Chapter 20

Felicity flipped through the pages in front of her. She smiled to herself. After sleeping an entire day, she’d gotten up and puttered around in a hazy state for a few hours; working out the kinks of not moving for so many hours. She’d been sitting sipping her coffee and reading her email, she hadn’t bothered to even read while they were chasing kidnappers around; then the idea came to her and for the last thirty or so hours she’d been working diligently at it. An entire new children’s series had just popped into her head, and she’d been working at a frantic pace trying to get caught up with it.

She hadn’t realized how much she’d been just settling with the other series she’d been working on for several years now. It had been a long, long time since she’d had any new inspirations. It felt great, so refreshing it energized her. Spinning her chair around, she got up and headed to make tea. Sketches for characters were spread out all over the table and parts of the counter; she’d stayed up drawing until almost dawn before having a short nap and getting back to it again.

While the kettle boiled, she stood there and looked out the window at the grey day. The weather outside might be dull, but the sun was shining inside these walls today she thought. She’d called Jac earlier to see how she was doing. Assuring her that in another day or so she’d be back to one hundred percent, despite Reid complaining in the background. Doing so much had really taken a toll on her, but Reid seemed to be nagging her back to full health.

Unplugging the kettle, she sighed, she’d thought of calling Brent, but had chickened out at the last moment. He knew where she was, so let him come to her. She wasn’t a teenager and refused to let her screaming hormones go track the man down—even if he was worth tracking down.

Felicity stopped in mid-stride and stood there. She could do a series for slightly older children too, oh my goodness the ideas weren’t going to let her rest, were they? She chuckled and quickly went to grab a notebook and jot down the thoughts flowing out of her mind faster than she could sort them out. When her cell phone rang, she leaned over to see the number. Speak of the man. She picked it up without her pen stopping.

“Hello.”

“Hey. How are you?”

“I’m good. Slept away a little over a day and then woke up energized.”

Brent chuckled. “Yeah, I slept until the bed was no longer comfortable.” He paused. “Are you busy right now? I needed to stop by.”

She stopped writing for a moment. “Uh, sure.”

“If you’re busy…”

“No, now is fine. I’ve been working on some stories, but I can take a bit of a break.”

“All right then I’ll see you shortly.”

Felicity hung up the phone and without taking the time to think about it, she went back to writing out her ideas. She continued writing while sipping away at her tea.

When someone knocked on the door, she smiled he must have been around the corner. “Come on in.” She opened a Word document on her laptop and started to set the layout up. Something licked the back of her neck. Jumping, she turned around to see Brent standing there holding a tiny black puppy. She looked up at his grinning face and then reached out for the puppy. “Oh, look at you.” The puppy wiggled happily in her arms and started to lick her throat.

Brent put his hands in his pocket and stood back watching the delight spread over Felicity’s face as the pup tried to climb up to her face. “Do you like her?”

Felicity laughed and the puppy licked her ear. “She’s adorable. Where did you get her?”

“My brother-in-law’s dog had six puppies a while ago.”

“What are you going to call her?”

He shrugged. “That’s up to you.” Her eyebrows shot up. She pulled the puppy back and looked at it.

“You’re giving her to me?” Brent nodded with a grin. “Oh my god!” She jumped up with the squirming pup and threw herself into his arms. The puppy yipped and tried to squirm up to lick at either one of them. “Thank you so much.” She looked back down at the puppy, then pulled out of his arms and set her on the floor. Squatting down she held the puppy at arm’s length and looked at her. “I think we’ll call you Miracle.” She looked up at Brent and grinned. “You are so sweet.”

Brent grinned. “Let me go get her basket.”

She stood there and watched the puppy as it ran around the room, sliding into everything in the way.

Felicity was laughing when Brent came back in. He set the basket beside the island and stood there watching her. He cleared his throat. “So now you have to stay, with a dog and everything, time to settle down.”

Felicity got up from where she’d been kneeling. “Oh, yes. Life on the road wouldn’t be right for a dog.” She walked over and wrapped her arms around his waist again and rested her cheek against his chest. Glancing down she watched Miracle turning in her basket and plopping down with a big yawn. “Aw, she’s all tired out already.”

“She probably exhausted herself trying to climb up the steering wheel as I was driving. I’m lucky we survived the drive.” Running a hand down her hair, he pulled her tightly into his arms again. He moved over a few feet and leaned back against the island. “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about you, Felicity.”

She looked up at him and searched his face. “Thinking about what?” His eyes were caressing her face.

“Mostly this.” He leaned down slowly and claimed her lips. He’d spent the last day thinking about nothing but kissing her. She’d been in his mind when he’d finally woke up and he hadn’t been able to do anything but try to find a reason for her stay. Her mouth yielded to his and he moaned and deepened the kiss until they were both gasping. “And this,” he whispered against her lips before he lowered his mouth to her neck gently. Her hands went up to his hair and grasped lightly. Closing his eyes, he pulled her tightly against his body, trying to ease the ache that had been constant.

“I think we should explore what you’ve been thinking about.” Her knees were trembling. The words were hardly out of her mouth when he turned them and lifted her onto the countertop. She forgot about the sketches until she heard them flutter to the floor when he began devouring her throat. He pulled her legs open and thrust his hips between them as he grasped hers and pulled her to the edge of the counter. The soft-spoken, easy-going man had her vibrating in seconds. Wrapping her legs around him, she grabbed his shirt and pulled it from his pants so her hands could touch the warm flesh underneath it.

