Music of the Heart (20 page)

“No, Ashleigh.  As much as I want your mouth on me right now, I need to be inside of you even more.  Are you on the pill?”

“I am.  I also can assure you I am clean.  I haven’t been with anyone in a long time.”

Assuring me he is clean also, he lays one more fierce kiss on me.  I push him back down to the bed and begin trailing kisses down his chest.  I trail my tongue over every single muscle and down his abs.  When I get to the glorious V at his hips, I give him back his trademark smirk, sit back up and lower myself onto him.

He is so big that he fills me up instantly.  I almost come immediately but I still myself so we can take it slow.  I begin moving my hips at a slow pace and he reaches his hands up to massage my breasts. 

“I love your breasts.  They react to my touch almost more than your whole body does.”

I glance down and notice my nipples are rock hard and very tender to his touch.  Having large breasts is nice especially right now as we make love.  I’ve always liked when guys give them attention and Cross has gone above and beyond what I expected.

As he is massaging my breasts and twisting my nipples, I start to feel my orgasm build up again.  I lean back and brace my hands on his thighs.  I circle my hips and to his surprise, I rise up and slam back down on him.  Leaning back on his thighs again, he takes one of my hands and places it on my breast instead of his.  I begin twisting my nipple as he takes his thumb and starts rubbing my clitoris.  I am reaching a point where I am about to fell over the edge.  I brace myself with my hands on his chest and he grabs my hips with both hands and starts pounding into me.  Right before I feel my release, he sits up still inside of me and kisses me like he will never see me again.  I can feel the burn on my face from his beard and I like it.  As my breasts are smashed against his chest, he grabs my hips once again, and helps move me up and down on this erection until I can’t take it anymore.

“Cross, I’m about to come.  Please, make me come right now.”  I’m begging now for my release.

“Baby, wait.  I want you to come with me.”

I try my hardest to hold off my orgasm and finally he yells out and our bodies both feel like they explode and we come together.

We ride the final waves of our orgasms together and I feel like I could fall over from exhaustion.  He kisses me on the forehead and rolls me back to the bed.  We’re both still panting and trying to catch our breath.  I can feel my heart beating out of my chest and I lay my hand over his heart and he feels the same.  He places his own hand over mine and leans in again for a kiss.

“Cross, I’m not really sure I can put into words how I feel right now.  Am I crazy if I say thank you?  That was amazing and I’m pretty sure I could get used to doing that with you all the time.”

Letting out a belly laugh, he wraps his arms around me and rolls me onto my back.  He kisses the hell out of me and tells me to go clean up so we can go back to bed.  He rolls off of me and as I’m getting out of the bed, he smacks me on the ass.

“What the hell, Cross?  That hurt.”

He just looks at me with an evil smirk and laughs at me.  He stands up after me and walks to the hall bathroom while I go into my en suite.  I quickly wash up and use the restroom before I return to my room.  By this time, it’s 4:30 a.m. and I am exhausted.  I find my pajama top, shorts and underwear and start to put them back on when I feel Cross wrap his arms around me from behind.

“Leave your clothes off and come to bed with me.  You need to sleep.”

With that, he grabs my hand and leads me to the bed.  I lay down and feel him scoot up behind me and wrap his arms around me.  He’s spooning me.  I’ve never really liked that before but with Cross, it feels like home.  I snuggle up to him and relax in his arms.

“You better be careful Ashleigh.  If you keep wiggling up against me like that, you won’t be getting sleep anytime soon.”

“What if I don’t want sleep?  What if I want you?”

“Trust me baby.  We have plenty of time to have our way with each other.  Right now, we both need some sleep.  Tomorrow morning, we can have each other for breakfast.”

I giggle and snuggle up even more.  Before I know it, I’m drifting off to sleep and I can already hear Cross softly snoring.  I smile to myself imagining the sweet dreams I have ahead.

CROSS

              She’s sound asleep and more beautiful than ever.  I’m laying in her bed just staring at her.  I glance over at the clock and see it is 9:30 a.m.  I never sleep this late but it’s Sunday and I’m with Ashleigh so I’ll make an exception. 

              I had planned on going into the office today to finish up some paperwork before dinner at my brother’s but all of a sudden, something else seems more important.

              I really want her again.   Let’s be honest, I want her forever.  Unfortunately, if she ever finds out I’m the reason she is about to be forced out of work for a while, I’ll never have her again.  So I’m going to take advantage of the time we have together.

              She has rolled over towards me in her sleep and I gently pull the sheet down to reveal her breasts.  God, I love her tits.  She is definitely blessed in that department and is way more than a handful.  It only takes one look at her naked breasts before I decide I need her and I need her right now.  I lean down and start sucking on one of her nipples.  I circle my tongue around it and continue sucking hard.  Hearing her moan in her sleep starts to make me hard.  I move over to her other nipple and treat it just the same.  She still hasn’t woken up so I move further down and decide to give her the best wake up call there is. 

