Mum rubs my hand gently. “You can call the cops. It’s harassment.”
“I think I’m gonna look for another job. I hate leaving Kyle, but I can’t stay there. Michelle is being a total bitch to me.”
“But you love that job,” my mum says and sighs.
“There’s other jobs out there. I never really liked Michelle anyway.”
“I still think you should tell the club. Cree would rip that guy’s balls off,” says Anna, and I laugh.
“And lose the club some of the security business they’re building?”
“Cree’s working for them this evening,” says Anna. “Maybe Cree will tell her about you and him?”
I stare in horror. “I hope not. I just need to lie low for her to get off my back until I find another job.”
“Anyway, fill me in on you and Cree. He looked very smug and happy this morning at breakfast,” grins Anna.
Mum covers her ears. “If you’re talking about that stuff, I’ll go and clean upstairs. You girls catch up.”
I wait until she’s left the room and then smile wide. “I like him, Anna. I didn’t think I did, but oh my god. He opened up to me and I melted. It was like everything made sense once he explained his past. My heart literally cracked wide open, and I can’t stop thinking about him.”
Anna smiles too. “I’m so happy for you. I told you all along that he liked you and you wouldn’t believe me.”
“We never really said we were exclusive though,” I say, letting my fears show. “Do you think he and Michelle might—”
“No, I don’t,” Anna cuts in. “He’s liked you for a long time. He won’t risk blowing it.”
It’s sometime in the middle of the night when the bed dips at my side and thick arms encircle my waist. I know by the woody scent that it’s Cree. I didn’t give him a key, but I’ll question that another time because right now, I’m pleased he’s here. I tortured myself all evening with images of him and Michelle fucking.
I’m lying on my stomach, so he throws his leg over my own and then buries his face into the crook of my neck and inhales. He does that a lot. “You awake?” he whispers. I remain still and quiet, smiling to myself. His hands run under the sheets and across my back. He stops and then feels the lace beneath his fingers some more before ripping the sheet back to see what I’m wearing. I knew the black lace bodice would be a hit.
He growls from the back of his throat and lets his hand run over my ass. “You’d better get that light on,” he mutters.
I reach over to the bedside lamp and flick it on. “Should I even ask how you got in here without a key?” I ask.
“You can ask, but I won’t tell you. Turn over, I need to see the front,” he says, his eyes fixed to my body.
“How was tonight? I ask.
“Don’t make me ask again, Eva,” he growls, and I disguise my giggle with a cough as I roll onto my back. “Jesus, are you tryna’ kill me? Who you wearing this for? How did you know I was coming over?”
“I didn’t.” I smile. “I was hoping some tall, dark, and handsome man would sneak on in here and ravish me,” I say innocently.
Cree scowls. “Nobody but me better be sneaking in here, and you don’t show no man this,” he says, pointing up and down my lace-clad body. “With or without lace, it belongs to me.” I smirk and he brings his mouth to mine.
Cree takes his time devouring my body. There’s no rush and it’s bliss. I lose count of the orgasms he pulls from my exhausted body, and I begin to think Cree was created by some kind of sex god because his stamina is unlike any human I’ve ever heard of.
It’s almost eleven the next morning when I wake and I’m surprised to find Cree sleeping soundly next to me. I prop myself up on my elbow and take in the gorgeous man beside me. Everything about him is hot, even the length of his damn eyelashes.
“Stop watching me. It’s weird,” he mutters and I laugh, blushing because he caught me. “Go shower. We’re hitting the gym in half an hour,” he adds and my smile fades.
“I don’t work out,” I say. “The gym isn’t for me.”
“Today it is. Go shower.”
The gym Cree brings me to is just around the corner from the clubhouse, and I spot Riggs and Chains at the weight bench. “See, your guys are here. I’ll just watch,” I say, but Cree shakes his head and shoves me towards them.
“You look thrilled to be here.” Riggs laughs and I groan loudly.
“He made me come. Who knew the gym was even open on a Sunday?” I say dramatically and they all smirk.
I unfasten my hoodie and slip it off. All three men stare at me and Cree growls. “Put it back on,” he hisses.
I look down at my cropped top. It covers my breasts and looking around at the rest of the women here, I’m dressed the same. “Why?”
“Because you’re practically naked,” he growls.
“I’m wearing the same as everyone else here, Cree. You’re being ridiculous. Now, if you want me to stay, then let’s get on with the work-out.”
Cree huffs and marches towards a weight machine that works the ass and legs. I pretend I have no clue how it works just so he touches me to position me correctly. I do that on most of the other machines too. I can’t get enough of him touching me.
By the time we’ve finished, we’ve worked up enough sexual tension to have us falling straight back into bed the second we get back to my house. And that’s pretty much where we spend the rest of the day.
I’m drifting off to sleep when I hear Cree’s cell ring. He answers it and
