My Missing Puzzle Piece (Creekside Falls #1) (19 page)

Elle was in the middle of putting in a load of laundry when Trevor and Bruiser arrived, a little early.

“You’re here?” Elle said as she sucked a few breaths and looked frazzled. “Wait, let me start over. Hi.”

“Hi. You look like you ran to the door?” She was in jeans and a long sleeve Henley with cute little bare feet and purple nail polish on her toes.

“I did, I was putting in laundry and didn’t want you and Bruiser standing outside while I finished. Here let me take your jacket.” Elle took Trevor’s jacket and hung it in the hall closet. When she turned to face him she chuckled at his jeans and long sleeve Henley, they were dressed alike. He was also in work boots but still looked amazing.

He never would have thought frazzled would be a good look, but Elle made it look totally beautiful.

She bent down to pet Bruiser. “Hey Bruiser,” She was petting him behind his ears and scratching his neck, he liked it so much he laid down on his side for a belly rub, which she happily gave to him, laughing the whole time.

When Elle stood up and turned back around to him, Trevor pulled her in for a kiss. She leaned into it like she’d been waiting for him to do that forever. He’d been eager for his next chance since the last time he got to kiss her.

When they pulled back, she looked up at him and said, “Thanks for coming over to help me.”

He smiled at her. “You don’t need to thank me. I don’t mind especially since I get to be with you.”

“I’m going to grab the menu so we can order the food, you hungry?”

“I’m starving actually.”

“Okay, Let me finish putting my wet clothes in the dryer then we can order. The menu is on the counter if you want to look it over and the back door is unlocked if Bruiser needs to go out.” Elle said before she hurriedly ran out to the laundry room.

Elle went down the stairs towards her basement and Trevor went to the kitchen so he could look at the menu and let Bruiser out to explore the yard. When he let Bruiser outback he noticed she had a nice large yard, that could use some landscaping but he decided not to offer his services yet, he didn’t know if she would be annoyed at his suggestion that her yard needed work. There was a white
picket fence and a sitting area with BBQ grill on the side of the house near the back door and massive flowerbeds in the corners of her yard that needed tending. The lawn was full of weeds and several brown spots. He went back in lest he begin to obsess over fixing it for her. He went to sit at her breakfast table to figure out what he wanted since he was starving.

Trevor and Elle sat at the table to eat their beef ‘n broccoli, sweet n’ sour chicken, fried rice and egg rolls. Bruiser was on the kitchen floor with his chew toy next to him. Everything seemed so perfect. Elle was so lost in thought that she didn’t even realize Trevor had finished eating and was looking at her with wonder; she wanted to know what he was thinking.

“Want a fortune cookie?” Trevor asked Elle as he grabbed one from the fortune cookie mountain in the middle of the table.

“Sure.” Elle said.

“Let’s see what we get.” He said as he handed her one and then started to unwrap his own.

“Should I read it out loud?” Elle asked after she unwrapped hers, noticing that Trevor was waiting to open his.

“Go for it.” Trevor said with a smile

“‘You will be put to the test.’ They’re always either cryptic or just dumb. What’s yours?” she asked as she put the cookie in her mouth.

“I end up feeling kind of confused if I try and think about it since they don’t usually make much sense.” Trevor said as he looked at his fortune.

“Tell me about it.” Elle said with a laugh

“Mine says, ‘The road to happiness is a climb.’ Our fortunes are like a damn puzzle.” Trevor said raking a hand through his hair.

Elle laughed and said, “Damn straight! I say no more fortune cookies.” Then added in quickly, “Well for now.”

“Deal,” Trevor said and Elle smiled. “Should we get started?”

“I was thinking maybe we should do the mirror first since it’s probably easier.”

“Lead the way.”

Elle led them back to the foyer where she had the box with the bench, the mirror and a toolbox all ready for them.

Trevor took the old mirror down and said, “Where do you want me to put this?”

“I guess just lean it against the wall and I’ll figure out what to do with it later.”

He put the old mirror against the wall and got a screwdriver from the toolbox he brought with him, because the new mirror was heavier than the old so it was going to need an anchor screw to be sure it stayed on the wall, he had that in his toolbox too. With that he switched out the mirrors in a few minutes.

Elle watched as Trevor worked, she couldn’t believe how fast he had done the mirrors. Not that it was hard but they were heavy and not the easiest to balance and he not only did it fast but with such ease. She looked at him with his shirt stretched across his back and just sighed. What
is it about a man doing handyman work around the house that is so damned sexy?

“Okay, that’s done. I like it.” Trevor said as he stepped back next to Elle and looked at the mirror he just hung.

“Me too, thanks.”

“Anytime,” he said and placed a quick kiss on her lips. “Bench next?”

“Sure, but I haven’t opened it yet so I don’t know how many pieces there are or if the instructions are going to be a pain in the ass. Figured I’d give you fair warning.” She said as she bent down to open the box.

Trevor just laughed and said, “Consider me warned.” And with that he started to laugh again. Until he saw the pieces Elle pulled out of the box. There weren’t many since they were a decent size but there was a full bag of little screws and knobs for the drawers underneath the seat portion of the bench.

