Dark Romance Books: Beauty & The Biker | Alpha Male MC Romance

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Description:

Savage fighter. Ruthless leader. Icy blue eyes. 

My now ex-boyfriend lost me in a bet.

The winner? The ruthless leader of his rival motorcycle gang — Heath.

Heath is a cold-blooded killer, or so I’ve heard.

He expects total submission…

I don’t let anyone tell me what to do.

On the open road, I don’t have a choice.

I’m his. He won me fair and square.

And he won’t give me up without a fight.

Romance Novel Excerpt: Beauty & The Biker | Motorcycle Club Romance

Heath took me prisoner two days ago. Since then, I’d scoped out every opportunity to run. Clinging to him on the back of his Gold Wing, I scrutinized the landscape as we rushed past. Thick forests hung over the highway, shading us from the blazing heat of the sun beginning its descent in the sky. When all the bikes stopped and the men started their tune ups, I hung close to Heath’s bike. 

As he stooped down to check his tires, I checked on my cash.

I reached into my jeans and pulled out my wad of bills, mostly fives and ones. This was all the money I had but it would have to do. 

I counted it for the second time and prepared to run.

“Kaja, get over here,” he called and I rounded his shiny metal beast, my eyes darting furtively along the highway.

“Yes?” I folded my arms. 

My time approached.

“Hold this. I need to screw on the bolts,” he growled.

I stuck out my palm with a scowl on my face and he stuck the spanner in it with a bemused raised eyebrow.

“You don’t have to be so sour.”

“Whatever. I want to get out of here.”

He chuckled. 

“Bossy huh? We’ll see what you say when we get to Chicago and I off-load you onto the first toothless bastard I find.”

“Buzz off.”

He chuckled again and bent down to adjust his tires. 

“Spanner.”

I handed him the spanner. 

“Good.” 

He opened up the toolbox on the back of the bike and shoved it back in.

“Why the long face sunshine?”

“Don’t mock me,” I spat back, “I don’t have to put up with your bullshit.” 

“Suit yourself.”

“Ready to go you bastard?” Rhys approached and smacked Heath on the back, causing the two of them to erupt in guffaws. Heath’s laugh was a low chuckle while Rhys’ pierced the air with the same pitch as his Southern accent. Rhys ran his hands through his blond hair and stuck it in a loose ponytail.

“Damn straight,” Heath said, “Where’s Jacob and his girl?”

Don approached then zipping up his leather jacket and twirling his helmet in his hands.

“Those two love birds snuck off for a bit of nookie in the woods.”

Heath chuckled, “Joining ‘em this time?” 

Rhys snorted, “That slut? No thanks. She’s been passed around by every guy with a bike on the Eastern seaboard.”

Don chuckled and retorted, “Yeah right, you’re just pissed off she chose Jacob instead of you.”

“Fuck off,” Rhys snorted, putting his helmet on.

“Reckon I should go scare him out?” He touched the gun on his holster.

Heath shook his head, “Nah. They’ll be here soon.”

Don smirked, “Knowing Jacob, it should be about… 90 seconds.”

The men erupted into laughter again and I just stood there, glaring with my arms folded. I’d tried to go unnoticed but Rhys noticed my scowl and approached me pressing his fingers to my lips and flicking them.

“Why the long face? You ain’t find us funny?”

“No,” I spat back.

“Hey watch your mouth,” Rhys spat, “You’re nothing but a piece of meat and if you catch an attitude I’ve got no problem ditching your sorry ass on the side of the road.”

“Hey!” Heath interrupted, “Leave her alone.”

Rhys snickered.

“Whatever man, don’t defend her.”

Don grunted, “Don’t be a pussy Heath, he’s only joking. No one’s going to harm princess over here.”

The men laughed again, like I was some big joke. I kept my gaze steady, trying not to care. I wouldn’t be stuck with them much longer. Five minutes later, Angie and Jacob emerged from the woods holding hands and laughing.

“Not much stamina, Jacob?”

“Shut the fuck up,” Angie spat, “Watch your mouth Don or I’ll cut your tongue out?”

“Why so you can shove it up you —”

“Watch the way you talk to my lady buddy,” Jacob interrupted, stepping in front Angie.

“Geez, it’s just a joke.”

“Yeah well fuck off leprechaun.”

“Me ma’s Irish, that’s why I’ve got this red hair,” Don replied, doing his best imitation of an Irish accent and breaking the groups tension, sending everyone into fits of laughter.

