Luring Levi (Tarnished Saints Series Book 2) (8 page)

“Ok, let’s see what we’ve got here,” he said, opening the fridge and pulling out a few items. Then he went through the grocery bags sitting on the table. “Got it,” he said. “How bout pigs in a blanket with some ants on a log while we’
re waiting for the pigs to cook? And some chocolate mice for dessert.”

The kids giggled, and even Candace
smiled.

“That sounds good,” said Candace, “what do you say kids?”

“I don’t want to eat ants,” said Valentine.

“Hey stupid
, he’s not really giving us ants,” said Vance. Then he looked at Levi – “are you?”

“Well I guess you’re just going to have to wait and see,” he said, using a knife to
open a pack of baby hot dogs then turning the oven on while he talked. “First we have to shoot the pigs, so cover your ears.”

“What?” asked Candace, laughing and shaking her head.

“Here goes,” said Levi, taking the can of biscuits and hitting it on the counter. It exploded open with a bang. Valentine jumped and ran to her mother, but Vance sat there pretending like it didn’t bother him. “I told you to cover your ears,” he warned them. “Now when I tell you to get up on the chair to get away from the chocolate mice, you’d better listen.”

* * *

Candace tucked her kids into the big bed in the other room that was large enough that all three of them could sleep there comfortably. They’d been so tired from all the fresh air and playing with the other kids and Levi, that they’d fallen asleep before Levi even had the chance to serve his chocolate mice. That is, chocolate balls rolled in cookie crumbs shaped like mice with slivered almonds for ears and long licorice tails. He’d been so creative that he’d even gotten Valentine to eat his ants on a log which was only celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins atop it. Still, she liked it.

Candace
walked out into the other room and quietly closed the door. When she turned around, she saw Levi putting down the towel, just finishing the dishes, and yawning and stretching as well.

“Thank you for making the day special for them,” she said, walking up and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

“Don’t tempt me unless you mean it, Candy.” He walked over to the table and pulled the key to the town out from somewhere in his shirt and laid it on the table. “Put this between both of them so they can see it when they get up. Tell them it was a tie and they have to share.”

“You don’t need to leave it,” she told him.

“Oh, yes I do,” he said. “I made a promise, and I intend on keeping my word.”

He yawned again and she could see that he was very tired.

She wanted to tell him about the kids and was going to when he started unbuttoning his shirt and taking it off.

“What are you doing?” she gasped.

“I got so dirty playing with the kids I can’t stand the smell of me any more. Gus doesn’t have a shower at the station and I was hoping you’d let me take a quick shower here before I left for the night.”

He threw the shirt over the back of the chair and was reaching for the snap on his jeans.

“Wait!” Her heart raced and she looked back toward the bedroom hoping to God the kids wouldn’t come walking out right now.

“What’s the matter?” he asked. “I’ll only be a minute and then I’ll leave, I promise.” He didn’t wait for her answer. He unzipped his pants and she turned around quickly, busying herself with straightening a blanket on the back of the couch.

“Sure, go ahead,” she said, and didn’t turn around until she heard the closing of the bathroom door from behind her.

She kicked off her heels and collapsed onto the couch. She’d never had a chance to change out of her sundress, and she couldn’t wait to get into her sweats and a t-shirt to feel more comfortable. When she heard him turn on the water, she reached over to her suitcase
that was opened next to the couch and dug through it until she found the clothes she was looking for. She’d have a good ten minutes at least before he came out, so in one motion she quickly pulled the sundress up and over her head.

Levi realized there was no soap in the shower, and wrapped a towel around himself and pulled open the door to go see if Candace had happened to buy any.

“Candy, do you have any . . .” she was pulling her sundress over her head and giving him full
view of her gorgeous full breasts with her cute little nipples. Her stomach was surprisingly taut for having had two kids and he knew she must work out. And when she gasped and turned to cover herself with her dress, she unknowingly gave him a perfect view of her tight ass with the small string of her thong rising up her crack between two perfect cheeks. “Soap,” he finished his sentence, just staring at her from across the room.

“There’s some in the bag on the table,” she said. “Now turn around while I dress.”

He pretended to turn but looked back as she bent over and grabbed her t-shirt. Her buttocks spread giving him a slight glimpse of the thatch of hair from the other side. Her breasts hung down, begging to be tasted as she slipped her shirt over her head and pulled on her sweats quickly – too quickly for him.

“Did you find it?” she asked, walking barefoot
ed over the floor to help him look.

His towel was suddenly tighter and his form protruded fr
om beneath it. He kept thinking of that one magical night they’d spent together, and he wanted more than anything to do it all again.

“Here it is,” she said, handing it to him. When he reached for it, his towel slipped off and fell to the floor. She went to hide her face and turn around but he grabbed her arm to stop her.

“It’s not like we haven’t seen each other naked before,” he said in a low voice.

“Put your towel back on before the children see yo
u,” she scolded.

“They’re out like a light, they’re not getting up. I made sure to tire them out.”

“Made sure? You make it sound like you planned on . . . on . . . you know.”

He turned her toward him and ran a finger along the side of her face. Then he brought his lips to hers and kissed her once again.
He broke the kiss only for a moment to whisper in her ear. “Are you sure you’re not married?” he asked.

“I’m not,” she answered in a breathy voice.

