Cade Creek 7
Coming July 23rd
Recovering from a car accident in the sleepy little town of Cade Creek should have been a dream come true, but for Noah Helmond, it has been nothing but a nightmare. Ostracized by everyone for things he couldn’t prevent, Noah is trying his level best to make amends. But even he has his limits and when the man he starts to fall for rips the truth out of him, Noah has to decide if it’s worth the risk to stay and fight for what they could have together or run.
Paul Rafferty loves being a fire fighter. It fulfills his
need to protect those that can’t protect themselves. When he meets Noah and
learns who the man is, he’s prepared to think the worst. But there’s something
compelling in Noah’s sad eyes that make Raff think that there is more to the story
than what he has been told. Getting Noah to admit that might be the hardest
battle he’s ever fought.
When trouble comes looking for Noah, asking for help means
revealing secrets Noah has kept hidden for years, ones that will not only tear
his family apart but have a significant impact on more than one resident in
Cade Creek, and that may be asking too much.
STORY EXCERPT
Paul Rafferty stood by the door and watched the sandy blond
haired man that sat in the corner talking softly on the phone. He was trying to
be professional and not drool, but damn, the guy was simply gorgeous. Raff
could eat him up.
The furtive glances the man kept sending him made Raff
wonder if the man might be interested in more than a simple hello. He quickly
looked at the man’s ring finger. No ring. Hopefully, that meant no significant
other as well.
Raff didn’t do married man.
He watched the man hang up the phone and hand it back to
Elijah. The two men talked for a moment before Elijah went running out the
door. As close as he knew Elijah was to his secretary, Raff had no doubt the
man was on his way up to the hospital.
When the man stood and grabbed his backpack off the floor, Raff
knew he couldn’t let him get away without at least introducing himself. If he
was lucky, maybe he could make a date to meet the man for coffee later.
Raff glanced around to make sure none of his fellow firemen
were watching before approaching the gorgeous man. He wasn’t ashamed of his
desire to meet the stranger but he was technically on the clock. Flirting while
on duty was a big no-no.
“You did good.”
The man’s jaw dropped for the briefest moment as he looked
up, and then snapped shut. His eyes rounded as if he hadn’t expected anyone to
talk to him. “Thank you,” he said in a rather subdued voice. “I didn’t do all
that much.”
“You probably saved her life.” Raff grew curious when he
heard the man’s soft inhale when Raff smiled. “Where did you learn CPR?” Raff
found himself riddled with curiosity when the man’s face paled. What was that
all about? “Are you okay?”
Maybe he was suffering from an adrenaline crash?
“Here, why don’t you sit down?” Before he fell down, because
he looked like he was on the verge of collapsing. Raff started to reach out and
take the man’s arm to lead him to a chair when he caught a flash of white and
red. “You’re bleeding.”
“Oh this?” The man held up his hand, staring at it as if
bleeding was an everyday occurrence for him. “I was in a car crash a couple of
weeks ago. I must have busted the stitches open when I was giving Sandy CPR.
It’s nothing.”
“Here, why don’t you sit down and let me take a look at
that.”
“It’s nothing, really.”
“Sit,” Raff said in a stern tone.
Surprisingly, the man sat.
Raff grabbed the medical case and brought it over, setting
it on the floor before reaching for the man’s injured hand. “Tell me if this
hurts,” he said as he began unwrapping the bandage wrapped around the man’s
hand. “I’m Raff.”
“Noah.”
Raff grinned again. “Hello, Noah. It’s nice to meet you.”
The man blinked up at him. “Hello.”
He grimaced as he finished unwrapping the man’s injured
hand. Noah’s fingers curled in toward his palm. From the way they were twisted,
Raff wondered just how much use the man had in them. It didn’t look like much.
There were also several small cuts sutured together, some of them bleeding.
Raff cleaned them up and the covered the bleeding ones with butterfly bandages
before re-wrapping the entire hand again.
“Are you new to Cade Creek?” As much as Raff wanted to keep
Noah distracted with the random questions, he also wanted information. Like,
did the man even like guys? From the way he stared and the occasional flaring
of his nostrils, Raff was pretty sure he was on the right track.
“Um, sort of. I’m just here taking a care of some business.”
Noah breathed in deeply and then kind of folded in on himself as if the weight
of the world rested on his shoulders. “I’m not staying.”
Damn.
“That’s too bad. I was kind of hoping we could have coffee.”
Noah’s jaw dropped.
“Is that so strange?” Raff asked. “You are a very attractive
man.”
“Do you know who I am?” The words were almost hissed out,
the man’s blue eyes watering.
“You said your name is Noah.” Raff wouldn’t have forgotten
that.
Noah stood, grabbing his backpack again before backing
toward the door. Raff could tell he was going to run. Whatever was bringing
tears to the man’s eyes must be so big that it was overwhelming everything
else. Noah looked like he was about to collapse under his anguish.
“My name is Noah,” he whispered. “Noah Helmond.”
With that one name, Raff understood why the man had been so
shocked by Raff’s interest. Jack and Hank were both enraged with Noah. They
scowled every time they saw him or heard his name.
