Blue Lines: The Assassins Series: A Loveswept Contemporary Romance (14 page)

God help him when he would actually have to kiss her!

His body shook with the anticipation of their mouths meeting, while his brain chastised
him for stupidly getting himself into this mess in the first place. How in the world
did he think this was going to work? She was hurting; that was easy to see. She hated
lying to her family and friends, and so did he, but he couldn’t risk his career. He
was going to have to deal, and if he couldn’t, he might as well start packing.

The whole ride home, listening to her breathy laugh on the phone made Erik feel as
if he were in a sanctuary of hell. He wanted to pull the car over to the side of the
road, drag her onto his lap, and bury himself deep within her. His body wanted her,
there was no denying that. When Piper got up from the dinner table to use the bathroom,
he found himself watching her as she walked down the hall, those short shorts she
had on riding up her butt, allowing a glimpse of her red and
black bow tattoos.

It was like she was mind-fucking him with her exquisite body.

But Piper was completely and utterly off-limits. Even if she was so fucking vivacious
that she made his dick harder than a frozen puck, he had to stay away. He couldn’t
hurt her any more than he already had. If he gave in to his desires for her, there
was no telling what would happen. He knew it wasn’t in his genetic makeup to be a
one-woman man and he wouldn’t put her through that. He couldn’t.

Leaning forward into his game chair, he dropped the controller and let his face fall
into his open hands. He sat like that for a long time as he tried to regulate his
breathing. Any other female, he could fuck them and leave them, no problem at all.
But ever since he sank himself into Piper’s body, a day hadn’t gone by where he didn’t
think of her. It scared him to his core, and it made no sense.

Piper scared him.

And the ticking time bomb she carried inside her scared him even more.

He wasn’t father material! Why was God playing this cruel joke on him? He could barely
remember to take care of his dog, let alone be the father to his precious child. He
was happy his parents were moving to Nashville, because they would be a great help
with taking care of the baby, but he knew he couldn’t just pass the kid off and not
be there for him. That’s exactly what his dad would have done, and he needed to be
stronger, he needed to be more involved and caring, not abusive like his old man.

Shaking his head, he couldn’t help but think that if only he had stayed away from
Piper from the start he wouldn’t be in this situation. He knew when he first met her
that she was going to break him; he would’ve bet his career on that. When he saw her
at Wanna B’s he was drawn to her like a magnet and he couldn’t stop himself … his
body wanted her no matter what his mind was telling it.

Stupid penis.

Leaning back in his chair, he started to smile. Even if his penis was stupid for getting
into bed with Piper, he had to admit it was by far the best night he had ever had
with a woman. At the time he didn’t think she was going to ask him up to her apartment—thank
God she did. The entire evening they had been all hot and heavy, and he remembered
thinking that he would die if she didn’t ask him to spend the night. She was the good
girl, the sweet one out of all the Allen
girls, but man, she was a different type of sweetness between the sheets. Thinking
back on it he could still feel her soft skin under his rough hands. She was a dream
and he was starting to think it was natural for him to still want her.

Closing his eyes, he found himself drifting back to that amazing night with her.

Holding on to her hips, Erik followed Piper up the stairs to her studio apartment.
She threw the door open and leaned against it as he entered. He noticed the bright
blue walls but only because he was looking for the nearest soft surface to lay her
on—the couch was calling him. The door clicked behind him and he turned to find her
looking up at him with gorgeous lust-filled eyes. He had been so attracted to her
eyes when he first met her, but then when she smiled she had him captivated with that
little gap between her teeth
.

So fucking hot
.

“It’s not much, but I like it,” she mumbled
.

Reaching for her, he brought her little body against his large one, lifting her from
the ground to press his lips to hers. Her fingers tangled in his hair as his hands
squeezed the bottom of her ass
.

When they parted, he smiled against her
.

“It has a couch.”

“And a bed,” she noted, placing a small kiss along his chin
.

“Too much work. I need you now.”

