Choices of Fate (Fate Series) (9 page)

“Far better than I had hoped.” He looked up into her eyes. “I think my mother has finally accepted that I want something different than what was planned for me, my father too. Now they seem to only desire my happiness and they were quite pleased when I told them about you. I cannot wait for you to meet them.” He smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his beautiful eyes. “My sister may prove to be more difficult to convince. Her views are rather, traditional. She believes that one’s duty must come before all other things.”

Alexa reached out for his hands again, feeling her heart pound and blood rush from the contact. Just being near him she was in a constant state of arousal. When they were actually touching, the rest of the world seemed to fall away.

He looked up at her for a moment like he wanted to eat her alive, but quickly put himself in check and said, “There is more I must tell you.” He was determined get it all out in the open, to give her the freedom and knowledge to choose. The one thing he had fought so hard his entire life to gain for himself. He deliberately picked this mediocre restaurant that was never busy and selected a seat by the back exit so he could quickly diffuse the situation and get her out without drawing too much attention if she freaked out.
 

Alexa moved her hands back and placed them in her lap deciding that she should be honest with him as well, or at least as honest as she could be without sounding like she had completely lost her mind. The only other time she tried to tell someone about her telepathy she ended up in solitary confinement for two weeks.
 

“Ethan, wait. There is something I need to tell you first.” She swallowed hard, gathering her nerve. Just thinking about saying the words aloud sent blood flowing into her cheeks.

Ethan looked at her curiously. Well this was a surprise. He was so wrapped up in his own secrets that he hadn’t considered she might have some of her own.
 

Then so quietly he may not have been able to hear if he were merely human, Alexa said, “I’ve never had a boyfriend or anything.”

He continued to look at her, a confused expression covering his face. “That is hardly a concern, Amor. I have never been seriously involved with a woman. My life has been far too complicated and I never found anyone who was worth effort, until I met you.” He pulled her hand up to his mouth and placed a gentle kiss against her knuckles.

She couldn’t help smiling at that, but her sober expression returned as she went on. “Yeah, but I have to assume you’ve been with women. You know, um, sexually.”

Alexa wanted to crawl under the table.
 

Ethan’s eyes widened as the realization hit him. “You are a virgin?”

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Her cheeks felt like they were on fire. She nodded almost imperceptibly without raising her eyes. All the awful things she had heard boys think about her over the years came rushing back. Not that she thought Ethan was like them, she already knew he wasn’t and somewhere deep within her heart she felt, with absolute certainty, that they were meant for each other. But she wanted to please him so badly and she knew her inexperienced fumbling would be a far cry from what someone like Ethan was accustomed to in the bedroom.

Too afraid to meet his gaze, Alexa reached out with her ability to gauge his reaction. What she found caused her to snap her head up to see his face. The intensity of the passion she saw in his eyes robbed her of breath. A cracking sound pulled her attention down to his hands that were gripping the table so hard it seemed to be giving way to his harsh touch.

She had never felt such extreme want in her life. If she had the presence of mind to consider it, she would have regretted her choice to wear a skirt as there was so much moisture between her thighs it was certain to drip down her legs as soon as she stood.

Through gritted teeth, Ethan practically growled, “We need to leave, now.”

“Don’t you want to eat? The waitress should be back with our food any minute?”

“Oh, I intend to eat my fill and then some,” he said huskily as his lustful gaze burned into her. Alexa swallowed hard and stood feeling the evidence of her arousal coating her inner thighs. Ethan was immediately behind her, guiding her through the back exit with his hand on the small of her back.
 

“Fuck, Amor, I can smell how much you want me,” he breathed against the back of her neck. She probably should have felt mortified, but hearing that made her impossibly wetter. If he kept this up she wasn’t going to be able to walk. Once they were outside Alexa started to ask where they were going. Before the first syllable escaped her mouth, Ethan had her pressed up against the wall, his mouth moving desperately against hers.
 