“Let’s get out of here,” Angie said, “Princess looks like she’s going to shit bricks.”

She jutted her chin towards me, drawing even more attention than I wanted.

“I’m fine,” I spat.

Angie winked, her brilliant blue eyes twinkling with excitement. Her daisy dukes barely covered her thin, pale legs with blue veins trailing through them. Her long chocolate hair hung to the middle of her back and she fixed it into a ponytail before donning her helmet and hopping on her bike.

“Time to ride…”

I had no choice. I hopped on the back of Heath’s bike, clutching his torso as he revved the engine up.

“Don’t let go sweetheart,” he both commanded and taunted me.

I wouldn’t let go. With only twenty miles to the next fuel station, all I had to do was wait. Once we got there, I’d go to the gas station restroom and make my break for it. I knew these backroads well enough and this would be my last chance to escape before these hooligans dragged me God-knows-where.

We drove down the highway, wind whipping my dreads into the breeze and my breath fogging up the helmet. I clutched Heath tightly because I had no choice. I had no choice but to hold onto his body or go flying down the highway. 

The road stretched out for miles before it curved, deserted since rush hour had passed. We were deep in the New England boonies and wouldn’t hit traffic until New York. The Steel Dragons spoke about going around the city when they thought I wasn’t listening. I’d been preparing to take my last stand. 

However they managed city traffic wouldn’t be my problem. I needed patience. Heath’s gaze fixated on me whenever we’d stopped. I’d have trouble getting out of his sight at the gas station but he couldn’t follow me everywhere. I hadn’t said much, hoping they’d underestimate me. He kicked the stand up and I squeezed my arm around him tighter.

The bikes roared and they kicked up dust as they accelerated down the highway. Jacob and Angie rode side by side in the front, Rhys and Heath rode together behind them.

Holding down the flank were Don, and Clay. Don would be the hardest one to get something past. He was too sharp and he didn’t trust that I’d stay with the Dragons in the first place. He’d begged Heath not to bring me along but Don didn’t make the rules around here — Heath did. 

I breathed a sigh of relief when we pulled into the gas station as they’d planned. My heart skittered in my chest. I was too accustomed to fear to allow it to paralyze me. I got off the bike and took my helmet off.

“You stay here,” Heath growled as he walked to the pump.

“I-I need to go to the restroom.”

Heath looked me up and down.

“Fine. Be quick.”

He gestured for me to hand him the helmet so I did, relieved that I was now unencumbered. 

The gang stared at me as I entered the gas station. I could feel their eyes on my back and of course, Rhys dog whistled which earned him a warning punch from Heath. A tinny bell rang as I thrust the door open and as the door closed behind me. 

I stood alone with the attendant, tempted to ask him to call the police. If the police found me, they’d find out quick that I knew Trey Holt. They’d want me to talk and if I dared say one word my life would be on the line. No cops. I didn’t need them. The attendant at the desk eyed me and then eyed the gang, clad head to toe in black leather in stark contrast to my jeans and white tank top.

“You with them?”

“Y-yes,” I replied.

I was too scared to say much to anyone. The man snorted.

“You don’t look like the type.”

“C-can I use the bathroom?”

“You sure you okay ma’am?”

“Yes,” I replied, “I’m sure.”

“Okay, it’s back there behind the hot dogs.”

“Thanks,” I mumbled.

I’d been here before with Trey. A girl had been working that time but the gas station had no reason to change. I walked into the bathroom and closed the door, turning the lock and exhaling.

“Pull it together Kaja,” I muttered, wiping my sweaty palms on my jeans and looking up at the window, perched a few feet above me just as I remembered it.

I stood on the toilet, grunting as I shoved the small window open. I was small enough to fit and I’d considered running away the last time I’d come with Trey so I’d thought the plan through before. I grunted again as I thrust the entire window open. I reached up to the sill and grunted as I pulled myself up, shuffling my body through the window.

There was an eight foot drop from the window that landed on a patch of grass. Lucky freaking me. I tucked and rolled as I dropped. I stood to my feet and without looking back, I turned tail and ran.

The gas station was just outside of a small town with plenty of New England charm and an absence of any people. My feet pounded the pavement as I hurried towards the trees. My heart thumped in my chest and my stomach tightened. If I didn’t get away this time, Heath would be pissed and the rest of them would be pissed. I’d be stuck riding to California with a bunch of crazy assholes — who hated me.

