Red Hot (7 page)

“I would be honored to, Red. Thank you for
asking.”

“Look, it’s okay if you don’t want to you
know. I’ll understand if you change your mind.”

“I’m not going to change my mind. Really,
Red, you shouldn’t think so little of yourself. You need to stop selling
yourself short.”

“I don't know any other way, Rhian. I'm
sorry if that's not what you were after but I told you I'm not good at the
dating game.” He leaned forward on his arms and looked intently at her. “I
wasn't trying to play hard to get. I'm just not that good at doing the whole
social scene. I'm much happier on my bike with the road racing past under the
wheels, or studying microns or germs. It's not the kind of thing most dates
want their man to prefer.”

“I've already told you I'm not most kind of
dates, Red. We’ve both had issues with the opposite sex and obviously some
terrible dating hang-ups. But if you could just give us a chance, you won't
regret it.” Rhian sat still holding her breath and watched as he chewed on his
bottom lip. Her sex quivered as she imagined those teeth somewhere else and she
hurried on. “Can we just agree we’ll try and see how we go? I mean, neither of
us are seeing anyone else and we have something that's worth looking into
further. And Valentine’s Day sounds lovely.”

“If you promise to tell me when you want to
end it.” Red couldn't believe he had spoken those words. He wanted to have a
relationship with her, he did. But not at the cost of being dumped as soon as
his heart was pounding for her and long-term thoughts were creeping into his
dreams.

Using him as a convenient sex stop between
boyfriends had been what most of his dates had been up until now, all except
Eleanor that is. Not that he minded the sex. He was a red-blooded male after
all. But they could have been honest and up front. He wouldn't have minded if
he'd known the truth. He was old enough to have dreams of little clones of
himself and football games on the weekends instead of his job consuming his
every waking minute. Although it had been his whole life for so long, he craved
more and didn't need to be dragged along and dumped just when he was feeling
good about the relationship. “I don't want to get comfortable if all you want
is sex while giving me the idea you want more than that.”

“Oh God, I want the sex. I won't lie to you
about that. I'm not a slut, I've just been through a man drought and I need
your body like you wouldn't believe. But I want more, I already told you that
too.” She tucked a curl behind her ear and looked earnestly into his face. “I'm
not getting any younger, you know? I want a home and a family. Okay, I have a
home but this big old house is so lonely with just the animals. I want more and
I think it shows on my dates and that's why they run a mile. They think I
scream out 'desperate fruity needs to procreate now. Mad woman with animals for
friends'.”

“I'm not running, Rhian. Just give me total
honesty and we can take it from there. You are a beautiful sensual woman and
for the life of me I can't understand why you would want to get together with
me. But I'll trust you and I'll take you at your word.” He looked deep into her
eyes. “I don't mind giving the dating thing a go if that's what you want but
can we keep it above board and be honest with each other? I don't really want a
‘friends with benefits’ thing if I can help it, not anymore. Deal?”

He held out his hand. She looked into his
eyes and muttered under her breath something he couldn't hear before gripping
his hand and shaking it. Getting up, she held it tight as she walked around the
table, wiggled onto his lap and straddled him

* * * *

 “Sorry, but I can't wait any longer.” She
took off his glasses and placed them on the table behind her. She ran her
fingers through his hair and gripped the silky strands tight as her body
quivered on the verge of exploding. Rhian pulled his face to hers, locked her
lips over his and pushed her tongue deep into his mouth to mate with his.

His hands held onto her butt while she
ground her sex into his aroused maleness as their tongues darted and sucked at
one another. With a deep groan Rhian let go, her orgasm rocking through her
core with such intensity she cried out and threw her head back, arching against
him. Red held her down on his lap and nuzzled at her neck as she lost herself
in the throes of one of the strongest and most needed orgasms in a long time.

When her body slowed and she caught her
breath, Rhian leaned back and looked at Red. He was calmly stroking his fingers
over her bare shoulders, trailing them down her arms.

“That was fantastic, thank you.” She shook
her head and her hair fell softly around her face. “I'm sorry I couldn't wait
for you but I've been riding a sexual high all day and I just couldn't help
it.”

“Why?”

