Alex
So sweet. Her skin tasted like she’d bathed in a mix of sugar and honey and maybe even maple syrup. I couldn’t get enough. And what was with the attitude she’d been flinging at me? I didn’t care what kind of inner demons she was battling inside. I just wanted to take her. With every ounce of my being I wanted topossess her, drive her crazy, and fuck the cocky attitude right out of her.
I smiled as I sucked a nipple into my mouth and she arched into me. She might try to pretend she wasn’t as desperate for me as I was for her, but her hips didn’t lie. And she’d been bucking and grinding against me for the better part of the past ten minutes.
Moving down her stomach, I pressed kisses against her skin, my sole focus on reaching the apex of her thighs and driving her crazy with want. Yeah, I probably should have given a quick thought to the fallout of tonight’s tryst, but she certainly seemed willing. Whatever happened, I’d have to face it tomorrow. Now wasn’t the time for preliminary regrets. Now was the time for action.
I didn’t have a condom, so I wouldn’t be able to go all in. But I could deliver satisfaction another way. And she certainly seemed like she’d be a willing recipient of my tongue. I nudged her legs apart and hooked her knees over my shoulders. She spread before me, unashamed and eager. Her willingness made me so hard it bordered on painful. And I couldn’t get enough.
As I watched her white knuckle the covers, I lowered my head and swiped my tongue along her entrance.
Her hips shot off the bed. I put a hand on her navel, forcing her down, then pinned her in place while I explored. With her eyes clenched, she tried to move her hips, but I kept my palm in place. My tongue worked her over, edging her closer and closer to her release until her body went taut. Her hands moved from the sheets to my head. One wrapped into my hair and tugged. I could probably get off just watching her get off. She bit her lip, preventing her moan from escaping, but I could feel it rip through her.
Finally, she stilled. Her eyes opened and she sought out my gaze. “Come here.”
“Who, me?” I joked, already climbing up the bed to lie next to her.
She kissed me, her mouth hot on mine. Then she wrapped a hand around my length. My eyes rolled back in my head. Our tongues swirled together as she began to stroke me. Her other hand reached down, cupped my balls, and damn if I didn’t want to let myself go. But I held back, trying to extend it as long as I could. I moved my hands to her breasts, toying with her nipples as she gave me the best damn hand job of my life. She seemed to know the perfect line between pleasure and pain and gave me just enough, taking me so close to the edge that as hard as I tried, I couldn’t stop the wave of release surging through me.
My hips pumped back and forth, and I was lost to her touch. I had to give her credit, she didn’t pull back at all. When I’d finished, my body still, I glanced over at her. She smiled, a sweet, knowing smile that rocked me to my core.
“Well that was fun.”
I grinned back. “Fun?”
“Yeah.” She got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom, her hips swaying, making me wish like hell I’d had the forethought to carry a condom with me. Next time I’d be better prepared. I almost laughed at that thought. How the hell could I ever have been prepared for the petite firecracker named Zina Baxter?
The faucet turned on and then off again and she came out of the bathroom with a wet washcloth. “We better get cleaned up. My alarm’s set to go off in about five minutes to feed the pups again.”
I took the washcloth and wiped myself off while she pulled her shirt on over her head. On my way to the bathroom I glanced over at the pups, sound asleep in their laundry basket. “Should we wake them up to eat or let them sleep?”
She peered over the edge of the bed and glanced at the pups. “They do seem pretty content.”
Content. That was the feeling that had settled in my chest. It was unfamiliar, so I hadn’t known what to call it. I was content for the first time in as long as I could remember. Tomorrow would bring a whole new set of problems but for tonight, in this moment, I didn’t want for anything.
“Let’s let ’em sleep.” I climbed back onto the bed and pulled Zina close. “And maybe we can catch a little shut-eye before they wake up.”
“I thought you couldn’t fall asleep.” She nestled against my chest.
“That was before.”
“Before what?”
I nudged my nose into her hair as I spooned against her back. “Before you wore me out. Now shh.”
“You’re very demanding all of a sudden.”
She had no idea. The kinds of demands I wanted to place on her had nothing to do with sleeping. But I needed to rest. Especially if come morning I was going to figure a way out of the mess I’d gotten myself stuck in. I chose not to respond but pulled her tighter instead, cupping her breast with one hand and holding her hands in my other.
Sighing, she settled into me, the fullness of her ass pushing against my crotch. This I could get used to. But I wouldn’t let myself. Too much time had shown me that I wasn’t worth betting on. I had a wanderlust inside me so strong that nothing, not even the soft curves of a woman like Zina, could release that pull.
I wondered, what would it be like to wake up every day with the same woman in my arms? To go to sleep every single night knowing exactly where I stood and where my place was in this world?
I thought about it, expecting that same sense of tightness to fill my chest. When it didn’t, I should have relaxed. Maybe whatever this thing with Zina was had loosened the curse around my heart. But thinking that this was where I was meant to be, to stay, did make my heart pound. Damn, I had it bad either way. She sighed, the tension leaving her limbs as she drifted off to sleep.
I tried closing my eyes, tried letting sleep claim me, but it was no use. One of the pups let out a soft whimper. Then another. They sounded off like a chain reaction, connected by some sort of invisible thread that held them to one another.
Gently, I pulled my arm out from under Zina and rolled to the side of the bed. I might not be able to stick around but at least I could let her get a few hours of sleep.
