Macio flinched and paled. “I’m truly sorry, Aiden. I never meant for any of that to happen. I wanted a quiet evening with you and Caesar and it blew up. Ka…” The look I gave him dared him to finish his sentence. “I’m responsible for what happened. It was my house and I should’ve said no. It doesn’t matter that it was supposed to be over before you came home, I should’ve known that free drinks would make people linger.”That, plus a chance to stare at the most beautiful couple on the planet.“It will never happen again. When I tell you that my time is yours, then that’s how it will be.”
I stepped around him and walked to my patio door. I needed a break from the intensity of his brown eyes that begged me to give us another chance. I wanted to; I wanted that more than I wanted to breathe, but I was afraid. I had been down this road before and the journey wasn’t a happy one. I had cared about Geoff, but it was nowhere close to what I felt for Macio – not even in the same stratosphere. As I saw it, I only had one avenue open to me. Honesty.
I turned back to look at Macio and said the only thing I could. “I’m in love with you, Macio.” My words caused his eyes to widen and his mouth to fall open. I boldly pressed on because I had nothing to lose by that point. “In such a quick time, I’ve come to love you more than I have anyone. You have the power to destroy me, in fact, last night pretty much did.” I walked to him and set my glass on the counter before I placed my hands on his hips. “I’m not asking for a declaration from you…”
“I love you too,” Macio blurted out. I wanted his words to be the glue that pieced my fragmented heart back together again, but I knew it would take more than words. He placed his hands on my neck and pressed his forehead to mine. “So damn much, Aiden. I need you in ways that I’ve never needed anyone else. Please don’t give up on me. I promise you that it’ll be different.”
I pressed my hand against his cheek and felt the rasp of his scruff against my palm when he leaned into it. “Then show me.”
My heart was pounding in my chest like a piston. Never in all of my twenty-four years had I ever felt this way about anyone. Never had I uttered the three words that could make or break a relationship. But I couldn’t bear the look of pain in Aiden’s face. He was so honest with his emotions, I had to give him the same respect. I had known I’d fallen madly in love with him… probably the first time we’d had sex. The connection between us was strong then, but I just hadn’t identified the reason why. I knew now. It was love. The most passionate, heart-gripping, never let you love anyone else again, kind of love.
I knew I’d fucked up, but there were several issues that went wrong last night that Aiden hadn’t given me a chance to explain. When I took Kathy into the bedroom, it was to complain about how she went and arranged the press party to promote our relationship without telling me. I was so overwhelmed at that moment, I didn’t think of warning Aiden. I was just trying my best to stay in character, even though I was pissed the fuck off the entire time. I was good at hiding my emotions and then letting them loose in the ring.
But this was my private life, there would be no ring to unleash into. Just people who could be hurt. Aiden was the last person in the world I’d ever want to hurt. But once the party continued past its end time, Kathy had convinced me she did the party thing for Aiden and me. With the press being there, Aiden would have an excuse to be there too, and no one would question it. At the time, it made sense… I thought Aiden would come see me and I could explain it to him, but I never saw him again that night.
When the party ended, I noticed he’d left me. His bags were gone and he’d left without even saying a word. I felt like I’d been stabbed in the heart with a knife and the blade had been cruelly twisted to really make me suffer. Every time I tried to call him and he refused to answer me, the knife dug in an inch deeper. I’d never known the heart could feel so broken and, before I knew it, I was crying tears of pain and frustration. If I could just talk to him and explain myself, maybe I could fix this. That was why I didn’t hesitate to grab the keys to my bike and drive out to his home.
I didn’t know why he’d left, but now I did. I held him in my arms tightly, close to my heart. The same heart that was mending itself back together. I wanted to make sure Aiden knew he was everything to me. I kissed him again and moaned in happiness and pleasure when he kissed me back with as much hunger as I’d kissed him.
I pulled back. “I promise I won’t let this thing with Kathy… I know, I know… you don’t want me to say her name. But I won’t let it get out of hand ever again. I didn’t expect her to show up ten minutes before they did. She pretty much thrusted them on me and once the party was underway, I just played the part.”
“What did you do when you went into the room with her?” Aiden asked, his big, beautiful blue eyes looking up at me with so much anguish and concern.
“I went off,” I said. “I told her that I didn’t appreciate her putting this in my lap without my consent or warning. She swore she’d never do it again, that she was just thinking about how much it would help me out, and she apologized for overstepping. We were only in the room for about ten minutes. That half an hour shit is an exaggeration. People love to gossip. She wasn’t sucking me off. As if I could ever get it up for a woman,” I quipped, hoping to bring a smile to Aiden’s lips. It didn’t work. I sighed. “I would never cheat on you, baby. I don’t even think about any other guys except you.”
