Limitless (Journey Series) (21 page)

“Of course, really I’m fine. Better
than I have been in a while. I’m glad we’re getting back into a sense of
normalcy again. It was gone for so long, it feels good to have it back.”

 “Good,” he responded. “Besides, I
wanted a little alone time with you.” I turned when his hand landed on my bare
thigh as he drove and he smirked at me with a sideways look. “You know we
haven’t christened the truck since we got married,” he added in a husky voice.

“Mmhm,” I breathed out as his
fingers inched upwards on the inside of my leg. “I think we’ve been pretty
busy. But I think it’s a little inappropriate, now that we’re grown adults,
don’t you think? I mean you are a teacher and all. How do you think it would
look if Mr. O’Neil got caught with his pants down?” I lightly teased and inched
away from his wandering hand.

“I think that they would probably
be pretty jealous and I also think that I don’t give a damn about what other
people think. Right, baby?” He gave me a wicked smile, that made me squirm in
my seat just thinking about what he was going to do. The truck came to an abrupt
stop and I realized he had turned into a roadside park and pulled into the most
secluded spot there was.

“Now, get over here.” He lightly
yanked on my hand until our bodies were right next to each other, and there
wasn’t an inch of space between us.

 I was still playing hard to get though;
he had to work for this if he wanted to have a little fun. I sat there still as
a statue, looking out the windshield at the line of lush green trees in front
of me. Like they were really that interesting. Right. Not when I had Chase
O’Neil trying to seduce me.

He let out a low laugh when I
refused to turn his way and huffed out a breath. “Fine, playing hard to get, I
see.” It was like he was a freaking mind reader and knew exactly what game I
was playing.

His hand slipped onto my thigh once
again as the same time his mouth sunk down to my neck, lightly nipping at the
sensitive spot right behind my ear. This time he didn’t tease though. His hand
went straight for my silk panties and he rubbed lightly on the outside of the material
back and forth with his thumb.

 “Mmhm, I can tell you want nothing
to do with this,” he murmured out, a smile forming against my neck. “You can’t
deny that you’re excited, right?” A traitorous moan escaped my lips when he
pushed aside the material and instantly sunk in two fingers.

“Okay, I’m done playing games.” I
swung my leg around until I was straddled across his lap and he smirked back at
me once we were face to face. “That didn’t take you very long, guess I have
magic fingers, huh?”

My lips crashed into his, wiping
that cocky smirk right off his face. I pulled back to grab his bottom lip in
between my teeth, lightly nipping at it before sucking into my mouth. He
groaned into my mouth the minute our tongues connected.

His hands went to work on my dress,
pushing it up over my hips quickly and I cursed myself for wearing underwear.
“You could have told me this is what you had in mind. I would have been a
little bit more prepared.”

“Oh come on, Leah. Live a little.”
I awkwardly maneuvered one leg and then the other, somehow finally sliding my
panties off and Chase sat me back down on his lap. “Yeah, I guess I see what
you mean. Next time I’ll warn you when I have these types of things planned
out.”

“Shut up, don’t be so cocky about
it. Guys have it so easy, one flick of the wrist, raise the hips a little, bada
bing, bada boom, there you are.” I reached down a hand to do just that and he
helped me along by raising his hips, biting his lip at the same time, I’m sure
to bite back his laughter.

His head sunk down to my neck once
again and he quickly erased my anger at the touch of his lips. My hands wrapped
around the back of his head, loving the way he set off every nerve in my body.

 I wiggled my hips against him as I
felt his erection beneath me and his fingers dug into my hips, easily lifting
me up, but holding me for just a second longer to make the anticipation and
need grow even more. 

Chase

With the way those gray eyes were
glaring at me, I knew she was getting pissed and inpatient, but I loved to
tease her and she knew it. The bare skin on her hips felt so soft underneath my
fingertips, I wanted her whole body bare against me but I knew Leah would be a
little cautious since we were sitting in a parking lot where anyone could see us.