“And now you know,” Noah whispered with such rough
acceptance of being the object of hatred that Raff ached for the man.
And then he was gone.
ADULT EXCERPT
“You have beautiful eyes.”
Noah was envious of the easy smile that spread across Raff’s
mouth at his words. He couldn’t remember the last time he had smiled or even
felt the urge to smile. Happiness was something he had long ago given up.
Maintaining his sanity was all he had left.
Raff’s hand moved to cuddle the side of Noah’s face, the
touch gentle yet firm. “I’m kind of partial to blue eyes.”
Noah’s breath hitched as his throat grew thick. “Yeah?” His
gaze dropped to Raff’s luscious lips. God, the things he wanted to do to those
lips. Hell, the things he wanted those lips to do to him. He could build entire
fantasies around them.
“You’re all wet.”
“Yeah.”
The amusement in Raff’s voice was laced with something else,
something hot and needy and lust filled. Something that made Noah’s balls
clench.
“We should probably get you out of these wet clothes.”
Noah just nodded. He was pretty much beyond speech at that
point. Raff was staring down at him with such intensity, almost as if Noah was
the most important person in the universe. No one had ever looked at him like
that. No one had ever thought of him like that.
Seeing what he hoped was lust in Raff’s eyes, Noah prayed
with everything in him and whispered, “Maybe you could help me with that?”
He would totally understand if Raff rejected his advances.
What man in his right mind would get hooked up with someone as messed up as he
was? Not only did he had a wife, a set of parents that doubled as Satan’s
minions, and a woman out there carrying his child, but he couldn’t walk ten
feet in Cade Creek without getting an angry glare.
He was the worst prospect in the history of prospects.
Raff really should run.
When Raff began to lift the hem of Noah’s shirt, Noah froze
for a second. A quick glance around showed that no one could really see them.
They were high enough above the town and far enough off the beaten path to be
hidden, especially this early in the morning, and during the rain.
Noah raised his arms and allowed his shirt to be pulled up
and off. Noah’s fingers tingled as he settled them on the tight muscles of
Raff’s chest. Had there ever been a more perfect specimen of manhood ever
built? Raff was the stuff dreams were made of.
Raff’s dark eyes grew steamy as he reached for the hem of
Noah’s pajama bottoms, pushing them down Noah’s legs. Noah’s chest felt heavy
as he stepped out of the soggy material and finally stood before Raff with no
way to hide anything. He felt like he was baring his soul, not just his body.
When Raff growled and reached for him, yanking him close,
Noah forgot to breath. When the man’s mouth settled over his in a kiss that
curled his toes, Noah forgot to think. And when Raff’s massive hands began
sliding over his wet skin, Noah forgot everything except the man holding him.
The press of Raff’s wide muscular body against his back made
Noah feel small. The strong thick arms that encircled him made Noah feel safe
and protected. The hard cock pushing against his ass through the thin material
of Raff’s pajama bottoms made him feel aroused. He really wanted to feel the
man’s hard cock against his naked skin.
Hell, he wanted to feel all of Raff against his naked skin,
preferably with Raff just as naked.
Noah groaned.
He was in so much trouble.
Noah shivered at the feel of warm breath blowing across his
neck. His eyes dropped closed as he tried to concentrate on the sounds around
him, his breathing, the soft patter of rain on the roof, anything to drown out
the feel of Raff’s hand stroking his skin as it slowly inched down toward his
cock.
Noah ached. He needed. He cried out when that hand finally
touched him. His body bucked, arching towards the hand touching him. His
movements were met by a low deep chuckle from the man torturing him.
Noah’s head fell back against Raff’s chest when the man
reached between them and grabbed his hard cock. The pressure was unbelievable.
It was just strong enough to let Noah know Raff’s hand was there but light
enough to keep him just on the edge of an orgasm.
It was pure torture.
Noah’s mouth dropped open as nearly silent whimpers of need
broke free. Raff had one hand on Noah’s chest, gently pinching and tugging at
his nipples. The other hand stroked Noah’s cock.
His body hummed with arousal.
“Please,” Noah pleaded, not really sure what he was begging
for but knowing he needed something more.
“What do you need, baby?”
“Touch me,” Noah begged as he grabbed onto Raff’s hips to
ground himself. “Please, touch me.”
Noah’s plea was instantly answered. Raff wrapped his hand
back around Noah’s cock and stroked him. His other hand caressed Noah’s chest,
moving back and forth between his nipples to play with them both. Raff’s lips
moved from Noah’s ear to his neck, licking a path around to the edge of Noah’s
jaw.
Noah’s body throbbed when Raff grabbed a fistful of his hair
and angled his head up. When Raff’s mouth covered his, Noah felt all of the air
in his lungs escape, leaving him breathless and wanting. The feel of Raff’s
tongue brushing against his sent Noah into a tailspin of desire.
He dug his fingers into the hard thick muscles of Raff’s
hips as the pressure building in his balls exploded out the top of his cock.
Noah’s groan of completion was loud in the silence surrounding them as he
covered Raff’s hand with white pearly seed.
“That’s it, baby,” Raff murmured against Noah’s lips. “Give
it all to me.”
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