Cain (20 page)

“
No, I don’t believe so.
Robert is much too lazy to do anything that requires him to move
off the couch. Nathan, her oldest brother, has been in and out of
rehab for years. Small wonder his brain hasn’t been cooked with all
the crap he puts in his body. But he was a very nice young boy.
Nathan is Samuel’s son.”

Cain nodded again. Christ, her family
was really fucked up. Cain sat in the big chair closest to the
fireplace. It wasn’t cold enough for a fire, but there was one
burning low in the grate, just taking the evening chill
off.

The room they were in wasn’t large. In
fact, Cain would have guessed it to be about half the size of the
smallest bedroom in the house he’d just bought. The furniture while
old, was well cared for and maintained.

“
She is confronting her
mother and uncle on Friday morning,” Thomas said, almost seemingly
talking to himself. “I know she’ll do fine, but I tell you, I
worry. Her mother is not going down without a fight. She has no
idea that Alyssa is back; that’s why she’s staying here. Her family
had been spending money like it’s theirs to take. Drew is looking
into what that is going to entail and how Alyssa can make them pay
it all back.”

This was a surprise to Cain. He knew
that Alyssa had a plan and had an idea it had something to do with
her family, but he didn’t know her mother didn’t know Alyssa had
finally been found. The two men talked for a bit longer and then
Cain went up to bed.

He took his bag with him this time; the
medical one was already in Alyssa’s room, but he now took his
overnight case. He didn’t want to upset her, but did want to make
it clear to her he wasn’t leaving. Unpacking a few things,
including his personal pack, he stripped down and crawled into bed
with her. When she curled over onto him, Cain felt like the king of
the world.

Alyssa was wealthy, he knew this. He’d
talked to Devin and Damon in the hospital about her and was
surprised by just how rich she actually was. It wasn’t just the
money, though that was a tremendous amount, but her holdings alone
were enough to stagger a man.

He hoped that he could convince her
that he loved her before she figured out their differences. Cain
didn’t think that Alyssa was either a snob or one of those who
thought that if one wasn’t a blue blood than he or she was not
worth her time. No, what worried him were his mother and father. If
she didn’t give him a chance because of them, then he really
couldn’t blame her at all.

~CHAPTER TWENTY~

Alyssa woke to the shower running in
her bathroom. Her mind was still fuzzy so she couldn’t think how
she had managed to turn the shower on and go back to bed. When she
rolled over and felt the pain, she remembered Cain being with her
and what he’d said about staying. Her eyes popped open
wide.

It took a few minutes to find her robe
and she flushed when she thought of the fact that she was naked
beneath it. She thought about him undressing her and then washing
her hair, and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to be mad at him for it
or to feel something else. What that would be, she wasn’t sure. She
made her way to the bathroom, trying her best to hold onto the
anger. It would get her, though, she knew.

The bathroom door was open and steam
billowed out of the room, fogging up the bath and the area just
outside. She went to the large shower, her shower, and knocked hard
on the glass. She couldn’t see Cain for all the fog, but she could
make out an outline of him.

“
Morning, love. How did
you sleep? I slept like the dead,” he told her through the
door.

“
Don’t you ‘morning’ me,
you arrogant ass. I told you to go home. I’m fine and I want you
to…I want you to…”

All thought flew out of her head when
he opened the door and stepped to the opening. The water was still
streaming down behind him and it washed over his body in long
rivers. Her mouth was both dry and watering for him.

She’d seen him before, a few days ago,
as a matter of fact, but this version of him, the wet and hard one,
made her ache with need. His hair was dark now from the water and
hung down to his shoulders in a slightly wavy mess. His face was
covered in fine whiskers that darkened his chin and jaw and gave
him a very bad boy look. Cain’s shoulders were wide and thick,
making her think of pads football players wore. His nipples were
peaked and extended and she wanted to lean in and lick the water
away and then nibble on him. His flat belly was rippled in muscles,
tight from his belly to his groin. And seeing his groin made her
groan.

His cock was straining from his body.
It was thick and the dark head was purple with blood, engorged so
much that it looked painful. When she heard Cain groan, she looked
back up at his face.

“
You keep looking at me
like that and I’m going to be late to work. Come here, Alyssa. I
want to kiss you.”

She took a step back, suddenly not so
sure of what she was doing there. He looked so…powerful, so manly.
She glanced down at his cock again and it looked thicker to her.
She swallowed twice.

“
You look…do you hurt?”
She felt stupid the moment she asked. Of course it didn’t hurt. It
was hard, but hurt? Alyssa she looked back into his face and
shifted on her feet when he just stared at her.

“
No help for it, I guess.”
And before she knew what he was going to do, he reached out and
pulled her into the shower, robe and all. “I’m going to be
late.”

Cain’s mouth slammed across hers
quickly, taking her breath away. Before she could protest or even
think of something to say, he had her robe off her and he was
pulling her against his body. Then it didn’t matter. Nothing did
but him touching her, holding her, and taking her.

Cain’s mouth was hot, and it seemed to
get hotter the more he kissed her. His body pressed her back
against the shower stall, his cock lay against her belly. Moving
her hand down his ribs and to his abdomen, she brushed her fingers
along the crest of his cock and felt him shudder beneath her touch.
She liked the feeling it gave her to touch him, and his reaction
made her want to do more, touch more of him. Moving her hand to cup
his plum-colored tip, Cain surged against her hand
quick.

“
Touch me, Alyssa. Wrap
your hand around me, baby. Feel my cock with your hand.”

When he cupped his hand over hers,
moving her up and down him, he rocked against her with every
stroke. When he took a small step back and watched her hand, she
wrapped her other hand around him and followed the same pattern.
Soon Cain was leaning against the shower wall and watching her
beneath hooded eyes.

