Steele: Into Your Heart (Carolina Bad Boys #3 (26 page)

With a chuckle, I pulled Ashe into the living room. I settled on the sofa, making sure she sat right beside me.

“Oh! It’s Brodie’s turn!” Leelee came forward, gently jiggling Jolie in her arms.

“What? I ain’t on diaper duty.” I held up my hands.

“Hell, no. That’s what we keep Nicky around for,” Josh joked.

“Arms out, Brodie,” Leelee ordered.

A second later I had a softly cooing scrunch-faced baby girl in my arms. “I’m not gonna break her, am I?”

Everyone was so quiet, I wondered if I already had.

I looked at Ashe, and she sat staring at me, a wet shimmer to her eyes. In fact, they all fucking stared at me.

“What? Not like I never held a baby before.”

“Last time I recall was when you
stole
Cat when you were five. Stuck her in your Radio Flyer wagon and started hauling her around the block,” Boomer commented.

“Oh yeah. Little baby Cat wasn’t too impressed.” I smoothed my index finger over Jolie’s face. My whole hand was bigger than her head. Her red curly hair was damn cute. My heart clenched when I slipped my finger into her palm and she gripped it in a fierce little fist.

I could’ve had this.
Maybe I could still have this.

Damn if Jolie wasn’t cute as a muffin. Smelled like heaven too.

“Mr. Bwodie, do you wike my new sister?” JJ appeared from nowhere, bouncing next to me on the couch.

“I probably wouldn’t sell her. What about you?”

His giggles seemed to go on forever, the cowlick standing up on the top of his head. When he finally calmed down, his cheeks puffed out like his little chest, he said, “I’m g’on marry her when I get growed up.”

Josh swooped in and tossed JJ into the air. “Yeah, we’ll be havin’ a talk about the birds and the bees in a few thousand years.”

“I know ’bout birds an’ bees. We got lots of them at home.”

“Not what I was talking about.”

“I’m confused, Daddy.”

“Gonna get a whole lot worse when it comes to women before it gets better,” Josh set him on the floor with a pat to his behind.

“Josh.” Leelee scolded him with that one short word alone.

“What? Women are complex creatures, right, guys?”

Boomer, Nick, me, and even Ted looked anywhere but at Josh and Leelee as they squared off.

Finally Josh rubbed a hand against the back of his neck. “Y’all suck.”

Later I helped Boomer clear the rest of the dinner debris from the table when I saw Cat peering down at a sleeping Jolie snuggled in her arms. She had a far off look in her eyes, a goofy grin on her lips.

Without saying a word, I elbowed Boomer to get his attention. He clearly saw what I did.

As soon as we could get Cat alone, we cornered her in the kitchen, playing good cop, bad cop—a lesson I’d learned from Ashe.

“Hey, sis. You okay?” Boomer asked, assuming the concerned role.

“A little better than yesterday. Letty and Ted are handling a lot of the arrangements. It means so much to Nick to have them here.”

“Anything else you’re not telling us?” I quirked my head.

“Anything else? What? No.” She denied, denied, denied.

“So, nothin’ at all.” I looked pointedly at her flat belly, the one she absentmindedly rubbed in small circles.

Dropping her hand, Cat’s gaze flew between us in shock. “How did you . . . You couldn’t possibly know.”

“Guess we do now.” I smirked.

Then she kicked me in the shin.

Lucky for her, I didn’t bruise easy. I pulled her to me even though she struggled. “Congratulations in order?”

“Yes, okay? I’m pregnant. Very early days.” Finally, she smiled, and it was a beautiful sight.

“Oh, Cat. That is awesome.” Boomer snatched her from me.

She sniffled against his shoulder. “We don’t want to announce it right now, what with everything else going on, but Nick and I were able to tell Mimi before she died. She was so happy for us.”

“Damn, sis.” I stroked up and down her back. “This is good though. This is so good.”

We dried our eyes and went back to the party-wake. I slapped Nick on the shoulder and squeezed while I whispered, “Congrats, Daddio.”

