Dangerous Beauty: Part One: Destiny (10 page)

Nathan entered a state of nirvana. Never had anything felt so good, so right. He knew he couldn’t think about how good it felt to be inside her for too long or he would lose it. But it was hard not to think about it, she was so perfect, and so damn tight. Nathan could tell she wasn’t very experienced, and that knowledge made him want to jump for joy.

He found Carter’s hands and laced their fingers together. Placing his forehead against hers, he began to move. Their bodies moved together in perfect sync as the sounds of their love making filled the once silent room. Carter’s soft whimpers slowly progressed to loud moans as Nathan moved in and out of her at a quicker pace. He unlaced his fingers from hers and brought her thighs up around his waist, he needed to be deeper inside of her.

“Lock your legs around my waist, baby,” he whispered against her ear sending chills down her spine.

Carter did as she was told and moaned loudly when he pulled her up off of the bed and sat back on his heels. Nathan grunted as he filled her completely. God she felt so good he almost lost it right then, but he held on. He paused for only a moment and looked into her eyes then he began moving her up and down his length. Carter wrapped her arms around his neck and brought her lips to his in a searing kiss. Nathan fought hard against succumbing to the overload of sensation, determined to let her come first. Just when he thought she’d never cum, he felt her body tense and a small gasp escaped her lips.

With a loud cry, Carter broke their kiss, her eyes shut tight and her head fell back as another orgasm rippled through her body taking her breath away, her nails digging so deep in Nathan’s back that she broke his skin.

Both pleasure and pain pushed Nathan over the edge. He laid Carter back on the bed and delivered three long, hard thrusts before burying his face in her neck, and grunting his release.

Nathan lay on top of Carter as she stroked his hair lovingly. He knew that he was heavy, so he rolled off of her and wrapped one arm around her waist pulling her body to his. She fit so perfectly in his arms, he held her close to him feeling a peace that he had never thought he would feel. Nathan was happy, just like this, holding Carter in his arms while whispering how much he loved her in her ear.

Carter held on tighter to Nathan’s strong arms, listening to him whisper to her in a language that she didn’t understand, but she was pretty sure it was Russian. She didn’t know if he was aware that he wasn’t speaking English, but she didn’t care. Whatever he was saying sounded beautiful to her. She felt safe, she was happy, loneliness no longer plagued her, and most importantly she felt loved, truly loved.

As of now, Nathan Salerno was the only person who truly knew who she was and still genuinely loved her, and she loved him. Tears began to fill her eyes as she thought about how much Nathan had given her. How much he changed her life and given her the peace, happiness, love and acceptance she never thought she would have in just one day. She felt Nathan’s hand softly wipe away her tears and he kissed her cheek.

“Don’t cry
мое красивое Роуз
, tell me what it is. I promise I’ll make it better,” he said softly against her skin.

Carter wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and cried against his chest while he stroked her hair and whispered softly to her in Russian.

She raised her head to look into Nathan’s eyes. “Promise me Nathan, promise that you’ll never leave me.” Carter had fallen hard and fast. She loved Nathan madly, deeply. If he ever left her she was sure that she wouldn’t be able to make it. Nathan came into Carter’s life at a time when she was barely hanging on to the sanity she had left.

Nathan cupped her face and kissed her lips softly. He wanted to prove to her that she would never have to worry about him leaving her. He wanted to assure her she would never have to be alone again. Looking into her big beautiful hazel eyes he saw sadness and a vulnerability that made him fiercely protective. The urge to protect her, to possess her was primal and Nathan was unable to resist it.

He rolled their bodies until he was positioned on top of her, brought her beautiful smooth legs to his waist, and he pushed himself inside of her. She gasped and gripped his shoulders, a soft moan escaping her lips.

“I promise you, мое красивое pоуз, it’s you and I from now on, neither of us will ever be alone again,” Nathan whispered against her lips as he made love to her slowly.

Carter and Nathan found each other’s hands and laced their fingers together as their bodies moved together as one. They made love looking deeply into each other’s eyes.

“I love you, bubby,” Carter confessed breathlessly as Nathan continued to make love to her.

“I love you too,” He replied softly against her lips before capturing them in a deep kiss.