“Because I was looking forward to you
coming over and getting you into bed again, that's why.” She ran her tongue
over his top lip and nipped it with her teeth. When he pulled back she laughed.
“I'm sorry, Red but you do something to me that scares me just a little bit.
I've never had an orgasm like that before. See the power you have over my
body.”

“I don't understand why you think it's me.
I don't usually have that kind of effect on women, believe me I know.”

“Oh I wish you could see yourself through
my eyes. You are an incredibly handsome man.” She ran a red nail down the side
of his face and touched her forehead to his. His warm breath shimmered over her
mouth and her insides churned with a powerful need to wrap this man in her arms
and not let him go. “You have so much to give the right person, Red. You just
have to trust I’m that person. I hope that I don't scare you off. My Da is
right though, I don't think before I open my mouth. It's who I am and I can't
change that.” She touched their lips together ever so softly. “Don't let me
scare you away.”

Red tightened his arms around her waist and
stood holding her body clasped against him. Striding out of the kitchen he
headed for the bedroom. He pushed open the door to a room bathed in
candlelight. He let her fall to the bed and with an impatient stroke he knocked
all the pillows on to the floor.

* * * *

Laying down on the bed beside her, he
traced his finger down her cheek. He was getting to know the contours of her
face without his glasses on. Her breath hitched and she moaned. Rhian ran her
fingers through his hair and pulled him down to her mouth. She traced her
tongue over his lips before taking the bottom one in between her teeth and
pulling gently.

“Just stay still and let me.” He pushed her
hands away and smiled when she lay like a rag doll on the bed.

Red pushed the straps of her dress down
over her shoulders and his tongue left a moist trail along the contours of her
lush breasts. Her nipples puckered under his breath and she squirmed on the bed
under him. With his teeth he nipped at the tight buds, teasing them to
attention. He was intent on keeping control of this lovemaking session. Lifting
her bottom from the bed, Red peeled her dress down, dropping it on the floor.

She lay in all her glory, her eyes half
closed as she gazed up at him, a small seductive smile on her lips. “Take off
your clothes, lover boy, or I will have to disobey you and do it myself.”

“Disobey and I go home, Rhian.” Red stood
looking down at her, his heart thumping. For once he wanted to be in charge. He
waited with dread for her to refuse him. Instead she closed her eyes and stretched
her body like a sensual cat waiting to be stroked.

He leaned over her and kissed the spot
between her breasts before he pulled back and peeled his T-shirt over his head.
The small mewing noises she made as he stripped made his body react. By the
time he had placed the condom on the bedside table and had his boxers off, he
was stiff and more than ready.

But first he was going to bring Rhian to
the brink again before making love to her. Lifting her ass up Red slipped a
finger under the elastic of her panties and peeled them from her. Throwing them
over his shoulder he knelt on the floor. Grasping a dainty foot, he licked from
her heel to her toes. Her foot clenched and her body twisted on the bed.

Red had found her weak spot. Holding her
foot tightly to stop her pulling away from him, he licked under her toes before
sucking the smallest one into his mouth. She groaned and rolled on the bed. Red
traced his tongue up the side of her foot to the instep and pressed his lips
against the soft white skin.

Rhian’s hands gripped the bedclothes. “God,
Red, please don’t do that. It drives me crazy when you play with my feet.”

“Good. Lay back and enjoy it then.” He
grabbed her other ankle and tugged her down toward him until her knees hung
over the edge of the bed. Lifting one leg, he placed it over his shoulder and
turned his mouth into the small crease of the back of her knee. He licked and
nipped and her groans of pleasure filled his senses as he stroked and tongued
his way up her legs.

When he came to her thighs he spread them
open, and crept up until he reached her pussy. Using his fingertip he spread
her folds open before sliding it into the pulsing, wet warmth. Rhian gasped and
bucked against his hand.

“Don’t come, not yet.” He smiled at her
frown. With his thumb he rubbed her clit, working her up into a frenzy until
she was straining against him. Withdrawing his fingers he reached over and
grabbed the foil packet. Tearing it with his teeth he sheathed himself and
reached for Rhian. Flipping her over on her stomach, he lifted her ass in the
air and filled her in one stroke.

