I turned back to Ruth, and she met my eyes with determination in her green ones. She mouthed, “Please” and shook her head ever so slightly.
She didn’t want me to mention it or make a big deal. I thought about it, and decided I could do that. It wasn’t like she wasn’t going to see him around. He lived here. She just had to get used to running into him, especially being that she was out with Jace. As long as he didn’t bother her or anyone else I cared about directly, I wouldn’t bother with him.
********
Dinner was finished, we were back at the farm, and I was just shutting the front door to the view of Ruthie’s and Jace’s backs.
We had gotten our food, finished it, and then come back to the house to discuss the safety deposit box, among other things, as planned.
We had a detailed conversation about all of the possibilities of what had happened to the missing information and confusion was rampant, but after almost an hour of coming up with different scenarios, we all agreed on the events of what must have happened.
The bank must have notified Drew about the safe deposit box after Natalie “died” and he must have been suspicious since it had Jenny’s and Talie’s names on it. Knowing what that might mean, he would have gone and gotten it.
We weren’t sure what was in there, not that I didn’t have a theory, but I wouldn’t be surprised if whatever it was led him back here. Otherwise, I couldn’t understand why he would come back.
According to Talie, he was some big shot in New York. He went by a different last name, had his own company, and had a ton of cops and politicians in his pocket. If what I was assuming was a letter or something similar didn’t lead him here, I didn’t know why he had come or, better yet, why he
would
.
I didn’t like the idea of some
unknown
factor sending him here, something other than the letter that is, and I couldn’t see him leaving New York, along with his whole empire, to come back to Joplin and the people he abandoned if he didn’t have a good reason.
Talie had come here by accident, so I doubted what was in there told him her location, especially since Jenny had put it in the bank well before any of this happened. But if Jenny had alluded to or mentioned that this is where she was from in the letter and Natalie’s name was on the box, Drew might have thought Talie had seen it. Or something similar. It was actually pretty fucking confusing.
It was hard to keep my thoughts from getting muddled when they’d been through so many circles.
Bottom line, if Drew had it, it was as good as gone. And it didn’t really matter
why
Drew was here, since he already was.
We would have to dig through the old investigation into my parents’ deaths and find somewhere to start there. It would definitely take more time this way, which was part of the reason I wanted to make sure we took time to enjoy ourselves and live fully in the meantime, but it was the only other way I could think of to prove he was involved. Now that we knew about him, we might be able to look at the old investigation from a different angle.
I turned from the door and headed back to the living room, more than ready to go to bed with my woman and put all of this talk behind me. It was easy to get caught up in all of the technicalities, but we were still talking about the murders of my sister and parents and the subsequent consequences.
When I got to the living room I saw that Talie was bent over the coffee table picking up everyone’s left over dishes, and her ass was in the air. Sweet Jesus, it was definitely time to go to bed.
“Come on, Babe. Let’s go to bed.”
At the sound of my voice, her head popped up and whipped around to look at me standing there. When she took in the carnal look on my face, the ends of her lips turned up into a smirk. “Okay, Tuck. I’m just going to finish-”
I assumed she was going to say that she was going to finish cleaning up and then she’d be ready, but Kayla interrupted her. “Oh, you’ll finish alright. Can’t imagine that you won’t.”
Talie widened her eyes at me in disbelief at the same time that she murmured, “Is it just me or do I talk a whole lot less now that this blabbermouth is around?” She started walking to head to the kitchen, and thus, toward me.
Unable to stop myself, I chuckled and continued Kayla’s line of thoughts. “Oh, I’m about to give you plenty of opportunity to use your vocal cords. It’ll just be more for screamin’, moanin’, and callin’ me God than talkin’.”
I had said it quietly as she got close to me, but apparently Kayla had still heard. I’m sure she had been putting in as much effort as a glass to the wall, so to speak.
Talie snapped, “Are you sure you guys aren’t made for each other?” while gesturing between me and her sister. Kayla grinned and started to get up, but Talie turned and pinned her with a scowl. “Don’t move! I was joking. Sit down. Jesus.”
