“We should,” Nikos said as he nipped her lips. “Give me one good reason why we shouldn’t.”
He moved from her lips to her breasts, and for someone who looked so weak before, he easily slipped her shirt off and unhooked her bra before flickering his tongue against her nipples.
“Ava is…down…stairs. She could—”
“Not good enough,” Nikos murmured against her hardened bud.
“But—”
“At least, let me taste you.”
There must have been something in her eyes because a beat later his lips curved upward with unspoken permission before he whisked away her leggings and panties and laid back down on his back. Her eyes widened.
“Sit on my face,” he commanded, his voice dripping with the meaning of her name. Breathless and filled with a desire that made her forget all of her worries and protests of embarrassment, as instructed, she hovered over his face and shivered, feeling the ghost of his breath before he swiped his tongue, long and slow, and she whimpered as he moaned.
“The taste of you is always medicine. I’ve been dreaming about putting my face between your legs for days, Honey.”
He spoke between licks and sucks until she could no longer hold herself up and her knees slid down as she rocked against his tongue. Nikos grabbed her thighs as she uncontrollably rocked, his grip urging her on, following her guidance and pulling her forward. The sensation was so much that her moans became untamed, and she tried to get out of the saddle early, but Nikos’s grip was tight, vise-like, and would not move.
“Don’t run, baby. Need to taste you,” Nikos said as he pulled her back down and his tongue went in deeper and Honey gave in, grinding until her legs quivered and she came. He licked and sucked until not a drip was left. She felt boneless, and Nikos somehow managed to gather and pull her down. She breathed heavily as Nikos cloaked his arms around her, finding her brown eyes staring into his own, and as if an invisible thread were between them, she felt herself tug forward just as he did, and she kissed him deeply, tasting herself without an ounce of shameand mounting her leg over his waist. After minutes passed of them kissing, she groaned when he shamelessly slid inside her.
“I need more,” he groaned in her ear, and she could do nothing else but oblige, panting as Nikos rocked in her with an achingly slow rhythm that made her feel every single thrust. They panted and kissed, and he dug deeper into her as if he were searching for gold until her toes curled, and she came all over again. Nikos followed suit, pulling out at the last minute, and the fuzzy part of her brain knew she should have made more of a fuss about the lack of protection, but she had been too consumed by Nikos to think of anything else. In the future though, she will be more vigilant.
They lay together, her face pressed against his warm chest and his arm draped around her waist. The thick heat in the room from their lovemaking was finally petering out, and she no longer felt like she was being sweltered in a thick blanket. She was simply warm now, comfortably warm, caught in an afterglow that made it impossible for her to open her eyes, even though she knew she should.
“We have to get up and shower,” she murmured, not wanting her son or Ava to catch them in this state.
“Together?”
Honey smacked his abdomen, and Nikos chuckled. There would be no showering together. It simply wouldn’t just be a shower if Nikos were in there too. He would turn it into another session and completely defeat the purpose. He had already talked her into doing it once, she would not have sex in Ava’s house again after this. She hoped he would savor this as much as she was right now.
“Honey, I have to tell you something.”
“Hmm,” she murmured sleepily, wondering what sly line Nikos had to tell her now.
“In two days, I’ll be leaving to end this.”
Whatever fog that had been holding Honey down faded in an instant as her eyes popped open.
“What?”
“I’m going to settle things with my uncle once and for all, and I need you and Kai to stay here for the time being while I do it.”
Honey’s heart thundered in her chest as she sat up, tugging the blanket with her to cover herself. She knew that this would have to happen, that they couldn’t stay in Ava’s home and hide forever, but she hadn’t been expecting it to happen so soon, and now fear was choking her as she grabbed Nikos’s hand.
“Do you have to so soon? You’re still getting better.”
“I have to handle this now before my father comes,” Nikos said, stroking her hand, trying to give her comfort, but it wasn’t enough. To be honest, she was terrified. The last time Nikos had encountered Antonis, he had tried to kill him, nearly had if it hadn’t been for luck. This time around, she wasn’t sure if Nikos would be so lucky. This time around, she was certain that Antonis would make sure Nikos was dead himself.
“It’s okay, Honey,” Nikos said as he tried to bring her back down, but she shrugged off his hold.
“I was just talking to Amber, and she says that Antonis has been awful, Nikos. That he’s been looking for me and threatening the girls because of it… and Nikos what if he… what if you don’t come back this time?”
She didn’t think she could go through it again. The pain of Antonis coming back to taunt her, telling her how he made sure he’d shot Nikos multiple times so he would never rise from thedead again, that he had thrown his body in the bay just to be certain. She didn’t think she could handle that kind of sadness again.
Nikos sat up and pulled her into a hug. She tried to pull back, but he only held her tighter until she ceased fighting. She was frustrated, worried, and slightly panicked. But the feel of Nikos’s warm arms was subsiding the emotions whirling inside of her. Slightly.
“I have to do this, Honey.”
