Stella kissed Drake back. He ran his hands through her hair.
She liked the taste of his lips. He was very passionate as he caressed her head.
Stella grabbed Drake's butt and put her hands into his back pockets as she wrapped her legs around him.
Drake didn't let her go. He was going in for another round of kissing.
Stella felt his tongue probing her, twisting with hers.
" Drake, Drake....I can't do this...I'm afraid....I can't be with you and get hurt again. I'm sorry."
He slowly came back to his senses. " Okay, okay let me cool off a bit then."
He lay back and covered his eyes.
Stella held hands with him.
He was gripping her tightly.
She was feeling so much heat and tingling. She said,"Screw it!"
She moved back towards him and kissed him again. She opened his pants and touched him.
Drake closed his eyes tightly.
" No, stop...not like this...not just a fleeting moment in a barn." He said.
Stella straddled him. She opened her jacket, then took off her shirt.
" Don't talk, just make love or screw with me, or whatever you call it." She said, breathless.
He stopped talking. He let her take over.
" What do you want me to do to you?" he asked her.
" I want...I want."...
She suddenly stopped.
" I want you to love me. That's all I ever wanted from you."
She tenderly touched his face.
" I'm going to give you another chance. Just one more. In memory of your father who never even tried to be loyal to your mother, I'm giving you a chance to be better than he was. I am going to give you a chance to be true. To be my most precious love. The one that took my virginity. Let me show you something."
She stood up and pulled him into Marshmellow's stall.
"This is us, you and I"...
" Oh, did you?...You added to it, you saw it?" She smiled.
He nodded.
Next to the heart that she had carved with their initial was the words.
Drake loves Stella.
She looked at him, his eyes.
" Is it true?" She asked him.
He nodded. He got onto his knees.
" I love you Stella Miller. I want you to consider me as your husband, this time....I will prove my love to you.
No games. No ulterior motives. I lost a big part of me when you left me.
I thought I had won, that I could move on and be happy. I have been miserable without you."
He gave her a ring. A beautiful thin ring that fit on her middle finger. It was two thin bands that were twisted together.
" You are a romantic after all. I'm surprised. You mean it, you love me?"
" I do love you Stella. I want you to move in with me, at the ocean. We will be very happy." He said.
" Okay, but I'm going to need a separate room for when my boys come to see me.
Can you accept this, they are my men. I love them all in different ways." She asked him.
" I see how you love them. I will share you, I don't want to, but they are who kept you safe and I am the one that pushed you to each of them." He said.
She leaned down and said," My leg is killing me. Let's go to our bed."
Drake lifted her up and carried her out of the stable.
He took her into the house.
She lay on the bed.
Kira came in. She saw Drake.
" Where did you go, I'm waiting for you." She looked at Stella anxiously.
Stella noticed this petite redhead with curly hair. Kira had returned to her natural hair color, she looked very beautiful.
" Oh, this is my girlfriend, Stella." Drake said.
" Oh, is she staying here with you?" Kira asked, not recognizing Stella.
" Well, she's staying with you, Cash asked her to come." He said.
She went to Drake and clung on to him. He took her back to her bed.
Kira started to cry. " I'm confused, she's here? Where's Cash, my husband? Why is she here, she ruined everything."
Stella realized that a part of Kira did recognize her, she knew she was a threat to her and Cash's relationship.
Stella went to Kira. "Hey, I know your dad, he was the one that lead me to Cash. I'm super glad to see you again."
" You know dad?" She asked.
" Yeah, he manages my money." She said as she put her arm around Kira.
" I'm so tired, would you mind if I stayed in your bed, I sleep better when I'm not alone?" She said.
Kira nodded. "Me too. Yes, you understand me."
She got onto bed and pulled the covers up. " Okay I'm going to change and brush my teeth, then I'll be right there." She smiled.
Drake followed her to the bathroom and locked the door behind them.
" I got an early flight anyway, so...let's just say goodnight now." He said.
Stella changed into her pajamas as Drake admired her body. She brushed her teeth with his tooth brush.
He rinsed it after he saw her do this.
She smiled. " Drake get used to swapping spit with me."
He waited until she was all done then watched her reach for the door nob.
He looked away. He wanted her to kiss him goodnight.
She held the knob then turned to him. " Coming?"
He smiled." Three in a bed?"
She nodded. " I want to cuddle you before you go."
He followed her into Kira's room.
Kira scooted over. Stella lay next to her and put her arm around her, holding her. She smiled and nodded.
Drake slid in behind Stella and spooned her. She reached back and held his hand. He kissed her fingers.
" I love you, good night." He whispered to her.
Drake snuck out after Kira was asleep. Stella followed him.
He grabbed her and pushed her against the wall.
" I've never wanted you more." He said.
He began to kiss her and touch her skin all over. He spun her around, walking her to the bed as he kissed her frantically.
Stella felt a hand on her back.
" Stella, you coming back to bed now?" asked Kira.
" Yes, I'm just kissing Drake good night, be right there."
"Stella, please, I'm scared to be alone, I get bad dreams." She was looking anxious.
Stella nodded. She turned from Drake. " Night, wake me when you get up, we can have breakfast together."
He nodded. " Night love."
Kira said," He never kisses me like that when he sleeps with me. I thought he didn't like girls, hmmm?"
Stella smiled. " Yeah, he only likes one girl, right now." She said.