Lily's Mistake(22)

She is overjoyed. "That man …  I keep telling him that there will be no  other woman who will make him as happy as you, Lil. Every time I tell  him that, he tells me to drop the subject, but I guess, it did get  through to him. The way my son looks at you, he won't stop until he gets  what he wants."

"I know," I whisper. I remember how relentless he can be and I clearly  remember how he has been since I've succumbed to him. He's insatiable  and I love every second of it. The man knows his way around a woman's  body. I blush as I recall his antics.

Patricia and I go into the dining room and join the rest of the group. I  greet Mom, Hugh and Colin. Colin is still pleasant and still looks the  same since I last saw him. Which was ages ago. Patricia explains that  I'm not feeling too well, but before I leave the dining room, I see her  wickedly wink at me.

I meander back towards the hall and find Drake waiting for me at the  stairs, leaning against the staircase. My body prickles when I get close  to him. "Hi."

"Ready?" Drake asks.

I frown. "For what?"

Drake picks me up and takes me upstairs to his old bedroom. How he  manages to get there without tripping, I will never know. Once we are  next to his bed, he slowly puts me down and undresses me until I only  have my bra and underwear on. He then puts me in his bed and covers me  with the sheets.

"You might not be hungry, but I'm going to feed you anyway," Drake says  as he takes a tray of food and places it on the side table. The smell of  fresh sautéed shrimps, grilled steak and vegetables makes my mouth  water. "Open your pretty little mouth, Lil."

I glare at him. "I can feed myself."

He shakes his head. "Nope, where's the fun in that? Let me take care of you, Babe."

Damn the man for being so sweet. I can't help but say ‘yes' every single time this side of him comes out.

So he feeds me until I'm full. Drake wants me to finish the entire  raspberry topped crème brulee, but I'm way past my limit. "I can't …  no  more. You've already proved to be such a good nurse. I'm good." I grin  at him.

Drake stands up and puts the tray aside after he carefully cleans my  lips of any food residue. "What now?" I look at him, expectantly.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to rest? I can get you more pain  meds if you need them." Drake sits on the bed and starts to stroke his  fingers against mine.         

     



 

Emboldened, I tell him, "I want your kisses. Can you make that happen?"

Drake jumps right on the bed and gets on top of me. "Thought you'd never  ask," he murmurs before he kisses me with such affection, I hopelessly  burn against him.

I run my fingers through his hair, playfully pulling it. Drake groans  against my lips. "Relax and sit tight while my mouth devours you."

I yelp when Drake situates his head in between my core and bites into  the flesh of my inner thigh. "You're too playful," I complain. I hear  his light chuckle and feel his hot breath against my mound as he removes  my panties.

"You have no idea …  how playful I can be." My fingers clutch the sheets  when his tongue pierces into my wet entrance. Those were the last words  he spoke to me for an hour and half.





19



"Masie, this is Drake. He wanted to tag along. I hope you don't mind me  bringing him without giving you a heads up." I look at my smiling,  curious friend.

She might be smiling, but I know what she might be truly thinking behind  the façade. She's probably freaking out and jumping for joy that I  brought Drake here.

"Ah, I've heard a lot about you, Drake. Nice to finally meet you. When  Lily said you were good-looking, I didn't realize she was lying. ‘Cause  you're more than good looking." Masie greets him and Drake blushes from  Masie's boldness.

"You asked for it. You did invite yourself to come along," I mutter next to him.

"Nice to meet you, Masie." Drake hands her a bottle of red wine before Masie leads us inside.

Masie doesn't hold back when she checks Drake's backside as he moves  past her, then gives me a thumbs-up. I simply glare at her. "It's just  us and a few of our close friends." Masie informs Drake.

I stop when I see Jared outside, laughing and drinking a beer.

Hell, am I being punished? Why are bad things happening to me? When it  rains, it pours, they say. Now I know what that phrase truly means.

When Drake sees my expression, he follows to where my gaze has landed.  He immediately tenses behind me. "Try to behave will you, Lil?" Drake  asks me in a low tone, just loud enough for me to hear.

