After 2

Chapter 160.

"Okay.." She pants and I move faster.

"Hardin.." Her voice is shaky and she bites her lip to calm herself, turning me on even more.

The pressure begins to build in my stomach.

"Hardin, you feel so good.." She gains confidence and I curse under my breath.

"You are already whining and I haven't said anything." She boasts, her smug tone brings me to the edge and pushes me over.

Her body trembles and stiffens and I watch her climax and she is just as captivating, if not more than each time we are intimate. This is why I can not get enough of her and I never will.

A knock at the door brings us both back from our post-orgasm, almost sedated state and she jumps off of me in an instant. She grabs her shirt off the floor as I remove the spent condom, and pick up my clothes from the floor.

"Give me a minute." I call towards the door the knocking ceases as Tessa lights a candle and begins to rearrange the decorative pillows on our couch.

"What is with the candle?" I ask her.

Now that I am dressed, I make my way towards the front door.

"It smells like sex in here." She whispers, despite the fact that the maintenance worker can't hear her.

She frantically runs her fingers through her hair, my only response is a chuckle and a shake of my head just before I pull the door open. The man on the other side of the door is tall, taller than me, and has a full beard. His brown hair touches his shoulders and he looks to be at least fifty.

"Your heats out right?" His raspy voice asks. He has clearly smoked too many ciggrettes.

"Yes, why else would it be twenty degrees in this aparmtent." I reply and watch as his eyes land on my Tessa.

Of course she would be bending over to retrieve her cell phone charger from the basket under the table. And of course she would be wearing fucking yoga pants while doing so. And of course this greasy man with a damn beard would be checking out her ass. And of course she would stand back up and be oblivious to the entire exhange.

"Tess, you should go in the room until it is fixed." I request.

"I am okay, I will stay out here with you." She shrugs and sits down on the chair.

"It is warmer in there." I try to persuade her. My patience is wearing thin and when she lifts her arms behind her head to tie her hair up and she is practically giving this asshole a show, it takes everything in me not to drag her into the room.

"Okay.. " She is clearly puzzled and will surely demand an explanation later because she is annoying in that way.

Her school books are in her arms as she stalks into the bedroom and closes the door behind her.

"Fix the fucking heater." I snap at the perverted old man.

He stays silent so he must be smarter than I assumed. Tessa's phone vibrates on the end table so I take it upon myself to answer it when I see that the screen reads 'Kimberly'.

"Hello." I say into the receiver.

"Hardin?" Her voice is so high pitched, I have no idea how Christian can stand it. It must be her looks that drew him in.

"Yes. I will get Tess." I open the bedroom door to find Tessa laying across the bed with a pen between her teeth, her feet kicking in the air behind her.

"Kimberly is on the phone." I explain, tossing the phone on the bed next to her.

"Hey Kim! Is everything okay?" She asks.

A few seconds pass before she says, "Oh no! That is terrible."

I raise my brow at her but she doesn't notice.

"Oh... okay.. let me speak to Hardin about it. It will only take a second, I am sure it will be fine "

She removes the phone from her ear and covers the bottom with her hand.

"Christian caught some sort of stomach flu and Kim needs to take him to the hospital. It's nothing too serious but his babysitter isn't available." She whispers to me.

"So?" I shrug.

"They don't have anyone to watch Smith."

"And.. you are telling me this because?" I ask.

"She wants to know if we can." She chews 

on the inside of her cheek.

"Can what?" There is no way in hell she is suggesting that she wants to babysit that child.

"Babysit, Hardin." Tessa sighs.

"No, absolutely not."

"Why not? He is a good kid." She defends.

"No Tessa, this isn't a daycare. Not happening, tell Kim to buy him some Tylenol and some chicken soup and call it a day."

"Hardin.. she is my friend and he is sick. I thought you cared for him?" She asks and my stomach turns.

Of course I like him, he was there for me and my mum when my father was fucking up but that doesn't mean I want to watch his kid when I already have to go to a hockey game with Landon tomorrow.

"I said no." I stand my ground.

The last thing I need is some annoying kid with a kool aid mustache messing up my apartment.

"Please Hardin? They don't have anyone else." She begs.  

I should have walked away from her after I told her no the first time.

"Please?" She asks again and I sigh in defeat and watch as a smile grows on her face.

(I will be going back to longer, daily (or at least every other day) updates next week! I can't wait, I am having withdraws from not being able to update as much and I miss it tremendously so don't worry it will be back to normal Friday:) ily all, pleasr vote and comment )