‘Always,’ I replied, skipping over why I’d packed a dozen condoms for a four-day trip. I tore open a packet with my teeth and took one out.
Tommy had edged his way up the bed, kneeling before me, his erection proud. ‘Youput it on,’ he pleaded. I rolled the condom onto his cock, firmly holding his shaft. He inhaled sharply but still had the wherewithal to ask, ‘Top or bottom?’
‘Me on top.’
He rolled over and I climbed on top of him, sliding onto his cock. We sighed in unison at coming together, but before either of us moved, we locked eyes again. He reached for me, cupping my cheek with his palm. ‘I’ve missed you, Ally.’
‘Me too,’ I admitted, the ache of missing him dangerously close to the surface.
But I forced it back down, desire winning over. I wanted Tommy to take me to the edge and tumble over it with me. I started rocking against him and his breath caught again.
‘Put your thumb—’ I didn’t even finish my request. He knew and he pressed his thumb hard into my clit, his other hand gripping my hips and guiding me back and forth.
I was close and I could tell he was too. ‘Hold on for me, baby,’ I commanded, and I rode him hard until my entire body was consumed, every molecule of me on fire, then erupting. Head back, eyes shut, I rode the wave of the orgasm, perhaps the most intense I’d ever experienced, and when I finally opened my eyes and looked down, Tommy was watching me, the left corner of his mouth upturned.
‘That’s so hot, baby.’
I dipped my head to kiss him, my body still thrumming. His lips parted beneath mine, the kiss deepening as I lost myself in the taste of him, the warmth of his mouth against mine. His hand cradled the back of my head and I melted into him, surrendering to the kiss. Eventually, I eased back, breathless, my only thought to give him the same pleasure he’d just given me. ‘Now you.’
I started rocking again, leaning forward so my breasts dangled enticingly. He grabbed one in each hand, rubbing my nipples roughly with his thumbs. We looked deep into each other’s eyes as we moved together, the years apart falling away until it was Ally and Tommy as we’d once been – bound by hope, by want, by love.
I saw it building in him, the crescendo rising, and at the last second, his eyes fluttered shut, his whole body trembling. ‘Ahh,’ he cried out. Anyone nearby would have heard him but I didn’t care. Let them.
I came to a rest, then climbed off him. He still had his eyes closed when I crawled into the crook of his arm and curled up beside him, my hand resting on his chest.
‘That was…’ he murmured.
‘It was,’ I agreed, and he chuckled softly, lifting his hand to stroke my arm.
For a long while, we lay cocooned in the quiet comfort of each other, shutting out the world and, with it, reality. Or at least, I was.
But the questions began to intrude, breaking the spell. I wanted answers – no,neededanswers.
What’s really going on with Julian?
What is Tommy doing on Aetheria?
What does it mean that we’ve been together twice in two days?
And he’d said he’d missed me. Was that just the heat of the moment, or had he meant it?
‘Ally?’
‘Mmm.’ My mind jolted back to the room. ‘What?’
He chuckled again, then was quiet. ‘I wasn’t just saying that before. Ihavemissed you.’
‘Wait, how did you know that’s what?—’
‘I told you, Ally, I know you.’
I wished I could say the same – that I knew him – but the evidence suggested I didn’t know him at all. Who evenwashe?
I propped myself on one elbow and peered down at him.
He cracked an eyelid. ‘Yes?’
‘Why are you here?’
