Raine on Me (8 page)

Ryder brought more plates of food to the table. “That’s why I am in a band. He might have waited but nobody knew you were coming home. I heard you got hurt. You okay?”

“Hell, you know me. The high prize money tempted me enough and while I won, the dismount got a bit rough. I’m good though.” River didn’t look at Brit once. “What happened this time to bring you home?”

Ryder sat, reached for a gallon of milk, and poured it into a glass in front of him.

“Jeff had to be taken to rehab again.”

“Shit. What got him drinking this time?”

Brit realized she wasn’t going to win this argument and forced herself to calm down. She glanced at Trina, who motioned with her head for her to have a seat at the table. Brit set her keys on the table next to her as she sat as far from River as she could get, refusing to look at him but unable not to hear his conversation with his brother.

“He tried to surprise the wife when we got a last-minute gig near his home and she wasn’t alone.” Ryder sighed loudly. “I keep telling the guys that marriage and bands don’t mix but they don’t listen. He tied one on, got locked up after going back to beat the shit out of the guy who’d nailed his wife, and we bailed him out. We took him straight back to rehab.”

“She wasn’t a groupie on the move, huh?”

“Nope. She had a son from a previous marriage and had to keep a home up for the boy. We were only gone for three weeks on that tour but I guess she got lonely.” Ryder shrugged. “The life is rough on couples.”

“I’m glad you’re both home.” Trina sat next to Brit. “Nav is worried about me and likes to stay close to home all the time now. With both of you here, he can do that.”

The back door opened and another brother walked in. Brit stared in amazement as she looked intently into his eyes. This brother wasn’t as dark as the twins and obviously 4part white with those blue eyes. He glanced at her and then his attention fixed on Trina.

A wide grin transformed his handsome face into a look of sheer joy.

“Damn, I missed you.”

Trina jumped up and ran into the man’s arms, moving fast for a pregnant woman.

“Nav!”

He lifted her from the floor, hugged her tightly, and planted a passionate kiss on her upturned lips. Brit gaped at their open affection as the guy’s hands gripped his wife’s ass and helped her lock her legs higher around his waist. He started to walk, still kissing her, and caressing her backside. They left the kitchen, out of sight.

Ryder turned his head to grin at his brother. “Get used to it and turn on your stereo when you go to bed.” He chuckled. “I don’t know what the hell they are doing to each other at night but it can get really loud.”

River chuckled, his gaze fixing on Brit. “I like loud women. The louder the better.”

She fumed, glaring at him. “Dream on, asshole.”

“Um,” River licked his lips. “I had a dream—”

“Shut up.” She grabbed her fork and stabbed her eggs. “I mean it.”

Ryder glanced at them and then surprise paled his features. “Shit. You two? Last night?”

“No!” Brit’s blushed hotly.

River chuckled. “Couple days ago. Meet my physical therapist. She’s good with her hands.”

Embarrassment flooded Brit as she stared in anguish at River for telling that to his brother. He’d just admitted they’d had sex. Tears filled her eyes, which she blinked back hard then she stood, her fork clattering to the table. She ran from the kitchen.

She made it halfway up the stairs on her way to get her things when a strong arm wrapped around her waist and jerked her back into a hard body. A hand braced on the railing to keep both of them upright. She jerked her head around to look over her shoulder at River.

“Don’t fight me on the stairs.” He frowned. “What is wrong with you?”

“You told him.”

The frown on his face deepened. “So what? He’s my brother and I tell him

everything. We’re identical twins, closer than most brothers, and he figured it out anyway since he knows me too well.”

More tears filled her eyes but she blinked them back. River saw them though, his stunned gaze widened and then narrowed.

“Your family is friends with Dale. He’s my boss and he’s going to be furious if he finds out I slept with you on the job.”

“So what? If you think Dale is a saint, think again. He grew up on the rodeo circuit.

I could tell you tales that would shock the shit out of you about that man, including the 4fact that he blew a lot of his money on whores and some of the biggest sluts ever born.

He liked his women fast, loose, and easy. If you think he’s going to get his ass bent out of shape because you nailed me, you’re wrong. He’s the last person to ever judge anyone else when it comes to having sex.”

