Takin' the Reins (The Sterling Brothers #2)(4)

“You’re drunk,” her father said in his deep baritone voice.

“Yup,” was all she said and stepped inside. This was another reason why she really needed her own place.

“Did you girls have a good time?” Her dad shut the door, and although they were grown women, he always called them “girls”, like they were still those teenagers running around giggling about boys.

“We did. Drank too much.” She shrugged. “It was fun.”

She sat on the couch, feeling dizzy, the room spinning.

“Braxton, leave the poor girl alone,” her mother’s voice came from behind her, and Lexi looked over her shoulder at her mom.

Her mother and dad had gotten a lot of shit when they started dating. Her father, being of African descent, had dark skin, and her mother was half Norwegian and had a pale skin tone and blue eyes. They’d gotten grief at first because they dated outside of their race. It was ridiculous, and despite the prejudice they both saw from all ends, they stayed together and were happier than ever. Lexi knew that was why they’d moved to Granite. They’d done it to escape all the shit. She’d never actually sat down and asked them about it all, knowing it was hard for her mother to bring that up, but from the stories they told her, how people would be cruel, say things to them as they walked down the street holding hands, and the other disgusting displays of ignorance they experienced, Lexi had put the pieces together and could guess on how they were treated.

“Sienna, I am not about to have my daughter come walking in at all hours of the night drunker than hell.”

Her mother scoffed, and Lexi leaned back on the couch fully, knowing it wasn’t funny, but smiling anyway.

“She’s fine, had someone drive her home, and she’s a grown adult.” Her mom came into the living room and grabbed Lexi’s father’s hand. “Come on, Braxton, let’s get back to bed. I’m sure having her parents harping on her is bringing down her buzz.”

Lexi couldn’t help it. She laughed. Hearing her mother say that, at this moment, was the funniest thing she’d ever heard. “Bringing down my buzz?” Lexi looked at her parents and smiled. “I’m fine, really.” Her father still looked stern and determined to scold her, like she was a little girl still. But she loved him for being so protective, for wanting to make sure she was safe. They were all she had, and Lexi was their only child. It had always been them against the world.

“Okay,” her father finally sighed out the word. He walked over and gave her a kiss on the head, and once Lexi was alone again she exhaled roughly. Ever since she’d left Jace at the bar he’d been on her mind. He’d watched her the entire time, his intense focus trained right on her. As it was that gaze alone had her feeling like he was actually reaching out and touching her, like he was pulling her close and forcing her to feel the things she’d buried deep.

Scrubbing a hand over her face, she stared at the ceiling. She could hear the muffled words of her parents talking in their bedroom. Lexi was confused, lost, in a way, and not sure how to push out of the way these emotions she had for Jace. It shouldn’t matter want she wanted to have with him, or more realistically, what she wanted to experience for one night. She knew he’d never give her the time of day, and she should be happy about that. Lexi didn’t want to just be another notch in his bedpost, and she knew if she gave in to her carnal desire, that’s exactly what she’d be.

****

Jace watched Colton stumble up the steps of his porch, and finally, after several minutes of trying to get in the house, all but fall inside. The woman he had with him was just as much the worse for wear, and Jace had a pretty good feeling that within the next half hour both would be passed out with their clothes still on. Jace could have stopped his brother from drinking so much, but they’d been busting their asses on the farm, and relaxing and helping the stress go away with some extracurricular activities was what they deserved.

He pulled away from Colton’s house and made his way to his. Once there he cut the engine, sat there for a second just staring at the house, and finally climbed out. His dick was hard because Lexi had been on his mind all fucking night. He didn’t know if he would have tried to get her in bed, but a part of him hadn’t been concerned about that. He hadn’t been focused on trying to get between her thighs because she fascinated him. Of course, there was no mistake that he wanted her like a fucking fiend, but he wanted to get to know her, and that was something he’d never cared about doing with a woman before.

Once inside he took off his shirt and tossed it in the laundry room. He smelled like beer and cigarette smoke thanks to the woman Colton brought back with him. Palming himself through his jeans, Jace felt like a damn teenager for what he was about to do. But he didn’t have a woman here—and in fact didn’t want one unless it was Lexi—so jerking off was the next best thing.