Holding her hips against him, Red groaned.

Fuck that felt good. Sex on his terms
was so sweet.

Rhian wiggled her ass against him and he
started to thrust into her. With her knees on the bed she pushed against him,
her sex quivering around his cock. He gripped her tight as she cried out as she
came.

When she relaxed and her body slowed, he
ran his hands over her back to her neck. Gripping her shoulders, Red moved
again. Slowly at first he pushed into her building up his pace until he felt
her moving against him. He kissed the soft skin of her neck and upped the pace,
pounding into her as his own climax took over and he lost himself in the warmth
of her body.

* * * *

They lay on the bed, nose to nose and Red
ran his finger over the contours of her face.

“I like it when you take the charge. That
was fantastic sex.” Rhian kissed him, a feather light touch to his lips. She
gazed at him, amazed at the shift in power when he took control. He became a
different man. She wondered if he knew how much it changed him. The small lost
boy disappeared under the show of male dominance and it thrilled her. If he
could find himself with her, she knew they could make this work.

It seemed he had been the weaker one in his
other relationship, the one that had failed to blossom and grow. Rhian promised
herself she would let him take the lead more often, in fact she would encourage
it.

“How about a shower together?”

“No, how about we slide under the blankets
and snuggle for a bit. I’m enjoying relaxing with you in my arms. We can shower
later if that’s okay?”

“Of course it is. Here lift up and I can
pull back the blankets.” She helped rearrange the bed and when they were
snuggled together she let out a tired sigh. Rhian lay curled into his shoulder
and drifted off to sleep.

* * * *

Red woke slowly. Rhian's hand was tucked
snugly into his crotch and her legs were tangled through his. Her other hand
was cupped under her head and she was breathing through her mouth, a soft snuffling
escaped her lips with every other breath. He reached down, freed his cock from
her clasp and wondered if he should wake her for another round of hot sex
before he crawled into his own bed for a more restful sleep. He had to go home
and get some sleep or he would be too tired to concentrate in the laboratory.
That thought soon stopped his internal debate. He eased away from her and held
his breath when she rolled onto her back and with a funny little snort, settled
with her hands clutched tight to the bedspread over her naked breasts.

He rummaged around on the nightstand for
his glasses, found them and put them on. His clothing was mixed up on the floor
with the pillows he had thrown from the bed last night. He chuckled to himself
as he compared the sleeping woman to the lusty female who had an orgasm on his
knee at the dinner table.

Granted he had loved it when she had
brought him to a mind blowing orgasm. Rhian was like no other woman he had ever
known. Her need for sex blew his mind. Dare he start to believe this could be a
decent relationship or was it too early to risk feeling this way? Maybe he
should give her another couple of weeks before he let his heart accept what it
so eagerly yearned for.

He kept his gaze on her as he dressed. His
brain had already raced ahead and he imagined her reclining in their bed, her
stomach swelling with their child. He sucked in a breath.

Where the hell had that come from
?

He'd thought of having kids eventually if
he could find a willing partner. Rhian had bewitched him and he was obviously
not immune to her.

Nero sat on the end of the bed and watched
him with calm green eyes. Red had kicked the door shut behind them last night
clearly upsetting the white cat. It had clawed at the door and meowed until
Rhian had let him in before she fell asleep.

He zipped up his trousers and pulled the
T-shirt over his head. As he ran his hand through his long locks, he tried to
think of anything but the sexy female who lay naked in the bed beside him
.
He
wanted to stay and make love to her again
.

I could rebuild the front fence. Maybe
paint the house a different color. Hang chandeliers out on street lamps,
anything to stop thinking of staying here and crawling back into bed and
sliding my leg between hers. I could get a haircut even!

But he thought better of the last idea
because Rhian had made murmuring noises last night about liking his hair.
Before they had gone to sleep she had sat behind him on the bed, his body
leaning into hers and she combed his hair, something that had surprised him. He
wasn't used to anyone other than his mother paying that sort of attention to
him and he liked it. So that idea went out the window. He sat on the floor and
pulled on his socks. Nero casually jumped down from the bed and rubbed against
his back, winding himself around the front and crawled into Red's lap. The cat
lifted its front paws and started to knead his groin.