Sandy Sullivan (15 page)

After
a moment, he began to move. The slow glide of his cock into her ass drove her
passion to new heights. She'd never felt these sensations and didn't know what
to do. He controlled everything. A groan escaped her lips. She fought the urge
to climax as heat crawled over her skin, washing over her in a heady sensation.
Her pussy throbbed and spasmed with the need for something,
anything to fill it.

He
wrapped one hand around her hip and slid his finger over her clit.

White
hot need shot straight through her body.

"Come
for me now, Elizabeth," he whispered against her ear as he pounded into
her ass with a blinding rhythm. "Shout out your pleasure for me."

"Ah
God!"

"Yes,
oh God, yes."
She heard behind her as he slammed his
cock into her and shouted with his own orgasm.

When
he collapsed across her back, she felt a shudder roll through him while he
tried to regain some control over his breathing.

"You
were magnificent. I couldn't have asked for a better sub."

"Thank
you, Sir."

A
minute later, she felt him withdraw his softening cock from her. "I'll be
right back."

He
returned seconds later with something warm that he slipped over her backside and
between her thighs.
A
washcloth?
After he finished a very thorough job, he unbuckled her
legs and helped her draw them back together slowly.

"Easy.
You might be a bit sore," he said, bringing her back into an upright
position.

The
look on her face must have told him she wanted to speak, but was afraid of
saying anything out of turn. Spanking might be fun although full-blown
punishment might not be.

"You
can speak freely now, Elizabeth. I'm not the twenty four seven type of
Dom."

"Thank
you."

"How
did you like anal sex?" he asked, running his hands over her shoulders and
arms.

"Everything
was intense. I don't think I've come so hard in my life."

"Good.
The feeling is indescribable to me."

"Do
you enjoy anal more than vaginal?"

"Not
always. It depends. It's a different type of feeling." His lips settled
over hers in an all too brief kiss. "Shall we get something to eat? It's
going on dinner time."

"I
can rustle us up something if you like."

"Not
necessary. I'd like to take you out for a simple meal.
Burgers?"

"At
Jack's?"

His
eyes twinkled with mirth. "You are the connoisseur of the best burgers in
Red Rock. Jack's it is."

They
moved into his room and redressed although his eyes never left her body. Her
gaze seemed to drift to his maleness almost as much. The hard muscles and
delicious plains of his sculpted body called to her to touch, to explore with
her mouth. Her palms itched to stroke him, feel the hair-roughened skin.

"Stop
looking at me like that or we won't be going anywhere."

"I
can't help it. I want to feel you under my hands."

"I'll
let you explore later.
Deal?"

"Oh
yeah.
I can do whatever I want?"

"Maybe.
It would be difficult for me to give up total control, but I may allow you to
explore my body at will. Actually, it sounds fun."

She
allowed a small smile to drift over her lips and one of his eyebrows arched
over his eye as an answering grin lifted the corners of his mouth.

She
moved to stand in front of him, lifting her hands to smooth over his chest
until he grabbed them in his palms. "Not now or we'll never get
food."

"Spoiled
sport."
This earned her a swat on the butt.
"Ouch!"

"Behave
yourself, sub. Backtalk will not be tolerated although I think you would enjoy
me reddening your ass."

She
gave him a saucy wink.
"Maybe."

Once
they were both dressed, he took her hand in his and headed back toward the
living room. "I really should go home to change. I didn't bring clean
clothes."

"I'll
run you home. You can meet me back here in about an hour?"

"That
would be great. I could shower, slip into something sexy and come back."

He
wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest. "You're sexy in
anything or nothing at all."

"Sweet
talker."
She kissed him quickly.

"Let's
get going before I change my mind and keep you here tied to my bed."

After
she slipped on her shoes, they walked outside. He held open the door to his
truck so she could slide inside.
Such a gentleman.

Silence
enveloped them in a warm cocoon of intimacy as they drove out to her dad's
place. Marcus took her hand and held it in his on the drive out there.
Something so small but very significant to her.
I hope he's not getting too wrapped up in
this relationship. I don't want to hurt him.
"Marcus, don't forget I'm
leaving in less than a month."

"I
know, Elizabeth," he said, squeezing her hand. "I'll keep my heart
intact. I promise. You are a very tempting woman though."

She
sighed and pressed her lips together.
I
can do this. I can keep this simple and non-assuming. I can keep my own heart
from becoming emotionally involved with him. It would be a rebound relationship
anyway. I was in love with Ari.
Her heart vehemently objected to her
internal observation. She knew the feelings she thought she had for Ari didn't
compare to the budding feelings stirring for the man beside her. Nothing had
prepared her for what he stirred.

They
pulled into the driveway of her childhood home. She squinted as the setting sun
painted the white house with an orange glow. White lace curtains blew in the
breeze through the windows and cattle shuffled around the pen on the side of
the house. Obviously, her father had decided keeping them closer would be
better until they found out what had killed the group.

"Hi
Dad," she said, stepping out of Marcus' truck to find her father with his
foot braced on the fence.

