Hard Rock Unrehearsed (27 page)

She never got there.

Diego sat up grabbed her wrists and raised her arms above her head holding onto them with one hand.

“Keep your arms above your head baby, no touching me.  If you do I’ll lose it slam into you and it will be over too quick.  I’ve been dreaming of touching you like this, our other times were always fast and I want to take my time, savour you, savour us.”

Jade groaned but complied, grabbing hold of the pillow above her head.  Not that it helped much as he kissed and licked his way around her body.  Always avoiding the good spots!  She was one huge over stimulated, sensitised nerve when his mouth at last closed over her nipple and he sucked hard.  Jade had no idea how it was possible but she came with a shout as he let go of her one breast only to give the other the same treatment.  This had never happened to her before!  Holy shit!

She lay gasping as her man licked the nipples of both breasts then raised his head and grinned at her with such a look of accomplishment in his eyes she gave a gasping little laugh.

She was still gasping when he slid inside her, filling her up so full it bordered on uncomfortable.

“You feel so much bigger.  Why is that?”  She moaned as he moved just a little.

“Been aching for you baby.  Had you last night and it was fuckin’ great but making you come while sucking on your tits just turned me way the hell on.  My baby’s so sensitive to my mouth on her.  I love that baby.”  He groaned in her ear as he moved slowly in her, sliding gently in and out.

Jade wrapped her legs around his back and clenched, forcing him tight against her and they both groaned.

“I loved it babe but right now I need you to fuck me, long and hard like you promised.”  Jade whispered in his ear kissed his neck and then bit him where his neck joined his shoulder, sucking hard, marking him.  Her man lost it, she could feel his control shatter as he reared back and slammed into her.  The pleasure was achingly intense.

Then he gave it to her as he had promised, long and hard.

She screamed as her man drove her into a toe curling, back bending mammoth orgasm, moaned as he powered in her so deep he moved her up the bed.  He pounded in her, his body glistening with sweat.  She swiped her tongue up his neck, tasting him as he groaned her name, with a deep and prolonged shudder he came deep inside of her.  She held him with her arms and legs, keeping him tight against her as fine trembles ran through his body.  He gasped for breath as his arms gave out and he collapsed on her, she loved the weight of him as she clasped him tighter.

“I love you baby.”  He mumbled against her neck, placing a soft open mouthed kiss there before he slowly pushed himself up on his forearms to hover over her.

Jade smiled up into his sex glazed eyes and she knew hers looked exactly the same.

“I love you babe, so very much.”

He smiled his gorgeous smile at her and groaned as he slowly withdrew from her, she shuddered as he moved over her sensitive tissues and tried to hold him to her.

“Let go baby, need to get rid of the condom, clean up and get back to you.  Not finished with you.”  He grinned as she made big eyes at him and let him go.

Her man went into the bathroom, did his business, returned to her and proceeded to drive her wild for what remained of the rest of the night.

And she loved all of it.

Diego came half awake with his naked woman in his arms, her ass tight against his groin where he was as hard as fuckin’ stone, again.  He didn’t even think about it twice as he slid his hand down her silky abdomen right over her pussy, his fingers finding her clit and manipulating it until she moaned and moved her ass tighter against him.  Using his fingers to open her he groaned to find her ready for him, then he slowly slid his achingly hard cock into her.

His baby arched and pushed her ass deeper into his groin moving slowly with him as they both reached for their pleasure.  Her arms came up and grasped his head pulling him closer against her back.  He kissed and nipped at the nape of her neck as he slid a hand over her breast, grasping a nipple between his thumb and forefinger, giving it a gentle roll then pinched it lightly making his woman moan.

He loved her slow and easy and their orgasms took them both by surprise as it rolled through them.  Diego used both hands to pull her hips tight against him as he shoved himself deep into her, riding out their mutual shudders of pleasure.

It was only as he slowly slid in and out of her that he realised that it was way too wet inside of her.  Fuck!  No condom!

Before he could say a word his baby did.

“Damn babe, this baby is going to be coming way sooner than we planned if we carry on like this.”

Then his woman laughed as if she didn’t have a care in the world.

“Might as well throw the damn condom rule out the window the way we keep forgetting to suit you up.”

Throwing him a knowing grin over her shoulder she clenched her internal muscles around him and he groaned.

