Lucas: The Hunter Brothers Series (21 page)

“No
and I’d like to keep it that way,” he said firmly and I knew Chas wouldn’t
leave it there.

“Why
haven’t you told him?” she asked as Lucas rolled his eyes.

“Goodbye,
Chastity” he said, ending the call as I gaped at him open mouthed.

“You
can’t just cut my sister off,” I said as he laughed, pulling me on top of him
and enveloping me in a wonderful deep kiss that almost made me forget what had
just happened until my phone beeped with an incoming text.

Told
you he’s a dickwad! Happy birthday, Sis x

CHAPTER 16

“Chas,
just watch Dex while I’m having a bath” I shouted through to her bedroom while
she was getting ready, easing into the orange scented water and relaxing my
limbs and muscles that were still aching from last night’s exertions with
Lucas.
 
I revelled in the sensations,
laughing at just how suddenly aches and pains had turned into a good thing.
There wasn’t one I’d regretted yet.

I
was glad he’d rescued my birthday and in some ways relieved that the secret was
out. No doubt it would have got increasingly difficult to hide it, and his
shock and dismay had been short lived. At least now I wouldn’t have to wander
around fretting about how to broach the subject.

The
evening had been incredible. Lucas’s bedroom felt more intimate and special than
the club, but we were compartmentalising and I didn’t expect it would happen
again in a hurry. Last night was unique, a time for desperate measures and he’d
said those very words himself.

I
lay there, relaxing and radiating in the warmth of the soft bubbles popping
gently against my skin and thinking about the chat we’d had after the ‘hot’ and
‘cold’ experiment. We were starting slowly, taking things easy, but I knew
without question it wouldn’t be long until those whips came out and I’d asked
the question directly.

 
I was reassured with the explanation that he
would get to know my body inch by inch first; every reaction, need and desire,
and by the time he was tying me up and whipping me I’d be begging him to do it.
He was probably right. Sexually he seemed to be right about everything,
although I’d told him just how much an exercise in futility the damn
questionnaire had been for someone with no experience.

He’d
agreed, especially as I’d given him almost nothing to go on. It had just been
designed to give him a basic idea of any absolute ‘no-no’s’ apparently. The
rest he would look forward to finding out for himself. ‘So would I’, I thought,
as an involuntary little shiver burst across my warm skin and I curled my feet
around the taps.

The
power exchange was intoxicating and I was already addicted, revelling in the
feeling that Lucas Hunter had complete control over my body and could do with
me what he wanted. It felt naughty and strangely liberating, any shame and
guilt removed along with my power. I had my safe word, my harness, my knowledge
that Lucas would stop. I lowered my pink skin further into the liquid heat and
wondered if I’d ever have started something like this with anyone else as my
head shot up at the racket outside.

“Whoa!”
I heard, followed by Chas screeching something at the top of her lungs. I
climbed out of the bath, wrapping myself in a small pink towel and marched out
of the bathroom to find out what the hell was going on. All I’d wanted was five
damn minutes of relaxation, betting that my sister had stood on a piece of
stray Lego with her bare feet. Standing in the doorway, freezing and dripping,
I gasped out loud. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Oh
God. Why now?

“Mummy,
mummy, look what Lucas got me,” Dex was shrieking excitedly as I looked up at
Lucas who was smiling broadly.

 
“Lucas” I barked, suddenly annoyed that he hadn’t
consulted me and barged into my home with what looked like a top of the range
BMX and other supporting paraphernalia. This wasn’t part of our deal and I’d be
having some extremely strong words with him about it. At least I would if I
could make myself heard over the five year old who was screaming and bouncing
over the furniture landing firmly in Lucas’s arms as Charlie looked on. He was
as surprised as he was amused.

It
wasn’t the only thing annoying me. The room looked like the apocalypse after an
explosion in a plastics factory. There was barely an inch of carpet left
untouched. Lucas’s place was impeccable and right now, mine was a dump. “I see
you let him run riot, Chas,” I scalded as she rolled her eyes.