Lifting his head from her throat he ran his hand into her hair and lightly held a handful of it, slowly pulling her head back. Her eyes were heavy with lust. Lowering his mouth, he nipped at her bottom lip and as he reached in his back pocket and tossed his phone on the counter. “No interruptions,” he whispered in a ragged voice and then pulled her head back and darted his tongue into her mouth. Her teeth nipped lightly on his tongue, and he growled in response. Taking the back of her thigh he lifted her up against him. Rocking his hips into her, he pulled his head back and looked down at her. She licked her bottom lip and tightened her legs around his waist.

He turned and started walking towards the open bedroom door. She was pushing up his shirt as he went and when her mouth dipped down and her teeth grazed one of his nipples he gasped and leaned back against the wall inside the doorway. When he pressed his hardness into the center of her, she lifted her head and panted out a moan while looking up at him. He let her slide down his body until she stood in front of him. Letting go of her, he pulled his shirt off and tossed it on the floor, her hands were undoing his jeans and shoving them down. Before he had a chance to take them off completely, she licked her way down his chest and grasped him in her hand. He jerked his head back against the wall and groaned.

Felicity stood there with trembling legs and looked up at him. His muscled chest was heaving. She smiled when he sucked in a breath as she leaned forward and licked a sensitive nipple. Tasting her way down his body she felt a heat burst into her when he lightly grasped her hair. He was fighting letting her take the lead and she knew it. Licking her lips, she bent down and took the head of him into her hot mouth. His hand dropped from her hair, and he hissed out a breath. Taking more of him into her mouth, she felt the muscles in his stomach clench.

Brent’s mind was screaming. Her mouth was driving him insane. It felt so good. He felt her teeth lightly graze him and his whole body jerked. If she kept that up, he wouldn’t last another minute. Grasping her hair lightly he pulled her to stand in front of him. “My turn.” He reached down and pulled her shirt over her head and spent even less time freeing her from the white lace bra that was in his way. Picking her up by the waist her lifted her to meet his lowering head and sucked a hard nipple into his mouth. She wrapped her leg around his, bringing her against his bare body. She was rubbing herself against his hard length, much as a cat would.

Wrapping an arm around her, he moved over to the bed and lowered her to it as he moved his mouth over to tease the other nipple. Her hands were weaved into his hair and holding his head against her. Pulling back, he stood up and looked down at her with her hair fanned out around her. Kneeling on one knee he reached down and ran a hand lightly from her collarbone to the top of her jeans. Flicking the button open, he ran the back of his fingers lightly under the material. Her breathing was as ragged as his own. “I’d like to say I was going to go slow, but I don’t think I can right now.”

“Just don’t stop.” Her voice was so husky she barely recognized it.

He grinned at her as he unzipped the jeans and pulled them over her hips. “I won’t.” When he pulled the jeans off her legs he stood there and looked down at her. Grasping himself tightly he slid his hand up and down a few times. “You are so fucking sexy, Felicity.” Leaning over he kneeled on the bed again and slid a hand under her and lifted the weight of her upper body until she was sitting. In one movement he was kneeling between her legs with her straddling his thighs. She wrapped her arms around his neck and bit his neck. “Wrap your legs around me. Now.” He kissed her hard as he lifted her up over him. When her legs touched his side, he plunged up into her in one movement. She cried out and dropped her head back.

Hissing out a breath, he fought for control. “You’re so tight.” Pulling her mouth back to his he kissed her roughly as he moved her body up and down him. She whimpered against his lips each time their bodies connected. Her hands gripped his shoulders tightly as she started rocking against his body every time he lowered her. Leaning his head back, he grasped her waist with both hands and increased the speed. She looked like a dream with her long hair surrounding her as she threw her head back and gasped with each stroke he made.

What was left of his control broke when she started to moan louder. He thrust her down onto him as his hips rocked up into her, harder and faster with each stroke. She cried out and he felt the heat flow over him as she shuddered. Gritting his teeth, he frantically thrust up into her while slamming her down onto him. He held his breath when his release rocked through him while she was still convulsing around him.

Felicity dropped her head forward onto his shoulder and tried to catch her breath. She actually felt dizzy and lightheaded from climaxing so quickly. Kissing the side of his neck, she grinned when he shuddered against her.

Dropping his head down, he kissed her shoulder. Balancing her weight between her shoulder blades he lowered them both to the bed; not wanting to pull out just yet. She relaxed under him and began kissing his neck and shoulders. His arms weren’t as steady as he’d like, so he flipped them in one swift movement so she lay on his chest. Her mouth was still moving over his skin, tasting him. “You keep doing that and I won’t even get a chance to catch my breath.” She lifted her head and smiled down at him. Reaching, he held her face lightly in his hands and lifted his mouth to hers.

His kiss was so gentle and thorough that she sighed when he stopped and smiled at her. “So, you like the puppy?”

She laughed softly. “I like the guy that gave me the puppy too.”

“I’m glad to hear that because I think he wants to spend a lot more time with you.”

She sat up on him, sighing when she felt him getting hard inside her. “He does?”

“Yeah, he does—a lot.” He grasped her waist lightly and lifted her to slide up him slowly.

“I’m happy to hear that.” When he lowered her back down, she moaned quietly.

He lifted her again slowly and felt her clench around him. Lifting his head to taste her he stopped when she suddenly went stiff. He looked up at her to see her laughing and looking beside the bed. Turning his head, he looked to see Miracle sitting beside it wagging her tail. He groaned. “You made me forget to close the door.” He ran a hand over her bottom. “I was just getting started.”

She laughed at him. “I didn’t make you do anything, detective.” She leaned down and kissed him roughly. “And you’ll just have to start all over later now.” Lifting off of him she scooted to the edge of the bed. Reaching down she rubbed the puppy’s tummy as it dropped onto its back. She looked over at the man watching her with adoration in his eyes and couldn’t remember ever being happier than she was right at this moment.

The End.