It’s the only option, you asshole.

Yeah, he wasn’t ashamed to jerk off thinking about Lexi, and in fact was getting harder just picturing what he’d do to her. He went into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and got undressed. Grabbing hold of his dick, he stroked himself for a few times, the pleasure already mounting. He wouldn’t last at this rate, and especially not with the filthy fucking images moving through his mind.

He thought about Lexi in that white dress, at the way her skin looked so soft, at the fact she smelled so damn good. Closing his eyes and groaning, he started to stroke himself faster, applying more pressure to his cock.

Her ass was perfectly curved, big and round, and so fuckable.

Yeah, I’d fuck her ass so good, make her know who she was with. She’d never forget being with me.

Her tits were perfect, her nipples slightly hard and pressing against the material. A harsh groan was ripped from him as the images in his head got dirtier. Jace could imagine tearing off her clothes, spreading her out on his bed, and mouth fucking her pussy until she came all over his face. He’d spread her pussy lips wide, feast on her even after she got off, and make her come again and again.

“Fuck,” he wheezed out, his balls drawing up as the pleasure heightened.

He’d make her feel so good, and he’d watch her go over the edge. But he’d flip her onto her belly, push her legs apart again, and eat out her ass until she realized that getting a rim job could be so fucking good. He started to stroke his cock from root to tip, feeling his balls draw up even further, and his body tightening as the pleasure washed through him at an astounding rate.

Jace squeezed his eyes shut and groaned louder. The room stared to fill with steam, and he braced a hand on the vanity counter, curling his fingers around the granite. He stroked his dick harder, faster, picturing her legs spread, her pussy and ass on display. Jace would make sure to touch every part of her. She’d be begging for his cock by the time it was all said and done. And then the picture of him finally sliding his cock into her, of being balls deep, slammed into his head so quickly he snapped his eyes open as he felt his orgasm rush forward.

Yeah, when he finally had Lexi she’d know exactly who had been deep inside of her.

The pleasure moved through his body, starting at the base of his spine and washing into his very cells. He stroked his cock faster, curling his fingers around his shaft even tighter until the pain mixed with the pleasure.

Christ.

He breathed harder.

I’ll make her mine.

Every muscle in his body clenched, tightened, and the need to just unload and get off came on fast and strong. But before he came he moved over to the shower, wrenched the curtain open, and pointed his dick toward the water. He started jerking off even more forcefully, his orgasm right there at the surface.

Lexi.

He groaned at hearing her name in his head.

He clenched his jaw and finally felt the pleasure move through him. He watched as the thick, white jets of his spunk shot out of the tip of his cock and landed on the shower floor, the water washing it away instantly.

When his orgasm finally dimmed and his body wasn’t so tense, he braced his hand on the wall beside him and breathed. Fuck, he hadn’t jerked off in longer than he cared to admit. He’d never had to. But that orgasm, and the thoughts of Lexi that had brought him to that point, were so fucking intense it rivaled actual sex.

It wouldn’t rival what you could have with Lexi.

Despite the fact what he felt had come on so strong and fast it made no damn sense, Jace knew he wasn’t about to walk away and ignore his feelings. He’d go after Lexi, and when he finally had her he doubted it would be for one night.





Chapter Four



Jace wiped the sweat from his eyes and lifted his head to see a dark blue SUV coming up to the main house. He leaned against the new fencepost he’d just put in, and watched as the vehicle came to a stop and Brooklyn Jacks, Pearl’s friend, climbed out. Her dachshund, cutely named Hot Dog, was tucked close to her side. But as soon as she shut the car door she let the dog down, and he started running around chasing the birds.

When Brooklyn had first come to the property after Travis and Pearl had become a thing, Jace had wanted her. Hell, so did Colton. Brooklyn was definitely a looker, but he’d backed off, letting Colton go after her, or at least try. To Jace’s amusement Brooklyn had shot Colton down, and still continued to, despite the fact his brother tried to get with her at every opportunity. If Brooklyn only knew turning Colton down made the Sterling brother want her even more, almost in an obsessive manner, she might have just given in. But Brooklyn was smart, gorgeous, and she knew what she wanted in life. That was clear. If she did want Colton she was playing hard to get really damn good.