Rebel (Bad Blooded Rebel Series) (9 page)

She shook her head climbed off of me.
“No, you’re right. I just wanted to do something for you since you were amazing
today with my dad. Please don’t think badly of me,” she cried. “I just wanted
to forget about everything for a minute.”

I pulled her into my arms. “I don’t
think badly of you, sweetheart. I know how it feels to want to forget the bad
things in your life. It’s probably why I partied and slept around as much as I
have for the past seven years. It’s easier to numb the pain when there are things
to distract your mind.”

“God, I’m so embarrassed,” she said,
trying to cover her chest with her arms.

“Hey,” I said, lifting her chin with my
finger, “don’t be embarrassed. You are so beautiful, don’t ever hide from me. I
want to see you,” I said, kissing her lips lightly. “Believe me, you taking
your shirt off in front of me just now is nothing compared to what I have done
to try and forget.”

“I don’t think I want to know about that,
Ryder,” she said, sniffing.

“Believe me, I don’t want you to know. I
just got you and I don’t want to lose you already.”

She looked into my eyes and sighed. “I’m
so sorry for this.”

“Don’t apologize. Just try and restrain
yourself next time because I might night be able to stop myself if you do that
again. It’s been three months, Everleigh,” I said, smiling, and she laughed.

“Well, I can’t lie and say I’m not
attracted to you now,” she said, smiling.

“Out of curiosity, how far were you
willing to take this?” I asked.

She shrugged. “As far as you would have
let me, I guess.”

Suddenly, I was feeling bold and I
cleared my throat. “Do you trust me?”

She stared at me for a long moment and
slowly nodded her head. “I do.”

“Listen, I want to try something and if
it gets to be too much or you are feeling like it’s going too far, just tell me
and I’ll stop, okay?”

She stared at me with wide eyes. “Okay.”
I leaned my lips back to hers and kissed her. I thrust my tongue into her mouth
and she moaned loudly. I leaned her back on her pillow, my mouth never leaving
hers. After we kissed deeply for a few moments, I moved my mouth down her neck
and started to suck and gently nip at her neck. “God, Ryder,” she breathed.

I slowly began to move my hand down her
soft curves and once I reached the waist of her jeans, I gently slid my fingers
into the waist band at the button. I murmured against her skin, “Is it okay if
I unbutton these?”

“Yes,” she said, instantaneously. I slid
the button out of the hole and she was breathing heavily.

“Can I unzip you?” I asked, and she
nodded, her eyes fluttering and her lashes brushing her cheek. I slowly slid
down the zipper and she moaned as my fingers grazed the bare skin above her
panties. I toyed with the waistband of them and I asked, “Can I touch you under
these?”

She whimpered. “Yes, Ryder, please!” she
moaned as quietly as she could. “Please touch me.”

I slid my trembling hands into her
panties and slowly made my way down to her searing heat. She was already
soaking wet and ready and that alone had me ready to come in my pants. I moved
my fingers around her clit and she bit her lip to keep from screaming.

“You like when I touch you like this?” I
growled into her ear.

She nodded rapidly. “Yes, oh God, yes!”

I kissed my way down to her breasts
which were still covered by her hot pink bra. I teased one of her nipples with
my teeth and she whimpered. “You like when I kiss you there?”

“Yes,” she panted. “Please, Ryder,” she
moaned. “Please.”

“What do you want me to do, Everleigh?”
I needed to hear it…I had to know she wanted me to touch her like I was dying
to.

“I want to feel you inside me,” she
whispered. “Touch me, please.”

I moaned and slowly slid a finger into
her dampness. She gasped loudly and rocked her hips into my hand. Fuck…she felt
incredible. “God, you feel so good,” I moaned.

She arched her back and I felt her hands
grabbing onto the waist of her jeans. She was tugging them down and trying to
slide out of them. “I need these off now,” she said, and I used my free hand to
help her pull her jeans off while my other hand was still touching her. As soon
as her jeans were off, she kicked them to the floor and parted her knees to
give me better access. I groaned and moved myself on top of her, my hand never
leaving her warmth. My mouth found hers again as I slowly slid another finger
into her. She was so tight and my dick was quivering in anticipation for when I
would finally sink myself into her. I never broke away from her lips as my
fingers wiggled inside her, trying to help her find her release. I wanted her
to feel what I could do to her body so she would never want anyone else to
touch her again.

