Cade took a long, deep breath, tucked hair behind Kresley’s ears and stepped back a few. He decided to drop whatever had been going on in her head before and led her downstairs to the kitchen, holding her hand as they walked together. He squeezed it before letting go so he could walk over towards the butler’s pantry. Kresley took the opportunity to visually caress his hard, tight ass as it sauntered across the room.
“What can I do to help?”, Kresley asked, clearing her throat and trying to clear her mind from naughty thoughts.
“If you don’t mind, look in the fridge for two to-go containers from The Blue Café and a glass pitcher of lemonade. I’ll get down the mason jars, plates and utensils. Want to eat in here or outside? I was going to let you choose and then set up our dinner wherever you wanted. Oh, and there’s a cheesecake in there as well if you want to take it out and let it be sitting on the counter for later.”
“You had me at cheesecake”, Kresley jokingly stated as she did what he asked. She raised her head up out of the fridge when she didn’t hear a reply from Cade and found him watching her intently. She tried to smile jokingly, but Cade’s heated gaze held her captive, as it wandered from her hair, down her lips, caressing her breasts and all the way down to her feet.
Cade gruffly stated, “Don’t make promises unless you mean them baby. Because the idea of being able to say that you’re mine makes me want to go all primal on your ass and with any other man who dares look at you.”
In that moment, Kresley chose not to beat around the bush or play coy with her answers. She wasn’t going to play it safe any longer when it came to what she wanted. And she wanted Cade. All of him. Only for herself. “Fine, here it goes then. You’re mine. Only mine. If you want a relationship, to be boyfriend and girlfriend, hold hands in public, kiss, make out to annoy my sisters, grope each other in the movie theater, sit snuggled up in a booth at the diner, feeding each other between kisses…well…I’m all for that. But that means you’re mine. And we’re exclusive. I don’t share. And I sure as hell am not going to share you. So, if there are any other females texting you, emailing you, stopping by here or the police department and wanting anything other than police help, then that shit needs to stop as of right this moment. Because I know I seem docile and gentle, but I can beat a bitch if she even looks at my man with anything more than disinterest. So, decide right now if that’s what you want and I’ll be the best girlfriend you’ve ever had. I’ll ruin you for anyone else.” Kresley ended her speech, breathing deeply, heart in her throat and looking at Cade to see how he would react to such possessiveness.
The deep, gruff, almost growling voice that came from Cade sounded like a smooth shot of whiskey to Kresley. “Hell yeah, baby. That’s exactly what I wanted to hear coming out of your mouth. I just thought it was going to take longer to hear it. Kresley Anderson, you’ve been mine from the moment that you got knocked on your ass on the street outside the post office. I know this doesn’t mean we’re in love with each other yet, but I’m not running baby. I’m sitting beside you, ready to ride this roller coaster ride. And no worries about other women. I only have eyes for you. And just so you know, there is no one after you. You’re the end of the search. You have my permission to check my phone any time you like, my emails, have a key to my house so you can come and go as you please. I have nothing to hide and no one else that even compares to you. You’re mine and I’m yours. Life couldn’t be better right now even if we tried.” Cade stated this as he slowly advanced on Kresley across the kitchen, until she was backed up to the kitchen counter. He easily grabbed her waist and hoisted her onto the smooth granite surface.
Kresley soon found herself on the receiving end of one hell of a kiss, with Cade wedged between Kresley’s jean clad legs. His hands gripped her knees and then slowly caressed up her thighs until he was holding on to her hips. He roughly pulled her flush against him as his lips slid wetly down her throat. Kresley tilted her head to the side, giving Cade better access to her flesh. “Mine” was growled into her throat, then gentled with kisses and long licks of his tongue and it had Kresley’s sex clinching tight. She felt those licks deep inside her. “Cade, honey. We need to slow this down. I’m not ready for anything heavier. That’s not how I do relationships. I’m sorry.” Kresley let out a slow breath and looked up at Cade, waiting.
Cade took half a step back and a deep, cleansing breath. He had lost his head there for a few minutes with Kresley. He looked down into her dewy, green eyes, seeing the want, the need there, but he also saw the shyness and the pleading to understand what she just said. “Okay Red, I get it. And I’m fine with that. We’ll go at your pace with all of this. I’m a grown man, not some randy teenager that can’t control himself. You, my sweet, beautiful Kresley, are very much worth the wait. Come on baby, let’s get the food and other stuff and make a picnic outside at my outdoor table. We have a concert that starts in a while that I think you’re going to enjoy. But we need to hurry.”
Kresley jumped