He looked off to the side and, for the first time, I could see his insecurities. His fear that maybe he wasn’t enough, or maybe our relationship was doomed. I wasn’t going to settle for any of those doubts.
He shrugged. “I… I worry sometimes when I’m not with you… how you get your needs taken care of.”
I leaned against the counter. “I jerk off… a lot. I call you and we phone sex the shit out of each other… which goes back to me jerking off… a lot. Before I met you, baby, my life was empty. I’d fuck some escort with a fake name for a few hours just to burn off the excess energy and he’d be gone. There was no substance… no passion… nothing. I was lonely even when I was inside of them. But then a headstrong reporter came into my life and gave me a bit of sass and my world was flipped upside down.”
I saw Aiden’s eyes widen and some of that sadness he was feeling started to visibly fade away from his beautiful features. “Go on.”
I smiled. “Well, it’s a rather boring story,” I teased.
“I like those,” he replied, wrapping his arms around my waist and leaning his head against my chest. I closed him in my embrace, kissing the top of his head, then continued. He needed to know how much he meant to me now and always. “Well, this reporter who dared to get the last word in on me was on my mind every day. Those lips… that ass… I just had to taste him. So, one day, I set up a meeting and when I finally got a piece of him… I became addicted. I told myself that I couldn’t pursue him, but my heart didn’t give a shit what one side of my brain was saying. The other half of my brain kept playing the scene of our first time over and over in my head and my heart liked that a lot.”
Aiden laughed. “I was the same way.”
“I love you, Aiden. I feel like you’ve become a part of me. I can feel you flowing through me even now and when I’m not with you, it hurts. The only thing that helps get me through the loneliness is knowing that we are here for each other.” I lifted his face to mine and kissed him. The kiss started off slow and sensual, then grew to be all-consuming. I turned around, lifting him up and putting him on the counter. We practically tore off each other’s shirts as we made out. I sucked his left nipple, teasing and licking it as he ran his fingers through my hair.
“Ahhhh god, I love you, Macio,” he purred, and the sound of my name coming from his lips, coupled with those three special words, sent me reeling with desire.
I pulled off his jeans, and as soon as he was naked, I took him into my mouth. He moaned and leaned back against the countertop. By how loud he was, I knew he was relishing my mouth on him. I was going to fuck the living shit out of Aiden so he would never doubt how much I loved him or how important he was to me. I pulled away from his cock because I didn’t want him to cum just yet, god knew he was close.
I undid my own pants, letting them fall into a bunch around my ankles. “Got any cooking oil?”
His face was flushed with passion and anticipation as he looked at me, nodding. “There.” He pointed to the cabinet behind me. I shuffled over there, opened the door, and removed the peanut oil. I poured a bit in my hand, just enough to get my dick nice and slick, then I shuffled back to Aiden. I lifted him up and he wrapped his legs around my waist, then we both moaned in ecstasy as I slid him down on my cock.
“I’m going to fuck your ass raw, baby. You’re going to need a wheelchair by the time I’m done with you,” I growled.
“Give me everything you’ve got,” he challenged.
I grinned as I started pounding away. His grip on my shoulders tightened as I jackhammered his ass. I loved watching him panting and moaning; mouth open, gasping for air. I never wanted anyone else to give him this feeling. This was mine and mine alone to experience with him. I kissed him again and stood still while he used my shoulders as leverage as he rode me. Thank god I trained as much as I did. Not only was my strength game on point, but so was my dexterity.
“Yeah, ooh baby, you feel so fucking good to me,” I growled, and nipped his chin before claiming his mouth again. We switched up again, with me taking over. I pushed him back on the counter and really drilled his ass as he cried out in pleasure. I jerked his cock until he spilled all over his chest and my fingers. Watching him orgasm set me off and I roared loudly as I unloaded inside of him, filling him with every ounce of my liquid desire. I quaked hard as the last drop left my slit, then I collapsed on top of him, breathing raggedly into his ear as I came down from my climax. His chest was heaving against mine as we both basked in the afterglow of amazing sex.
“This… this is what I want with you, Aiden,” I said, finally. I lifted myself up and braced my hands on the counter so I could look down at him. “I don’t want you to feel jealous of anyone. Not Kathy, not any escorts—who I no longer deal with, by the way. No one will come between us.”
