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  Leaning over her, while still caressing her, he nipped at her earlobe. "Where are they?"

  They? Who? What? Oh-God.

  She had no idea what he was talking about. "Wait. Oh God!" She clutched at his shoulders and bucked against his hand.

  "I didn't bring any with me. I didn't think that…"

  "Night...table. Drawer. By-the-bed." When he started to pull away she grasped tighter to his shoulders and brought him back down to her. Brushing her lips against his, she slipped her tongue into his mouth and deepened the kiss, kissing him with more passion and urgency than she'd kissed anyone before. Moments later she released him. "Hurry!"

  "Demanding little thing," he chided, giving her another quick kiss. Jade watched impatiently as he went to the night table and found what he was looking for inside.

  "I waited over a month for you to ask me out, I think I've been patient enough," she protested with a grin.

  "Yes, I suppose you have." Rejoining her on the bed, Alex lay on his back next to her, slipping his hands behind his head. "So if you want it that badly, get over here and take it."

  Chapter 4

  Alex watched intently as Jade straddled him and positioned herself over his cock. Her breasts jiggled ever-so-slightly as she grasped his cock and ran it back and forth between her folds. Alex closed his eyes and groaned. He'd felt how tight she was earlier and it had had taken all his self-control to keep from fucking her on the sofa.

  Opening his eyes back up, he caught her gaze, unfolded his hands from behind his head, grasped her thighs and urged her down onto his cock. "I need to be in you Jade," he groaned.

  With a shy smile, and without further teasing she rammed his cock deep into her - to the hilt. She cried out, as her head fell back. "Damn, you feel good!"

  "Oh fuck yeah!" That was an understatement in his mind. Her pussy fit him like a deliciously warm, moist glove. She began slowly moving up and down on him, her muscles tightening around his cock with each upward thrust.

  Holding tight to her thighs he kept her steady as she began to increase her speed, pulling up slowly and then ramming down onto him fast and hard. Each time she took him in, she'd make soft whimpering and moaning noises that were driving him almost as crazy as the feeling of being inside of her.

  "Lean back," Alex instructed.

  She didn't answer, but did as was requested, bracing herself with her hands on his thighs, back arched, her long brown hair cascading down her back, and her breasts thrust out. Alex had never seen anything so sexy in his life. Her cries became louder as the head of his cock started rubbing against her inner wall.

  "That's it sweetie, ride my cock," he reached between her legs, and began to stroke her clit as she rocked on him. He'd barely had a chance to work her clit when her body tensed and she was overtaken by a series of slight spasms. Her pussy clenched his cock and then a gush of her warm nectar surrounded him seeping down his shaft to coat his groin and balls.

  "Of fuck!" he groaned, the feel of her coming was almost his undoing. "Keep going sweetie."

  He bucked up against her, urging her on. Still panting heavily and recovering from the explosion she'd just experienced she regained herself and continued rocking on his cock, faster and with more force than she had previously. In and out, his cock appeared and disappeared into her moist depths. His body was close, so close. But hers... he could feel she was building quickly to come a second time so he fought to hold back.

  "Come for me again, sweetie. One more time."

  "God yes, so close." she groaned.

  Grabbing hold of her waist, in one swift motion he flipped her to her back, without withdrawing from her, and began ramming fast and hard into her. He'd only gotten three thrusts into her when he felt her small, soft body tremble under him.

  As if on cue his cock and balls hardened to an unbearable extent and he had no choice but to release. A wave of pleasure washed through him as he rammed that final time into her and unloaded, hitting his climax just as she was hitting hers.

  Lowering his mouth to hers, he kissed her tenderly, his lips brushing against hers before taking her lower lip into his mouth and lightly sucking. Parting her lips for him, her tongue sought out his. He sighed against her mouth as their tongues danced and he took one last second to savor the feel of her warmth surrounding his dick.

  Pulling out, he got up, quickly tossed the condom into the wastebasket and then rejoined her on the bed. He pulled her tightly to him, kissing her temple and tucking her head under his chin, while running his fingertips along her soft curves.

