Noah's Journey (Sawyer Brothers #3) (12 page)

Chapter Twenty-Four

Noah

The ride home was full of sexual tension. Hell, it was so damn thick, I would have sworn in that moment it was making it almost impossible to breathe. The fact Alena had roaming hands and became horny after she drank just added to my difficulties. I really loved her forwardness and made a note to myself to remember how she got around alcohol.

We were rounding the bend that led to the lane to my place when she slid her hand beneath the waistband of my jeans. My legs tensed, and for a moment I pressed a little harder than I wanted to on the gas pedal. As if her hand encircling my hard cock wasn’t enough, she used her other to unbutton and unzip my jeans. I was just about to stop her when she lowered her head and took my dick into her mouth. In that moment, I lost all conscious thought. I let up off the gas and tried my damnedest not to drive off the road.

I drove up the lane to my house and slowed to a stop a few feet from my garage. Placing the truck in park, I let my head fall back and focused on the warm wetness of her heavenly mouth. She was damn good at sucking cock, so good I had a hard time not gripping her head and thrusting in harder and faster. She made me forget my control the moment she took me between her sweet lips.

“Fuck, baby, I’m gonna lose it,” I said as I brushed her hair from her face.

The little vixen looked up at me, licking over my entire length. “I give you permission,” she whispered with a knowing smile. “Let go, handsome. I want to taste you.” She didn’t wait for a response as she gripped the base of my cock and got back to work.

My eyes rolled back in my head, my toes curled, and my thighs tightened. Fuck me, I felt like my head was spinning.

She moaned as my orgasm ripped through me.

My body shook as I filled her mouth, and she accepted it all. She didn’t stop sucking and licking until she’d cleaned my cock.

“Now that was sexy,” Alena whispered before kissing my stomach and trailing her tongue up over my abs and kissing along my chest softly. “But that was only the beginning, cowboy. We have a whole night ahead of us.”

She pushed off my chest and opened the passenger door, leaving me watching after her in awe as she stepped out.

I’d hit the fucking jackpot.

She stood at the door, a seductive smile still covering her lips as I walked to her. Just as I turned the key, I leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

“You better run, sweetheart, because I’m about to devour you.”

Her eyes grew wider, and her smile turned to a sexy smirk. “What if I don’t want to run? What if I’m ready to be devoured?” She began backing into the house as she motioned with her finger for me to follow.

I closed and locked the front door and turned back to face her just in time to catch her kick off her heels and begin shimmying her pants and panties down her hips. I swallowed hard as I took in her beauty. Her eyes remained locked on mine as she continued to undress and dropped her shirt and bra to the floor. She walked backward once again and lowered herself to the couch. I walked over to her and knelt between her thighs.

As I ran my hands up them, she bit down hard on her lower lip as her eyes fluttered shut. As she lifted her hips, I knew what she was craving, yet I was enjoying teasing her. When my hands met the apex of her thighs, I gently placed my thumb over her clit and made a circular motion. She whimpered and thrust her hips, begging for more. Watching her reaction closely, I leaned in and kissed her inner thigh. Her mouth fell open. “Mm,” she moaned. Before I could make another move, she placed her hand on the back of my head and pulled me toward the place she needed me most.

Note to self—Alena also grew impatient when she drank. I tried not to chuckle at her persistence as she pushed my head downward. She lifted her hips at the same time, and that was all it took. As my tongue touched her sweetness, I no longer felt the urge to tease her. I think I needed to taste her as much as she needed to feel me.

I went in for the sweet spot and began sucking her clit as I slid my finger inside her heat. She was so fucking wet, it took little effort.

“Oh my God, Noah, I love when you do that,” she panted. “Just like that, fuck, stay right there.” She was demanding and needy, and it was fucking sexy as hell.

She rode my face toward her release, and I looked up to watch her. Alena’s mouth was slightly parted, her eyebrows scrunched in determination. She fisted the couch cushions at her sides as she rotated her hips. I continued to slide my finger in and out of her wet pussy as I concentrated on her swollen clit.

“Oh yes, right there, don’t stop,” she begged as her body tensed and she shivered through her orgasm. I did what she asked, accepting it all and continuing to take all she gave me.