“You don’t understand,” she lowered her voice. “He’s the only one who gave me a chance after he found out about my past. No one would hire me but he did. He always tells us to never screw with the patients. He’s going to fire me if he finds out and I won’t be able to get another job. I can’t take care of myself if I can’t pay the rent or have enough money to even eat. I don’t want to live in my car.”

The grip on her waist eased as River released the stair railing but he refused to let her go. His hand slid to her hip, urging her to turn around. She hesitated and then moved to face him. With her standing a step up from him they were almost eye level as they stared into each other’s eyes.

“Why wouldn’t anyone hire you?”

She shook her head. “I’m not going to talk about that.”

He frowned. “Are you an ex-con? Did you get into some trouble once? That’s okay, you know. Everyone makes mistakes. Dale isn’t going to fire you over this. Trust me. If he ever finds out I nailed you, he’ll totally blame me for it. He’ll believe I seduced you and he’d be right.”

“I’ve never been to prison.” She swallowed, careful of her wording to remain truthful. Prison and jail were two totally different things, technically. “I’m not an ex-con and you didn’t sign a work contract that states you’ll be fired if you sleep with a patient, but I did.”

He grimaced. “He really makes you sign shit with that in it?”

She hesitated. “Have you ever heard of a guy named Larry Douglas?”

Understanding lit River’s features. “Yeah. I remember that. He married one of Dale’s therapists two years ago and she took him for everything he had. It got nasty in the courtroom when they divorced.”

“She took advantage of that old guy and Dale blames himself because he hired her and sent her to Mr. Douglas.”

“I remember. Larry had just turned eighty-five at the time and was senile as hell.

That bitch drained his accounts faster than she could spend it.”

Nodding, Brit sighed. “Dale told me. Now he has it in our work contract that we aren’t allowed to get involved with any of his patients under any circumstance.”

“But you fucked me.”

Her face flushed again and she let her gaze drop to his bare chest, a mistake as she stared at his tan skin and wide chest. He was so attractive the urge to touch him grew too strong until she fisted her hands at her sides to keep them there. She nodded.

“Why did you then, if you knew it could get you fired?”

4She glanced up and then back down at his chest. “I don’t know. Temporary insanity maybe?”

He chuckled. “Maybe it’s my bedside manner.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m lonely and you’re hot.” She wished she could take the words back but they were out there. He knew he was sexy as hell so it wouldn’t come as a shock that she’d admit that to him. She just wished she could take back her confession of being lonely. “Will you let me go now? I need to get out of here.”

His arm tightened around her waist. “You’re not leaving, Brit. I disabled your car.”

“Fix the car so I can go.”

He slowly shook his head. “You came here to get a vacation, right? I’ll talk to Ryder and he won’t tell a soul. Trust me on that. He can keep a secret so you don’t have to worry about Dale ever finding out about us.” He took a deep breath and then his voice lowered into a husky tone when he spoke. “Let me take you to bed again. I want you and you want me.”

“I want a lot of things but that doesn’t mean I get to have them.”

He grinned. “I’m right here and you can totally have me.”

She couldn’t help but smile back at him. The jerk could be charming when he spoke in that tone and his sexy eyes sparkled with amusement. His hand on her hip shifted to her ass, firmly cupping her there.

“I want to spread you wide open on my bed and eat breakfast.”

Her nipples hardened. She swallowed, hating the way her body responded to the thought of River’s face between her thighs and the wonderful things she knew his sexy mouth were capable of.

“You’re here and I’m here. Don’t overthink this. Turn around and let’s go to my room.”

She bit her lip, undecided. Her body wanted one thing but her mind told her what a bad idea it was. She stared into River’s eyes, neither of them speaking for long moments. River’s hold on her ass tightened and he drew her against his body until they were nose to nose, chest to chest. She could feel the warmth from his hot skin through to her thin T-shirt and against her skin where they touched.

“I could get addicted to the way you moan while I’m licking you.” His voice grew husky as he whispered the words. “Let me take you to my bed, spread you out, and do what I want to you.”

