Bastian: A Secret Baby Romance (16 page)

Wes shook himself out of his paralysis and nodded, grinning. “First, some music.”

I didn’t know the bathroom had a built-in sound system, but apparently Wes did, pulling his iPod out and plugging it into a slot in the wall. Instrumental jazz filled the bathroom, a sensuous mix that left me sighing in anticipation. Wes didn’t let me see him strip down, but he revealed himself fully naked after all his clothes were off.

The sight of him that way truly took me away. I mean, I had a pretty decent look when he pulled that stupid stunt of running in the lake for a bath, but seeing him up close, relaxed, and with a good shave, well . . . let’s just say the water wasn’t the warmest thing in the bath.

He had regained some of the weight he had lost in the wilderness, but unlike me, he was so ripped that it was harder to tell he’d even lost weight. His torso and legs were well-muscled, and I could see the six pack of his abs clearly, a light trail of brown hair starting from about halfway down and trailing down to his cock, which hung thick and long. He had let some more of his natural hair grow in since the plane crash, although he was still nicely trimmed by what I could see as he slid into the bath across from me. “Mmm, this does feel good,” he sighed as he settled in. “Is it too warm for you?”

“Not at all,” I replied, feeling his calves brush against mine. “Thank you. This is truly romantic, even if it is a bit cheesy.”

“Well, I’ve never actually been very good with the whole romance thing,” Wes said, running a handful of water over his chest and shoulders. It was erotic, watching the silky liquid flow over his defined muscles, and my pulse sped up another notch. “So if I make mistakes with it, please cut me some slack.”

I stroked my foot up his leg, reaching as high as I could, just past his knee. “Wes, I’m no expert in romance either,” I said. “You joked in the woods and before that I’m no bar slut, and while I’m not, I will admit to being guilty in the past of being a bit more into the bar scene than I should have been. Romance to me was an extra drink and a few slick words. So don’t worry about making any mistakes. Besides, you have the most important thing for anything romantic, in my opinion.”

“What’s that?” Wes asked, his other leg coming up to caress my own. I could feel his big toe stroking the inside of my thigh, just a few inches from my pussy, and it felt so good that I had to bite my lip.

“You have the heart I want,” I replied, letting my leg drop and moving across the tub. “You have the mind I want, you have the soul I want, and most of all, you already have my heart. So you relax, Wesley Brandt, I’m already yours.”

We kissed in the scented water, and it was the softest, most sensuous kiss I’ve ever had. I was tempted to let it go further, but instead I turned around, letting him access my back, and settled in between his legs. I could feel his cock twitch, but he kept his composure remarkably well. “Now, after all that stress of a television appearance and an airplane flight and everything else, I was thinking I could go for a back massage.”

“As you wish, my love,” Wes replied, his words sending shivers up and down my spine. “Tell me if I’m too rough.”

Starting with the outside of my shoulders, Wes’s strong hands took away all my muscular tension, replacing it with a deeper, more delicious tension in my stomach and nether region. When his thumbs rubbed over my spine, I arched my back, leaning into him and sighing in pleasure. “I love you, Wesley Brandt.”

“I love you too, Robin Collins,” Wes whispered in my ear. His hands came around to massage my breasts, his lips brushing against my ear and neck. With a chuckle in my ear, his fingers rubbed over my nipples, and I gasped, electricity running through my body. “And I love that your breasts are so sensitive. In fact, I was planning on feasting on your breasts with my lips and tongue for hours tonight, until you are nothing but a puddle of satisfied jelly on the bed.”

“Why not here?” I moaned, my breasts tingling and my pussy fluttering from his fingers rolling and playing with my nipples. “It feels so good.”

“I didn’t say you weren’t going to come in the bath,” Wes teased, pausing to lick my earlobe and nibbling on my neck. “But who said I’m just going to stop here? Besides, I can’t turn you into jelly here in the bath, you’d run down the drain.”