“Now?” she asked, her fingers tickling the back of his neck
.

“Right now.”

He placed her on her feet and slowly pulled her dress down, tracing kisses all over
her trembling body. Reaching for the front of her bra, he snapped the clasp and slipped
it off her arms. Piper was all tanned and sexy as hell, especially with the tattoos
that came up the side of her breast. Reaching out, Erik turned her around, pushing
her against the wall and pressing himself against her ass as he took in the beauty
of her ink. It was a large tree that had branches going up her shoulders, along her
ribs, and to her breasts. Big, beautiful, red blossoms were the only color against
the black tree, and he soon found himself so hard that he could barely breathe. Erik
never really enjoyed big tattoos on females, but Piper’s was elegant and looked great
on her
.

When he ran his fingers slowly down her back, tracing the limbs, she let out a soft
moan
and pressed her sweet ass against his raging hard-on. He slid his hand around her
body and into her panties, to feel her moist, hot center. Piper leaned her head against
his shoulder, turning her head to kiss his neck as he moved his fingers very skillfully
against her swollen clit. She let out short breaths, her teeth grazing his neck as
he started grinding his hips against her back, wanting his own release. Moving his
fingers faster, he moved his mouth to hers, kissing her hard as she began to move
herself against his hand. With his other hand, he opened her juicy lips up and buried
two of his fingers into her deep, tight hole. She let out a strangled moan as she
withered against his body
.

Her tight little body was a masterpiece and when she slammed her hand onto the wall
she came hard against his hand, screaming of satisfaction. Fully flush against the
wall her firm ass poked out at him. Arching her back in the most luscious way, he
bent down so he could see the little red and black bows that were inked under her
ass cheeks
.

Turning her, a little more forcibly than he meant to, he pressed himself against her,
pressing his hardness into her. Right then he decided that his jeans needed to go.
Pushing them down, he took his cock in his hand and ran it up her wet opening
.

“Oh God,” she moaned, “please, put it in.”

“Not so quick,” he bit out
.

He then picked her up, and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her
to the couch. His cock throbbed under the heat of her center and he was surprised
he didn’t ejaculate all over the living room floor. He laid Piper on the couch with
her body open to him. Bending down, he ran his tongue up the middle of her breast
before gripping her hip with his hand. She slid down the couch and reached for his
cock, and with a naughty little smile she moved him into her. Erik took charge and
sank farther into her tight, hot, pussy, and the world as he knew it blew to smithereens.
She was so tight, so wet … oh God, he was going to lose it
.

Wrapping her legs around his waist, she moved herself up and down him while Erik concentrated
on trying not to blow his load. He was going to come, and he was going to come hard.
When she stopped suddenly, he opened his eyes to find her smiling at him
.

“You’re hot when you’re about to come.”

He smiled as he slowly whispered, “You’re the one who’s fucking hot.”

She smiled and slid her body off his, then moved to her knees before taking him deep
in her sexy mouth. He let out a choking moan as his fingers tangled in the mass of
her hair. It was
so long, so fucking soft and she was rocking his world. As she moved her mouth up
and down his cock, he struggled to hold on, but when she raked her teeth up him before
swirling her little tongue over the tip of it … he was gone. Gripping her head he
held her in place as he came hard, his body jerking and thrashing as she drank him
dry
.

Piper sat back on her heels and smiled up at him. When she wiped the side of her mouth
he reached for her again, bringing her burning-hot body to his. Somehow, he ended
up back on top and began to smother her with kisses. His hands grabbed her breasts,
tweaking the nipples as she rubbed herself up and down his flaccid cock. She was getting
him hard again, but first he wanted to take care of her, then he’d fuck her to the
point of no return
.

