Free [B.S. #3] Claiming Laura by Dale Cadeau

everything in detail. Maybe the guy wasn’t so careful this time.” Clay knew he had left Laura a long time and wanted to get back to her. Without the tape to look at, they would be going around in circles anyway, so they might as well wait until the morning. Lance and Angel agreed with Clay and they all left the office.
    Angel went left back to the spice bar and Lance and Clay turned to the right and the vanilla bar.
    Walking into the bar, Lance raised his hands to get everyone’s attention “There was an attempted carjacking and the person got away. But Betty is fine and not hurt. Please have a drink on the house. In fact, I’ll make them myself.” Lance told the crowd trying to lighten the mood and walked around the back of the bar.
    Clay passed Lance and made his way back to his table to see Laura sitting there staring at her empty glass. She looked deep in thought. Getting close to the table, Clay cleared his throat. He didn’t want to scare Laura any more tonight.
    At the noise, Laura looked up. It took her a minute then she broke out in a wide smile and leaped to her feet and hugged him. Clay just enclosed her tight in his arms, returning the hug.
    Leaning back, Laura proceeded to give him a kiss on each of his cheeks, then another tight hug before she pulled back a bit. “God, I was so scared, Clay.”
    “You were perfectly safe here in the bar,” Clay told her as he tightened his arms around her.
    Laura looked up at him and explained, “Oh, I wasn’t scared for myself, I was worried about you.”
    At that moment, Clay lost a little piece of his heart to Laura.

Chapter Eight
     
    Arriving at Laura’s home, Clay was silent deep in thought. He knew he should have his mind on the problem at the club, but all he could think of was Laura and all the things that he wanted to do to her when he got her alone.
    He knew he never allowed himself to get wrapped up in a person to the detriment of anything else, especially when working. But every time he looked at Laura, he just wanted to lay her down on the nearest surface and grind balls-deep in her. Until he satisfied that craving, he didn’t think he was good for anything.
    He was glad James wasn’t around to see this. He had kidded James about his obsession with Avery. James had claimed Avery with his first glance at her picture.
    Clay now got what James had been feeling. He felt the same way about Laura the first time he saw her walk through the door of the bar. He just knew she was special. Her friends, while great looking also, didn’t do anything for him that Laura did without her even being aware of him.
    Clay stopped his thoughts. What was he doing sitting here thinking about her? If he got his ass in gear, they would be alone in the house in minutes. Clay jumped out of the truck and went around to help Laura down and hurried her toward the house.
    He hoped Laura didn’t pick up on his anxious feelings as he took the keys from her and unlocked the door. Gently pushing Laura through the door, he slammed it behind them. His mind only had one thought now and that was to have her all to himself and preferably under him as fast as he could make it happen.
    Grabbing her, he pushed her against the wall in the hallway and took her face in his hands. He tried to be gentle, but he was working without too much blood in his brain. Now it all of it seemed to be pooled in his cock that ached to be released. Latching onto Laura’s lips, he pushed through with his tongue and swept her mouth. He gave a shiver as her taste exploded through him and he tried to get deeper and get more of her unique taste.
    Finally gasping for breath, he let her lips go and made his way down the side of her neck, sucking the soft skin as he went. It took him a few minutes to realize that Laura was stiff in his arms and wasn’t reciprocating.
    As he came back to his senses, he saw that she was as still as a statue and had her hands bunched in the front of his shirt, pushing him away. He