For Keeps (6 page)

Her lip trembling, Valerie stood
there, a shiver running down her spine as he caressed her arm. She
could feel the heat of his body radiating, and it twisted her
insides. She hated how much she wanted him, how much she wanted to
believe what he told her.

“
Why would you walk away
from such an easy, perfect life? It doesn’t make any sense.”

She stared up into his eyes,
shining with intensity. “Valerie, I want you. Why is that so
hard to believe? Can’t you just believe me, give me a chance to
prove it?” His hand snaked from her arm around her waist,
tickling over the small of her back under the towel. His touch on her
bare skin made her gasp, and her breath came in short pants.

“
Prove it?” she
whispered as he toyed with her spine. She stepped closer so their
bodies almost touched. “How would you prove it?”

A crooked half smile, filled with
mischief, curled his lips. “Well, first I’d start by
making love to you because you truly are the most beautiful woman
that I’ve ever seen.” He leaned down and brushed his lips
on the top of her ear and continued in a whisper, “Then I’d
forget about the trust fund and focus instead on being with you. I’d
make it my job to show you just how incredible you are. I know we
barely know each other but there’s something about you that has
literally attached itself to my heart and it won’t let go. I
don’t ever want it to let go. It’s like my very soul is
tethered to yours.”

She couldn’t hold back the
moan of relief mixed with desire as his tongue drew a trail down her
jaw line and to the corner of her mouth. She put her palms against
his chest with the intention of pushing him away, but she lost the
towel in the process, and his lips found her shoulder, nibbling and
teasing, and she pressed against him. How could something that felt
so right, so good, be wrong? She could feel his erection against her
stomach and knew he wanted her.

Tyler felt her lift her head, and
he turned to take her lips. He could taste her desire, the sweet
honey of her as a woman. He dove into her, breathing her in and
drinking of her, his hands roaming her body, touching as much of her
skin as possible. When she reached for his shirt, he lifted his arms
and broke the kiss long enough for her to pull it over his head, then
preyed on her lips yet again, his tongue dancing with hers.

Despite her better judgment,
Valerie let him back her toward the bedroom, then into the bathroom.
The water roaring behind her from the shower spray was like a dull
whine compared to the rush of blood to every extremity of her body as
he lit her senses on fire.

She fumbled around, trying to
help Tyler get his jeans off, but her hands wouldn’t cooperate
and he finally stayed them, holding them against her chest as he
undressed. Valerie could have choked, literally, at the sight of his
gorgeous erection, perfectly straight and pleading for her to touch
it, to lick it, to let it gain relief inside of her.

Tyler was the only man with whom
she’d ever felt secure enough to just reach out and touch him,
regardless of her concerns regarding her size, her class, or anything
else that got in the way. None of that mattered. Not anymore.

So now, as he held her hand while
she stepped into the shower, she waited for him to join her and
immediately reached out to grip his cock, watching his eyes roll back
in his head as she used the water to lubricate him, slicking her hand
up and down and around his head with tender but insistent motions.
Tyler took one nipple in his mouth and began to suckle, nipping with
his teeth and flicking with his tongue until Valerie screamed, nearly
coming just from his light touch.

As she felt her body go loose,
spineless, he used one hand to tease and play with her breasts,
rolling the round nipple between his finger and thumb until she
thrust her breasts toward him, begging him for even more attention.
Instead, she found herself being forced to open up to his fingers, as
he spread open her folds and stroked her clit, running circles around
it and petting her with such expert, skillful fingers that her entire
body convulsed even before he pushed two fingers deep inside of her.

“
Tyler,” she groaned,
desperate for mercy.

With the water streaming over her
skin and through her hair, Valerie let go of her inhibitions, and she
grinded against his fingers as they found that internal button,
doubling her pleasure as she felt waves of release roll over her like
a crashing wave again and again. When she thought she couldn’t
bear anymore, Tyler pulled out, reaching around behind her and
grabbing her ass. He lifted her up easily, and she wrapped her legs
around him, pressing her to the slick, hot shower wall.

Tyler could no longer hold back.
He had to be inside of her, and she was wet and ripe for the taking.
With one stroke, he filled her with every inch of this girth,
fighting to hold perfectly still as she writhed, her vaginal walls
convulsing around him as he impaled her, trying to keep himself under
control. He wanted to savor this, not let it get away from him. Every
long, slow stroke brought them both closer, and he moaned out into
her neck, her hot breath and sensuous pleading for more echoing in
the shower stall.

He gave her what she
wanted…needed…pushing his cock deep inside of her
before pulling it out for a brief second, only to thrust his shaft
back into her hot, velvet pocket. He moved in a maddening pace, his
body betraying him as he struggled to deny himself release, knowing
it would only heighten the reward in the end. This wasn’t just
about himself anymore – not like all of the others, this woman
meant something to him and he wanted to make sure she was pleasured
in every way.

“
God, Tyler, please!”
she begged, and finally, he gave in, suddenly switching to a violent
frenzy of a rhythm that offered no mercy. He would claim her as his
own, and leave her ravished and satisfied.

Valerie’s back banged
against the wall with rapid force as Tyler drove into her like a
jackhammer, causing her pussy to pulsate in a violent stream of
orgasm after orgasm until she was entirely spent. She cried out his
name, clawed at his shoulders, and screamed her pleasure in wordless
throes of passion. It all culminated in a final moment, with Tyler
pushing deep inside her with his own release, and her entire body
buzzed as he exploded, just before they both went limp.