Her body started shaking as I sped up my
rhythm with my hand. “Oh my God Ryder,” she moaned into my mouth.

“Just feel it, Everleigh. Let go for
me,” I said, and at that moment she cried out in pleasure and her muscles
clenched around my fingers.

“Ryder, oh God,” she moaned as she came
hard against my hand. Her body shook and she whimpered as she came down from
her orgasm.

“That was so fucking sexy,” I whispered
into her ear.

“That…was…amazing,” she said, breathing
heavily. “I’ve never felt anything like that.”

I grinned. “You mean you’ve never had an
orgasm before?” I asked, withdrawing my fingers from her.

Still panting, she said, “I have had one
before but nothing that…strong.”

Smiling wide, I leaned into her and
kissed her deeply. “Well, I’d be happy to do that any time.”

She smiled and bit her bottom lip. “So,
do I get to reciprocate?”

My eyebrow cocked up. “What did you have
in mind?”

In one quick movement, Everleigh shoved
against me until I was lying back on her bed. She placed a shaking hand on my
stomach, and my abs contracted at her touch. She leaned in and pressed her lips
to mine and I immediately opened my mouth to her and thrust my tongue inside.
We kissed for several minutes before I felt her hand roam down to my pants and
she quickly slipped her hand inside. I inhaled sharply as I felt her hand grab
my dick, which was so hard it was actually hurting. “Oh fuck,” I moaned.

“Oh wow,” she said, “you feel huge,” she
said, and I grinned. She gave me a timid look and then whispered, “Can I see
it?”

“You can do whatever you want,
Everleigh,” I groaned. She took her free hand and tried to undo my belt buckle
but she was shaking and couldn’t unfasten it. “Let me,” I said, and she nodded.
I quickly unbuckled my belt and unzipped my pants for her, and I could feel her
breathing increase as she slowly pushed my pants down past my hips so she could
see my dick. When she did, she gasped loudly.

“Oh my God, you
are
huge,” she
said, and she started to stroke my length up and down using both hands.

My hands twisted the blankets on her bed
as she slowly moved her hands up and down my shaft. “God damn that feels good,”
I groaned. I pulled her lips back to mine and her gentle hums of pleasure were
the only sounds she made as she increased her pace. The feel of her small,
delicate hands stroking my cock over and over was making me see stars already.
“Oh God, Everleigh, I can’t hold on much longer,” I growled through gritted
teeth. She nudged my tee shirt up over my stomach and never broke her rhythm as
I felt my orgasm building. “Fuck, I’m going to come,” I moaned, and she moved
her hands up and down my dick one more time before I exploded like a rocket. I
leaned up and kissed her as she drained the rest of my release. Thankfully, it
landed on my stomach and not on her or her bed…that would have been
embarrassing. “Oh damn,” I said, pulling her into me and snuggling with her.
“That was amazing.”

“Really?” she asked. “You’re not just
saying that to be nice?”

“Of course I’m not. Why would you ask
that?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t
know.”

I sighed. “It’s about that dickhead
Scott, isn’t it?”

She shook her head and sat up. “Here,
let me get you a towel,” she said, and quickly climbed off her bed.

I leaned up on my elbows and watched her
walk into a little bathroom. “Why do you do that?”

She flicked the light off and walked
back out to her bed, holding a towel. “Do what?” she asked, climbing back on
her bed.

“Make comments about yourself and then
close off when I ask about that guy.” I took the towel and wiped my stomach
until it was dry.

She took the towel from me and half
smiled as she tossed it into her hamper. “I just don’t like to talk about him,
Ryder. I thought Scott loved me but he was only using me for sex. He was pretty
convincing and I am ashamed of myself that I believed every lie he told me.
Talking about him just brings it all back and I can’t deal with it right now
with my dad being sick. I cry already for him, so I don’t need to cry over my
asshole ex boyfriend either.”

“Okay, I understand that. I’ll let it go
for now.”

