Chapter Ten
Amber
Amber watched Reaper walk out of the door. She didn’t know if she wanted to kick him or kiss him. Get out of the way, she thought, Who the fuck was he kidding? Amber didn’t step aside for anyone.
She knew she should feel grateful that Zander stepped in when he did, and really, she was grateful; but, the fact that she had to rely on him, irked her. And even more so, since he actually voiced it.
“Stop over thinking it Amber,” Devin said.
“You know I hate that I had to be ‘saved’,” she replied, using her hands to make air quotes.
“Ratchet had a gun Amber. You didn’t,” he reminder her, like Amber even needed the recap.
“I know this,” Amber growled. “But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”
“No you don’t, but don’t be a bitch over it,” Devin said in exasperation. “Reaper was there, he had the gun. Say thank you, and move on. Who knows, maybe one day a woman will jump him and you can save him in return,” Devin laughed.
Amber narrowed her eyes at her brother. Another damn comedian. Lovely, she thought sarcastically.
Sledge turned around to face her with a knowing smirk on his face. “Go. I know what you’re thinking. You can follow him. You know that right?” he asked.
“Why would I follow him?” she asked back.
“Oh, I don’t know,” Sledge started. “Maybe the tent he kept trying to hide was just from the excitement of getting shot at,” he said with a laugh.
“You are such an ass,” Amber told her brother, walking to the door.
“So does this mean I can have my bed back now?” he asked as he watched his sister leave.
“I sure hope so,” she called over her shoulder, closing the door behind her. She walked down the hallway to the sound of her brother’s laughter.
Amber came to a stop outside of Zander’s bedroom door. Would he let her in? Now that she was here, she was nervous. Maybe she should just go to her room?
But, the choice was made for her, when Zander opened the door without her even knocking. There he stood, sexy as hell. Amber knew that she could easily fall in love with this guy, but Zander didn’t do relationships and she didn’t need one right now either. Yet, here Amber stood.
“What took you so long Peaches?” he asked in that sexy baritone she was becoming used to. “Get in here,” he ordered, reaching out for her hand and pulling her into the room. The moment the door closed, she was pulled against his chest.
“Do you have any idea how beautiful you are?” he asked her, running a hand down the side of her face.
“Just looking at you makes my dick hard,” he said, producing a giggle from Amber.
He lowered his lips back to hers and kissed her with such hunger that Amber’s knees went weak. Zander lifted her off her feet causing her to wrap her legs around his waist as he carried her to the bed. His body followed hers as they both laid across the mattress. His lips left hers, making a trail to her jaw, then down her neck.
“I need you naked,” he groaned. Amber had never heard a sexier sound.
Raising off of her, he lifted her shirt over her head and reached around to remove her bra. Amber wasn’t self-conscious about her body. She knew she was curvier than most people would consider sexy. However, she loved her curves. Amber always described her figure as a ‘full hourglass’.
“Oh shit,” he groaned, getting his first look at the her. “Beautiful doesn’t even begin to describe you,” he said, placing a sucking kiss on each of Amber’s nipples.
The sensation travelled straight to the junction of her legs, like a string was pulled. Amber reached up to help him take off his own shirt. She had to see him, all of him. Zander winced when he lifted his arm.
“Don’t even think about it,” he said when he saw the worried look across her face.
“What?” she replied.
“I know that look. I’m fine and nothing is going to stop me from fucking us both stupid!” he stated and Amber barked out a laugh.
“Fucking stupid, huh?” she teased. “That sounds fun.”
“Oh, it will be Peaches,” he said lowering his face towards hers again.
Amber smiled. Zander brought his lips down to hers again and she moaned in total bliss. The man’s lips were like heaven. Soft and full. A bottom lip that was made to be sucked on.
She watched him get off the bed to remove his jeans, followed by his black boxer briefs. Amber’s breath caught and her eyes went wide at the sight of the man before her. He was huge, literally everywhere!
“Is that even going to fit?” She heard Reaper laugh and she realized she said that out loud instead of to herself. “Definitely not overcompensating,” she said in awe. Amber felt a chill of anticipation flow through her.
“I promise Peaches, I’ll fit,” he said as he crawled back up the bed, and between her legs.
Reaching for the hem of her yoga pants, he pulled them down, taking her panties with them and flung them across the room. “You won’t need those for a while.” Then he started kissing his way back up the inside of her thighs.