Ruin Me (33 page)

Her entire core trembles. “I hate how many women you’ve fucked.”

She rests my tip against her entrance. I feel her moisture dripping down onto me and I quiver for more. “It can’t possibly be more than the number of men you’ve banged—” She pushes me in an inch. I dig my fingertips into her arms, resisting the urge to rail against her.

“You’d be
wrong
,” she chuckles.

“Well, at least, I remember
the names
of all the women I’ve fucked,” I fire back. “Tell me — what was the name of the masked prick in Rome?”

She impales herself on me. Her eyes flutter closed, blocking the pleasure in her boiling eyes from me. “Fuck you,” she moans.

“Yeah, fuck you, too.”

I hold her body as she arches her back and rests her hands on my knees. Her hips glide over me, pulling my cock slowly deeper. She’s so moist and tight inside, sheer torture and heaven all at once. I pull her shirt up and rest it over the tops of her big breasts. They rub against me, locked behind a tight bra. I inhale deep, taking in her perfect scent while she bounces steadily on my cock.

Piper takes my hands and leans forward. Her fingers interlock with mine before pinning me to the bed behind me. Our handcuffs click and clang as we continue the fierce grind against each other. She forces her tongue so far down my throat, I can barely breathe. I buck my hips to send my cock deeper inside her little snatch, making her moan in delicious torment.

“You ruined my fucking life,” I growl into her breasts.

“And you fucked up mine!”

I pound her even harder. My muscles ache, but I keep going, determined to make her scream my name. “You are such a massive cunt—” She locks her inner muscles around me, cutting off my insult as fresh pleasure radiates my loins.
“Fuck…”

Amusement dances behind her eyelashes. She rides me even faster, pumping away at me and massaging me from the inside with her trained muscles. “Kai…” she moans with bliss.

She drops her hands from mine, inviting me to take control of her. I don’t hesitate. I take her little body in my arms and push her backward to lie on the floor. She relaxes every muscle and lets me do with her as I please. I spread her legs wide and settle myself back between them with a quick thrust. Her mouth opens in a silent scream as I fuck her over and over again. I dig my nails into her hands. I bite the skin of her neck and collar bone. I give her body little pains everywhere I can. She winces, but the moans never stop and I never want them to.

I rock her against the hard floor with eager thrusts until I find the perfect rhythm. Not surprisingly, it’s how we both always liked it: Hard, fast, and without restraint. Her entire body shakes beneath mine and she can hardly breathe by the time I feel her come on my dick. Her wetness coats my shaft. The new warmth is too much for me to handle. I dig my fingers into her waist. I don’t stop pumping her until I’m sure every last drop of me is spent inside of her.

I collapse against her. My vision goes black. I can’t think. I can’t move. Light-headed and shaking, I lie against her perfect cleavage. Her sweat covers my lips. I lick them clean.

“Kai,” she whispers.

“Yes, Piper?” I breathe.

“I love you.”

I raise my head to look at her and I see real tears in Piper Lynch’s eyes. “I…” I stop myself from saying it back.

“What?” she asks softly.

“Let me get back to you in about twenty minutes…”

She smiles. “Sounds good. I can wait.”

I reach for her cuffed hand and she holds me until I say it back.

Chapter 32

Piper

I turn on my heels. “Maybe we should come back later—”

Kai grips my hand and slaps the doorbell. “Or not,” he smiles and pulls me back into place beside him.

I crane my neck and stare up at the tall mansion. The house I grew up in. Suddenly, it feels much larger than it really is.

“Piper…” Kai draws my attentions. “I’ll be right here the whole time.” He squeezes my hand and I feel a little better about this whole situation.

The door opens and Ava flashes a quick smile at us. She immediately draws it back in, obviously not too eager to show that she’s happy to see us. “Kai, Piper,” she says. “I didn’t know you were coming.”

“Yeah, we didn’t call ahead,” Kai says. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay.” She pulls the door open wider. “Is everything all right?”

“Everything is fine,” I say. I take a quick breath. “Is my father here?”

Ava nods. “He’s locked away in his study, as usual.” She gestures us inside.

“Thank you,” I tell her. I release Kai’s hand and step inside. My father’s study door comes into view at the opposite end of the foyer. “Ava…” I turn back to her. “I wanted to apologize for the other night…”

She shakes her head. “I think we could all do with some apologizing, really,” she mutters.

“Yeah, but… especially me,” I joke. “I’m…” My eyes wander over to Kai. “I’ve been pretty selfish and stupid and I really need to tell you how sorry I am.”

Ava steps forward. “Piper…” She rests her hands on my shoulders. “Luckily, selfish and stupid are common traits for both of our families.

“Yeah, I guess they are.” I look at the study door again. “Do you think he’ll see me?”

She releases my shoulders and follows my line of sight. “Only one way to find out,” she shrugs.

We follow her across the room and I pause in front of the study door to turn back to Kai. “Actually, I think I’ll go in alone,” I tell him.

“Are you sure?” he asks.

I nod. “Yeah. I think this needs to come from me.”

He looks nervous but steps back with acceptance. “I’ll be out here,” he says.

Ava grabs his shoulder. “Come on, Kai,” she urges. “Let’s leave them be.” He hesitates but eventually lets her drag him into the kitchen with her.

I reach out and knock softly on the door.

