Chapter 11
Letty and I both collapsed on my bed after everything had been moved. We laughed at how much junk I had and I told her about the kiss Leon and I had shared. After lots of squealing and cheering from Letty, we decided to sort through all the boxes.
Five boxes in, we were interrupted by the doorbell upstairs. Letty looked over at me with excitement filled eyes, before she jumped around happily and then ran to stand at the bottom of the basement stairs.
I stood at the bedroom door and watched as her facial expressions went from happiness to deep in concentration.
Dom had answered the door and there was a lot of mumbling and shuffling before the door finally shut – awkwardly – and then Dom's booming voice ordering Letty and me upstairs.
Letty looked over at me with her eyes bulging in shock and fright. Dom yelled again before we both ran up the stairs. He stood with his arms crossed, jaw clenched and his face was starting to turn a slight shade of red.
"Why are Edwin's guys coming 'round askin' how much we're sellin' for?" He said calmly as he looked at Letty then to me, and then back to Letty.
By now the other guys had joined us in the hallway, watching Dom as he tried to control his temper.
"Woopsie…" Letty said with her best angelic tone.
Dom tilted his head slightly as he looked at Letty, not all that shocked. He then looked once again to me and raised a brow, "Cassie?" I put my hands up in a surrender and instantly his arm shot up to point to the stairwell that led upstairs. "Leticia. Upstairs." He boomed and Letty put her hands on her hips in defence. "Don't test me," he growled under his breath.
Letty sighed and trudged her way up the stairs with Dom right behind. There was a moment of silence between everybody, and only the sounds of their footsteps padding across the carpet, then the slam of the bedroom door.
Even with the two upstairs, their voices were loud from where we all stood. The guys looked over at me and I shrugged. They did the same and we looked at the stairwell again, before we padded our way into the living room; each of us collapsing onto a couch.
Dom and Letty suddenly stopped yelling and it was quiet. We all looked over at the staircase again, and waited of footsteps. Nothing. We heard their voices again, at a regular volume and we all sighed in relief that everything was – somewhat – ok.
I looked over at Jesse sitting on the couch next to me, "when are you going?"
He smiled and jumped around on the couch a little, "tonight. I'm picking Belinda up in 'bout an hour and then we're on our way to Baja." His face glowed with excitement as he explained where they were going and what he had planned to do.
We all joked at how much of a romantic he was, before Letty bounced happily down the stairs, followed by Dom who looked quite defeated.
Letty nodded towards the basement and gestured for me to follow. I quickly got up and watched as Letty bounced down the second row of stairs down to the basement. I glanced back at Dom who had taken a seat where I had been – he shrugged and then I ran down the stairs after Letty.
She closed the door after I walked in and stayed silent for a few moments, only a mischievous grin on her face.
"What's with that look?" I said when I was fed up with the silence.
Letty shrugged, "nothing."
I raised my brow and Letty's smile widened, "o-o-okay then…"
She moved around the room quickly and shifted a few boxes until she found one filled with clothing. Her face instantly lit up when she found the sexy red lace camidoll that I owned; she held it up by the straps and raised both her brows in surprise. I blushed and grabbed it off her and stuffed it under the pillow. She chuckled and waggled her eyebrows suggestively before she started sifting through more clothes. When she found what she was looking for, she picked it up and held it up for me to see.
"Does it suit me?" She asked as she held the white shirt against her body and danced around the room.
Again, I raised my eyebrow and stared at her. She stopped dancing and threw the top at my face. When I pulled the shirt off my face she was holding up the piece of lace lingerie that I had stuffed under the pillow, again with the mischievous smile on her face.
"How did I not know you bought this?"
She held the camidoll by the straps and examined the material; it was a mid thigh length, sheer floral embroidered lace design with thin, sequined straps. It dipped low in the front and had a slit on each side with satin ribbon sewed on the hems. It was meant to only be seen by one person, Jason, my ex – but he had left me before he got to see it. Too bad for him.
Letty stared at me, starting to get impatient when I didn't answer her. She tapped her foot on the floor and continued to dangle the flimsy dress in front of my face. I pulled it from her grip again and smirked.
"It was for Jason…" I trailed off and shrugged at her, then threw it back in the box it came from.
She nodded in understanding and then picked up another article of clothing and measured it up against her body.
"Letty, what the hell is going on? What did you say to Dom?" I was finally fed up with her avoiding what happened.