Erik positioned Piper so she was right in front of his mouth, ready for the taking.
He leaned forward, digging his fingers into her ass as he buried his face between
her thighs. As he moved his tongue in every direction, she thrashed and collapsed
against him, falling forward to brace herself on the back of the couch. He continued
his invasion, his fingers dipping inside her as her body shook over his mouth. As
he bit her thigh, she let out a little gasp before he moved his mouth back between
her lips and began to hum against her clit. That did it, and she came hard against
his mouth, shouting along with her release
.

She was gasping for breath, and her body was red where his fingers had bit into her
skin. He could see the bite marks on her shoulders from earlier, and for some reason
that turned him on. Reaching out, he ran a single finger up her glistening pussy,
causing her to jump from the sensation
.

“Erik.”

It was only his name, but she might as well have been talking dirty because she had
his attention. He moved behind her, pressing his erection along her slick opening.
This was it. He submerged himself into her and they both moaned with pleasure as her
inner muscles squeezed him. He nestled his nose into her hair, his hands moving along
her ribs to her breast, where he squeezed and tweaked. When she wiggled her ass, he
increased his rhythm, plunging into her core
.

She was screaming with pleasure, and he was pretty sure he was, too. Biting into her
shoulder, he groaned as she squeezed him with another orgasm. Piper was shaking underneath
him, her knuckles white as she hung on to the couch and he continued to drive into
her. His cock was throbbing, almost ready to burst. Piper moved her hands up into
his hair, then down the
back of his neck, holding him tight as he sucked on her neck. When she let him go,
her hand suddenly cupped his balls, and the next thing he knew he was crying out as
he spilled himself inside her
.

His nails bit into her hips as he thrust into her, riding his orgasm to the end. Collapsing
against her, he took in deep breaths before moving his lips up her back to her neck.
She was breathing just as hard, and he could feel her heartbeat pounding inside her.
Moving her hair out of her face, he placed a soft kiss on her cheek. When her eyes
met his and she smiled, he couldn’t breathe. She had the kind of smile he had never
seen before. It was a “kiss me” smile, and every time he saw it, he swore it hit him
straight in his gut. He would be forever changed by her
.

* * *

Leave it to him to think of sex when his world was falling apart. If only he had known
how much she was going to change his life. He had never told anyone about Alla and
Cooper being his adoptive parents. No one could tell; they were as doting as real
parents were. But he told Piper. He told her that he had been abused before Alla came
to rescue him. When he looked into her eyes and told her that she was different, he
meant it. He needed to get away because she had touched him in places he thought he
kept locked up. He didn’t know what it was about Piper, but he knew she was different.

And now he had to be married to her for the next three months. Or he would hurt her
all over again?

Piper sat with her legs tucked under her bottom and her sketch pad on her knees as
the cool air from the lake brushed her face. It was a cool morning, which was unusual
this time of year. She loved sitting on the dock while she drew; this place just enhanced
her creativity. Wearing a large sweatshirt and a pair of short red shorts, Piper slowly
drew Mrs. Olive Octopus’s fifth-favorite thing, which was her friend, Mrs. Sandy Squid.
The friendly squid was coming over for a spot of tea and then later the two would
go shopping.

Sitting in her favorite rocking chair, with a glass of orange juice and a muffin,
Piper could almost forget the last two days, except for the fact that her husband
liked to sleep naked. After gawking at his naked thighs as he was sprawled out on
the couch in the living room, she hurried outside to get away. How was she supposed
to draw in the same room when her version of Michelangelo’s David lay on her couch?
She could have gone into her office but even in there she felt like the walls were
caving in. He was cramping her style and she didn’t like it one bit, but out here
on the dock, nothing mattered. It was only her and her sketchbook.

Pure bliss.

There was one thing Piper was worried about and that was looking into her best friend’s
eyes and bluntly lying about her marriage. She had never lied to Audrey before, and
she hated to start now. It would help tremendously if she could tell Audrey the truth;
having someone to talk to about all this would be great, because right now she’d never
felt so alone in her life. Tempting as that was, she would not do that to Erik; she
made a promise, so she had to man up to it. She would never beg him to love her but
she would at least be there for him like she said she would.