My own urgency took over, and I knew I needed her. In a rush, I pulled my wallet from my back pocket and fished out a condom. In record time I had my cock shielded and was pushing inside her while she still throbbed from coming only seconds ago. Gripping her hips, I drove inside her hard and fast. I couldn’t remember a time when I was so fucking turned on. I felt light-headed, and my heart was beating so fast.

“Harder,” she demanded, her voice needy.

“Like this, baby?” I said as I drove inside her over and over. The sound of our bodies slapping together only pushed me to go faster and harder. “Fuck, Alena, I’m so close, sweetheart,” I told her as I tried to hold back. “Come for me, give me more.”

I thought I could keep it together, but when she ran her hand down her stomach and settled it where we were connected, fuck, maintaining that control became the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

Alena placed two fingers over her clit and began rubbing herself. My nostrils flared, and I slowed my movements and watched her pleasure herself as I fucked her slowly.

The moment she tensed around my hardness, I let go of my own release, and we came together, our eyes locked on to each other’s.

***

A tingling sensation ran over my back and along my shoulder. I shifted toward it and snuggled against the warmth beneath me. Settled, I’d begun to fade back into the comfort of sleep when the softness of her touch woke me fully.

“Mm, that feels nice,” I whispered against her shoulder.

After we had sex on the couch, we made our way to my bedroom. After making love slowly that time, we fell asleep in one another’s arms.

Alena combed her fingers through my hair, and I kissed her collarbone. My body was still covering hers, curled around her like a blanket.

My gaze met hers, and her smile pulled at something deep inside me. I knew I wanted nothing more than to spend day after day being surrounded by her love.

“I love you,” I whispered. Her eyes filled with tears, and her lower lip trembled. “I’m so in love with you, sweetheart.”

I raised myself up on my elbows and braced them on either side of her. Kissing her lips gently, I rested my forehead against hers.

“I love you too.” When she spoke those words, my heart felt like it would beat out of my chest.

I positioned myself between her thighs and slowly began sliding inside her as I lowered my lips to hers.

It took me a moment to realize why things felt so different this time. Why our lovemaking was so intense.

“Damn,” I groaned as I began to pull back, and she wrapped her legs around my waist in protest. “I need a condom,” I told her, and she smiled up at me, shaking her head gently.

I arched an eyebrow in confusion, and her smile grew wider. “No, you don’t. I got the shot almost two weeks ago.”

I stayed in place, hovering over Alena with my cock still halfway inside her. “You didn’t think to tell me that last night?” I groaned as I began to push back inside her warmth.

“Sorry.” She arched her back, and her breasts pressed against my chest as I rotated my hips. “I was a little out of it last night.”

I groaned as she clenched around me and rocked her hips, taking me inside her just a little farther.

“No more condoms,” I said. “Not after feeling you like this. Nothing between us anymore.” There was no fucking way we could go back. This felt too amazing, too intimate. “I love you so much, Len, so damn much,” I confessed as we began to rock together.

“And your love is the greatest feeling I’ve ever felt.”

My throat tightened with emotion, but before I could respond, she gripped the back of my neck and pulled my lips down to meet hers. So instead of words, I tried to focus on showing her just how much I adored her. She had fully captured my heart and soul.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Alena

Amber sat across me at the countertop dabbing at her eyes. I held a cup of coffee in my palms and smiled. “It was the sweetest moment,” I confessed as my eyes filled with tears. “Everything changed, and I can’t remember a time I felt more treasured.”

“I will admit the Sawyer boys were raised right. They know how to love and adore. They have both the gentleness a woman needs and the heavy love a woman craves,” Amber said before she blew her nose. “The love of a Sawyer man is consuming and overpowering. You don’t have a moment to feel neglected or lonely. They love every moment they’re near you. And I couldn’t be happier than I am right now, because you deserve that kind of love, Len.”

I had never felt a love like that.

“Speaking of Sawyer men, here come two very handsome officers,” Amber said excitedly.

I looked back over my shoulder as Ryan and Noah entered the front doors of the bakery. That confident swagger could make any woman weep. Ryan rounded the counter and went straight to his wife, and Noah stepped up behind me and pressed his chest to my back, placing one hand at either side of me on the countertop. Feeling his breath on my neck gave me the chills.

