Tainted

  Hearing a splash, she turned around, startled at the sound. As soon as she saw his shoulders, she knew it was Kaden. The other men were broader while Kaden was leaner.

  He swam over to her. “I see you decided to quit being a hermit when everyone left.” Kaden was able to stand and touch the bottom while the water was a few inches deeper for her because of her lack of height.

  “I—I thought you left,” Sawyer stated the obvious.

  “I came back early,” Kaden said with amusement glinting in his eyes.

  Sawyer wasn’t sure, but somehow she thought she had stepped in a trap. Not liking the feeling, she decided to go back inside.

  “Not thinking of running away, are you?” he taunted.

  Sawyer stiffened. “I’m not running away from you, Kaden. I just don’t want to spend any time with you.”

  “Sawyer, you are definitely a woman not afraid of speaking her mind. “ His eyes lowered to her scantily covered breasts. Placing one hand on the side of the pool next to her and another on the other side of her, he effectively trapped her between the pool and himself.

  “You said you wouldn’t touch me,” Sawyer said in challenge.

  “I haven’t touched you yet, Sawyer,” Kaden mocked her. “That doesn’t mean I don’t want to. I want to just as badly as you want to touch me.”

  Sawyer opened her mouth to give a remark, but he forestalled her. “Don’t lie, Sawyer. I know you do.”

  “And how do you know that? Your vast experiences?”

  “No, because of that hungry look in your eyes when you think I’m not paying attention. Don’t be embarrassed.” His eyes went to the flush rising on her cheeks. Sawyer would be damned if she wasn’t able to control that reaction one day.

  “I’m not embarrassed,” Sawyer lied about her reaction without any qualms.

  “Good. Because there is no reason to be. We’re attracted to each other. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, I think we should explore it further.”

  “I bet you do,” Sawyer muttered under her breath.

  Kaden laughed before staring intently into her eyes. “For example, I’d like to explore your breasts. I see your hard little nipples and I want to see what color they are. Are they pink, red or brown? How do they taste? That’s what I need to know.”

  Sawyer stared back, the sexual tension between them escalating.

  “Untie your top, Sawyer.”

  Sawyer shook her head, feeling like the water around her had just become deeper and she hadn’t moved an inch.

  “Now.”

  Sawyer’s fingers moved to the tie behind her neck without knowing why; she only was aware that she didn’t want to refuse him. Her fingers fumbled with the tie before it finally loosened.

  “Take it off and hand it to me.”

  Her mind was screaming at what she was about to do, but for once, Sawyer ignored it. Her hand went behind her back to untie the last string. Removing her top, she placed it in Kaden’s waiting hand. He laid it on the concrete beside her head where she could see it from the corner of her eye, a sure reminder that she was the one to give it up. Her eyes went to his face to see his eyes were staring at her breasts.

  “There’s only one question left, Sawyer. How do you taste? Do you want me to touch you? Suck that little bead into my mouth? Is that what you want, Sawyer?”

  Sawyer didn’t speak for several minutes before finally admitting the truth. “Y—Yes.” Her voice was low and confused.

  “What did you say?”

  “Yes, Kaden.” This time her voice was sure.

  He had lied; he didn’t make her beg. Instead, his head immediately lowered to her breasts, taking one of the nipples into his mouth, latching onto her tender nub with his teeth, while using the tip of his tongue to torment the captured nipple. The pressure caused her pussy to clench in need.

  Her body responded to him quickly. She stiffened, arching her body, wanting him to take more of her breast into his mouth, but instead, he raised his head.

  “Your nipple was pink. Now, it’s a little, red berry,” he said, giving it a final stroke of his tongue before lowering his head and capturing her other nipple, biting down on it slightly harder than the other. The small bite of pain had her clenching her thighs together under the water.

  Again he raised his head. “Stop it, Sawyer.”

  Sawyer looked at him, understanding what he wanted her to stop.

  “Spread your legs. If you need relief, I’m the only one allowed to do that for you.” His firm jaw had her unclenching her thighs as his hands circled her waist, lifting her to sit on the edge of the pool.

  Wildly, Sawyer looked around the empty backyard.

  “Everyone went into town, and the guards at the front gate can’t see through the trees.”

  Sawyer was still about to protest when his hands went to her hips again, untying the bottoms of her swimsuit before tugging them out from underneath her.

  “Kaden…” Sawyer started to protest, yet before she could get out another word, Kaden’s head went between her thighs, his tongue searching the fleshy lips of her pussy as his hand gripped her thighs, spreading her wider.

  Sawyer was lost. She had never had a man go down on her and the unbelievable pleasure had her leaning back on her hands, raising her hips toward his exploring mouth.

  When she had graduated high school and began waitressing, she had started seeing one of the managers at the restaurant she had worked for. She had never even told Vida.

  He had explained to her it would make life difficult at work if it became known they were together, as he was one of the managers and her one of the staff.

  For two months, he had weakened her resolve until she had broken down and had sex with him. He had been more experienced than her, and had enjoyed her inexperience. Their time together was always rushed because of his long work schedule. He had never really taken the time to explore her body.