Wes’s joke combined with his erotic touches to leave me breathless, caught between a laugh and a moan. In the end, the moan won out when Wes pinched my right nipple, my body quivering and on the edge. “Please, Wes, make me come.”

Wes pinched my other nipple and kissed my neck in that special spot he had found that was almost as good as my breasts. The three points came together somewhere in my chest, their energies shooting throughout my body. My toes curled, and my fingers clamped on Wes’s thigh, squeezing tightly as the orgasm tore through me. I stared up at the ceiling while Wes whispered in my ear, his long fingers continuing to massage and tease my breasts until I came down with a long, shuddering cry of pleasure.

I
meant
it as I whispered to Robin that I loved her. I mean, I’d said it before, but that time meant so much more than what I said in words. Even then I was considering how to broach the subject of making our relationship permanent to Robin, although before I could say anything, she turned in the tub, kneeling and leaning forward to kiss me.

“Now, let me do something for you,” she said, reaching under the water and taking my cock in her hand. The soft touch of her hand felt wonderful, and my already mostly hard cock went steely in only a second. “Up on the edge of the tub.”

I smiled in anticipation of what was coming next. I’ve always been one to enjoy a good blowjob. Rising out of the scented bath, I watched as she first used a cup on the edge of the tub to rinse any of the bubble bath away with her left hand while her right hand slowly pumped my shaft. “I didn’t do this in Canada because I insist on you being nice and clean,” she said, looking me in the eyes.

“I understand, and I feel the same way,” I whispered, my eyes bugging out when her tongue came out to lick the underside of my shaft. Her long tongue slithered over every inch of my cock, finding the little areas that felt better before tickling them with the tip of her tongue. She never even touched the head of my cock, and I was already oozing precum, it felt so damn good. “Robin, if you don’t stop, I’m going to come.”

“Then come in my mouth,” she said, her eyes never leaving me as she wrapped her lips around the head of my cock and began sucking me into her mouth. Every nerve in me felt on edge as she eased her lips down, her tongue a madly caressing lash inside her mouth as she sucked me deeper and deeper, going all the way until I could feel myself in her throat. She had taken me all the way, without even pausing or blinking an eye. I’d died and gone to heaven, I was sure of it.

Working her mouth up and down, I couldn’t tear my eyes away as Robin sucked me perfectly, not too hard, not too soft. It was so amazing that I didn’t even feel at first when her finger started stroking along my taint, slipping toward my ass. My first signal was when she smiled naughtily and I felt pressure on my asshole. “Hold still, Ranger,” she teased, her finger working in slow circles that mirrored her tongue in between words. “This is going to be great.”

I’d never let anyone in my ass before. I mean, I’m a former Airborne Frickin’ Ranger. We’re the most alpha egos of the entire military, the type of guys who make Navy SEALs look positively beta. Even the gay Rangers I knew were strict tops, and never the type who let someone into their ass. Yet here was my sexy stepsister, the love of my life, telling me she was going to be sticking her finger in my ass, and that I was going to enjoy it. What was I supposed to do?

I did what my instincts and heart told me to do. I trusted Robin with everything, and I opened my legs a bit wider, nodding silently but still feeling a little unsure.

The first feeling of her finger pushing past my sphincter was masked by her tongue on my cock, and before I knew it, I could feel Robin’s long finger all the way inside me. I didn’t know if I liked it yet; it was kind of weird, but her lips and tongue on my cock were more than a little distracting, and I could barely think. Suddenly, her finger stroked against something inside me, and my cock lurched, a thick shot of precum shooting into her mouth and stars exploding in front of my eyes. “What the fuck?”

“Prostate,” Robin replied quickly before she plunged back onto my cock, sucking smoothly and quickly while her finger continued to probe. I couldn’t believe the combined pleasure, and felt my cock growing harder than it had ever been before.

“Soon,” I could barely gasp in warning, and Robin pulled back, until only the head of my cock was in her mouth, her free hand pumping my shaft while her finger worked my prostate. I exploded, a cry that I think Thor himself would appreciate, my cock spewing spurt after spurt of seed into Robin’s mouth. She kept her lips tight around my head, letting it fill her until I was totally spent, pulling her finger out while I sagged back into the water, facing her. “Holy hell.”