I burst through the clearing and stopped to catch my breath, bending over my pressing my palms into my knees.

“THERE SHE IS!”

Shit. Angie ratted me out. So much for girl power…

I picked up the pace, adrenaline bursting through my chest and forcing my legs to carry me. At the other end of the clearing I’d have to cross the highway and then I could get to the strip mall. Once I got to the strip mall… Well someone in there had to have a phone. I could call Julie and she’d come get me. Wouldn’t she? I knew she was Trey’s sister but come on, Trey got me into this mess. It’s not like I wanted to be here in the first place.

I ran towards the light, through the trees, hopping over felled tree branches and avoiding deep murky puddles with rotting leaves. 

“Don’t you dare shoot her!” A voice called — this time Heath.

Yeah, I’m sure he wanted Don, Rhys or whoever had pulled the gun to keep their hands off his precious cargo.

“She’s heading to the mall, guys we have to split up!”

My chest tightened. They knew where I was going and they planned to stop me. I couldn’t stop running. I was less than 1/4 mile away from the entrance to the highway and if I was lucky, I could find someone passing by who would stop and pick me up. 

I heard the sound of motorcycles revving in the distance but I didn’t stop running until I exited the deep woods and stood at the edge of the highway on the other side of the guard rails. Traffic was far from heavy, but the roads weren’t deserted with a few family cars heading up to the Berkshires for the weekend. 

I climbed over the guard rail, listening for the choking and heaving of the motorcycle mufflers  and waiting for the right time to dash across the road. I stuck my thumb out as I waited, hoping for one of the two options to work out for me. 

My heart raced faster, my eyes snapped wider taking in every detail of the landscape from the tall evergreen trees to the leafy green maples to the dust kicked up by the Volvo rushing past. I stuck my arm out and waved but nobody stopped.

When I got a break in the road I started to sprint.

“Gotcha,” the voice came first them I felt the arms around me.

“AHHHHH!”

Heath. He’d caught up with me.

“Stop squirming and this will over soon.”

“LET. ME. GO.”

I shrieked.

I kicked back and struggled against him. Having height, weight and size as an advantaged meant I was powerless against him. It’s not like I couldn’t throw a punch mind you. With Trey, we’d had to defend ourselves a few times as we rode across the country from bar fights to fending off muggers. 

Heath stood a full foot taller than my 5’6” and he kept his body in immaculate physical condition. I screamed and kicked again but he pulled me deeper into the woods, back towards the gas station.

“Pull shit like that again and I’ll strip you down and leave you on the side of the road,” he growled.

“PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN! HEEELLLLPPPP!” I screamed.

“Shut up!” He growled.

“I’ll shut up when you put me down!”

“You tried to run. You lost the right to stand on your own two feet when you did that.”

Gasping for breath and desperate to stop his thick muscular arms from crushing me, I whimpered, “If you put me down I won’t run. I’ll go with you.”

He dropped me and I fell to the ground, screaming as my back hit.

“Get up,” he growled.

“OW!”

I sat up and glared at him as I got to my feet and dusted my hands off.

“That hurt.”

“Listen up missy.”

“What?”

“I won you fair and square… You aren’t going anywhere unless I tell you to.”

“It’s illegal to hold people captive you know.”

He chuckled, “Yeah, ‘cause I’m a real good guy right? Like Trey?”

“Don’t bring up Trey.”

Heath chuckled again, “I’ll bring up Trey if I want to princess. You’re mine.”

He snarled the word mine with such vitriol I flinched. 

“Y’know the way back is much faster running than walking.”

Heath chuckled, “Nice try. Make a run for it again and you’ll regret it.”

“Won’t be my only regrets,” I mumbled.

“Hush. Too much talking.”

The rest of the way back to the gas station we walked in silence. Heath walked behind me with his quiet long stride. When I burst through the trees fear gripped my chest again. 

“Keep moving. Say nothing.”

I nodded and kept going. Angie and Jacob straddled their bikes, visors turned up as they watched me.

“How far’d she get?” Angie asked with a wicked smile.

“Not very I bet,” Clay added.

The entire bunch of them laughed again and clinked their soda cans against each other before chugging them down and dropping the cans on the ground.

“Ready to ride outta here?” Don asked.

Heath grunted, “Yeah.”

