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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

David

Kassandra’s voice was laced with something I hadn’t heard from her before.

“Oh?” I sat next to her again and laced our fingers together.

She suddenly had my full attention since it was clear I’d been denying her that lately. I hated when she compared me to Michael, but as it turned out, I was acting just like him.

“I don’t want you to think when it comes to us. I need to know for sure that I’m everything you want.”

I’ve wanted to pull her into my arms since it dawned on me this was more than just friendship. The only thing stopping me was the fact that for once, since high school, I didn’t want casual. Kassandra and I could never be that.

“I’ve already told you,” she continued, “Michael was a cheap replacement for you. It was always you, David. Since the very beginning, you were the man I wanted. My timing just sucked.” She shrugged her delicate shoulder.

“No, your timing was just right,” I argued. “Now I get to help you raise two amazing boys into the men they are clearly meant to be.”

Her face softened and I knew in that moment I was making the right choice. This wasn’t just about her. Kassandra was a package deal, and if there was one thing the last week had taught me, it was that I wanted to be a part of that package, not looking in from the sidelines. I wanted to be in the thick of it all.

I wanted to help around the house. To see Nate flourish in math and to go to every one of Mikey’s hockey games.

I wanted to see them both graduate and I wanted to do it with Kassandra by my side and in my arms.

Kassandra stood up from the couch and pulled me with her. “Come with me.”

She didn’t know it yet but I would follow her to the ends of the earth if it meant I got to be this close.

I walked close behind her, up the stairs and down the long hallway. Both Mikey’s and Nate’s doors were closed and no sound was coming from their rooms.

Like a lost puppy, I followed Kassandra into her bedroom. The first thing I noticed was the room matched her personality. There was nothing masculine about it.

“Michael hasn’t slept in here in over five years. I completely changed the room when he started spending the night elsewhere or in his office.”

I liked that this place was solely hers. I spun her around so she was wrapped up in my arms and cradled her cheek in my palm.

“I’m glad you told me, but it doesn’t change the fact that, no matter what, I am spending the night with you. Nothing is going to stop me from having you in my arms.”

The lightest pink dusted the apple of her cheeks.

“Please don’t let me overthink this. It’s been so long since I’ve had anything other than my toys and it’s only ever been Michael. I know it hasn’t been the same for you, so again please . . .”

I shut her up the only way I could think of. By taking her lips with mine. She didn’t want to overthink and I wasn’t about to let her. She wasn’t the only one who was nervous, but unlike her lack of confidence, I knew I could make her forget her dead husband.

The kiss was everything I thought it would be and so much more.

Passionate.

Sexy.

Loving.

All wrapped up in one.

Our tongues dueled. Her hands were everywhere. My arms, my back, my neck, in my hair. She even grabbed my ass so that my rock-hard cock was pressing even more so into her belly. She lit up at my hands and lips on her, and I couldn’t wait to see what she did when I had her in bed.

I grabbed the hem of her oversized shirt and yanked it up. “I need this off you.”

Her hands were in the air immediately. If her soft belly hadn’t grab my attention, I would’ve compared her to an eager toddler ready to be undressed.

“So fucking sexy,” I sighed.

Kassandra didn’t bother with lace bras but the cotton one she wore was no less beautiful. Especially with her tits spilling out of it, and the fact that with one snap of the hooks, it was lying on the floor.

I could see the doubt was starting to creep in the longer I stood there staring at her. So instead of letting her mind take over, I backed us both up until her knees hit the bed and I was falling down on top of her.

“I plan to devour every inch of this delectable body by the time morning comes.”

With one arm looped behind her back, I scooted us up the bed until her hair fanned the pillow. I started with her neck. Teeth grazing, I noted every shiver, every chuckle, every moan. I catalogued it for the future because there was no way once would ever be enough.

I worked my way down her collarbone to her breasts and immediately took one in my mouth and the other in my hand. I sucked, nibbled, and twirled my tongue around the bud until her back was arching off the bed in ecstasy.

“David . . .” Her moan was louder than acceptable, considering there were kids in the house. I pulled my mouth off of her tit with a pop and looked her in her lust-filled eyes.

“You need to stay quiet or this ends.”

Her response to that was to grab a throw pillow and shove it in her face. Chuckling, I went back to making her body sing for me. I learned rather quickly that she was responsive as hell to everything I did.