“Hey, sweetheart,” he said before he kissed my neck. “I missed you in my bed this morning.” He kissed me once again, and I was instantly turned on by his closeness, but with a man like Noah, it didn’t take much. “You don’t plan on making me sleep alone tonight, do you?”

“No,” I whispered.

I still felt guilty staying at his place when he had Austin for the night. I felt like he had already missed so much of his son’s life that their time together should be just that—their time. When I was there, I felt I just took Noah away from Austin when he deserved his daddy’s full attention. The fact Austin liked to sleep with Noah also made me a little hesitant about sleeping over, especially considering that Noah and I found ourselves naked most mornings. Tonight Austin would be with his mom, so I had every intention of being in his bed.

“That makes me real happy,” he said huskily. “Dinner at Ma’s tonight. We’re all invited. Bring Trinity too. But when we leave, we leave together.”

“Okay,” I said. My heart was racing, and I knew if I tried to say much more, I would only embarrass myself. After only five minutes in his presence, I was already a ball of sexual need.

He leaned in and placed his lips against mine in a soft, soothing kiss before he pulled away with a smile. “Love you,” he said loud enough for anyone else to hear. Warmness filled me as I realized he not only had once again confessed his love, he’d done it in front of Amber and Ryan.

“I love you too.”

He motioned with his head toward Ryan, indicating that his brother was ready to leave. After giving Amber one last kiss, Ryan quickly followed after Noah, leaving behind two women who had no hope of ever outwitting the power of a Sawyer man.

***

Being around the guys and interacting with their mother was always so heartwarming. They truly adored Tammy and it showed. The three boys were always arguing over who was her favorite, and she loved the attention they gave her. Tammy was also one hell of a lovable person, and I had grown quite fond of her as well.

“Yeah, you suckers can believe what you want, but Ma loves me more,” Jackson insisted as he wrapped his arm over her shoulder.

But before he could get too comfortable, Ryan grabbed Tammy’s hand and pulled her into a hug. All of us girls just sat back and watched, laughing and enjoying the show. Noah swooped in and snatched Tammy from Ryan, spinning her, then curled her in his arms as if he was shielding her from his brothers. It was the cutest thing.

I watched in awe as Noah took her hand and began moving with her in a slow, loving dance. At the adoring smile she gave him, I would have almost believed in that moment that Noah was in fact her favorite, had Tammy been the type of person to pick favorites, but she obviously loved her boys equally.

“Stop hogging Ma, you jackass.” Jackson barged in, cutting off Noah and Tammy’s dance. She laughed and buried her head in Jackson’s chest as they began to bicker over her attention once more.

“You three have women, give this old bat a break,” she squealed as she wiggled her way free and scurried off toward the kitchen.

I instantly felt blessed for being able to be a part of the love they shared. I had never known a love like that, at least not until I met the Sawyer family. Noah caught my gaze from across the room and winked, which set off those familiar chills any small gesture from him caused me. I truly had learned to love the reaction my body had to everything Noah.

As he moved across the living room in my direction, I couldn’t help but smile. And when he sat down at my side, he shifted me onto his lap to allow more room for his large frame to fit in the small space.

“Hey, sweetheart,” he said with a smirk. Noah knew he was all I could see, and he loved it. He was arrogant and sweet—the best of both worlds—and knew the perfect time to show each side.

“You gonna give me a kiss, or you plan on staring at my lips instead?” he asked before licking his lower lip.

I blushed, knowing I had just been openly drooling over the thought of his lips on mine.

“Don’t get all embarrassed on me, darlin’, just give me a little sweetness instead,” he said with a grin as he gripped the back of my neck and pulled me toward him. A soft moan escaped me as his tongued trailed along the seam of my lips, and for a moment, I forgot we were sitting in his mom’s living room with a large audience.

“Well, Bailey and I have some news to share when those two over there stop sucking face.” Jackson’s booming voice startled me, and I pulled back from Noah quickly, embarrassed at finding all eyes were on us. Of course, Noah just chuckled.

“As if we don’t find you and Bailey in more compromising positions than just a simple lip lock,” Noah said as he slid his hand beneath the hem of my shirt and lightly brushed his fingers over my lower back.