“Get her on the back of your bike and make sure she doesn’t try anything else,” Rhys drawled with his thick Texas accent, “I’m sick of this. When you made that bet—” 

“Quiet,” Heath growled, “I don’t want a lecture.”

Angie nodded and gestured Rhys away from us.

“C’mon, leave him alone before he hits you again.”

Heath smirked at that. Angie got on her bike and led the charge, speeding out of the gas station with Jacob behind her.

“She gives too many orders for a woman,” Clay grumbled.

He and Don bumped fists and laughed, flicking down their visors and revving their engines into action. Heath turned around to face me before getting on.

“No more funny business.”

“Yeah. Whatever.”

“Listen,” he growled, “If your stupid boyfriend hadn’t bet you like a fuckin’ poker chip, you wouldn’t be here. So blame him.”

“He’s NOT my boyfriend!”

“Do I look like I give a rat’s ass? Boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, fuckin’ preacher, whoever the fuck he is, he owes me ten thousand dollars.”

“What if I could give you ten thousand dollars?”

He grunted and laughed.

“You don’t have ten grand. Put the helmet on and hold tight missy.”

He slammed his helmet on and flipped the visor down after handing me mine. I put it on. He was right. This was Trey’s fault. Trey had lost the right to call me his boyfriend the moment he’d traded me over to the leader of his rival gang. He’d apologized — of course, he always apologized — but that time I’d had enough of him..

Tensions had been flaring between me and Trey for a while. I’d been waiting for the chance and as I kicked and screamed slung over Heath Danger’s shoulder, there seemed to be no better time.

I straddled the bike, wrapping my arms around him. He adjusted my grasp and revved the bike up. The sound was like a drug to me. I squeezed tight as he started down the highway getting faster and faster until he caught up with the rest of the gang.

I grabbed onto his coat, my fingers cold without gloves. The scent of leather and dirt wafted in through the helmet. My faux leather jacket barely protected me from the elements. 60 mph. 70 mph. We were all headed west over 80, each of the dragons as fearless and furious as the wind.

Sunset approached and they’d have to stop again soon — this time for sleep. I hadn’t planned to be with them so long. My escape attempt failed and I feared what they’d do to me if I tried again. But if we stopped for the night, I’d have another chance. I clung to Heath until we stopped just after sunset.

“Let’s get some grub then we’ll head to the house,” Jacob said once the bikes had been parked.

“Did any of you stupid fucks tell Hannah about her?” Angie asked, jutting her chin towards me.

“I’ll deal with Hannah. Jake, keep your girl in line,” Heath growled.

“What the fuck did you say to me?” Angie asked, folding her arms. 

Jacob stepped between them.

“Hey, hey can you two cool it for a sec?”

Don grunted, “Keep her quiet. We’ll eat. Heath will deal with Han.”

Clay nodded, “Sounds good.”

We walked inside the Ponderosa and Heath chose our seats, ignoring the chipper hostesses direction.

They all ordered and as directed, I stayed quiet. I didn’t think they’d feed me but Heath got me my own steak dinner. I’d barely eaten all day so I didn’t mind staying silent while I wolfed down the entire steak, the mediocre mashed potatoes and the horrible coleslaw. 

Who knows when I’d get my next meal, especially if I managed to break away in the middle of the night. So far Heath hadn’t been cruel but I was still his prisoner.

Once I was done, Angie slammed down a little over a hundred on the table and tipped the waitress a fifty. The money they’d made for their last deal covered the gang as they traveled across the country to California to make another deal with Angie’s step-brother in L.A. 

I got back on the bike and we entered the small blue house with the white door one after the other after the men parked their bikes. Hannah wore nothing but a thin camisole with her nipples poking through and yoga pants. Her hair was a mess, she reeked of menthols and she kept itching her wrists as she told us which rooms we’d have.

“What’s her story?” Hannah asked about me.

“Mine,” was all Heath said. He didn’t answer any questions about me after that. I knew better than to open my mouth and speak when I hadn’t been spoken to.

He marched me upstairs and pointed towards an air mattress on the radiator.

“This is our room.”

“Our?!”

“Listen cupcake this ain’t the fucking Ritz Carlton.”

He prodded me until I entered the room. 

“Get on the mattress.”

“What?” 

I turned to face him, fists clenched, ready to fight him off if I had to.

“Get. On. The. Mattress.”

My chest heaved with my anxious breathing and I stood my ground.

“No.”