I guess it made me a little nervous
too, but the thrill of it made it all that more exciting. And we were to the
point where either one of us couldn’t really give a fuck.

My lips curved into a smile as she
squirmed above me and I finally gave into her, slowly lowering her down onto my
hardness and feeling her wetness engulf me. We both let out a sigh when she was
finally settled all the way down onto my lap and I leaned forward to touch our
foreheads.

“I love you, baby.”  “I love you
too,” she whispered back. I had to get that out there before either one of us
started moving, because once that happened I wasn’t going to be able to hold
myself back.

This wasn’t a time to make slow,
sweet love. This was a time for hard and rough, something I think we both
needed right now. I could tell Leah felt the same by the way she was intently
staring down at me and I had to grab onto her hips firmly to still her from
bucking.

I finally let go of her hips and
she smiled as soon as I released her, giving her the go- ahead. Her hips
instantly circled me and I loved the feeling of her tightness gripping me from
above. I ran my hands up her sides, underneath the thin material of her dress
to cup each of her breasts that were bare.

I buried my head into the crook of
her neck as she rode me at such a slow pace, it was almost excruciating. I
think she was trying to get back at me for how I had teased her before and I
guess this was payback, but I couldn’t take it.

So I dug my fingers into her hips
once again, sliding her up and down over my length, setting a pace that I
needed right then and it was anything but slow. Her head dipped down and she
panted against my lips as she kept up with my rhythm.

 She quickly pulled back and her
full lips formed a perfect O as she threw her head back and she tightened
around me. I pounded her body with a wild urge, her own orgasm sending me over
the edge and I groaned out as I found my release. My head flopped back against
the headrest, completely exhausted and Leah snuggled into my chest, letting out
a soft sigh as I stroked a hand through her curls. I think we needed to
christen the truck a little more often.

After we both adjusted our clothes,
I threw the truck into reverse with a wide smile on my face. I could cross that
off the list quickly. This day was going perfectly and it would continue on
that way as long as my mom had everything ready at the house.

We pulled into the driveway and
easily found a parking spot since there were no other cars in the long winding
driveway.

“Jeez, I guess we did get here
pretty early, even after our little pit stop. I guess that means I can help
your mom out in the kitchen. Are Amy and Katie coming today too?”

“Mmhm,” I murmured as I tapped a
message out on my phone before jogging over to scoop her small body out of the
truck. Them and a whole lot more if all was going as planned. We stepped onto
the wide wraparound porch and Leah pointed to the sign taped to the storm door.
“I guess we’re supposed to go around back according to that. That’s a little
strange. Are we having a barbeque today?”

“Um, I don’t know. Mom didn’t
mention anything, maybe Chris suggested it since it’s such a nice day out. You
know how he loves his barbeques.” I laced my fingers through hers and pulled
her off the porch, smirking at her questioning expression.  “C’mon, we’ll do as
the sign says. I know how you’re such a rule follower.”

“Oh, yeah and you’re so much
better,” she responded sarcastically but quickly followed behind me. As soon as
we rounded the corner, a chorus rang out made up of all of our family and
friends, gathered under a large tent set up in the middle of the backyard.
“Surprise!”

Leah

I jumped in surprise, pressing my
body against Chase’s, when ‘surprise’ rang out through the back yard. I quickly
scanned everyone who was gathered and spotted almost every one of our family
and friends standing underneath a large white tent, staring back at us with
wide smiles.

“You knew about this, didn’t you?”
I hissed out through the smile that I had pasted on my face. He knew how much I
hated surprises and I already knew without even asking that he had a part in
this. I had no clue what exactly the surprise party was for, but it was
apparently for us, unless they had awkwardly just yelled out surprise to the
wrong people.

“Calm down, baby. You know you love
me. You can punish me later if you want to.” He winked a green eye at me,
before pulling me towards the crowd of our loved ones.

I quickly forgot about being upset
after I saw all who was there. Teddy, Ally, Mark, and Remy were all grouped
together and I rushed that way to wrap each of them into a tight hug.
Surprisingly, Mr. and Mrs. James were standing directly behind them and they
each gave me a kiss on the cheek.

