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Avery cried out, half with ecstasy and half with relief as her pleasure reached the tipping point and carried her over.She spasmed, her orgasm throbbing with every hard thrust of Nick’s cock, then he buried himself inside her as he grunted her name.With his hot weight draped over her back, against her ass, she felt him pulse inside her, adding to her own blissful satisfaction.
Every spurt of his cock sent another shuddering wave of pleasure through her, and his groin rubbing against her tender backside ignited more sparks of sensation.Closing her eyes, she sighed as the tension melted away, leaving her limp and satiated over the bench.
Gentle hands caressed her sides as lips pressed a kiss to the center of her back.
“Good girl.”
Nick
Getting everything cleaned up didn’t take long, then he snuggled in with Avery in one of Marquis’ many booths.They only had half an hour before they were both supposed to be downstairs, but he was having trouble bringing himself to care.He was supposed to be the one in charge, but Avery had the ability to shift his priorities.
Something his previous girlfriends hadn’t been able to do.
Maybe the problem hadn’t been they were too demanding or didn’t understand him.Maybe the problem had been he hadn’t been willing to prioritize them.
He probably owed them some apologies.Now, he knew his priorities could shift, and he’d never really given them a chance to with other girlfriends.Maybe it wouldn’t have happened at all if he hadn’t spent so much time working with Avery.She’d gotten under his skin in a way his previous girlfriends never had.
It’s called falling in love, genius.
Sometimes, the voice in his head sounded suspiciously like his big brother.
Avery stirred on his lap, then suddenly sat upright, nearly knocking her head into his chin.He barely reared back in time, then grabbed hold of her to keep her from tumbling off.
“Oh my God!What time is it?We have to get to work!”
Well, now he knew how his exes felt when he’d focused on work over them.Ouch.Where’d the post-coital bliss go?
“We have some time,” he said soothingly, pushing his hurt feelings aside.Avery had no way of knowing what he’d been thinking.Besides, after last night, she probably felt the need to prove herself, both because she’d run out on a shift and because of the things Chad had said.
Snuggling with him on the second floor would not help her feel better about either of those things.
“How much time?”She still sounded panicked, though a bit of the edge was gone.Nick tightened his hold on her to keep her from wriggling around too much.
“Hey, look at me.”Deepening his voice, he went for the ‘Dom mode’ thing Olivia had talked about.While he and Avery hadn’t discussed being kinky outside the bedroom, there would be times when it might actually help her.Like when she was panicking, like right now.She turned her head, meeting his gaze, and stilled.It wasn’t relaxed, but she wasn’t quivering like a tuning fork anymore.“You won’t be late, okay?I’ll make sure of it.”
There was the relaxation he’d been aiming for.Her shoulders slumped, her spine relaxed, and the wildness retreated from her eyes.
“Okay,” she whispered.
Pulling her back into his chest, Nick nuzzled the top of her head with his lips.
“Just let me enjoy this for another few minutes,” he whispered, holding her tightly.
Avery nodded, relaxing even more against him, curling into his lap like a kitten.Trusting him to take care of her, trusting him to make sure she wasn’t late.Trusting him with her reputation and to keep her from the judgments of the others in the restaurant.
That meant the fucking world to him.
ChapterTwenty-Eight
Avery
Walkinginto the kitchen at Nick’s side, her fingers twitched, wanting to reach out and hold his hand.She knew he wouldn’t stop her, and the support would make her feel better, but she worried it could make everything else worse.She was lucky she hadn’t completely ruined her career by running out and she had no idea how everyone would react to that, much less her and Nick.There was a black mark on her record, but Olivia had reassured her that it would be removed after a year assuming she did no such thing again.Avery had reassured her there was no chance of that.
At least they were right on time.Walking in together made a statement, even if they weren’t holding hands.Her butt was still sore and stinging under her pants, but no one knew.It would be a stark reminder all shift—not to run out on him or her job again and how he’d embraced his Dom side for her.Yeah, it might have been there regardless, but she was the reason he’d chosen to explore it.
She shouldn’t be ashamed of being with Nick or what they did together, and even if she still had some trouble feeling that with her whole being, she would fake it till she made it.
To her surprise, as they entered the kitchen from the hallway, everyone was in the kitchen waiting for them.The back-of-house staff, the front-of-house staff, the managers.Some had clearly finished their shifts, others were coming on, and some were dressed in regular clothes, indicating it was their day off.
