Cannon (A Step Brother Romance #3)

The reporter leans forward, furrowing her brow, which I'm certain is one of those "listening skills" they taught her to do in journalism school to appear thoughtful. "And who do we have to thank for this?"

"It was a friend's idea," I say. "I mean, my stepbrother's. Hendrix's. He's a friend. And a veteran. I guess, well, you could say he orchestrated the entire thing." I'm babbling, nervous when I talk about Hendrix, and I have to force myself to stop and take a deep breath so I don't continue to babble and confess all my secrets on set. I can already feel the heat on my cheeks, the flush I get when I talk about Hendrix.

She nods and smiles. "After the break, we'll hear more from the lovely Addison Stone, and she'll sing one of the songs from her upcoming album."



"No, mom." I'm on the phone with my mother, who says something snide about "sticking to the script," followed immediately by an indictment of my television wardrobe. Hendrix rolls his eyes when he hears me speak, able to tell immediately who it is, and I turn the other direction, but he follows, standing in front of me with a glint in his eye. When he mouths the words, "Hang up," I shake my head, and he smiles smugly before reaching out and sliding his hands underneath my skirt.

When he discovers I'm not wearing any panties, he gives me a look, the look that tells me exactly what he wants from me. My mother is in the middle of a diatribe about the importance of my image, and I murmur "uh-huh" every few seconds, but what I'm really focused on is Hendrix and his magic fingers that are meandering lazily between my legs, stroking me, sending waves of pleasure rippling through my body.

Hendrix whispers in my ear. "Hang up on her. I'm going to keep going."

I shield the phone from him, trying to maintain my composure. "I can't," I mouth. Surely he understands the importance of playing along with my mother, my manger. And with the record studio. So I pretend to listen to her while I watch Hendrix shrug, and kneel at my feet, parting my legs with his hand. I don't make a pretense of resisting, because I want him more than anything.

My mother's voice seems to get smaller and smaller, disappearing until it sounds like she's in a tunnel someplace far away, as Hendrix covers my pussy with his mouth, his tongue exploring me the same way his fingers were a moment ago. I exhale heavily, trying not to moan. "Yes, mom, I'm exercising. Yes. Hendrix has me on a new workout program."

Hendrix pauses to look up at me, his lips shiny with my wetness, then reaches around me and slaps my ass cheek loudly.

"It was nothing, mother," I say. "I think Hendrix dropped something." Meanwhile, Hendrix is eating me like I'm his last meal on earth, pulling my clit into his mouth with greater ferocity when he hears me speak to my mother. I clutch at him, intending to pull his head away but in reality pulling it closer.

When he slides his fingers inside me, I do moan. Out loud. While on the phone with my fucking mother. I cough to cover it up, but she asks what's happening. "I – I think I'm going to be sick," I blurt out. "Nausea."

She says something about vomiting being an acceptable form of dieting, but I hang up on her before Hendrix can do anything else, and throw the phone across the room. It bounces off the sofa and falls onto the floor with a clatter, and right now I don't care if it's broken into a thousand little pieces.

Hendrix strokes me with his fingers. "About time," he says. "I was thinking I was going to have to bend you over and slide my cock inside that sweet pussy of yours in order to get you off the phone."

No one has ever talked to me like this, just bandied around words like "cock" and "pussy". Of course, no one has fucked me the way Hendrix does either. And I do mean fucked. Hendrix fucks me the way I thought only happened in movies, passionate and rough and sweaty, hair-pulling, earth-shattering sex.

"Now that I'm off the phone, what are you going to do?" I ask, and he looks up at me, his eyes clouded with desire.

Then he does what I want him to do – he slides his fingers from between my legs, bends me over the sofa, and fucks me the way I want him to. He rides me hard and fast, jerking my head back as he pulls on my hair, and when I come, I scream his name before collapsing into a sweaty heap against the sofa.

Afterward, he runs his hand down my back and over my hips. "Let's get the fuck out of here, Addy," he says.

"Where?" I'm not sure if he's talking about today or permanently, and I'm not sure I care.

"Road trip?"

I grin. "You have the schedule. You're the boss. Can we?"

"Say it again."

"Say what?"

"Say I'm the boss."

I laugh and try to slap him from where I stand, but I can't reach him, bent over like this, and Hendrix chuckles. "I'm not saying it again. I think you misheard me the first time."

"Come on," he says, slapping my ass. "Say it and I'll tell you the schedule."

"Fine," I say, with a mock-exasperated sigh. "You're the boss. But only when it comes to the schedule."