              I pull the sheet all the way off of her body.  I am rock hard now but I want to pleasure her and give her a proper wake up call first.  I spread her legs and drag my tongue over her sex.  I make my way to her clit and start sucking.  All of a sudden, I hear a gasp and look up to see her awake which makes me suck even harder. 

              I pull away and tell her to prop her self up on the pillows.  She follows orders and is propped up at the perfect angle. 

              “I want you to watch me.  I’m hungry and I want you to watch and enjoy.”

              I pay attention to her clit once more and suck as hard as I can.  I can feel her hands in my hair and she begins pulling on it.  I think it would be fun to restrain those hands and make her take it all without touching me but decide to wait until another day for that.

              I take my tongue and drag it through her slit.  Back and forth several times.  I have her thighs pressed down the the bed with my hands and continue lapping her up.  She is gorgeous down there too.  I pay attention to her clit once more and put two fingers in her.  I start to move them back and forth while sucking her hard.  She is so close and I can feel my self about to come undone as well.

              “Cross, I’m not sure how much more I can take.  I need to come.  I need to come now.  Please.”

              I add a third finger and she yelps at the pleasure or the pain.  I’m not really sure.  I add my tongue to the mix and suck and lap her up while pumping my fingers in and out.  She is unraveling and I love it.

              “Oh my God.  I’m coming.  Harder please, Cross.  I’m so close.”

              “Your wish is my command baby.” I tell her quickly and I go back down on her and I start humming.  The vibrations from my mouth mixed with my fingers thrusting in and out of her cause her to fall over the edge.  She comes and she comes hard.  I slow my fingers down and lick her one last time while she comes down off her high.  I kiss her on her mound and crawl up to take her mouth now.  I want her to taste how delicious she tastes.

              I let her relax and she glances over at me.  “That was amazing Cross.  Might be the best wake-up call I’ve ever received.”

              I notice her glance down at my very hard erection and she gasps. 

              “It looks like you could use some help as well.  Here… it’s your turn.”

              “Ashleigh, don’t feel like you have to give anything in return.  I wanted to do that for you.”

              “Oh, I want to do this for you as well.”

              She crawls over and straddles me and starts kissing me.  I take everything she is giving me because I love kissing her.  I could do nothing but kiss her and be a happy man.  She starts creeping down my body sprinkling kisses as she goes and I quickly turn her around so her ass is to my face.  She yelps when I do that.  Most guys want to see the girl get him off but there will be plenty of time for that.

              “What are you doing Cross?  Why did you turn me around?”

              With an evil grin, I tell her not to worry about it and to continue with what she’s doing.  I feel her lean over my legs and drag her hands up my calves and my thighs causing me to shiver.  At this point, her mound is up against my stomach and I grab her by the waist and twist her bottom around causing friction between her heat and my stomach.

              She moans loudly and leans over to start tormenting my erection.  She takes her tongue and swirls it across the tip.  I am in heaven right now.  She drags her tongue down my whole length and back up and continues that a few more times.  She continues to tease me and I just want to fuck her mouth so I smack her on her ass.

              “Shit, Cross.  What was that for?”

              “That was for teasing me and not taking me all in your mouth.  I can’t hold out that long and you are killing me right now.”

              She gives me her own evil grin and turns back to pay attention to my shaft.  I finally feel her take all of me in her mouth.  She closes her lips on me and starts to move up and down.  Moving up and down at a slower pace is killing me.  I need her to go faster.  So I smack her ass again.  This time, that makes her moan out loud so I decide to smack her again while I twist her hips in a circle to create friction for her. 

Moaning again, I do it one more time and she finally leans back down and drags her teeth up my erection.  I hiss out in pleasure and I can feel her smile against my shaft.  She takes all of me once more and moves at a very fast pace.  I can feel my release very near and after another minute, I grab her again by the waist, lift her up and slam her down on my erection. 

She gasps very loudly and I know the feeling is intense as she sits backwards on me.  She begins twisting her hips and I start moving her up and down.  I’m not going to last long and let her know.

“Baby, if you are going to come again, you better be ready because I am about to lose it in you.”

She starts moving very quickly and I reach around to her front rubbing her clit and she falls over with an intense orgasm and my release comes at the same time.  I feel her going limp in my arms and I pull her back up to lay next to me.  I mean, I did just give her two orgasms in a row so she probably is tired.  It’s 10:15 a.m. and I tell her to rest some more.  I had planned on letting her sleep while I got my e-mail checked and made some phone calls but I end up closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep right next to her.

Chapter Twenty-Three

ASHLEIGH

              I wake up thinking it has all been a dream.  It must be because I think I had three orgasms in the last eight hours and that can’t be right.  I look over to my left and see Cross sound asleep next to me.  I smile knowing my dream must have been true especially when I move my legs and realize how sore I am.