He locked gazes with Cat, and she nodded as a blush splashed across her cheeks.

“Don’t worry. Boomer and I won’t say a word.”

Life had come full circle, at least for Nick and Cat. It made me think I could have some of that completeness, too. Watching Ashe for the remainder of the evening, I felt alive. Awake. And more determined than I’d ever been before.

Just before midnight, Josh and Leelee ambled home with Jolie in her stroller and JJ asleep in Josh’s arms. The rest left with hugs and kisses and waves. We’d see them again at the funeral.

“Okay if we hang here tonight?” I asked as Boomer shut the front doors.

He snorted. “As if you even need to ask.”

“I hope that means yes, then, because we’re staying.”

“That means yes.” He knuckled me on the head before slipping upstairs.

Cara slept, crashed out on the couch with Ashe watching her. I laid a blanket over Cara then took Ashe’s hand.

“Come to bed with me.” I tugged her along.

“Here?”

“Here. Now.”

“Brodie, are you okay?” She stopped me at the foot of the stairs.

“I just need to be with you. Need to be inside you.” I stroked her hair back. “Let me inside you?”

“What about—”

“I want you
here
.” I slid the side of my hand down between the soft cheeks of her ass.

“Tonight?”

My fist curled around her hair, I held her against me as I dragged two fingers up the cleft of her ass, her panties and skirt my only obstacle. “I’ll be so gentle. I need you in every way. Need you to be mine all the way.”

She nodded with a quick intake of breath.

I guided her upstairs, stopping only in my old bathroom for a quick search of the cabinet for lube. Lucky me, I found exactly what I was looking for.

Once we were in my bedroom behind closed doors, I peeled off Ashe’s dress. Her bra followed, the straps slipping down her arms, the cups dangling off her tits until I unsnapped the clasp. Full and pink-tipped, her breasts bounced when released from the lace and satin cups.

She stood in only a skimpy silk thong, two thin straps on her hips and one between her butt cheeks. I followed the straps with my fingertips, toying for a long time with the one held tight by her firm ass.

“I’m nervous,” she whispered.

“Scared nervous or excited nervous?” I dipped my head to tease one plump nipple into my mouth.

“Excited,” she gasped.

“Gonna get even better. Just wanna love you.” Cupping my hands around both tits, I squeezed them together. Her nipples almost brushed each other, a visual that made my cock pulse in my pants.

I bathed the tight peaks with my tongue before starting the hard tugging, teeth grazing, sucking action. Ashe’s hips pumped against me as I devoured her glorious tits, the wet heat between her legs fueling my need to take her on every level.

Stepping back, I tossed off my shirt, toed off my boots. “Feel me, Ashe.”

Her hands drifted to my chest. She clutched my pecs, digging her nails in. She licked my throat and followed the line down the center of my chest to my flexing stomach muscles.

“Feel how much I want you.” I grabbed her wrist and placed her palm on my cock. Groaning at her touch, I bit out, “You make me so goddamn hard.”

I ripped through the belt, button, and zipper on my pants, shedding the rest of my clothes in a rush.

When she wrapped her fist around my heavy cock, I snarled. “Fuck! Kiss me.”

Leaning up, winding her free hand through my hair, she plunged her warm tongue into my mouth. I lost my focus with her strokes, with her wet wild kisses hungrily drinking me down. Removing her hand from my dick, I held her wrist behind her back, firmly clamped in mine. The position made her arch against me even more.

“Keep your hand right there,” I ordered.

I released my grip and she stayed in position, hips tilted, her tongue still chasing from her mouth to mine. Pulling on the delicate thong from front and back, I forced the string to ride up and down the center of her ass. The slim silky gusset between her cunt lips pulled tighter, hitting her clit with every pass.

She strained against me, riding the edge of release, riding that string between her legs. One day I’d make her do the same thing on my thick leather belt.

“Keep kissing me.”

“I can’t.
Ohhh
,” she cried out.

