Forbidden Heat: A Prequel Page 2

  But this thing with Shelly was really monumental for me. I’d never felt like this with any other woman I’d ever known. I wasn’t even sure I wanted a real relationship in my life until I met Shelly. I’d been swinging single for so long that I wasn’t even sure how to do this thing. I’d dated a lot of women and I’d had plenty of sex and fun, but having someone to actually share my life with never really appealed to me until I met this woman. Then it was game over and she was all I could think about. Every single day all I wanted was to get close to her. I came to work just because I was excited to see her.

  And ever since we’d made love a few weeks ago, it had been agony being around her at work and pretending that there was nothing going on between us. It was really torture. I could sense the other guys’ eyes on me, watching us, blissfully unaware of the growing love between Shelly and I. It was almost like they were mocking my pain. Every moment that I couldn’t be with her was destroying me.

  But Shelly had told me that this couldn’t happen again. It was too dangerous. “We are both in places in our careers that we just can’t take the risk.”

  And we’d kept it together and resumed our lives as normal, for a week or so. Until Shelly showed up at my house late one night and told me she had to have me. We made sweet love until the wee hours and then fell asleep in each other’s arms.

  I awoke to find a note from her. “We can’t do this. I’m sorry that I was weak. Last night was the most amazing night of my life, but I’ve worked too hard to get where I am. You don’t know much about me, but trust me when I tell you’ve I’ve got my share of demons. I’ve run as far as I can from them and I finally feel safe. I can’t risk messing that up now. Trust me, this is for the best. We can’t do this again. Please, try to understand.”

  I felt devastated. I tried to understand where Shelly was coming from. I wondered why she was running. Or was this just some ploy? I didn’t know and I might never know. That was the way Shelly wanted it. Fine. I would try to go on without those feelings in my life.

  But it was so hard. I was falling hard for her.

  And some of the other guys had noticed. I tried to play it off as if it was nothing. Of course, I wasn’t going to hit on her or even let her know that I might still be interested. Either one of those things could get you canned quickly. I was just going to play it cool for now and ignore my feelings. I had to bury them deeply inside and hope that they went away soon. That wasn’t going to happen though. I knew I was fighting a losing battle now because of this. I was going to give in eventually and then I’d have to let the chips fall where they may.

  But I wasn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. Maybe I could be strong enough to surprise myself. At least that was the plan.

  I finished the training exercise and hit the showers. “Dude, if you were any more obvious the captain would tell you to pack your stuff up and get lost.”

  I looked over at Damian Franks, one of the veterans. He was a good guy, but he in particular seemed to be busting my balls the most about this thing. I figured it was because he had a thing for Shelly himself and he was going to do whatever he could to take out his competition. Well, I wasn’t going to give him that satisfaction.

  “What are you talking about?” I asked as I scrubbed my chest.

  “I’m talking about the way you keep gawking at the new trainer. Man, it is so obvious. That shit is going to get you fired really fast. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

  “You are crazy. I’ve got no designs on anyone.”

  “You could have fooled us,” Keith Myers added.

  I rolled my eyes. “Guys, I’m not stupid enough to start something like that. It’s just not going to happen. I have more self-control than the rest of you.”

  “Hey, we aren’t the ones staring at her like she is the world’s greatest woman,” Keith said.

  “I’m not doing that,” I said. “I don’t have the faintest idea what you are talking about.”

  “Sure. Well, you can’t say we didn’t warn you. I’ve seen this type of thing happen before. Guys getting involved with women here and before you know it they are both gone with no warning, or even much of a talking to. The company has absolutely no tolerance on this issue. There is too much liability to consider.”

  I nodded and finished my shower. The guys weren’t telling me anything that I didn’t already know. I would be fine. I didn’t need them looking out for me. I knew what was at stake. The question was, did I care more about my job enough to not risk this thing with Shelly.

  What if she was really interested? But she was scared. I wasn’t sure, but I thought I picked up on a few vibes coming from her when she was around me. It could have been my imagination of course, but what if it wasn’t? What if she really was interested in me the same way I was interested in her? Maybe we could keep our relationship on the down low? We could hide it and that might even make things hotter and more special, right? Why the hell not?

  Crazier things had happened.

  “Hey, we are going to Doogle’s for a beer. You want to come?”

  I looked up from getting dressed at my locker to see Ricky and Joey standing there. They were a couple of the veterans I sometimes hung out and talked to when things were slow. “Sure,” I said. “Sounds like a plan.”

  When we got to the bar, I was feeling pretty antsy. I was so sure that I was going to burst if I didn’t tell Shelly how I felt already. I needed to talk to her. I just had to get things off my chest. But what about the consequences? Those damned consequences were staring me down and making me feel like crap about everything. My head felt like it was stuck in some sort of a vice. I needed some sort of release.

  “Hey, man,” Ricky said. “That girl over there is giving you a hard stare.”

  I glanced over to see a cute girl at the end of the bar looking my way. She was very sexy and from the look she was giving me, I was probably going to get lucky. That did happen from time to time when I least expected it. Sometimes I wondered if that was the reason it happened? Because I did not put out the vibe. Since I was young, women had always hit on me before I had to hit on them. I guess it was the way I looked, or the way I presented myself. If someone wanted me to teach them how, I wasn’t sure I could have done it. I really didn’t know.

