[B.S. #1] Tied Up in Knotts (21 page)

James looked at Chase. “When did you get so smart?”

“By listening to all the times that you would tell Dad about your adventures. Well I’ll admit most of the time, I was jealous, but I did listen carefully. You didn’t mention names, but I have gotten to know the guys pretty well now. So names don’t have to be passed around for me to know what all your specialties were in the army. The only one I haven’t figured out is Angel, he’s a big scary dude, I don’t mind admitting.” Chase looked over at Angel with a grin.

Angel just gave him the finger. “Keep guessing, I don’t fit in to any pattern and that’s how I like it. Our people could never fit in any pattern that was acceptable to the white people and they paid with their lives. So don’t waste your time trying to figure me out. Just accept me like the other guys do and you and I will get along just fine.”

“Angel’s right, Chase, you will never figure him out and we have stopped trying to. We just know when Angel has a gut feeling to listen. That feeling has saved our asses many times. We don’t question him anymore. If he thinks this is a trap of some kind he’s right. I also agree with your assessment of Grant. That guy can make anyone believe what he wants them to when he get on that computer of his,” James explained to Chase.

“We’ll just have to be smarter than the Feds and Carlos at the same time. I think we should wait to hear what Grant can find out from the notebook then devise a plan.

“We all should all take the night to think on it. We will gather in the office in the morning, by then Grant will have more information,” James told the men surrounding him in the living room.

“Chase why don’t you look into the surrounding revitalization of the area the property is situated in?” He really liked having his brother involved in this case. They were usually on two different wavelengths with their very different occupations. James would never tell Chase, but sometime the ease of Chase’s moneymaking skills amazed him. He was grateful, after all he had enough money for a couple of lifetime from Chase’s investments. James finally felt as if he could give back and teach Chase in a small way that there was more to life that sitting behind a desk.

Clay rose from his seat. “Let’s go, guys, I think James has another problem to deal with tonight. I want us all to be able to think straight when planning this. It could come back to bite us on the ass if we’re not careful.”

Looking directly at James, as he made his way to the door, he added, “And James, make nice and fix this. We don’t need any extra shit on our plate right now and Avery is still a loose cannon. We don’t want her to go off on a tangent and let the cat out of the bag before we are ready. She’s smart, she probably came to the same conclusion we did. She just might get it in her head that telling the Feds where she suspect the drugs are will let her off the hook. She’s still too trusting. Make her see that our way is the only way.”

Angel and the other guys followed Clay out the door. Chase remained in his seat. Waiting to ask the very personal questions he had for James, after they left.

As soon as they had closed the door, Chase turned to James. “You’re really serious about Avery, aren’t you? I know you’re always by the book, if you can be, but this time you’re putting the firm’s whole reputation on the line. What if this all goes south? Does she mean that much to you? I didn’t think any woman would make you take this kind of risk with the company. Maybe you should rethink this? After all, as Angel said, we can just tell the Feds everything and your job would be done. You don’t have to go the extra mile, that’s not what you were hired for.” James could hear the concern in Chase’s voice

“With any other woman, you would be right. I would probably walk away now. But it’s different with Avery ever since the Feds first informed me of the case and I first saw her picture.” James hesitated. How to explain to Chase when he really didn’t understand it himself
?

“I don’t know, her eyes seem to be pleading to me from the picture. I could tell she was innocent from that first glance. Knowing she didn’t have anyone on her side or looking after her drove me crazy.

“I just claimed her in that moment. I know I sound crazy. After I got to know her, the feelings just got stronger. It’s like there’s a rubber band that keeps pulling us together.

“She’s a brat most of the time, but when it goes right between the two of us, there’s that snap of the rubber band pulling us together that I can’t resist.” James paused, gathering his thoughts.

“It’s hard to explain, but she speaks to me on another level. And, yes, you don’t have to say I sound like Angel. I know from experience that there is something or someone higher than us guiding everything we do. I know it sounds corny, but I think I’ve met my other half. Angel keeps on saying he’s looking for his soul mate. Well I think I’ve found mine.”

