Earning Her Love (6 page)

“They don’t. Owen, my brother, he took over the family construction business. He turned it around to be quite profitable. Chad helped, and once he got some of his league friends to help with ads and other things the business grew. Chad and Lockie sold their share to Owen and me years ago. Owen does have a larger share, but he deserves it. He does all the work.”

“Oh, um…well, from what I’ve seen your house is lovely.” She wiggled back on the sofa and he stood to help. “No, sit. You’ve done so much to help. Relax. I’m fine right here for a while if you turn the TV on.”

Reaching over for the remotes on the coffee table, he sat them on her lap. “This one is cable, the other is for volume.” She nodded her understanding. “Do you want some water, snacks, or both?”

“No. I’m fine, really. Sit, or go do something. I’m sure with you looking after Zane and me you’ve gotten nothing done on your vacation. You spent your first two and a half, almost three weeks in the hospital, when you weren’t with my son.”

Alex sat back down in the recliner. Her bruises had healed. She still had some slight yellow to some of the ones that were really bad. She’d been given crutches to use, but with her leg in a cast Alex was worried if he left she’d hurt herself further trying to do something she wasn’t supposed to. One thing he’d learned was that she wasn’t the type of person that sat around. She wasn’t one to sit idle.

“I’ll sit here and watch TV with you,” he said. He chuckled when Mia huffed. He knew then that she wouldn’t have sat still, she would have found a way to get around as soon as he left the room.

Mia turned the TV on, but after an hour of flipping through the channels she sighed. “Can we go get my son back?”

He grinned as she made it sound like his mother was holding Zane hostage. “I told you Zane is staying the night. I really think it would be best to get you settled in here first before he is here with you like this.”

She groaned and closed her eyes. “I’m not a TV person. I don’t have time for it with work and Zane. When I get free time I usually read.” Her lip pouted out. “I miss my eReader.”

Shaking his head, he smiled at her. “Why didn’t you get me to pick it up for you when I dropped by your house to grab everything you needed?”

“I can’t remember where I put it. I’m grateful your sister went with you so you didn’t have to go through my drawers. I couldn’t ask you to waste time searching for it. You and your family have already done so much for me.” She sighed again really loudly. “I can go without my eReader.”

“How about if we go for a drive to your apartment and you can help me look?” There was no way he would allow her to search. He wasn’t risking her hurting herself, but he knew if he said he would do it all she would say no.

Her eyes grew wide and a megawatt smile spread over her face. “Sure. I’m ready when you are.”

Alex jumped up and picked her up when she tried to get herself off the sofa. Her arms came around his neck. First, he walked to her bag to get the keys for her apartment, and then he carried her down to his car. The whole time she was in his arms he reminded his body she was hurt and now wasn’t the time to awaken with need for her. The problem was it wasn’t listening. His cock was straining against its restraints, and her sweet lavender smell was fogging his brain. When he placed her in the car he shut the passenger door and took a deep breath before going to his side. The next couple of weeks were going to be long.

* * * *

They’d been at her apartment for over half an hour. Alex had looked in the lounge room for her eReader and hadn’t found it. She’d sat in a chair and watched as he dug in the sofa and looked under things and behind everything. The whole time Mia had sat watching, drooling and trying not to act like a woman in heat at the sight before her. His muscles bunched and flexed as he lifted things, and she’d lost count of how many times she’d licked her lips when he bent over and his tight, rounded arse was in the air. If she didn’t have her leg in a cast, she told herself she would have jumped him, but she knew she wasn’t that type. Oh well, she could still fantasize.

She now lay on her bed as she watched him search her room. Mia wiggled on the bed and peered down, squeezing her legs together when he moved her bedside drawers and bent down. Alex came up smiling. “I found it.”

She smiled at him and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around him. She kissed both his cheeks before brushing her lips over his. Alex froze beneath her touch, and she groaned as she realized she’d just thrown herself at the man. Easing away, she felt her whole face heat up. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have don—”

Alex didn’t let her finish. He moaned and pasted his mouth against hers. His tongue sought hers, and together they tangled and tasted one another.