She smiled at me and stifled a yawn.
“Thank you.”

“You’re sleepy, aren’t you? You want me
to head out so you can get some rest?”

“No, you don’t have to go yet.”

“But you need to rest. I don’t want to
keep you up.”

She blinked a few times and then said,
“Will you stay with me?”

I smiled at her. “Like here? In your
bedroom?”

Everleigh nodded. “Yes, where else?”

“Sure, I’ll stay with you. If you need
me, I’m here.”

“Thank you Ryder.”

“You’re welcome. Let me just send a
message to the guys and let them know where I am,” I said, and she grinned
brightly at me.

“Okay. I’m going to get into some
pajamas. I’ll be right back,” she said, and she leaned in and kissed me quickly
before climbing out of her bed. I smiled and sat up, pulling my shorts back up
and sliding out of my jeans. I got my phone out and quickly texted Jude, Kris,
and Beau and let them know I wasn’t coming back to the hotel tonight. After I
was finished, I lay back in her bed and waited for her to come back out of the
bathroom, eager to feel her beautiful body sleeping in my arms.

Everleigh

I woke up the next morning feeling more
rested than I had been in a long time. I opened my eyes and it took me a second
to realize the reason…Ryder had stayed with me last night. I was so comfortable
with his strong arms around me and it was a nice feeling. I wanted to stretch
my arms out but I couldn’t move. He had me in both of his arms, his front to my
back. I turned my head to look at him and he was still asleep…he looked so
peaceful.

I let my eyes roam down his arms which
were heavily tattooed and for the first time, I really saw them. They were
beautiful and bright. Most of them were tribute tattoos for his parents. I saw
one that caught my eye…they were words in beautiful black script. They read,

My Champion, My
Protector, My Friend

In Memory of
Alan Matthews

I felt a lump in my throat as I read the
words. Ryder obviously loved his father very much and I hurt for him that he
had lost him at such a young age. If anyone would know what I was going
through, it was him. Instinctively I leaned my lips in and kissed the words and
when I did he jolted awake. I turned my face back him and his blue eyes were
staring into mine. “Good morning,” I said.

“Good morning, gorgeous,” he answered
and leaned in and kissed me. “How did you sleep?”

“Like a baby. What about you? What’s it
like to wake up a bed that doesn’t cost a fortune?” I asked.

He smiled a crooked smile at me. “I’d
sleep in a field if it meant waking up to your face in the morning,” he said,
and I smiled back at him. “So, do you have to be at work this morning?”

I shook my head. “Deuce closes the diner
on Sundays.”

“So I have you all to myself today?” he
asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Almost. You are going to have to share
me with Daddy.”

“Well, he’s the one guy I don’t mind
sharing you with. He’s a cool guy.”

“He seems to like you too,” I said.

He snickered. “Yeah. I wonder if he will
still like me when he finds out I spent the night with his only daughter.”

“Well, we didn’t really do anything bad,”
I said.

“No, we didn’t. What we did was
very
good,” he said, winking at me. I felt tingles shoot through me straight to my
belly.

“Yes it was,” I admitted.

“Care to repeat it?” he asked, his eyes
burning into mine.

“I don’t know, Ryder. My dad and Trish
are probably already up. They might hear us,” I said.

“Well I can be quiet if you can,” he
said, grinning. He leaned in and started kissing my neck and it was taking
everything in me to keep my wits in check.

“Ryder, wait, I don’t know,” I breathed,
muscles in my belly clenching with need.

The arm I wasn’t laying on roamed down
to the waist band of my pajamas and his fingers started to slide inside my
bottoms. “Tell me you want me to stop and I will, Everleigh.”

“I don’t want you to stop,” I breathed.
“I’m just afraid we will get caught.”

“That’s half the fun, sweetheart. Is
your door locked?” he asked, still kissing my neck.

I racked my brain for a second and then
remembered that I had locked the door the night before. I nodded my head and
whispered, “Yes.”

“Then we won’t get caught. Do you want
me to touch you again, Everleigh?” he said, tracing my collarbone with his
tongue.