  No matter how good he felt at that moment with her cuddled next to him, he still couldn't push out the guilt that nagged at him. He'd lied to her at the movie theatre. He did actually know who that woman was. He knew her far better than he wished he did.

  Nadine Robichaud was the woman's name. She was the reason he hadn't dated for almost six month. He had dated her for a while several years ago and had foolishly proposed to her. Little did he know she'd had male acquaintances on the side the entire time they had been together. When he found out, he had immediately called off the wedding and washed his hands of her.

  The problem was that she didn't seem as eager to give up on him, even several years later. She seemed to pop up out of nowhere, usually whenever he found someone he thought had potential. Like the sweet Jade lying next to him. The fact that she was at the theater he was sure was a sheer coincidence, but now that Nadine knew he was dating someone again, she’d be back with a vengeance.

  Alex knew he should tell Jade, warn her, but deep down he was a coward. Scared that the woman he'd had a crush on for weeks, and finally had lying next to him would tell him to shove off and walk out of his life, if she knew he carried such baggage. So Alex opted for hoping this time would be different. He'd tell Jade about Nadine some time down the road, but for now he simply hoped this relationship wouldn’t end the way the others all had, at the hands of his meddling ex.

  ****

  "I just don't understand what is going on. It makes no sense." Jade threw a few aspirin into her mouth and took a swig of coffee. She was grateful it was an extremely slow night; she doubted she could handle many customers tonight. She certainly couldn't put on the charm to get them the tips tonight. She was stressed and exhausted and simply didn't have it in her.

  "Are they still coming in as frequently?"

  Jade nodded. "Yep. Every day. Same stuff. Some woman calls from a blocked number calls me a bitch, hussy, fiancé stealer, whore. I guess whatever comes to mind at the time and then hangs up on me."

  "Hasn't it been a month now?" Jenny frowned and shook her head. "What is Alex saying about all this?"

  "He tells me to ignore it. I'm having the number disconnected tomorrow and relisted as a private number so that should fix the problem."

  "It's still creepy."

  Jade huffed. "Tell me about it."

  Ding.

  "Want me to get that?" Jenny asked dropping the dishrag into the soapy dish water.

  "Nah, I can handle it." Walking towards the drive-thru window Jade spewed off her greeting and took the order from an oddly familiar voice for a single large coffee.

  Opening the window she gave the woman driving a small lime green car a smile, but the smile quickly faded. She didn't know how she knew the woman, but she did - somehow - and she knew it wasn't for a good reason. High school. Nope. She continued to search her brain for the information as she passed the woman the coffee and recited the total.

  "You're a fiancé stealing whore, you know that?" the woman spat at her, batting the coffee with the back of her hand and sending it sailing towards Jade, drenching the front of her uniform with the scalding hot brew.

  Luckily she'd been cleaning the ovens and was still wearing the thermal apron which warded off the lion’s share of the hot liquid. The woman from the telephone. Oh-my-god, the woman from the movie theatre. The voice and face was clear now.

  Jade shook her head and pressed the 'private' button on he
r headset so Jenny could hear what was going on. "I don't know what you're talking about. I think you have me confused with someone else."

  The woman laughed while glaring at her. "I know you've been fucking Alex Kane. He's mine," she hissed.

  "Alex?" Jade blinked. What in the hell is she talking about? What kind of crazy bitch is this?

  "And if you think for one instant I'm going to let him go for some fat coffee pusher you have another thing coming."

  Fat? Me? Maybe I could stand to lose five or ten pounds but... fat?

  "Is there a problem I can help you with ma'am?" Jenny's voice came from behind Jade. While Jade was shy and easy-going, Jenny was abrupt and no nonsense.

  The woman looked from Jenny to Jade then back again. "Nah. I think the little tramp got the message." Without another word she sped out of the drive-thru and disappeared into traffic.

  "What is going on Jade? Are you alright?"

