Burning Heart: Fighting Heart Erotic Bad Boy Romance Series Book 4 (7 page)

“Looking forward to making up with you…”

“Call me when you see this. I need you…”

Damn. They were messages from a lover, a deeply sexual relationship. If Ashley saw them it would rock her hard and destroy the moment.  He shifted Ashley around, and she took it as a sign of manly intent. She raised an eyebrow and flashed a smile at him as he planted her butt on the television table. “You are so naughty, Mr Barnes,” she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his mouth down to hers. He saw the phone just as he kissed her, managing to throw his jacket over it. Within the delicious kiss, he felt like a liar. Ashley, sweet girl, deserved so much better than this. Heck, Joanna deserved better than this. But his urge had overcome him. Ashley teased him with her tender lips and caressing tongue.

“That’s your two minutes, Mister,” said Ashley, gently.

“Ash…”

“But did you know, there’s a very special limited time offer on right now…”

“Is there?” he said. His hands squeezed the soft flesh of her hips. He wanted to hold those hips with all of her body naked against him. He wanted to see and feel and enjoy her, and see her beautiful face succumb to orgasm…

“What’s the special limited time offer, Ash?”

“Keep taking my mind off everything else, and I’ll show you…”

“Are you sure, Ash…?”

She looked at the moment of seriousness in his eyes and read a hundred things into it. There was concern for her feelings, worry about abusing the situation, and there was Joanna Laws’ shadow too… but now she didn’t want to think about any of that. He was on her territory. She would have this as a holiday from reality, a moment’s paradise before the storm hit once again.

“Don’t think, Cody. This is all we need right now…”

He nodded, and put his ill-feelings aside, reminding himself of the exquisite feel of Ashley’s body. The line was drawn. It was declared that they belonged to each other now and that nothing else mattered. Desire and sweetness. Their kisses became ravenous. She broke away…

“Sweetheart, will you…?”

Cody followed her eyes and her thoughts down to her jeans and grinned before she finished speaking. She looked sheepish and horny all at once. “Of course I will, honey. I dream of that…”

“I dream of you doing it…”

He was so hard now, he was bursting against his trousers, but he wanted to please Ashley more than he wanted to fuck her. That would come, he needed her body like nothing else. But primed, and sated, he guessed the experience would be even better for the both of them. He unbuttoned her jeans and slid them down her hips, Ashley providing a helpful wiggle on the way. He stared at the flat downward curve of the front of her panties as they curled down towards the place of his deepest fantasy and satisfaction. He knelt down to tease her, and to help pull he jeans away. Ashley sighed, knowing his face was so near where she needed it to be. She felt the urgent need for relief, a sweet yearning in her belly and all around her vagina. She knew that she was wet because this was almost wrong in context, and that made it feel even better. They were breaking all their rules…

He smelt a hint of her pussy, just as she knew he would and when he looked up at her, she saw the animal in his eyes.

“Go on, honey. Go on…” she said, encouraging him and totally lost to desire.

He nodded, and teased her lace panties down over her sumptuous hips to expose the fine silken blond hair of her mound. It looked wonderful up close. He kissed it and she squirmed. With her panties off, she chucked and sat up and back on the television table, knocking the phone and the coat out of the way. She opened her thighs for him, and looked down at what he could see. Her big fleshy lips, her pussy engorged with need, and the glisten which hinted at the arousal within. He saw it all, and he smiled and his head slid towards her. He started with gentle kisses that teased her. His lips found the soft flesh at the top of her mound, beneath her fine hair and he kissed it. She gently groaned, and then she groaned more deeply as his tongue probed under the fleshy hood which held her clitoris.  She gritted her teeth and hissed as the pleasure climbed higher within her body, as Cody‘s mouth kissed and sucked at her.

“Cody… Don’t tease…” She slid her hands around the back of his head and gently pressed him in. He got the message and kissed harder, then began to lap gently at her pussy, filling his mouth with the taste of her – a taste he wanted so much – and then he rolled his tongue across and over her little clit again and again. He felt it swelling. He felt the gently rock and roll of her hips against him, and he felt her need translate into the pushing of his face against her, mashing his lips against her pussy. His face was covered in her juices and he revelled in it as evidence of pleasing the young woman he adored… He wanted to feel her. He wanted to feel intimately what his cock would feel soon.
Such delight.
He slid his hand under her, his thumb pressed against her anus so Ashley groaned, and he felt her twitch and almost release. He slid three fingers across her pussy lips and they slid into her ready slit with ease. Her body was hungry. He enjoyed the hot wet silk of her wonderful womanhood, and it drove him insane with want. And as his fingers pushed at the throbbing walls of her pussy, she relented to the cataclysmic orgasm, her body shuddering back against the wall as she held Cody’s head tight to her, pushing her whole orgasm into his face. He nodded and kissed her and struggled for breath and he did not mind at all. A moment later, he surfaced, with Ashley smiling, closed eyed and reclined awkwardly against the wall, her womanhood hot and tender and still throbbing with cum.