“God, yes,” I said, and his hand slipped
further into my bottoms and inside my panties. I sucked in a harsh breath and
bit my lip when his fingers found my slick folds and just as I wanted him too,
he slid two fingers inside me. “God, Ryder,” I moaned, and he silenced me by
crushing his mouth to mine. His tongue parted my lips and I whimpered as our
tongues tangled together. If he could make me crazy with just two fingers and a
kiss I could only imagine what he could do with his other appendages.

I reached out a shaking hand and touched
his hard dick and he growled into my mouth. Once I ran my hands along his
length he rocked his hand into me more and I almost screamed as an orgasm suddenly
hit me hard. This man not only gave me the best orgasm of my life last night,
but he just gave me another one that rivaled the first and it took all of five
minutes to do it. I shivered and tried to get my pounding heart back to normal
as he removed his hand. “Wow,” I breathed.

“I take that as a good wow,” Ryder said,
grinning.

“That was a
great
wow. That was a
nice way to wake up,” I said, and he laughed.

“Well, I’d be happy to wake you up like
that any time,” Ryder said.

“So, is it my turn now?” I asked,
licking my lips. Before he could answer, there was a knock at my door. I
quickly scrambled to sit up and Ryder smiled at me, readjusting himself under
the blankets. “Who is it?”

“It’s Trish, honey. Listen, Ryder’s
bodyguard is here and he says he has an important phone call.”

I sighed and Ryder rolled his eyes. “Can
it wait a minute?” I called.

“No, he says it’s pretty urgent.”

“All right, he’ll be right there,” I
said, throwing off my blankets.

Ryder groaned as he pulled on his jeans.
“Sorry Everleigh. I don’t know what could be so important this early in the
morning on a fucking Sunday.”

“I don’t know either but you’d better
find out,” I said. He pulled on his tee shirt and quickly slid into his black
motorcycle boots.

When he was dressed, he walked over to
me and pulled me into his arms. “Can I call you later?”

“Of course you can,” I said, and he
leaned in and kissed me.

“Thanks for a great day, night, and
morning, Everleigh,” he said.

“You’re welcome, rock star.”

“Tell your dad goodbye for me, okay?”

“I will, I promise. You’d better get
going,” I said, and he nodded. I walked to my door and unlocked it, and he
followed me out into the house. I walked him to the door and when he stepped
outside, he turned to face me.

“Sorry about this. It’s probably the
label freaking out. I’ll call when I know what’s going on,” he said.

“It’s okay. Go take care of business.
I’ll still be here when you get back.”

He smiled at me. “Promise? You’re not
going to freak on me and try to convince yourself this is a bad idea, are you?”

I grinned and shook my head. “No way,
not after last night and this morning.”

“Damn right,” he said, winking at me.
“See you later, gorgeous.” He leaned down to me and pressed his lips to mine,
stealing my breath.

“Later,” I breathed, and he walked to
the SUV with John in tow. As soon as he was gone, I walked back in the house
and into the kitchen. I could feel Trish’s eyes on me as I made myself a bowl
of cereal. “So, how is your morning?” I asked her, sitting down at the table
with my food. “Did you meet John?”

“I did. He’s a nice guy.”

“He didn’t sleep out in his SUV all
night again, did he?” I asked, suddenly feeling guilty that I had forgotten
about him again.

“No, he crashed on the couch. He tried
to go out to the car but he mentioned you might be upset if he did,” she said.

“He’s right, I would have. So, how is
Daddy? Is he up yet?”

“No, he’s still asleep. It’s a wonder he
is,” she said, smiling.

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Well, I know I had a hard time sleeping
through all the moaning and panting coming from your room last night,” she
said, winking at me.

My face felt instantly hot and I almost
choked on my cereal. “Y-you heard that?”

“Uh huh,” she said, laughing.

I put my spoon down and put my hands
over my face. “Oh God, I’m so embarrassed!”

She was still laughing as she took a
seat at the table next to me. “Everleigh, look at me,” she said, pulling at my
arms. I reluctantly moved my hands and I looked at her, feeling more mortified
than I had in a long time. “Sweetie, you’re twenty four years old. It’s okay if
you bring a man home with you once in a while. Or like the first time ever.”