Nathan was in heaven. The sun was shining through the few storm clouds in the sky, and the warm breeze blew through his slightly longer hair. He could tell that they would get some rain later on today and he couldn’t wait, he loved when rain cooled off a hot day. He walked out onto the patio connected to his bedroom and looked over the balcony at the pool area. Nathan had heard loud laughter coming from that area when he first stepped out of his bedroom, and he wanted to see what could possibly have everyone in such a laughing frenzy. He leaned over and rested his folded arms on the balcony rail, and smiled at the sight before him.

Mickey stood in fighting position in front of Carter, who was sporting a sexy little bright pink bikini. She was jumping up and down, her beautiful long hair moving with her. She shook her hands out and moved her head side to side as if cracking her neck. All of her moves were exaggerated, which had Dante and Lucca holding their stomachs laughing out loud as they watched from one of the tables near the pool with beers in their hands. Nathan had no idea what they were doing, and right when he was about to yell and ask, he saw Carter take one quick step forward and Mickey flinched. A mischievous smile spread across her face right before she lunged forward toward Mickey. Mickey tried to grab her but she was too quick as she turned her body before he could get a hold of her, and in one quick move she was on his back with her legs tightly around his waist, locking Mickey in a sleeper hold.

Nathan’s eyes went wide as he watched. He heard Dante and Lucca slam their beers down and yell “
Oh
!” as they watched Carter hold tightly to Mickey’s neck. Mickey grabbed for Carter’s arms and her legs tightened around him, so he moved to grab her legs and then her arms tightened around him. Nathan could see Mickey was starting to feel the effects of the hold as he inched closer and closer toward the pool. And just when he thought Mickey would fall in with Carter on his back, Carter quickly jumped off his back and pushed him in the pool.

Nathan let out a shocked laugh when Carter’s arms shot up in the air as she jumped up and down screaming victoriously. She was bursting with excitement and Dante and Lucca clapped their hands and laughed as Mickey came up the stairs out of the pool rolling his eyes.

“You got lucky,” Nathan heard Mickey say to Carter.

Carter smile smugly. “Aww, young Mickey, maybe you can beat me when you get older,” she jabbed.

Mickey rolled his eyes. “We’re the same age, Carter. As a matter of fact, I’m three months older than your short ass.”

Carter laughed that musical laugh Nathan loved. “Whatever, Mickey, you lost. Now, I hope you know me, Dante, and Lucca will be expecting our money in cash. Thank you,” she said doing a little dance.

Dante raised his beer. “You are incredible, Carter. Seriously the best,” he said through a chuckle.

Mickey rolled his eyes and snorted. “You only won because I was distracted by your sexy little body pressed against me,” he said crossing his arms over his chest.

Carter just turned around and shook her curvy hips. “Kiss my ass, Mickey,” she replied in a sing song voice.

Dante and Lucca laughed at her teasing, and Nathan even heard Mickey chuckle before he picked her up by her waist and tossed her in the deep end of the pool. Carter’s surprised high pitched scream filled the air.

Once she came back to the surface she eyed Mickey. “Sore loser,” she said through a laugh as he walked over to the table, grabbed a beer and sat in one of the chairs.

Nathan shook his head and chuckled.

It had been three weeks since Carter Steele had reentered his life, three incredible weeks. The more time they spent together, the more he got to know her, the more he fell in love with her. Nathan was so fascinated with Carter. In the three weeks that they had been together, Carter had managed not only to charm him, but she had every one of the guys in the house wrapped around her perfect little manicured finger.

To say that the guys were shocked when Nathan and Carter revealed her true identity would be a huge understatement. Just like Nathan, they had all thought Spook Steele’s entire family was murdered that night. They just like many others didn’t think that anyone had a chance of surviving that hit job. Eventually, they all moved on from trying to solve the mystery of what happened all those years ago. Nathan knew that they wouldn’t stick on the subject for long, because they would all want to know what he wanted to know about her as well.

Yes, Carter had told him a few stories (which they decided not to share with the guys and he was still freaking out about that whole Reeves thing) but the fact was that he had yet to see it with his own eyes, and he wanted to.

