Love's Second Chance (Second Chances Series) (11 page)

Korinne’s eyes went wide as I explained the benefits of the winner. “You’re stronger and faster than me! It’s not fair!” she shrieked in protest. “You’ll definitely win.”

I shrugged. “It’s my birthday anyhow. I think I deserve to win.”

She narrowed her eyes. “You sure are taking advantage of the situation, aren’t you?” she teased. Korinne smacked my arm when all I did was smile smugly at her. At least she was being playful and not silent like she was at breakfast. I hadn’t exactly told her how I felt, but I planned on it tonight after I had my way with her.

“Are you ready to go out there?” I asked. She snuggled deeper in her coat and put on her gloves. She came prepared, and didn’t think to warn me before she brought me up here to the frigid cold of the mountains. All I had was a thin jacket and no gloves.

“I’m ready.” She grinned. As soon as I opened the door she took off, circling around the outside of the cabin and out of sight. Her footprints were evident in the snow so I followed them.

“The first one to get ten hits wins!” I yelled. In that moment, Korinne dashed out from behind a tree and hit me square in the chest with a smack. “Ahh!” I roared. The force of it stung, not to mention all the snow that got down in my jacket, chilling me to the bone. “You’re going to pay for that!” I grumbled. “Your punishment will be to have to cook dinner naked tonight!” I knew this would get her going. I picked up a handful of snow just as she appeared around the outer edge to protest. I threw the snow and it hit her right in the shoulder, catching her off guard.

Grunting from the impact, she gave me the evil eye. “You’ll be lucky if I cook you anything now!” she snapped aggressively. I smirked at her and that riled her up even more. She had always had a competitive streak, and every time she’d get angry and fight with me I found it sexy as hell. I love a woman that’ll fight for what she wanted.

After numerous snowball attempts, I was shocked to see that we were actually even at that point. She’d done better than I thought she would. We both had nine hits on the other, only one more and she would be mine. Our steps had marred the snow all across the yard, so it was impossible to track the other. The snow in my hand was making my fingers numb as I walked slowly around the cabin. I paused when I heard a slight crunching sound behind me … it was her. Concentrating on her steps, I could tell she was coming nearer. I waited patiently for her to get closer before I tackled her into the snow. On the count of three I knew I had her. One … two … three! We both went down in a heap of laughter and that was when I got her with my tenth and final hit. Snow littered her hair as I smashed the snowball gently onto her head. She laughed and did the exact same thing to me with the snowball in her hand.

“I won!” I bragged, smiling devilishly at her.

“So you did,” she agreed. “Now what would you have me do since I’m your slave for the night?”

I could think of a million things we could do, but I didn’t want her thinking sex was the only thing on my mind when I was with her. It was one of the main things, but only because I wanted to be close to her. Looking down at my watch, I was shocked to see that we’d been out there for three hours. “How about we change into some warm clothes and watch a movie? Then we can make dinner together. How does that sound?” I asked her.

“It sounds great, but what about all of that ‘having your way with me’ stuff?” she mocked.

“Trust me, that’ll come later,” I promised. Pulling her up by the hand, we headed inside to the warmth of the cabin. There was still the one thing I had yet to ask her, even though I had skirted around it before. I just needed to find the right time to find out if she was ready to work for me.

After being kicked out of the kitchen three times, I finally went to the living room to watch TV. The dinner Korinne was cooking smelled amazing. I should’ve known she’d make my favorite dish. Garlic and Italian seasonings were potent in the air, making my mouth water and my stomach growl. Breakfast didn’t last too long after the afternoon Korinne and I had running around the yard for three hours. I had always believed that no one could outdo my mother’s spaghetti, but I was completely wrong. Korinne’s blew my mother’s out the window.

“Dinner will be ready in about ten minutes,” Korinne informed me.

“Sounds great! I hope you brought some movies to watch because there’s nothing good on television right now,” I said while flipping through the channels on the television.

“As a matter of fact, I did,” she answered slyly. Her mischievous smile peeked out when I turned to look at her. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say I had a pretty good idea what movies she had on her mind. “Do you think you can guess what I brought?”

“Let me think. Is it Pride and Prejudice?” I asked blandly.

She laughed. “Nope.”

“Harry Potter?”

She laughed again. “Nope.”

“How about the last season of True Blood?”

“No, but I actually like that show. Bill and Eric are completely swoon-worthy.”

“I should’ve known you would like that show. If it’s not any of those then I have no clue what movies you brought,” I said, throwing my hands up in the air. She left the kitchen and walked over to the couch with a serious glint in her eye. She climbed up and straddled my lap, which took me completely by surprise.
What just happened
, I wondered? One minute we were talking movies and then the next she was climbing on my lap to seduce me. I definitely wasn’t expecting that. She began by kissing my lips, to my jaw, and then down my neck taking bites along the way. My groin instantly hardened, so I grabbed the soft mounds of her ass and pulled her in tighter against me. I wanted to feel that heat between her legs rubbing against my cock.

She moaned in my ear and nipped my earlobe. Her warm breath on my neck sent chills down my body, and all I wanted to do was make love to her. To feel the heat of her flesh wrapped around mine. “One more chance,” she whispered huskily, trailing her tongue down my neck. “If you guess the movie right this time I’ll take you right here and right now.” She accentuated the last of her words with a tormenting grind against my cock. How could I say no to that?

