“All men are willing,” Piper returned dryly. “But with these two, you have to get through their moral brick wall before they’ll cave. If I didn’t respect that about them so much, it’d really, really piss me off.”
“Instead of just really pissing you off?” Haley grinned.
“Yeah.”
By the time Gary left them with a warning to Brody and Ian and a softer caution to be careful to Piper, it had grown dark and they were ready to head home. Haley reluctantly slid out of the booth, building up her nerve as they walked through the crowded tables to the door to broach Ian about coming back to her apartment. She had never asked a man home before, never had a one night stand and her fear of rejection after waiti
ng so long to take this step again was as strong as her desire to get naked with this man, to see if he could drive her to the heights of pleasure Piper had tantalized her with.
As they stepped out onto the walkway, she quickly turned to Ian before she completely lost her nerve, blurting, “Will you walk me home?” at the same time as he said, “I’ll walk you home.”
Brody laughed softly, took Piper’s hand and headed back down to his car, saying over his shoulder, “Call me or have someone bring you back later.”
Chapter Fourteen
Main Street was quieter now, the shoppers and diners having left for either one of the bed and breakfast inns if they had been lucky enough to get a room, or to one of the numerous campsites and cabins surrounding the lake. “You can see every star in the sky,” Haley murmured as she looked up, liking the feel of Ian’s hand holding hers as they neared her shop. The distance from the south end of Main Street where her shop was to the north end where Rowdy’s was located had always seemed longer than it did tonight. She was going to have to put on her big girl panties soon if she wanted this night to end with an orgasm, she thought ruefully.
Ian looked up and had to admit, unfortunately, that the brightly dotted inky sky did look appealing and was a sight rarely seen in Richmond. “Okay, I’ll give you the sky, but honestly, Haley, doesn’t it drive you fucking nuts having everyone know your business, not to mention hovering over you constantly.”
The disgust in his tone made Haley smile. “No, I think it’s nice. If Sheriff Norton hadn’t been so protective of both Piper and me, our circumstances could have turned out much different.” She let him take her key to the front door of the shop and waited until he stepped in first and flipped on the lights before she took a deep breath, and simply took the bull by the horns, blurting, “Ian, would you have sex with me tonight?”
Ian turned from taking a quick look around to stare at her incredulously. He knew she wanted him, just as he knew he wanted her, but he had thought he was safe from acting on his baser needs because he thought she never would. And then a thought occurred to him that just plain pissed him off. “Damn it, Haley, if that’s a way for you to thank me, again, for last night, that’s an insult to both of us.”
“No!” Appalled, she never thought he would think that. “I’m sorry, I’m sure you’re better at this than I am. I don’t have any experience, and maybe that turns you off…”
“Oh, shut up before you dig a bigger hole for yourself,” he snapped as he felt himself caving fast. Moving slowly towards her, he tried to get her to see him as he really was, not as someone who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. He refused to let the fact that he was in her place, at that time because he had been worried about her enter into the equation. “I was with Piper earlier today, as was Brody.” He didn’t know what surprised him more, the fact she didn’t look disgusted or the way her small nipples hardened, their shape noticeable through her sheer top under which she wore some lacy thing that drove him nuts. “When I leave here, I’m probably going to fuck her again.” He didn’t add that it wouldn’t be because he wanted Piper more than he had wanted any woman. Haley held that honor all by herself.
Haley didn’t back away from him. She knew without a doubt he was not a threat to her physically, just as she knew he was trying to turn her off of wanting him by making more of his sexual encounters with Piper than was warranted. “Mmm, I know. Lucky her. It’s just sex, Ian,” she said since that’s what most men want to hear in just such a situation.
Ian found himself irked at her statement even though he hadn’t felt anything but amusement when Piper had said the exact same thing to him. “Just sex?” he asked silkily as he caged her against the counter with his arms braced on either side of her. There was no fear on her face, no hesitation clouding her blue eyes. If there had been, he could have turned her away gently, instead, he knew he was going to try to give her what she was asking for and hope she didn’t regret it come morning. “How long has it been since you’ve had sex?” he asked, wondering how slow he was going to have to take her.
Haley wasn’t going to tell him. She knew if she did he’d use that as an excuse to back away. According to Piper, he was a demanding man when it came to sex, and that was exactly what she wanted, what she needed now. She had sweet, romantic and overly considerate. Ian was the exact opposite of Tim in every way and that was only one of the reasons she wanted him so badly.
