I woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon. My stomach automatically started growling but I really didn’t want to get out of bed yet. Good thing I didn’t have to, because Kane walked through the bedroom door about that time wearing nothing but a pair of black, mesh shorts. His glorious, toned chest on display. He also had a coffee cup in one hand and a plate in the other.
“You finally awake?” He smiled as he asked.
“Mhmm.” I said as I sat up against his headboard. “Is that for me?” I nodded toward the plate that I could now see was stacked full of heart shaped pancakes and bacon. I’m pretty sure I could feel the drool running down my chin.
Kane plopped down on the bed but made no attempt to give me the plate, only popping a piece of bacon into his mouth instead. “Nope, this is mine. Get your own,” he mumbled around the bacon in his mouth.
I glared at him for a second, then pounced. When it came to bacon, I didn’t play around. I threw the cover up and over the footboard, and had his hips straddled between my thighs and my hands on the plate before he knew what hit him. He looked a little shocked but also pleased.
“Wow. Didn’t know you loved breakfast this much. I may just have to wake you up with food all the time if it ends with us in the position.” He looked down to where our bodies were pressed together. Before, this might have embarrassed me, but now all it did was make me tingle all over, and those tingles must have caused bravery because my response to him was to grind my hips down into his. He let out a long, low growl. “Kelsey…”
I couldn’t help the shiver that ran though my body at the husky way he said my name. He must have felt it, because he set the plate that he had been holding on the night stand beside his bed, and then flipped me over onto my back before taking my bottom lip between his teeth and giving it a little pull. I gripped his large biceps in my hands, squeezing them as the tingles in my stomach began to spread a little lower.
Kane ran his nose along my jawline, then down my neck before lightly sucking where my shoulder and neck meet.
“Mmm”—he sighed—“you taste so much better than breakfast.” He slowly licked a path up to my ear. “I want to be inside you, Kelsey, but I can wait if you’re still not ready.” He breathed into my ear. Just hearing him say he wanted to be inside me had me feeling I like I was going to explode.
I pulled my knees up around his hips and dug my heels into his backside to bring him closer to me. Then I began to rub my body against his letting him know exactly what I wanted. He groaned in my ear and I decided then, that had to be the sexiest sound in the world.
I put my feet back on the bed and pushed, causing him to roll over and for me to be on top again. I looked down at him and he smiled, probably liking that I was taking control this time. I wasn’t exactly sure as to what I was doing, but I was going with what felt good.
I grabbed the bottom of my tank top and pulled it over my head. My bare chest was on full display now. Kane sat up and began kissing my neck again. He lightly trailed his fingers up my stomach until he had my breasts in each of his warm hands.
My head fell back and I sank my body deeper onto his. I really wished I had taken off our bottoms first, but we would get there soon enough. Kane nuzzled and kissed his way down my neck to my chest before taking one of my nipples into his mouth. I ran my hand over his short hair, holding him in place. He was licking and sucking and had my whole body feel as though it was melting. Before I knew it, I was flipped on my back again and Kane was pulling my shorts down my legs.
When I was completely naked, he covered my body with his again and began lightly kissing my mouth. He used his tongue to tease mine, barely grazing mine before retreating back into his mouth. I slid my hands under his arms to his back, pressing the tips of my fingers into his flesh as I made my way down. When my fingers finally reached the band of his shorts, I began to pull them down, but could only get them so far before he had to help me.
When we were both finally, completely bare, Kane stopped kissing me and sat up on his elbows. He ran his thumb under my eye along my cheekbone.
“I really do love you, Kelsey.”
My heart swelled. I would never get tired of hearing him say that.
“You own me now, you know that? Never in my life have I wanted or loved a person as much as I do you. I don’t care that we haven’t known each other long. I know what I feel and this just feels meant to be. That everything is completely right when I am with you.”
I nodded. “I know,” I said as I took his face in my hands. “I think my heart knew it wanted you from the moment I first laid my eyes on you. I couldn’t get you out of my head, and we … literally kept bumping into each other. I have never really believed in signs, or fate, before, but I have to now that I have you in my life. All the bad things that have happened to us had to happen for us to find each other.”
It was true. I had lost my mom, but in losing her I had also found Kane. I probably would have never left that town had she still been living there. I wouldn’t have been able to leave her. And while I wished more than anything I could have them both, I knew my mom would be happy that I had found love.
“I never want to know what life is without you, Kelsey. Not. Ever. Again,” he finished as he slowly slid inside me.
I gasped. I could feel the tightness of my body stretching, allowing him to fit inside, but it was nowhere near the pain of the first time. This time it was a pleasurable pain and I could already feel the building of my orgasm. Kane surprised me by leaning back into a sitting position pulling me back on top, our faces nearly touching. I took advantage of the new position and began kissing him. I wanted to lose myself in this moment, in this kiss.
Kane gripped my hips and began to show me how to rock myself back and forth on his lap. This new position was making him rub me in new ways, and I knew my climax was coming quicker than I had expected it to. When the feeling became too much, I began to rock myself harder and faster, gasping in his mouth while we were kissing. My nails were digging into his back and I was scared I was probably breaking skin, but I couldn’t help myself. The feeling was too intense and I felt like I was going to fly away if I didn’t hold on to him.
Kane pulled my bottom lip between his teeth again, and that was all it took to send me splintering into a million different pieces. I gasped and lost the rhythm I had going, but Kane took my hips and pushed on through until he found his release as well.
When he was finished, he rested his forehead on my chest while we both tried to control our breathing. I lightly rubbed Kane’s back until he raised his head to look at me. We both smiled at each other before Kane laid us back down on the bed.
“Please tell me I will get tired of this eventually, because, honestly, I think I am becoming addicted,” I giggled.
