“Shh,” he interrupted. “I know you don’t feel good. Come over and lay your head down on my shoulder.”
He pulled me even closer than before and started to rub his hand seductively on my arm. I tried to pull away and was only met with his hands gripping me tighter. Panic was setting in quickly. My impaired state was making it really difficult for me to come up with what to do. I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the situation without making a scene and embarrassing my friends. They all seemed to be having a good time, and I didn’t want to spoil everyone’s fun. But I wanted away from this man now! I tried to push away again to little avail. I felt relief when I looked toward the front door and made eye contact with Caine.
Chapter Seven
Caine and Matt strode into the room with a demanding presence. It was obvious by both of their expressions they were annoyed with how drunk we were and the fact that we were surrounded by drunken men looking to get laid. Caine had expected us to drink, but I’m sure he was shocked to see we were beyond drunk and could barely stand. Caine and Matt approached our table and visibly tried to contain their tempers.
Matt turned to Caine and said, “I’ll take Kendall and Rebecca home. You can take Neely and your sister.”
Caine nodded. “Are you sure, man? Kendall is a handful when she’s drunk.”
Matt shrugged. “Yeah, I can handle her. What she really needs is to be taken in hand by someone.”
Caine chuckled. “Yeah, it would take a bigger man than me to take a girl like her in hand. Are you volunteering?” Caine asked a bit teasingly.
Matt didn’t answer the question. He approached Kendall and put his arm around her. He gave the men surrounding her a look of warning. It was very clear that no one wanted to mess with Matt when they all backed away and resumed their drinking.
“Kendall, where are your keys? I’m going to take you and Rebecca home,” Matt stated firmly.
Kendall turned to Matt and threw her arms around him. “My knight in shining armor,” she exclaimed as she burst into laughter.
I was extremely happy to see Caine. I wasn’t sure if he was mad or not, but right now I didn’t care. Caine approached and helped me stand up, breaking Adam’s captivity. Being free of Adam’s confinement made me giddy with happiness. I had the sudden urge to wrap my arms around Caine and kiss him. He looked so incredibly sexy. I struggled to recognize that I was entirely too drunk, and I needed to calm my raging sexual needs at the moment.
“Come on, Neely, let’s go.” He also helped Coley stand up. “That goes for you too, little sister.”
Adam stood up in protest. “Listen man, I don’t know who you are, but I’ll be sure to get Neely home safe,” Adam weakly warned.
Caine calmly turned his head to stare directly in Adam’s eyes. The power and strength Caine exuded was a clear warning to back down. “No, you won’t,” Caine sternly stated.
Adam took a few moments sizing up Caine. Caine merely stood in one place—controlled. After what seemed like an eternity, Adam walked over to join his friends who had already fled. I let out the breath I hadn’t been aware that I had been holding.
Caine helped us into his truck and buckled us up. I couldn’t imagine the last time I was this drunk. I couldn’t focus on anything and my head felt like it weighed a hundred pounds. Coley kept laughing and teasing Caine for killing the party and being too possessive. I tried to focus on Caine to gage his anger. I could see he was clenching his jaw and he had fury in his eyes. Coley didn’t help the situation as she continued to tease him.
“Come on, Caine. Let’s go to another bar together and get a drink,” Coley begged.
Caine glanced at the two of us and scowled. “You both have had way too much to drink. Drinking this much and flirting with a bunch of drunken men isn’t safe. Who knows what they could have done to you! What were you both thinking? You’re both acting like teenagers who don’t know their limits!”
Coley and I both tried to hold in our laughter. Coley was the first to let out a giggle and I quickly followed. I could see it was only pissing off Caine more, but I was so drunk I really couldn’t help it. He was so cute being angry.
Caine hit his hand on the steering wheel. “Enough! I swear to God, I will pull this truck over and put you both over my knee!”
We instantly stopped laughing and stared at Caine. I was in shock that he threatened to spank me. He had threatened it many times when we were young, but this time it felt different. I knew he meant it this time, but as a teenager I never took him seriously. Coley shrugged it off and began to sing loudly to the song on the radio. Caine grunted and rolled his eyes.
I couldn’t take my eyes off Caine. He was so sexy with the serious face. I loved the look of his lips as they pressed firmly together. I liked seeing his strong jaw line flex with anger. And I couldn’t help but fantasize of him following through on his threat. I really must be drunk!
I closed my eyes to try to get the image of Caine pulling me over his knee out of my mind. I quickly realized this was a bad idea. I became extremely dizzy and my stomach began to roil. I was sitting in between Caine and Coley in the front of the truck and instantly felt trapped. I leaned my head on Caine and let out a moan. Caine glanced down and adjusted his arm so I could lay more comfortably on him.
“We’re almost home. Just lay down and try not to get sick.” Caine’s angry voice was replaced with a soft comforting one.
When we pulled into the driveway, Coley stumbled out of the truck and slowly made her way to the front door. Caine lifted me into his arms and carried me into the house. Coley made her way to my room, stripped off all of her clothes and crawled into the bed. Caine had turned to the room with me still in his arms when I stiffened.
“Oh, Caine, I think I’m going to be sick!” I cried.
He rushed me to the bathroom just in time for me to lean over the toilet and vomit. Caine held my hair back and rubbed my back as I continued to get sick. A few minutes later, and after I was sure I was done, Caine helped me to the sink. He put toothpaste on my toothbrush and held me up as I brushed my teeth. The whole room was spinning and I could barely stand. I had never been so drunk in my life.
I moaned and fell into Caine’s arms. “I’m so sorry. I feel so awful!”
“It’s all right, Neely girl. I got you. Let’s get you into the bath and get you cleaned up.”