Step Brother Anthology: Bad Boy (BBW Taboo Billionaire Romance) (12 page)

        Threading my fingers through his hair I pulled
him closer, stroking his tongue with my own. Shawn drew back, pulling my shirt
over my head and unclasping my bra with expertise. He took my hand, leading me
to the couch and knelt in front of me.

        He created a trail of kisses down my neck to
my breasts, where his tongue darted against my nipples. I ached my back,
entwining my hands in his hair again. Every part of my body hummed with energy;
like electricity was running through my body.
 

        I forced his jacket down his shoulders and
started working on the buttons of his shirt. His attention to my nipples
paused, as he unclasped his belt. I ached for his touch again, and wanted his
clothes off now! I focused on my own remaining clothing as I shimmied out of my
tight shorts.

When I reached for my heels he stopped me, in a rough
voice he barked, “Leave those on.”

        I obeyed and sat back against the couch to
enjoy the show, as his pants lowered around his waist. His long, hard shaft
jumped to attention and I felt a deep desire to have him inside of me.

        He pressed me against the couch, fitting
himself over top of me. I could feel the hot tip of him rub between my legs and
moaned again.

        “You’re so wet, Savana,” He whispered in my
ear, as he plunged into my delicate flower.

        I gasped as he repeated the movement, pulling out slowly then pushing
back in, each time stretching me father filling me to my limit. I wrapped my
legs around his back, taking in all of him. He growled, increasing the pace of
his thrusts.

        My whole body filled with pins and needles. I
clawed at his back and arched up to meet him, crying out and body shaking. The
release of my orgasm consumed me but I heard Shawn call out my name as his
climax answered mine.

        He collapsed against me, breathing heavily and
nuzzling the nape of my neck. I was drunk on pleasure and made no motion to
move. The crowd in the club and my paltry money problems were momentarily
forgotten.

        I wasn’t sure how long we laid there for, but
too soon he rolled off and grabbed his cell from the pocket of his pants.

        “What are you doing?” I asked.

        “Texting Betsy. Letting her know you won’t be
there tomorrow.”

“Absolutely not!! I have
an obligation and you are not here because of your money and I am not here
because my lack of money.  Don’t abuse their kindness.”
        If anyone could understand what I meant it was definitely him.  Shawn
nodded gently and then came back to me.  We spent the rest of the night making
love in the most passionate and fulfilling way.  I was under no false
assumptions though, I knew this was only for one night and I did not regret a
single moment of it. 
        When we had finally exhausted each other, Shawn walked me outside to
greet the morning sun.  I was exhausted, so he had one of the bouncers drive me
home.   I will not forget that night any time soon.  I did not expect to hear
from him again and was a little sad that we could never be.  He was too rich
and it was too weird besides, he ran in different circles. 
        That afternoon I went to the diner for my shift.  Betsy dropped into
the chair next to me, holding a bottle of water. I nursed my coffee and blotted
the sweat off my forehead.

       
        “You know, I hear Shawn is back in town,” Betsy mentioned casually,
taking a long drink from her bottle.

“Oh?”
        I feigned nonchalance, even though my heart skipped a beat. Betsy and
Earl only wanted to see me happy, they were the best kind of people. I had done
my best to keep my interest politely neutral, but Betsy had been keeping me up
to date whenever they heard from him.

        I thought back to that night when, Shawn
insisted I stay with him. I thoroughly enjoyed the activities of that night,
but the morning left me with the realization, I had just had the best sex of my
life, with quite possibly, the world’s most desirable bachelor, whose shoes
alone probably cost more than my rent for two months. I was nervous and anxious
to get home that morning and felt guilty for the one night stand. He stayed in
town for another two days before leaving for business.

        He had called several times that week but I kept the conversation to a
minimum. It hurt my heart too much to know that Shawn and I could never be
together, so yet again I protected myself. Though, every time my phone rang my
heart fluttered, but as soon as I answered, I panicked and made an excuse to
get off the phone. After three days I stopped answering all together, telling
myself it was a one night fling and I wouldn’t be able to hold his interest for
long anyway.
        I told myself, it was one night. A night that he’s clearly forgotten
about, since I haven’t heard from him since last Wednesday.” In truth, I hadn’t
answered his calls since last Wednesday, but he had called at least twice every
day. Betsy continued to speak to me,
        “Puh-lease! I saw the way he was looking at you. He’s been checking in
on you all week, he wants to talk to you, why won’t you talk to him.”
        She flicked water at me.

