Read Real Challenge (Atlanta #2) Online
Authors: Kemmie Michaels
He forced himself not to let his desperate need for her keep him from making this the most intense experience he could for both. There was nothing but time and privacy and he wanted more of those beautiful moans to reach his ears. He kept his body fully against hers and started exploring and teasing her, keeping his lips against her the entire time. He dragged his hand heavily against her skin and spent forever kissing all along her body. He let his tongue toy with her navel piercing and he moved both of his hands around to fondle her perfect ass while he did.
He had Cassie moaning and moving her body against him the entire time. Nothing about their passion was calculated, he was in the moment and the pleasure was incredible with her again. She was just as free with herself in the heat of this moment as she was always.
With even more passion, he dragged his lips along her stomach and ribs, and then let his tongue lick with great pressure against her nipples again. Every sound she made only caused him to want her more.
She pulled his head up to hers and began kissing strongly along his throat. He eased up his own teasing to let her play for a while. She knew exactly how to drive him crazy, so he laid back and let her. Her touch was nothing but electricity for him.
She teased and kissed across his chest, dragging her hands across his skin. His hands got lost in her hair as he held her against him the whole time. Letting her play like that without just throwing her down and taking her proved insanely difficult. But still, he didn’t want her to stop. He couldn’t get enough of her in any way.
“Cassie…” he breathed against her neck. “God, you are incredible…”
He felt her squeeze her nails in to his shoulders in response and then crawl on top of him completely. She sat up and started grinding against him while she straddled him. He reached up to fondle her perfect breasts as she did, but then he pulled her down by her shoulders and pulled her face to his neck. He wanted more of her tongue on him and he wasn’t afraid to let his body ask.
She seemed only too happy to give him what he wanted and he got more and more aroused the longer she played. She was breathing so heavily at this point and her skin was so hot against him. He rolled her onto her side and he felt the sun on him again. The rays were cool compared to the heat coming from Cassie. Right there against him, she whispered to him so softly through her lips against his neck. “Scott, I want you…please now…”
Not wanting to disappoint, he made short work of removing her pants, but spent just a little extra time teasing and licking along her stomach and thighs as he removed the black satin from her hips. He allowed himself a few kisses against the triangle between her legs before moving over to allow her hands access to his zipper.
Cassie took her turn removing his shorts quickly and spent almost no time removing his boxers. They could barely contain his erection anyway. She teased along the length of his manhood with her fingertips and tongue, eliciting those same moans from him he had gotten from her. She let her fingernails tease the soft skin of his thighs while her lips kissed up and down his cock. She could feel how insanely hard he was.
She felt him move out from under her and he rolled her over onto her back. He moved away only long enough to reach for his wallet. Damn that interruption for responsibility. He was back over her after only a moment and settled himself between her knees. She opened her legs completely to him and felt her voice involuntarily moan at the sensation of him pushing deep inside of her. She loved being stretched by him, and she leaned up to kiss him fully while he moved in her.
He moved passionately, his hips grinding against her at times, and moving in long, slow strokes at others. He kissed from her neck to her ear, and then he looked her directly in the eye while they moved together. She felt beautiful beneath him, seeing the love and lust combined in his eyes.
She found herself moving against him as much as she could and felt his pace quicken in response. They were both getting close to the ultimate moment together and yet he still didn’t look away. The moment was almost too intense for her, feeling the weight of his stare while he brought her all that pleasure. He never looked away from her while their bodies moved more rapidly. She could see the pleasure in his face and still he managed to half-smile at her through the intensity.
He finally, in that hot last moment before climax, pushed his lips against hers in a frenzied kiss. He caught her moans in his mouth when they came together. He never broke that kiss as they came down from the pleasure. He stroked his hands along her cheek and into her hair softly while they moved their tongues against each other ever more slowly. Finally, he rolled away from her. She curled up next to him after he removed the condom and tied it off. He tossed it to the grass to be disposed of later and returned to pull her close and kiss the top of her head.
He kissed her hair again and ran his fingertips along her back and her arms while she rested against him. After a long while lying naked together in the warm open air, they both pulled their clothes back on. Scott left his shirt off though, not ready to hide his skin from the first bit of sun he experienced for months.
They finally got to the snacks and talked together in the sun, both satisfied and warm. The afternoon was beautiful and relaxed. Scott even slept a bit and Cassie listened to him breathe and let herself focus on their afternoon tryst.
Resting so satisfied next to him was pure enlightenment.
Chapter Eight
When they noticed the sun getting a bit low in the sky, they grudgingly pulled themselves away from that perfect little cove at the park. They followed their yarn markers back to the trail, untying them as they went. Cassie held Scott’s hand back to the car, and Scott walked Cassie around to open the door for her. He never let go of her hand, and just as she was about to get in the car, he turned her around. He pulled her palm up to his heart.
He drew her in for a long, loving kiss and she let herself fall into his arms and be completely lost in his embrace. Sweetness and warmth defined their kiss as their connection deepened. Even the drive back to the city was intensified by the new understanding between them. No words were necessary as Cassie let her head rest on his strong shoulder the whole drive back. Her heart was completely full.
Scott pulled up to Cassie’s house and she invited him in.
“I want you to stay with me again tonight,” she said. “I’m just not ready to let you go yet.”
“Let me go home and grab a bag. I always take the first day after tax season as a vacation day, so I don’t even have to go to work tomorrow. Do you have a shift at the clinic?”
Cassie smiled and shook her head softly.
She kissed him goodbye and waited about an hour for him to get back. She passed the time by showering and tidying her house. She also dumped the entire bowl of marbles into the jar. She was more joyful than she had ever been. When Scott finally got back, they settled on the couch together and Scott wrapped his arms around her. Soon Cassie felt his hands moving along her arms and his lips against her ear.