“What are you saying baby?  You want me to keep on taking you skin to skin?”  He leaned over her while still connected to her meeting her shining eyes.

“Yes, I love how you feel bare inside of me but until I’m on the pill we should be more careful.”

“Okay baby, we do it your way but I have to tell you, I want you to have my baby soon.  I’ll be thirty five this year and I would like to have you pregnant with our first before I turn thirty six.  Are you okay with that?”

Diego was semi-hard again talking to his woman about her having his baby and he knew if he left himself inside her he would be taking her again and fuck the condom, he would be doing it bare.  Therefore he withdrew before she could clamp down on him again, rolled to his back, rolled her and settled her on his chest where he could look right into her beautiful eyes.

“I love you Diego Delgado and I promise we’ll make you a Daddy before you turn thirty six, okay?”

Damn, his woman gave him everything, everything he had always dreamed about and thought he would never have because it belonged to his brother.

“Okay baby, I’ll keep you to that promise and we’ll work on it diligently.”  He grinned as he teased her.

Sliding his hands into her hair he drew her head down and kissed her, slow, wet, deep and long.  As he kissed her, even though it turned him on, he realised that this woman was it for him, the elusive ‘The One’ people were always talking and dreaming about.

And he had known her for years, lost her to his brother for a while, but here she was in his arms where she should have been all along and he was fuckin’ never letting her go.  She was his.

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

They were gathered around the table in the dining room wolfing down an amazing breakfast that had appeared as if by magic.  It had been arranged by Astrid of course.  The guys were still feeling the high of last night’s performance and were discussing and commenting on what they felt were areas that they needed to work on.

While the band got lost in talking technical music jargon Diego discussed the logistics of getting everyone to San Diego as speedily and quietly as possible.  There were even more paps and media outside the building and it was being buzzed incessantly by helicopters loaded with reporters and paparazzi.  The media attention was escalating at an alarming rate as they scrambled to get more information on the connection between the band and the Ortega-Delgado drug cartel.

Luis had already issued a statement through Nathan Sterling regarding his connection to Bernardo and Emilio Delgado and Sandro Ortega.  It had not calmed the news hounds down at all, they were baying for more.  Nathan and his associates were taking care of it but it did not stop the gutter press from publishing wild speculation and downright lies.  Michael’s lawyers were smacking them with lawsuits left right and centre.

Jade’s fan base had exploded.  From a few dedicated fans that had followed her career as a drummer she now had male and female fans who discussed what she wore, what she ate, her relationship with Diego, her future with Storm Front, her future as a solo artist and what they perceived she should do with her life.  They even had a site where they discussed who they thought she should hook up with!

The band was visibly tired and was looking forward to getting home and resting before embarking on the last leg of the tour.  Richie had contacted Luis and Trace and was ready to step back into the limelight to complete the tour.  He had quite a few reservations on the timing of his return but with Jen agreeing to accompany him on the tour and her unswerving support through his ordeal he was quietly confident he would be able to resist the temptations thrown at him and that he would survive the media onslaught he would have to face.

Jade was committed to finishing the project she had started with Max and ‘Killing Fields’ and it would have set the recordings scheduled to take place on her return too far back if she completed the tour for Richie.  She had maybe a week to spend with Diego before she had to leave for the studio.  ‘Killing Fields’ were recording at Cat’s studios at her home base and though Jade was looking forward to spending time with her friend she was not looking forward to being separated from Diego so soon.  He could not leave San Diego as he had to prepare and liaise with the management of the stadiums in the European countries involved in the tour.  He had to set up security for the band and especially Richie and Jen to protect them at all times as the media attention swirled around them.  They would have to snatch little bits of time to be together where ever they could in the coming weeks.  They had agreed that if Jade finished recording before the end of the tour she was to fly out and join him.

Michael was set on flying back to New York after Jade's last performance.  He had been away from the hub of his business for too long and was feeling restless because of it.  He missed having his fingers on the pulse of the business, he missed the adrenalin high he got as he wheeled and dealed plus he needed to get back on his home ground to work through the possessiveness and attraction he felt for his assistant.  He stayed away from women like her for a reason, although the disaster with Holly had opened his eyes to the expectations he had created in her mind, expectations he would never realise for her.  But Astrid was something else, she didn’t push, she didn’t even show him more than fleeting compassion and support.  He had no idea whether she was attracted to him or not.  He hoped like hell that she was, and if she wasn’t he was going to make it his goal to get her there.  She had been right there under his nose and he never noticed.  Starting right now he was on a mission to make her his.  Rick would have to find another woman to play with.