“Guess I’ll have to kiss your other lips then.” Leading her to the bed, I tore off her thong, spread her legs, and speared my tongue inside.

Ashe came with a muffled shriek, pulling my hair to keep my mouth against her. I lapped gently as she rode out her surging orgasm before taking her to the brink again with my tongue all over her wet cunt, swirling inside, flickering against her swollen pink clit.

When I pushed her thighs higher, strumming my thumb against her sexy little asshole, her head shot up.

“I still think you’re too big.”

“I still think you’re tryin’ to stroke my ego. You can see I don’t need any of that.” Kneeling up between her legs, I pumped my cock as it dripped with precome. “Promised I’d make it good for you, and I will.”

“Just how many women have you done this with before, Brodie Steele?” she asked as she leaned up on her elbows, a sassy edge to her voice.

I gave her a dangerous smile and a slow wink as I reached for the condom I’d removed from my wallet and the tube of lube.

“Oh, we’re not playing that game now. Or ever.” I bent over her, and spread her thighs wide. “Only thing that matters is you and me. Right here. Right now. The rest of our lives together. And this.”

Dropping my head, I swiped my tongue across her little pink hole, mesmerized when it opened for me. I blew across the tiny star, chuckling when her hips bucked. I tongue-fucked her with speared thrusts and small rolls, occasionally moving up to lick circles around her clit. The lube opened and in hand, I squirted some onto my fingers, spreading it and making it warm while I continued to lap her ass.

“You are so ready for me, Ashe. All of me.”

“I’m—
OH MY GOD!
”

Two of my well-lubed fingers tunneled inside. This was my third time fingering her ass. Each time she lost her mind and shot off like a bottle rocket, coming so hard she almost passed out. I wanted to stretch her with one more finger before I truly got all the way inside her.

Adding more lube to the well in my palm, I funneled my fingers and the wetness inside of her. She bowed against the bed, her tits tilted to the ceiling, hands curling into the sheets, heels digging into the mattress.

As I slithered that last finger inside, I kissed my way down her thigh until I came to her flushed pussy. The pressure of my fingers slowly fucking her ass made her pussy flower out. The frills of her cunt opened, presenting her deep red center. She was so sensitive she moaned and shivered with every long pass of my tongue and shouted with every finger thrust inside her clutching passage.

My cock needed no encouragement, already stone hard. So when Ashe reached down to take me in hand, I guided her to hold her thighs up against her chest instead.

Quickly wrapped in the condom, slathering on more lube, I raised above her. Knocking the head of my cock against her ass, I watched her writhe and gasp. With a swift lunge, I thrust into her pussy.

Ashe spasmed beneath me with the unexpected entry. A fast flash orgasm gushed through her, clutching me inside. I pulled out and positioned myself at her ass as she shuddered beneath me.

“Bear down on me. It might burn, but then it’s gonna be the hottest lovin’ you ever had.”

Still coming, she rolled her ass up toward me. My skin was on fire, my body straining to be inside her. With a very slow short push, I fed the head of my cock inside her tight ring.

“I’m not sure I can. I can’t!” She shook her head.

I gripped my dick in one hand and curled her up to me with the other. It was emotional, letting go this way. Not physical—she was ready. I’d prepared her. Now all Ashe needed to do was give me a little control, let me in all the way.

“You can. I know you can. You want this. You want me. And I love you.” Smoothing the hair from her face, I moved deeper. “Trust me. Show me.”

“Brodie!” Ashe yelled, her body opening. Her lips quivered and a tear rolled from the corner of her eye. Her legs wound around my hips, pulling me in.

I added more lube, leaning into her. Stretching her. Filling her.

She pulled my hair then clawed my shoulders to draw me nearer. Fully seated inside her, I stopped. I waited. I kissed her neck, her lips, bathing in her sweet breath and her little sighs. I caressed her face and her legs that trembled against me. Reaching between us, I slid two fingers inside her fiery hot cunt and started pumping them.