It took Elle and Trevor almost two hours to put the bench together because for the first half hour he was doing everything she told him but it wasn’t coming out right because apparently she was looking at the directions backwards. He should have listened to her when she said she wasn’t so great with directions. They stopped to make out a little each time they got a piece or screw right, which meant a lot of breaks and distractions. Man did he want her more than he had ever wanted a woman before, more than he had wanted his high school girlfriend and that was both of their first times.

“It’s done! We did it!” Elle exclaimed as she put the last cushion on the bench and turned to launch herself
into Trevor’s arms. She gave him a hug and a whopper of a kiss that left him wanting so much more than he had moments before.

“Thank you so much! I love it. I know it doesn’t look dramatically different but it is to me.” She gave him another sizzling kiss.

“You’re welcome. I didn’t expect that reaction to it but I am not complaining.” Trevor smiled playfully, “Got anything else for me to do?” He asked wiggling his eyebrows at her.

Elle laughed and started to lower herself from around Trevor’s waist. Bruiser grunted as he sat down in front of the front door like their guard dog and they both laughed.

Trevor walked up to Elle, looked into her eyes and said, “I’ve been wanting to do this all night.” He then bent his down and pulled her close and kissed her like she had all the oxygen left. She immediately opened for him and he slipped his tongue into her mouth. Their tongues danced and they kissed like that until Elle pulled back panting, “We’re explosive.” Then went right back to him for another kiss. The kiss was long and hot and
oh
so amazing! They both nibbled and sucked on each other’s lips and tongues. Elle started to move her hands down to the hem of Trevor’s shirt to lift it up. They pulled their mouths apart just long enough for her to get his shirt over his head. She was running her fingers all over his back and stomach, when she slid her hands between them.

Trevor never thought Elle would take over when he kissed her but damn did she ever. He wasn’t complaining just enjoying the ride but he had to touch her, now!

Elle never thought she’d be this aggressive physically but she was so confident with this man, she just knew she could trust him, and she kept surprising herself. She liked being like this with Trevor and feeling like she could do whatever with him. He was her rock.

Trevor tore his mouth away from hers long enough to draw in a few breaths and say in husky voice, “Time to get you caught up and out of your shirt.” Before Elle knew it her shirt and bra were being thrown in the direction of Trevor’s shirt, somewhere on the other side of the room.

They continued to kiss as she locked her body up against his and savored the rough feel of his chest on her sensitive nipples as they kissed. He felt her shifting and knew what she wanted. He ran his hand up her side and between her breasts so he could grab her nipples between his forefinger and thumb; he squeezed and toyed and tasted them until she was almost collapsing on the wood floor beneath them.

“Oh God, Trevor that feels so amazing.” She panted.

With that he felt her hands go to his belt and start to pull at it. He was already so hard it hurt, when she stopped fumbling with his belt and squeezed him through his jeans he thought he was going to lose it right there and embarrass himself. He grabbed her and pulled her up to distract her long enough to kiss her and get to work on getting her out of her jeans. He knew where this was headed and he’d be damned if she was going to do all the work to make up for what she felt like she was lacking. He had her pants off her in less than a minute before she even registered it. Then he
cupped her because she moaned into his mouth as they continued to kiss.

Elle didn’t know foreplay could be this good and God did it feel good! She was practically writhing against Trevor but knew before he did anything or they went any further there was one thing she wanted to do first.

lle pulled back from Trevor’s kiss and started to unbutton and unzip his jeans, she slid them down his long, lean legs until she got them off his feet. She slowly stood back up and just when Trevor leaned his head down to kiss her again she tugged on the waistband of his boxers to move them down a little more.

His hand halted hers and he said, “Wait. Time for you to get naked first.” His hand went to the waistband of her sheer lace underwear but she pulled on his hand and said, “Let me just do this my way, than I promise it’s yours.”

She pulled his boxers ever so gently down; when they got snagged on his incredibly impressive erection she just lifted him over the waistband and continued to move the boxers down. He nearly groaned when she lifted him out of his boxers.

“You’re huge. Bigger than I imagined.” Elle said as she looked at him with a marveled expression. Staring at his erection that was almost red at the tip with a thick vein
running down the shaft, “I am going to like this.” She said as she smiled lightly and touched him.

He got harder if that was possible, he was already so hard the only thing that would ease it all would be a sweet release. He knew he couldn’t last if she put her mouth on him, but he didn’t want to push her away like her ex had done. That’s when he felt it; she kissed him at the head of his shaft and slowly started working light feathery kisses down the base. She cupped his balls and started to roll them in her hands like marbles, testing there weight and he groaned deep in his throat.

“Elle you don’t have to do this, I’m not gonna last if you do that, I’m already on the edge.”

She just shrugged and continued to play with him like marbles as she put her mouth around him and began to move it in and out, slow and fast. God her mouth was so soft and she wasn’t sucking with just the right amount of pressure, it was perfect. He stood there unmoving for a minute but then his hands were tangled in her long hair cradling her head while she worked him amazingly with her mouth.

Elle wasn’t sure what she was doing but the light moans and deep groans coming from Trevor let her know she must be doing it right. She liked doing this for him and didn’t want to stop until his release; she wanted to give him this pleasure. She couldn’t fit him all the way in her mouth so she moved one of her hands from playing with his balls to a fist around him so she could work him with her hand and mouth at the same time. When she glanced up and saw his head leaning back and his eyes shut from satisfaction she knew he must be enjoying himself. She
realized at that moment that this was what love was, being more concerned with the other person’s needs and wants than your own.