“Gee, thanks for reminding me I have had
no life,” I said, and she chuckled.

“Well, you’ve been busy caring for Max.
You haven’t had time to have a social life. You don’t need to be embarrassed
about Ryder staying here. What you two do in your room is your business.”

I sighed. “That’s just it, I wasn’t
meaning for us to do anything up until last night. I’d had a great day with him
here, but when Dad had fallen asleep on the recliner, I was going to find you
and have you help me take him to bed but Ryder just jumped up and carried him
like it was nothing. He carried Dad to bed like it was just a normal thing to
do,” I said, my voice breaking. “After that, something changed for me. I
just…lost control of myself.”

“It’s not a bad thing to lose control
once in a while, Everleigh. He really seems to like you, you know, judging from
the noises you two were making,” she said, laughing.

“We didn’t have sex, if that’s what you
are implying, Trish. We just did…other stuff,” I said, and she giggled. I
looked down at my bowl of cereal, which was already getting soggy.

“You didn’t have sex? It sure as hell
sounded like it. Why didn’t you?”

“Well, after what he did for Dad, I
would have if he’d let it get that far, but he didn’t. He said he knew that I
wasn’t ready to take that step with him yet and he didn’t want me to regret it
in the morning.”

Trish stared at me for a moment before
answering. “Wow, Everleigh…he seems like the real deal, honey.”

“He does, doesn’t he?” I asked, my
eyebrows furrowed.

“Well, of course he does. He met you,
what, a couple of months ago and you guys talked for like an hour, and now here
he is in Muncie freaking Indiana for you.”

I sighed. “I know. God, is it crazy of
me to think this might actually be real? That I didn’t dream this? That a
gorgeous man actually followed me to my hometown because he wants to be with me
for real?”

She smiled warmly at me. “Everleigh,
that’s not crazy. You deserve a guy that will sweep you off your feet and treat
you like a princess because that’s what you are. Everyone knows it but you,”
she said.

I shook my head and looked down. “I’m
hardly a princess, but thank you for saying it.”

“Well, I think Ryder seems like the
perfect guy for you.”

“I’ve only technically known him two
days but I already feel at ease with him. I just hope I’m not making a
mistake.”

“Well, only time will tell, sweetie. You
just have to take a leap of faith.”

“I know. Thanks, Trish,” I said, picking
up my spoon and taking a bite of my half soggy cereal.

“Any time, Everleigh. I’m going to check
on Max,” she said, and stood up and walked down the hall.

I ate my breakfast in silence, still in
amazement over how drastically my life had changed in the past forty eight
hours. I went from being a nobody with the weight of the world on her shoulders
to a rock star’s love interest with my face probably on the front page of gossip
magazines. I honestly didn’t know what to think or how to feel about all of it
yet, but one thing I did know was that Ryder had definitely made his way through
the walls I had built up and it scared me.

About an hour later, I had cleaned up my
breakfast dishes and was heading to fold the laundry when my cell phone pinged.
Hoping it was Ryder messaging me, I rushed to check it but it wasn’t him. It
was Danni. I clicked on the message.

D: hey girl, u busy?

E: not really, just cleaning. What’s up?

D: did you hear from Ryder this morning?

E: not since he left an hour ago, John
came and got him saying he had an important phone call.

D: he stayed there last night? :D

E: yes, but it’s not what you think…he
just slept over.

D: uh huh. Anyway, I was just wondering
what this important phone call was about. Beau got dragged out of his room this
morning too.

E: and how do you know that, may I ask?
;)

D: because I stayed with him last night
and it IS what you think, ;)

E: Danni…

D: we can chat later…LOTS to tell u, girl,
xoxo, if u hear from Ryder before I talk to Beau let me know, okay?

E: I will. Ttyl

I put my phone back in my pocket and
picked up the laundry basket. Ryder had to rush off this morning, and now Beau?
I hoped nothing was wrong…or that I was the cause of it.

After another hour of cleaning, I was
about to sit down for a minute and watch some TV when my cell phone rang. I
pulled my phone out of my pocket…it was Ryder. I swiped the screen and answered
it. “Hello?”