“Fuck me, Ian, unless you want me asking you about your sex life.”
Damned if she didn’t volley that one right back to him, he thought with both humor and admiration as lust slammed into him, his reaction at hearing her so crudely ask for what they both wanted, shocking him. “Just remember,” he ground out as he lowered his mouth to hers, “you asked for this.”
Haley jolted as his lips came down on hers with ruthless intent, but within seconds she was molding her body against his, her lips clinging to his as she opened willingly for the dueling exploration of their tongues. Wrapping her arms around his broad shoulders, she moaned into his mouth as her breasts came into contact with his chest, the soft mounds flattening against his thick muscles, her nipples poking him insistently, hardening into aching pinpoints as she shifted against him.
Pulling back abruptly, Ian stared down into her flushed face, her lips damp from his, her nipples straining against the thin cloth. “Go upstairs, strip and wait for me in bed. And make damn sure this, I’m, what you want tonight before I get there. I’ll lock up.”
She could have told him she was already sure, but why waste words when she could show him. It took her only moments to get to her bedroom, strip out of her skirt and blouse, tossing them along with her panties on a chair before pulling the covers back, jumping in bed and pulling just the sheet back up. She wasn’t quit brave enough to just lie there completely exposed when he walked in.
Ian tried to go slow checking the doors and making sure everything was locked up tight, but his cock was insisting he didn’t linger, his mind worried she might change her mind, his conscience berating him for being a fool, leaving him no choice but to take the stairs two at a time as he unbuttoned his shirt on the way up. He was pulling it off as he walked into her bedroom and saw her lying there so innocently, the crisp white sheet tucked under her arms making him smile. Keeping his eyes on her, he slowly unsnapped his jeans and lowered the zipper, his engorged cock springing free as soon as he cleared it. Her eyes widening was comical, but when she licked her lips nervously, he took pity on her.
“Relax, Haley, it’ll fit.” Shucking his jeans, he wrapped his hand around his cock as he moved slowly towards her, his eyes staying on her face, her eyes riveted to his hand gripping his cock.
Haley knew men masturbated, of course, but she had never imagined how erotic it would be to watch one stroke his cock with such slow, teasing strokes. His cock was as big as the rest of him, long and thick and she had doubts about its fit, but the closer he came, the more she wanted to feel all that hardness filling her, stretching her like she had never dreamed she would be fucked.
Reaching out with his free hand for the sheet, Ian gave it a tug and tossed the offending cover to the foot of the bed, his eyes feasting on her naked body. Long and slim, her breasts small but softly rounded, her nipples taut berries he hungered to taste, her damp labia barely visible through her neatly trimmed blond pubic hair, she was absolutely, fucking perfect. “You are a beautiful woman, Haley. Let me see more of you. Bend your legs and spread your knees for me.”
A shudder ran through her at the command in his tone. His take charge attitude made it easy for her to comply, made her grateful that she didn’t have to guess what he wanted, didn’t have to wonder if she was pleasing him. Bending her knees, she slowly widened them, her face flaming with embarrassment even though her pussy heated with pleasure at his look of approval. “Ian,” she groaned softly, “lay down with me.” She really wanted to feel all that hard, naked flesh next to her skin.
“Not yet. Once I do, I’ll be inside you, so just let me savor you for a minute. Grab the headboard and don’t let go.” Releasing his cock, he reached out one hand to cup her right breast, the other one going between her legs, one finger sliding inside her with ease.
Gripping the slats tightly, Haley arched into his hands, the pleasure of being touched again after so long almost too much. His eyes stayed on her body, watching his hands explore her, watching her body’s response. Her nipple pulsed beneath his fingers when he rolled the puckered bud between them while slowly exploring the depth of her pussy, every inch of her slowly contracting walls, lightly, too damn lightly, rasping over her clit. A whimper escaped her, a small cry of frustration as he slowly teased her.
Ian broke out in a sweat, controlling his own lust until he had brought her pleasure first. As difficult as that was, it was worth the torment to watch her slowly come apart. Her body started to writhe under his hands, her own sweat-slick flesh glistening as her hips bucked against his hand and her torso pushed up against his fingers, turning slightly to lure him over to her other breast. “That’s it, show me what you like, what you want. Come for me, Haley.”