  “You going to go over there and see what she wants?” Joey asked.

  “Um, I don’t think so,” I said.

  The two guys looked at each other in shock. “Why not? When have you ever turned down hot women?”

  “Since… I don’t know,” I said. “I’ve got my mind on something else.”

  “What?”

  I hesitated. I wasn’t sure I should share my feelings with anyone, but these guys were probably my closest friends in the company. I figured I could probably trust them. Or at least they wouldn’t make me feel like total dog mess if they did find it funny. “I’m in love with Shelly.”

  “What?” Ricky asked. “Our trainer, Shelly? That Shelly?”

  “Yep.”

  “Does she know that? You guys have something going?”

  “No. I’ve never spoken to her in that way.”

  “Well, what are you waiting for?” Keith asked.

  I laughed. “You are messing with me. You know what I’m waiting for. I can’t just tell her how I feel. Hell, for all I know she’d report me and I’d be fired.”

  “I doubt she would,” Ricky said. “I’ve heard a story or two that she has a thing for firefighters.”

  “Where did you hear that?”

  “Some of the guys know the captain a bit better than we do. He said he had to make it expressly clear to her when he hired her that she could not ever engage in any sort of romantic behavior with any of the men in the company. He said she kind of giggled at first as if she didn’t think he was serious. But then he had to make it clear to her. She got the message.”

  “Interesting. But that doesn’t prove that she has a thing for firefighters exactly.”

  “That was the way I
took it.”

  “Hey, there.”

  The girl from the bar had just made her move on me. She was sitting right beside me now looking deeply into my eyes. I’d been distracted talking to the guys and none of us had even noticed her sauntering her way over to us.

  “Hi,” I said. “How are you?”

  “Good. I’m a bit thirsty.”

  “That’s no good. Would you like a glass of water? Best thing for that dehydration.”

  She laughed and touched my hand. Yep, it was on. Should I or shouldn’t I? Those were the decisions I often had to make as a single man. That choice was almost always an easy one to make. But not right now. I somehow felt beholden to my feelings for Shelly. And I had no reason to feel that way.

  “Wow, a sense of humor,” the girl said. “I’m Michelle.”

  “Hi, Michelle. I’m Gary,” I said. “Gary Tenny.”

  “Well, that sounds very official, Gary Tenny. Would you like to get out of here?”

  I looked over at the other guys who were both nodding that I should definitely go for it. I wasn’t so sure. If I did this I might feel like the world’s biggest jerk, but if I didn’t then I would feel like a total chump, especially if Shelly ended up ignoring my interest in her. And I had no idea if I was going to tell her how I felt yet or not.

  “I’m good,” I said. “I appreciate the offer. But I can’t tonight.”

  Michelle smiled. “Oh, are you trying to play hard to get?”

  I grinned. “No, I’m just going to sit here and enjoy my beer. I appreciate it though.”

  Michelle seemed a bit weirded out as if no guy had ever said that to her before, and they probably hadn’t, but I was not most guys and this was not the right time for me to end up in bed with a strange woman I did not know at all.

  I watched Michelle walk away a bit despondent. She was so fine looking. And she wanted me. What the hell was wrong with me?

  “What in the hell is wrong with you?” Keith asked.

  “I told you. I’m in love with Shelly.”

  “What do you mean, in love? You’ve never even gone out with her.”

  “I can’t help the way that I feel. I have to explore this and see what happens. If I crash and burn, then I will crash and burn. It really is that simple. But I’ve got to give it a try.”

  The two guys did not understand this and neither did I. I finished my beer and went back home alone. There I pulled out my laptop and pulled up my social media page. I started a search. It wasn’t long before I found Shelly’s page and I sent her a friend request. Yeah, that would be cool. I wondered if she would accept. If she didn’t at least accept that then it was very likely that she thought even that much was inappropriate and anything farther was just not happening.

  I quickly microwaved a few hotdogs and then covered them with some microwaveable sauce, ketchup, and mustard. It was my favorite meal to fix. It paired beautifully with a beer as well. Then I sat down and ate my food alone. I found myself wondering about Michelle and how much I might have enjoyed spending the rest of the evening with her. But I’d blown it.

  What was I thinking?

  I was just finishing my last hot dog when I saw the notification that Shelly had accepted my friend request.

  Wow… what was I going to do now?

  That was how it started…

  It was hard looking back on it after all this time, but I’d been so optimistic about the future. I thought that we might actually have something great going. And we did… for a while. And then I noticed strange things that I couldn’t explain. Shelly getting weird phone calls that seemed to scare her, and she was having nightmares. She wouldn’t tell me anything about what was going on. Quickly she’d shut me out. And now she was just… gone.

  Shelly was gone. She’d left me without any warning. I’d come to work one day to find that she had indeed quit. When I went by her place, I discovered it empty, vacant. She no longer lived there. There was no sign of her anywhere.

  I eventually managed to track her down through some reverse searching her social media accounts. She’d had so many names over the years. Ursula, Veronica, Taylor—I had no idea who she really was.