She looked up at me and smiled, "nothing happened. We sorted out everything, and we're partying tonight. Tomorrow we're gonna tell Vince about the money – when Jess gets back we'll tell him – and then we decide what we're going to do with all that cash." Her smile widened and I knew she was thinking about all the things she wanted to buy.
I shook my head in amusement and held up the shirt that she threw at me, "you wearing this?"
She nodded and dropped the skirt she was holding and picked up another one, "with this? You think they go?"
"Since when do you care if they match?" I joked and got something thrown at me again in response. "Yeah, they go," I said, defeated, before we both started laughing.
………
As usual, the party was going at full swing before 10 and the house was filled with people. The music blasted from the living room speakers and there was alcohol everywhere.
Letty wore the white halter top that she found amongst all my junk, and a tight, black leather skirt that stopped just above the knee, with a split that travelled a few inches up her thigh; she combined that with a pair of black, mid-calf high heeled boots.
I wore a tight, off the shoulder, white, long sleeved shirt with a hot pink tank top underneath. Letty had picked out a pair of baby pink, hipster jeans from Mia's closet that were a very snug fit and sat low on my waist; she then matched the jeans up with a pair of white stilettos.
We both stood in the kitchen, a Corona in hand and watched as the people in the living room mingled happily with each other. Men danced with women, and women danced with women, and unless passed out, everybody was pressed up against another body – griding along to the music that had bass so low the houses at the end of the street shook.
Vince stumbled in and raised his bottle at us to greet us, and we returned the gesture. One of the girls from the party stumbled after him and pushed her way under his arm and linked it across her shoulders. He lingered a kiss on her cheek and then raised his bottle again and then wandered off, with her by his side. Letty and I couldn't help but laugh.
Letty suddenly stopped laughing and I heard her growl slightly. I looked over at her, then followed her line of vision, straight to Dom. He was dancing with a random girl from the races, and by the looks of things he wasn't trying very hard to push her off. Before I could stop her, Letty slammed her Corona on the bench and stalked up to Dom.
I quickly ran after her and stood behind her, with the same stance as her – arms crossed, glaring at Dom. When he realised we were both waiting for him to react, he cringed slightly and took a step back. The girl took a step towards Letty, ready to defend herself.
"Why don't you just pack it up?" Letty spat as she dropped her arms and balled up her fists.
The girl clenched her jaw and I could see her sizing up her options in her mind. She scowled at Letty, then turned to Dom and did the same to him, then walked off and grabbed another random man to dance with.
Letty crossed her arms again and waited for Dom to react. When he just stood there, she threw her arms up in anger and stormed out the front door. Even over the music, you could hear her car start and drive off.
Dom instantly grabbed his keys and headed after her. Leon appeared from behind me and stopped Dom, giving him a look that said not to go after her. He looked over to me and I looked away, not wanting to start anything with him. I heard him sigh before he pushed his way past me and through the crowd, disappearing into the other room.
I looked over at Leon with an unsure look. He smiled and wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me towards him.
"They'll be fine after they cool off," he whispered into my ear. His lips grazed against my ear and I bit on my lower lip as thoughts about the kiss we had shared played through my mind. As if he read my mind, he pulled me closer and whispered into my ear again, "right now, I think we should finish what we started earlier."
He pulled away and took my hand in his and led me further into the crowd – when we were somewhere in the middle, he spun me around to face him and placed his hands on my hips as I swayed them to the music.
"You look like cotton candy in all that pink," he said to me as pinched at the hem of my shirt.
I hooked my fingers into the belt loops on his jeans and pulled him closer, grinding my hips into his. His breath was hot against my neck and he let out a faint groan as his fingers curled into my waist. I smiled and moved my hands up to his shoulders, "is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Good. Very good," he managed after a short pause, "you look good enough to eat." Slowly he guided his hand up and moved a strand of hair away and kissed the crook of my neck, making sure his lips lingered.
My head fell back, giving him more access as he trailed kisses back up my neck, up to my ear. My eyes closed at their own will from the sensation he was creating as I clasped my hands together around his neck.
"But, why cotton candy?" I questioned, trying to ignore the heat that was surging through my body.
Leon chuckled and curled a strand of hair behind my ear, "well, cotton candy is sweet…" he bit my ear lobe gently, "fun to eat…" then he bit down on my neck, "and it just melts in your mouth…" he drew out the words slowly and dropped his hands to the small of my back.
