Brady's Hellion (5 page)

“Good morning,” she chirped, sliding into the chair
across from him. “Ooh, coffee! Please, say you don’t mind.” She
reached across the table and picked up his cup.

“I take it black and strong,” he warned her. “And
careful, that’s hot. It was just made.”

She lifted an eyebrow. “So do I.” She sipped without
a wince. “Just what I needed.”

“Here, you go, hon.” The waitress left a second cup
and filled it with a smile at both of them. She flashed Raven one
filled with envy. “You know what you want?” After taking their
orders, she rushed off.

“You pretended to do that invisible thing again,
didn’t you? That’s why not one guy drooled as you walked by.” Brady
tried to rescue his cup, but she refused to give it up.

“I like drinking out of a cup that tastes of you,”
she murmured, smiling over the rim.

Damn, if that didn’t wake him up better than a gallon
of high-octane caffeine injected directly into his veins!

“Not safe to tease a hungry man, darlin’.”

She ignored his warning as she added more coffee to
her cup. “I couldn’t resist it.”

“I’ll remember that.” He focused on her pink glossed
lips resting against the cup’s rim. Lips he wouldn’t mind seeing
wrapped around his… He shook off the thought as the waitress
appeared with their breakfast. “How about we take a drive around
the island after breakfast? We could take a look at that famous
waterfall they talk about? I can sign out a Jeep from the front
desk and have the restaurant make up a lunch basket for us.”

“I can be ready any time.”

That he didn’t doubt.

*****

An hour later they were in a small open-air Jeep that
hugged the narrow road leading up the mountain. A lunch basket was
in the back seat. Brady’s hand was sure on the wheel as he raced up
the road. He was happy to see that the speed didn’t frighten Raven;
instead she seemed to revel in it.

“The Concierge said it’s about a half mile hike
inland once we park,” he told her, later pulling into a small paved
parking area. A small wooden sign by a nearby path indicated the
direction for Woman of Secrets Falls. “Legend has it if you tell
the woman living in the falls your deepest dark secrets she will
keep it safe for you.”

“Sometimes it would be nice to have someone you can
trust.” She looked off into the distance.

“Yeah,” he quietly agreed, pulling the basket out of
the back of the Jeep with one hand and taking her hand in the
other.

The climb was an easy one and they soon found their
way to an outcropping of stone that overlooked a deep blue pool of
fresh water and the falls that spilled into it.

“This is incredible,” Raven stood at the railing,
looking down into the water with its rainbow of colors.” She bent
further over the railing.

“Hey, I don’t think you want to take an unexpected
swim.” He stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist,
resting his chin on the top of her head. “You take that steep a
dive and you could end up in some serious hurt. I’m not sure I’d
want to carry you all the way up that hill either.”

She laughed. “I don’t weigh all that much! Besides,
I’d be fine. The water’s deep enough for a dive even from up here.”
She looked over her shoulder with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
“Wouldn’t you like to check out the swimming conditions down
there?”

“Even if there are No Swimming signs posted?”

Raven made a show of looking all around. They were
the only ones there. “Come on, Brady, be bad with me.” She lowered
her hand to caress the front of his shorts. She found the zipper
tab and slowly lowered it, delving inside. She circled his rapidly
expanding cock with her fingers.

“You like breaking the rules and pushing limits,
Brady,” she murmured. “I see it in your eyes. In the way you carry
yourself. This isn’t all that big of a rule.”

He moved his hips against the stroke of her fingers.
“What makes me think you didn’t wear a bathing suit under your
clothing?”

“Good guess.” She gave his dick a soft pat and zipped
him back up. “There wouldn’t be such a well-worn path if it hasn’t
been used a lot.” She moved out of the security of his arms and
headed for the end of the curved railing. “Come on, Brady. Let’s be
bad together.”

Before he could react, she had her clothes off, stood
at the edge and with arms outstretched, executed a perfect swan
dive.

“Rae!” He ran to the edge and looked over to see
barely a splash of water when she landed. He was ready to follow
her over when a blonde head appeared on the surface.

“It’s wonderful, Brady! Come on!”