“Oh yeah…” she said. “That hit the spot.”

“Did it?”

“And then some…”

“Let’s hope this hits another spot…” said Cody. She opened her eyes wider and shifted as she saw his swollen cock demanding attention. She shifted and opened her body more fully, offering herself to him.

“I want it. Give,” she said.

Cody didn’t wait. He leaned up and over her and slid down and angled his cock up and into her. His body pressed hers into the wall, but they were too far gone to go to the bed. She was like a warm lake inside, and he was bestial, plunging, ramming, and ready to go. She looked up at him with open eyes, taking the whole sight in as she felt him move past the point of no return.

“Do it…” she said;

He looked at her, gasping, and he was the sexiest thing she’d ever seen, his body pressing against her, his cock fucking her as deep as he could.

“Do it,” she said once more. And like a volcano, she felt him erupt. He fell upon her, seizing her body, gripping her soft flesh as his seed was buried deep in the top of her pussy. “Hold it there,” she said, holding his ass cheeks tight. He was spilling his cum in her, because of her, and she wanted every single bit of his orgasm inside her.  They fell together, wrecked by sex, and kissed into a kind of half slumber. It was long minutes before they recovered from such fantastic sex. But when they did, Cody slowly shifted away, smiling with sleepy eyes, feeling guilty for his duplicity. He looked past Ashley’s beautiful flushed face at his mobile phone, half visible beneath his crumpled jacket. The phone lay just behind Ashley’s shoulder. For the lovers, Joanna Laws had become a stumbling block. And for Cody, Joanna was a sweet trap. He looked at the phone so close to Ashley’s face. It was as if the phone itself wanted to whisper those text messages into Ashley’s ear. But he could nothing about it. The phone would have to it stay where it was. Ashley shifted, crossed her legs and stretched out with feminine grace, unfurling her spine into its original pre-coital position. Cody stopped breathing and watched her twist around. Her stretch pulled the jacket away and exposed the phone screen. Jogged by Ashley, the screen lit up. The girl stood, turned, stretched her arms up and yawned. Cody looked into her eyes, waiting. But when she looked at him, he saw no negativity. Maybe he had gotten away with it. But he didn’t want such feelings to taint his joy. He needed this thing with Joanna to be over, as soon as possible.  Yet before that problem could be overcome, a far greater, more immediate crisis was at hand…

When I glimpsed those texts from Joanna, it hammered home that Cody and Joanna were still a couple, no matter how intense our love making had been. It was almost as though the woman was taunting me from afar, invading our latest chance to get back together. The sex had been immense, and I mean just
awesome
… From the moment Cody went down on me, he made love to me. And when he got more physical, he simply overwhelmed me. It was something else. Maybe it was all that emotional tension in the air, but whatever it was, my mind was blown. He tried to hide the phone, I knew that as soon as I saw the screen. It hurt, but I pretended all was well while I got my head together. I was still woozy with sex, the sweet boy’s cum still inside me. I was in no position to argue, and I felt like I was falling deeper for him, even though I knew he had hidden the truth. But we both had. I knew they were together when I flirted with him, when we kissed, when we screwed. I just didn’t want them to be. So, basking in the sensations of our love, I buried my upset, and put on my best acting face to smooth it over and I talked to him about our battle plan. I threw in the offer of Terry’s help, and Cody looked interested, but I saw he intended to stop Terry coming on board. My time was almost up. Brandon said I could have a day to make up my mind, but what decision could I really make? There was only ever one way this was going to play out. Cody saw that too. I had to go to see Brandon. Maybe there was a slim chance that this would work out well – that Cody could help me, but as much as I respected him – and needed him – I wasn’t holding my breath.

“Why?”

“I need to do this, Ash.”

“We’re here planning, Cody. Planning to make this work and planning involves wisdom. Doing this thing alone sounds a lot more like pride than any kind of wisdom.”

“Maybe. But I can do it. Please believe in me, Ashley.”

“Cody, you’re pretty much the
only
person I do believe in now. Don’t do something stupid.”

“I’m not. I’m going to do what’s right. And this time I’m not backing down.”

I’d never thought of Cody as a quitter, not in York or anywhere else. He wasn’t a quitter. He wasn’t weak. The only problem here was that Brandon Lynes was a monster. A gorgeous, deceptive, barbarian.

We talked through the whole sequence as the clock ticked away. We were up against it and we knew it. We talked it through endlessly, but all the talking in the world would count for nothing once that front door was open. It was all theory. But now it was reality time.

“Are we
really
going to do this?” I asked.

“I think we are… I’ll make sure I have what I need by midday, latest. I don’t think I can handle any more waiting beyond that. Let’s get this over with, Ashley. Then we can celebrate your freedom… and your brother’s.”

“The only way my brother ever celebrates anything is by lighting up a joint.”

“Then he can celebrate his way and we can celebrate another way.”