        “And don’t try to tell me all those missed
calls are from another ‘Shawn ’.”

        “You looked at my phone?” I set my glass down,
exasperated.

        “Of course I did, you’re not one to tell us
what is going on. If you won’t tell me what’s going on, I’m going to snoop to
find out. He’s clearly in to you! But you need to act on it before he thinks
he’s after a lost cause.”

        “I was beginning to feel that way, so I
wouldn’t be ignored if I show up in person.” We both jumped at the sultry
voice, it was Shawn!
        “Shawn!” I squeaked.

        “Well, I better run. Gotta check that …
thing... in the place…” Betsy scurried out.
        We stared at each other for a long moment. My body wanting to close the
distance between us, but my heart telling me it would be a mistake. I couldn’t
let myself be used, no matter how much I wanted him to.

“How long were you standing there?” I said in a somber
voice.
        I tried to hide my hands in my pockets, but my skirt didn’t have any. I
settled for hugging my hands over my stomach.

“Not long.”

The silence stretched.

“Well, I should get back to work. I am on the clock,
you know. Lots of customers to feed.” I spun away from him to walk away.

“Why didn’t you answer?”
        The seriousness of the question made my heart hurt.  Made me feel like
he was really hurt. I could feel my walls of indifference cracking.

        “Listen Shawn, I don’t want to be
that
girl.  You and me, we run in different circles,” I know what I am to you,
Shawn. You could have the world – you do have the world. I am under no illusion
about what happened, I have to protect myself.”

        “Ah, yes. Now I understand, Richie Rich had a
new toy.”

        Angrily, I threw my hands into the air.
        “I thought you weren’t standing there long!”

Don’t stomp your foot, Savana. Don’t do
it!
I
thought. However I couldn’t stop myself and
I stomped my foot in
frustration. Shawn grabbed me by the shoulders, looked me deep in the eyes and
said,

        “I didn’t want to push you, I didn’t mean for it to turn out the way it
did last week.”

        “So you regret what happened?”

        “No, not in the slightest. But I didn’t want
things to move so quickly.” He ran his hand through his long, dark hair. “I’ve
heard about you for years from Earl and Betsy. They’ve wanted me to meet you
for a long time, but I’ve always been… occupied.”
        I thought about all the articles online about his various love interests
that plagued magazines and the internet. He shifted uncomfortably. I knew he
was thinking about those headlines too. Shawn continued,

        “I don’t know what I thought, but I didn’t
want you to think you were going to be another fling. I’m at the point in my
life where I want to focus on more than my business and myself. I want
something deeper, after all what am I working so hard for.  When I heard about
you, I thought, that is a woman I could spend my life with.  Then I thought,
she would probably be a boring bump on a log.  Then when I saw you dance, and
found out it was
you
that Betsy and Earl had been talking about, my mind
was blown. You may be the perfect woman for me. No one knows me better than you
sis.
       
        He moved closer and brushed a finger across my cheek, I could feel his
gaze penetrating me to my core.
“I couldn’t help myself. I can’t help myself.”

        I shivered, overcome by mixed emotions. I
couldn’t decide if I wanted to drag him into the back room, or run away.

        “So what do we do now?” I asked.

        “That young lady is your choice.  The ball is
in your court, I am just a boy, standing in front of a girl asking if she likes
me.”
        A silent smile came across my face as I looked down to the ground in
embarrassment.  He knew I did, I knew I did and perhaps it was time to trust. 
Perhaps it was time to experience the joy of the moment.  Shawn reached for my
chin, picked up my head and again began to speak.

        “Would you like to go on a date with me, Ms. Reynolds?”

        “Well, I have to get back to work at the
moment. My bosses are a little tough to deal with.”
        “I think I can handle your bosses.”

        “The real question is can you handle me?”

        “Well Savana, I guess we are going to have to
walk down that road together and find out.”

        I guess you could say that I came to a realization right there.  None
of us know what is going to happen in like and sometimes, the moment, is more
important than the whole of life.  So I am taking this trip, moment by moment
with my brother on my arm, a smile on my face and all the hope in the world.