Her body hummed, and her mind screamed
what the hell has come over you
? Oh, she knew, she’d been watching him with his arse in the air and her body lit up like she’d never felt before. Without a thought for her broken leg, she spread her thighs apart and pulled Alex onto the bed until he settled between her legs. Her dress hiked up high. Thank God she’d worn a dress.

An all-consuming lust filled her like she’d never felt before. All she knew was she needed Alex. She yanked his shirt up, feeling the ridges of his abs, and pulled her mouth from his. “Off. I need to see you.”

She was desperate to see him. She’d seen him with no shirt on at swimming, but never this close, and she’d never touched him. Alex stared down at her, his blue eyes darkening with lust.

“Please,” she begged. The last time she begged had been to her parents, asking them not to kick her out. She hoped Alex wouldn’t turn her down too.

Mia needed this. She’d only slept with one person in her whole life, and it had been painful and finished within minutes. She wanted to try again, and this time with someone more experienced. A man, not a boy.

“I…we shouldn’t,” Alex whispered.

Reaching up, she stroked his cheek. “Please. I need this. You make me feel beautiful. Tell me you don’t want me?”

Swearing, he lifted his shirt over his head. Mia marveled at his perfect six-pack abs and tattoo-covered chest. Hesitantly at first, she touched each tat, tracing the patterns. He came back down between her legs.

“No, please. I want to see all of you.” She felt the heat on her cheeks rise and spread through her. She chewed on her lip and stared at him, pleading.

“Fuck. I’m going to hell.” Alex eased off the bed, stood, and dropped his jeans.

Um, wow, he went commando. His long, thick cock sprang up, and she wiggled on the bed as tingles shot straight to her pussy, which pulsed at the sight of him. “Oh, you’re way more perfect than I dreamed. I mean...” She pointed to his chest and...other pieces. “Who knew that could look so good?”

Alex grunted, and she noticed a red tinge on his cheeks. Oh, she was embarrassing him. Slowly, he climbed back on the bed. When he hovered over her, his lips came down to nestle in her neck before he nibbled his way down and along her collarbone. The summer dress felt heavy, and she knew it needed to come off. Clutching him to her, she used his arms to help lift herself up.

“I want this dress off.” She let go of him and gripped him with one hand as he used the other to lift the dress hem that was bunched at her thighs.

Alex looked her in eyes. “Once we do this we, I, can’t go back. I won’t go back. Are you ready for that, Mia?”

Mia didn’t know if she was ready, all she knew was she wanted Alex more than she’d ever wanted anything. Mia wasn’t usually one to get what she wanted, but this time she sure was going to try. She nodded, and on a groan, he helped her pull the dress over her head. She sat before him in her underwear. Alex reached behind her and undid her bra clasp and then stared down at her panties.

“Are they a favorite?”

“No.”

“Good, because I don’t want to hurt you by moving you plastered leg.”

Frowning, it took her a moment to realize what he’d said. She’d completely forgotten about her leg. She was so eager for him. Alex grabbed the side of her panties and ripped, then he repeated it with the other side.

Exposed now, she felt the heat cover her whole body, she’d never been naked before a man before. Zane’s father hadn’t even seen her nude. She’d kept her shirt on and her skirt had been flung up and her panties pulled down. Mia was a big girl, and Zane’s father had only had sex with her as a bet. She’d learned that when he laughed at her when she told him she was pregnant. Her lust diminished as memories she’d tried hard to forget resurfaced. Mia hugged her stomach, hiding the stretch marks from Alex’s penetrating gaze. What had she been thinking? She couldn’t do this. She couldn’t let another male into her life. She couldn’t be with another man.

“Don’t.” Alex tilted her head up to gaze at him. The steel in his voice came through. “You’re beautiful. I have envisioned you like this from the first time I saw you.”

Chewing on her bottom lip, she slowly lowered her arms. “I wanted you too.”

“No, you didn’t.” He chuckled. “I heard you telling your friend that men like me were too hyped up on steroids and image conscious to go out with a woman bigger than a size eight. You said a woman like you didn’t have a chance, because not only did you have a kid, but you have an arse, real breasts, and a stomach because you eat.”

“Crap, you heard that? How?”

