The Trouble With Love (12 page)

He finally pulled his mouth away from hers and whispered over her lips, "I can't let you go, sugar
," then followed his words with another light kiss before he asked, "
Please forgive me for what I said last night, it was thoughtless.  I was upset and didn't think before I spouted off..."

She didn't say anything in response, and he begged
this time
,
"
Please
say you forgive me, sugar," then he kissed her cheek
and whispered by her ear
. 
He leaned back to look into her eyes and she saw his Adam's apple bob a couple of times before he admitted in a choked voice, "I
don't know the first thing about love or relationships,
I say stupid crap that I shouldn't,
but I think I'm falling in love with you.
"

The r
aw feeling
in his eyes was
so intense it hurt her to hold his gaze
. 
Dragging her eyes away, she
told him in a broken voice,
"
Oh g
od
, Cole...don't tell me that now
," she shook her head and tried to pull back from him, "
I've got so
much
going on in my head, I can't deal with anything else."

"I didn't tell you that expecting a response, darlin'.  I told you
,
because it's how I feel...just give me another chance to
do it right
.
..please
," Cole asked with his heart in his eyes.

How could she refuse him
when she was very afraid
,
even though she'd vowed not to, she was a little bit in love with him too?  Even if he could be an overbearing alpha caveman sometimes, she couldn't deny she wanted him badly too.  But she
was
leaving here, and she was going to do her best not to leave her heart behind when she did.

S
abrina
pulled back from him and he let her go
this time.
 
"
I forgive you, Cole...just don't do it again.  What I said to you about Kenny and Gabe was between us.  You hurt me
by
throwing it in my face like that
in front of Cassie and Luke
."

"I know it...and I'm so damned sorry
, honey
.
"

Sabrina finally allowed herself to really look at him. 
Her gaze roved over t
he sexy black leather jacket and motorcycle boots
he wore
, instead of his usual cowboy boots
, and she asked
, "What are you driving today?"

"My bike...seemed like the best option since the SUV is out of commission
," he told her grinning, then admitted, "
I saw you eyeing it the other day...you want to go for a ride?
"

Sabrina licked her lips and her heart fluttered in her chest remembering her fantasy from the other day at his house.
  Excitement coursed through her, but she tamped it down. "Gabe is still sleeping...I probably should stick around to watch his back," she told him.

The door behind her opened right then and her rumpled, shirtless brother stepped out to stand beside her, "Go
on
, sis
,
I'm fine,"
Gabe told her and stretched his arms above his head giving
Cole a hard warning look.

"But the guys Luke called will be he--" she started to tell him, but he interrupted her.

"They won't be here until
late
this afternoon.
Go
," he told her with narrowed eyes.

"Okay..." she
said and
looked up at Cole
.
"Let's go, Easy Rider
,
"
she told him then
reached for his hand and laced her fingers through his. 
A bike ride would probably go a long way toward clearing her head, something she desperately needed right now.

Cole leaned down and kissed her hair.  "Thanks, baby," he said then looked at Gabe, "Thanks,
man
."

With a nod, Gabe turned and went back into the room then shut the door.  Cole led her down the stairs and stopped to tell Mrs. Simpson goodbye, then took her outside to his bike. 

CHAPTER SEVEN

Sabrina
lifted an eyebrow and gave Cole a smile
when she
noticed the extra
helmet strapped
to
the back of the
sleek black
bike.  He must've figured she'd forgive him, otherwise he wouldn't need it.
"Sure of yourself, huh?"

"Not at all.  But in case I was damned lucky enough you'd forgive me, I brought it," he said and squeezed her hand
.  He unsnapped the helmet from the back and handed it to her
, before putting
on his
helmet
and a pair of
aviator sunglasses.  

Her mouth went dry when he straddled the bike then turned the key and it purred to life.  He nodded at her to get on behind him.
  Her legs were shorter, so she had to use the peg
to climb on, then she put her arms around his waist and snuggled against his back.
 
Tendrils of his cologne mixed with leather floated up her nostrils, sending her engine revving along with the bike, when he
t
wisted the accelerator to put them in motion.

