I continued to palm her breast with one hand. With the other, I found her clit and worked in little circles.
“Come with me, Eleanor. Can you do that?”
She nodded as I worked her clit with one hand and her nipple in the other.
“I’m close, Alex.”
“ Me too, baby. Look at me.”
She looked down, her blond hair falling over her shoulder, blocking out the world.
“Come.”
And she did. She clenched as I erupted in my own release. We were there together, grinding and moaning, pleasure leading our every move until she collapsed panting on my chest.
After a long moment, she fell to my side, laying her head on my chest.
“I love doing that,” she said with a breathy sigh.
“Me too,” I agreed as I ran my hand through her hair.
The night air cocooned us, making it seem like we were the only people who existed. Like nothing else mattered in the world except for us.
“So, I was thinking . . . .” I said, working up the courage.
She turned her head and rested her chin on my chest so she could look at me.
“I know I mentioned that the apartment next to me is empty, but you should really think about moving in. You and Ava might like it . . . I know I would like it.”
Lifted her head a little v appeared between her eyebrows.
“I don’t know.”
“I know it seems soon, but we wouldn’t be living together. You could have your own space. I wouldn’t intrude or anything.”
She gave it some thought as a cool summer breeze blew around us.
“Don’t you think it would be weird for me to pay you to live there while we do . . . this,” she said, gesturing to them lying still half undressed together.
“Oh, you wouldn’t have to pay me.”
“I most certainly would!” She sat up and crossed her arms over her chest. “I’m not going to live there for free, Alex. I want to provide a life for Ava and I on our own.”
“El, you don’t have to do everything on your own.”
I moved to hold her, but she stopped me. “This I do. It is important to me.”
Okay,” I finally said after a long sigh. “I get it.”
I sat up, and we each started fixing our clothes and getting dressed, but neither of us got up to leave.
“What about if you do pay a low rent and we put it away in an account, we can use it for upkeep and maybe as a rainy day account for the kids.”
She tilted her head like she was considering.
“El, I don’t want your money, but I do want you close. I know this is new, but you really mean a lot to me. I can see this going a long time . . . . Like forever,” I added softly.
She looked at me with a small smile and tucked her hair behind her ear.