In disbelieve Chase looked at James to see if he was serious. He could tell from James’s face that he believed everything he was saying. Getting to his feet he walked over to James’s chair. Grabbing James’s shoulder he said, “I hope I’m half as lucky.” With that Chase left the apartment, closing the door softly behind him.

Chapter Twenty-Two

James sat in his chair, thinking and sipping his Scotch a long time after Chase left. He didn’t know how to make Avery understand that he did like her look that night, but only if he was the only one looking. He was a possessive bastard and wouldn’t allow her to flaunt her wares for anyone but him. God, she always took his breath away whenever she stepped into a room. Thinking of her dressed as she was that night, his cock was as hard as a board. His only thoughts that night were to get her under him as fast as possible. If that was all he could think about when he looked at her, he knew others would have the same idea. Her body was his and it would be his decision if anyone got to see more of her, that was the norm.

Avery opened the door of the bedroom silently. She knew the others had left by the silence now coming from the living room. Did James leave also? she wondered.

She had been rethinking all that James had said to her. After she had cooled down, she had to admit that James might have had a point. She had dressed to seduce him that night, but they were going out in public. She couldn’t stop other men from getting the same signal she was trying to send to James. She finally admitted after sitting for hours on the john stewing, that she only wanted James. He might be bossy, but she knew that her heart didn’t care.

She knew he had crept in, when she realized she really wanted to know everything about him. While she admired his muscular body and tight ass, she wanted more. Her mind had seen the whole package and without her knowing when, she had given her heart to the man.

Damn! She was going to have to do some fancy dance to get out of the spanking that James had promised her. She kind of liked the ones he had already given her, not that she would tell him. But this time was different. She had seen the angry disappointed look on his face, this spanking would not lead to anything but a sore ass.

Tiptoeing down the hall, Avery spotted James in the same chair that he had been sitting in earlier. He was sitting in a halo of light shining down from the lamp beside him, leaning back and every now and then, Avery watched as he sipped at his Scotch. He seemed to be deep in thought, looking off into space.

He looked to Avery as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders and was looking for a solution from the heavens. With the soft glow on his raven black hair, he looked like a fallen angel to her and she almost laughed at her musing. She didn’t think anyone would mistake the man sitting there with anything holy. Avery couldn’t wait, she had to tell him how she felt, if she didn’t she thought she would burst.

Rushing up to James she threw her arms around him, making him jump and spill his Scotch in his lap. James had been so deep in thought he hadn’t heard Avery’s approach.

His thoughts came to a crashing halt when he felt the cold wetness of the Scotch soaking into his now quickly deflating cock, which had been hard while he thought of her.

Springing out of his chair and breaking the hold her arms had around him, James muttered, “God damn,” pulling his wet pants away from his body. Turning to Avery James said without thought, “What were you thinking? Do you want to waste all my Scotch?”

Noticing the disheartened look on Avery’s face, James forgot about his wet clothes. He hastily put his glass on the table and enfolded her into his arms. Scotch didn’t matter, she was what truly mattered. He just held her close to his body and kissed the top of her head, that was now laid over his heart as she cuddled up to him.

She belonged in his arms, the feeling of being whole enveloping him. James just stood there and took in the calm feeling settling through his whole body. Nothing could replace this feeling of being complete. He just had to make her understand.

Slowly he unwounded her arms from around him. Putting his arm around her shoulders, he led her into the bedroom. Stopping beside the bed, he turned her to face him, softly grasping her chin and raising her head, his focus on her lips.

Her lip were slightly trembling. James lowered his head and took them with his. He wanted to devour her at his first taste. Holding himself back, he lightened the kiss and let her lips go, to look up into the pools of green that were looking at him with love shining brightly in their depths.

“Is this the build up to my spanking? Because, if it is, I think we should just skip it and keep going and see where this leads us instead.” Raising both hands, she caressed his cheeks with one of her fingers, then got up on her tippy toes and brought her mouth to his.

