Page 44 of Snake (Road Rebels MC 3)
Grinning to myself, I trained my eyes on the end of the hallway. Them snoring would give me a good gauge as to when they were asleep and awake, which meant talking with Harper would be easier. I slowly made my way down the hallway, keeping silent on my feet as I approached her door.
My heart was hammering in my chest as blood rushed through my ears.
I reached out for the doorknob and stopped. I listened for her parent’s snores, smiling when they hit my ear. There was only the door that separated us. The heavy wooden door they had her trapped behind. I closed my eyes and centered my mind, training my ears in the house one last time.
Then, I twisted the doorknob and opened Harper’s door.
Chapter 13
Harper
I saw him pull into the driveway. His helmet was on, and his jacket was covering his body, but I knew it was him. Those strong arms and those long legs straddling that smooth red and chrome bike. I sat down on the edge of my bed as I listened to the doorbell ring. My mother was already in bed and I was already in my pajamas. I could hear the two of them talking as Cade’s low tones rumbled up the stairs.
I closed my eyes and imagined he was speaking with me. He was right there. Right downstairs in my fucking home. I felt my body warm at that idea. I felt a ricocheting shiver slither up my spine. I listened closely as my father walked up the stairs, disappearing into his bedroom to do whatever the hell it was my mother and him did before they fell asleep.
I wondered what I should do. Should I risk going down and talking to him? Should I stay up here? I could go downstairs for some water and encounter him that way. I could go grab another blanket out of the hallway closet and peer downstairs. I could hear my parent’s snoring coming from their rooms as I racked my brain for what to do.
The father of my child was downstairs, and I didn’t know what my next move needed to be.
I got up from my bed and paced back and forth. My stomach was protruding, and my heartburn was returning. If I didn’t get it under control soon, I’d have to go downstairs for some milk anyway. I groaned, my hand pressing into my stomach as my little boy began to kick.
He was really giving me a run for my money.
Just then, I heard a sound. I stopped my movements as my heart thundered in my ears. Was that a creak? Was someone in the house? Of course, there was someone in the house. Cade was fucking in the house. But when I stopped I couldn’t hear the noise, so I went back to pacing.
Until the doorknob of my room turned.
Whipping myself around, I watched the door swing open. My eyes widened as I took in his form, his rock hard body standing in the doorway. Cade’s eyes drilled into mine, his light green eyes peering from underneath his stern brow. His eyes fell on my stomach as I rubbed it, trying to get my son to stop kicking.
Our son to stop kicking.
“You can’t be here,” I said in a whisper.
But all he did was come in and shut the door.
“Cade, if my parents find you in here, my parents are gonna kill me,” I said harshly.
“We need to go talk somewhere,” Cade said.
Fuck, how I’d missed that voice. I allowed it to rush over me. To wrap me up in its rumbling warmth and relax my body. I ran my eyes up and down his form, taking in the strength of his legs and the length of his body. I knew that ever second I spent behind these closed doors with him spelled trouble with my father.
At least if we went outside somewhere, I could take the blame and tell my father I couldn’t sleep.
“Okay,” I said, sighing. “We have a private garden in the back.”
“Lead the way,” Cade said.
Grabbing my robe, I slipped my feet in my slippers. I walked past Cade as my robe fluttered against his body. I could feel him studying me. I could feel him taking me in. Cade helped me down the stairs as our feet bypassed the noisy steps, and I sighed with relief once we dumped out into the backyard. My parents’ snores were still coming from their rooms, rattling the walls as I rolled my eyes.
How the hell could the two of them stand one another?
We walked out into the middle of the garden my mother kept up to relieve her stress. Roses and tulips and trees were fading, and the leaves were beginning to change colors. The grass was green and smelled of fresh air, and the dirt beneath our feet was fraught with water and pliable against my heels. I closed my eyes as we walked through the small pathway, the stones dumping out to a porch swing set up in the middle of our backyard.
I walked over to the swing and leaned against the post, knowing that if I sat down, Cade would sit next to me.
And the last thing I needed was to be reminded of how wonderful his body felt against mine.
I looked up at him from underneath my eyelashes. The way he loomed over me and the way his eyes kept scanning the perimeter made me aware of the danger that lurked in the shadows. He took slow steps towards me, his body hovering as he guarded me against every angle. I could feel his heat radiating from my body. Pounding me with its warmth as his musky scent reached my nostrils.
I was inches away from feeling his leather against my skin before he stopped.
“Is the baby mine?”
I looked up into Cade’s eyes and lost myself in his beauty. In the way, the shadows played off his sharp features. I could see the vein in his neck pulsing, and I wished to rake my teeth across it. I could feel the phantom pangs of his large hands coming down against my ass, and my knees shook at the memory of them.
I had no way to run from this anymore.
“Yes,” I said as I swallowed thickly. “It is.”
Chapter 14
Cade
I couldn’t be away from her for another second. I couldn’t stand the heated tension growing between us. Her words hit me like a crack against my cheek, and the sting reverberated all the way down to my cock. She was inches away from me. Her soft skin and her malleable ass mere inches away from my fingertips.
I closed the gap between us and took her into my arms before I devoured her.
I felt her melt against me instantly. Her hands gripped my leather cut, pulling me closer to her. I swiped my tongue across her lips, demanding access to the sweet, succulent depths that was her body.
I could ask more questions later. Right now, I needed to feel her against me.
Her hands worked my cut off my shoulders as I dragged us to the porch swing. My cock was pressing painfully against my jeans, threatening to burst through my zipper at a moment’s notice. I pulled the bow of her robe free, slipping the silky fabric away from her skin. I sat down in the swing and brought her to me, my legs spread for her body as she laid against my chest.
Her hands worked up my shirt and explored every inch of my skin. I could feel her panting as my lips swallowed her moans. I worked my way down her neck, tasting every inch of her as her hands undid the button of my jeans.
Then I lifted my hips so she could get them down.
I cock sprung through my boxers, searching for her scent like it had all those months ago. My hands tore at her pajama pants, ripping them down her body and exposing her scent to my nose. Hairs stood on the back of my neck as our memories came rushing back to me. The taste of her on my tongue. The feel of her pussy encapsulating my cock. The way she shivered and jolted as she came against my body.
I longed to feel that again with her.
My hands ran up her shirt and stopped on the protrusion of her stomach. She stood in front of me, shaking as fear ran across her eyes. I locked my eyes on hers as I pulled her shirt over her stomach, then lowered my eyes to take in the swell of her skin.
Harper looked radiant as she carried my child.
I leaned in and kissed her stomach as her breath hitched. I kissed down the dark line appearing to split her stomach in half. I massaged her sides as she bit back a moan, feeling the ache of her muscles give way underneath my ministrations. I felt her legs shaking as my tongue danced along her skin, so I turned her around and sat her ass down on my lap.
> I ground my cock against her until I could feel myself pressing against her entrance.
“Harper?” I asked.
“Please don’t stop,” she said in a whisper. “Holy fuck, Cade. Come on.”
I grinned at my name slipping from her lips before I eased my cock into her pussy.
She was tighter than I remembered. Slicked and ready for me as her back descended onto my chest. I groaned along with her as my hand moved her hair from her neck, then my lips began nibbling on her supple skin. I allowed my hands to explore her body. Massaging her full breasts and cupping her full stomach. I ran my hands down her thighs and parted her legs just for me. I rolled my hips into her as her hands reached back for my hair, gripping tightly onto whatever part of me she could have as she panted into the nighttime air.
I could feel her walls already fluttering around me as I nipped at her shoulder.
“Cade. Yes. Shit, I missed this.”
