Limitless (Journey Series) (14 page)

The tattoos that I had once thought
made him look like a bad boy, sprawled up each of his arms and across his
chest, stuck out prominently and I wanted to go over and trace each one with my
finger. I must have been staring for a while because one of his green eyes
winked at me and I let out a small giggle. He always made that sexy, not cheesy
like some guys.

“Ready to go, Belley? Mom’s ready
to head home for the night. You and Leah can play dress up some other day.”

“’Kay, Chase. Bye, Leah. Next time
you come over, we’ll have to play in my room. I have tons more stuff than this.
I don’t know if my tutus will fit you though.” She pursed her tiny lips and
Chase laughed at her concentrated expression.

“Don’t worry, Belle. I’ll find one
Leah’s size for next time, I’m sure she’ll love to have one of her own.” Belle
kissed both of us and ran out of the room. “Maybe you can wear that and nothing
else for me,” he whispered into my ear, before following Belle out of the room.
I think I stood there for a full minute in shock. Glimpses of my husband were
starting to break through and I couldn’t have been happier.

I finally followed Chase out to the
living room and we all said goodbye to Mary and Belle. After they left, the
three of us sat down for a family dinner and then curled up together on the
couch to watch a movie. Caleb fell asleep halfway into the second one and Chase
got up quietly, scooping him into his arms and carried him off to bed.

I must have fallen asleep too,
because I woke up in the familiar set of arms that loved to carry me around. He
deposited me into the center of our bed and covered me with a blanket, before
dropping a kiss onto my head.

“I love you, baby,” he whispered,
his warm breath doing all sorts of crazy things to my stomach. He went to stand
back up, assuming I was sleeping but I yanked on his arm before he could get
very far, and pulled him back on to the bed.

“Chase, please don’t leave.” He was
silent as he curled up against my body, snaking his arm around my waist and I
buried my head in the crook of his neck. “Why don’t you want me anymore?” I
murmured against his neck. His body stiffened against me and he pulled back an
inch, confirming my suspicions. I knew I had hurt him by what I did with Grant.
He still loved me, and had seemed to be giving me hints here and there, but now
I didn’t know if he was
in
love with me.

“Leah, why would you ever think
that? I’ve just been trying to keep my distance, to give you time to heal.”

“Chase, I just need you. You’re all
I need.”

               Chase

Those were the only words I needed
to hear out of her full lips. I had been giving her some space the past week.
Yeah, I still had some anger over the whole situation that went down at Gino’s,
but after hearing her explain the situation over again in our counseling
session, it seemed to lessen a bit.

I had to try so hard to keep my
hands to myself whenever I was around her. It probably had been hard for her to
keep her hands to herself earlier too. I didn’t miss her checking out my body,
I did it on purpose really. I knew it was definitely one of her weaknesses.

“Leah, you’ve always had me. I’ve
always been here. I’ll always be here, no matter what.” She breathed out a loud
sigh before grabbing my head and crashing her lips against mine. I let her take
control this time; I think she needed to have it.

 Her mouth didn’t remain on mine
for long. She slid down to my jaw, her tongue darting out to lick a path to my
neck. I groaned when she twisted her body around to straddle me. Yup, her being
in control was perfectly okay with me.

Her hands moved to my chest and
across my stomach, her lips followed closely behind. When my shorts and boxers
were pushed down it didn’t really click, but when her moist lips touched my
dick, the breath rushed out of me and my hips twitched anxiously.

I watched as her head bobbed up and
down, slowly at first, and then into a much quicker pace. I loved what she was
doing, but right now, I needed to be inside of her. I wasn’t about to finish in
her mouth, but I was almost there.

I gently pulled up on her hair and
she slid up my body with smile, knowing all too well what I wanted, what I
really needed. Both of our hands fumbled as we tried to rip her clothes off in
a hurry. I had to laugh when I couldn’t get her damn bra off, I felt like I was
an inexperienced teenager all over again.

She positioned herself above me and
sank down slowly. She leaned down to kiss me as our bodies clicked together and
I held her there wanting her lips against mine as we moved together. She began to
pick up the pace, circling her hips, looking so god damn sexy, naked above me.