I was pretty sure Kayla had been joking, but she looked pretty serious, so it was time to get out of there. I leaned over and pushed my lips to Talie’s jaw softly just before whispering, “Only one girl for me, Babe. You’re it.” I paused for a second to let it sink in and then smacked her ass. “Now get your ass in the kitchen with that stuff, and then get your ass in my bed.”
She rolled her eyes but moved faster.
I turned to Kayla once she was gone and whispered, “I know you’re jokin’, but you look fuckin’ serious. Maybe go a little easier on her.”
She giggled and shook her head. “I was joking, so just relax. I get that y’all are in love and all that shit, but it’s fun to tease. Besides, you do it too.”
She had me there. I teased Talie all the fucking time. Without mercy, actually. I was just overprotective when it came to other people, I guess.
She continued, “Not to mention, the crisis was averted by Hotman. So, no worries.”
Christ. Hotman. I had forgotten about that. I smiled, shook my head, and then gave her a chin lift before leaving the room.
Either she was a handful or I just wasn’t used to dealing with two of them at once. The latter had to be it.
Men aren’t designed to handle two women. To be honest, they can barely handle one.
Don’t misunderstand, they can handle
action
from as many women as will give it, but in order to handle a woman well
emotionally
, it’s a strictly one at a time thing. At least, that was my opinion.
********
A few minutes later, I was in the bedroom stripping down, when Talie came in.
I was down to just my boxer briefs, and when she noticed, she froze in the doorway.
Her eyes roved my body aggressively as she muttered, “Sweet, sweet baby Jesus. That is so freaking attractive.”
She wasn’t even talking to me, she was talking to herself, and it was hilarious.
“What was that, Babe?”
Her eyes snapped up and into focus as she realized that my question meant she’d said that out loud. “Um.”
I chuckled as I spoke, “Yep, heard you, Talie. I guess you think I’m attractive.” I smiled my most seductive smile, walked over to her, grabbed her hips, and finished, “Feeling’s mutual.”
She pierced me with a ferocious intensity coming from her blue eyes, as she responded, “Um, yeah Tuck. You’re attractive.” A smirk started to slip on her face as she finished, “But I was talking about the tattoo.”
“Tattoo’s a part of me, Babe. And I saw you, you weren’t just lookin’ at the tattoo.”
I started kissing her throat before she could say anything, so she only managed to stutter her answer through her increasingly ragged breaths. “This...is...true.”
Stuttering was good, but if she could still speak to say anything other than my name, ‘God’, or ‘Yes’, I wasn’t doing a good enough job.
Moving my thumbs so that they skimmed under the bottom of her shirt and touched skin, I kissed my way up her jaw to the soft spot by her ear.
Her pulse was pounding, and God, she smelled good. She always did, but she had picked up some body spray on her last trip to the pharmacy, and I had to admit, I loved it. It was a soft flowery smell that mixed perfectly with her natural scent. It wasn’t overpowering, I could still smell
her
, but it mingled nicely and seemed to elevate her natural scent.
She moaned softly as I shoved my hands all the way into her shirt and up along the side of her ribs. I stroked the underside of her delicious breasts with my thumbs and she immediately lifted her hands above her head wanting me to take off her shirt. I didn’t waste any time, giving into her demands without hesitation, and lifted the shirt up and off.
Christ, she was wearing her black see through lace bra again. Her breasts were the perfect mix of full and heavy but not too big. I could see her rosy pink nipples standing at attention through the lace, and I was overwhelmed by wanting to have my mouth on one.
So I leaned forward and closed my lips around the peak through the lace. I palmed her other breast and swiped the nipple with my thumb while soft, fast breaths were whispering out of her throat. She loved when I really took my time with her breasts, and quite frankly, so did I.
I took my hand and reached around behind her to unhook her bra, just as I sucked her nipple deep and then popped it free. The lace must have added extra friction because her fingers moved to wrap around my head and dug into my hair.
“God, Tuck. Oh my
God
.”
I loved when she got like this. She had to be soaking wet, and I couldn’t wait to feel for myself. “You wet for me, Baby?” I reached down with my free hand as I said this, while my other hand pulled her bra forward, down her arms, and off.