It took all of Tyler’s
willpower to keep holding Valerie up as the energy drained from his
body. He was having difficulty breathing, and he could barely support
his own body with wobbly legs. But he could tell Valerie wouldn’t
be able to stand, so finally, he lifted her from him, both of them
groaning as he slid out of her, and helped her to balance herself
against the wall. He leaned over her, kissing her deeply and
thoroughly, his thirst quenched but his hunger for her never
satisfied.

She looked up at him in wonder,
her lids hooded so she had to strain to see properly, as he grabbed
the body scrub and wash and began to lather her body with soap,
washing her as if it was a kind of worship.

“
Tyler, I…”
She wasn’t sure she was comfortable with it. After all, sex was
one thing, but so many of the little imperfections, the curves she
hated could go unnoticed there. In this incredibly intimate
situation, there was nothing off limits, nothing that couldn’t
be seen.

“
Shh,” he told her,
massaging her breasts in circles with the sudsy material until she
closed her eyes and moaned, feeling them grow heavy and her nipples
taut. And as he continued down her body, rubbing the soapy loofah
between her legs, over her wet folds, cleaning off their sex, it was
all she could do not to get excited for him all over again.

When he was finished, Valerie
felt invigorated, as if she’d come back from the dead, and she
lathered her hair and rinsed while he finished cleaning himself off,
and stepped out of the shower to dry and dress. When she was done,
she didn’t want to come out of the shower without being wrapped
in a towel, but she thought better of her shyness and threw the
curtain open to find Tyler watching her like a predator waiting for
his prey to tire out so he could strike.

“
I suppose I should let you
finish your routine in peace,” he offered, though he wanted
nothing more right now than to watch her every move, then throw her
in her bed and take her again, over and over, until he’d wrung
both of them completely dry and they shriveled up.

Valerie shrugged, suddenly not
caring that he was here as she began to towel off her hair, leaving
her body fully exposed to him. It was almost fun, like teasing, and
she smiled to herself. Tyler couldn’t take his eyes away from
her, releasing a deep breath that rolled in a soft whistle.

“
Valerie, I’m crazy
about you. But are you sure that you’re ready for this?”

“
Of course I’m sure.”

Tyler nodded. He knew what he
wanted, what he felt for Valerie but he didn’t want her getting
involved in anything that she wasn’t sure about. He knew just
how crazy his family could be.

“
So you don’t want to
slow down a bit? Take our time in feeling all of… this…
out?”

Valerie smiled. She didn’t
have to even think about it. “Absolutely not.”

He chuckled, his eyes sparkling
with desire. “Good answer.”

He kissed her softly, drawing her
into his arms in a tight embrace until she pushed against him with a
giggle, forcing him to release her so she could finish dressing.

* * *

“
So, are you going racing
tonight?” Valerie asked, sitting in the passenger seat of
Tyler’s car.

“
I am. Do you want to join
me?” He sounded excited at the prospect, and while the idea of
bike and car racing really frightened Valerie, she didn’t want
to disappoint him.

With a tentative smile, she said,
“Sure. But I’m sure it’s going to get cool, so if
you don’t mind, I’d like to stop by my place and at least
grab a hoodie.”

He complied, and then they were
off. The crowd gathered made Valerie extremely uncomfortable, most of
them, much like Tyler, the kind of people who had everything handed
to them and had used money provided by their parents to build their
racing machines. And as Tyler introduced her to several of his
friends and competition, she felt the superiority complex most of
them harbored. She felt unwelcomed and out of place, even with Tyler
holding her hand, and as he prepared for his race, she wished she’d
just gone home.

“
I’ll be back in just
a couple of minutes. You’re okay, right?” he asked,
kissing her forehead.

“
I’m fine. Go win
this.” It was a complete lie; she hated the idea of being
alone, surrounded by people in a completely different class from
herself, but what choice did she have now? So, she stood there,
hugging herself tightly as she watched the race begin. She focused on
the cars and held her breath as Tyler took a small lead, then let it
out with a cry of triumph as he crossed the finish line first. As
promised, he was back in moments, hugging her and celebrating as he
collected his winnings.

He’d wanted to go another
round, but he could tell that Valerie’s stress level was
through the roof. He wasn’t sure why, but he decided it needed
to be an early night, and he needed to get her home. “Come on,
let’s go.”

She frowned at him in question.
“Where are we going?”

“
Your place. I just won
three grand. I think that’s a big enough taking for one night.”
Punctuating each statement with a kiss, he continued, “I want
to take you home. And take you to bed. And make love to you. Until
neither one of us has the strength to lift a finger.”

Just the thought made everything
inside Valerie clench and cry out for Tyler’s touch, and she
wasn’t about to argue. Letting him guide her to where he’d
left the car with an arm securely fastened around her waist, she
leaned into him, drowning herself in the scent of his aftershave and
realizing that, at least for now, she would get to fall asleep and
wake up with that smell and the feel of his warm, luscious body next
to hers.

If it were her choice, they’d
probably spend the next week in bed, testing every position
imaginable, tasting every inch of each other, but then again, she had
to get to work, and she didn’t want to distract Tyler from the
job hunt either. She had no idea what direction he intended to go,
but Valerie had a few ideas of her own about that.

In the meantime, she’d take
what she could get, and it was Friday night. They had all weekend to
explore each other’s bodies. And they would start tonight.

* * *

Three months later…

Groaning and stretching as the
alarm went off, Valerie rolled over and kissed Tyler on the cheek.
“Hey, working man, it’s time for you to get up, too.”

Tyler grumbled as he threw back
the covers and rolled to a sitting position, rubbing his eyes. In all
honesty, he didn’t really need a day job. He was making more
than enough money racing, and he was hoping that the audition with
the minor league hockey team this weekend would go well. However, he
had no way to account for his earnings legally, and so he figured
this was the easiest way.