Steel 6: Blackthorne MC #6 (5 page)

Claire reached for it and smiled shyly, looking up at Jackson through her lashes.
 

I caught the look that passed between them. I thought Claire may have fallen under Jackson’s spell already. That was
fast
work.

I felt Nick’s arms encircle me and pull me tightly to him. “There’s three rooms left,” he said.

Jackson reached out to take one of the keys from Nick. “The girls can share. Is that okay with you?” Jackson asked looking at Claire and me in turn. “Will you be okay on your own?”

I nodded. “Yeah, we’ll be okay.”

But Nick still held me tightly, as if he didn’t want to let me go.
 

“The three rooms are in a row, so Jackson and I will take the rooms on the edge, and you girls can have the one in the middle. Any problems, just yell, and we’ll hear you.”

I turned around in Nick’s arms, looking up at his gorgeous face, wishing I could get him alone for just five minutes. His dark eyes burned down into mine as his gaze traced my face before falling on my lips.

He leaned forward to touch his lips to mine gently.

“Okay, you two. Break it up. Let’s get inside,” Jackson said.

But before I pulled away, Nick whispered in my ear, “Come to me later, Ella.”

My skin tingled in anticipation.

The room Claire and I were sharing had two single beds, and they looked clean and comfortable enough.

We had an adjoining door with Jackson’s room. He knocked softly, and I opened the door.
 

“Is everything okay?”

His eyes fixed on my face and then traveled past me to Claire, who was already laying on top of the bed.

“We’re fine,” I said.

“I’ll leave this door unlocked,” Jackson said. “In case you need anything.”

“Thanks,” I said and smiled at him before shutting the door.

I kicked off my shoes and then fell back on the bed. My mind was still racing after everything that had happened that day.
 

It had so nearly ended in disaster. But now, I was right back where I started with the Blackthorn MC. The strange thing was, I didn’t feel the burning need to leave anymore. I never wanted to leave Nick again.

“Are you okay?” Claire asked me.

“I think so. We had a lucky escape.”

“You want to go to him, don’t you?”

“Sorry?”

“Nick. You really like him. I’ve never seen you look at anyone the way you look at him.”

Claire could read me like a book. She always had been able to.
 

I nodded. “He’s a good guy, deep down.”

Claire looked at me carefully for a moment, then said, “Do you love him?”

I swallowed hard, and then I nodded.
 

I had fallen head over heels for Nick Steel. I couldn’t imagine returning to my life in New York and never seeing him again. I didn’t even want to imagine that.
 

I wanted the best of both worlds. I wanted my life back in New York, but I wanted Nick there to share it with me, and I knew that wasn’t going to happen. Something was going to have to be sacrificed.

“I can’t stop thinking about him,” I admitted to Claire.

Claire got up from her bed and came to sit beside me on mine. “Do you want to go to him now?”

I shook my head. “I don’t want to leave you alone.”

“I’ll be fine, Ella. Jackson is just through that door. Go to Nick.”

I hesitated. “No. I need to put you first,” I insisted. “I’ll have plenty of time to be with Nick.”

Claire shook her head. “Don’t be crazy. I will fall asleep as soon as my head hits that pillow. Go to him now and tell him how you feel. If something good comes out of this whole crazy situation, it will make me feel better.”

I sat up.
Could I really go to him now?
 

I leaned down to put on my shoes, but then I hesitated. “Are you really sure you’ll be okay?”

Claire rolled her eyes. “Yes! Just go and have amazing sex with your hot biker, and then you can give me all the steamy details tomorrow.”
 

She winked at me, and I grinned back.

I knocked on Nick’s door, and he opened it so quickly, I thought he must have been standing right by it.

Before I could say anything, he pulled me inside and wrapped his arms around me.
 

“Ella.” As he murmured my name, he ran his hands gently up and down, caressing my back.

I wanted to have a serious conversation with Nick and be truthful and honest with him about how I felt, but his fingertips stroking me like that were definitely a distraction.
 

My body tingled in response to his touch.

“Nick…”

I swallowed the rest of my words as his mouth pressed down on mine. His lips felt so soft as they moved over mine.

Then he lifted his head and said, “When I thought something had happened to you, Ella… I just…” He closed his eyes. “I couldn’t have lived with myself.”

He dipped his head again, trailing kisses along my neck down to my collarbone. I tilted my head back to give him easier access.

“I want to be with you…” I whispered.

“I want you, too,” Nick said, not understanding what I was really trying to say.
 

His hands travelled up the side of my waist and then dipped below my tank top, cupping my breasts.
 

I suddenly lost the ability to think straight. All I could think about was the sensation buzzing through my body as he circled my nipples with his thumbs, teasing them into tight peaks.

Afterwards
, I told myself. I would talk to him
afterwards
.
 

***

Three hours ago, I had been terrified I would never see Ella again, and now she was here in my arms, moaning as her body pressed against me, searching for pleasure.
 

Her soft, sweet lips kissed the corner of my mouth, and her hot tongue flickered softly against my lips.

“Ella…” I said, desperately trying to get the words out as my body tightened in response.

Christ, I wanted her. But I didn’t want to take her yet.
 

I wanted to tell her how sorry I was and that I was going to make everything all right.
 

