“I love you, Kannon.”
“Yeah? The Sinner loves me?”
I met her in the center of the room. I couldn’t help but touch her when I was close enough. “I do. If I’m being honest, there was no in between. One minute, I wanted to wring your next, and the next, I couldn’t imagine my life without you. People may not understand that, but I don’t give a fuck. It’s not for them to understand. I just want to make sure it’s all right with you.”
“It’s more than all right. Just promise you won’t abandon me the first time I don’t meet your expectations.”
“I got you. All I need from you is loyalty.”
“You’ll have it as long as you stay faithful,” she shot back. “Before you ever step out, just step away.”
“We’ll both leave this earth before I pick that option, Kitty.”
My lips rushed to hers like I was thirsty for her taste. I savored the cushion of her lips and the hint of liquor still lingering on her breath. I teased her tongue with mine as she parted her lips. As soon as a moan slipped from her throat, I pulled away. With a hard dick, I walked her to the kitchen with plans to cook for her. That was another thing I hadn’t done for any other woman, yet I found myself excited to feed Kannon.
“What do you have a taste for?” She spun around on her tippy toes like a ballerina. “Uber Eats will take forever to make it out here.”
“Fuck Uber Eats. Let me feed you.”
“Do you know how to cook, Tune? I don’t think I’ve seen or heard you make anything more than tacos in the last three months.”
I placed a kiss on her neck, then sat in a chair by the kitchen island. “I know how to do a little something. Valerie didn’t teach me much, but she taught me how to cook before she abandoned her kids.”
“Were you two tight before she left? I’ve only heard you talk about her once.”
“That bitch?—”
“Hey!” She shook her head. “I understand there’s bad blood between you two, but I don’t like hearing you refer to her that way. Let’s call her...the lady.”
“All right. Me and the lady used to be tight. The last I heard, she died. Before that, she was in Atlanta with her new husband and healthy kid.”
“Damn, I’m sorry to hear that.”
I shrugged off the unwanted sympathy and deadenedtheconversation. I didn’t mean to sound so nonchalant about death, but had I expressed my true feelings about my mother, I would’ve scared Kannon off.
Lost in flashbacks of my childhood, Kannon’s closeness spooked me when she slid between my legs. No words left her lips when she wrapped her arms around my neck and squeezed me tight. Her warmth served as an icebreaker to my cold thoughts and brought me back to reality.
“What was that for?” I asked when she pulled away.
“You looked like you needed a hug. I like the thought of being able to give you what you need.”
My hand roamed down to the small of her back. “Oh, yeah? You know what I need right now? I need you to teach me how to make love.”
“You’ve never made love before?”
“Not in the way I want to make love to you. I want to please you in a way that you become disgusted by another man even looking at you.” I scooped her into my arms and carried her upstairs like we hadn’t been there minutes ago. “I would say I want to make love to you so deep that I put a baby in you, but you’re already pregnant.”
“What?” She dropped a giggle in the crook of my neck.“Did you forget about the Plan B?”
“I didn’t forget, but as warm and deep as your pussy felt the last time I was inside of you, I would bet my legacy the pill didn’t work.”
A shy vibe controlled her features when I placed her on her feet. Any other time, I would have hiked her top over her ass and fucked her. However, I handled Kannon with the same tenderness I would glass. With ease and in between soft pecks to her shoulders, I removed the material over her body. Her hard nipples summoned my tongue, and her pussy clutched around my fingers. My dick jerked in my briefs, but I kept my attention on Kannon. I spun her around like we were in the middle of a slow dance, then bent her over the edge of the bed. The scent of fresh pussy encouraged me to eat her out like I had no dignity. Even when my dick throbbed, I didn’t move until her ass cheeks trembled against my face.
“Oh, baby.”
“There you go. Fuck my face, mama.”
My words came out muffled, but I knew she heard me when she started grinding against my nose. Her sweet moans turned into a sermon of profanity, alerting the high ceiling of her growing orgasm. I gave Kannon a minute to catch her breathbefore I flipped her over, leaving her no choice but to find my eyes. As corny as it may sound, she looked like an angel beneath me. My heartbeat tripled at the idea of someone trying to take her from me. A feeling I couldn’t label made my throat tighten up. I had never craved a woman as much as I desired Kannon, especially when I had already tasted her.
