“I would never do anything to hurt you, Kai.” I grab his pinky and link it with mine. “I pinky swear that I will never break your heart, unless you break mine and, well, then if you do all bets are off.”
“Ditto,” he promises back. “What time to do you have to be home?”
I check the time on his dashboard and see that I have about an hour. “That depends, why are you asking?”
He turns down a dirt road not too far from Jake’s house. We drive down the dark road a few miles and come to a stop in a clearing. “Don’t worry, my grandparents own this land,” he tells me, answering my unspoken question.
He undoes his seatbelt then reaches over and unbuckles mine. “Come over here.” He reclines his seat back, and I climb over the console awkwardly, and straddle his lap. It isn’t the most comfortable position to be in considering the way his car is made but I don’t care. He pulls me closer to
him. “Been wanting to kiss you all night.”
Once those words leave his mouth, our lips collide. This time there is no soft and waiting. Our kisses are heated and frantic. His hands are rubbing up and down my back, edging closer to my bra with every pass. I don’t want him to stop. I moan into his mouth with my fingers threaded through his hair. His thumbs tease at the dimples in my lower back right above my butt. Kai grabs the lace trim of my panties and growls in my ear, “That’s so hot, Kat.”
I can feel just how hot he thinks it is pressing between my thighs and it feels good. I rock gently against him and he stops me. “Kat, you keep doing that and this is going to end quickly or go a lot further than I think we are ready to go.”
“Sorry, Kai. You just feel good.” I lay back against the steering wheel, giving him some space.
“Don’t ever be sorry for something that feels so right. I just think we should take this slow. I like you too much to rush this is all.”
I bite my lip, fighting the urge to tell him that I don’t care, but he loses it. I can feel his body tense. I am not sure what comes over me, but I want to feel what I am doing to him. I lean up, placing my lips to his and shove my hand down his pants. He is so hard because of me. I turn Kai Cooper on. I am screaming on the inside. On the outside though, I begin to rub and touch his length.
“Kat, if you don’t stop doing that…” before he can finish his statement, his warm and sticky essence coats my hand.
“Wow,” I say against his mouth, sucking his bottom lips between my teeth.
“See what you do to me, Kat. You make me crazy.” He is breathing hard with his forehead resting against mine. Our noses are touching as he comes down from his high. I climb back into my seat and Kai tells me there are baby wipes in the glove box. I give him an odd look but before I can say anything, he says that he keeps them for Khloe.
“Likely story,” I tell him with mock laughter.
After he drives me home, I have the hardest time going to bed. All I can think about is going to the beach with Kai and kissing him under the moon with sand between our toes. Cheesy, I know.
Next thing I know, my alarm clock is blaring in my ear, and I can’t wait to see Kai again. I sing Wicked Game softly in the shower, remembering how it felt when he got off for me. The drops of water caress my body as they cascade down my form. I wish they were Kai’s fingers instead. I dress quickly and blow-dry my hair in record time.
I even smile and say a polite good morning to my mother and David in the kitchen. Then my mother has to ruin my mood. “Keep fooling yourself, Katie. You are smiling now, but I bet in a few more weeks you’ll be staying at the heartbreak hotel crying over that boy.”
“You know, that might be the case, but if so it is my choice. This is my life. I get to make mistakes, and I get to fall in love. I get to do it all but, on my terms, not yours or anyone else’s.” I start to say more but think better of it, remembering that I need her permission to go with the Cooper’s to the beach.
Kai knocks at the door. David looks at me as if he is thinking about getting up to answer it. “That’s for me, I’ll be home late. I babysit tonight.”
Picking up my bag, I open the door expecting to see Kai and his dimples, only to be met by Becks gawking at me with an awkward look on his face.
“What are you doing here, Beckett?” I close the door behind me and walk out to watch for Kai.
“I’m worried about you, Katie. I see you are slummin’ it with Kai and Raven.”
“You don’t know anything about them,” I snap at him.
“Apparently, neither do you,” he says, walking down the steps.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I demand. What does he think he knows that I don’t?
“Just don’t come to me crying when the truth comes out. He is going to break your heart, Katie. I would have waited for you as long as it took, but after hearing about you and Aaron, man I was blind.” He shakes his head, shutting the gate behind him. Just as he rounds the corner, Kai pulls up.
Beck’s words rattle my bones, but I shake off his warning and get in the car.
“What’d he want?” Kai asks, sounding annoyed.
“Nothing important,” I tell him not wanting to argue.