He grabbed me by the wrist and sat me down on the mattress. I squealed as my back sank into the rubber. He pulled a pair of handcuffs out of his jacket and handcuffed me to the radiator.

“That’s so you don’t try to make a run for it while we talk business.”

I shook my arm and rattled the handcuffs against the radiator. Heath smiled.

“No making a fool out of me tonight,” he growled, “Stay nice and quiet and we won’t have any trouble.” 

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Free Romance Novel Excerpts: Extra Stuffing by Jamila Jasper

Steamy hot holiday romance Extra Stuffing coming soon to Amazon! Scroll down so you can check out the description and read this lengthy free sample of this interracial romance story launching in a few days.

Extra Stuffing has been an intense book to write, filled with so many twists and turns plus a satisfying ending.

If you enjoy sports romance stories with HOT alpha males and SPICY love scenes, you'll enjoy this read.

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Description:

GRACIE GOODWIN

We broke up… For a good reason too.

So why did I fall into Peter Roman’s arms so easily?

OK, it might have something to do with the fact that he’s smoking hot and plays for the NFL now.

But there’s something I haven’t told Peter — something that could change the way he looks at me forever.

PETER ROMAN

I want Gracie back. I don’t care what I have to do to keep her.

I’m not the dumb a$$hole I was in college.

I’m different and I have the bank account to match.

No matter what, I’m going to make her mine. 

This time, we’ll last forever. 

Romance Novel Excerpts: Extra Stuffing

2017.

New York City

“I want to fuck you.”

His gruff, husky voice weaseled its way across my neck and into my ears. My pussy throbbed. I couldn’t believe I was here again. Ten years after college and here we were again in each other’s arms. Except this time things were different. Trust me. Peter Roman clutched my hips and pressed me against the wall. I giggled as my back smacked against the drywall and I submitted my weight to his powerful grasp.

“Easy cowboy.”

I giggled, always light in Peter’s arms. 

“Just take those fuckin’ panties off,” He growled.

I couldn’t say no. I eased out of my panties, giving Peter access to what he wanted.

“I’ve missed that beautiful pussy of yours,” He muttered as he rolled a condom on his cock.

I imagined for an NFL player, that was quite the compliment. Yes, ten years later, Peter Roman wasn’t just my college ex-boyfriend he was a starting quarterback for the New York Giants. He’d grown a lot since then, in so many ways. There was part of him that had stayed exactly the same and at that moment, that was the only part of him I cared about.

Peter hoisted me up against the wall again and tilted my neck to the side so he could graze his tongue along the length of it and press his lips to mine. He’d become a much better kisser over the years. He smelled different now too. He’d ditched his cheap Axe body spray for Armani cologne. His scent drove thrills down my spine. I felt Peter’s hardness pressing against my wetness. I gasped as he began to slide into me… and I slid back into 2007. 

Memories of ecstasy flooded me. This part had never been bad between us.

His cock pushing past my entrance forced my tightness to stretch. Making love to him always felt sinful, like a betrayal of my common sense. (This time, it really might have been.) I moaned as his full nine inches thrust my pussy lips apart, sending pleasure shooting through my body.

“Ohhhh,” I cried out.

“Easy babe,” He moaned.

Peter thrust one last time hard into me. I gripped his back and he began pumping into me furiously. Our loud banging against the wall meant all his other house mates (you know, New York Giants) could probably hear every last whimper and moan. With Peter’s thick cock plunging between my folds, I couldn’t bring myself to care. I moaned as I climaxed. No one’s home anyways. Right? My eyes rolled far back into my head. Black spots in front my lids threatened my consciousness. Peter pumped into me a few more times until I climaxed again. My thighs shuddered. I pressed my heels into his buttocks, securing him closer. 

Then we were done with the wall. I wrapped my lithe legs around him and squeezed tightly as he moved my slight frame from against the wall of his large, Tribeca bedroom to his king-sized bed. Peter and his teammates might have had to share an apartment in the city but trust me, this was not the type of apartment sharing that goes on between broke post-graduates.

As my head touched the pillow of Peter’s bed, he wasted no time before plunging into me again. I couldn’t even appreciate the down pillows or the cozy firmness of the mattress. Maybe that was for the best. Peter thrust into me deep. I cried out and arched my back to meet his ardent thrusts. He pushed my hair out of my face and planted a long kiss on my lips as his hardness penetrated my damp cavern and forced me into another climax. 