Nathan was the one that approached the subject since the guys didn’t seem comfortable asking, but he knew they wanted to know.

They had all heard stories of the notorious hit man, Spook Steele. Spook was feared and respected by some of the most dangerous people in the criminal world. He was known for his ability to remain calm in difficult situations as well as his extensive skill set when it came to taking someone out or being hired to make a statement.

Seriously, the stories of Spook Steele could be used as horror stories to scare both kids and adults. Rumors of his special talents are what made him so mysterious. Everyone knew he was dangerous, but unless you went up against him, one really had no clue just how dangerous he was.

So there they all were, sitting in a beach house living room with the only living blood relative and daughter of one of the most dangerous hit men to ever live, and they all wanted to know one thing… Is she as dangerous as her father was?

It was difficult for Nathan to look at her and believe that she was capable of the things she told him she had done. At first glance, Carter Steele looks like a normal person, stunningly beautiful, but a normal twenty-two year old woman, a model perhaps. But did she look like someone capable of killing two men, and torturing one to death? Not really. He still couldn’t see it in his mind.

That’s why he just decided to ask her straight out. What he wasn’t expecting was no clear answer. All she did was shrug her damn shoulders, which didn’t help at all.

When they asked her what that meant, she just shrugged again, but Nathan knows that he wasn’t the only one that saw the smile in her eyes.

Carter remained somewhat of a mystery to Nathan, even though they hadn’t spent a minute apart these last three weeks, there were still so many things she had yet to reveal about herself and that bugged the hell out of him sometimes. Nathan wasn’t used to being with a mysterious woman. Women usually opened up completely when they were with him in hopes that he would fall for them and they would become the future Mrs. Nathan Salerno, but not Carter.

How ironic was it that the woman he loves, the woman he wants to know, the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with, was still hiding from him.

Maybe she didn’t trust him. The thought cut him deep, but that’s the only reason he could come up with. Carter didn’t trust him.

Nathan’s brows furrowed at the thought as he slipped his hands into his pockets and made his way down the patio steps. He walked in the direction of the pool, still trying to figure out how to make his mysterious girlfriend a lot less mysterious. Nathan shook his head in disbelief.
Girlfriend
, he still couldn’t believe the shit.

He was supposed to be coming to Hope Beach for some R&R, peace, maybe even get laid a few times. Well, he has gotten those things, and more. He’s gotten some great R&R and peace, both in general as well as within himself.

He loved talking to Carter. She listened to him, never judged him, and she understood him. She just gets shit, and Nathan loved her for it, she’s been better than a shrink. As for the getting laid part, well Nathan could only smile at that. Who knew incredible sex came with having a girlfriend.

“Mmm… I know that smile, what are you thinking about, Nathan Salerno?”

Nathan looked up, his thoughts of Carter’s trust issues and disbelief at having a girlfriend momentarily forgotten. He focused on the sight before him and he nearly missed a damn step.

Carter was walking up the steps of the pool twisting the water out of her gorgeous long hair. Water dripped from her beautiful curvaceous body and the sun illuminated her brown skin, which Nathan thought was damn sexy in contrast to her bright pink bikini. Nathan was sure he was drooling, he had to be.

Carter’s smiled widen as she walked out of the pool and toward him. “Now, what’s that expression? That one’s definitely new.” she asked now standing in front of him.

Nathan raised an eyebrow and smirked. “This one?” he asked pointing at his face. “This expression’s called
Nathan’s Lust.
I’m positive you’ll see this one often, and you have only yourself to blame for that.” He leaned forward placing a soft kiss on her lips.

Carter laughed and raised an eyebrow. “Nathan’s lust huh? I’ll have to remember that one,” she said messing with the hem of his t-shirt. She looked up at him and smiled warmly. “Did you rest well?” she asked moving his hair away from his eyes.

Nathan grabbed her hand and kissed her palm and then her wrist. “Mmm hmm,” he replied while nipping at her palm earning a giggle from her. “You wore me out last night, and this morning.”

Carter bit her bottom lip, and put her forehead against his chest. Nathan was sure she was blushing. He had come to find out that Carter, although a very passionate lover, was a bit shy when it came to the subject of sex. She had told Nathan that she had very little experience with sex before him, and he loved teasing her and watching her squirm when he whispered dirty things in her ear. It may make him an asshole, but it turned him on.