“Yeah?”

I hear his voice and it brings a smile to my face. I recall all the times I knocked on his door as a child. He always answered with the same word, the same tone of voice. The same everything.

It’s scary how much life has changed, but also, how much it has stayed the same.

I push the door open and step inside.

His silence is comforting, but only for a moment. “Hey, Dad,” I say. My voice trembles a bit, but I manage to keep it steady. If there’s one thing my father can see clearly, it’s weakness.

He stares at me from behind his desk. I expect him to stand up at any moment and point towards the door, but he stays still as I walk across the room.

“May I?” I ask, looking down at the chair in front of the desk.

He nods silently.

As I sit down, I let my eyes wander the large room. The last time I was here, I was delivering the itinerary for my trip to Europe. A complete map of my exact whereabouts for an entire week — or so he thought. It was accurate, to a certain extent. “You know,” I say, just about a whisper. “I spent all day rehearsing what I wanted to say to you, but now I can’t remember a word of it.”

He leans forward in his chair. “That’s why I taught you to always use note cards,” he says as he fixes a stack of papers on his desk.

I give a short smile. “I thought note cards would be a little strange for a normal conversation with my father,” I say.

“Piper…” he sighs. “I don’t think you and I have ever had a normal conversation.”

“You’re probably right.” I stare at my hands. “Conversation was more Mom’s specialty.” I bite my inner cheek, suddenly wary of the idea of bringing her up, but he nods in agreement.

“I never figured out how to talk to you, Piper,” he says. “I could teach you, give orders… but I could never talk to you like she could. I was under the impression that it wasn’t my job.”

It makes all the sense in the world, but that doesn’t stop it from stinging a bit. “You were always so busy,” I say.

“Every man is busy,” he replies. “That’s no excuse for failing to parent his child.”

“You didn’t
fail
…”

“I pushed my daughter so hard, she fled from me,” he says. “No, Piper, I’d say I failed you.”

“Dad,” I whisper. “I should have tried to talk to you again instead of…” I pause. “It was the wrong decision.”

“I agree.”

“But I don’t regret it.” I shift my feet to force myself from nervously tapping my toes against the chair. “I
can’t
regret it. If I never went to Europe, I never would have reconnected with Mom… and I never would have found Kai.”

My father’s shoulders go tense. I’m honestly not sure which thought strikes him cold the most. “I have no doubts that your reckless decision-making benefited you the most in the end, Piper.”

“Dad…” I tilt my head. “I’m sorry. I don’t expect that everything is going to go back to the way it was by saying that. I just need you to know it. I’m really sorry for what I put you and Ava through and… I hope we can find some common ground again.”

He pauses for a moment and stares at me through his spotted glasses. Finally, he sighs. “I wouldn’t be much of a father if I turned you away, Piper,” he says.

I smile. “It’s a good start.”

“And I regret what was said at dinner,” he says. “It was wrong of me to call you…”

I nod and let his words fall. “I have a pretty thick skin,” I say.

“You always have.” His lips curl slightly. “I’m not sure how I feel about you and my stepson being romantically involved, though…”

“Yeah…” I chuckle. “It was awkward for us, too. But… worth the trouble, I think.”

“I will take your word for it,” he jokes.

I breathe a sigh. “Thank you, Dad.”

“As long as you’re happy…”

I think about the phrase for a moment. “I am…” Laughter teases my throat. “Yeah. I think for the first time, I really am.”

“Does that mean you’re staying put for now?” he asks.

“Yes.” I take a quick breath. “Mom and I found an apartment not too far from campus.”

“From campus?”

I nod. “I’m
considering
going to school in the fall. Summer, if I can get paperwork done in time. USC ain’t Harvard, but—”

“
Isn’t
Harvard,” he corrects.

I grin, amused that he took my bait. “It
isn’t
Harvard, but…”

“It’s a good start.”

A warm feeling tingles my limbs. “Yeah.”

My father looks at me and his eyes turn soft. “It’s nice to have you home, Piper,” he says.

“It’s nice to be home, Dad.”

***

The elevator doors open and I step onto the fifth floor. I spin around. “Right this way,” I say to Kai.

He lingers in the elevator first before stepping off with narrow eyes. “Are you sure you two can afford this?” he asks. “This is a really nice building…”

“Yeah,” I assure him once again. He follows me slowly as I walk backward, leading him down the hall. “Especially since my dad offered to foot the bill for school — which I wasn’t expecting at all, by the way.” I reach into my pocket for my new keys.

“Well, I especially like the proximity to school,” he says as his eyes continue to scan the white hallway.

“Just a ten-minute walk, both ways,” I say. “Clocked it myself.”

Kai grins at me. “You’re getting really excited about this, aren’t you?” he pokes.

“Maybe…”

“And here I thought your excitement over academics was a ruse put on to satisfy daddy dearest…” He shakes his head and ticks his tongue.

“It was…
kind of
.”

“You little nerd.”

“Bite me.”

He raises an eyebrow. “I intend to.”

I pause in front of the door. “And here we are,” I announce.

“Five D,” Kai reads the letters aloud.

I reach into my pocket and pull out a spare key. “Mom had this made up for you in case either of us get locked out,” I say as I slide it into his palm. “And she repeated that multiple times to make it clear that it is the
only
reason why you would ever use it.”