“Cum for me baby, cum all over my big dick,” He grunted.

I exploded, juices leaking from my wetness as Peter continued to slide between my hot folds. I dug my nails into his back as I quivered beneath him. I ran my hands through Peter’s hair again. From college, his hair hadn’t thinned at all; his blond strands were just as thick as I remembered. He kissed me again and whispered into my ears. The sound ticked the hairs on my neck.

“You’ve gotten hotter Gracie… I wish I could cum right inside your tight little pussy.”

I cried out again as I came. The thought of Peter emptying his seed inside me was both terrifying and thrilling. My toes curled as shivers of pleasure forced my thighs to quiver with desire. I almost begged him to take the condom off. But I was different — responsible now. I wrapped my thighs around him as he continued to pound into me. Peter always got too dirty when he was hard. The heat of the moment subsumed him.

“Fuck me Peter… Harder…” I whimpered.  

Peter obliged, pressing his cock into my little honeypot deeper than before. I gasped as his cock reached untouched depths of my wetness. My pussy gripped him like a vice as he kept pumping me with those slow, deep strokes. He couldn’t hold back any longer. His touch had sent my brown skin ablaze with desire and he responded to it. My writhing and moaning beneath him had forced an eruption. Peter grunted as he came.

I felt his monstrous cock pulsing with startling rhythm whilst buried deep between my legs. I couldn’t help but whimper again as he forced the walls of my pussy to tremble. Peter pulled out of me with a big, bad, naughty look in his eyes. He could see how climaxing had shaken me loose. My shoulders visibly relaxed and my breathing slowed.Peter pulled me up so I could sit up in his bed, my perky breasts hanging down whilst my dark nipples pointed at him. He tilted my chin up to kiss him as he rolled the condom off.

“I’m not finished with you yet.” 

He disposed of the condom and then ran his fingers through his long blond hair. That was another way he’d changed. His blond hair now hung down to his shoulders, like Thor in those old comic books I used to steal and then sell to the boys in my elementary school class at a mark up. As I ogled Peter coming back into bed to join me, the only thing on my mind was that I was so glad I’d left Hell’s Kitchen for this. 

I’d gone south to this man from my past, to the man I hadn’t spoken to in nearly a decade up until two weeks ago.

Peter joined me on the other side of the king-sized bed. His apartment’s cavernous size reflected so much of how I viewed him: larger than life; fantastical almost. I hadn’t known Manhattan made bedrooms that could accommodate a king. 

“So,” Peter started, running his hands through his hair again, “Why can’t I come to your place. What are you so afraid of?”

I looked into his green eyes and told him the truth.

“You.”

“Stop bullshitting,” Peter chuckled.

I wasn’t “bullshitting”.  Peter and I hadn’t exactly ended on good terms. While he’d become an NFL player, I’d lived a whole life too. He didn’t know me anymore and I didn’t know him. I’d pursued my dreams and I’d made a hell of a lot of them happen. What I hadn’t done was figure out how to let a man back into my life the same way I’d let Peter in so many years ago. I was finished with that. Falling into bed with him scared me because it didn’t feel like progress. Chronic high achiever as I was, I needed to feel like I was heading somewhere. 

I preferred things this way: my world was mine and his world was, well, a place I could visit every once in a while. 

He could sense my discomfort. I didn’t hold out hope that he could grasp why I was so uncomfortable. So much time had passed since Michigan. We hadn’t spoken since the day of our breakup. Then again, we’d fallen into bed with each other again within two weeks of reuniting. It was as if no time had passed at all in the bedroom. I had to be careful.  Could I really have casual sex with Peter Roman? Not after our history together. Casual was all he could do. That had spelled trouble for me before. I had to force myself to be wary of him. So no — no seeing my Hell’s Kitchen studio.

Bed was the last place I wanted to talk about the past. It had been six months since I’d even seen a man’s junk and the last time I had, trust me, he wasn’t nearly as attractive, successful and skilled as my ex-boyfriend.

“You have nothing to be afraid of,” Peter lied. (I assumed he was lying.) 

I grinned, masking my discomfort, “I’m too old to believe that.”

“Well if you don’t believe me, let me at least try to prove it to you.”

He leaned in and kissed me. A kiss proved nothing.

“How on earth would you do that?”

“Shhh,” Peter hushed me and then pressed his warm lips to mine.

