I stared at them, swallowing hard and longing to suck them.
“Are you upset?” she asked, positioning herself right on top of my erection.
I narrowed my eyes, forcing myself not to touch her. I folded one arm up underneath my head and let the other rest on the sheet.
“No,” I answered way too quickly. She giggled.
“You took me twice last night. And you woke up this morning wanting more of the same. You have to give me some time to get used to all of this;you really are quite demanding…” She leaned down and began to pepper light kisses on my neck, just where I liked them. She sucked a patch of skin there slowly, delicately, like she was afraid of hurting me, and pressed her breasts against my pectorals. My cock stiffened, and when Selene felt it twitch between her legs, she reddened.
Instead, I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them slowly, breathing deep.
Fortunately, I’d had a lot of practice resisting sexual urges, or else I would have had her right back on her hands and knees again.
I seized her hips roughly and yanked her off me, depositing her on the mattress.
“What…what’s the matter now?” she asked, confused.
I turned my back to her and swung my legs over the side of the bed. I sucked in a breath when my feet hit the cold hardwood floor.
What time was it? More importantly, how long had we been locked in the pool house’s bedroom? We’d gone out last night for dinner, after which I’d brought her right back here and promptly lost all track of time.
I ran a hand through my sweat-slicked hair, and my eyes landed on the pack of Winstons on my nightstand.
The problem was, I was getting far too used to Selene’s presence, and that was going to make her absence much more difficult.
Our time was running out.
I’d finished my studies, and in the spring I’d be starting my internship in Chicago.
I’d been working hard to get everything together before then, though Selene had been a constant distraction.
“Nothing,” I answered her after a long silence.
“I really am sore, Neil. You weren’t gentle. I’d never reject you. It’s just that…” she trailed off. After taking a drag from my cigarette, I got to my feet and turned to look at her. She was sitting with her knees drawn up to her chest, clutching the sheet against her breasts. Watching my naked body, she grew steadily more uncomfortable. Her gaze dropped down to her knees, but then she appeared to gather her nerve and looked back up at my face.
“Is it about graduation? Are you stressed about the next step?”
“No,” I interrupted her. “I don’t give a shit about that.” I blew the cigarette smoke out my nose.
I should have thought of graduating from college as an accomplishment, but instead it only stressed me out, as did the idea of leaving for my internship. I’d only sent my confirmation email to Professor Robinson a week earlier, making him, Logan, and Megan the only people who knew about my decision. Megan had texted me the same day, saying, “Congrats, colleague.”
Selene was still in the dark about all of it.
She continued to stick by my side, to support me and try to be the right woman for me, unaware of what I was planning.
I told myself I wasn’t just enjoying these last moments with her; I was also protecting her even if Player had apparently disappeared into thin air once again.
We’d seen no further signs of the woman from the video chat. There were no more puzzles or threats or attacks, and though we’d checked multiple times, there was no sign of any videos or pictures of Selene being sent to people or posted anywhere.
Had she finally given up?
Nothing about it added up for me, though.
The woman on the video hadn’t revealed her identity, and in general she had seemed way too innocuous and accommodating.
I’d purchased a new laptop for Selene, but I still wanted her to keep her socials deactivated and made her change all her passwords, just to be safe. I also told her to tape up the webcam like I did with my own MacBook.
“Neil…” Babygirl broke me from my reverie—I’d been standing there staring vaguely at the bed with the cigarette still dangling from my lips. I turned my gaze to her only to find that she was standing right in front of me, naked. “Will you stop being patronizing and shutting me out of your world?” she said, resting her hands on my hips. I gasped. Her fingers were cold, and she was trembling. She pressed a kiss to my stomach before moving up to my chest, pinning my eyes with hers.