Just as she started to melt into his forceful kiss, giving in to her deep desire he pulled back, placing his forehead against hers. “I’m sorry, Alexa, I should be gentle with you, but I cannot control myself when I am so near to you.”

She placed her hand against his cheek and looked into his stormy green-grey eyes. “Ethan, I want to be with you. I want you to be my first, anyway that you want to take me. I’ve waited far too long for this. I didn’t know it before, but I was waiting for this, for you.”

The pleading in her eyes broke his heart, yet it was the lust that he saw there that set him on fire. As much as he wanted to wait, to be gentle, to tell her everything first, he knew the battle was lost. He had to have her. That was all that mattered in that moment.
 

His mouth crashed down upon hers again, his tongue darting in, exploring and savoring every line and curve.

Giggling came from off to Alexa’s right. She was more than willing to ignore it and the fact that they were in a very public place in the middle of the day, but Ethan reluctantly broke away and grabbed her hand, tugging her towards the parking lot.

“We will take your car, I can drive,” he said in a rather clipped tone. Alexa didn’t mind, she could feel how hard he was struggling to contain his desire which only made her own increase.

Ethan remained silent and kept his hands tightly on the steering wheel the entire drive to Alexa’s apartment. She didn’t complain, she was so nervous and excited she really wouldn’t have known what to say if he tried to talk to her. The anticipation was brutal. Her body was practically humming with need.
 

Though he had probably violated about a dozen traffic laws to do it, they arrived at Alexa’s place in record time. Alexa opened her door and stepped out turning to meet Ethan and head up the stairs to her unit, but she was met with Ethan’s hard body pressing her against the car before she could even close the door.

Perhaps if he hadn’t been kissing her like that and if she couldn’t feel his rock hard erection pressing into her stomach, she may have wondered how he had gotten there so fast.
 

Still kissing her, Ethan lifted Alexa up and she wrapped her legs around his waist, all too aware of the fact that the only thing between her and his hard stomach was her rather flimsy little thong.

Before she knew what had happened he was asking for her keys. Completely dazed, she glanced around. They were already at her door on the third floor. She didn’t even know they’d climbed the stairs.
 

“You already have my key ring, it’s the one with the black rubber lining,” she said as she grabbed his bottom lip between her teeth. She was surprised by the husky sound of her own voice and her increasing boldness. She liked this side of herself.

Ethan growled as he pulled her body even tighter against his own and dug into his own pocket to retrieve the key to her door.
 

Before he slid the key into the lock he paused and placed his fingers under Alexa’s chin, lifting her lust filled eyes to meet his.

“Are you certain, Amor? Is this what you want?” Ethan knew he had to give her a chance to change her mind before he was alone with her inside. Once they crossed the threshold he had no hope of being able to stop.
 

“Yes, please, Ethan, I’ve never wanted anything more in my life.”
 

Heat appeared in his eyes as he took in her words. The sound of his name on her lips was more than he could bear. In a flash, Alexa felt the cold leather of the couch beneath her as Ethan’s body pressed into her, his mouth thoroughly claiming hers.

Then sound of their entrance brought Tilly barreling out of the bedroom, tail wagging as usual, until she caught sight of Ethan and began to bark franticly.
 

Ethan released Alexa’s mouth and sat up. “Friend of yours?” he joked as Alexa jumped up and shooed the giant dog out the door to the balcony.
 

“Sorry about that, I must have been to distracted to tell you I had a dog,” she said as she made her way back to the couch. Without another word Ethan grabbed her, slung her back underneath him and kissed along her jawline to her neck where he paused, letting out a low groan before moving down to kiss the exposed flesh of her collarbone.
 

“Lose the clothes.” His voice came out far more forceful than he intended. He was struggling with everything he had to keep the beast inside him leashed.
 

He reluctantly moved back enough for Alexa to obey as he pulled his own shirt over his head in one swift motion.
 