Diego had a stealth plan to get all of them out of the building with the least amount of fuss.  He had pulled in favours with the LAPD to help out and they had cruisers waiting to escort the two silver Hummers loaded with Galloway employees out of the underground parking and through the city.  They were part of the bluff Diego was hoping to pull on the circling vultures.  If everything went according to plan they would trail the Hummers out of the city giving Diego a chance to bundle the band in a helicopter and getting them out of LA before the vultures realised that they had been following a false trail.

The San Diego concert was going to be an even bigger headache than the LA concert as this was the bands’ hometown.  Their guest list was almost a foot long and Luis and Astrid had to call a halt to every long lost acquaintance making it onto that list.  They were ruthlessly culling people from the list, creating quite a few heated discussions as to their choices.  After going head to head with the band for what seemed like hours Luis put his foot down and forced them to accept that their list was loaded with hangers-on and peripheral band friends.  People they didn’t need to invite.  Luis sent them away to sit down together and work through their list.  When they came back they had a radically pared down list.

They reached San Diego in the early afternoon and the guys were all dropped at their homes.  They each had a security team stationed at their homes to ensure their safety and to keep the visitors that suddenly streamed in to a minimum.  Michael, Astrid, Mike and Adam checked into a five star boutique hotel while Rick disappeared to stay with friends.  Diego wanted Jade to stay with him at his apartment but he knew it would not be safe.  Instead he took her to the family home and settled her in the small two bedroom guesthouse situated to one side of the pool with Tag in attendance.  His mother was staying at the house as well and it seemed as if his dad was getting somewhere with his plan to win his wife back.

Diego didn’t take any chances with Jade’s security and he had men stationed all around the property to ensure that no one got in uninvited.  He had to grin when Steele arrived with an expanded team to fill out Jade’s security.  She had security in place that would rival that of the president!  The down side was that she needed it.  With a small smile curving his lips Diego made his way to the kitchen, he had a request to make to his dad’s housekeeper.  He wanted a private dinner with his woman in the guesthouse and he needed Consuela to make that happen.

He was smiling broadly when he left the kitchen twenty minutes later.  Consuela would be making his woman’s favourite meal and she would help him set up the rest of his plan.  He dialled as he walked, growling with annoyance as he got voice mail.

“This is Diego, I need your help with something.  Call me as soon as you get this.”

Having left his message he returned his phone to his pocket.  He had a meeting with his Dad he had to get to and he wanted it done as soon as possible.  He had shopping to do, very important shopping, if everything went according to plan.  The meeting had cut another hour out of his day and he was getting pissed that he still hadn’t heard from Mel and he damned well needed her in on his plan.  Glancing at his watch he swore as he saw it was getting close to 5.00 pm, he was cutting this fuckin’ close!  Fuck Mel.  He could do this.  Running his hand roughly through his hair he frowned as he made his way down to the garage.  He had no more time to waste, he had to get this done and he just had to trust he would get it right.

Mel groaned as she heard the voice message.  She didn’t have the time to go over Jay-Jay’s clothes choices with Mr Control Freak Delgado yet again!  Deleting the message she dumped her phone back in her bag.  Jay-Jay wasn’t her only client and dashing around the country with her and cancelling appointments had not endeared her to her other clients.  She had to carve out time for the other women on her books and that meant sitting in front of her laptop answering their e-mails and those of her assistant and making countless calls.  She had a huge backlog and she had no option but to get to it.  Diego and his snit about Jay-Jay’s clothes would have to wait.

Jade followed Tag out of the guesthouse drowning in one of his hoodies, she was completely covered just in case one of the vultures had a vantage point, and a damned long lens, from which to take photos.  Tag insisted on a workout and since she had missed her morning workout she had to make time for it now.  He had already scaled down the intensity of her workouts and watched her like a hawk as she went through her routine.  Tag knew her so well that he would spot her body going into distress almost as soon as she did.  She worked diligently and her mind only started wandering once she started running on the treadmill, a fairly safe place to let that happen.

