Her head tipped back, and she moaned as her pussy spasmed around me.My balls drew up and I heard my blood roaring in my ears when I came.
Ivy turned the bathroom light off and walked to the bed, naked.I loved watching her nude figure move around my room.
“The way you look at me is good for my ego, mister.”
“You’re gorgeous.There’s no way you don’t know that.”
She gave me a closed-lip smile, then climbed into bed next to me.“Whether I know it or not doesn’t change the fact that some men tear a girl down at a very young age.”
I felt my shoulder get tense.“You need to elaborate, sweetheart.”
“Before Mom met Jeff, she was with Ed.He lived with us… until she found out how terrible he was to me.”
“To you?”
She nodded and put her hand on my forearm.“He’s long, long gone, Ryan.”
“How was he terrible to you?”
She leaned up on her elbow and twisted toward me.“Not like that.He yelled at me, like in my face yelling at me when I was six years old.It always made me cry, which only made him angrier… and yell more.”
“Jesus.”
Her hesitation concerned me, but I forced myself to wait her out.Finally, she said, “He’d tell me to stop crying, and that never worked.Thinking happy thoughts never worked because my tears would just flow like a faucet.”
“Fucking hell,” I muttered on a sigh.
“Are you angry?”
I leaned up on an elbow to look her in the eyes.“Baby, of course I’m angry, but not at you.That jackass never heard one of my favorite quotes, ‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.’”
Her eyes got shiny and she smiled.“Oh my God.If it weren’t for referencing sweat, that would be my new favorite quote, too.”
I chuckled silently.“You felt better after our run, no matter what you tell me.”
She shook her head.“I’ll never admit that.”
“Seriously, Ivy.You’re gorgeous.Whatever that asshole did to tear you down, I’m gonna build you back up.”
She cupped my cheek.“I’m sensing that.Seeing as we had a pretty big conversation earlier, I’m just gonna say it.I’m falling in love with you, Ryan.And that isn’t the sex talking.”
I pulled her closer.“Yeah, Ivy.I’m right there with you.I didn’t expect you to say you were mine, but when you did it shifted the axis of my world.I love you, and if there are any more assholes like Austin out there, I have to brush up on my boxing.”
She giggled.“Your boxing skills are just fine, sir.”
“Are there any other ex’s around?”
“No.The other one left town.”
“Good.Your mom will come around, you know.”
She lifted her head and looked me in the eye.“She likes you.”
I arched a brow.“She was cordial, and it’s fine—”
“No, she doesn’t understand your way of life,” she said with a head shake.
I ran my hand up and down her back.“She doesn’t have to get my world, you do.”
