AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Since you asked so nicely.” With a smile in his voice, Liam pulls me back as he thrusts forward, hard and deep.
It feels so fucking good, I forget about wanting it to last. Now, I just want him. All of him. Right now. “Fuck me, Liam. Harder.”
“Fuck, baby, I’m not gonna last much longer if I keep this up.”
“Good,” I say and it’s like flipping a switch. Liam thrusts harder finding new depths before his hips jerk and he roars with his release.
“Oh, shit,” he hisses, pulling out too late. “No condom.”
“It’s okay. IUD,” I say.
With a sigh, Liam pulls me on top of him as he lays back on the couch.
“Yeah… We probably should have had this discussion before but just so you know, I had to have a physical before I started work at the Mink. I’m clean and haven’t been with anyone since my ex.”
“My ex was my last as well and after I found out she cheated on me, I got a full work up. All good here.”
Liam pulls a blanket off the back of the couch, I settle down curled on top of him as he covers us up, then wraps his arms around me. There’s purpose in the way he holds me. I find out what it is when he whispers against my crown, “Promise me you won’t go back to that fucking apartment.”
While I don’t want to go back there, I shouldn’t stay here. But where else am I supposed to go? I can’t afford anything else. Every spare cent has to go to the loan shark. And I’m already struggling to keep up my good faith payments.
“Stay here,” Liam offers again when I don’t answer.
“Liam…”
“I want to help, Candace. Room and board so you can climb out of that hole a little easier.”
It’s a tempting offer but spending a night with him now and then is a completely different thing from living with him.
“I know we just met but call me crazy, I feel like I’ve known you forever. From the moment you kissed me on the bus, I felt connected to you like I’ve never felt with anyone else before. I can’t just ignore that or the intensely bad feeling I get when I think about you going back to that building. I don’t like you working at the Cinnamon Mink but I understand your need to dig yourself out of the hole your ex put you in. But please, baby. You don’t have to stay here, just promise me you won’t go back there.”
I don’t have anywhere else to go. I refuse to live with my sister and Seth. Working for him is bad enough. I love my sister but I do not understand why she chose that life. I worry, if I let myself get any closer than I already am, I might end up making choices I’ll regret.
“I promise,” I say looking into his soulful eyes. “And thank you,” I add, deciding to stay.
Chapter 5
LIAM
The night turned into dawn before Candace and I passed out wrapped in each other’s arms. And it’s well after noon when I wake up alone in bed.
Panic-induced goosebumps cover my whole body, worried Candace broke her promise already and went back to her mold-infested apartment. Then, a sweet aroma fills my head and I practically float through the bedroom door like a cartoon character following a scent trail to a pie that will end up getting him into some kind of trouble.
“Good morning,” Candace chirps standing at the stove waving a spatula when she peeks over her shoulder at me.
She’s a vision. Hope personified.
I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a hopeless romantic clinging to traditional ideals. All I’ve ever wanted was a wife and family. Waking up to a woman cooking breakfast in nothing but my oversized T-shirt is just about the biggest turn-on I can think of. That’s why I can’t help standing behind Candace, wrapping my arms around her waist and burying my face in her neck. “Good morning,” I growl, my voice still thick with sleep.
Candace moans and her head falls back on my shoulder as I draw a line of firm kisses up her pulse.
“The French toast is going to burn.” Candace pants as I run my hand up the inside of her thigh, under the baggy shirt to slip my fingers through her slit.
Fuck me, she’s already wet. And I’m already hard against the soft flesh of her ass.
After I use my free hand to flip off the burner and push the pan off the heat, I bring my hand back to cup her breast, support her weight because her legs can’t anymore.
“You sleep well?” I ask her even though I know she can’t answer, as she gets lost on the edge of her release already. I learned a lot last night about what my girl likes. Now that she’ll be staying with me, there will be no end to her pleasure.
