Taking Shots (Assassins) (56 page)

But she hadn’t come yet.

He stopped, taking a hold of her hips, flipping her over to her stomach, before entering her from behind. She got up on her knees, her face to the side, so he could only see her profile over her beautiful round ass. She let out a lustful cry as he continued to push himself into her with total abandonment. Shea couldn’t help the smirk that crossed his lips, she loved it this way, and he knew it, he could feel it. As she groaned in blissful agony from her climax, he slammed into her harder, taking what he wanted. It was the longest, hottest release of his life when he came. He filled her to the hilt, gripping her hips as he groaned long and low.

When he was able to focus, he looked down at Elli’s profile, she was grinning. He smacked her ass playfully, making her jump before saying, “What are you grinning at?”

“
You make hot sex noises,” she giggled. Shea laughed as he pulled out of her, moving off the bed towards the bathroom. He started the shower, before coming back into the room, admiring her naked body as she laid on her side, picking at her nails.

“
Did you have fun tonight, baby?”

A gorgeous grin crossed her face as her eyes lit up, “Best birthday ever, thank you, again.”

He nodded, feeling good about himself since that’s what he wanted, for her to have the best day, she deserved it.

“
Anything for you.”

“
You’re too good to me,” Elli said rolling out of bed and coming towards him.

“
Never, I could be better.”

“
Really?” she asked raising an eye brow as she wrapped her arms around his middle, nuzzling her nose in the middle of his chest.

“
Yeah, I know there are things that drive you crazy about me.”

“
Well, it does bother me the way you strip me down naked and have your way with me,” she teased as she bit his pec softly. “Other than that, can’t think of anything.” He laughed as he gathered her closer to him.

“
I’m messy.”

“
Ah, you’re a dude.”

“
I can’t cook worth shit.”

“
That’s okay; I cook good enough for both of us.”

He smiled, biting her jaw before moving his nose against hers.

“
I leave you a lot.”

“
It’s your job, Shea, you’re supposed to leave,” she smiled, leaning against him more, “You always come home and I’m here when you get back.”

“
For good now, huh?”

She blushed, closing her eyes as they moved their noses against each other’s, “As long as you want me.”

“
Good, because I don’t see you leaving….ever.”

The next morning, Elli rolled over, snuggling closer to Shea for his warmth. He was like a heater when he slept. He gave off so much heat, it drove her crazy before, but now she couldn’t thank the good Lord enough. She moved her freezing toes under the blanket and in between Shea’s thighs. It only took a second for his eyes to go wide, moving away from her quickly.

“
Elli!”

“
I’m cold!” she yelled back, trying to move towards him as he continued to move away from her, “Come back!”

“
No, your toes are freezing!”

“
Please, I’m cold!”

“
Stop!” he laughed as she kept trying to put her toes in between his thighs. When Shea fell out the bed with a loud oomph, Elli laughed so hard that she had to hold her belly because it hurt from laughing. He sat up, turning his head to glare at her. “I’m gonna get you one of these days.” Elli continued to laugh as Shea got up, and headed into the bathroom, shaking his head. “Go cook me some breakfast, woman!” he yelled from the bathroom.

“
Go cook your own breakfast! I’m cold! Unless you’re gonna come warm me up, go on and make your own!” Elli yelled back.

Shea popped his head out, a devilish grin on his face, “Oh, I’ll warm you up baby, but not the way you’re asking for.”

Elli bit her bottom lip, giving him her best seductive look, “Who says that’s not the way I want to be warmed up?”

Elli stood at the stove, cooking some French toast with a grin on her face. The man rocked her world and she couldn’t get enough. The night before was a dream, nothing like that would ever have happened to her if Shea hadn’t come along. In a matter of four months, she had so many firsts that her mind spun at the thought. One first being that in the last six years, Elli never felt beautiful. Now she felt like the prettiest girl in the world, all because of him.

Elli was taking some sausage out of the fridge when her phone rang; she went over to it, seeing it was Harper.

“
Hey!”

“
Hey, whatcha doin?”

“
Cooking some breakfast.”

“
At 12?”

Elli glanced at the clock, “We got started late this morning,” Elli said with a giggle.

Harper laughed than said, “I hear ya, what y’all got planned this afternoon?”

“
I don’t know yet. Like I said we just got out of bed a little while ago. We haven’t even talked about the rest of the day.”

“
Well Jakob and I were wondering if you guys would meet us at a house we’re thinking about getting.”

“
A house?” Elli asked as she paused in front of the island, leaning against it. When did Harper want to get a house with Jakob? A condo, Elli totally understood that, but a house?

“
Yeah, I told you we were looking for something.”

“
You said a condo, Harper.”

“
Hey, just cause you have commitment issues doesn’t mean I do.” Elli laughed.

“
I don’t have any commitment issues!”

“
Yes, you do, you won’t even say you moved in when you practically already have!”

“
Well, for your information Harper Allen, I am admitting now. We are moving in together,” Elli said, as warmth filled her body.

She was living with Shea! Yes, they had not worked out all the details, but damn it, she was admitting to it!

“
Liar!”

Shea came into the kitchen, giving Elli a smile before grabbing the plate she had laid out for him.

“
No really,” Elli said before looking over at Shea as he sat down to eat, “Honey, ain’t I moving in for real?”

“
Ain’t? I mean, baby, you can’t throw in a few more syllables and say ‘Aren’t?” he said with a twinkle of mischief in his eyes. Elli was surprised Harper could breathe with how hard she was laughing. Elli actually had to pull the phone away from her ear cause Harper was so loud.