 
“I had to get ready,” she replied, casting a
little smirk at Charlie as I got a good look at her for the first time. I was
wearing a towel barely bigger than a face cloth and she was wearing even less.
Two miniscule gold triangles and a skirt so short it would be better described
as a belt.

I
looked her up and down slowly; ignoring Lucas who I knew was trying not to
laugh. I’d deal with him in a second.

 
“It can’t have taken you very long to put
that
on,” I huffed as she raised her
eyebrows at me.

 
“Oh you’d be surprised where I have to put
tape to keep this little number in place,” she laughed, beckoning Charlie
across to the kitchen as I heard him mutter “I wouldn’t mind finding out.”

“Come
on, squirt, grumpy Mummy wants a chat with Lucas,” she laughed as Dex kissed
him on the cheek, jumped down and followed her, still wildly excited.

 
Lucas just stood there, smirking and quirking
his eyebrow before raking his gaze seductively over my entire body and sending
my insides into overdrive. I took a deep breath as he walked towards me,
putting my hand up to stop him and taking a step back. I skidded slightly on my
wet feet, almost losing the towel and my dignity, straightening myself quickly and
staring at him hard.

“Let’s
get something straight, Lucas. Anything to do with Dexter, you run it by me
first,” I snapped angrily. He’d dropped the smirk, but the eyes were dancing
mischievously, twinkling brightly as he stepped even closer.

“Lucas,
I am not joking,” I said seriously as he pouted and I tried not to laugh. It
was the first time I’d ever seen it and it just didn’t fit his face, but this
was important and he needed to understand. “I mean it. I’m not playing around
here. I am seriously not happy about this,” I said, shaking my head as he
titled his, pulling an apologetic smile which appeased me slightly.

“I
promised the boy a bike. You know I’m a man of my word, Jess, and I assumed
you’d realise I’d follow through on that promise,” he said. Had I thought about
it I probably would have, but with everything else that had happened last night
I’d had other things on my mind.

Dex
came barging through from the kitchen, grabbing the designer fabric on Lucas’s
legs. “Will you take me to ride it, Lucas?” he asked, rolling his sweet little
lisp around the word and my heart clenched as Lucas looked across at me for
guidance. It was possibly the cutest thing I’d ever seen.

“He’s
probably too busy,” I said, looking from Lucas to Dex and now he was the one
pouting. Lucas shook his head. I wasn’t going to win this one. “There’s a park
at the end of the street. You can take him there. I’ll join you when I’m
dressed” I huffed, still trying to calm down as Chas came back through, followed
by Charlie.

“I’ll
go with them, Sis,” she grinned.

“I
thought you were working,” I frowned as she cast a cheeky glance at Charlie
before looking back at me.

“Patrick
won’t mind if I blow him off for the first hour or so, he’ll have it under
control. Give me a minute,” she said before looking at Charlie again and
disappearing into the bedroom, no doubt to make
herself
decent. I could guarantee it wouldn’t take as long to get off as it had to get
on, still shaking my head at the mess and stomping through to my bedroom to dry
myself off.

The
text came through seconds later.

‘I like you wet’

I
laughed; knowing I couldn’t stay mad at him and hearing Chas race back through to
the lounge before the four of them disappeared off to the park.

I
got ready as quickly as I could, pulling on my jeans and a sweater, raking the
brush through my tangled wet locks and applying the bare minimum of make-up I
could get away with. I still wasn’t comfortable with the whole situation, but
after being caught mid-bath, I needed to make a bit of an effort. This was
Lucas Hunter after all and fifteen minutes ago I had looked a frigging state.
Had the man never heard of calling ahead?

As
I walked through the huge iron gates I saw them in the distance. Dexter was
padded up to the nines in protective gear and a Superman helmet, and Charlie
was running behind him holding onto the back of the bike. He let go as Dex
wobbled all over the place, crashing to the floor as he tried to make it to
Lucas who was standing a few yards in front of him, egging him on. Jesus
Christ.

 
I wondered where Chas had got to as I sprinted
over in a panic, throwing her a narrow glare as I noticed her lounging sultrily
up against an oak tree. She never took her eyes off Charlie and was seemingly
oblivious to the fact that her nephew was on the floor.