“Maybe…” I said, and left him hanging. I think Joanna’s texts were making me spiky about our future. Confusion crossed Cody’s face then he regained his composure. We had plenty of other stuff to deal with before any kind of celebrating.

The silence took hold. We gazed into one another’s eyes because we knew the time had come…

“Ashley… you’ve got to call Brandon now. You need to let him know you’re coming.”

I shook my head. Closed my eyes and took a breath. I’d lied, hoodwinked and blagged Brandon so many times by now I should have been an ace at this. I had done it for survival and for escape, and to beat him at his own game. But this time was different. I had responsibility on my shoulders. Regan was in danger, my mother was borderline crazy, and my whole future hung in the balance. Everything that happened next hinged on this moment.

“Here goes.”

I picked up my phone and dialled.

The phone rang three times before Brandon answered, tired and gruff. I imagined Amanda standing there beside him, massaging his shoulders, hating herself for it, while hanging on his every word.

“It’s D-Day, baby,” said Brandon.

“I know.”

“So… What’s the deal?”

“I’m coming back to you.”

He cheered so loud that I had to pull the phone away from my ear.

“It’s the right thing to do. For both of us. I’m proud of you Ashley.”

Proud? WTF?
I bit down on my anger and said nothing.

“So when are you coming over?” he said. “Oh wait, you don’t even know the address… Do you know the quiet part of the seafront – to the left past the trashy arcades?”

Now Brandon was talking like a friend, directing me across town. This guy was all over the place. He was disorientating. Totally unpredictable and totally nuts.

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Keep walking along that way. Past the arcades and all the pubs. Go past the coloured terraced houses. We’re at 175 Seaview Esplanade. I rented a holiday home down here for a few days. You’ll love it. It’ll be great to have you with us.”

His words were like a spear being twisted in my side. I was furious. No matter how much I needed to overcome it, I just couldn’t do it.

“My brother, Brandon. You remember him?”

Brandon’s voice changed, like I’d just switched radio stations from one bad DJ to another. This time his voice was guarded, with a threatening undertone.

“Your brother’s fine. And he knows he’ll be even better when you get here, because as soon as you get here, he goes free.”

“Is that so?”

“Don’t play games, Ashley. You really don’t want to play with me.”

Cody looked at me as I spoke, tension and worry all over his face.  I guess he must have wondered whether my stress and emotions were going to ruin our agreed plan.

I looked away from his stressed eyes.

“I’m not playing, Brandon. Far from it. But let’s just remind ourselves the terms of this meeting. This is an exchange, Brandon, me for my brother. How do I know you’ll honour that?”

He laughed then he made a weary sigh.

“What could I possibly want with your brother besides you? You had to bring this down to brass tacks, Ashley. You want to insult me, don’t you?! Even after all you’ve done, you still want to berate me. It won’t work, Ashley. You don’t need to hurt me, baby, because I’m not your enemy. When you’re beside me again, you’ll see how fucking wonderful our lives are going to be from now on. You’ll be my queen, baby. Now how does that sound?”

I looked to Cody for some kind of help. I felt drained by Brandon already.

“
Wild
. It sounds wild... So, you’ll let Regan go immediately…”

“Stop mentioning your brother, for crying out loud!”

“Brandon. I need to know.”

“Damn it! Your brother is free as soon as you are in place with me.”

In place.
I guessed that term meant in the house, by his side, as simple as that. How could I know there was small print attached? In a situation as dangerous as this, there was always going to be small print. But I heard only what I heard.

“I’ll be over at lunch time. Okay?”

“Ashley… If you’re not here by one, I’ll think you won’t be coming. If you don’t make it, there will be consequences, Ashley. By now, I think you’ll see I’m a man of my word.”

“Oh, I’ve seen that, Brandon. I’ll be there.”

I held back on a flood of swear words and hung up the phone. Cody sat opposite me, our knees almost touching. His hands were open, like he wanted me to reach out and hold them like I badly needed to. But I couldn’t.  If I did I knew the floodgates would open.

“Cody… We’re going to need help.”

“Why?” He stood and grabbed up his jacket. We’d almost reached check-out time for the hotel room.

“He’s flipped, Cody.”

Cody looked at me with a half-smile on his face, but his eyes were serious.

“No, I mean it. He’s lost it. I don’t want you taking any more risks than you need to. I want you to call one of my friends, he’ll help out. I’ll introduce you.”

“No, Ash. This is about you, your brother and me. I want to do this.”

I snapped at Cody. “Cody, I care about you and that’s why I’m asking you to do this. No matter how brave you want to be, I need you to come out intact at the end of this. Do you understand me?”

Cody’s brow furrowed. Even anger suited his fine face.

“I understand.”

“Good.”

“And what about you, Ashley? What if I don’t want
you
taking risks?”

“Yeah. Like I have a choice.” I gathered my coat from the television table and we checked out from the hotel, ready to take on Brandon Lynes. I wasn’t sure if Cody was going to listen to a thing I’d said. But if he didn’t, I was afraid just how bad things were going to turn out.