“Hi Leah, dear. It’s so good to see
you.” Mrs. James patted my back gently and passed me along to Mr. James. “Now
get out of here, kid, we’ll have plenty of time to catch up later. I think
there are a few people who would like to see you.” I left them with a smile,
knowing that we would have to do just that.

I hadn’t seen them in so long, it
was strange. They had been like the parents I never had while I finished high
school, always there for Caleb and me whenever we needed anything, even though
I was never one to ask for handouts.

As soon as I stepped away from
them, my legs were wrapped in a hug from behind by two sets of arms and I
twisted my body around, my fingers instantly sinking into the dark brown curls
of Caleb and grabbing lightly onto Belles tiny ponytail. I noticed Roy standing
behind him with a small smile on his face.

 “So, Chase conned you into this
whole surprise thing too. I figured you out of all people would have told me,
Roy. I thought we had an understanding here. You’re supposed to tell me
everything, remember?” He shrugged his shoulders sheepishly and stepped closer
to wrap an arm around Caleb.

 “Sorry, there was no way I was
going to ruin it. My lips were sealed, especially around this little guy. He
had no clue where we were going today when I strapped him into the car, you
should have seen how excited he got when we pulled into Grandma Mary’s
driveway. When he found out they were having a party for you and Chase, I think
he almost passed out from the joy. Surprises are fun sometimes, Leah.”

“I know, Roy,” I groaned out, even
though a wide smile had broken out onto my face. I was so happy to have Caleb
here, I didn’t care what the occasion was and even that it was a surprise. I
heard a shrill whistle and everyone’s attention turned to the makeshift stage
that was set up near the front side of the tent.

I felt a hand wrap around my waist
and even without looking, I knew it was Chase. The crowd of our family parted
as he led me towards the front and we stopped right near the edge of the stage,
where Mary was perched in the center.

She cleared her throat once
everyone had quieted down and her eyes zeroed in on us. “Leah, you’re probably
wondering right now what in the hell is going on. You surely know by now that
my sweet boy had a helping hand in planning this entire thing out.” She waved a
hand out in front of her, pointing to all of our loved ones who had shown up.

“I know how you hate surprises, sweetie
but I think we all agree when we say you two definitely deserve it. So, happy
anniversary you two!” She held up a glass of champagne in cheers and Katie
shoved two glasses in our hands so we could raise them with everyone else.

I gave Chase a confused look
knowing that our anniversary was still a few months away, he raised his
eyebrows at me as he took a sip out of his glass and tilted his head back
towards the stage.

“Now, I know what you all are
thinking,” Mary continued on, setting her glass down carefully on the table set
beside her that was draped in a white tablecloth. “These two lovebirds still
have a few months to go before their first anniversary, but Chase wanted to
celebrate early. If you think back to this day a year ago, it was the exact day
that Chase proposed.”

Everyone let out a collective ‘Aww’
and I squeezed Chase’s hand tightly, loving how sweet and thoughtful he always
was. Me, I could barely remember what today’s date was, let alone the exact day
Chase proposed, but now it would be forever branded in my mind.

“Chase was so nervous on that day,
having just graduated, even though that’s surely not what had him set so on
edge. A mother always knows these types of things. He was so worried that Leah
would run the other way, but in fact she ran right into his arms just like I
suspected.” She grinned down at us, winking a twinkling eye at me, just like
her son did so often.

“And then the journey you two have
had together in this short time. It has definitely been a bumpy experience, one
that some wouldn’t be able to ride through, but they stuck it out through thick
and thin. I couldn’t be prouder of far you both have come.

“We love you both so much and wish
you many more years of blissful happiness. Let’s hope that the coming years
aren’t as rough as a journey and your love can continue to shine.” A burst of
applause echoed through the tent and I leaned into Chase’s chest as it came to
an end and music began to play softly through a set of speakers.