Kane laced his fingers with mine before bringing our joined hands to his mouth to kiss each of my knuckles. “I became addicted to you a long time ago.”
We ended up staying in bed for a good part of morning. We talked about his plans for the bar he wanted to open, and how he couldn’t wait to run his own place. His excitement about his plans were contagious and I couldn’t help but picture Kane in his own bar. He would make a great boss. He was always in control of himself and level headed … most of the time. I had only seen him lose his cool a couple times, but both of those times had been when the fights had happened at the bar, and, honestly, that was enough to make anyone go a little off the edge.
Later that evening, Kane had to work and I decided to just stay upstairs at his place. I had some studying to do, and there was no way I would want him dragging himself out so late to run me back to the dorms.
Nate, Jessi, and I had finished our assignment a few days before and had made an A on it. I was so glad to finally be finished with it. It hadn’t been a hard assignment, but now that it was over I had more free time to spend with Kane. But I also felt bad, because since we had finished, I hadn’t really spoken to Nate that much.
Other than Kane and Landon, Nate had been one of the closest friends I had made here, and now that I had a boyfriend I had completely dropped him. Maybe I should text him and see if he wants to meet up for coffee one day? I wasn’t sure how Kane would feel about it, but he would just have to get over it. I knew he had nothing to worry about when it came to Nate, he would just have to trust me.
I had done all the studying I could handle for one night, and it was still pretty early. Kane wouldn’t be off work for at least another two and a half hours. And after not finding anything good to watch on TV, boredom got the best of me and I decided to walk down to Shot’s to see what Kane was up too.
I went ahead and changed out of my ‘study sweats’ and threw on some more people-friendly clothing. It was Friday night, and even though it wasn’t Shot’s most popular night, I didn’t want to go down there looking like a complete slob. Jessi had been on a date with Landon, but they had talked about swinging by, so maybe I could pass the time with them while I waited for Kane to get off work.
I approached the door and waved at doorman, whose name I learned was Jerry. “Hey, Jerry. Busy night?” I asked as I took in the somewhat-long line of people waiting to be let into Shot’s.
“Nah, not too bad. You here to see Kane?” he asked.
I nodded. “Yeah, I finished my studying early and decided to come down and visit a while. No point in sitting upstairs all alone when my boyfriend is just down here right?” I smiled at him as he stepped back to let me enter the bar.
“I guess you’re right. He should be in there somewhere, darlin’. Have a good night.”
I gave Jerry a small wave and made my way into the bar.
It wasn’t super crowded. I had seen it busier, but I was glad for the small numbers tonight. It would make it easier to find Kane. I approached the bar to order a drink while I looked for him. While standing there waiting for the bartender to take my order, a few people stepped away from the bar and I was able to see Kane leaning against the far wall on the other end.
I automatically smiled at the sight of him, but that smile was short-lived when I saw Katie sway her way up to him. I stood there and watched as she placed her hand on his arm and I fought the urge to go break every one of her fingers, but this was a turning point for me. This would be the point where I could put every doubt I had ever had about Kane to rest.
I stood there, the rest of the bar, and everyone in it, melting away until it was just Kane, Katie, and I left. I held my breath waiting for him to shake her hand off his arm … but that didn’t happen. What happened next was Katie pressing her body against my boyfriend before she wrapped her free hand around the back of his neck and brought his lips down to hers.
My stomach dropped to my feet as I watched Kane kiss Katie, and when I couldn’t stomach it anymore, I turned and ran out of the bar. I had made it to the sidewalk when I heard someone calling my name. I couldn’t make out the voice of who it was over the pounding of my heart in my ears, and I didn’t want to turn around in case it was Kane. I didn’t want to see him. I didn’t want to look at him and remember seeing his lips pressed to Katie’s.
I felt a warm hand touch my arm and I immediately jerked away. The pounding in my ears had let up enough by now, though, that I could hear Jessi’s voice talking to me. I looked at her, but her face was all blurry. It was then, I realized, I was trying to look at her through my own tears.
“Kelsey, what the hell is wrong? You’re scaring me!” She firmly took my elbow him her hand. “Where is Kane? Did something happen?”
Just hearing his name wrecked me. I wanted to be away from here, away from him. “Jessi can you take me back to the dorms?” I managed to ask, though my throat closed off on the last couple of words. I was begging my body to go ahead and sob, just go ahead and let it all out right here on the sidewalk, but I wouldn’t do that.
“Sweetie, you have to tell me what’s wrong. You are really scaring me now,” Jessi pleaded with me.
“I need to get out of here right now, Jessi, and I swear I will tell you everything. Just please, take me back to the dorms.”
She nodded and wrapped her arm around me and began walking me toward the parking lot. I then noticed Landon standing a few feet behind her. He was flipping his keys back and forth on his finger. Clearly not knowing how to handle the situation. Just before we walked past him, Jessi paused. “I need you to take us back to the dorms.”
Landon nodded, then pointed over his shoulder with his thumb toward the bar. “Okay, do you want me to run in real quick and let Kane know what’s up?”
“No!” I said a little too loudly but I didn’t want him to tell Kane anything. He had lost the right to know any of my business the minute his lips touched Katie’s. “No. I just want to go to the dorms … now. If you guys are wanting to stay, I will walk back.”
Jessi shook her head. “No, its fine. We will take you.” She then glared at Landon and he hurried along to unlock his truck for us.
I climbed inside Landon’s truck and shut the door. Jessi laced her fingers with mine and gave me a small smile. I wasn’t looking forward to telling her what had happened tonight. She was going to flip her shit and try to kill Kane, I just knew it. But I didn’t want that. I just wanted him out of my life.
I can’t believe I had been so stupid to just give him everything like I had. I guess Nate had been right. I didn’t know the real Kane after all.