              Looking at the clock, I see it’s 11:30 a.m.  I can’t believe I slept this late.  I really can’t believe Cross slept this late and is still here.  I quietly roll out of bed and put my pajamas back on and head towards the kitchen.  I’m starving and decide to whip up some sort of brunch type food for us.

              I open the fridge and look at what I have.  I grab a bunch of vegetables, eggs and some bacon and decide to make omelets.  I begin chopping peppers, onions and mushrooms when I feel Cross come up behind me. 

              “Good morning beautiful.”

              I turn around and get a good morning kiss. 

              “Hi.  I hope you’re hungry.  I’m making omelets.  Wait, do you even like omelets?”

              “I do and thank you, I’m starving.  Did you sleep well?”

              I glance up at him while he gives me that devilish smirk.  He knows how I slept last night and it wasn’t that much.

              “I’m pretty sure you know the answer to that.  Now, the sleep I did get was great.”

              He walks around the counter and makes us both a cup a coffee.  He knows the way to my heart.

              We eat breakfast together and then he tells me he needs to run home and get some work done before dinner tonight.  He wants to pick me up but I think it would be best if we went separately.  He’s not overly thrilled with that idea.

              “Why can’t we go together?  Are you seriously going to tell me there’s nothing between us after yesterday and last night?”

              “Cross, I just think it would be best to go by ourselves and meet up there.  No one knows anything is going on between us and I don’t want tonight to be about us.  I’m pretty sure your brother and sister-in-law may have some news to share and I would hate to take the spotlight away from them.”

              “What are talking about Ashleigh?  What news?”

              “Just trust me.  Let them have their night.”

              He reluctantly agrees and leans in to kiss me goodbye. 

              “I don’t like it but I’ll go along with it because you asked me to.  I’ll see you at my brother’s house tonight.”

              He gives me one last kiss and heads out the front door leaving me wanting him again. 

I head into the kitchen and get everything cleaned up while I make another cup of coffee.  I know I need a long, hot shower after our night so I finish up in the kitchen and take my coffee with me to my room.

I spend the rest of the day cleaning my house until it’s time to get ready for dinner.  Merritt called me earlier and said they would swing by and pick me up.

We arrive and Cross is already there with the rest of the guys.  We all say our hellos and thankfully, he honors my wish and just greets me with a kiss o the cheek just like he did to the other girls.

Dinner is great and I was right… Gaines and Katie had a huge announcement.  They are expecting their first child together and are due in August.  Cross kept his distance to some extent.  He found ways to rub my back, to bump into me or to steal a kiss when no one was looking. 

“Ashleigh, let me take you home?”  It sounds like more of a question than a statement. 

“Don’t be mad but I don’t think it’s a good idea tonight Cross.  I start back in the studio tomorrow and practicing for the next part of my tour.  I’ve got to get some sleep.  And no offense, but if you come home with me, I’m pretty sure I won’t get much sleep.

Even though he’s not happy, I see the hint of a smile on his face.

“Okay.  I’ll let you have some uninterrupted sleep tonight but I want you in my arms again before you leave.”

“I promise.  Other than girl’s night, I’m free the other nights.”

I lean up to kiss him quickly but he pulls me into the hallway away from everyone and steals a very long and sensual kiss.  We break apart a little breathless and I tell him I have to leave. 

I’m exhausted when I finally get home.  Merritt picked my brain in the car about Cross but I assured her that everything was good and we were friends again.  Thankfully, no one noticed our kisses that were stolen all night long.  I get in bed as soon as I walk through the door. 

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Music takes back over today to get ready for my next tour.  I leave on Saturday so I have to work every single day this week. 

I arrive at Music Atlanta, which is where I not only record my music when in Atlanta but where I practice for all my tours.  I am actually lucky with this tour because it is one of my favorite types.  We call it the intimate tour because I do them in small venues where people can actually sit down, including me and only about 100 to 200 people can fit in the venue.  Sometimes even less.  I actually get the chance to talk and mingle with my fans instead of all the normal craziness.

On Wednesday, the studio manager, Taye, comes in and tells all the employees that there is a new owner but not to worry, nothing is changing around the studio or the concert venue.  I just happen to be in the office part of the studio when he announces this.

“Okay everyone, the new owner will be stopping by shortly to meet everyone and see some of our artists in action.  Everybody, be on your best behavior.  This guy is big time.”

Before I can ask who bought it, Allie walks over and tells me we need to get in the studio and work on the new song that I’m debuting this tour. 

After about an hour of non-stop singing, I know my throat is bugging me but I’m not about to tell anyone.  Allie knows.  I can tell by the worried look on her face.  Before she can say anything to me, I start back up on the new song.  While I’m singing, I notice some commotion and see Taye walk in the practice room with none other than Cross.  What the hell?  Why is he here?