In her heart of hearts she knew that she loved Diego more than she had ever loved Val and that made her sad and feeling guilty at the same time.  Not that she had anything to feel guilty about.  She had been faithful to Val, even after she had lost him.  It had only been the last three years, maybe a little more, that she had started to notice the men around her in a sexual way.  Ugh!  No that sounded trashy!  It was more like she had noticed when a guy was hot.  When she shared that with Mel and Tag she had to suffer their gentle teasing with good grace.  Not that she had told either of them how hot she thought Diego was!  She had noticed it the first time Val introduced them but that was all she did, she noticed it.  It was years later that she had fallen into an unrequited attraction to him.  Or so she thought.  Imagine her surprise when the man swept her feet from under her and she fell head over heels in love with him.  Yip, she loved the man to distraction.  The fact that she had slowed down to a walk on the treadmill was a clear indication!  With a grin she started slowly speeding up again until she ran at a comfortable speed.  Next to her Tag shook his head in pretend disgust, his eyes laughing at her as they ran.

With her muscles feeling pleasantly warm and stretched Jade stood in the shower and let the hot water run over her.  Diego had been gone since they got to the house and she wondered what he had been doing all day.  Yes she knew he had the enormous responsibility of keeping them all safe and she appreciated how complicated that was at times.  He had to ensure that chaos would not ensue at the stadium while they were there, or if it did he had to get them out unscathed.  She had seen the blueprints he had of every stadium the band would perform at and she had seen his copious and meticulous notes in red pen all over those blue prints.  Diego liked having the actual plans in front of him when it would have been a whole lot easier to work on his laptop.  According to him it made visualisation of the stadium easier for him and it was safer.  No one could hack a plan locked in his briefcase that was locked in his safe.  Made sense, sometimes.  What if someone hired a safe cracker?  On that nonsensical thought Jade laughed and stepped out of the shower.

The guesthouse was a new addition to Luis’s home and she had never stayed in it before.  The last time she had been here it was still in the early stages of planning and she was pleased that some of her suggestions had been incorporated in the design.  Like the main house it was fashioned after a Spanish hacienda with double volume exposed rafters, terracotta floor tiles and rough white walls.  Spanish bars covered all the windows and heavy wrought iron and glass doors barred access to the interior.  The central part of the house was open plan with the lounge running through to a small dining area and a fully functional kitchen.  On either side of the open space lay the two bedrooms with their en suite bathrooms ensuring privacy to the guests Luis would house here.  The guesthouse was decorated in creams and brick red with accents of blue.  Squashy cream sofas with throws to cuddle under while watching TV or just lounging and a small wrought iron dining room table with four chairs filled the open space in front of the kitchen.  Almost sheer white curtains covered the windows and doors while heavier brick red curtains were tied back on either side, ready to be pulled closed when more privacy was required.  The bedrooms were much the same, both decorated in creams but one with blue curtains and one with brick red curtains.  Jade had picked the one with the blue curtains which at this moment were tied back, leaving only the white curtains slowly stirring in the breeze.

She stuttered to a stop as she saw the red, so dark it was almost black, dress and black underwear laid out on the bed, black shoes neatly placed next to it.  A heavy card stuck up out of one of the shoes.  Jade slowly walked over to the bed, picked up the card and recognised Diego’s handwriting immediately.

Wear this for me please baby.

I'll be waiting. D

What the hell was the man up to now?  Were they going out to dinner?  Would he risk it?  Hell yeah, her man would risk anything for her.

Jade dressed as he had requested, everything fitted as if made for her.  Did her hair and make-up, spritzed on a hint of perfume, slipped on the shoes and then she was ready.  Her heart was beating rapidly as she slowly opened the door.  Her mouth fell open in amazement as she stared at the scene before her.  The guesthouse was semi-dark, the only light the soft flickering light of what seemed to be hundreds of candles set in wrought iron candelabra everywhere.  The small dining table was set for two and shimmered white and silver, while the crystal glasses glittered in the soft flickering light.  Red and purple flowers were the only colour in the centre of the table.  Jade saw it all in seconds then her eyes met those of the man dressed in a black suit with an open necked black shirt standing to one side of the table.  Good God but Diego Delgado cleaned up beautifully!