  The confused look still evident on her face, Jade shrugged. "I have no idea. She tosses a coffee at me, calls me fat and accuses me of stealing her fiancé. I think it's the woman who's been calling me, the woman from the movie theatre on our second date."

  Crossing her arms over her ample chest, Jenny looked down at Jade sympathetically, "Maybe you need to have a little chat with your man, Jade."

  Jade nodded. "Yeah," turning to the polished chrome milk machine she examined her distorted image in the surface, "Am I fat?"

  Busting out laughing, Jenny patted her on the shoulder. "Honey, I have more fat in my left ass cheek than you have on your entire body."

  Laughing along with Jenny, Jade then released a sigh and removed her drenched apron.

  "And hey, I think you might be able to get your answers in less than two minutes." Jenny nodded to the patrol car which was turning into the drive-thru.

  ****

  "Damn, what an exhausting night. I swear every crazy in Portland is out tonight," Alex groaned pulling up to the drive-thru speaker.

  "Must be the full moon," his partner joked.

  "It's us honey, can we come up?"

  "Yeah."

  Alex frowned, something in her tone wasn't right.

  "What's the problem?" Constable Torrance asked upon seeing Alex's expression.

  "I don't know." he was getting an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach and immediately the image of Nadine came to mind. "Fuck." he muttered under his breath as he pulled through to the window.

  When they arrived at the window, Jade had their order ready as usual, but the sweet smile and cute flirting he was normally greeted with was missing, replaced by a blank, hurt expression.

  Taking the coffee and food from her, he frowned. "What's wrong, sweetie? Bad customer?"

  Jade shrugged, avoiding his gaze. "You could say that."

  Putting the car into park and shutting it off Alex leaned through the window and took her hand. "What's going on?"

  Finally she met his eyes and the pained expression tore at his heart. "Who is she Alex?"

  Alex hesitated. Oh, for the love of God, please don't let her mean Nadine.

  "The girl from the movie theater, the girl that's been calling me, the girl that less than five minutes ago threw coffee at me and told me I was screwing her fiancé!"

  Alex's mouth dropped. His worst nightmare was becoming a reality. Nadine had found Jade and would terrorize her until Jade either quit her job and moved or ended it with him out of pure frustration. That was, of course, if she would forgive him for saying he didn't know who the mystery caller had been. Damn it!

  "Look Jade, I haven't been completely honest with you about something."

  Jade's eyes narrowed. "Why? What's going on Alex?"

  Fuck!

  "Look. Open up, I want to come in and see you." Leaving the patrol car situated in the drive-thru, he hopped out and walked over to the side door and waited for her to let him in.

  Standing on the other side of the glass, Jade hesitated as though she was considering whether she should even be talking with him.

  "Please Jade," he could hear the desperation in his own voice and evidently so could she because she unlocked the door and allowed him in.

  He immediately made an attempt to hold her, but she pushed him away, taking several steps back and glaring at him.

  "Explain it to me."

  Alex let out a ragged sigh and ran a shaky hand through his hair. "I was engaged. Once before. Years ago, I told you that. Well, it was to her."

  "She says you’re still engaged to her," Jade countered.

  Alex shook his head. "No. Absolutely not. She is a little... well a lot, unstable. She's why I hadn't dated for over six months... until you. She gets off by screwing with my life, in particular, making sure I never find someone else."

  Jade huffed. "Why would she do that?"

  He shrugged. He was still trying to figure that out himself, it had been several years and he had yet to figure it out, other than her being mentally unstable. "I swear to you I don't know."

  "You're a cop Alex, this is the type of shit you're supposed to be protecting people from, but you can't even keep it out of your own relationships! She's been harassing me from the beginning. For a month Alex! And you let it happen! You know how upset those phone calls were making me!"

  "You know it can't be true, right? You're the only woman for me. You know that right?" He caught her chin in his palm and lifted her eyes to meet his. "Right? We work the same hours and for a month now we've spent every waking second together, I practically live at your apartment now."