“Good,” he said, slipping his tongue into her ear. He was so hard for her that he had to have her. And without meaning to, he found himself slipping his hands up under her t-shirt and fondling her breasts. She whimpered slightly, and he found himself getting even more excited. He teased her nipples, bringing them to peaks as he kissed her. She arched her back, breaking the kiss.

“Stop it,” she whispered, breathing heavily, and he placed his mouth over hers once again for yet another kiss.
His aroused form pushed against her and she pulled back and looked down, her eyes opening wide. “Cover up,” she told him, bending down and picking up the towel, her face getting very close to his form. She wrapped the towel around him. “We can’t do this with the kids in the other room. It’s too risky.”

“You’re right,” he said, picking up the bar of soap and scooping her up in his arms and carrying her to the bathroom. “We’ll have to stay hidden in here.” He closed the door with his foot, rea
ching over and locking it as well. “No chance of being discovered now,” he told her. “Now let’s get rid of all these clothes, shall we?”

Before Candace could open her mouth to protest, Levi had her t-shirt stripped off and was pulling her sweats down her legs.

“I really don’t think this is a good idea,” she whispered. The steam from the shower filled the room, giving it a sultry atmosphere.

“You’re right,” he said, these panties have got to go.” He looped his fingers through the sides of her thong and slowly descended as he pulled them downward making her feel like she was a Christmas present and he was curiously unwrapping his surprise. She felt the rush of air flow between her legs and then his hands as he parted her and rubbed his cheek against her nether regions.

She felt herself m
oisten and her knees buckle beneath her. She grabbed onto his hair and he traced an outline with his tongue and found her pearl of pleasure. She inhaled sharply and held back the scream of delight that threatened to spill forth from her lips. Then he got to his feet and pulled her after him as he stepped into the shower.

He wet the
bar of soap and ran it down her chest, using his fingers to make circles around her nipples. She felt herself climbing again, and couldn’t stop. It had been so long since she’d made love and she wanted this right now more than anything.

“Make love to
me,” she blurted out, feeling the hot water from the shower coming down between them against their skin helping to make her feel alive. He didn’t say anything, just looked at her with those clear blue eyes and wet his lips with his tongue.

“You won’t regret this in the morning, will you?”

“I hope not,” she said. He looked at her quizzically and she knew he was waiting for her permission. “I just don’t want
you
to regret this,” she said.

“And why the hell would I?” he said in a low voice, nuzzling her ear with his tongue.

“It’s just that sometimes – sometimes our actions can bring about – circumstances that will affect us the rest of our lives.”

“I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about,
Candy,” he said, “but if you even think for a minute that either of us can walk away from this right now than you’re only kidding yourself.”

She turned away, meaning to step out of the shower, thinking this wasn’t such a good idea after all, when he pulled her to him, his chest against her back, his aroused form poking her from behind.

“Bend over for me, sweetheart,” he said softly, leaning his body against hers to guide her, the heat from his chest searing into her back. She bent at the waist and he pulled her closer. And as the water washed down upon them, he slipped his length into her, filling her completely. She cried out softly, throwing her head back and he gently thrust into her, teasing her as he slowly pulled away each time.

Then needing to see him when they made love, she turned around and grabbed his shoulders, her mouth devour
ing his in a hungry kiss of uncontrollable passion. His hands were around her waist and lifting her before she knew it. Instinctively, she wrapped her legs around his waist and he lowered her slowly, slipping her inch by inch onto his hardened form until they were joined as one.

Then he backed her up against the shower wall.
She gripped him tightly with her legs, not letting him go and they made love in the shower until they both had reached their heights. She squeezed her eyes shut and held back the cries of pleasure that threatened to spill forth from her lips. She had just slipped down his body and put her feet on the ground, trying to be as quiet as possible, when a small knock came at the door.

“Mother, are you in there?” came Valentine’s voice. They both froze and just looked at each other.

“Yes, honey, go back to bed, I’ll be right out,” she called.

“But I want to know who won the key,” she said.

“You both did,” she answered, hurriedly getting out of the shower and running a towel over her. “The key is on the table, so take it back to bed and share it with your brother.” She pulled on her clothes and looked over to Levi. “Don’t come out until she goes back to bed,” she whispered.

“Mother, why are Levi’s clothes lying on the kitchen floor?”

“Damn,” she heard him say, seeing him washing quickly.

“I’ll take her into the bedroom,
and you get out of here as fast as possible,” she told him, reaching over and giving him a peck on the cheek.

She felt like a teenager again getting caught doing something she shouldn’t be doing. There was something else she knew she was doing that she shouldn’t, and that was keeping the fact from him that these were his kids. She’d meant to tell him, but things just kind of went in a whole different direction.

Maybe tomorrow, she thought, knowing each day she waited made it harder to tell him. And she also knew that once the secret was out, things between them might change dramatically – and that was something she wasn’t willing to risk.

Right now, she wanted to cherish what just happened and not think of anything else.
But she knew what she had to do before anything. She needed to figure out a way to bring the
Sliced
show to Sweet Water and help not only Levi but the whole town. She decided she’d put a call in to her executive producer first thing in the morning.

Chapter 7

Levi woke once again to knocking on the door to the room he occupied over Kramer’s Gas Station and garage. He rolled off the dusty old mattress and onto the floor, sidestepping some old books and an overturned box of rusty mouse traps as he made his way to the door.

He fell asleep last night before his head even hit the pillow. His body ached from all the kids pig piling him and he felt the soreness of good sex – something he hadn’t felt in quite awhile.