Sabrina clung to him like peanut butter to bread as they went around corners and up
and down small
hills, their bodies perfectly aligned and balanced together.  She let her mind wander over the events since she'd come to
Bowie
and released each strand of tension inside of her, replacing it with a strand of desire fo
r the man she was riding with. 
Not that she need more, but it just happened that way
,
with the low vibration of the engine and his warmth against her chest.

Tugging his t-shirt from the waistband of his jeans, she lifted the hem and slid her hands underneath, so she could feel his smooth warm skin. His m
uscles contract
ed under her fingers and she felt a tremor move through his body. 
The bike wobbled a little and she squeezed him tighter
.  When it evened out,
she loosened her hold, but didn't move her hands from his incredible body.

Cole
pulled onto a road to the left and when they cleared a few trees at a point, she saw wide open breathtaking water spread out for what seemed like forever. 
I
t was a lake,
complete with sailboats in open sail
,
and motor boats of all sizes dragging skiiers and tubers. 
She'd never skiied or sailed before, but i
t looked
like a blast
.

Sabrina lifted her nose to the wind and inhaled
deeply then released it, letting
the earthy fishy smell on the air cleanse away the rest of her tension.  She hadn't realized her hands on Cole's stomach had started moving in slow circles there until he dropped a hand over hers and held it still.  His muscles were tense
a
nd his breathing erratic
under her palms
.
  She kept them perfectly still
then, and loosened her hold around his waist a little,
while they traversed the lake.  All she needed was to make him
ditch the bike in the lake
.

Cole took
the hand under his and
pulled it from under his shirt
then
pressed it against his fly.  The hard ridge of his very sizable erection burned her palm, and she stroked him
slowly
a few times
exploring his hardness
.  She heard his deep
groan, even over the wind whipping around her helmet.
  Sabrina swallowed down the overwhelming desire to continue stroking him and pulled her hand away, putting it on his thigh instead.

When he increased their speed, she moved
her arms
back around his waist to hold on tight.  He seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere, and she was going to make sure he didn't bounce her right off the back of this beautiful machine.
  Wherever he was headed, she wanted to be right there with him, she realized.
 

This strong man might be aggravating and irritating and all wrong for her, but her heart didn't care.  Sabrina finally faced the fact
that
she loved
Cole Jackson
, and wanted him...in a bed, on a motorcycle, on the dance floor, anywhere she could have him.

After a
nother
half-mile or so more,
he
pulled sharply into the driveway of a cute little lake house
then
put down the kick stand,
and
shut off  the
engine
.  Even though the engine died, the vibrations
on the
inside
of
her
thighs remained.  She stretched out
her
legs to try and get some feeling back in them
.  When
the blood flow started again
though
, it all headed to her core.  Sabrina was more turned on
than
she'd ever been in her life, and she needed to do something about it n
ow.

Sabrina
slid off the bike first,
and
Cole followed
her then
turned to face
her.  The rampant desire in his eyes and his clenched jaw told her he was feeling the same way
she was
. 
Holding his gaze, Sabrina u
nsnapped t
he chin strap of her helmet and pulled it off then dropped it to the ground.  He did the same
then
shoved his sung
lasses to the top of his head
.

T
aking two steps toward
her, he bent down and swept her into his arms
then
headed
toward the cute little cottage with determined strides
.
  By the time Cole got to the front porch, her heart was pounding inside her chest.  He stopped at the door and looked down into her eyes and then put his mouth over hers in a hot kiss that scorched her all the way to the toes of her boots.  She moaned into his mouth and
felt
him reach for the doorknob
.

Once
inside,
he kicked the door shut behind them, but never stopped kissing her.  His ground eating gait took them through the house so fast, she didn't even have time to look around.  Her brain
was so fogged by his kiss
, s
he was so passion drunk at this point, she didn't even care. 
He stopped again at a door, then opened it and strode to a bed where h
e finally released her lips.  Breathing hard, he told her fiercely, "
Nothing
is going to stop us this time."
 