If I sucked on a spot, shivers erupted. When I used my teeth, she moaned. And when I put my tongue to good use, I could feel her whole body come alive. Kassandra’s body was made for loving.

I swirled my tongue around her navel and dipped it just below her yoga pants line and I thought for sure she was going to fly through the roof her body jumped so much.

“Holy shit, I didn’t think that could feel so good.”

I smiled and rubbed my lips across her belly. “You ain’t seen nothing yet. I think it’s time we get rid of these.”

Her yoga pants and panties were flying across the room before I finished my statement. Kassandra had the perfect little landing strip pointing right to the promised land. I didn’t need the direction to know exactly where I wanted to go but I appreciated the effort.

“Why am I the only one naked?” Kassandra asked on a heavy exhale.

I sat up on my knees and shucked my shirt without a second thought. If she wanted me naked, I would happily oblige.

“Better?”

“I mean, naked would be best but that’s a good start, and holy shit. When do you find time to work out?”

I tossed my head back with a laugh. I was used to people commenting on my body especially when they were used to seeing me in a suit, but somehow Kassandra’s question just hit harder.

“For a reaction like that, I will always make the time.”

I slid off the bed and stood up, popping the button on my jeans and watching as her eyes followed the movements of my hands. I would be lying if I said I didn’t add a little extra flair simply because she was watching me. Especially when my dick jumped out of my boxers as I shoved them down my legs.

“Ummm . . . you’re a lot more endowed than my dildo.”

I was torn between laughing some more and proving to her how much better I was than any toy she had.

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you’re nice and wet to take all of me,” I told her as I crawled back up her body.

I could already see her glistening. There was no doubt in my mind she was ready, but I would take it a step or two further.

I started back at her nipples and kissed my way down her stomach until I was exactly where I wanted to be.

The heaven located at the junction of her legs.

“Spread ’em for me,” I instructed, assisting her with my shoulders.

The first swipe was proof that I had died and gone to heaven. “So fucking sweet.” One taste wouldn’t be enough. I could spend hours worshipping her pussy and lapping up the juices she was gifting me.

Sucking, spearing, nibbling. There was nothing I didn’t do to lay claim to the lips in front of me. I wasn’t happy until I was coated in her essence and she was flying off the cliff and joining me in this heavenly death.

Thank God for the throw pillow. I was sure Kassandra would’ve screamed down the house if given the chance.

I worked my way back up her body until my forearms framed her head and I yanked the pillow away.

“How you doing up here?”

“I think I died. I’m dead. That’s the only way to describe the fact that my entire body feels like Jell-O right now.”

“I mean, I would like to think I could take some of that credit,” I chuckled.

“Oh, God.” She tried to cover her face but my arms were in the way, so she was left with closing her eyes. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

“I know you didn’t.” I couldn’t have her blissful state slip away, so I notched my cock at her entrance. “I would really like to take you bare, but if you prefer, I can go grab a condom.”

It would kill me to leave her right now but I would do it. For her, I would do anything.

When her small hands grabbed my ass cheeks and pulled, I knew we were on the same page but she still gifted me the words. “I want that too.”

I wasted no time entering her, but pausing before I became a two-pump chump for the first time in my life. “You fit me like a glove …”

“I didn’t know sex could feel like this.”

I started slow. A sensual in and out to get her accustomed to my size. “Like what?”

“Perfect . . . just perfect.”

For our first time together, I took it slow. I showed her what it was like to make love. I poured every feeling I had into my movements so there was no doubt how I felt about her.

I built us both back up until we were flying off the edge together. I never understood why authors wrote about coming in sync with their partner until now. There was something extra special knowing Kassandra and I finished together.

It was still dark but I knew even without looking at a clock that it was time I snuck out.

I hated to do it. We had sex two more times before finally falling asleep together just two hours ago. My body didn’t know the meaning of “sleeping in,” so like clockwork I was ready to go.

Kassandra didn’t move a muscle when I slid out of the bed and brushed my lips across her hair. She looked like a sated angel sleeping there and I wanted nothing more than to crawl back into the bed with her, but not today. We had yet to discuss how she would tell her boys; I figured them seeing us in bed wasn’t how it should go.

Instead, I collected my clothes and got dressed silently before slipping out of her room.

This morning called for an extra special breakfast and I knew exactly what I planned to make.