I swallowed hard and sucked on my bottom lip as a small whimper escaped, "maybe we should take this somewhere else," I looked up at him and raised my brow suggestively and he smiled mischievously in response.
I pulled my hands away from his neck and grabbed his hand as he had done and pulled him out of the crowd and down the basement stairs.
He eagerly followed, and all the while I could feel his eyes burning into me. I stopped in front of his bedroom door and turned to face him. Instantly, he stood in front of me and pushed my body against the door, and kissed me passionately. Using his knee, he spread my legs open slightly, and then ground his hips further into mine as he deepened the kiss.
Everything was just a blur, and without realising it, I soon found myself on Leon's bed with him over me, resting between my legs. His hands were all over my body, and I could feel his arousal pushing into my thigh through his pants.
He moved over my body with expertise; knowing exactly where to touch, where to hold, where to push, where to kiss – it was pure bliss.
My mind raced as he pulled my shirt up over my head and then did the same with his. He cupped my breasts with his hands, before gliding them down to my back and unhooked the straps. My bra was thrown to the floor and Leon instantly put his hands over my breasts again. One hand kneaded with his thumb playing across my nipple as he ravished the other with his mouth.
He payed the same amount of attention to my other nipple with his mouth before he slid down my body, trailing kisses down my stomach and past my belly button.
There he paused and I whimpered in response. I sat up and rested against my elbows as I looked down at him.
He trailed his finger across the top of the jeans and slowly he unbuttoned them – teasing me. His fingers hooked under the pants and into my panties; he looked up at me and our eyes locked. Slowly he slid my pants off my legs and threw them on the floor to join my other clothing.
Leon traced the tattoo that circled my ankle as he guided my leg up.
"Nice shoes," he growled seductively, then brought his lips to my skin once again as he slowly made his way down my leg and to my inner thigh. He brought my leg back down over his shoulder as his hands continued to roam over my body.
White spots started to dance in front of my eyes as his tongue made contact deep in my flesh. My back instantly arched towards him and I guided my hand down and curled my fingers into his hair.
Leon continued to devour me, using both his hands and mouth, sending my body into absolute ecstasy. My skin felt as thought it were on fire and everything around me seemed to haze out like it never existed.
He thrust his tongue deeper and I cried out as my mind screamed for release. I could feel him smiling against me and then once again he thrust his tongue deep into my body – sending me over the edge – my mind was spiralling with pleasure. My heart raced and I felt like my temperature rose a few hundred degrees as my body hummed with satisfaction.
Leon climbed over me again and kissed me deeply, I could taste myself on his lips and almost subconsciously, my hands moved down his stomach to unbutton his pants. I fumbled with the zipper more, not being able to make my fingers work properly, before Leon pulled away from the kiss and smiled.
I finally gave up and brought my hands to cup his face, "I need you, Leon." Our eyes locked again, and he licked his lips – pausing – as though he were contemplating what to say or do next.
In one quick movement he stood and removed his pants and boxers, letting them fall to the floor. He returned to his position above me and pushed his body to mine.
I moaned and my eyes closed automatically from the feelings that surged through me.
"Look at me," he said as soon as he noticed my eyes were shut and I did as he said. I was transfixed by the colour and depth of his eyes and almost lost myself in them until I felt him push himself inside me.
I clutched onto the sheets beneath me until my body accustomed to the pain. I lifted my legs, bending them at the knee and Leon guided himself in further.
My body adjusted to him and I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. As if he had read my mind, he started pumping in and out; slow at first, but soon he sped up. I whispered gentle words, telling him to slow down, or thrust deeper and he did exactly that.
A thin layer of sweat began to form on the both our bodies and all rational thought escaped my mind. Things around us started to fade away again and spots danced in front of my eyes. My fingers dug into his back and only the sounds of our breathing and moaning surrounded us.
Our breathing sped up and I could feel his body begin to tense. Mine did the same, and suddenly everything went black and another surge of heat coursed through my body. My walls tightened around him and he continued to move in and out of my body; he groaned as his climax hit him, before his body gave way and he collapsed on top of me.
My body buzzed in a state of euphoria and I smiled to myself as I wrapped my arms around Leon. I ran my hands through his hair as we lay there for an eternity, our breathing rapid but slowly returning to a normal pace.
I hadn't realised when he rolled off me and draped his arm over my stomach, pulling me closer to his body. I smiled in contentment, and he nuzzled his head into my neck, and slowly I began to doze off to sleep to the sound of the party still going on upstairs.