Eli slipped the card into his back pocket. “I know, baby. I can’t blame him for trying, though. Eli tried to see the humor in their role reversal.
Rachel had been shooing women away from him all evening. Turnabout was fair play, he supposed.
Additionally, she’d been dealing with it all evening from multiple sources, and he’d only had the one to deal with. Still, he knew they hadn’t seen the last of Ace. “He’s right. You are beautiful, and I can recall being hypnotized by the way you move a time or two.” He grinned at her dark blush. “But that doesn’t mean I take kindly to him slipping you his card right under my nose.”
Her hands slid slowly up his torso, distracting him with her soft touch.
“Eli, you do know I’m not a bit interested in him, right?”
“Yes, I figured you weren’t, but it’s good to know for sure. I guess we each know how the other feels receiving unwanted attention tonight.”
“Yes. Yours is the only attention I want. This has been an interesting evening.”
“Yeah, it has. I hope you weren’t too bored, sitting up here with me.”
“Bored? No.” She chuckled. “Bored would have been me sitting at the bar, waiting for you to come over during breaks. I spent the whole evening with you, and we even got to dance quite a bit. It was not a boring evening.
Plus, I have later on, after we get home, to look forward to,” she reminded him softly as she looked up into his eyes.
He looked down at her and trailed his fingers over her cheekbone. “I know. I’m hard just thinking of it.”
“Remember, you have company, so we’re going to have to be very,
very quiet.”
“That’s fine, because I was planning on making slow, sweet love to you, anyway. I was rough today, and I want to take it easy with you tonight.”
In a subtly aroused reaction to his words, her eyelids fluttered at his words, and she licked her lips and he wondered if she was imagining what Eli had just described. His hardening cock eagerly jumped to attention.
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Glancing up at him, Rachel smiled. “You didn’t hurt me, Eli. But slow and sweet sounds heavenly.” She rested her head against his chest, sighing when his hand slid over her back. “How much longer?”
“The club closes in fifteen minutes. One of us usually stays to make sure all the waitresses get to their cars and safely on their way, but it’s Rogelio’s turn to do that, so I’ll be good to go in about thirty minutes. Think you can hang on that long?” he asked, looking into her blue eyes that were now soft with desire. Slowly, a playful, yet seductive, smile came to her lips, and she chuckled.
“I don’t know, Eli,” she murmured suggestively. “That’s a long time, it’s very hard for me to wait, but if I get to come home with you, I think I can take it.” She giggled delightedly when he groaned and rolled his eyes.
“Bad girl.” He nibbled on her ear and hugged her when she squealed.
“Hey, are you two going to be like this every night from now on?
’Cause, it’s downright nauseating,” Mike muttered from his chair.
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Heather Rainier
Chapter Eleven
When they arrived home that night, Rachel stepped inside the front door after Eli opened it for her. She noticed that Kelly and Matthew were snuggled sweetly together on the couch. Matthew was dressed in a fuzzy yellow sleeper, curled up in the crook of his mama’s arm. Kelly was curled inward on the couch, forming a nice little cocoon for the baby to sleep in.
Both were out cold. Only a dim light shone from one of the lamps, left on by Kelly, undoubtedly, so they could find their way through the house. Eli turned the lamp off, and they made their way back into the bedroom on silent feet.
“Do you want a warm shower?” he asked.
“That sounds nice. But won’t it disturb Kelly?” She wanted to get the smell of cigarette smoke off her skin and her hair before she made love with him. A slow burn began inside her pussy.
“No, she’s a heavy sleeper, and she says Matthew is, too. I don’t think we’d disturb her as long as we’re not too noisy.” He stood before her, his hands gliding down her arms.
“We? You want to take a shower together?” The thought sent a
delighted thrill straight through her.
“Don’t you?” He slid his arms around her, and his hands glided over her derriere, squeezing firmly. She loved the feel of his big hands sliding over her body like that.
“Yes.”
After he grabbed his robe from his closet, they slipped into the bathroom and undressed while the water heated up. She brushed her long hair out while she watched him remove and fold his leathers, placing them on the long counter then adding his white T-shirt and knit boxers to the pile.