He buries his fingers into my hips and tries to take control. I can’t have that and drag his touch off of me and shove them above his head. His eyes narrows but it’s when he sucks in his bottom lip and the way he’s angled inside me that has me tipping over the edge, crying out, and shaking like a leaf on top of him. He takes over drilling into me, sending me farther over the edge, as he finds his own release.
As soon as he’s done, I fall beside him and turn onto my side. I can’t bear to look at him right now. I can’t handle seeing the lust in his eyes any longer.
“Welcome home, babe,” he whispers as he curls around me.
40
Darius
Ihaven’t let go off her since she fell asleep in my arms three hours ago. She thinks I was distracted by her lips and body that I didn’t notice she still hadn’t said a word to me.
I’ve managed to get to Elsa when she woke for a bottle before it disturbed Amelia. She doesn’t sleep peacefully, and I wish I could see what she dreams about.
Being with her again is what I imagine paradise to be like. My hands on every inch of her body, her lips on mine, being inside her, it was everything I’ve been waiting for and everything I need in order to be who I’m meant to be.
The sun rises and sneaks through the window, warm on my arm. I wish we could lie here like this forever.
Her damn alarm blasts off at seven and she jumps up so fast, I think she’s about to fall off the bed. Gripping the sheets so tight her knuckles turn white, her chest heaves with panic.
“Hey, it’s okay. You’re home, you’re safe.”
I kiss her shoulder, and it seems to help her calm down.
“You should go.”
Huh?
“I’m good right where I am.”
She shrugs me off and gets out of bed, not caring that she’s as naked as the day she was born. Before, she’d always keep a sheet around her and dress awkwardly. It’s only one of many changes I’m seeing in her.
Sitting up, I watch her open drawer after drawer, pulling out clothes for the day.
“Last night…”
Holding her hand up, she cuts me off.
“Last night was my goodbye. You can have ten minutes with Elsa and then I want you to leave and never come back.”
I’m out of bed and in my jeans before I can speak a word.
“What the fuck, Amelia?”
“They don’t call prison Hell for nothing! I will never risk going back there and I will not risk my daughter’s future just because you want to run around the streets like a thug.”
“That’s why you’re pushing me away?”
“I have to.”
She’s in survival mode, I see it clear as day. Moving closer to her, I move around her so she can’t leave the room.
“No, you don’t. While you were bathing Elsa last night, I accepted your dad’s offer to work at the publishing house. I start on Monday.”
She stumbles back onto the bed, her brows pinching together and confusion dancing in her eyes.
“You did?”
“From the day you were sentenced, I’ve been planning my out. The only reason I’ve stayed this long is so I had sway to get you protected on the inside.”