“Now that I have you back,” he said so quietly in her ear, “I only want more.”
Cassie’s only response was to stand up off the couch and pull him up with her. She saw his raw lust, and was ready to match it. She kissed him, moving her tongue so strongly against his as she moved her fingers into his hair. Wanting more of his hot tongue on her body, she pulled his lips down to her chest and arched her back to give him access to the tops of her breasts over her v-neck. His arms wrapped around her back to hold her up while he kissed along the skin of her breasts.
He picked her up and carried her down the hallway to her bedroom and pushed her onto the bed. Immediately he was on top of her again, kissing her and rubbing his hands along every surface of her that he could reach. She was already lost to him.
This time, in the intimate darkness of the late evening, the passion built very quickly. They already spent so much time that day teasing, exploring, and getting to know each other’s bodies completely. There was no more need for a sweet reconnection; lust drove the moment. Within minutes of getting into bed together, Scott had removed her clothes and his own. They were both moving desperately, completely giving into the physical heat between them. No more tenderness was needed; there was only hurried want and madness.
Scott barely had time to roll on the condom that Cassie handed him from the nightstand drawer. Damn the interruption again. Once he was sheathed, he pounded into her hard and pinned her hands up over her head. She pulled her arms against his, but only to leverage herself to move with him harder.
The two were grinding with so much heat and friction the entire world seemed to blaze from their animal movements. They climaxed quickly in the fury, both moaning and grunting loudly as they did. Their passion was incredibly intense, and Scott kept her pinned beneath him while he tried to catch his breath. He kissed her lips and her neck, still holding her arms firmly in place.
She didn’t try to move away from him anyway. She loved feeling entirely possessed by him and she felt completely safe under his control that way. This was as sexy as she had ever felt, being taken so completely and knowing she elicited that kind of passion from him. She was completely blissed-out from the full-on assault on her senses. He was in the very air that she breathed and she could taste his sweat on her tongue.
She also realized in that moment something about herself that she never knew before. No longer was she completely independent. She needed Scott. With the exception of her brother, she had never let herself rely on anyone before, but she was relying on him for this feeling, for
bringing
joy to her. Usually she deliberately focused herself to find happiness, to keep her sights set on the positive. With Scott, joy didn’t require focus. Happiness came to her without effort. She was even more real now, and he was in every part of her. The well-hidden emotional ice from her childhood melted in his arms.
Just like this afternoon, he rolled away from her only long enough to dispose of the condom and then returned to her side. Cassie and Scott laid in each other’s arms for a long time, breathing softly and caressing their fingertips along each other’s skin. The moment between them was calmingly sweet and intimate following the carnal passion they just shared. Cassie placed a very gentle, very long kiss against Scott’s chest. He sighed and pulled her in tighter.
They both slept deeply that night and woke up together the following morning in a happy, sleepy haze. The both stretched and snuggled together for a long time before either of them spoke.
“Good morning,” Scott said first when he opened his eyes long enough to notice her watching him. “That was the best sleep I think I’ve ever had in my life.”
She made a sleepy noise when she stretched. “Mm hmm…me too.”
Scott turned to face her and looked at her so softly. His hand came up and brushed a stray hair from her cheek and then he leaned over and kissed the spot where the strand had rested. “You really do amaze me, you know,” he said. “You’re something new. Completely. And I have to say, I like this sleepy, soft side of you as much as your crazy-fun side. Maybe even more because I think it’s just for me. Sorry, I know that sounds cheesy.”
“Yep, that’s cheesy,” Cassie said sleepily. “But I liked hearing it anyway. You kind of amaze me too. I like being the only one who sees the real Scott, the one under all that practiced charm.”
“You keep saying that,” Scott said. “But I don’t see it. I’m just Scott, like you’re just Cassie, even though you have different sides to you too.”
Cassie knew this conversation always ended in irritation between the two of them, and she wasn’t keen on ruining their perfect morning with another disagreement about the same old topic.
“I don’t think it’s exactly the same thing, but who cares right now. I’m just glad I get to be with you.” She kissed over his heart again and looked up to see him. He wasn’t smiling, but he didn’t seem upset, either.
He pulled her in and held her a while longer. When they both broke through the morning brain-fog, they stayed in bed and talked for a long time. Cassie talked about Jenna and the doctors at work, and Scott talked about how relieved he was to be back on a “human” schedule. When the topic of conversation turned to Marcus and Erin, Scott laughed about being in bed with Cassie. “Please don’t tell your brother we’re sleeping together. I like my nose where it is.”
Cassie just laughed. “He won’t care, as long as I’m happy and you treat me well. He’s just a big teddy bear, really.”
“Oh, yeah. I’m sure he’s all cuddles when he’s happy, but seriously,” Scott said, “if he was ever actually mad at me, I’d be terrified. I suppose I could hold my own in a fight, but not against a trained machine like Marcus. He’s really protective of you, isn’t he.”
“Like you would not believe.”
“Oh, no. I believe you. I can see it written all over his face. He scares the crap out of me. But you never really told me why he’s like that. What happened in your childhood that made you call your dad a bastard and make Marcus so fierce about you?”
Cassie got quiet and looked away from him. Scott instantly wanted to kick himself for bringing up the subject. He only wanted to understand more about her, about how she got to be the person that she was. He certainly did not intend to upset her.
“I’m sorry,” he said sincerely. “I didn’t mean to bring up anything I shouldn’t have.”
Cassie didn’t reply for a long time and he got worried. He thought he had seen every side of her, but this silent one scared him. She suddenly looked very small lying there next to him, and that’s when he saw a tear slip from her eye, straight down onto the pillow.