He pushed me onto my back and spread my legs wide, urgent and sudden. I thought Peter would slide between my legs again but I was wrong. He kissed the fleshy mounds of my bosom and then my flat tummy and then he spread my legs apart and ogled my dripping wet pussy that he’d just been buried inside of.

“You look… delicious…”

He paused as if pondering something serious.

“I can’t wait to eat you ’til you scream.”

Maybe Peter had changed. Giving oral hadn’t exactly been his biggest passion when we were dating. (Had he changed in other ways?). He spread my legs wide and ran his finger along the length of my wetness. I shuddered as the soft pad of his index finger flicked across my clit. He spread my pussy lips apart, ogling the engorged, purplish brown lips before diving his tongue between them.

I gasped as Peter’s tongue went deep between my folds. Pleasure exploded from my core and I slammed my head back into the down pillow. My hips thrust upward, following my body’s natural undulations. Peter pressed my thighs into the bed forcefully and continued to slip his tongue between my inner and outer pussy lips. He wrapped his lips around my engorged clit and began to suck on the hardened nub until I yelped in pleasure and faded into soft moans.

“OHHH!” I moaned, “YES! YES DADDY!” 

I could practically feel Peter smirking. He began to lap at my folds faster, getting me wetter and wetter. I moaned and whimpered in pleasure, my mouth twisted into an opera singer’s perfect “O” as I belted out notes of pleasure. I climaxed hard, forcing juices to ooze from my honey pot and onto Peter’s lips. Sweat pooled at my forehead and every inch of my skin flushed a deep mulberry. He seemed to be savoring the taste of my juices as he stopped to lick his lips and then dove hungrily between my legs for more.

His greed meant my pleasure. I cried out and climaxed again as he began to thrust his hardened tongue into my entrance. He used his tongue to make love to me, to squeeze out every last drop of desire that he could while he could. My body dripped in sweat, my thighs trembled and my pussy quivered as I came again. Peter’s tongue and lips were relentless. Just when I thought I would be free from these non-stop earthquakes of pleasure, he would nibble gently at my folds and dive his tongue in again, slipping between dripping folds.

It took him hours and over twenty climaxes before he tired of pleasuring me with his tongue. My pussy was dripped, swollen with desire and reddened. Desperate for a fresh breath of air, I pulled away from Peter as he lifted his head from between my legs. He ran his hands through his hair with a dopey little smile on his face. I pressed my elbows into his firm mattress and then raised my back. 

“What?” I asked.

“I’ve never seen you cum like that before.”

I rolled my eyes. I was pretty sure he had seen me cum like that before. Many times. It’s just that each time, it was new to him — exciting. 

“Don’t make me blush,” I teased.

“I’m not joking.”

A decade had passed and I knew that Peter Roman was dangerous for me. Still, I was drawn to him. Less of a cynic and I would have blamed fate. When we’d broken up, a bomb had gone off in my dating life. I still hadn’t finished picking up the shrapnel. I picked at my nail beds, waiting for him to say something else, or maybe waiting to come up with something to say that sounded witty or flirty. 

“Thanks for answering my call,” Peter said, still grinning like a high schooler who stumbled upon his first PlayBoy. 

Two weeks ago was the first time I’d talked to him since our break up. It didn’t take long for us to take reminiscing to lovemaking. It had switched in an instant as if the lack of closure alone had forced us together. The major difference was that now we were  older and in theory, wiser. This was just supposed to be two old friends in their thirties meeting up to scratch each other’s itch. It happened sometimes. Dating was hard.

At first, I’d thought that I was the only one who had showed up to Peter’s apartment with lingering, decade-old feelings. Then he kissed me again.

It wasn’t the kiss that changed my mind though. It was what he said afterwards.

“I’ll be in Tribeca when I’m not playing out of state. If you won’t let me see your place, I’d better let you know that you’re welcome at mine.”

“It’s not that I don’t want you to see it,” I lied.

“Then what?”

Okay, it wasn’t a full on lie. But it wasn’t a full on truth either. I didn’t want to let Peter in because letting him in had proved dangerous. I didn’t want to let him in because my studio apartment in Hell’s Kitchen that I’d worked my ass off for looked mediocre compared to his six bedroom penthouse in Tribeca. I knew it was absolutely stupid to compete with my ex who played professional football, but I couldn’t help it. I wanted to prove I’d thrived after the breakup. Doing better than him meant I won — after all, he couldn’t break me.

