Second Chance Mine, page 21
“Please,” I begged.
All I wanted was to feel him.
Truly be with him.
Gently, I pressed my lips onto his for the first time since he came back into my life.
“I never stopped loving you. Not for a second, a day, a year. It’s always been you. I love you, Adrian.”
“I’m sorry too. I wish things would have turned out differently for us. We lost a lot of time together and I wish more than anything I could get those years back. Just know, you were never far from my thoughts.”
“What happens next?”
He smiled, teasing, “Try to leave and watch how fast I catch you. Even injured?”
I giggled despite the worry evident on my face.
He caressed my cheek. “What’s wrong?”
“What if I’d lost you today?”
“You didn’t.”
“But what if I did? You took a bullet for me. Like it doesn’t get any deeper than that. You chose my life over yours. I’ll never get over that.”
He kissed me.
It was the sweetest kiss of my life.
“I chose your life over mine back then too.”
I whimpered against his mouth, feeling that response in the core of my being.
Slowly, he pecked my mouth as if it was the only thing he needed.
“I love you,” he rasped, sliding his tongue against my lips.
“We have to stop…”
“Fuck no.”
“Adrian, you’re hurt.”
“And you’re making it better. You’re all I need. You’re all I’ve ever needed.” He gripped my ass, groaning. “Be my good girl.”
I was no longer able to deny him. Giving into the love I’d forever feel for him, I was engulfed in his scent. I kissed him back, wanting to be with him just as badly.
The feel of him in that moment drove me over the edge, and all we were doing was kissing. Our tongues moved in sync with one another.
Starved for each other.
Each stroke brought new life into me.
“Tell me if I’m hurting you.” I started to sway my hips on his hard cock, kissing him deeper and harder.
Loving every second of it.
He. Was. Mine.
No matter what.
Adrian
I kissed her one last time, letting my lips linger for a few more seconds before I rested my forehead against hers again, simply wanting to look at her.
Her eyes were dilated, luring me the fuck in. Her long, messy hair draped around her face, spreading out between us. I resisted the urge to tug it back just so I could kiss all along her neck, her collarbone, and her breasts.
I just wanted to look at her.
So fucking thankful she was there with me.
And our nightmare was finally over.
I slowly moved my rough, callused hand up her body. Feeling the softness of her silky white skin, I continued my heated assault, and she withered beneath my touch.
Awaiting my next move.
“Get naked for me.”
She didn’t have to be told twice as she unwrapped the sash of her silk robe.
I smiled wide. “You weren’t wearing panties this entire time, Miss Summers? What would HR say about that?”
She beamed and it lit up her entire face.
Her nipples were hard, begging to be sucked. Her round, perky breasts simply accentuated her slender waist and luscious thighs.
“Jesus, how are you this fucking perfect, Cherry?”
She blushed as I slid my hand into her pussy, feeling her wetness on my fingers was the only medicine I needed.
“You’re going right for it, huh?”
Grinning, I spread her juices along her mouth. Just craving the taste of her sweet pussy. She moaned as I gripped the back of her neck, causing my cock to twitch at the sound of her. I plunged my tongue into her awaiting mouth, sucking her lip between my teeth until I licked off all her salty sweetness.
Sliding my hand back down to her clit, I growled, “So fuckin’ wet,” into her mouth while manipulating her nub with the palm of my hand. “Yeah, Paige…just like that…fuck my hand.”
I pushed my middle and ring fingers into her soaking cunt, aiming them directly toward her g-spot.
“Ahhhh…” she panted while I finger-fucked her sweet spot.
“Yeah, Cherry girl…” I teased, moving my fingers faster. “You like it right there, don’t you sweetheart?”
Her legs shook.
Her body trembled.
She was close to losing control…
Shuddering.
Opening her legs wider.
“Just like that, Paige… Fuck my fingers, ride them like you’re riding my cock.”
Her pussy pulsated, squeezing my fingers so damn tight. Almost pushing them out as her come dripped down my hand.
“Adrian…”
I let her ride out her orgasm until I ordered, “Pull out my cock and ride me like a good girl.”
Her eyes immediately opened, reaching to grab my dick through the slit of my boxers.
“Yes…” she purred, breathless. Getting off on the back-and-forth motion of her clit, sliding against my dick.
I eased her up by her hips with my good hand, holding the base of my cock for her to sit on. Positioning myself at her opening, I nodded.
Waiting.
Giving her what she was silently expecting, “I love you, Cherry girl.”
She beamed, gradually sliding her pussy down my shaft as her mouth parted. She breathed through the sting of my cock splitting her open.
Claiming her lips, I demanded, “Ride me, sweetheart.”
She slowly rocked her hips until she got used to the feeling of my cock deep inside of her. Placing her hands against the headboard for more leverage, she swayed faster and harder. Causing her head to roll back. I took her nipple into my mouth, kneading the other one, unable to get enough of her.
