Doris O'Connor (9 page)

She moved closer still, taking his head
between her hands to make him look at her. She was not going to let
him take the blame for this, no way.

“
You’re a hero, Alex. You all are,
and I’m sure Lewis’s family will get some small amount of closure
over this. He will never be forgotten.”

****

“
I wish I could believe
that.”

Alex was stunned by the sincerity in Kitty’s
voice, by those green eyes willing him to see her point of view.
Not in his wildest dreams would he have thought anyone would ever
fight in his corner like this.

“
Believe it, Alex. Surely your
family—”

“
Did they look supportive to you,
when I had to leave the party?”

“
Well, no, but that’s only because
they love you and don’t want to see you get hurt. That’s
understandable, isn’t it? And Francesca and Nonna seem supportive,
and your mother, well, she is just being a mother. I can understand
that. You just want to keep your baby safe, can’t blame her for
that, Alex.”

“
I’m not blaming her, Kitty. I just
don’t like her methods.”

“
Which are?”

Alex sighed to himself.

“
Alex, tell me what’s going
on.”

Enough of this!
He did the only thing
he could do. He pulled her towards him and shut her up with a
kiss.

****

Kitty willed him to talk to her, but before
she knew it, he grabbed her by the shoulders, and his mouth
descended on hers. One hand cupped the back of her head, and the
other squeezed her behind and pushed her flush into the heat of his
body. Kitty moaned when he angled his mouth sideways, his tongue
probing for entry, and Alex wasted no time slipping into that moan.
Oh, but she had forgotten how clever that tongue was. Need slammed
into her with every stroke until her whole being seemed to focus on
that kiss and the heat it created between them. She was dimly aware
of the need for oxygen when Alex lifted his head slightly and
smiled down on her, his full mouth hovering over her trembling
lips.

“
Still want to talk?”

She drew a shuddering breath and managed a
shake of her head. Alex lifted her as easily as though she weighed
little more than a feather and set her down on the kitchen counter.
Kitty swallowed at his intent expression when he spread her legs
wide and, raising her up with one hand, ripped her knickers clean
off her. He chuckled at her gasp of surprise when her bare butt hit
the counter again. He gave her no time to protest, making equally
short work of her blouse. Buttons popped and pinged across the
kitchen floor in all directions, when Kitty, too, couldn’t wait to
get her hands on his naked torso They groaned in unison when they
finally managed to touch bare skin, and Alex’s mouth closed over
one of her nipples that was straining through the lace of her bra.
He bit the turgid nub, and Kitty moaned his name as her hands went
in his hair and tucked him closer. He freed her of her bra, sending
it flying into the air with a deep chuckle and claimed her mouth in
a passionate kiss that left her grinding her pussy against the
counter.

“
Don’t!”

His whispered command, coupled with his hands
on her hips, stilled her movements. Her stomach clenched, and her
clit quivered in anticipation as he kissed himself along her
jawline. He interspersed kisses with small bites that travelled
along her skin like little bee-stings, pitching her arousal higher
still, until she couldn’t help her fevered pleas.

“
All in good time, Kitty. I’ve
waited a long time for this. We’re going to take this slow, after
all.” He caught her moan of denial in his mouth, silencing her
protests. One hand massaged her heavy breasts, rolling and pinching
first one nipple, and then the other, until she was whimpering into
his shoulder.

“
Please, Alex, please. I can’t take
any more of this. I want you now.” He released her nipple with a
pop and shook his head at her. He cupped her chin, forcing her to
look at him, and she bit her lip when his other hand trailed over
her lower tummy with infinite slowness until it finally, mercifully
reached her pussy. He circled her clit slowly, his smile wickedness
itself, and she couldn’t control her body’s shiver when he inserted
several fingers into her wet core. She bucked off the counter when
he found her g-spot, her internal muscles quivering around his
fingers. He fucked her mercilessly with his fingers, creating
delicious friction, and she dug her fingernails into his shoulders,
clinging onto him helplessly as her body climbed toward release;
and her head fell back as she abandoned herself to the sensations
assaulting her.

“
Look at me. I want to see you when
you fall apart for me.” Her eyes flew open at his strained whisper,
and he increased the pressure of his strokes. Her blood turned to
molten lava in her veins, and perspiration broke out all over her
body as his clever fingers pushed her closer and closer to that
elusive edge, until finally she convulsed around his fingers with
an earth-shattering scream of surrender.

When she came back down to earth, he was
watching her. One hand stroked his cock, and Kitty held her breath
at the hunger she saw in his eyes. The drop of pre-cum on the
purple head made her lick her lips in anticipation of his taste,
and Alex’s deep groan settled deep in her core.

Her eyes flew to his face, and she smiled at
him as her hand replaced his on his cock. He swelled in her hand,
and he pulled her in for another kiss that left them both gasping
for breath. He swore when she increased her strokes and pulled her
hair.

“
Fuck, not this way, baby.” His
voice was an agonized growl skittering along her nerve endings, and
Kitty smiled into his neck when she heard the blessed rib of foil.
He had her lifted and impaled on his huge erection before she could
blink, and she locked her legs around his waist. He moved across
the kitchen, every step driving his cock deeper into her core,
until it nudged her womb. He crowded her against the nearest wall
and drove himself into her over and over again as his control
broke. Every ball-slapping thrust sent her body climbing again,
faster, harder, the coolness of the wall against her back adding to
the sensations assaulting her. He groaned his release into her damp
neck, seconds before she joined him, her internal muscles
contracting around his cock, milking every last of his spasms deep
inside her core.

When their breathing finally returned to
normal, Alex withdrew and slid her slowly along his
body.

“
Hell, Kitty, I’ve missed
you.”