  She had began to feel dirty after each encounter, as the only time they spent together was just long enough for him to reach his own climax before he was out the door. She hadn’t been searching for love from him, but she had wanted to enjoy a sexual relationship like many women her age. Sadly, only one of them received all of the pleasure, and it sure as hell hadn’t been her.

  It was only when another waitress began working at the restaurant, and she noticed the attention he was paying her, that she came to the conclusion it was a challenge for him to get the new waitresses. When one of the older waitresses had confirmed her thoughts, Sawyer had been upset at herself because she hadn’t chosen her first lover more wisely. Sawyer was a believer in live and learn.

  She had learned to pick more wisely, and since then, had waited for someone who would want her enjoyment as much as his own. Kaden wanted to take her over until she had no control over her body, other than the pleasure he was giving her. Each time he touched her, it was about her pleasure taking, none for himself. It was actually escalating her own passion, giving her the control she had been missing since her kidnapping.

  His hands slid her thighs over his shoulders as his tongue found her clit, licking the bud until his tongue exposed the sensitive nerves underneath. Her hips thrust toward him as he bit down on her when he felt her start to climax, stopping her from coming. He sought her opening and thrust his tongue inside her, fucking her with his tongue until she writhed on the hard concrete that was scratching her skin.

  When the first helpless whimper parted her lips, his mouth left hers. His hands then took hers, levering her back into a sitting position. Taking her by the hips, he picked her up and brought her into the water once more, pinning her back against the side of the pool. The pleasure he had given her and the sudden movement of him bringing her back into the water momentarily disoriented her. His cock was already sliding inside the tight opening of her pussy before she had her senses back under control.

  Sawyer gasped as he thrust into her. She felt him bury his length inside of her sheath. Her thighs went to
his hips for leverage, about to jerk herself off his length, when Kaden’s hands on her hips used her reaction to take a beaded nipple into his mouth, using her momentum to widen her thighs, sliding another thick inch inside of her.

  “Kaden...” He was a tight fit inside of her. She had never had sex in water, and the tightness in her pussy was making it difficult for his cock to slide easily within her. Instead, she felt every movement his cock made as Kaden used his strength to lift her; then he let her weight help him thrust him through her tight passage.

  Sawyer grabbed his shoulders as she tried to adjust herself on his cock, attempting to take him in. Kaden lifted his head, watching her breasts slap the water with their movements. The edge of pain had her nipples hardening.

  “You are going to take me, Sawyer.” Kaden’s hard voice had her eyes rising to his as his mouth came down on hers. His tongue took control of hers as his cock took control of her pussy. Sawyer found a wildness rising inside of her that she didn’t know how to control; tilting her hips forward to increase the pressure against her clit so she could climax and bring an end to the torture of need he was raising inside of her.

  Kaden controlled her body easily, pressing her harder against the side of the pool. His cock effortlessly moved inside her, and had her thrusting back at him, forgetting she had been about to call a halt to his fucking her. The only thing in her mind was to reach the unbelievable orgasm he was driving her toward. She had given in to his demands easily and he was rewarding her with the pleasure she had searched for but hadn’t found.

  Kaden drove inside of her, clenching his hands on her ass to grind her down harder on his dick, making her gasp around his thrusting tongue. The simple action made her pussy clench, sending her over the edge into a climax that had her thrusting wildly against him.

  Kaden groaned as he clasped her tighter against him before he groaned out his own release into her. “Fuck.”

  “Oh, my God.” Sawyer tried to tear herself away from Kaden, horrified at her behavior.

  “Stop it, Sawyer.” Kaden held her struggling body still as his cock slid out of her. Sawyer winced at her recklessness. She hadn’t even realized he hadn’t been wearing a swimsuit in the pool.

  “I—I can’t believe we j—just—that I…” Sawyer’shand covered her mouth. “We didn’t use any p—pro—otection. I’m no better than those women that Sin picks up.” Sawyer felt herself getting hysterical.

  “Sawyer, I have regular blood tests, and I haven’t fucked anyone since my last blood test. So you won’t catch anything from me.” When she opened her mouth again, he cut her off. “You can’t get pregnant, either. I had a vasectomy years ago. I have no desire for children in my life and I have no intention of paying child support for kids that aren’t mine.”

  Sawyer’s mouth dropped open.

  “I don’t like you at all,” Sawyer said to herself and him. His hand went to her jaw, locking her eyes with his.

  “You may not like me, Sawyer, but you are attracted to me and you sure as hell liked me fucking you. Don’t even try to deny it when I can show you just how much.”

  Sawyer snapped her mouth shut not about to challenge him when they were both still naked.

  “Let me go.”

  Kaden moved to her side and Sawyer turned to swim to the steps to get out of the pool. Kaden forestalled her, though; his arm going around her waist, lifting her back against him, his cock nestled against her ass.

  “Run away, Sawyer. You’re good at that.” His hand glided between her thighs, brushing against her pussy.

  Shuddering, Sawyer held herself still in his hold while his thumb brushed through her curls.

  “I want this shaved. If you haven’t taken care of it by the next time I fuck you, then I’ll do it myself.”