“
I don’t know why your laughing, you say ain’t just as much as I do!”

“
Oh, I know, but it’s funny when Shea makes fun of you.”

“
Shut up,” she said before looking over at her chuckling boyfriend, “You, too, and tell my best friend that we are living together!”

“
We are.” Shea said before digging into his food.

“
See,” Elli said as she sat down across from him with her plate.

“
Fine, but it ain’t real till you tell your papa and daddy though.”

Elli thought that over. Harper was kinda right, not that she would tell her that, “Whatever, so as you were saying, y’all want us to come out and see this house?” Shea looked up confused, and Elli shrugged her shoulders.

“
Yeah, it’s in Belle Meade. I’ll text you the address, we’re going out there in about an hour or so, depends when Jakob gets done at the physical therapist.”

Elli couldn’t even talk, she was speechless. They were looking at a house in Belle Meade?

“
Belle Meade?”

“
Yeah, can y’all make it?”

“
Y’all are looking at a house in Belle Meade, where Al Gore lives?”

Harper got quiet for a moment, “He lives there?”

“
Oh, my god, yeah, we’ll go.”

“
Great! I’ll text you the address.”

“
Alright, bye.”

“
Bye”

“
Where are we going?” Shea asked. He was freshly showered and dressed all sexy looking with his black thermal, and ripped up grey jeans.

“
Jakob and Harper are looking at a house in Belle Meade,” Elli explained, “They want us to come and look at it.”

“
Why us?”

“
We are their best friends? I don’t know. I just can’t believe they are looking at houses.”

“
Why? I told you Jakob wants the whole deal: house, marriage, kids. This is totally normal for Jakob.”

“
I know, but it’s not for Harper, it’s weird.”

“
I guess, so when do we need to be there?”

“
In an hour. I’m gonna go take a shower,” Elli said getting up and putting her full plate in the sink.

“
You didn’t eat.”

“
I ain’t hungry,” she answered before heading down the hall.

She had lost her appetite when Harper said Belle Meade. How could Harper want to live there? After everything Elli went through in that neighborhood with Justin. Why would Harper want to live there when she knew Elli would be coming over a lot to see her? Elli was sure Justin still lived in the house that Elli had lived in for a year. Justin loved that house and would never get rid of it. What if Harper’s house was by Justin?

Elli stomach churned at the thought.

Elli had worried over nothing. Harper’s prospected house was nowhere near Justin’s, but they did have to pass it to get to Harper’s. When Shea turned onto Justin’s road, Elli’s stomach dropped. She had traveled down this road so many times, but this time she wouldn’t be pulling into the circular driveway of the 2.5 million dollar, three story high, blue colonial. Nope, she would be driving right on by it. Hell, she might even flip it the bird.

She didn’t, she just pointed and said, “That’s Justin’s house.”

Elli didn’t expect Shea to slam on the breaks, looking out his window at the huge, beautiful house.

“
You lived there?”

“
I did,” Elli said, looking out the window, too. Justin’s Rolls Royce wasn’t there, so he must have been out.

“
It's too nice for a douche bag,” he said before driving off.

“
That it is.”

They drove a little more before Shea spoke again, “You know, I was thinking.”

Elli looked over at him, “Yeah?”

“
You’ve heard me sing, but I have yet to hear you sing and you sang on damn Broadway.” Elli smiled shyly over at Shea, out of all the things he could be thinking, he was thinking that?

“
You heard me sing at the karaoke bar.”

“
That wasn’t real, you were drunk. I want to hear you really sing.”

“
Not gonna happen,” she said with a grin.

“
Why not?” he asked as the GPS told him to turn again.

“
Because I don’t sing, unless I’m drunk, in front of people.”

“
That’s crazy; you were amazing in the movies we watched.”

“
I was younger and could actually sing then.”

“
I bet you’re still amazing.”

“
To bad you won’t ever find out.”

“
Oh, I will,” he challenged just as the GPS said that they had arrived at their destination. Shea pulled into the one level stone home with huge white windows, as Elli grinned at a waving Harper and Jakob. They looked so happy, so much like a couple, that it blew Elli’s mind. Who would have thought that Harper Allen would be living the life that she was?

Elli sure never thought she would be.

“
It’s a great house, don’t you think?” Shea asked as they drove back to the condo. They were going to go home to change since they were meeting Harper and Jakob for dinner. They were going out to celebrate, since they put an offer on the house once Shea and Elli saw and liked it.

“
I do, it’s great.”

“
I thought so, they seem happy with it.”

“
Yeah, I’ve never seen Harper so excited about something.”

“
Yeah,” Shea agreed, “there are a lot of houses for sale over here.”

“
Yeah.”

Shea looked over at Elli; she was looking out the window at the houses as the passed by, “Did you want to get a house together?”

Elli looked over at him, “The condo’s fine, don’t you think?”

He shrugged his shoulders, “I guess, but you have a lot of stuff, you’re piano isn’t going to fit in the condo.”

“
I was thinking that I was just gonna bring my clothes over and shoes.”

Shea thought for a moment, before saying, “So you’re not truly moving in?”

“
Well, yeah I am, just I’m leaving my stuff at my house.”

“
Why? Why don’t we get a bigger place? I don’t want you to sell your house because I was thinking we could live there when I retire.”

“
Retire?”

“
It will happen,” he said with a laugh as he turned onto the exit for Nashville. “I’m not going to play forever.”

“
I know, but I didn’t think you were thinking that far ahead, or even including me in that equation.” He looked over at her; she was biting her bottom lip, her face flushed. How could she think he wasn’t including her in the equation?