It wasn’t enough. She wanted more, more
of him and what she was doing to him. Dropping to her knees in
front of him, she licked the tip of his cock and heard him growl at
her. Encouraged, she wrapped her mouth over his cock and swirled
her tongue over him. He pressed her closer to him by curling his
hand to the back of her head even as he started to fuck her
mouth.

At first, she let him fuck her this
way, his cock filling her mouth and her tongue tasting him. As soon
as she moved to another position, moving to the side to slide her
tongue along the length of him, she was rewarded with his hissed
“yes.” Sliding her hand up his thigh, she gently cupped his balls
in her hand and rolled them between her fingers, feeling their
weight. Taking one into her mouth, she thought he was going to
smother her as he pulled her so close to his body.

Cain pulled her head back and she
nearly cried out when he did. The sudden loss of him made her
whimper. It took her a few seconds to realize he was
speaking.

“
I want to come in your
mouth, Alyssa. I want to feel you swallow my cum. But if you don’t
want to, now would be a good time to stop. You’ve got me so close
I’m going to come before too much—Christ, woman.”

Taking him back into her mouth, Alyssa
worked harder. She wanted to feel his cum as it filled her mouth.
What she lacked in experience, she made up for in wanting to please
him.

“
Touch yourself for me. I
want to watch you fuck your hot pussy while you suck me off. That’s
it, baby, play with your clit.”

Moving her free hand down her belly,
she paused when she found her navel. It had always been sensitive,
but now it was like touching a live wire. Cain’s groan could have
meant he wanted her to move or to continue, she didn’t know or
care. Now, right now, it was about pleasure, his and
hers.

Alyssa had never touched herself in a
sexual way before. She had done so when she’d been in the bath, but
nothing to make her feel the way she did when her fingers came in
contact with her hard nub. When she slid a finger into her, she
moaned and nearly pulled away from Cain’s cock. His hand at the
back of her head again held her in place.

“
Baby, Christ, you feel
good. I’m going to…I’m coming!”

The first splash of his cum hit the
back of her throat and she nearly gagged, but a quick swallow and
she needed more of his spice. Lifting her hand from her pussy, she
cupped his balls again and rolled them. Then she moved behind him
to his ass. Even as he rocked into her mouth, the muscles in his
ass tightened and rolled. Before she could explore more of him, he
was pulling her up his body and dropping before her as she had done
him.

His tongue speared her clit. She had
been concentrating so hard on his pleasure, she hadn’t realized how
close or how needy she’d become. When Cain slid his fingers up into
her and nipped at her again, she came apart. Her body surged hard
over and over against his mouth. And just when she thought she was
coming down, he’d bring her back to another peak, tossing her over
the edge with his mouth and fingers. She couldn’t take any more,
her knees weak with it. He stood up and pulled her into his arms.
His cock was hard again and she looked up at him.

“
I don’t know if I will
ever get enough of you. I can’t finish what we’ve started. I didn’t
think to bring protection in here with me. I will next time. The
thought of taking you in the shower…Christ woman, the things I want
to do to you, with you.”

He held her for several more moments,
and then he helped her wash her hair again. When he turned her
around to gently scrub her back, she could feel his cock as it
brushed against her. Moving back against him, she felt him press
hard then pull away. She laughed at him.

“
Behave. Your back still
hurt?” he asked, then growled at her. “I can’t be late…well,
anymore late than I already am going to be. I still have to go by
the house and pick up some fresh clothes.”

“
I’m sorry. I don’t know
that…you probably have things you need to do. I’ll just go
out—”

“
Don’t, Alyssa. That isn’t
what I meant. I want you. I want you more than I’ve ever wanted
anything in my life.” He reached over her and turned off the water
once they were rinsed. “We need to talk. But tonight. I have to see
to Quinn and Jazzie, then I want to come over and talk to you. Will
you be here?”

“
Yes.” She was suddenly
shy and wasn’t sure now as to what she should do. Cain seemed to
know and handed her a towel. “I have to stay here for a few more
days. I can’t…I need to be here at least until Friday.”

After she wrapped herself in the white
fluffy cotton, she went into the bedroom and started to make up the
bed as he finished up in the bathroom. She was right about the
whiskers, she thought; they were dark against his skin. She was
just finishing up dressing when he came out.

“
Where do you work? You
said you were new to the area. I didn’t…I guess I didn’t realize
you already found a job,” she asked him when he seemed to be just
standing there.

“
I’ve lived here a few
months now. I work with…I’m partners with Damon Grant in his
private practice. This is my first week. What are…I don’t know what
you do.”

She didn’t either, but knew that’s not
what he meant. Alyssa had to regain control of her family business,
toss her mother and the rest of the family out on their ear, and
try to make sense of ten years of financial records with her
personal accounts and her business. She had to relearn all the
companies and what they were worth to her and how she could help
them. Then there was learning to be a person again, being around
people, talking and interacting with staff, friends, and business
associates. Nothing really, she thought, depressed.

“
I have a few things to do
around here. Thomas and I have a game of chess we’re working on.
I…what happens now, Cain?” Alyssa flushed. Leave it to her to be
blunt and right to the point. He grinned at her and then stalked
toward her. There was no other way to describe how he moved, like
liquid sex.

“
What happens now is that
we get to know one another. I want to be with you, be a part of
your life and you a part of mine. But tonight, we’ll talk tonight.
All right?”

She nodded. They could talk. But she
wasn’t sure about being a part of his life. She didn’t know how to
be a part of anyone’s life right now. And wasn’t sure she wanted to
even if she knew how.

After he left, she went to find Thomas.
He had told her that Drew was coming over today and after
yesterday, she wanted to see if that was still true. She thought
maybe she’d fired them both a number of times and wondered if
either of them would still speak to her, much less work for
her.