“Told you,” she boasted with a smile. “Now you’re never going to be able to get rid of me.”

T
he flight home
from Atlanta was more tense than I had hoped. Wes tried to hide it, but I could tell he was just as nervous as I was. I’d flown many times before and loved it, but after that crash, I couldn’t help but feel a little worried every time I stepped foot on an airplane. It’d probably take some time to get over it.

After two wonderful days in the hotel room, where the only time we left was to go out to dinner at one of Atlanta’s finest restaurants, both Wes and I were nervous as we knew we had to tell our parents about our relationship. I mean, it wasn’t like we could just keep going for long walks or disappearing for weekend getaways for too long without arousing suspicion. And we both knew that the longer we waited to tell Gerald and Mom about it, the more painful it would be.

“When?” I asked Wes as the plane circled on final approach. I didn’t have to spell it out, he knew exactly what I meant. “You know that they’re going to want to meet us at the baggage terminal.”

“Tonight,” Wes said in reply, holding my hand. At least on the airplane we could hold hands, and nobody batted an eye. We didn’t look at all like the step-siblings we were, and we didn’t even share the same last name. “After we get back and get settled into the family room. I don’t want Winston or Chef or anyone interrupting us on this.”

“Yeah, that would be a bit awkward, although they’re going to have to be filled in eventually, I guess,” I replied, giving him a squeeze. “I mean, they’ve been with the family long enough, they kind of deserve to be told and not just figure stuff out for themselves.”

As predicted, Gerald and Mom met us as soon as we left the security area, although at least I wasn’t swallowed up in hugs and kisses like when we were rescued. After all, it was only a three day weekend in Atlanta. “How was the CNN Center?” Gerald asked after we exchanged hugs. “I heard it’s pretty cool.”

“Actually, it was less cool than you might imagine,” Wes said, giving his father the scoop on what went on behind the camera. “Seriously, your office is a lot cooler than that place.”

“Well, at least you two got a weekend in Atlanta. Did you get to tour any of the Peachtree District?” Mom asked. “I’ve heard a lot about some of the restaurants there, and I so want to visit some time.”

“Yes, Mom,” I said, sharing with her the story about our dinner out, slightly edited to leave out the fact that we went back to the hotel and had sex for two hours afterward. “And when you and Gerald get a chance, you so have to go. You’d love it all, especially what they can do with chocolate and pecans. In fact, when we get home, there’s some local stuff in my bag that Wes made me promise to bring home rather than eat.”

We all laughed, and for the rest of the ride home we got to fill our parents in on what we had seen and done. Gerald was really interested in the whole part with CNN, which I think is funny because he’s done TV spots before, while Mom grilled me on the food scene in Atlanta. She was disappointed when I told her that we didn’t hit up too many restaurants, but she played pretty cool about it. I could tell she wished we had gone to a bunch of places she had seen on Food Network. She and Gerald could afford to go wherever they wanted, but they worked so damned much they never found the time.

When we got home, we enjoyed dinner before moving into the family room. “Robin, before Gerald gets too deep into cruising for a show to watch, I had a question,” Mom asked as we settled down on the sofa. I was sitting next to Wes, who had slung his arm over the back of the sofa like he normally does. From there, I could lean into him if I wanted, which I planned to do later. “You’re still a bit skinny.”

“I know, Mom,” I replied, trying to not roll my eyes as I saw Gerald looking at me, “but I want to make sure I don’t just crash my metabolism. So, it’s going back on, but I’m going to put it on slow and right. Wes and I talked, and he’s going to get me into working out harder again, and putting on the weight the right way. We were going to start next week.”

“I see,” Mom said, her lips pursed in that ‘I understand what you’re saying, but my maternal instincts don’t like it,’ sort of way. “You promise you’re going to be putting on some weight?”