But as Ella looked up at me, her face was flushed, and her eyes looked wild. The blood rushed straight to my groin as her fingers closed around my belt buckle.

“I wanted to talk to you first,” I started to say, although the words I’d been carefully rehearsing in my mind five minutes ago had now deserted me.

“Nick, please,” she whispered “I need you.”

I hesitated, but only for a moment. I needed to feel her beneath me.
 

“We’ll talk afterwards,” I muttered half to myself as my hands cupped her breasts.

“Yes,” she panted as she loosened my belt.

She stepped forward so her foot was in between mine, and then pressed herself against me, so she was practically straddling my thigh. I could feel her heat pressed tightly against me.

“Christ, Ella,” I said as I felt the bulge in my pants straining against the denim. I wasn’t going to last long at this rate.

Her hands were busy unbuckling my belt, and then unzipping my jeans. And then a moment later, her hot hands encircled me, and I breathed in sharply.

I kissed her deeply as she rubbed herself shamelessly against me, and moved her hand up and down my length.

I’d planned this differently.
 

I wanted to talk to her and apologize before taking my time to tease and pleasure her, but I couldn’t wait any longer.

I slid my hand beneath her jeans, stroking the wet lace of her panties, and heard her moan in response. I slid my hand lower and pushed her panties to one side, so I could feel her slick heat, loving how she gasped as I slid a finger inside her.

Her hands felt so hot as she stroked me. I wasn’t going to last long. I could already feel the pressure building.
 

“Wait, Ella.”
 

I pulled away and stripped her of her jeans, followed by her panties.
 

I lifted her up, and she wrapped her legs around me. I felt her wetness pressing against me, rubbing against my length in a way that almost had me coming too early.

I carried her across the room as she kissed me, her sharp teeth nipping at my lower lip.

Her legs tightened around my waist, and I could feel her sliding up and down me.
 

Holy shit
. That was so hot.
 

I needed to somehow get back in control.

I dropped her down onto the mattress and then slid my hands down her body, spreading her thighs wide, ready to take me.
 

I pulled off my own clothes as she watched me, her pupils dilated and her chest moving up and down rapidly as she breathed hard.
 

I grabbed a condom and rolled it on. I was sure I had never been so hard in my life.

I slid into position between her legs and felt the tip of my hardness probe her wet folds. But still, I held back.

“Please,” Ella said, and her hands gripped onto my ass, trying to pull me into her. “I need this.”

She was looking down, at the point where our bodies were almost joined, watching me tease her.

“Look at me, Ella,” I said, tilting up her chin and forcing her to look me in the eyes. “I’m going to take you now, and I’ll give you everything you want, but before I do, I want you to know that I love you. I know I’m not the right man for you, but I love you with everything I am.”

I saw the shock in her eyes as her hips stilled beneath me, no longer moving against me, trying to tempt me.

She opened her mouth to reply, but I crushed my lips against hers.

I knew what she was going to say. That this was just sex. I knew I could never live up to her expectations, but I just needed her to know how I felt before I took her.

I thrust forward and plunged inside her as my control reached breaking point.

She was so hot and wet. I felt my balls tighten against my body and knew that it wouldn’t take long. As I thrust into her again and again, I slid my hand between our bodies, feeling the slippery nub at her apex and stroking it with my fingers in a way that made her gasp.

She moaned my name as her hips jerked up to meet mine.

I sucked hungrily on her breasts, and my whole body tightened. I tried to hold back the powerful climax that I knew wasn’t very far away. I could feel Ella’s breath hot against my cheek, as her inner walls clenched around me. I knew she was close.

“Come for me, baby,” I said, increasing the speed of my thrusts as I continued to stroke her.

Ella called out my name as she came, and that used up every last bit of my control. I came hard, inside her as she milked me of every last drop.

Afterwards, I lay in Nick’s arms basking in the afterglow of my orgasm and enjoying the feeling of being cuddled up to his warm body.

“I’m sorry I didn’t trust you,” I whispered.

“You would have been crazy to trust me,” Nick said.

“What’s going to happen now?” I asked.
 

I figured we’d have to head back to Blackthorn MC soon. Victor would be going crazy when he found out we were missing.

Nick shifted beside me and pushed back the sheet to expose the top part of my body. His fingers slowly and lightly traced the swell of my breast, before circling my nipple which puckered beneath his fingers.
 

It made it quite hard to concentrate.

Nick had said he
loved
me, but that was probably because he’d been caught up in the heat of the moment during sex.
 

I guessed it really didn’t count. Pity, I thought, staring at his strong jaw. I could get used to waking up to his
 
handsome face every day.

But if he did have feelings for me, then in time, maybe they could grow and ...
 

I sighed. I was scared to confess how much I cared about Nick. I’d promised myself if I managed to get away from the Venom MC, I would tell Nick how I felt.
 

I’d decided I didn’t want to live my life without him. All I had to do now was tell him...

I turned so I was facing him and looked up into his eyes.

“I want to be with you, Nick, so I’ve decided…”

He traced my bottom lip with the pad of his thumb.

“It’s okay,” he said. “You don’t have to feel pressured into doing anything. I just needed you to know how I felt. I love you, Ella. I tried not to, but I can’t control it.”

My heart pounded in my chest. He’d said it again. This time we weren’t having sex, so it counted, right? He must really mean it.