“I love you, James,” she said as she released his lips. “I just wanted you to know. I also understand what you were trying to say earlier about my outfit. I don’t think I would like women gobbling you up with their eyes, if you wore something that, as you put it, was advertising. I’m finding I am very
possessive,
too. I know I don’t have a claim on you, but for tonight can we forget everything and just be together?”

Gripping Avery around the waist, James hugged her close to his body, and then laid her down on the bed with his body following hers every step. James made himself comfortable between her legs. His cock making a place for itself between her folds.

Reached up, he gently brushed the hair from around her face and looked down into the green eyes staring back at him.

“You might thing you don’t have a claim, but I was yours the first time that you laid eyes on me. I just wanted to grab you out of that diner and run away with you. So baby, what I’m trying to say is, I love you too and everything I have is yours, you only have to ask.” Lowering his head, he reclaimed her lips. His left hand held her head just where he wanted it as he devoured her mouth, now he knew she was his.

His right hand made its way down to her cloth-covered breast, where he found a hard nipple poking into his hand without any stimulation. Going lower, he gripped the bottom edge of her T-shirt and raised it to her chin, unclasping the front clasp of her bra and peeling back the cup and teasing her nipple.

Avery was now trying to squirm away from his lip, desperately trying to get her hands from beneath his chest so she could touch him. James just leaner harder into her. He made sure she could breathe, but he couldn’t let her touch him right now. He would go off like a school boy and he needed to be buried in her when that happened.

Trying to distract her, his hand left her breast and made its way down to her mound. He could feel her heat through the panties that she wore. He started to circle her clit through her panties now that Avery was lifting up to him, not trying to escape his arms.

Lifting up, James made quick work of ridding her of her clothes. When she tried to help with his Scotch-soaked ones, he took her hands in both of his and held them away from his body, gently pushing her back on the bed.

“Just lay there. I want to be able see all your beauty while I take my clothes off.” James rose from the bed and started pulling his wet clothes off.

Avery lay back down on the bed. Looking up at James, she admired his rippling muscles and trim waist as he took off each piece of clothes. While she didn’t want to change the mood, she just couldn’t let it go. She had to know, she didn’t want a spanking from James, this moment was too perfect

“What happened to the big bad Dom that wanted to spank me? Not that I’m complaining.” Avery was drooling just looking at James as his stiff cock came into view, nearly reaching his stomach. She was eating him up with her big green eyes and not thinking about her words.

James felt ten feet tall, knowing that Avery loved him. Avery could never hide her feelings, her eyes always showed what she felt and with just one look into her green eyes staring up at him James could tell he was well loved…He hoped she never changed. He didn’t want to talk, but Avery being a brat would keep it up until she had an answer. “The Dom has been tamed.” Avery glanced up into his eyes in surprise.

Stalking to the bed, his cock pointed in her direction, James added, “But just for tonight. Don’t think I’m not keeping track of all your bratty words, but tonight is not the time for discipline. I just want to sink into you and never come out.” With that said he climbed on the bed and gently covered her with his body, keeping his weight off her with his elbows on either side of her head. Taking her lips, his cock, nearly bursting with need, reached her heat at the same time. Plunging into her warmth. James let her mouth go long enough to groan at the exquisite feeling. He felt scorched. It had never felt like this before for him. He knew she filled all the holes in his life and she was all he would every need. He knew he was connected to his soul mate in that moment.

Avery was bowled over by the feeling of James’s hard cock in her. She loved the feeling of being so full, he stretched her almost to the point of pain. But it had also started a fire in her. She couldn’t just lie back and let things unfold at his pace. He was slowly plunging and retreating into her cunt, she could feel all the veins of his cock as he continued to harden in her, his pace was driving her crazy. Grabbing James shoulders, she raised her mound grinding her clit against his cock, her explosion was near, just a little harder and faster and she would reach bliss.