“I promise,” I replied. “If I don’t, you can tell Chef he can start making me double desserts every time I stop by.”

“Mom, actually Wes and I kind of wanted to talk to you guys about some things we were discussing in Atlanta.”

“What is it, honey?” Gerald asked, setting aside the remote he had in his hand. “You’ve been through a lot, I can’t imagine what you two must have gone through out there.”

“Well, Dad,” Wes began, before stopping, looking up at the ceiling, and then at me, trying to find the words. He grinned sheepishly, not sure what to say. “Uh, Robin, a little help?”

I blushed and looked from Wes to Mom and then Gerald, who leaned forward, his elbows resting on his knees. “Honey, whatever you have to say, go ahead,” Mom encouraged me, smiling her most accepting smile, not knowing the bombshell we were about to drop.

I nodded and swallowed, reaching up to take Wes’s hand. He gave me a squeeze, which I returned. “Well guys,” we both began, before breaking out into a chuckle. I leaned into Wes, who wrapped his arm around me and gave me a squeeze.

“Okay, I guess I’ll go,” Wes said, and looked at his father. “Something happened to us out there. Dad, Robin and I, well, up in Canada we realized that we love each other.”

“Of course, you two have been stepsiblings for nearly a decade of your lives,” Gerald said, not realizing what Wes actually meant, while realization seemed to have already dawned in Mom’s eyes.

“No, Dad, what I mean is, Robin and I are in love with each other.”

Gerald sat quietly for a moment before breaking out in a smile. He looked over at Mom, who also smiled at him. “Told you,” Mom said with a triumphant smirk. “I could tell as soon as they got off that helicopter in Vancouver.”

“Okay, okay, you win. You get control of the Netflix for a week,” Gerald replied, handing over the remote. “Took them damn near long enough to figure it out.”

“Wait, what do you mean?” I said, looking from my mother to my stepfather and back. “In my mind, I thought this conversation was going to be going a lot differently than this.”

Mom laughed and tucked the remote under her left leg in case Gerald tried to sneak it away from her. “Honey, we’ve known you two have had a thing for each other for a long time now. You two have flirted in front of us for years, and while I know sometimes it can be innocent, I can tell the difference. Sure, the two of us talked about it . . . ”

“Talked? I think we worried ourselves pretty much into acid indigestion a few times about it at first,” Gerald joked, his grin widening, “but as the two of you matured, we came to the realization that it didn’t really matter. Wesley, you stood up on your own and made your own way in the world. That sort of strength, that sort of drive and determination is going to be important, especially when the two of you become open in your relationship. Robin, you’ve been strong in your own right, but at the same time you’ve both done a lot of running away from the simple fact that the two of you belong together, and you made some mistakes.”

“What do you mean?” Wes asked, pulling me tighter and wrapping his arms around me. It felt great, especially since our parents reciprocated, although Mom looked like she was perched a bit precariously on Gerald’s lap in his recliner. “Not about the strong part, I anticipate that, but about the mistakes part.”

“Son, you think I didn’t know why you kept taking those overseas work assignments, especially when Robin was around the house? And don’t get me started on those men Robin was bringing around. Then there were the funny things, like Robin watching all those military movies when you were in service, and Wes picking computer engineering? I’m glad you make a living at it, but you’re a man of action. I hate to stereotype people, but you don’t look the part. But since Robin went into robotics, you chose something you two could be close on. Come on, this is too easy.”

I felt like the detective in
The Usual Suspects
, when he figures out that Kevin Spacey was Keyser Soze and the mastermind behind it all, and all the pieces started to click into place. Had Wes and I really been dancing around each other for so long, never willing to admit to each other what was plainly obvious to our parents?

D
ad’s words
hit Robin hard, but then again, they hit me hard as well. I kind of sat there, stunned for a bit, trying to figure out what to say. Finally, a question popped into my head. “Do Winston and Chef know?”