I worked fast to unbutton her shorts, and then I shoved them down her legs, taking her panties with them. She helped me out by toeing off her shoes and then stepping out of her shorts and panties.
Sweet merciful God, she was absolutely beautiful. So. Fucking. Hot. I could feel myself, already hard as a rock, get even harder to the point of throbbing uncomfortably. I needed to be inside of her.
Her hand reached out and pulled my underwear down at the same time that her other hand reached forward and palmed me. My head fell back and a growl escaped my lips after rumbling from deep down in my throat.
“Fuck, Babe. Gotta be inside you. Tell me you’re ready,
please
.”
Her answer was to literally jump up, wrap her arms around my neck and legs around my waist, grab my hard length, position it at her entrance, and then push her whole body down, taking me inside swiftly and easily.
Jesus
. Don’t come. Don’t come. Don’t come. I had to grit my teeth to stop it from happening.
When she got wild and took control, it was the hottest thing I had ever experienced in my life. Thankfully, she did it often, and she did it well.
I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths.
Once I got under control, I grabbed two good handfuls of ass and lifted her up, keeping just the tip inside. And then let her slide down.
Talie knew what she wanted and had no problem asking for it. “Tuck, baby, go fast. Fast, baby.”
Oh, yeah. I had no problem doing what she wanted as I started to pound into her soft, wet heat at a brisk pace.
“God, Tuck.”
Her tits were bouncing in my face, so I flicked her nipple with my tongue. She instantly took one of her arms from around my neck and lifted her breast for me as I concentrated on keeping my rhythm. I closed my mouth around her nipple and swirled my tongue around it before flicking it with my tongue again.
Man, she was hot tonight.
After getting what she wanted, her head fell back and a super sexy, raspy moan found its way out of her mouth.
I had wanted to take her on her knees tonight, but she was too hot. I wanted to see her face, and I wanted to take advantage of her vivacious attitude. That position would have to wait. She was going to ride me instead. Decision made.
I moved toward the bed, still inside of her, turned and sat down. Her legs automatically unwrapped themselves from around my waist, and her knees found their place in the bed so that she was straddling me.
“Ride me, Baby. Go wild, I wanna see it. Fuck me fast, slow, hard, soft, whatever you want. Do whatever you gotta do to get so wet its runnin’ outta you, Baby.”
I felt a rush of liquid all over me immediately, and I felt her inner muscles contract. She absolutely loved when I talked to her like that, and I absolutely loved her reaction.
“That’s it, Babe. Just like that. But more. I wanna feel you all over me.”
She whimpered, lifted herself up, and pushed back down. Her eyes rolled back as she reached behind herself and put her hands on my thighs. She set her pace, and she set it to go fast. Up and down, in and out, grinding down at the bottom so that she got a little extra out of it. I reached for her with my thumb and touched the spot I knew she loved, while my other hand palmed her magnificent bouncing breast.
“Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah! Tuck, baby. Yeah.”
God
, she was loving it.
Christ, her on top had been a good idea. A really good idea.
“Fuck, Babe.”
I was getting close. Sweet God, was I getting close, so I needed to push her to get there faster. She had to either go before me or at the same time. There was no other option.
“Come on, Talie. Come for me, Babe.”
She moaned over and over, and I could feel her starting to quiver around me. Her head fell back, and as a result her hair skimmed my thighs, tickling me.
Fuck
.
“Let go, Talie. Come for me.”
She came instantly, and she did it hard. “Oh, God,
yes
. Tuck!”
The sight, sound, and feel of her coming in combination with how close I had already been, sent me right over the edge as I pulsed into her over and over again. “Fuuuckkkk. My Talie. Christ, Ah.”
My hands clenched into her ass, I slowly came down and opened my eyes to see hers on me.
She was as alluring as ever and looked like she might have even been willing to go for another round, but I was fucking wiped.
“Come here, Baby.”
She pulled herself off of me carefully and crawling on her hands and knees, moved to snuggle into the crook of my arm. I flicked the covers over us as I murmured, “You wore me out, so we’ll shower in the mornin’. You good to sleep like this or you gotta clean up?”