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Chapter Eleven

G ater and Cass walk through the doorway of the lounge to find us sitting on the floor, laughing about the customers we encountered throughout the night. I catch Cass’s eyes on me. The other girls trail off when they realize I’m not listening to a single word they said since Cass walked in.

“Finally. Everyone else is gone except for Leo, Shorty, and Scott.” Cass sighs, sitting down behind me and pulling me to him.

The uncontrollable smile on my face is from the electric current stirring deep inside my stomach. Cass sets my libido on fire with that simple connection, and little does he know that he’s driving me wild already.

Mindy gives me a puzzled look, embarrassment flooding my cheeks. Although, I’m not sure why. It isn’t like Mindy can hear my thoughts. I give her a chaste smile and nuzzle my head into the nape of Cass’s neck.

Gater holds his arm out for Ryan, helping her up from the floor. “Are you ready to go home?” he asks.

“Hell yeah. I’ve been ready. My legs are killing me.”

“That is, if Cass is done with you.” Gater looks to Cass for approval.

“Do y’all need her for anything else?” Cass asks, looking between myself and Mindy.

“Nope, I think we’re done with her and Lucy both. And Lilly, you can go too. Everything is done for the most part.”

“Come on, Gater. Let’s go home.” Ryan hands her tip bucket and jacket to him before walking around the room to tell everyone goodbye.

Mindy disappears to the front of the bar with Lucy after Ryan and Gater walk out, leaving me and Cass alone in the lounge.

Cass places a trail of tiny kisses from my earlobe to the base of my neck. “You were so fucking sexy behind that bar tonight. Watching you back there, the way you move…” He trails off, placing another kiss on my neck. I shiver involuntarily as chills pepper my skin.

“Thank you, babe.” I turn my face to meet his.

Nose to nose, we sit here lost in one another’s eyes until Mindy comes barreling in. I don’t know how long she’s been standing there before she speaks and breaks the silence.

“Y’all have to come see what we did on the register tonight!” Mindy almost yells and is bouncing up and down with excitement. I tear my eyes from Cass’s and grin at an impatient Mindy.

“Come on !” she urges.

Cass stands and lifts me simultaneously. “Let’s go check it out.” He presses his hand to the small of my back, guiding me toward Mindy as he walks behind me.

Mindy’s holding up three long pieces of register tape, the bottom of each one having a number in large print and circled.

“We made six grand tonight on the registers!” Mindy dances around in a small circle while holding the papers above her head.

“Oh my god!” I stare at the numbers on the bottom of the papers in Mindy’s hand. “Six thousand dollars?” I shriek.

Cass stares at the receipts, a look of pride on his face. “Kevin told me that when the bar was at its best, the most money it ever brought in in one night was twenty-five hundred dollars.”

“We nearly tripled that tonight!” I squeal hearing the sheer happiness in Cass’s voice.

“We did amazing, because we are a kickass team,” Mindy chimes in.

“Yes, we are, and this kickass team member is about to go home. I’m exhausted.”

I hug Mindy, walking past Cass into the lounge to grab my things. I don’t have much to get but when I come back, I slow down to listen to Mindy and Cass talking.

“She really likes you. You’ve put some kind of spark back in her eyes that I haven’t seen in a long time, maybe even ever.”

“I like her, a lot. I’ve never clicked with anyone so well, but with my lifestyle, I don’t know how well she will be able to adapt to it. The club takes up more than a lot of my time.” Cass sighs.

I round the corner, deliberately interrupting their conversation. I don’t know where that conversation was going, but I’m scared of what I may or may not hear.

“I’m out of here, y’all.” I hug Mindy one more time then find myself in Cass’s arms, once again—that familiar place that only he can take me to.

A feeling of comfort and home that I cannot remember feeling, yet it’s so familiar.

Cass kisses the top of my head, then my forehead, down to my nose, and finally kisses my lips. He leans in, his lips on my ear.

“I’ll be over soon. I don’t want to spend a night away from you,” he whispers, so low that I’m sure Mindy can’t hear him because his mouth is on my ear, and I barely hear him.

I nod my head in response before I walk out the front door. Suddenly, being outside in the open air with the sky clear and bright, littered with shimmering stars, I feel so much peace. An odd calm washes over me. I walk back in the front door and pop my head in, motion for Cass to come to me.

I wait patiently for only a few seconds before he’s out the door and by my side. “Yes ma’am?”

“I’m going to go for a drive. I’ll be home in about twenty minutes.”

“Okay, baby. Thank you.”

“For what?”

“Not making me worry about you. If I would’ve gotten to your house and you weren’t there, I’d have sent out a posse to find you.” He says the words as if he’s talking about anything in general. It isn’t a threat, it’s a fact. He would send a posse to find me if he didn’t know where I was.

“A posse, huh?” I ask, a mischievous grin tugging at the sides of my lips.

“A whole fucking slew of them.” His eyes darken with the thought and if I didn’t know better, I’d swear there are clouds brewing in those grey-green irises.

Cass kisses me one more time before sending me on my way. It feels good to be behind the wheel. These kinds of nights were always my favorite. The air is cool, the sky is clear, and there are a thousand shimmering stars just sitting in the sky. Some nights, it feels as if the stars only shimmer for me, and tonight is one of those nights.

I turn onto the highway and slam the gas. Betty takes off with a vengeance as I grab another gear. Tonight, I’m thankful for the straightaway that the driveway to Creek’s is on.