“I like my bones in one piece,” he called back. “I’ll
take the path.” He snatched up her clothes and the basket all the
while muttering she could turn him old before his time.

“Are you coming in?” Raven rolled over and floated on
her back in the middle of the pool.

“If a family with kids shows up you’re going to give
them an education.” He toed off his shoes and pulled his t-shirt
over his head. “After seeing you, no red-blooded boy will find
anyone comparable.”

“Setting high standards is always good.” She floated
lazily around the perimeter of the pool. “Come in and play Sink the
Torpedo.”

Brady closed his eyes. “Damn, you’re killin’ me.” But
he shucked the last of his clothing and made a shallow dive
shooting straight for Raven who laughed and swam toward the
waterfall going behind the sheet of water.

The two laughed and chased each other in the water
until Brady dove under and swam up, grabbing Raven. She shrieked
with laughter and tried to kick out of his hold with no success.
But then she wasn’t trying very hard. Paddling gently with her
hands, she slipped her legs around his waist. Her mouth was cool
and wet but quickly warmed by his kiss.

“You’re more a little crazy,” he told her, inserting
a finger then two into her and wasn’t surprised to find her wet for
him. She moaned softly and rotated her hips to his touch. He
alternated between slow dips to quick flicks that quickened her
breath. He kicked his legs to keep them afloat.

“And I bet you jumped out of an airplane with a
parachute that for all you knew might not open. Who’s the crazy
one?” Her lips feathered over his face.

Brady held his cock and guided it inside Raven’s
pussy, thrusting upward in one smooth stroke.

Raven held on to his shoulders, pushing down as he
thrust up. “See, you are crazy,” she murmured against his lips.

Brady’s euphoria was diverted when voices sounded
from overhead; two of them suspiciously sounding like kids. “Oh
hell,” he muttered. With them in the middle of the pool there was
no way they wouldn’t be seen. “It can’t be.” Now he understood the
meaning of the term ‘the thrill is gone’.

Raven wiggled her hips to catch his attention. “It’s
all right,” she whispered with a smile. “No one can see us.”

“Rae, we’re in the middle of the pool giving the kids
an excellent view of outdoor sex.” He gritted his teeth.

“And maybe Mom and Dad will get ideas,” she joked.
“Trust me, they won’t see anything.” She nipped his shoulder. “They
only see water.”

“Honey, did you get a good picture of the falls?” A
woman’s voice was heard.

“All of you stand there by the railing and I can get
one of all of you along with the falls,” a man directed.

“Dad, can we go swimming down there? It looks so
cool!”

“No swimming allowed, sport.”

Brady waited for kids to yell and parents threaten to
call the authorities, but it didn’t happen.

“Sweetheart, it’s huge!” the woman said.

Raven’s shoulders shook with silent laughter as she
dropped her head to his shoulder. His hips moved upward, feeling
the tight clench of her vaginal muscles

“This supposedly was a volcano. It probably won’t
blow again any time soon.”

“Says you,” Brady muttered, feeling the sensation
build by the second. At the last moment, they slid down under
water. He was positive the water up top looked as if sharks were
thrashing about. When they finally surfaced, the family was making
noises about leaving.

“Okay, you made your point,” Brady said, as they swam
back to the shore.

Raven squeezed the water out of her hair and shook
herself free of excess water. “I’ve heard that public sex adds to
the experience.” She shot him a mischievous grin. “They were
right.”

“Oh yeah, shoots the heart rate right out of the ball
park.” He pulled the blanket out of the picnic basket and spread it
out.

“Brady?”

“Huh?”

“Do you have something you’d like to tell me?”

The hint of fury in her voice was his first clue that
all was not right.

His second was when what felt like a firecracker
zapped his ass.

“What the fuck!” He jumped and turned around to find
Raven the hellion. The air fairly crackled around her, instantly
drying her hair and flying around her face. Even nude, she
presented a formidable picture. Her eyes were glittering blue orbs
that looked as if they could melt steel and right now, the one they
wanted to melt was him. He started to ask her what the problem was
when it finally hit him.

