Page 18 of Gash (The Skulls #13)

Later that day

After driving all day, and only

stopping to use the toilet or to get some food, Gash was tired. He

left Charlotte at the hotel while he drove to the nearest Chinese

takeout for

food. They had spent the whole day talking, and he’d remembered

everything that he once used to know about Charlotte. He remembered

that her favorite color was blue; she hated tofu, and loved

listening to pop music.

Gash smiled remembering one day

when he entered their apartment, Rebecca hadn’t been there, but he’d stood

and watched Charlotte. The music had been so loud that no one would

have been able to think. Charlotte had been dancing around the

whole apartment, singing at the top of her voice. It was one of the

rare moments when he caught her without Rebecca waiting around.

Charlotte was usually open and relaxed, but he’d noticed she was a

little colder when Rebecca was around.

He’d watched her, unable to look

away. She stirred his cock and twisted his gut with how sexy she

had looked. Her tits had been bouncing, and the clothes

she ’d worn

hadn’t covered up those curves, and he’d wanted her.

When she turned toward him, the smile that

she greeted him with had had feelings awakening within him. She had

danced toward him, grabbing his hands, and tugging him into a

dance. The temptation to kiss her had been so strong that he’d

started leaning in toward her when the door opened, interrupting

them. Rebecca had come back to the apartment, and Gash had wanted

her to disappear so that he could spend more time with Charlotte.

That was part of how he remembered his time with her, always

wanting more, and never getting it.

There had been moments through

prison that not only his desire for revenge had kept him going, nor

the memories of the mystery woman, which he now knew to be

Charlotte. It was the memory of the fleeting times

he ’d spent

with her outside of a bedroom. He’d not known she was the woman

he’d spent one amazing night with.

Closing the car and locking it, he

made his way toward their room. Stepping inside after he unlocked

the door, he secured them in for the night, and glanced out the

window to make sure no one had followed them.

As he turned back toward the room, Charlotte

stepped out of the bathroom, covered in a towel.

“ Hey,” she said, holding

the towel against her breast. There was a little slit up the side

of her thigh, exposing some of her flesh. Fuck, his cock went rock

hard.

“ Hey,” he said.

“ You got some

food.”

He licked his lips. The only thing he

wanted to eat was standing in front of him. All he wanted to do was

push her to the bed, spread her thighs, and lick that sweet cunt.

She was sweet as well. He’d only had a little taste, but he wanted

another one.

Placing the food on the floor,

he shoved the key into his pocket. His cock pressed

against the front of

his jeans, begging to get out.

“ Drop you r towel,” he said.

“ What?”

“ You heard me. Drop your

towel.”

Charlotte stared right at him, her

knuckles going white where she gripped the towel. “You bought

food.”

“ I did, and we’ll eat it

soon. It’s too hot. Drop your towel.”

He removed his leather jacket, and

tugged his shirt over his head. Kicking his boots off, he stared at

her, waiting. Looping his fingers through the rings of his jeans

that held his belt, he watched.

“ I’m not going to wake up in the

morning and forget. I’m here, right now. Don’t you want to take a

chance?”

She licked her lips, and finally

dropped her gaze to stare down his body. He saw the moment she

caught sight of his dick as her eyes grew wide.

Opening his jeans, he pushed them down his

thighs, careful when he released his cock. He stood before her

naked, and stroked his dick. “You see what you do to me, baby.”

Coating his fingers in the pre-cum, he worked the liquid down his

shaft, getting him nice and slick.

Seeing the conflict in her eyes, he

bent down, and pulled out several condoms from his jeans. “I bought

them. There was a pharmacy near the Chinese, and I figured it would

make sense to have them.”

“ You’re that sure of

yourself.”

“ I know I want you, and from what

I remember, you want me. Don’t deny your pussy is soaking wet. We

both know it is.”

“ You’re being arrogant

again.”

“ No, I know what we both

want. You’re too busy denying it.”

“ I’m not denying

anything.”

“ One day, we’ll have kids

but not yet. We’ve got a lot of stuff to do together

first.”

“ You think we’re going to

have kids?”

“ Yeah, lots of them. Once

this is done, we’re going to get married, have some time together,

and get started on six kids.”

“ Six?”

“ You keep repeating

everything I say,” he said.

“ Do you even hear

yourself?”

Gash smirked. “I hear myself. Tell me

what I’ve just said isn’t a dream come true for you?”

“ I’ve not thought about

it.”

He saw it was the truth. Charlotte

wasn’t trying to lie to him.

Closing the distance between them, he

cupped her face, tilting her head back. “All of these years it has

been you that has brought me back from the brink of going insane.