 I grabbed onto her hips, sinking
my fingers in deep as I thrusted up, pushing deeper and deeper, needing to be
as close as possible. She called out my name while we both found our release
together, panting against my chest, while drawing circles right over my heart. She
would own it forever.

“Thank you Chase, for being there,
and for being what I needed. I might not have known it at the time, but you
were doing everything possible to help me. I love you so much; you really are
the perfect husband.” She kissed me once on the chest before snuggling her head
into my neck. I wrapped my arms around her, loving the feel of our bare skin
against each other. It felt like everything in our lives was finally clicking
into the place the way it should be. The way we deserved it to be.

                                                                            
**********

We had just finished a late
counseling session on Friday after I had gotten off work. This was the first
time I had heard the fact mentioned that Leah had contemplated the idea of
killing herself. By the time she was finished, I felt sick. What if she had
really went through with it? I don’t know if I could have handled losing Leah,
especially like that.

I felt her hand on my back where I
was slumped forward in my chair and in that moment I realized that she was
there. Right next to me, living and breathing, finally healing to where she was
beginning to be healthy again. I had to stuff down the guilt I felt, it wasn’t
good for either one of us, but it would always be there right in the back of my
mind.

After we left the doctor’s office,
I pulled her into my arms and just held her there. I just needed to feel her,
feel that she was with me. I ran my hands over every inch of her body to make sure
she was real. Finally, I landed on her lips, brushing the pad of my thumb over
the fullness.

“I love you, Leah.” Our lips
crashed into each other and right there in that moment I felt like we were
really healing each other.

We picked up Caleb from my mom’s
house after our appointment. It was finally the weekend that we were going away
to Vegas and I didn’t have to kidnap Leah or drug her sexy ass, she was going
along willingly.

“Hey Roy, how’s it going man? All
ready for the wild child?” Roy grinned as I handed him Caleb’s bag and hugged
Caleb with his other free arm. “I’m always ready for him. How’s Leah been
doing?”

“She’s great; she’s actually in the
truck. She was a little upset about leaving Caleb. She’s been doing a lot
better and they’ve been spending just about every minute together.”

“Good to hear, well we have some
stuff planned for this weekend, so I’m sure we’ll have fun. Tell Leah to call
anytime she needs to, I’ll completely understand.”

“Ugh, is Shelia going to be here?”
Caleb groaned out while glaring at his dad. I smirked down at Caleb, even
though I know I shouldn’t have. Caleb wasn’t the biggest fan of his dad’s new
girlfriend, Shelia.

I had met her a few times and she
seemed like a nice enough lady. A little stuck up for my taste, but Roy seemed
to like her, so I guess that was all that counted. I think Caleb was just a
little upset he wasn’t getting one hundred percent of his dad’s attention when he
came to visit, but I knew Roy couldn’t be single forever even if he was a dad.

“Yes, Caleb. Don’t worry we’ll have
a ton of fun. Shelia wanted to take you to this new pizza place; they have an
arcade. She planned it all out, especially for you. Doesn’t that sound like
fun?”

“Sure,” he grumbled out. I leaned
down to give him a kiss on his forehead and whispered in his ear, “Be nice,
little dude.”

I stood up and shook Roy’s hand.
“Good luck, man.” I knew how Caleb could get and I was kind of glad I wasn’t
the one having to deal with it. Now we were headed to the airport and
hopefully, I would be able to have a relaxing weekend with my wife.

Leah

“I can’t believe we’re finally here.
I’ve traveled more with you than I ever have in my life.” I giggled as Chase
scooped me off the plane and didn’t deposit me until we reached the baggage
claim. People were giving us strange looks, but I didn’t care, I was just happy
to be in his arms.

I was a little upset that I was
away from Caleb though. I had wanted to bring him with us, but I knew Las Vegas
wasn’t really a kid friendly place. Sure, he would have a ton of fun swimming
in the hotel pool or seeing some of the attractions, but I was sure whatever
Ally had in mind wouldn’t be good for a four year old.

