Break My Fall (18 page)

“Hi,” Lee said nervously, as she held her hands behind her back.

Yep I could definitely see nipple when she did that.

“Come on guys,” Cam called as she and Derek walked outside to my truck.

“Are you okay?” she asked quietly as she swayed towards me.

I shook my head, trying to pull my thoughts from the gutter.

“What is that?” I asked, my voice was thick with emotion.

I reached out to touch her, to make sure she wasn’t a mirage.

Big mistake.

Lee moaned, and I looked down confused.

I thought I was holding her arm, but no, I was cupping boob; full perky nippled boob.

“Oh, sorry.”

I jerked my hand away.

“It was Cam’s idea,” Lee complained, blushing deeply.

I didn’t answer her.

What could I say?

‘Thank you Cam for flaunting this beautiful in front of me nose?’

“It’s awful right? Oh Kyle, I look foolish.”

I stared at her.

Foolish? No. Edible? Sexy? Tempting? Hell yeah.

“Uh…”

I cleared my throat and tried again, “No princess, you don’t look foolish. I’m just surprised to see you dressed like that.”

She peeked up at me with those big grey eyes, “Are you sure you can’t come with us? I want you.”

I pulled my phone from my jeans pocket and dialed.

The voice on the other side answered.

“Linda? It’s Kyle. I need a favor?”

LEE

I hobbled along beside Kyle in my heels, as he spoke quietly into his phone.

He hung up as we reached his truck and opened the door for me.

I was so much more aware of his hands on my hips tonight as he hoisted me up. His hands lingered on my hips.

His fingertips brushed my bare thighs, evidence to how short my dress was.

His fingers lingered on my waist when he buckled me in, and I shivered thinking of how he had touched my breast earlier.

The way he had looked at me…

I was still shaking with an intense feeling of arousal, when Kyle pulled out of the driveway.

Cam and Derek made out loudly in the back seat, while Kyle and I sat in an awkward silence.

I was embarrassed, and turned on by the moaning and sucking noises coming from behind me.

Those two did not care for privacy…

“Yeah baby suck it. Just like that ahh…”

Kyle cleared his throat loudly, but Derek didn’t seem to notice.

I covered my hands over my chest, hiding my rigid nipples.

I was so turned on; it was all I could do to stay in my seat, and not straddle Kyle and beg him to take me.

“You cold?” Kyle asked, breaking through my thoughts.

I nodded, hoping that the crisp night air could disguise my yearning.

He shrugged out of his jacket and passed it over to me just as Cam screamed, “Oh yes. There, I’m close. Oh Derek, you’re so good at that.”

I slipped the jacket on quickly.

Kyle’s masculine scent lingered on it, and I couldn’t stop myself from breathing in his clean male smell.

Kyle cleared his throat again, and I jerked my head away from the collar.

“So…” I said, “Are you excited about the party?”

I watched as Kyle’s brow furrowed, his hands gripped the wheel tightly.

“Not really princess.”

I looked at him and caught his eye.

“Why not?”

He moved his eyes back to the road, but his knuckles had turned white from the force of his grip on the wheel.

“I don’t like to share.”

I was about to ask what he meant when Derek screamed, “Oh fuck yeah baby. You’re gonna swallow me up.”

Kyle braked hard; his hand shot out in front of my body to stop me falling forward.

There was a loud bang from the back, Cam and Derek yelped from the backseat.

They had obviously fallen off their seats.

“We’re here,” Kyle growled, as he jumped out and slammed his door.

He opened mine a heartbeat later.

Lowering me down, Kyle pressed me hard against the side of the truck.

He enclosed me with his body, and I watched as he brought his face down to within an inch of mine.

I slid my hands up his chest.

I needed to touch him.

Kyle shuddered.

He closed the distance between us, and kissed my jaw.

“Be careful tonight princess,” he whispered before pulling back.

I watched in confusion as he stalked off into the wooded area of Dixon’s yard.

KYLE

I had to get out of there.

I couldn’t sit there another minute.

Fuck. This was too much, Lee was too much.

I was at my breaking point and well aware of it.

I couldn’t stop thinking of how Lee looked tonight.

Never in my life had I wanted anything as desperately as I wanted her.

Sweet Jesus what was happening to me?

My heart was hammering in my chest. My palms were sweating. I couldn’t get her out of my head.

Closing my eyes didn’t help; the image of her breasts, and the slither of black lace between her legs as she sat in my truck were burned into the back of my eyes.

Cam and Derek didn’t help things either.

Listening to those horny fuckers, while trying to keep my hands off Lee’s sexy little body had been agonizing.

She was all I could see, all I could think of.

And I had left her alone in a party full of dudes, and Dixon…

Damn, I tossed my cup and headed back inside.

LEE

Kyle had left. I was sure of it.

I had been looking around for him with the past hour, but he was gone.

I pushed away the stabbing feeling of dejection, and focused on my surroundings.