As I finish up my song, Taye walks in the studio with Cross.

“Ashleigh, I would like for you to meet Cross Hamilton.  Cross, this is Ashleigh Kennedy, our biggest star at Music Atlanta.”

“Um, we know each other Taye.  Cross, what are you doing here?”

Before Cross can say anything, Taye starts talking again, “Oh, did I forget to mention that Cross is the new owner of Music Atlanta.”

I’m pretty sure the look on my face says what I’m thinking but I’ll say it any way.  What the fuck?!  Oh, I’m glad I didn’t say that out loud.

“Wow, Cross.  You own the studio I use.  You never mentioned anything about this being one of your many investments.”

Finally, Cross speaks up.

“The deal just went through yesterday.  I would have told you but you’ve been busy working and practicing.  Plus, it wasn’t final so I didn’t want to say anything yet.”

I just smile and excuse myself back to practicing.  Taye asks Cross to follow him and they’ll finish the tour but Cross asks him to give us a few minutes.  Everyone leaves the room but the two of us.

“Ashleigh, you can’t be mad at me.  I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“I’m not really mad.  I’m more surprised.  Shocked even.  More so that you didn’t even mention it at all to me.  I know you knew this was the studio I use.  You could have said something.  That’s all.”

“You’re right.  I’m sorry. It was a good deal.  I couldn’t resist.”

He leans down to kiss me and I have to push him away before things get out of control.  He almost looks hurt when I look up at him.

“What’s going on with you?  Why are you pushing me away?  You’re not freaking out over what happened this weekend, are you?”

“No, it’s nothing like that.  I’ve just got a lot to do before I leave Saturday morning and you’re kind of a distraction.  Plus, no one knows about us so I don’t think we should be kissing in front of people, especially in a public place.”

“So, are we just going to keep this a secret forever?”

“You tell me what you think.  I don’t want it to seem like I don’t want to show you off but with both of our careers and no offense, your reputation, I think we should hold off on telling the world we’re dating right now.  If we announce it to people, I’ll be on every tabloid there is and I’m not ready for that right now.”

“Is that what we’re doing? Dating, Ashleigh?”

“Well, I don’t know.  Are we?”

His answer is a growl almost and a deep kiss as he pushes me up against the wall.  He breaks away and looks at me with a penetrating stare.

“Does that answer your question?”

With that, he walks away and goes back to Taye to finish the tour.  I go back and start practicing again but Allie’s questioning looks don’t go unnoticed. 

I’m really getting into a few songs when my throat just starts hurting and starts staying dry.  Allie walks over with a bottle of water and starts questioning me with hushed voices.

“Are you okay?  I can tell your voice is not right.  I know your throat hurts but you’re not going to say anything to anyone.”

“I’m fine Ally.  Don’t worry about me right now.  We need to focus on the tour, not my throat.”

I look up to an almost angry glare from Cross through the window.  He must have been watching me.  God, I hope he doesn’t notice my throat hurting.  Catching his eye, he smiles a small smile and waves bye just as my phone dings with an incoming text.

Cross: You sound beautiful as always.  Make sure you rest your voice.  I’ve got to go back to the

              office but I’ll talk to you later tonight.

              Smiling, I just send a kiss emoji as my response and get back to work.  After another two hours, I call it quits for the day and pack up.  I’m ready to go home and get some rest.  We are taking a day off from practice tomorrow because I have to pack everything. 

              By the time I get home, I’m done.  I grab a glass of wine, take a long bath and relax until my eyes can’t stay open anymore.

CROSS

              It’s Friday night and everyone is eating at Merritt’s house tonight.  I’ve learned it’s a tradition to have a dinner to send Ashleigh off on any type of tour and tomorrow morning she leaves for New York.

              Of course, our own friends don’t even know about us and that is driving me crazy.  I’m going to have to confide in someone because what if I need advice?

              When I get there, everyone else has already arrived.  I walk to the kitchen where everyone has congregated and grab a beer from the fridge.  I have to admit, I love our group of friends.  Jake and Ellis got married in June of last year and are hopelessly in love.  Reed and Laken got married this past September.  Dixon and Ava are headed to the altar in May and Mason and Merritt got engaged last Summer and are planning on getting married in the Winter.

              My eyes instantly lock on Ashleigh and it takes everything I have not to go over and pull her in for a kiss.  As if she senses me, she turns her head my way and smiles.  Merritt walks over and gives me a hug.

              “Glad you could make it Cross.”  Leaning in to my ear, she whispers she wants to talk to me later.

              I walk around and say hello to all the girls and give them each a kiss on the cheek.  When I get to Ashleigh, I linger a few extra seconds.  That earns me a small smile and a blush across her cheeks.