Another moan escaped her throat. All I could hear was desire, as I fondled her breasts and sucked on her nipples.
I shifted my hand back down to her clit. Her breathing escalated bucking her hips forward.
“Adrian…”
“Fuck me,” I growled from deep within my chest.
I could feel her pussy tighten, gripping my cock like a vise. I felt her shiver as she started kissing me more aggressively.
I kissed her jaw, her neck, deliberately making my way back to her lips. Her delicate hands glided down my chest.
“Fuck…” I groaned. “You feel so good.” I thrusted my hips upward before roughly gripping onto her hips again.
Moving her harder.
Faster.
Relentless in my pursuit of her pleasure.
Both our mouths parted, breathless, riding the high, and longing to fall over the edge together. Pain began to form at my wound, but I didn’t care. If we ripped some stitches, so be it. It was worth it.
The second her pussy throbbed, pulsating long and hard, I thrust in and out a few more times.
But her quivering was my undoing.
She was my undoing.
For the first time, I expressed the three words I should have back then after I claimed her cherry.
Staring profoundly into her hooded gaze, I vowed,
“I love you. Then. Now. Forever.”
Thirty-Five
Adrian
“Are you sure you’re ready for this?” I asked, standing at the front door of Cade’s home.
“Ummm…” She playfully smirked. We flew back on your plane for baby Paige’s birthday.”
I chuckled. I couldn’t help it
“What?”
“I call her baby Paige too.”
She smiled. “She’s going to hate you for that when she’s older.”
“Not any more than our own baby girl will.”
“Oh.” She placed her hand on her chest. “We’re having a baby girl, huh?”
“After we have two sons. If our baby girl looks anything like you, I’m going to need all the help I can get with keeping her away from guys like her daddy.”
“Daddy, huh?”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“Did I miss the part where we talked about kids?”
“We’re talking about them now.”
“I see. What about the stuff that happens before we have kids?”
“I’ve lived inside of you for the past week, Cherry. It’s a little too late to discuss the stuff that happens before. Considering, there might be a Drake baby in there already.”
“Oh, you think it would be that easy, do you?”
“Sweetheart.” I kissed her. “We both know I do everything right the first time.”
She kissed me back. “Are we openly kissing here?”
“Why wouldn’t we be? Cade is well aware of where I stand, Paige. I refuse to hide anymore.”
“I know.”
“Besides, I took a bullet for you. If your best friend doesn’t think that’s love then I don’t know what else I can do to prove to him you and you’re mine, you’ve always been mine.”
She kissed me again. “Good point.”
Paige rang the doorbell.
“One second!” Hayley shouted on the other end, answering with their son James beside her.
“Uncle Adrian!” He high-five me, making Paige chuckle.
“Wow, he looks like Cade.”
“James.” Hayley looked down at him. “This is Paige.”
“Like my baby sister.”
“Yes. Just like your baby sister.”
From the expression on her face, Paige was loving every second of this.
I excused myself to go find my brother. I found him in his office. Cade was computer savvy like our old man. He followed in his footsteps and worked in coding with elite companies around the world. I couldn’t have been more proud of how his life turned out.
He looked up from his desk. “Hey.”
I nodded, looking around the room.
“Take a seat.”
I did.
There was no reason to beat around the bush. Cade knew why I was there. We hadn’t spoken much since what could only be described as one of the worst days of my life.
“How’s your shoulder?”
“I’ll live. How’s Hayley? Is she all right?”
“She’s processing but working through it. The kids help with that.”
“Yeah, I imagine they would.”
He leaned back into his leather chair. “And Paige? How is she holding up?”
“She’ll be fine.”
“Good.”
“Where is she?”
“With Hayley. We need to talk.” I leaned forward, setting my elbows on my knees with my hands out in front of me. “I’m not going to waste another minute hiding anything from you. I love Paige. I always have. While I would like to have your blessing, it won’t stop me from being with her. That doesn’t mean it won’t matter to her.”
“These last few days, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about everything that happened. I spent so many years angry with myself for not protecting her from you. I knew how you were with women. I just didn’t think you’d betray me like that.”
“Cade—”
“I’m not even talking about the betrayal for her being my best friend. I’m simply speaking about how you could fuck her over like that. Knowing with every part of you how important she was to me. Like she was just another conquest for you and that cost me my best friend. I didn’t understand how you could fuck us both over like that and I spent years trying to forgive you because that’s what brothers do, right?”
“I didn’t expect that to backfire on me, Cade. I thought she’d just lose me. Not you too.”
“I could’ve handled you telling me you love her over what you did, Adrian. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I probably would have been pissed at first. Mostly because you snuck around and lied to me. But at the end of the day, you’re my brother and she was my best friend. I would’ve gotten over it.”
“I never meant to hurt her or you. I was just trying to do the right thing. It’s the only justification I have.”
“What happens now between the two of you is your business.”
“So if I wanted to marry her? Make some babies?” I hid back a smile. “You’d come to the wedding?”