"Scared that I'll ditch you for another man?" I'm beyond amused. Drake  is really possessive. He cusses and I just give him a bright smile.

"Don't worry, you can't be easily replaced."

Drake starts to thaw, just a tad. "You mean that, Lil?"

Always, Drake. "Yes, I do mean it."

When we go out to the backyard and join the rest of the party. Jared  smiles when he sees me, but that smile turns into a frown once he spies  Drake, who follows behind me.

Masie introduces Drake to the rest of her friends. Nick eyes Drake  before he shakes hands with him. I'm guessing Nick instantly knows who  he is, based on his reaction. "Welcome, Drake." Nick motions for Drake  to take a seat and join them at the table. There are a dozen or so of  their friends sitting around the table.

As the party goes on, Nick, David and Drake are engrossed in their talk  about movies and special effects. I decide to go inside and help Masie  out in the kitchen instead of trying to follow the guys' conversation. I  hardly notice when Jared follows me in.

"Lily, can we talk?"

I clear my throat before I agree. Jared leads us to the living room for  some privacy. Jared chooses to stand towards the very end of the room,  away from where I am.

"The weeks you promised, I guess that's not valid any longer?" he asks accusingly.

"The other night, we sorted things out somehow. I want to give Drake  another chance. I have to. I feel that I owe it to myself to know if it  could really work or not. I meant to tell you," I plead to Jared. He  looks like he can't believe what I'm telling him.

"I really like you, Lily. You must know that. I'm hurt, yeah. Although,  I'm not going to lie and say I didn't see this one coming after leaving  you the other night with him being so angry." Jared sits on the beige  couch and huffs out a sigh. "Tell the guys that I'm going home. I need  to clear my head for the day. I just got hit by a big blow. I need time  to process this, if you don't mind." He suddenly stands up and walks  towards where I stand, rooted on the spot.

I feel like the most wretched person for making this sweet guy  miserable. There is no other way to go about it. I want Drake and I want  to see where this can go. I'm done denying what my heart's been telling  me since the day that he came back into my life.

Jared kisses my cheek. "I knew that this man owned your heart when I saw  how you reacted to him. Follow where your heart leads you... and be  happy. Take care, Lil."         

     



 

"Thank you, Jared," I say with gratitude for his understanding.

He gives me a sad, shaky smile before leaving the living room and out of the house.

After a few minutes, Masie comes in and gathers me in her arms. "Don't  feel too bad, Missy. I think we all know that your heart lies with Drake  after all these years. Jared knew the score. Nick tried to warn him  off, but he didn't listen."

Masie and I join the rest of party. When one of the guys asks where  Jared went, she just shrugs, tells them that he had to sort something  out and needed to leave immediately.

"Everything okay, Babe?" Drake whispers against my ear when I sit next  to him. He sounds worried. I'm grateful that he didn't freak out when  Jared followed me inside. Knowing how Drake is, he most likely saw it,  but trusted me to take care of it and I did; I took care of it.

I brightly smile at him before I give him a quick kiss. "It is now."

His pauses and looks me over. "Yeah?"

"Yeah, Drake."

His pleased, beautiful smile does me in. "Thank you. That makes me so  happy. I'll show you how happy I am tonight." Drake's eyes burn me up. I  feel my cheeks grow hot and my vaginal muscles tighten.

Damn the man. He's getting me aroused right in front of my friends.

His shrewd eyes figure out what is going on with my body as he sees the  changes in me. His eyes dilate as he stares at me. I'm surprised when he  suddenly stands up and excuses us both. "I have to speak to Lily for a  bit. Please excuse us."

Since they are busy talking about playing poker, they don't mind us leaving.

Drake quickly leads us upstairs and shoves me inside the bathroom where  he locks us in. "I need to be inside you. Now!" He hisses against my ear  as he positions me facing the mirror, against the sink. His hands take  care of my jeans along with my underwear, pulling them down just past my  knees.