"Hi,
baby. Are you just getting home?" he asked, his perceptive gaze stopping
on Marcus.

"Actually,
I'm only home to shower and change. I'm going out for burgers with Marcus."

"Again?
You've been gone since yesterday."

"Dad,
I'm spending time with him. Didn't you want us together?"

"Well
yes, but you said you didn't want a steady guy."

"We're
okay. We both know how this is working. Don't worry."

"I
don't want to see either of you get hurt, Elizabeth. That's all."

"We
aren't. Right, Marcus?" she asked as he slid his arm around her waist.

"True,
Mitchell. I hope you don't mind me seeing Elizabeth."

"Not
at all.
I think you two are good together. Just be careful,
eh?"

"Of
course."
She turned to Marcus and brushed her
lips against his. "I'll meet you back at your place in an hour."

"Sure.
See you there."

She
glanced behind her as she stepped onto the porch, noticing her father's glance and
Marcus' gaze. Her father's words echoed in her head. Was she getting in too
deep?
Would she lose her heart to Marcus before the month
concluded or would she be able to walk away unscathed?
Somehow, she
didn't think so.

About
fifteen minutes later, her father tapped on her door. When she opened it, she
didn't like the new lines on his face or the worry in his eyes.

"What's
wrong?"

"I
got the test results back on the water."

"And?"

"It's
been poisoned."

"By
what?"

"Nitrate.
There were toxic levels found."

"What
the hell could have contaminated the water with nitrate? The pool looked fine.
No decaying animals or plants in it."

"I'm
not sure. I don't know whether it's a combination of high levels in the water or
possibly the extra feed they've been getting to fatten them up before we take
them to auction."

"It's
crazy, Dad. Are you sure?"

"Yes.
I intended to talk to Marcus about the situation, but he seemed in a hurry to
get back to his place. I really need to ask him what other sources of
contamination could have occurred and if he saw anything up there when he
inoculated the herd. They are specific symptoms of nitrate poisoning he might
have observed."

"When
I asked him about it, he said he didn't see anything."

"You
two have talked about our situation?"

"We
did do other things besides have sex, Dad."

"Too
much information, Elizabeth."

She
laughed and kissed his cheek. "Well, you asked. I'm sure you had to be
aware we've been sleeping together."

"I
doubt sleep had anything to do with it," he said, brushing her hair off
her forehead. "Please be careful, sweetheart."

"I
am. We aren't getting serious or anything. Hell, I barely know the man."

"Yet,
you're having sex with him?"

"Who
is Elizabeth having sex with?" her sister Caroline asked, stepping out of
her room down the hall.

"None
of your business, sister dear.
Are you just now
getting up? It's almost dinner time."

"I
was out all night working at the bar."

"Working
or playing?"

"Including
the Lawson twins? Playing a little and working a lot."

"I'm
going to work in my office. I really don't need to hear about my daughters’
exploits."

"We're
adults, Dad."

"Yes,
but you'll still be my little girls even if you are over eighteen," he
replied, kissing Elizabeth first, and then Caroline before he disappeared back
down the hall.

"So,
the Lawson twins, eh?"

"Yep.
If one is good, two is better."

"I
wouldn't know, but I'm sure Emma could tell you."

"She
has. Why do you think I'm doing the twin thing?
Sounded
intriguing to me."

Elizabeth
grabbed Caroline's hand and pulled her into the bedroom. "Tell me."

"What?'
Sweet, innocent Elizabeth wants to know the down and dirty with two guys?"

"Yes,
damn it. Not that I would try it myself. One is enough for me if it's the right
guy, but two…"

"It's
hot, let me tell you."

"Really?
How does it work? I mean they go at separate times, right?"

"Nope.
Been with one and with both together."

She
pulled Caroline down on the side of the bed. "
What's
two men like?"

"Intense.
To have two men focused on my needs is incredibly hot."

"Care
to give me
deats
?"

"No.
Just know where there are two, it's double the pleasure." Caroline stood and
headed for the door.

"You're
rotten, you know."

She
grinned as she waggled her eyebrows. "I know, but it sounds like you're
hot and heavy with the incredibly handsome Doctor Melton."

"Yeah."
The heat from a blush crept up Elizabeth's cheeks. Although she wasn't ashamed
of being with Marcus, just a little self-conscious of how he had half the women
in town wrapped around his little finger, yet he wanted her.

"I
hope you don't get in over your head though, sis. He doesn't seem like the
settling down type."

"Neither
am I."

"You
thought you were marrying Ari and didn't have a problem with it."

"I
do now. I want my life on my terms. I want to get my practice going, and then
worry about settling down with one man. Marcus is just a diversion until I go
to Billings."

"Yeah,
but Billings is only a two hour drive. It's not like it's halfway across the
country." Caroline returned to the bedside and kissed her cheek.
"Think about it. If he hints he wants more than a month-long fling, I say
go for it."

Chapter Nine

"You
seem distracted. Did something happen at your father’s?" Marcus asked as
they sat down at the picnic table outside of Jack's Burgers.