It was now Bailey’s turn to blush as her eyes grew wide, and she looked over at Tammy, who was also laughing at Noah’s comment.

“Go on, boy, tell us the news.” Tammy was grinning widely, and something told me she was already expecting what was about to come.

The second Jackson stepped up behind Bailey and reached around to place his hands on her stomach, the entire room fell silent. It was one of those beautiful moments that give you the chills. You could instantly see the love in Jackson’s eyes when Bailey looked back at him over her shoulder.

He placed a soft kiss against her forehead before looking back at the rest of us. All traces of his earlier silly behavior had vanished and now had been replaced with deep affection, something he rarely showed to anyone other than Bailey. “Not only has this beautiful lady agreed to marry me, but she’s also making me a father,” Jackson said, choking up.

Congratulations were exchanged, along with hugs and, yes, even tears. Though Amber and I already knew, we still shared in those tears. Her secret was now officially out, and we no longer had to hide our excitement.

Tammy stood back, watching the happiness around her with tears in her eyes. I watched out of the corner of my eye as her gaze wandered to the picture of her late husband hanging on the wall, and she smiled at it as if she was sharing a silent secret with him. As if I wasn’t already raw with emotion, that touching moment only caused my chest to ache more.

She scanned over everyone until her eyes settled on Jackson. I couldn’t help but smile as he arched an eyebrow at her and she mirrored his reaction, then grinned and tilted her head as if to challenge him.

“What?” he said, and it rang out over all the commotion in the room. Slowly, everyone grew quiet one by one as they became aware of the stare-down between Jackson and Tammy. A nervous chuckle fell from Jackson, and I found it humorous how a big, strong man like him, or any of the Sawyer boys, for the matter, could grow intimidated by their hundred-pound mother.

“Well,” Tammy said as she took a step toward Jackson and Bailey. Everyone stepped back, allowing her full access to them. “It’s about time you two allow us all to hear something we already knew.”

Jackson looked down at Bailey, and she shrugged before looking back up at his mother.

“The two of you are terrible at keeping secrets,” Tammy said as she stopped in front of them.

Almost simultaneously, Jackson and Bailey looked at one another and said, “Did you say something?”

Everyone around them laughed, including Tammy.

“Neither of you had to say anything. But a word of advice,” she continued, pointing toward her son. “If you are trying to keep being pregnant with my grandchild a temporary secret, try hiding the sonogram picture someplace other than the checkbook in your office. You do understand I write checks for the ranch too.”

Bailey smirked back at Jackson, looking at him as if they had some secret bet. “And you said I would be the one that let the secret out.”

Amber snorted and then quickly slapped her hand over her mouth. She tried to rush from the room, but Ryan grabbed her around the waist, holding her in place. “Oh no you don’t.”

Amber’s eyes grew wide as she begged for me to help her, and in that moment she gave me away too. Noah engulfed me in his arms and chuckled against my temple. “Something is telling me our girls have been hiding some things from us all,” he added as he tickled my sides.

“So you did let it out.” Jackson smiled at Bailey, sharing her earlier excitement. The two of them had to have made some sort of bet about who would squeal first.

“I didn’t tell on purpose! It was a slip of the tongue. I was an emotional mess over the wedding gown, and I got caught up in the moment. It sort of slipped out and, well, those two saw right through me. It isn’t my fault they know me so well.” Bailey was getting flustered, which only caused us all to laugh a little more.

“You know what this means now, don’t you?” Jackson asked with a smirk.

“Yes, naked dinners for a week.” She said it so casually, as if she wasn’t in a room full of innocent bystanders and the mother of her fiancé.

We all watched in silence as she looked up and registered that we’d all just heard that. Her eyes grew wide, and she covered her face in horror.

“Aw, Bay, don’t worry,” Ryan said with a chuckle. “We all know you two can’t keep your clothes on, so naked dinners seem like a normal day between the two of you.”

Tammy wasted no more time. She closed the distance and took Jackson and Bailey into her arms. “Those naked escapades of yours have given me another grandbaby to love, so you won’t hear me lecturing. Just please, for the love of God, keep it on your side of the lake. There are just some things a mother should never witness.” Tammy’s body shook in laughter when Bailey once again groaned in horror.