Axel
“Iloveit when you scream for me,” I whisper the words into her ear through heavy breathing, the sweet taste of her still fresh in my mouth. I pull down the covers with a violent yank and land us both on the cool sheets. Our bodies are putting out enough heat to set the room ablaze. Lex pants, staring up at the ceiling with a dead gaze, and I’m not sure if I’m ready to ask her how she’s feeling just yet. I know for damn sure she loved what just happened. Her body shook so hard for a second I thought she was having a seizure. And judging by the way she struggled to pluck my hair out at the temples, the way her knees clamped down over my head assured me of a job well done. In truth, I didn’t want it to end. If there was an option to make it last forever, I would have locked in on it a long time ago. I missed this. I missed her. I missed the girls bouncing as my body pumped into hers. I missed those noises she makes, those throaty whimpers that drive me wild. And now I’ve got everything back if only for anight.
I pull her up and strip off her dress, unhook her bra, and send it sailing across the room. Lex pulls her arms over her chest in a weak attempt to cover herself before growling at me and relaxing back on thebed.
“Take off your clothes,” she barks out the command, and I’m quick to comply. I unbutton my shirt laboriously slow, taking it off as if it were my job. She gives my boxers a yank as if to say move it along, and I slip them off and strip down to my birthday suit, kneeling beside her on the bed, affording her aneyeful.
“Recognize anything youlike?”
“I see that my ex-boyfriend has adhered to a prison-worthy workout. Nice abs, Collins.” Her eyes flit down to my crotch for a moment. “And it looks as if your man parts finally caught up with yourego.”
“I didn’t realize you thought so little of me.” I land next to her, my face next to her chest, still heaving, and my gaze latches onto hernipples.
“My eyes are uphere.”
“I don’t care where your eyes are, sweetheart.” My mouth starts in on a sucking spree that starts on those pillow soft mounds and works its way down her torso. Lex has always needed me to feed her caustic words. The more I volleyed her sarcasm right back at her, the more she opened up to me—the more it solidified who we were. Lex needs those words to come back curt, dismissive, and as much as I’ve always thought of them like a game, I think in this new reincarnation of our relationship we should evolve, progress to that next level—to sweet words, the tender words I’ve craved to say to her for as far back as the day wemet.
I love her like that with my mouth, taking my time over her honeyed flesh. I make a game of it as I reach her belly button, and she writhes and gasps below me. I inch down her thighs, running my tongue up and down each one as if they were dipped in sugar. I make love to her knees, her perfectly smooth legs before making my way to her feet. Lex jumps and giggles—nothing she’s proud of, I’m sure. Giggling has always been somewhat beneath her, and it’s something I’ve secretly enjoyed about her. Her toes are painted bright pink like candy, and I take a healthy bite of each of them before sucking themdown.
“Oh, gross. Would you knock that off? Leave my feet alone.” She does her best to kick my shoulder with her knee. “Is the foot fetish something new? Because it’s not an improvement.” I run my tongue over the back of her sole, and she lets out a hearty groan. She slides her other foot beside me. “In the least don’t make this one feel like anorphan.”
A laugh thunders through my chest as I oblige her. I take my time making my way back up, burying a kiss in that dark triangle before dotting a line of kisses from her belly to her shoulders. There’s not a thing in the world that should be rushed with thisgirl.
I reach up and take a gentle bite of her ear. “I was born to worship you. I’m positive aboutthat.”
She averts her gaze as if the thought nauseated her on some level. “You put in quite the performancetonight.”
My arms circle her warm body as I pull her close to me and we lie side by side. “I didn’t have to try. It came naturally tome.”
“I guess that’s what happens when you turn pro. About how many women did it take for that tohappen?”
A soft laugh rumbles through usboth.
“Aha, laughter.” I dot her nose with a kiss. “Finally, a crack in thearmor.”
“I’ll deny it in the light of day.” Her eyes spark as if they were readying to ignite. “I’ll deny all of this.” Lex has always had the ability to look like a porcelain doll, albeit one you might be a little afraid of, but there is an innocence to her beauty. And that hair. I dig my fingers into the back of her mane. Her hair has been a silent third entity in our relationship since the beginning. Those dark crimson curls have always shook themselves my way, teasing me, taunting me, making me want her on an entirely differentlevel.
“That’s okay. You keep lighting up my nights and I’ll let you deny it all youwant.”
Lex bites down over her lip with those glowing white teeth. “I suggest you brace yourself for the fall because this was a one-off that I have no intention ofrepeating.”
I grunt at the thought. “That’s funny. I don’t see you bolting out of my bedroom.” My hands swivel down her back before I dig my fingers into her luscious soft hips. The last thing I want to do is incite her to collect her things and takeoff.
“That’s because I’m not done tormenting you.” Her finger glides down my nose before tracing out my lips. “I’ll have you beg once I’mready.”
“Sounds like a solid plan.” I’m up for begging. Hell, I’m up for barking like a dog if she wants me to. There is nothing I won’t do for another round with the love of my life. That’s what I really want to tell her. That, and the wordsI love you. I need her to hear it before she leaves no matter where it might lead us. I remember where it led us the lasttime.
“What should we do while we wait?” I pull her in closer and bury a kiss on her neck. “Spoon?Snuggle?”
Lex belts out a laugh, and her tits press tight into my chest, springing my hard-on back tolife.
“Easy, Collins.” She grazes me with her knee. “We’re going to talk.” She pulls back a notch as her expression grows increasingly serious. “I want you to tell me.” Her eyes turn glassy, and I’m half-afraid we’ve made a turn we might not recover from. “What happened toEmilia?”
“Emilia.” I tip my head back as I say my sister’s name with relief for the first time in months. A hard breath expires from me as that tragic accident bounces through my mind. “We lost her just after Christmas. It’s been really tough.” My torso hiccups with grief, and now it’s Lex pulling me inclose.
“I’m so very sorry. I can’t imagine the pain you and your family must have gone through. I’m sure it was unbearable.” Lex is transformed by her own grief. Her bottom lip quivers between us, and I lean in and press a simple kiss over her just to quell thepain.
“Still is most days,” I whisper. A sense of tragic sadness weighs me down. Here it was, Emilia’s death that has brought on the first serious conversation between Lex andme.