“He’s
never ridden a bike before, where the hell are the stabilisers?” I shouted,
panicking as I grabbed Dex. He
struggled
away, shook
himself off and stood there smiling and looking at me as though I were
clinically insane.

“Lucas
said stabilisers are for wimps,” he said, challenging me with his narrow blue
eyes as I turned my head slowly, glowering at Lucas who simply shrugged his
shoulders.

“He’s
five, Jess, he should be able to ride a bike without stabilisers,” he announced
as a fact while I stood up, brushing the stray leaves from my knees.

“Should
he now?” I spat back, hands on hips and sending him an icy stare as Dex picked
the bike up and pushed it back to Charlie, ready to set off again.

“Yes
he should. It’s not as though he’s going to get injured, he’s pretty well
protected,” Lucas laughed as I stared at him in disbelief.

“He
just fell off,” I gasped incredulously.

“Yeah,
and he’s fine, aren’t you, Dex?” Lucas shouted as he nodded and I had to jump
back as he rode past me, almost clattering into my legs, and all the way to
Lucas who picked him up and spun him around.

“Way
to go, Buddy,” he said, high fiving him and the pride on Dexter’s face instantly
thawed my icy exterior and I couldn’t help but smile. “Come on now. All the way
back to Charlie,” Lucas said as Dex set off again. He was doing so well and
having so much fun that I decided not to intervene, still trying to quell the
annoyance that was simmering internally.

I
moved away, leaning up against the old oak tree with my sister and watching the
scenes unfolding in front of me.

“Doesn’t
that sight just melt your heart,” she smiled, looking at the two gorgeous men
teaching my son to ride his first bike and I nodded, swallowing hard. Whether I
liked it or not, it did, and sent the most wonderful, warm feeling searing up
inside me.

Lucas
smiled and winked and I knew then I’d have to slow this down. As incredible as
he was, Lucas Hunter was a cyclone – powerful and dynamic with a strong will
and a cyclone could suck you in and leave a trail of destruction in its wake. I
looked at my little boys face, wondering if he hadn’t succumbed already and
knowing I couldn’t allow that to happen.

“What’s
really going on with you and Charlie?” I asked, turning to my sister as she
grinned.

“I
told you, we’re mates,” she laughed as Charlie glanced over, throwing her a
huge white smile as she returned the gesture.

“Hmmm.
I don’t
look at my
mates
like that,” I said
as she laughed gently.

“Well
none of your mates are that fit. Anyway I told you, he wants a fuck, not a
future,” she said as a sudden awkward thought crossed my mind.

“It
could make things weird for me and Lucas if you hooked up with Charlie and it’s
really early days for us,” I said, biting my lip and knowing that was pretty
selfish.

“Message
understood,” she laughed, but I doubted Charlie would hear the same message
from the smouldering look she just sent him, turning to me and shrugging as
through she’d read my mind.

“That
is not to say I won’t be enjoying a little flirting,” she winked as I laughed,
watching Dexter who looked to be doing pretty well for his first time on two
wheels.

 
“He’s a natural,” shouted Lucas with a giant
grin as my heart melted again and I couldn’t help but wonder if he was doing
this on purpose.

We
spent another hour watching them as Dexter gained more and more confidence,
riding his bike between the brothers, a little bit further and faster each time
and I swallowed hard, feeling the curious gaze of my sister all over me.

“You
need to be careful where Dex is concerned,” she said quietly as I turned to face
her, trying to conceal the wave of emotions that were washing over me as I
observed them together.

“I
know,” I said as we stared at each other for a few moments. She said nothing else,
but I knew from the look on her face that she realised it would be easier said
than done.

“I
don’t envy you,” she winked, gazing at Lucas and then back at me. “That’s a
lie, Jess, actually I do,” she laughed, pulling me into a hug. “I’d better get
to work. I’ll just go and say goodbye to the boys.”

She
headed off in the direction of Charlie, kissing him on the cheek as he grasped
her waist and took the opportunity to land a lingering kiss of his own.