Affinity (Part V) *erotic/romance*

BEFORE NOW: 1

KARA AND MICHAEL ARE MARRIED, AND MICHAEL IS COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO HER, BUT KARA MARRIED HIM FOR THE WRONG REASONS. SHE CARES ABOUT HIM, BUT NOT THE WAY A WIFE SHOULD CARE ABOUT HER HUSBAND. THEY OWN A RESTAURANT, AND SHE WAS HELPING OUT AT THE RESTAURANT WHEN HER EXBOYFRIEND CADE CAME IN. SHE HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR YEARS, BUT APPARENTLY HE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR HER. HE BASICALLY ASKED HER TO SLEEP WITH HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW SHE WAS MARRIED, BUT SHE REFUSED. SHE WENT TO HER BEST FRIEND NIKKI'S HOUSE FOR DINNER (THEY HAD ALL BEEN FRIENDS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL- KARA, CADE, NIKKI, AND NIKKI'S FIANCE SHANE) AND CADE WAS THERE. THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN, AND SHE AGREED TO GO THROUGH WITH IT. THEY MADE PLANS TO MEET THE NEXT DAY.2

4:00 came much too quickly. Kara sat wringing her hands nervously. She still couldn’t believe she was doing this. She was supposed to be the sweet one, the innocent one, not the one that goes behind her husband’s back to sleep with another man in a bed they shared every night. 3

She closed her eyes tightly and forced herself to swallow past the lump in her throat. She calmed herself with the knowledge that Michael would never find out. Besides, it was only Cade. It wasn’t as though this would be their first time together… just their first time together since high school, she thought. 4

Take a deep breath, you can do this, she told herself. She could. 5

The hesitant knock on the door startled her out of her thoughts. With a hand to the fluttering pulse at her throat, she went to answer the door. 6

He met her guarded look with a charming grin. She wanted this to just be physical, but he drew her in, just like he always had, and she found herself smiling back despite the circumstances. He looked only a little uncertain as he handed her a single red rose. She smiled at how sweet but clichéd it was, realizing it was more than just sex to him, too, even though his kiss was definitely one full of lust and naughty intentions. 7

She kissed him back for all she was worth. This would be good, and when it was over, he would go back to his life and she could go back to hers. Michael would never know…8

She had to stifle a giggle as he kicked the door shut, not even bothering to wonder if her neighbors had witnessed a strange man kissing her in the doorway of her husband’s home. He made her feel wild, daring, something she’d never managed to be on her own. 9

With a sigh, she led him to the back of the house. He looked at her a little funny, so she whispered, “Three hours.”10

“Three hours?” he asked.11

“Mmm-hmm. We only have three hours before you have to leave. You have to be back at Nik’s house before they have dinner at 7:30 or they might suspect something, and I’m going over to the restaurant.” His look became more sober, and she wondered if she’d said it just to remind them both that this wasn’t real, that it couldn’t be even if they wanted it to.12

“Why do you have to go to the restaurant?” he asked slowly. “I told Shane I was going out to dinner with a friend and wouldn’t be back for a while, so we don’t necessarily have to end it at three hours,” he explained with a little wink.13

She looked guilty for some reason. “I told Michael I would help out tonight. He’s staying late so he asked me to come,” she replied softly.14

He looked like he was getting angry, she thought, knowing him well enough to recognize the cause. But what did he expect? She couldn’t just forget she was married. 15

“I guess we better get started, then,” he said after a moment, quickly pulling her shirt over her head to fondle her small breasts. She flushed an adorable pink, reminding him of years passed, of times when they could’ve had a chance together. He kissed the tiny freckles scattered across the bridge of her nose. When his lips made it back to hers, he thrust his tongue forcefully into her mouth and pushed his hips against her, the movements of his mouth mimicking the thrusts of his body. She had a feeling the kiss was meant to punish her, though she somehow found the grinding pressure of his lips erotic. 16

Her soft sigh soon turned to a throaty moan and he used one hand to unbutton her jeans, sliding one hand inside the material to cup her feminine mound. One finger stroked between the folds, feeling the heat even through her panties. “Cade,” she breathed.17

“You want me to fuck you now?” he ground out, and she winced at the crude word. He’d never said that to her before, and it felt degrading. The heat of his anger singed her, and she started to back away but found herself trapped by the bed. He bent her back over it, leaning down to rake his teeth roughly over her hardened nipple. Biting back a moan, she cupped his head, pressing him into her flesh. 18

Her response seemed to calm him, and when he took her the hard peak fully into his mouth, he gentled slightly, he tongue smoothing the damage his teeth had done her soft skin. “I’m sorry,” he apologized, his voice husky with his desire. 19

She forgave him instantly, spreading her legs slightly. She had always been shy with him before – with Michael too – but she was so caught up in the moment that she forgot to be embarrassed by her nudity as he stripped the rest of her clothes from her body. 20

One finger slithered up the inside of her thigh, slipping inside her easily as her juices coated him. He kissed his way down her belly, pausing to dip inside her belly button and taste the sweat gathered there. When at last he reached the apex of her thighs, she felt his tongue flick out, pushing the aroused bud, making her cry out as he flicked back and forth over the tip of it. 21

“Please,” she begged, not knowing what she was asking for.22

But he knew… And his smile said he was going to give her exactly what she wanted. 23