When I got out of prison I didn’t know what I was missing, but

being with you, I don’t want this to end, Charlotte.”

She snorted. “You thought I helped send

you away.”

“ Yeah, and there’s nothing I can

say to express how sorry I am about that. I was conflicted, but I’m

not conflicted anymore. I know what I want, and I want

you.”

“ You want me?”

“ Yeah. You’re my old lady,

Charlotte. There’s not going to be another woman for me, and

there’s going to be no other guy for you but me.” He stroked his

thumb over her bottom lip. “We didn’t get our chance last

time. This is our chance, and I’m not going to back down without a

fight.” He pressed a kiss to her lips. It was a gentle kiss,

nothing too demanding. “We’re going to have kids someday, and

you’re going to have my ring on your finger.”

Charlotte chuckled. “You’re so sure of

yourself.”

“ Drop your towel. Take a

chance with me, and let me show you that I mean every single word I

say.”

She paused, the smile dropping from

her lips.

“ I’ll take care of you.

I’ll love and protect you.”

“ Love?”

“ Yeah, love,

Charlotte.”

“ You don’t know if you love

me. It has been too soon.”

Gash sighed. She was always so doubtful.

He didn’t remember her being like this. From the night he first saw

her, he’d come to the realization that he was in love with her, had

always been in love with her. Over seven years ago, he’d fucked her

roommate, and throughout it all, he’d imagined it was Charlotte

underneath him. She was the only woman he wanted, the only woman

that had invaded his heart, and settled there. No matter how much

he wished to deny it, being around her again, he couldn’t do it.

They were meant to be together.

“ Give me a chance to prove

myself to you. No more pain.”

She was his entire world.

If she asked him to turn around now,

and spend the rest of their lives together, he would. He would

forget about his need for revenge, and live the rest of his life

without it. Charlotte gave him a future that he could settle with

forgetting his past.

Charlotte dropped the towel, and

he wrapped his arms around her, gripping her ass, and pulling her

close to him. His cock pressed against her stomach, and he ran his hands

up and down her body. Her pale skin was so soft.

“ You’ve got a lot of

scars.”

He pulled away, sliding his fingers down

her arms, and turning her wrists up. “So do you.” Gazing down her

body, he saw there were scars on her body as well. Across her

stomach, there was an uneven scar. Caressing his fingers across the

scar, he frowned. There was another on the other side of her

stomach. He looked down to find another scar on her thigh. “What

did you do?”

“ I sucked at taking out my

wrists, so I tried other ways, bleeding out. Doctor Williams was so

annoyed. I almost succeeded with my thigh. After that, he kept me

in confinement, and made sure I couldn’t move. He talked to me, and

I didn’t have a choice but to listen to him. It was the best thing

he ever did for me.”

“ No more.”

“ No more.” She

nodded.

Going to his knees, he pressed a kiss

to each scar on her stomach, then on her thigh. Next, he kissed her

wrists. “Forgive me for not being with you.”

“ There’s nothing to forgive,

Gash.”

Climbing to his feet, he kissed each of

her nipples then sank his fingers into her hair. Slamming his lips

down on hers, Charlotte gasped, opening her lips. Sliding his

tongue into her mouth, he moaned, loving the way she gave herself

to him.

“ You’ve had no other man

since me?” he asked.

“ Not one. I’ve not been

interested.”

He pressed her against the wall, releasing

her hair, and putting her hands above her head. “I can’t promise

this time will be slow. Soon, I’ll go slow, not today.”

“ I didn’t ask for

slow.”

“ I was fucking wrong about you,

so wrong.” Claiming her lips once again, Gash held her hands up

against the wall with one of his, and with his other hand, he

caressed down her body. He pinched her right nipple, pebbling it. Down he

went to slide his hand between her thighs. He cupped her pussy,

teasing her clit. She was soaking wet.

Moving his hand down, he slid two

fingers into her wet cunt.

“ Do you want my dick,

baby?”

“ Yes.”

“ I’m going to give it to you, and

make you beg, and scream my name.”

She moaned.

He stroked his thumb against her clit,

teasing her even more.

Charlotte moaned, and her cream coated his

fingers inside her. He pumped in and out, finding a pace that took

her to the edge of pleasure and kept her there.

She was responsive.

Capturing her lips, he glided his tongue

inside her mouth, and she met him stroke for stroke.

Her body thrust onto his

fingers, and he wanted to feel her coming on his fingers. Tonight, he

wasn’t in a rush to have this over. They had seven years, and a lot

of pain to get over.

“ Come for me, Charlotte.