingers slid deeper into her pussy. “Jesus. More.” She was sobbing right now. It felt so good and so right. “You know my body as well as yours and always know how to make me scream.”

  “I love that you want me as much as I want you,” he said. Stroking his tongue over her skin, he nibbled up her neck, nipped her chin, and kissed her. “And I do want you, nearly constantly. Woman, you are on my mind every moment of every single day. I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of you, Piper Davis.” Withdrawing his fingers, he shifted his body over hers, his cock pressing to her pussy and then sliding in to fill her.

  “Thank God,” she moaned when he filled her body. “It’s good that you want me as much as I do you.” She shifted so that she could wrap her legs around his hips and draw him closer and deeper into her pussy. “God yes.” She arched her neck, her breasts brushing against his chest and the sensations of that making her toes curl.

  “Yes?” he asked, the laughter in his eyes telling her he was teasing her. Gently, he rocked his hips forward, then back, and forward once more. Soft little kisses over her cheek before he caught her lips in a deep kiss. “What is this ‘yes,’ little love?” he asked her quietly.

  “How good. How fucking right you feel inside of me.” Piper flexed her legs and tugged him deeper. She held onto him and shuddered. “How good you feel. Always perfect. Always right.” She moaned.

  Aeron gave her a low growl and hooking an arm under her leg, hitched it up higher. Each thrust of his hips pushed his cock to hit her deeper than the next as he adjusted her leg until her eyes went wide. “There you are,” he whispered. Moving his hips faster and harder, he hit that same spot over and over.

  Piper watched him as they moved together. She reached out, her fingers to his lips, and shuddered when he wrapped his lips around her fingers and nipped them with his teeth. “Again.” She lifted and moved with him, her whole body moving with him.

  Adjusting his hold, he moved his hand to cup her ass. The move tipped her hips toward him. He held her as he thrust into her, his lips still wrapped around her finger, his teeth gently nibbling over her skin.

  She loved the way that this felt, the way that he sucked and teased her fingers as he pumped his cock into her body over and over again. “Aeron.” She felt her eyes rolling back in her head, a scream coming from her by surprise.

  “God yes, you are spectacular,” he said after letting her finger slide free. He moved harder, faster, drawing out her orgasm. He let out low grunts and soft growls as he slammed his cock into her.

  She whimpered, and then she felt it. She felt him giving up the urge to come and grinned. “Come with me. I am close again. God, I can’t believe how much you make me come.” She was stunned by him. He never failed to surprise her. “Please,” she begged.

  “Come again, I like watching you scream my name,” he said. Letting out another low growl, he adjusted his hands, grabbing onto the bedding, and used it as leverage. His gaze met hers and held as she felt the first shudders ripple through his body. A warning of what was to come.

  Piper watched him, her body moving along with his, and she bit her tongue. She tried to hold off. She tried to keep from coming so that she could come with him, but she couldn’t. She screamed his name within a couple of moments, his name tearing from her lips in a sob of pure pleasure.

  A low curse from him was her only warning before her name filled her ears from his lips. Tensing against her body, he shuddered and then collapsed over her as he filled her pussy with his seed. Panting hard, Aeron wrapped an arm around her, and held onto her tightly.

  Piper gasped, the feeling of heat that flooded her pussy a surprise that had her coming once more. She screamed, her hands pulling him closer so that she could hold onto him tightly. She was gasping for air, panting and shivering all in the same moment.

  It was a time later before she finally whispered against his ear, “Amazing. Felt so good. Never felt something so hot, so good.” She was used to his seed filling the condom, but this heat that flooded her pussy was a surprise, a shock, and she liked it. A lot. “Must have gotten new condoms, different.” She was panting, her breath barely filling her lungs and a stupid grin on her face as she spoke to him. “God, that was so good.”

  His body tensed a moment before he popped up on his elbow. He was staring at her hard, his eyes going wide, then he looked around and cursed. “We didn’t use a condom,” he whisp
ered softly. “Fuck,” he muttered. “I’m sorry, love. I completely forgot about it.”

  “Oh, hell.” She was the one to blame, not him. “It’s my fault.” She felt herself paling but moved so that her hands were on his cheeks. “You told me to grab one and I forgot. I got so wrapped up in you that I didn’t even think about one. I’m so sorry.” She felt like an ass. The last thing she wanted to do was to even think of him thinking she was doing anything to trap him or whatever. “I don’t have anything, you know, like disease? You are the only man who’s ever been inside of me without a condom.” She smiled a very small smile and said, “No wonder it felt so amazing. Felt so good and so right to have you inside of me like that.”

  “It’s not your fault, Piper. I should have been paying attention. But I’m clean, too. We get tested for all sorts of things by the doctors all the time. And I’ve never been with another woman without using one. You are the one and only woman I’ve ever been inside of bare.” Catching her wrist, he turned his head and kissed her palm gently. Then he brushed his thumb to her cheek. “No crying, sweetheart. It’ll be all right, Piper.”

  She nodded and cupped his cheek. “If I didn’t love you before I would have just fallen in that moment for you,” she told him honestly. “I liked it. More than a lot. I loved it. I wish that we could do that often.” She nuzzled against his hand and nodded. “I think that I should get on something so that we can do this bare like this, often. I loved the feeling and want to do that again, often. Please.”

  “If you want, I won’t argue,” he said softly. “But for a time we’ll have to stay with the condoms. Even if you get on the pill, or something of the sort, it takes time for it to take effect in your system. You could get pregnant, and as much as that thought thrills me to no end, I’d like to wait a little first. I happen to love having you all to myself right now.”