He scoffed a chuckle. “I guess I’d be the man of honor.”
That was all that needed to be said before I added, “Let’s get a fucking drink.”
Paige
“Should we go check on them?” I questioned, sitting at their kitchen island.
“I think it’s fine. We haven’t heard anyone screaming, that’s got to mean something.”
I laughed. “True.”
Her cellphone rang. “Oh, shit. I have to answer this. It’s my cousin, Haven.” She swiped her phone. “Are you okay?”
“No!”
Hayley pulled her phone away from her ear, hitting the speaker button. “Teenage angst,” she mouthed to me. “Yes, honey, I know,” she agreed into the phone. “That’s what happens when you have five older brothers, Haven. You know they’re never going to let you out of their sight.”
“It’s not fair!”
“They’re horrible,” she mouthed to me again. “I know, sweetheart, but I’m going to have to call you back, okay?”
They said bye and hung up.
“Sorry about that. The things her brothers put her through. That poor girl. She’ll never be able to date. But anyway, how are you dealing with everything?”
“Better than I thought I’d be, but that’s probably because Adrian hasn’t let me leave his side.”
“Is he taking some time off work?”
“We’re talking about Adrian, so no. But I also work for him which is very unethical.”
“Wow. He’s your boss?”
“Just for the next four months.”
“What happens after?”
“My contract is up and I’m no longer his executive assistant.”
She looked at me funny.
“What?”
“Oh! Sorry.” She nervously chuckled. “I remember you were a business major, but I always thought you’d pursue art for some reason. You were so talented.”
“I haven’t drawn in a long time.”
“Did Adrian hire you knowing who you were or was that a surprise?”
“Definitely a shock.”
“You just showed up at his office for an interview and ta-da?”
“No. Although, I don’t think that’s any worse than how we ran into each other. Long story short, he was searching for an EA. My boss is pregnant, and she knows I like to stay busy as her EA. Her husband just happened to be friends with Adrian. I guess you could say he’s borrowing me.”
“I don’t think he has any intention of giving you back.” Her expression quickly turned somber. “Even back then he didn’t.”
“Hayley, we don’t—”
“I just need you to know I tried for years to get Cade to call you. I can’t tell you how many times he wanted to reach out to you, but then you moved away, and the timing never lined up correctly. He was devastated for a really long time. I don’t think a day has gone by where he hasn’t thought about you or Adrian.”
“Did you know?”
“About the two of you?”
“Yeah.”
She nodded.
“Was it that obvious?”
“Not to Cade.”
“How long did you know?”
“Probably since the first time we were all together.”
I jerked back. “Nothing was going on with us then.”
“It didn’t stop him from looking at you when he didn’t think anyone was watching.”
Nodding, I inhaled a deep breath. “Whose idea was it to name your baby girl after me?”
She softly smiled. “Cade.”
As if on cue, Adrian walked in, carrying a baby girl on his hip. She had bright blue eyes and pigtails. Her chubby little legs kicked while she drooled all over his suit jacket. He was completely unfazed, looking like he was made to be a daddy.
And my ovaries just exploded.
“Baby Paige,” he coddled her, standing in front of me. “This is your aunt Paige. You were named after her.”
I rubbed her back, loving her already. “Hi. You are so cute.”
She leaned her head on Adrian’s chest as Cade stood beside them.
“She’s a little shy at first. She’ll warm up to you.”
I smiled at Cade, cherishing this moment.
“You have no idea how long I’ve waited for this. Hoping that one day you’d meet my children.”
“Me too.” I softly replied.
The day flew by as I was reunited with what felt like my long-lost family. Their parents were emotional when they saw me, but it wasn’t awkward. It was amazing. It was no time had passed and as if the last ten years didn’t matter. The lies weren’t there anymore. Everything was out in the open.
We were all free.
I picked up baby Paige and threw her on my hip. Cade was right, she did warm up to me. I saw him walking over to us.
“We’re best friends now,” I declared, referring to me and his baby girl.
“She’s going to have to get in line.”
“Do you mean that?”
“Of course I do.” He exhaled a deep breath. “I’m so sorry, Paige. For everything. I should have been the bigger man and come to you. I wish I could go back and change things between us. You were my best friend and what hurt the most was you felt like you couldn’t trust me.”
“I know…it’s just… You were always so adamant about your brother being off-limits.”
“I was trying to protect you. And Adrian fed right into that fear when he lied and said he didn’t love you. I blamed myself for a long time that I let you fall into what I thought was a challenge for him. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Adrian loves you and I know you love him too. I mean.” He smiled. “I couldn’t ask for a better sister-in-law.”
“Wow. Between you and Adrian, I’m getting wifed up and pregnant today.”
“Definitely, if Adrian has anything to say about it.”
“I’m sorry for everything too, Cade. I never wanted to hurt you.”
“I know.”
I wrapped my free arm around his neck, hugging him. There was something about holding baby Paige and embracing my best friend that made this moment that much more special.