We got a taxi as soon as we got our
luggage and headed towards the hotel where everyone was staying. Ally had
already booked us a room weeks ago, even though at the time I was convinced I wouldn’t
be coming. Now, I was feeling good about being here and was excited to see our
friends.

I texted Ally when we were on our
way and leaned against Chase’s shoulder in the back seat of the taxi. I felt
like this weekend was going to be good for us. “You doing all right with this,
baby? You don’t want to go to home already, do you?” I looked up and caught his
smirk before he placed his lips on my forehead. “I’m fine Chase, you need to
stop asking me that, at least for this weekend. Please?”

“Alright, but I can only promise
that for this weekend. When we get home, all bets are off; I’ll probably ask
you a hundred times a day. You’ll probably want to kick my ass.”

I snorted and leaned in to the
crook of his neck. “You’re probably right, but it is such a sexy ass, at least
I’ll have fun doing it.”

The taxi came to a stop underneath
the black and white checkered awning of the hotel. I knew I shouldn’t have been
surprised since it was Ally, but there she was, along with everyone else
waiting for us. She immediately pulled open my door and knocked me backwards,
tackling me in a hug.

“You’re really here, I can’t
believe it!” She squeezed me again, like she was trying to make sure this
wasn’t a dream or something, and then pulled back to look down at me. “You’re
really here. You have no idea how much it means to have my best friend here for
this. This is crazy.” She righted herself and then reached a hand in to pull me
out, along with Chase who gave me a push and an upside down smirk at Ally’s
reaction.

“Yes, I’m here.” I smoothed out my
hair and put an arm around her shoulder. “And I’m excited to see you too. But
why exactly do you need your best friend here so badly? Is this performance
different than the others or something?” Ally didn’t answer but instead shot me
a bright smile and pulled me towards the rest of the group.

Remy stepped forward first to wrap
me in a tight hug. “I’m glad you’re here, Leah. I think Ally really needs you
right now,” she whispered into my ear. I gave her a strange look and was about
to ask her for an explanation, but instead I was passed along to the next set
of arms, and then the next.

“So, I have something to tell you.”
Ally stepped forward after Chase had his arm wrapped around my waist once again
and we had all moved up to the suite of rooms that the guys had been put up in.

She wrung her hands nervously in
front of herself and then finally held her left hand out to me. On her ring
finger sat a giant pink stone set in a platinum band that was intricately woven
with another band. It was so…Ally. But what in the hell? She and Tyler were far
from serious when they had left. This seemed like something Ally would do, she
was so impulsive sometimes. It was almost exhausting.

“Wow, Al. Congratulations?” It came
out as more of a question as I grabbed her hand and looked closer to examine it.
It was truly beautiful, even if I wasn’t so sure about it being on her finger.

“But that’s not all. Nope, we are
just getting started with our fun- filled weekend, L. I’m getting married
tomorrow! That’s why I needed you here so badly. I couldn’t do it without you.”
She squealed and wrapped an arm around my neck. I patted her on the back
awkwardly. I didn’t want to ruin the excitement, but seriously? I really needed
to have a talk with her.

“Wow, I didn’t realize you and Ty-”
My mouth froze when Teddy stepped forward and laced his fingers with Ally’s,
leaning down to place a soft kiss on her palm. I looked back and forth between
the two of them, both beaming like it was the best day of their lives. Or almost.
Judging by the way they were tightly holding each other, tomorrow would be the
best day of their lives.

Apparently, I had missed a lot
since I had been avoiding Ally for the past month or so. But, she hadn’t
breathed a word of this when she called and demanded I be here. That little
sneaky slut. What was I going to do with her?

I looked over at my husband and was
about to lay into him for not telling me about this pertinent piece of
information, but he looked about as shocked as me. Apparently, his best friend
had been keeping this big secret from him too.

And Tyler actually looked like he
was smiling about this whole development. Clearly, these people were all on
drugs or something. I must have been staring with my mouth wide open because
Chase nudged me in the side and cleared his throat. “Dude, congrats. I can’t
believe you didn’t tell me. I’m glad we’re here to witness Teddy Sampson being
taken off the market. What are the fans gonna think?”