Dixon’s place was a pigsty.

There were empty beer bottles and plastic cups scattered over every available surface.

Sweaty bodies filled the downstairs, so much so that I was feeling claustiphobic.

I had lost Cam and Derek in the swarm of people after ten minutes of arriving.

I was on my third beer, sitting on the steps of the stairs when Dixon spotted me.

“Lee, baby you came.”

I smiled, a little uncomfortable at the endearment.

I didn’t like it when he called me baby.

“Hi Dixon,” I said as cheerfully as I could, “Thanks for inviting me. Great party.”

He shrugged, leaning against the wall alongside me.

“You don’t look like you’re having a great time?”

I reddened.

“Oh I am, I just need to use the restroom. I don’t know where it is.”

My bladder had been screaming at me with the last half hour, and I was in pain with need to relieve myself.

“Cool, the bathroom’s upstairs, let me show you.”

He grabbed my hand and half dragged me up the staircase.

“This is it.”

He smirked and waggled his eyebrows.

I frowned at him.

“Uh thanks?”

He was starting to creep me out.

“Sure thing, you just holler if you need a hand.”

I pushed past him quickly.

“I think I can manage.”

I closed the door and locked it.

I was so out of my comfort zone.

KYLE

Where the fuck was she?

I had been through the house twice, and there was no sign of Lee.

I also noticed there was no sign of Dixon.

Fuck.

Anger boiled in my veins, and I slammed my fist against the wall.

“Dude what the fuck?” Derek pulled at my hand.

“Where is she?”

Derek looked at me confused.

“Cam? She’s gone to get some…”

“No, not Cam you dickhead. Lee? Where the fuck is she? Is she with Cam?”

Derek reddened and shifted awkwardly, “Oh man. I totally forgot about her. I thought she was with you. I haven’t seen her since we got here.”

I grabbed his shirt.

“Are you fucking insane? You left her alone in this fucking meat factory. What are you stupid?”

I scanned the room again, more anxious than before.

“Kyle man, I’m sure she’s fine. Don’t worry.”

“Derek, she is not used to this. She is not like us. You should have been watching out for her.”

Derek pushed my hands away roughly.

“I have a girlfriend to look watch out for. Lee is not my responsibility Kyle. You think because you pretend to yourself, that I can’t see what’s happening between you two? Wake the fuck up dude. Lee is your responsibility. Not mine, yours.”

Derek stalked off and I stood frozen, watching him leave.

“Hey Carter,” Dixon said as he came to stand next to me.

I blinked twice at the sight of him.

Relief flooded through me.

“Did you see Lee tonight? Holy shit man I’m still stiff from looking at her.”

Anger replaced the relief, as I turned on him.

“Did you touch her?”

Dixon’s eyes widened in surprise, “No, Christ, I didn’t lay a finger on her I swear.”

I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding.

“She ran out of here before I even had a chance. Before that, she locked herself in the bathroom. That chick is weird, hot as fuck, but weird.”

Mike stepped in front of me then, but I was too busy running for the door to deal with him.

“You can’t have them both bro. Consider it,” I heard his familiar voice say from behind me.

I turned, and my fist connected with his jaw with a snap.

“Consider that asshole.”

I didn’t stop moving until I was in my truck.

Chapter Seventeen

LEE

I woke with a pain in my ass.

Quite literally, my butt really hurt.

I winced, recalling the walk home last night.

I had slipped on a damn banana skin.

I thought those type of accidents only happened in cartoons, but no, it had happened to me in real life.

Six-inch heels and banana skins were a lethal combination.

I had taken off my heels after that, and walked the remaining four blocks barefoot.

Which brought me to my second ailment; my feet were killing me.

I guessed I’d cut them on the gravelly concrete.

I had been so exhausted by the time I made it home last night that I had gone straight to bed fully clothed, well still in the red dress.

Sleep had found me quickly, but not before my bedroom door opened.

He had sat on the edge of my bed, stroking my hair softly.

I had stayed still, and feigned sleep.

His lips had gently brushed my forehead, before he whispered, “Goodnight princess.”

I climbed out of bed and headed straight to the bathroom.

I turned on the shower and headed back to my room to grab my toiletry bag.

Picking up my dressing gown from the back of my door, I crossed the hall to the bathroom.

I could barely see my hands in front of me with steam from the shower, as I stripped off my dress and climbed into the tub.

“Princess?” a familiar husky voice said from behind me.

I screamed, and a hand shot over my mouth, muffling my screams.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Sweet Jesus.

“Kyle?” I squealed, moving his hand from my mouth, “You nearly gave me a heart attack. What the hell are you doing in here?”

He laughed quietly, “Uh, showering.”

Oh, hell no, he did not steal my hot water.

“No I’m showering. Get the hell out of here.”

My voice was high pitched, probably because I was more turned on than angry.

“No can do,” he chuckled, “I was here first, but I’m not selfish, I can share.”

He was joking; or at least I thought he was.