Cole
laid her gently on
the
soft mattress, and stood back up
then pulled his cell phone out of his pocket
.
  He
pressed the off button
holding it
down for a good while
,
before tossing
it on the floor
. 
Looking
down at her
, he
swallowed hard then shrugged out of his jacket and let it fall to the floor,
before grabbing the
hem of his t-shirt
to pull
it over his head.
 
He leaned down over her and
ran his hand along her cheek then down her throat until he reached the top button of her shirt.

Sitting down beside her, his
fingers
moved
quickly over
her
buttons releasing them,
the
n he opened her shirt and his hot gaze latched onto her breasts.  Sabrina felt her nipples tighten under her bra and sucked in a breath.
 

With a shuddering sigh, he told her, "This is like a dream...I didn't think we'd ever get here."  Cole stroked her
breast
with the back of his hand then leaned down and kissed the top of one breast then the other
.  "You are so damned beautiful, darlin'...I want to go slow, but I'm not sure I can."

"I don't want slow, Cole," she told him and moved her hand to stroke him through his jeans.  His erection was
long,
hot
and extremely hard
against her palm, and seemed to swell with
her
every stroke. 
With a trembling hand, Sabrina
reached for the button of his jeans and slid it from the loop.
  She hadn't had real sex in eighteen months,
the
battery-operated boyfriend
she'd bought in desperation
didn't count.  Sabrina
wanted
Cole
inside of her now.
..needed him there.
  "Make love to me..." she said stroking him again.

Cole growled and
put his hand over hers. "
I'm gonna set speed records if you don't stop that, sugar.
..let me love you right.
"
  He laid down beside her on the bed and unsnapped the front closure of her bra and spread it wide, then dipped his head to suck her nipple into his mout
h and swirl his tongue over it.

The quick electric shock that shot through Sabrina made her lift her back off the bed and moan loudly.  His hand moved to her other breast and he rolled the nipple, while
he sucked more
firmly on the one in his mouth and teased
it
with his tongue.
 

Waves of intense pleasure skittered over her body and heated
her core
to unbearable levels.  When he slid his thigh over hers, she could
n't
help but rotate her hips against it trying to find some relief.
  She
moved her
hand up to his
forearm and pushed down then
said in a breathless whisper, "Please touch me..."

Cole
lifted his head to look deeply into her eyes and then he moved his hand across her stomach down to the waistband of her shorts and Sabrina held her breath.
Slowly, he worked the button loose, then slid the zipper tab to the bottom.
Glancing down, he rubbed his palm over her lower stomach then slid his fingers under the elastic of her panties and she gasped. "Yes...there, Cole."

When he slid his fingers lower and touched her center, Sabrina mewled and lifted her hips to his hand.
  In no apparent hurry, he slid a finger over the bud there and gently massaged her with slow circling strokes, watching her face
the whole time
.
  Spiraling tendrils of desire worked their way from his fingers, up her hips, over her breasts and up her throat.  Sabrina moaned and worked her hips in rhythm with his hand, breathing in short gasps trying to harness the intense feelings he was creating in her.

She was almost at the peak...just a little more, she thought, and moaned as he increased the pressure and pace.  When Cole leaned down and took her nipple in his mouth again and sucked it, she grabbed the sheets in her fists and exploded with a wail
.  B
right colors danced behind her eyes a
s
wave after wave of exquisite sensation washed over her.
  When they subsided, she sucked in a deep breath then let it out slowly then opened her eyes to look at him and whispered, "That was incredible...thank you."

He smiled down at her then got to his knees and shoved her shorts and panties down her leg.  "Take the edge off?"

"Definitely...but it's your turn now," she said and went to sit up. 

He pushed her back against the bed then stood and removed his jeans
,
pulling
a
small foil packet from his back pocket and toss
ing
it on the night table
.
When he stripped to his tight white boxers, Sabrina gasped at his male
perfection then
he pushed them down his legs and stepped out of them, her mouth dried up, as all the moisture in her body rushed south.