“We’ve never asked them, but I suspect they do,” Rebekah replied. “They’re both smart people, Wes. And I know that Winston has a particular fondness for Robin that has made him rather protective of her.”

“True,” I said, thinking of the butler. “Think he’ll approve?”

“Winston is as fond of you as he is of your sis . . . of Robin,” Dad said. “Sorry, while I’m fine with you two seeing each other and all that entails, I think I’ll avoid those particular titles. You two are beyond them now.”

“Yeah . . . about that,” I began, before Rebekah cut me off.

“Wesley, Gerald and I don’t need to know all the intimate details of your relationship. Suffice it to say that I remember what it is like being a woman in love in my twenties, and that I’m sure there are things you two have done that you would rather remain private. But I will say this: pick one of your bedrooms, I don’t care which one, and use it. You both are too tall to be trying to sleep on the sofa every night. Horrible for your back.”

“Thanks . . . can I still call you Mom?”

“Of course, Wes. Now that you two have finally gotten that part out, do you mind if we relax for a bit? Since I won the bet your father and I had, I get to control the TV, and there are some cupcakes that I want to watch get baked.”

Dad groaned while Robin and I laughed, and soon the four of us were back to like we were any other time we spent a night in the family room, the only difference being Robin and I didn’t feel as self-conscious about cuddling on the sofa. When the final show was complete, Rebekah shut off the television and turned to us. “So I have to ask, what are you two going to do now?”

I thought about it for a moment, then hugged Robin tight. I started to say something about hunting for a new job when Robin interrupted me.

“Well, we planned on going overseas,” Robin said with a semi-sleepy smile. “After all, we have to go backpacking in the Andes, and go camping in Borneo, maybe hiking the volcanoes of Hawaii . . . ”

Dad groaned and threw his head back in mock agony. Rebekah gave Robin a stern look before returning a smile.

* * *

T
he next morning
, I got the call I was expecting on my cellphone. CNN had aired the interview, and my employers were giving me the axe. “Wes, you did great work for us for the past three years,” my older handler, a guy that I called Oscar, said. “That last job, in Russia? You did us a big favor. But we can’t have you on television, Wes. You realize that, right?”

“I know,” I said, sitting in my room. Robin had left when I told her who it was, and the quiet space felt heavy to me. It was weird. I mean, I’d left jobs before. I left the military of my own free will, and I knew what I was doing when I agreed to do the CNN interview. I was more or less giving a very public resignation. Still, I’d never been fired from a job before. It felt strange, even more so since this wasn’t just any job. It had been my life, but it was time for a new chapter in my life. “I guess I was still a bit rattled from the whole thing in the mountains.”

“Wes, you had a very different contract than a lot of our operatives, so there won’t be any major consequences,” Oscar replied, “but the fact is, you cut your own throat as an operative for us. I’ll talk to my bosses, but the most we might be able to get for you is as a normal hacker, behind a normal computer, playing
Starcraft
when you’re not on duty if you want to stay with us.”

“No, you know that’s not my style,” I told Oscar, “but thanks. You guys don’t mind if I list the public front for my resume, do you?”

“Not at all,” Oscar said, a chuckle in his voice. “In fact, if you apply to certain government agencies, we might just give a bit more than the standard recommendation. But if you’re looking for a job at Microsoft, you’re just going to get the standard corporate letter, you know.”

“I know. Thanks, Oscar. It’s been good working with you.”

“You too, Wes. Take care of yourself.”

The line went dead, and I stared at my cellphone, knowing that even if I tried to redial the number, it wouldn’t connect to anything—just one of the ways that Oscar protected himself. It was funny: I worked with the man for years, even when I was still a college student, and I think I only met him once, at my initial recruitment. You just never knew with spooks.

Leaving my phone on my bed, I walked out into the back yard where Robin was sitting and looking over the grounds beyond the pool. It was far too cold to enjoy the water, but she still looked great in the cool light with her long, black hair pulled into a ponytail, a white, cable knit sweater, and jeans that hugged her hips and curves beautifully.