  Her features seemed to soften. "What are you going to do about it? About this mess you allowed to happen?"

  Fuck if I know, he groaned inwardly. There was only one thing he could do other than end the relationship and that option was off the table - end of discussion. However, he hated the thought of doing the only other option available to him.

  She gave him a moment to answer and when he didn't she continued. "Jenny is driving me home this morning." He began to protest but she raised a hand to silence him. "She is driving me home and you are going back to your place. Tonight is our night off so you'll come over and you'll tell me what you're going to do to make this right, Alex."

  Before he could respond the horn of the patrol car blared. Looking out into the car he noticed Constable Torrance waving frantically mouthing: get your ass out here.

  "Shit," Alex growled, frustrated that the criminals of the city couldn't give him at least ten minutes to settle his own problems. "I'll be at your place at seven and I swear to you Jade, I will fix this." he pulled her into his arms, but instead of a warm embrace, she was stiff and emotionless. "I swear, I'll make it up to you," he whispered into her hair before turning and rushing out of the door and hopping into the car.

  His partner rattled off the address as he put the car into gear.

  "So what are you going to do?" the older cop asked en route to the crime scene.

  "Something that is going to make me a laughing stock of the precinct, I imagine." Alex grumbled. He knew there was only one way to end it with her once and for all. He dreaded sacrificing his pride and doing what needed to be done, but he'd rather take a blow to the ego than lose the best thing that had ever happened to him.

  Chapter 5

  Jade paced her apartment waiting for 7pm to arrive. She missed Alex already. His side of the bed had felt so vacant when she awoke. It had been less than twenty-four hours and her whole body seemed to ache for him.

  But he'd lied to her. Lied to her face, repeatedly. That hurt. All he had to do was tell her the truth, why lie to her? To protect her, but protect her from what? From some coffee chucking lunatic? Well, she would have been better equipped to deal with 'crazy girl' had she been forewarned.

  At five minutes to seven the buzzer sounded from downstairs. Alex had his own key to the door and to her apartment, but she supposed he was a little shy about presuming she'd allow him the liberty of letting himself in.

  "Who is it?" she asked, d
epressing the talk button.

  "It's me."

  "Okay, I'll be right down." It was yet another beautiful night so she didn't bother with a jacket; deciding her simple spaghetti strap red sundress was all she really needed. Grabbing her small matching handbag she made her way down to meet him.

  As usual, as she came out of the elevator and saw him standing outside waiting for her, her heart skipped a beat. He gave her a hesitant smile which only slightly showed the dimples that she'd grown to love. As usual, he was wearing his favourite faded blue jeans with a t-shirt which hugged his lean torso. Her mind took her back to several nights ago when she'd traced with her fingertips the contours of his perfectly defined abs and a heat rose up between her legs at the thought.

  She was tempted to give him a genuine smile, because in truth she'd already forgiven him, regardless of what his plan was to fix the problem. But still... it didn't mean she couldn't let him suffer a while longer. It was the least he deserved for lying to her.

  Stepping out of the building, she gave him a hug. It was meant to be brief, but the feel of his hard body as she fell into him, seemed to beg her to stay there, basking in the tender warmth of his embrace.

  "I'm so sorry," he whispered into her ear. "But I've fixed it and you'll never hear from her or about her again. I swear to you."

  Looking up into his worried, green eyes she could see the truth in them, and the affection. They'd never verbally said 'I love you' - yet, but it was so evident in his eyes that she didn't need to hear the words.

  Jade nodded. "Alright. Where are we going?"

  His smile, though still slightly hesitant, widened. "I have a surprise for you."

  Her curiosity peaked and her plan of making him suffer a little longer faded away. "What is it?"

  Opening the passenger door to the Jeep, he helped her in. "You'll have to wait and find out, won't you?"

  Jade groaned and rolled her eyes, though inside she was giddy. Over the past month, she'd discovered that Alex wasn't the most romantic of men, but when he did decide to do something special he went all out, making his little lapses tolerable.