“Nathan, please behave,” she said putting her hand against his chest.

Nathan smirked.

“I mean it, Nathan! No teasing me today when Jenna comes over to meet you. She can be very conservative when it comes to things like PDA, and she’s very protective of me. I tell her I don’t need it but she insists that guys just want to use girls like me, whatever that means. I don’t know, just behave please.” She gave him a pleading look, and then she turned to where the guys were playing cards and drinking beer at the table. “That goes for you too, Mickey. You have to watch your dirty mouth, I know Dante and Lucca know how to be nice, but you’re very bad,” she said pointing at him. Mickey smirked and wiggled his eyebrows at her. Carter rolled her eyes and turned back to Nathan.

Nathan frowned, moved a strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear. “This girl’s opinion is important to you?” he asked. “And if she doesn’t approve of me, then what?” he asked looking into her eyes. Nathan didn’t really know if he was able to impress anyone. He had never been in this type of situation before. If she needed the approval of this prudish chick then he was pretty certain they were doomed.

Carter shook her head.

“She’s important to me, Nathan. She’s been the only person in my life for the past two years, and she’s like a sister.” Carter touched his face lovingly. “But her opinion of you won’t change our relationship at all. Jenna is sort of a pessimist, she doesn’t really like anyone when she first meets them, she didn’t like me, but now we’re best friends,” Carter said with a shrug.

Nathan chuckled. “Well, she sounds like a delight,” he said sarcastically.

Carter smiled and laughed softly. “Shut up.”

“I’m sure I’ll fail miserably at impressing her, but I’ll do my best to behave even though I’m sure I’ll fail at that too.” Nathan’s hands slid down her hips and he palmed her sexy ass. He lifted her from the ground and she locked her legs around his waist and laughed.

“Yeah, I thought you might say that, you jerk. You’re not even going to try are you?”

Nathan smirked and shook his head.

“I don’t think I can be around you and not touch you anyway I want to, Carter,” he said leaning forward placing a slow kiss on her neck, making her shudder in his arms.

Carter let out a soft gasp and pulled back. “No, Nathan. Don’t even think about it. I have to go soon,” she said firmly.

Nathan didn’t care, he wanted her and he wanted her now. It was her fault, not his. At least that’s what he told himself as he started walking with her back to their room, his hand moving to release the tie of her bikini top. Carter’s hand quickly shot up to her chest to keep her top from falling, much to Nathan’s delight.

“Nathan!” she screamed and he chuckled.

“Hmm?” he asked pulling at the strings of her bottoms.

She moved her hips back and forth trying to get away from his hand but still refusing to let go of her chest. “Nathan! I’m going to kick your ass!” she yelled.

“Moving your hips like that is only going to make your plans for today wait longer honey,” he said in a low sensual tone, still pulling at the strings of her bottoms.

“Nathan, you lucky motherfucker. That’s why I hate your ass,” Nathan heard Mickey yell from behind him and he laughed right before dodging a hit in the face from Carter. He finally got one side of her bikini bottom untied and Carter gasped. She wrapped one arm around Nathan’s neck tight to keep her top up and grabbed the side he untied.

“Oh my God, Nathan! You’re so dead! I am not kidding!” she yelled still holding on to him tight as he headed up the steps of the patio connected to the room.

Her nails dug into his back hard, he knew she was pissed.

Nathan just smiled. In all honesty, Nathan knew he was an asshole, but he loved to get her all worked up before sex. It made her less shy and the sex incredibly exciting. Sex with Carter was amazing, seriously, the best sex Nathan had ever experienced, but he had come to find out that sex with Carter when he pissed her off was fucking incredible. He knew it was wrong to purposely piss her off, but he didn’t do it all the time, just when he knew she was in the mood, and right now, he knew she was in the mood.

***

Carter stood in front of the full length mirror admiring her new yellow halter summer dress. She absolutely loved it. It was one of the few things she let Nathan buy her when they went shopping. She saw the dress and she had to have it, but there was no way she could afford it without going bankrupt, so she decided to let her boyfriend spoil her, just a little bit.