“Lord of the Rings!” I blurted out. She abruptly stopped her torturous movements and pulled back to stare at me with a huge grin on her face.

“I knew you were playing with me!” she scoffed playfully. “Just for that I’m not holding up my end of the bargain.”

Why did I fall for that scheme? I should have known she was testing me. I groaned when she climbed off my lap to head back to the kitchen. “You are such a tease!” I yelled playfully. She giggled the entire time while finishing dinner. I knew she’d pick Lord of the Rings. We watched it for the first time together and she had loved it ever since. If she was happy she watched it, sad she watched it, and definitely when she was sick she would watch it. I hadn’t seen it since the last time we saw it together.

Dinner was excellent, especially when we followed it up with a piece of red velvet cake. It was the best birthday I’d had in years. Not only did Korinne bring our favorite movie to watch, but she brought the other two Lord of the Rings movies to go along with it. Sitting so close to her on the couch with touches here and there was enough to drive me insane, not to mention the time was dragging on.

I yawned. “It’s getting awfully late. With all the running around we did today I’m beat.” If I had my way I would have taken her on the couch, but I held back because she loved her movies and I didn’t want to take that away from her, even though she’d watched them probably over a hundred times.

“You can’t go to sleep now! We haven’t finished our movies yet.” She grinned, and I could see the mischief in those eyes of hers.

I could tell she was goading me, but before I could make a move, Korinne moved in first. She rubbed her hand lightly over my cock and that stilled me. Just the slightest touch from her got me rock solid in seconds. She lowered herself to the floor and spread my thighs apart, sidling to position between them. Unbuttoning my jeans, she slowly released me with her soft, warm hands. I stared into her smoky gray eyes while she stared into mine, claiming me just as I was claiming her. She took my cock in her hand and glided it up and down, squeezing tightly. My control was easily being tested today, and I didn’t know how much more of her teasing I could take. Closing my eyes, I relished in the feel of her touch. She began to slow her hand and I was caught off guard when I felt something warm and wet taking hold around my penis. Leaning my head back against the couch, I groaned while she licked and sucked my cock, massaging me at the base and taking me as far as she could into her mouth. She began to moan and it took all the control I had to keep from exploding.

“Korinne,” I pleaded. She released her hold, and as much as I didn’t want her to stop, I knew that if she wanted me to last longer then she must.

“Are you okay?” she replied breathlessly. Her beautiful face was flushed and her lips were as red as fire, a fire I was dying to let scorch me. Taking her by both elbows I lifted her to her feet.

“Everything’s great, but I don’t want to finish this here.”

“Where do you want to finish it then?” She smiled.

“I don’t care where we finish it, just as long as I get to make
love
to you,” I replied with all the love in my heart.

She jumped in my arms and planted her lips fiercely on mine. Stumbling down the hall, I tried desperately to get us to a room and to a bed. The first door I came to in the hallway would have to do. I barged in while Korinne was ravishing me with her lips. Before laying her down on the bed, I grabbed her shirt and tore it away from her body. Unable to contain my desire, I massaged her breasts firmly and pulled down her bra to take a plump, round nipple into my mouth, teasing it with my tongue. She always tasted sweet like berries, but there was another sweetness I’d been dying to taste. Korinne gasped and began tugging on my pants. Her milky, white skin glowed in the darkness of the room, and I wanted nothing more than to explore every inch of it with my hands and to claim her body with my own.

I crawled off the bed to take off my pants and boxers, and all the while Korinne stared mesmerizingly at me. She lay there, propped on her elbows, half-naked in her bra and black yoga pants. Gripping the waist of her pants, I slid them down her long, smooth legs along with her underwear. She settled herself down on the pillow and smiled up at me.
Damn, she was so sexy and beautiful
, I thought. I knew why I would never be happy with anyone else other than her, because no one had even come close to comparing with her.

Moving her legs aside with my knee, she sighed in anticipation. I could tell she was aching for me, but I needed to taste her first. It had been too long since I’d had her this way. I kissed along her thigh on up to her lush opening. She shivered as I slowly licked across her sensitive spots. I could taste her sweet wetness on my tongue and my cock throbbed with the need to take her hard and fast. I told myself,
Not yet
. Entering her with my tongue, she arched her back in pleasure and moved her body against my face. She gripped the headboard and I looked up to see her breathing hard, making her breasts rise and fall enticingly with her chest. I reached up to massage one of those breasts while I tortured her with my tongue. I loved watching her squirm. Leaving her slick heat, I moved slowly up her body, trailing my tongue to her stomach until I reached her breasts. Korinne opened her eyes and watched me as I massaged along her soft mounds. I unlatched her bra and threw it across the room. Her nipples were peaked and ready for the attention I had to offer. Her breasts were my favorite part about her body, and I couldn’t help but ravish them. Sucking greedily on one of her puckered nipples, I massaged firmly on her other breast.

“Please, Galen,” she murmured helplessly. I chuckled lightly while gently biting her nipple. She opened wider and tried to move down on my penis, but I didn’t let her. She groaned and stared at me impatiently. “I need you. Please, Galen, I don’t think I can handle it much longer.”