Her stomach clenched at the memory of River licking her clit. She squeezed her eyes closed, her hands curved around the top of his shoulders as her body moved closer to his. The hands gripping her ass lifted her a little higher, jerked her tight against his chest, and she gasped, her eyes opening when her feet left the stairs.

“Wrap your legs around my waist,” he ordered, not waiting for her to obey his command as he started up the stairs.

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I’ve lost my mind again
, she thought but her legs still ended up crossed over the back of River’s jean-clad ass. He made it to the top of the stairs and moved quickly down the hallway. He kicked his bedroom door closed behind them. He never paused once until he bent over his bed, allowing gravity to let her drop so she landed gently on her back on his mattress. She stared into his sexy, brown gaze.

“I have condoms this time in my back pocket and I stashed some around the bed.”

His hands slid out from under her ass to reach for the front of her pants, his fingers sure as he started to undress her. “You aren’t going to get away from me this time, baby.”

He unwrapped her legs and in seconds tore her pants down her thighs and legs. He just tossed them away, his gaze never leaving hers. His fingers slipped into the top edge of her panties. With a hard jerk he tore them away from her body. Brit gasped, shocked.

River grinned at her as he straightened, reached for the waist of his pants, unzipped his jeans and shoved at them to get them down his hips. He stayed between her spread thighs as he removed his jeans, socks, and briefs, just shoving them to the floor and stepping out of them.

“You can’t keep tearing my panties off. I only brought a few pairs.” Her focus lowered down his body to stare at his generous erection, proudly pointing right at her, showing how much he was turned on. “I’m not sure this is a good idea. I—”

River slowly lowered to his knees next to the bed, careful of the injured one, his big hands shoving under her ass to grip her there. He jerked her closer to the edge until she feared he’d pulled her too far so she’d slide off the bed. He bent a little lower, wrapping his arms over the top of her thighs, his hands delving between them to spread her sex wide open as he forced her legs apart. She gasped at the way he dived right in there with his tongue.

His tongue felt hot, wet, and firm when he licked her from slit to clit in one slow, teasing swipe. He hesitated and then his lips sealed around the sensitive bud there, sucking on her, not giving her a chance to catch her breath before he suckled her with strong tugs of his mouth.

Moans tore from Brit when he pinned her down and continued to tease and taunt her sensitive clit. The ecstasy that shot through her entire body from the small movements he made had her clawing the bedding and her hips rose as her body tensed.

She knew she was going to come hard and fast. He was just that good. Her back arched, pressing her sex tighter against his seeking mouth and merciless tongue. Rapture exploded through her as she cried out River’s name, bucking under him as she fought to breathe through the sheer bliss of her orgasm.

A soft groan came from River as he gently released her with his mouth and stood.

Brit’s eyes flicked open to stare up at the man who had just blown her mind with those swollen, sexy lips that were parted as he stared back at her. His hand rose and the wrapper of a condom slid between his teeth. He bit down, his wrist flicked back, and the wrapper tore open. He removed the condom and her gaze lowered to watch him 4roll it on his hard shaft with both hands. He reached under her ass, lifting her just slightly until their gazes met, and then he looked down.

She followed his line of sight and held her breath as he adjusted her hips and tugged her even farther off the edge of the bed. He didn’t guide his cock to her but rather her to him. The wide crown of it brushed against her clit and he lifted her hips a bit more until he pressed against the entrance of her pussy. He held there, frozen, waiting for something. Brit’s gaze flew upward to his. The second contact was made, River moved again. He surged forward, breaching her and driving into her in one long, slow thrust.

His thick cock was so incredibly hard that she could understand the term “rock-hard”. A loud moan left her parted lips as he stretched her, branded her body with his, connecting them. He froze again, making her want to protest.

“Brit,” he said softly. “Just because I didn’t remember your name doesn’t mean I would have ever forgotten you. What happened meant something to me because this thing between us is special.”

Her mind let his words linger there as she tried to make sense of them. River pulled back, nearly withdrawing from her body completely until the head of his cock hesitated at the mouth of her pussy. He drove back into her hard, fast, and Brit lost the ability to think as nerve endings awoke. River’s hands were big and gripped her ass cheeks hard as he started to fuck her deeply, his powerful hips bucking against her.