At least that’s what I told myself. I wasn’t broken.

Then the scary thought entered my head: What if he’s right? What if he has changed, and I’m the one stuck in the past. How did that place me in my unspoken contest?

“I just can’t take you back to my place okay? The neighborhood’s shit.”

Peter chuckled, “Gracie, we grew up in Queens for fuck’s sake. Don’t be fooled by all this bullshit.”

“Oh so what? You’re a down to earth guy?” I teased.

I knew from the tabloids that Peter was likely not a down-to-earth guy. Not like I resented him for it. Hell, if I had millions of dollars from throwing a ball around a field, I’d be pretty cocky too.

“Yes,” Peter replied, “I am. If you read the tabloids, you’ve got the wrong idea about me. I’m Peter Roman from Queens. Just a regular guy.”

I looked away from him, worried that if I looked into his green eyes he’d read my thoughts again. The blond strands that framed his face were caught in my peripheral vision. He exhaled warm and deep. The peppermint on his breath wafted over to me.

Fine. According to him, the tabloids were lying. But that didn’t mean we hadn’t broken up on horrible terms and then never talked about it. That made this sort-of-romance unusual

“Why did you call me?” I asked.

There goes Gracie, always looking for trouble.

“Because I missed you. Plus, you’re the only person in this fuckin’ city who doesn’t look at me funny.”

Right. Poor him. As an NFL player, Peter couldn’t go anywhere without people going gaga over him. I still went gaga over him, but it wasn’t because of the NFL thing. I guess he wasn’t adapting well to fame.

“So I should feel sorry for you because you’re famous?”

Peter chuckled, “No. You should feel sorry for me because I’m a man in my thirties who plays for one of the most popular football teams in America and I still get lonely.”

A rare moment of vulnerability for Peter. I stared into his eyes again. He was genuine. He pulled me in for another kiss. Trusting him had been too hard for me. I was the one who had ruined things, ruined us. I’d pushed him into someone’s arms.

“I can tell you’re over thinking,” Peter whispered.

“Hm?”

“Don’t play dumb with me.”

I picked at my nails again and looked away from him.

“Listen Peter, I need to go.”

“Right,” Peter nodded, “Why exactly?”

“Because,” I lied, “I have work in the morning”

“Uh huh. I’ve got practice. So stay over and I’ll have my driver get you to Hell’s Kitchen in time for work.”

His driver? Peter and I really did live in two different worlds. Panic settled in my chest, forcing my heart to push against my ribs. My nail beds ached.

“No, it’s fine. I’ll enjoy the walk.”

“You’re walking?”

He stood up, always ready to step in and take charge.

“Only to the subway.”

“Bullshit. I’ll pay for a cab.”

“You don’t have to,” I argued, dressing quickly. 

Peter dressed faster and he was far more stubborn than I was.

“Stop messing around Gracie. I’ll get you a cab home.”

I was reminded of our petty arguments from our university days. A smile warmed my face and this time, I decided to let Peter win. We walked out of his room and thankfully, none of his other bachelor housemates were around. I didn’t get along well with them. If I thought Peter could be an asshole, I thought his house mates were the supreme creators of asshole-ry. 

We took the elevator down. Peter kept looking at me as if he were trying to read my mind. I kept trying to stop him. My mind was spinning, over thinking, over worrying, absolutely terrified. I’d just had the best sex of my thirties (I wasn’t very far into my thirties, but still) and the only thing I could think about was something that was buried a decade into the past.

The doorman tipped his hat to Peter and I as we left. I wondered if I’d get the same reception on my own as a black woman in this neighborhood. Peter hailed a cab. Cabs couldn’t ignore all 6’5” of him and instead of waiting a yellow cab skidded over to us. Peter took out a wad of cash and directed the driver toward Hell’s Kitchen.

Before opened the door to the cab, he held my waist and kissed me.

“Don’t be a stranger, Gracie.”

I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back.

“I won’t be.”

Peter opened the door for me and I slid into my free cab ride to Hell’s Kitchen. When I got home, I couldn’t sleep. I knew I had to bring up the awkward, ugly, elephant in the room with him eventually, but I didn’t want to. I knew I was making the same old mistakes I had been in college. I knew that communication was important. But I couldn’t help it. Peter Roman made me scared. Whenever he was around, I always had to face those ugly parts to myself that I’d kept hidden.

Being in love with him had made me crazy. I didn’t want to risk that happening again.

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