She’d seen the mark.

“Who are you?” Her voice throbbed with rage. “No one
can hide their origin from me, yet you’ve managed to do just that.
And no lies. I don’t tolerate untruths.”

Brady didn’t doubt that she wouldn’t hesitate in
turning him into an oilyspot if not worse. Who knew she had this
kind of temper?

“It’s not what you think. And I’m very much human,”
he said quickly, holding up his hands in what he hoped stood for
surrender even in her world.

She swallowed several times. “Who sent you?”

“Shar asked me to keep an eye on you.” He winced,
aware how that was going to sound. By the look of betrayal that
crossed her face, it hurt even more than he feared.

“My…” she licked her lips. “My stepbrother hired you
to pick me up. To fuck me?”

“No,” Brady hastened to assure her. “He just wanted
me to make sure no one bothered you.”

“So you fucked me so no one would bother me?”

He knew he was in deep shit and sinking fast.

“Raven, honey.” He started toward her.

She held out her hands. “Do not call me honey and
don’t you dare try to touch me!” She blinked rapidly then frowned
as she swiped something damp from her eyes.

Deciding he’d have better luck reasoning with her if
he was dressed, he quickly pulled on his shorts and t-shirt while
she picked up her clothing and put it on.

“Shar promised me this time was my own,” she
muttered. “He said he would leave me alone and now I find that he
hired someone to…” She stopped and dropped to the ground. “He lied
to me!” She looked up at him with angry damp eyes. “Get out.”

“Raven, I can’t leave you alone.”

“Your job is done here. Don’t worry, my stepbrother
will still pay you for your services,” she said bitterly. “

He knew he had to take the chance even if she could
turn him into a charcoal briquette.

“He was only thinking of you, He asked me to keep an
eye on you from a distance, but then I saw you…”

Lightning cracked overhead. “And you thought I was a
sure thing. I lived up to it, didn’t I?”

“No, I never thought that. What I thought was that I
was looking at a beautiful, funny woman who I wanted to see more
of. Not as a job, but because there’s something about you that
makes me want more,” he admitted. “I’ve never made love to any of
my clients, Raven.” He deliberately used her real name. “What we
had last night and just a few minutes ago, well, it was magic. It
was something I never felt before. Maybe we haven’t known each
other that long, but I want to know more abut you. I want to learn
what makes you tick. Your likes and dislikes.”

A slight softening of her features had him hoping he
was getting through to her.

“You knew me because of Shar’s mark.” Her gaze
drifted downward.

He nodded. “But that’s all. Everything that’s
happened between us is just us, no one else. Hell, for all I know,
Shar would probably have me boiled in oil for what we’ve done.”

“Oh, no, that’s only for minor offenses,” she
murmured, sniffing loudly. “So you knew all along about my family
and it didn’t disgust you?”

“If you saw my family on a Saturday night, you
wouldn’t worry so much about yours.” He chanced moving closer to
her.

Raven refused to look at him. “I have to think about
it.”

As long as she didn’t toast him, literally, he was
willing to take it.

Chapter Four

Lunch turned out not to be as awkward as Brady
thought it would be. Raven was unexpectedly quiet and he didn’t
coax her into conversation but let her take the lead.

“How do you know Shar?” she finally asked, nibbling
on chunks of pineapple and papaya.

“He showed up about four years ago when I was in
Afghanistan. Did me a favor and when I said I owed him, he told me
he’d take me up on it when the time was right. After that, we’d run
into each other every so often.”

“Did you know then what he was?” She looked down, her
loose hair spilling around her face.

Brady shook his head. “Not until later. “

“Many men would have run from him.”

“Yeah, well, I’ve been called crazy in my time.”

“What did he tell you about me?” She still
concentrated on the sweet fruit.

“Not much. That you’re his stepsister, I can’t see
the family resemblance anywhere, by the way, and that you were
basically taking a vacation before assuming some family duties.”
His stomach twisted as he uttered the last words. After twenty-four
hours he already knew he didn’t want to give her up.

All he had to do was first persuade her not to hate
him.

“Raven?”