He smiles as he leans his forehead against mine.
“After all your memories returned and I learned my car was used to frame me for the accident, I thought you’d be better off without me. I was afraid I’d hurt you even more if I stayed in your life because someone had already used me to do it once. Then, I saw you with Hendrix and I couldn’t deny he’s the better man. He could give you the life you deserve. Safety and happiness. Not the danger of chasing a checkered flag like me. So, I stayed away,” he says.
“Hendrix and I are just friends, Dash. I care about him very deeply, yes, but not in the same way that I love you,” I admit.
“You didn’t sleep with him?” he asks.
“No. In full transparency, he did touch me…once. And you know we had kissed before I knew. But I never had sex with him. I couldn’t.”
Dash’s eyes close and he relaxes into me further.
“Did you…did you sleep with anyone since we…since me?” I ask, afraid to hear the answer.
“No, Valkyrie. When I told you my heart belonged to you, I meant it. There’s been no one else.”
“And the girl tonight? And the others you’ve been spotted with?” I ask.
He chuckles and I feel his breath whisper over my lips.
“Not a clue who she was. And the others were simply standing near me, not with me. You know how the media loves to twist an image for their own story,” he explains.
Tears fall down my cheeks and hit his hands still framing my face.
“Don’t cry, Valkyrie. I’d never break the pieces of your heart you’ve allowed me to keep,” he says as he kisses my forehead and then the tip of my nose.
“Don’t you understand, you’ve had every inch of my heart since the moment I said I love you. I never took it back and I never will,” I tell him.
He gently pulls my face up to crash his lips against mine. It feels like one of the final pieces of my heart just found it’s place again.
When he deepens the kiss with his tongue, a quiet moan escapes my lips.
He pulls back so we can catch our breath.
“I need you now, Valkyrie.”
“We can’t here. Let’s go to my place, it’s close,” I say.
With one more kiss, we pull away from each other to get in my car, and as I drive away with Dash beside me, I think of London telling me love always wins and I smile, hoping she’s right.
The front doorto my house is kicked shut behind us as his lips only leave mine to pull his shirt over his head. Then, he’s back on me.
He backs me against the wall and kisses my neck causing chill bumps to erupt down my body along with the tightening of my nipples against my bra.
He stops again to help me out of my leather jacket and top leaving me in my bra and jeans. He kisses my lips again as he reaches around me to unclasp it, and it falls loose around my shoulders. He never misses a beat when he pulls it from my body.
He simply lifts me so that my breasts are level with his mouth. His lips close around one nipple and then the other asone hand holds me up and the other pops the button on my jeans before pulling down the zipper.
He lets me down just long enough to help me out of my jeans and panties, leaving me completely exposed to him. He stares at me for a moment as he unbuttons and unzips his jeans before he pulls them down just enough to let his hard length spring free.
He doesn’t waste any time; he slides his arms under my legs and lifts me up once more against the wall. I wrap my arms around his neck as he stares into my eyes. I kiss his lips and pull back just in time for him to slide inside my center.
He keeps me pinned to the wall as he thrusts in and out, working us both up to the edge. He kisses my lips again as I feel the waves of pleasure start to crash over me. He breaks the kiss.
“Let me hear you, Lennon. Don’t hold back,” he says gruffly, sounding like he’s barely hanging on.
A moan falls from my lips. “Oh, Dash, I love you. Don’t stop.”
He falls over the edge as a shiver rolls through me. He kisses my lips while still holding me in place as we both come back to earth and our breathing slows.