Chapter Ten

Alex hummed to himself as he expertly flipped
the omelet over. He glanced across at Kitty, who looked sexy as
hell, clad in nothing but his cast-off shirt. She leant against the
kitchen counter, her face still flushed from their latest
passionate encounter. He shifted in his jeans, remembering how
those expressive eyes of hers changed color when she came all round
him. His fists buried in her glorious hair, her long legs holding
him captive and her moans making him lose control completely. Right
now she was checking him out from under half-closed eyelids, and he
chuckled when he turned off the heat – of the cooker at least. He
stepped towards her, his cock already hardening again. Hell, the
entire fire brigade couldn’t douse the sensual heat between them,
and that was just fine by him.

He pulled her towards him in one fluid move.
His hand traveled up the curve of her bare ass along the line of
her spine and round to the curve of her breast, where he teased one
erect nipple. Kitty’s incoherent moan in his ear spurred him
on.

“
Like that, don’t you?” He murmured
into her ear, kissing his way down her neck towards her collarbone,
a smile on his lips, as she angled her head to give him better
access. Her soft feminine sounds increased when his mouth replaced
his hand, and he worshipped those nipples through the now wet
fabric of his shirt.

Kitty’s barely coherent calling of his name
made him pull the shirt over her head suddenly, impatient to get
closer to her soft curves. He buried his hands in the silky mass of
her hair, and his mouth sought hers. He marveled at her passionate
response, which had him so hard he was going to explode if he
didn’t find himself inside her sweet pussy soon. It was his turn to
groan when Kitty’s hand trailed down his chest towards his
waistband and slipped inside his jeans to grasp his ever-hardening
cock.

“
Easy, or this will all be over,”
he said.

But Kitty just laughed huskily and proceeded
to run her nails down his length whilst pushing him backwards
towards one of the kitchen chairs. “One of us is wearing too many
clothes, and it’s not me, Mister.” She freed him completely, her
fingers impatiently pulling the jeans down his hips, before giving
him another playful shove, which had him sitting down on the chair
with a thump.
God, what was she going to do now? This
was a
side of her he hadn’t seen before, but he sure as hell wasn’t
complaining. He stopped thinking completely when she went down on
her knees and her hot mouth closed over his cock.

****

Kitty smiled to herself as Alex’s trembling
hands went into her hair, holding her captive. She gave her
attention to all that male glory, reveling in the power she had
over him at this moment. She ran her tongue up and down his hard
length and cupped his balls before taking him deep into her mouth.
She swallowed around his cock, and Alex’s hands tightened in her
hair as she tasted the release of his pre-cum. She moaned her
approval as his salty essence exploded on her tongue, and he swore
softly. Her own breathing became shallower as his groans of
pleasure brought an answering need of her own starting deep inside
of her. Alex pulled her off him with a barely audible, “Oh no,
Kitty, not this way.”

She sat back on the floor and watched him in
helpless fascination. He reached across into the kitchen drawer for
the protection they needed. When he was ready, the heat in his gaze
made her swallow, before he pulled her to her feet, grasped her
hips and, still sitting, pulled her onto his lap. Kitty slowly
lowered herself onto him, loving the feel of him buried so deep
inside her. He thrust upwards, and she clenched around him, making
him growl his approval.

“
Jeez, Kitty, you’re so fucking
tight. You’re killing me.” His hands dug into her ass, and their
eyes locked as he helped her ride his cock. She tipped her hips
forward, taking him deeper still, and he leaned forward to suck one
of her nipples into his mouth. Every suck shot straight to her
clit, and Kitty increased her pace. When he sank one finger into
her anus, the added pressure sent her tumbling into a mind-blowing
orgasm, taking him with her.

“
Next time, Kitty, next time, my
cock will fuck you right here.” Alex groaned the words into her
hair, and Kitty moaned her acquiescence as he withdrew his fingers
slowly out of her ass.

****

Kitty studied him now across the kitchen
table, the reheated
omelette
half-eaten between them. Fudge, the man
made the simple act of lifting fork to mouth look erotic. His hair
was still damp from the shower they had shared, and Kitty’s cheeks
flamed, recalling how little that shower had had to do with getting
clean. She would never be able to look at a showerhead in the same
way again.

“
Penny for your thoughts, though
judging by that blush I‘ve a pretty good idea where they‘re at!
Give a man a chance to build himself up.”

Kitty groaned out loud at the innuendo, and
Alex burst out laughing before grabbing her hand and dropping a
kiss on her palm.

“
No need to look so embarrassed. I
love the way you respond to me, great for a man’s ego believe
me.”

“
Yes, well, I’m sure your ego has
been stroked plenty of times before.”

A tug on her hand made her look up, and her
heart gave a little flip in her chest at the intent expression in
those blue eyes of his.

“
Contrary to popular belief and my
actions back in Amsterdam, I don’t make a habit of picking up
gorgeous red-heads in clubs. And I don’t do one night stands, not
unless the lady walks out on me.”

“
Neither do I, usually.”

“
Then why did you?”

“
I don’t know. The whole thing, it
just wasn’t me. That person wasn’t me, and, well, I guess I was
scared. We got pretty intense.” Kitty squirmed on her seat under
Alex’s intense scrutiny.

“
I think we have pretty much
established by now that this is indeed you. There is nothing wrong
in enjoying sex, Kitty, especially when you are as hot as you are.”
His voice dropped a few octaves, and his smile turned
wicked.

Kitty didn’t know where to put herself. “Oh
stop it, Alex, please. Besides I’m not usually – what I mean is –
hell, I’m only like this with you.”

Oh
,
this is so
embarrassing.
Why couldn’t she just keep her mouth shut? She
resolutely stared at her clasped fingers, not daring to look at
Alex. Why wasn’t he saying anything?

****