Alexa greedily drank him in as she fumbled with her own shirt. Her eyes falling on the beautiful tattoo that covered the left side of his chest and snaked down his side, her body clenched with need at the sight and she imagined running her tongue along every intricate line and swirl of the dark pattern. With one final tug she pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it on the floor with Ethan’s.
 

She reached behind her to unfasten her bra, but before she could complete the task Ethan was on her again, his face between her breasts. In one swift motion, he tugged with his teeth and pulled her bra off completely, adding it to the growing pile of clothes on the floor.
 

Ethan gazed down at her full breasts and hard pink nipples hungrily and growled. “My God, you are so beautiful.”

Alexa’s cheeks heated slightly, more from arousal than embarrassment. She had never been so naked in front of a man before. Ethan’s gaze was like a physical touch heating her skin wherever he looked. The pure want in his eyes erased any insecurity she might have felt.
 

He ran his hands down from the tops of her shoulders, over her breasts where he circled each tight nipple with his thumbs before preceding along her stomach and out to her hips. He hooked his fingertips under the waist of her skirt and panties and slowly pulled them down her legs and off. He sat up on his knees and devoured her completely naked body with his eyes while he slowly unbuckled his belt and pants.

Alexa couldn’t take her eyes off of what his hands were doing. He stepped on to the floor, pulled down his zipper and bent over sliding his pants off. He stood upright again and Alexa gasped, her eyes popping wide in surprise as she took in the sheer size of his throbbing cock.
 

Holy shit.

Without thinking about it, she slid back slightly on the couch as she looked up to see Ethan with a worried expression on his beautiful face.

He sat down and reached for her hands, pulling her into a sitting position, then grabbed her face and kissed her deeply before pulling back to say, “Do not be afraid, Amor. I will be as gentle as I can. I will not lie to you, at first there will be some pain,” he paused and began trailing kisses down her jawline and onto her neck before continuing, “then so very much pleasure. I promise you. Do you trust me?”

His voice sounded different now, his accent a little thicker maybe and so ridiculously sexy. Alexa looked into the deep pools of his greenish grey eyes and felt her fear melt away. She wanted this, so badly and though she barely knew Ethan, she trusted him implicitly. Her ability, though not fully effective with him, provided her with great insight into a person’s character and intentions. Ethan was a good man, and though they had only met the night before, he cared for her, deeply. Of that she was certain, so she let go and nodded.

Ethan stood and pulled her up with him. “Where is your bedroom?”

She pointed down the hall and he immediately scooped her up, kissing the sensitive spot behind her ear as he carried her to her room. When they arrived he stood at the edge of the large bed and turned her in his arms, placing her legs around his hips and capturing her mouth in another deep kiss.
 

He felt the moisture from her hot flesh dripping down his abs and groaned loudly letting her slip further down on his hips, placing his hard length between the soft cheeks of her ass.

A low moan escaped her throat and her hips bucked into him instinctually from the contact.
 

Ethan lightly bit her bottom lip as he ended the kiss and laid her back on the bed using his well-muscled thigh to spread her legs wide. He then turned his focus to her breasts. Taking a moment to appreciate the sheer perfection of them he lightly slid his fingertips down the middle of her chest and gently traced around the shape of each ample mound. Alexa trembled beneath his touch.

God, so responsive, so beautiful.
He thought as he took the first hard nipple into his mouth and suckled. Alexa moaned loudly arching into his mouth.

It was as if there was a direct line from her nipple to her most sensitive core. Every flick of his tongue sent a jolt straight down and had her panting, raising her hips up searching for release.

Sensing her need, Ethan moved his hand down to stroke her soft wet flesh as he continued working his mouth on her nipples. He slid his fingers over the small strip of soft curls and between her lips. Groaning at how wet she was, he slipped the tip of one finger gently inside her, testing, teasing.

“Amor, my God, you are so tight.” He had to fight the intense urge to immediately plunge his throbbing cock deep inside her. He knew he needed to prepare her, be gentle to make it good for her. And he needed to keep his most primal side in check. She would bleed; he had to remain in control.