  Sawyer forced herself to break free from his hold. “Go drown yourself, Kaden.”

  His mocking laughter followed her as she snatched up the towel she had brought outside and hastily wrapped it around herself before going in the house. She didn’t run, but she wanted to. She was determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing her fleeing, however.

  Inside, she showered and changed into her jeans and t-shirt, ignoring the more expensive clothes. She sat down on the side of the bed and buried her face in her hands. The longer she stayed, the more she felt an imaginary noose tightening around her neck.

  Her mother had strangled any amount of freedom Sawyer could even think of having until her murder. She’d loved her mother and still missed her, but had always felt their relationship was abnormal, with the way her mother would react every time she went out the door. It had become so bad with her demands and manipulations that Sawyer had resented her.

  Sawyer had fought too long and too hard not to cave in to her mother’s demands to let Kaden make her feel the same way.

  She had to hold out against Kaden. Not only did he threaten to take away her hard won freedom, but he was also quickly guaranteeing that he would take her soul.

  Chapter Twelve

  Sawyer went back downstairs. Needing fresh air, she went out the front door, deciding to take a walk in the comfortable temperature. She walked down the driveway, enjoying the sunshine as the feeling of being confined began to evaporate.

  Seeing the small guardhouse a few feet away, she belatedly remembered Kaden’s warning and decided to turn back. The sound of a car screeching and pulling into the driveway had her freezing until she heard the distinctive sound of gunfire.

  Sawyer began running, veering away from the driveway. She ran as fast as she could. There were not many trees, so she had no place to hide on R.J.’s manicured lawn. She decided her only chance was to reach the safety of the house and she ran even faster.

  Hearing footsteps approaching behind her, she began screaming. She couldn’t let the kidnappers take her again. She instinctively knew she wouldn’t survive that ordeal twice.

  The footsteps were gaining on her.

  “Kaden!”

  The door slammed open and he came running outside. He sprinted toward her as she ran toward him. She had unwittingly placed him in danger with her recklessness. Sawyer ran as the man chased her with a gun. Kaden was unarmed, but that didn’t stop him from coming to her rescue. She picked up speed at the fear she had placed him in danger.

  “Get to the house and lock the door,” he yelled as he rushed past her.

  She kept running, hearing the heavy thump of bodies colliding; however, Sawyer didn’t stop until she had finally reached the door, slamming and locking it behind her. Running to the window, she saw Kaden and another man fighting. She looked around the room for a phone, not knowing what else to do to help Kaden.

  When she couldn’t find one, she turned back to the window, seeing Kaden slamming his fist into the man’s face over and over. He tore the gun from the man’s hand then brought it down on his skull until he lay still on the ground.

  The security guard ran to Kaden, pulling him off the limp body before tossing the intruder onto his stomach and handcuffing his hands behind his back. Kaden then got to his feet. Sawyer saw him speaking with the security guard before he turned and headed back toward the house, his face a mask of fury. Sawyer stood by the window until the hard slam of his fist hit the doorframe.

  She went to the door, her fingers fumbling with the lock until the door finally opened and Kaden brushed angrily by her.

  “What the fuck were you doing out there?”

  Shocked and still frightened by her narrow escape, she had trouble getting the words out. “I—Ijust wa—wanted t—to go f—for a walk.” She was relieved when she finally managed to get the sentence out.

  “You almost managed to get yourself kidnapped, Sawyer. Is that what you wanted?”

  “N—n—no!”

  “Why were you so close to the road?”

  “I—Iwanted t—to g—o—go for... a… walk.” Sawyer took a deep breath, trying to get her stuttering back under control. It had been years since she had stuttered this badl
y. The years of speech therapy came back to her and she tried to gather her thoughts to gain control of her speech while Kaden stared at her as if she were crazy.

  Sawyer belatedly realized it hadn’t been a wise decision. She had almost got herself kidnapped, and both Kaden and the security guard hurt.

  “Go to your room, Sawyer. I’ll be up in a few minutes, but first I have to calm down. I told you not to leave the house, didn’t I?” Kaden said harshly.

  “Yes, but I was only going for a walk.” She was proud of herself for not stuttering, but the way Kaden was gritting his teeth had her wishing she had remained silent.

  “Go. Now. Before I paddle your ass here and now, without caring someone could walk in.”

  “You’re not going to lay a hand on me.” Fire blazed out of her eyes.

  “Do you fucking realize that Mike was shot in his shoulder?”

  “W—what... I—I didn’t… know.”

  “Well, now you do. Not only that, but he could have been killed, so could you and I.” By the time he referred to her, he was yelling.

  Sawyer decided it was better to retreat to her room and give him a chance to calm down. She threw him a dirty look before she left though, which also wasn’t the smartest move; he made a move toward her, but her fleeing footsteps managed to satisfy him temporarily.

  Sawyer slammed the door to her room. Too wired to sit down, she walked back and forth across the carpet, talking to herself, calling Kaden various names as they came to her. It was only when she really became inventive that she realized how childish she was being. Her shoulders slumped as she began feeling terrible that the security guard had gotten hurt. Kaden also had a bruise on his cheekbone where he had been struck.