  But I had to find out. I had to help her. She was the love of my life. I was lost without her.

  3

  Lance

  I took a sniff of Kat’s secret place and let the aroma consume me entirely. She was delicious. Staring into her sweet, succulence, I was transfixed, almost completely hypnotized by the beauty that was facing back at me. I felt like this every time I was with a new woman. That was part of the fun of always being with a different partner. All women were unique and interesting, they had their own language, their own rhythm, taste, smell, and they all felt a bit different.

  I placed my tongue against her and as I inhaled I licked up inside of her. She moaned softly as her hips undulated against me. I was getting her so turned on. Good…that was what I liked. I loved to see a woman totally turned on, to the point that she could hardly face logical thought and all she wanted was to be with me and to make love. To strip each other down to bare bones, to our most basic animalistic instincts was my life’s true mission. And I saw no reason to ever slow that down.

  She tasted incredible. I drew the flavor into my mouth as I recoiled my tongue and swallowed traces of Kat’s essence into my being. I licked her again, this time probing a bit deeper to taste her again. She moaned louder this time and rocked her hips a bit to absorb the pleasure into her body.

  I added a finger to the mix and pressed softly inside of her wetness as my tongue applied to the outer folds. I found her clit and sucked it softly, drawing it into my mouth to smother it with my affection. She was squirming now and crying out in pleasure. Yes, I loved to hear this. She was so good.

  Just an hour ago we’d been strangers in a bar. And now we were giving each other the type of pleasure that only two strangers could really give each other. I was so hard. My stiffness was gliding against the silk sheets as I continued to lick against her tight, wet inner lips.

  “Fuck… give it to me… lick that…oh, deeper…”

  Kat’s moans were music to my ears. She was fantastic. The way she loved sex might have rivaled my own. She was the third woman I’d been with that week, but she was by far the best. From the second I saw her in the bar looking bored, I knew that she would be a tremendous playmate. She was tall, with long, sexy legs, a beautiful face with the type of smile that just captivates you from afar, and long blonde hair that rested on her back just past her shoulders. Adding to this her big, luscious breasts and you had one dynamite looking girl.

  “You got it,” I teased her before shoving my tongue up inside her wetness as it would go. I held it there inside of her squirming and moaning body as I licked and sucked as much of the juices from her body as I could. Then I pulled back and let the juices drip down my chin towards my throat.

  I slid up on the bed and between her legs. Sitting up above her I stroked myself several times, watching her watch me and get even hotter. I loved to watch that look of total lust in her eyes. She was so beautiful. And she was so filled with need for me. I bent down and kissed her softly as I entered her with my fully engorged thickness.

  “Fuck…” she groaned as she pulled away from the kiss and clutched me tightly to her body, almost as if she was afraid I was going to leave somewhere. I proceeded to move my hard tool in and out of her body, letting the slippery gush guide my way. She was so tight. I couldn’t believe it. Every time I entered her, it felt like my body was pushing hers out of the way to clear a path to the center of her being. Her legs rested over my shoulders, her ankles crowding against my neck as I pumped her harder and harder.

  I sighed as I relaxed into the move, the taste of her heavy juices still on my breath. She tasted magnificent and she felt even better. I pushed myself up on my toes and piled into her harder and stiffer, putting my whole body behind the movement as I pounded. Her body was dripping wet now and yet she seemed to grow tighter
around me, sucking on my flesh as her body pulled me right back in repeatedly.

  I bent down and kissed her. Kat surprised me and stuck her tongue out for me to meet it. I did so and she quickly wrapped her mouth around it and pulled it into her. She was sucking hard on the tongue, pulling it farther into her own mouth and making sweet love to it as our hips bucked back and forth into each other. I knew she was going to come soon. I wanted to feel it. It would be glorious. I was going to fill her up with every drop of my sweet come. She would take it all gladly, I could tell.

  I pulled out of her and let my member hang there glistening in the air for her to see it. She watched it with wide eyes. “Oh, put it back in… please…” She begged me.

  “Turn over,” I said.

  She gladly did so and placed her plump, soft cheeks against me in position. She was ready for me now. Yes, she was so ready…

  I entered her from behind slowly. I was soon in all the way. It was even deeper and somehow tighter this way. Oh, yes… it felt so damn good. I wasn’t sure how much longer I could hold on, but I was determined to have an epic climax here. It wouldn’t be long now. No way…

  I placed my hands on her hips and bounced her sweetness against me, holding myself still as I let her body slip right over top of mine and bring me closer to glory. My head twinged with sweet relief as it slipped past the tight barriers of her womanhood and into her abundant fountain of bliss.

  “Do you want me to come?” I asked as I pulled her hair back and kissed her soft neck.

  “Fuck yeah!” She said. “Oh, please come hard for me… I need it…”

  “I’m ready,” I said as I kissed her softly on the lips and licked them once at the end for good measure.

  My sack tightened and I felt that good old familiar feeling of pressure and buzzing throughout my being as the eruption happened and I released my puddle of sweet seed into her waiting abyss of lust. Her body twitched with shock as she felt me coming deeply inside of her.