“Yeah, the men’s change room is right next to the women’s, and the walls are paper thin.” He shook his head. “I was intrigued.” He winked. “I wanted to find out what a real woman felt like.”

Mortified, she pulled him down to her and buried her head against him. “I’m changing my mind about you the more I learn.”

“Oh yeah, what do you think of me now?”

“Argh, no. I’m not getting caught again.”

“I bet I can get it out of you.” He hovered over her his lips, and brushed his mouth against hers before he nibbled on her lips, sending jolts straight to her pussy.

“You can try,” she whispered on a breathless pant.

Alex’s fingers ran down her body, resting to cup her breasts and tweak her nipples. Shots of delight pulsed through her, and she basked in his touch. Letting her own fingers explore, she traced the ridges in his back before coming around and trailing the pads over every crevice and bump. Mia loved the feel of his body. Zane’s father hadn’t been built like Alex, he’d been tall and skinny with scruffy hair and brown eyes.

Mia sighed in pure bliss as he flexed and her fingers smoothed over his abs. She’d seen pictures of hot bodies but never had the pleasure of feeling one. Alex looked after himself. He was older than her, and she knew he worried about their age difference, but she didn’t care how old he was; he was hers, in this moment now.

The kiss deepened. Alex ravaged her mouth, and she matched him, tangling her tongue with his and moving her lips to copy his rhythm. Alex’s body sank further down, and he rubbed against her. Circling her arms around him, she ran her hands up and down his back as she eased her legs further apart. His mouth tore from hers on a groan, and she panted for breath. He rested his face into her neck and sucked on her skin. When he came to her ears his tongue snaked out and licked before he nibbled on the tip. Holy shit, sparks fluttered down her and stopped fluttering at her core.

Alex eased further down, his hot breath feathering over her puckered nipples. She took deep breaths in, her body shaking as he sucked one pebbled nipple in before repeating it with the other. Bringing her hands up, she gripped his hair, holding him against her skin that now burned with need for more. His slid two fingers into her core and moaned against her. His fingers eased out and he lined his cock up, spreading her pussy lips, and sat the tip at her entrance.

His head came up from her breast, and his gaze caught hers. “You sure?”

She nodded and gasped as he slowly moved into her. His hands rested on either side of her, balancing him. The feeling was different from what she remembered. She knew the first time was supposed to hurt, but she didn’t know it could feel like this, like her body was on fire, like a coil was sprung tight and it was getting ready to unravel. Alex eased further into her and she felt a slight sting from the stretching, but it didn’t feel bad. She looked into his beautiful blue eyes and focused on the new sensation flowing through her. Her body felt light, but full and ready to burst. When he moved out and pushed back in again she relaxed further as tingles of pleasure shot through her.

Staring at Alex, she watched as his muscles strained and tensed with each retreat and enter. When he was fully seated in her she wiggled her butt, enjoying the blissful feeling. Running her hands over his chest and back, she let the immense ecstasy wash over her as he started to thrust in and out of her, setting a steady pace.

Closing her eyes, she basked in the bubbling need building within her. She was so close to falling over the edge. Each stroke of Alex’s cock had her rising higher and higher. Gripping Alex’s shoulders, she tried to move as best she could with her leg cast.

Alex growled. “Don’t hurt yourself.”

“I need…” She could barely breathe as she searched for her release. It was so close. “I’m so… I need.”

Grunting, Alex leaned down, resting his hands above her head as he nibbled on her earlobe, sending pulses straight to her pussy and shattering her into a million pieces. Holding him close to her, she let euphoria wash over her. Nothing had felt like this before, not even when she pleasured herself. She was heaven.

Alex pumped into her with a final deep push before yelling his release and resting on her. She enjoyed his weight, adding to her already happy state.

Alex slowly moved off her. “Fucking hell. I’m sorry, sweetheart. I forgot a condom. I’ve never forgotten one before.”

“I’m clean and on the pill,” she mumbled, closing her eyes, too tired and sated to care. She knew she should, especially after how Zane was conceived, but right now she felt too good.

He kissed her cheek. “I’m clean. I was tested only a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t been with anyone for a while, and when I have been I’ve always used a condom, even when they’ve said they’re on the pill.”