I press my foot a little harder and Betty responds quickly. I make a block then turn down a back road that’ll lead me back in the direction of my house. Although this is nice, I’m exhausted. Tonight was a lot, and I can’t wait to crawl into Cass’s arms.

I make the righthand turn onto the road before my street and notice a vehicle turning behind me. I barely pay any attention to it until I turn onto my street and the headlights turn behind me. My stomach knots and I replay my drive in my mind. No one followed me from the bar and Cass is on his bike. Panic in my mind eases when the headlights turn into a driveway that I just drove past.

I exhale a sigh of relief and turn into my driveway. As soon as my feet are on the ground, the sound of motorcycle pipes grows louder. The sound is heavenly and just as he turns into my driveway, I’m unlocking the front door and setting my things down on the coffee table.

I take a look around my tiny house admiring it in all of its tiny glory. It isn’t much, but it’s mine and it’s home. I worked my ass off to get here and to be able to stay here. Well, kind of.

Cass waltzes through the front door, sexy as hell from his head down to his feet. My tongue glides across my bottom lip as I ogle him. He’s in his own world as he kneels down to untie his boots. His gaze meets mine and there’s that earth-shattering connection again. Something inside me shakes viciously when our eyes lock.

I can see the effect I have on him; it’s written all over his face. The way he looks at me, the way his eyes change when he rakes them up and down my body.

“Baby,” Cass says, standing up from the kneeling position he was crouched in.

“Yes, love?”

“Let’s shower and get in bed. We’ve both had a long day, and I know you’re dying to get in your spot.” He takes me by the hand and leads me down the hallway to my bathroom. Inside, he turns the water on and toys with the temperature until it’s just right and when it is, he begins undressing me.

He starts with the hem of my shirt and eases it over my head. We don’t speak, our eyes and the spaces where our skin meets do the talking for us. He proceeds to unclasp my bra and unbutton my blue jeans. Once I’m naked, he lifts me up and cradles me in his arms before placing me gently into the shower. The flow of hot water beating on the back of my neck instantly relaxes me. Cass undresses and steps into the shower behind me.

He grabs a washcloth, lathering it with my body wash. “Turn around,” he says in a low, hushed voice.

I obey. He washes my shoulders and begins massaging the top of my neck, down to the middle of my back, all while scrubbing me with the washcloth. I moan beneath his touch, relaxing into him.

I sigh and moan with every motion Cass’s hands make. He moves lower and before I can process the absence of massaging, his hand is between my legs. His fingers toy and tease, never touching my sensitive clit. My body moves with each slide of Cass’s finger, inching closer and closer to the ache that I’m silently begging him to ease.

His skillful fingers spread my lips, and his index finger glides from my dripping wet entrance to my clit. I let out a cry as his finger circles my throbbing pussy. He dips a finger inside and circles his thumb over my clit. His other hand gropes my ass, massaging it as he massages my inner walls.

My hips buck against Cass’s hand. Wanting. Needing. I want him so bad. The hand that has a firm grip on my ass is now climbing my body to my chest. My back arches when he tugs on my pebbled nipple. I press my chest harder into his hand as he teases my nipples one by one, his finger still pumping in and out of me.

The sensation is overwhelming, but it’s so fucking good. I snake an arm around the back of Cass’s neck, and he flicks his tongue onto my neck. Cass moves his finger faster, thumbing my clit and tipping me impossibly close to the edge of ecstasy. Just as I’m about to tumble over the edge, he withdraws his hands from me.

He turns me to face him and lifts my hips up to meet his. Before I can say a word, he slams his dick into me, and I come as soon as he’s inside.

He pounds into me, letting me ride the wave of my orgasm while he uses me to pleasure himself. I cry out his name is I come around him again.

I grip the back of his head and pull his lips to mine. I need to taste him. I need my tongue to collide with his. I need the electricity that our kiss creates. The blue sparks. Cass’s fingers dig into the skin of my thighs.

Cass’s lips curve into a lascivious smile. That smile is my undoing as I come again, and Cass fills me with his own release. I rest my head on Cass’s shoulder, afraid to try to put my feet on the ground for fear that I won’t be able to hold myself up.

Cass releases his hold on my thighs and wraps his arms around my waist. I lift my head, looking him in his eyes. They are alight with pleasure and happiness. He smiles my favorite smile at me.

“You amaze me more and more every day, lady,” Cass breathes, resting his head on my cleavage. The water is starting to get cold, and my legs are starting to ache. I pat Cass on the shoulder.

“Hmm?” he murmurs.

“Can we get in bed now?” I whisper.

“Yes ma’am.” He gently places me back on my feet, directly in the stream of the now cold water. I shriek and jump out of the way of the water, stepping out of the shower.

Cass lets out a deep belly laugh. “I’m sorry, baby girl.”

“It’s okay,” I say through chattering teeth. “C-c-can you come on t-to bed?”

“Yes baby.” Cass wraps me in an oversized towel and walks me to the bedroom. It’s chilly in the house but that’s exactly how I like the air when I go to sleep.

I curl in bed first and wait for Cass to dry off. He climbs in beside me and pulls me into his chest.

“Goodnight. Sweet dreams,” he says, pressing a kiss onto the back of my head. I roll over to face him.

“Goodnight. Sweet dreams,” I repeat.

I lean my head up to kiss him goodnight then settle back into my spot, listening to the beat of Cass’s heart and the sound of him breathing. His breathing then turns to snoring, making me smile at the thought of how fond of him and all his little quirks I am.

“I am going to fall so in love with you,” I whisper before sleep contains me.