Page 112 of Starting Back
“Fuck, look at you,” he said, his gravelly voice drenched with need.
I held his eyes as I reached behind me to unclasp my bra and let it slip down my shoulders before tossing it aside.
“Lie back.”
I scooted back on the bed, already breathless with anticipation. This seemed different, significant, and permanent. It always was, but nothing stopped me from believing it this time.
“I wish I could take my time. Make-up sex isn’t supposed to be rushed, but I get the feeling we’re on a limit.” He tore off my panties, almost ripping them as he looped them over my ankles and threw them onto the floor next to the heap of clothes. “Certain things I can’t skimp on.” He ran his mouth up my thigh until he settled at my core, sucking my clit into his mouth before running his tongue all over me. I pressed a pillow into my face, fighting the urge to scream. I dug my heels into the mattress when he slid two fingers inside, curling them as he inched them out.
“Shh.” He tapped my thigh when I let go of a loud whimper.
“It’s too hard not to make noise.”
He chuckled as he dragged kisses along the inside of my thigh, taking his fingers deeper and working me over again with his mouth. He swirled his tongue around my clit before sucking it so hard I had to bite the inside of my cheek to halt a scream.
When he moaned, the vibration shooting down my legs and curling my toes, I lost it. I grabbed the pillow again as I came hard, white dots bursting inside my eyelids as I bucked my hips against his mouth.
“Now hold on,” he said after tearing the pillow away from my face. “This may be quick whether I want it to be or not.”
I gasped when he filled me with one thrust, looping his arm around my waist to pull me closer and clutching the headboard with his other hand.
I’d been on the pill since the week after that kiss in the bar, and I loved having no barriers between us and nothing to hold us back from giving in to our crazy need for each other that intensified every time. “I was so scared,” he said, grunting as he moved harder and faster. “I lost you once, never again. Fuck, I love you so much.”
“I love you too, so much. Leo, I—”
My body stiffened from the waist down as I shuddered against him. He groaned in my ear as he pulsed inside me, shaking until his body relaxed on top of mine.
“So.” He rolled next to me and tugged me into his side. “We’re good?”
I laughed and dropped my head against his chest.
“Yeah, I think so.” I brought my hands under my chin and peered up at him. His hair was damp from the sweat beading on his brow. “I’m sorry.”
“Just promise me you’re not going to doubt this or us again.” He smoothed the hair off my sticky forehead. “And if you do, talk to me. I know someone gave you a reason to doubt how amazing you are because they took you for granted for so damn long, but I love you too much to ever do that. You’re my heart. Got it?”
“I do,” I said, my voice cracking. I pressed a kiss to his chest, my eyelids finally heavy enough to close.
“Think we have time to get some sleep?” Leo asked and pulled the comforter over us.
“Maybe a few minutes.” I smiled when Leo’s eyes fluttered shut.
Leo wasn’t the only one who finally felt like he was home.
EPILOGUE
LEO
Six months later
“Wake up,” Kristina whispered and brushed a kiss on my cheek.
I grumbled back at her. After a double shift, I usually let my eyes pop open whenever they wanted, and I was too tired to change that rule for today.
“Babe, I’m exhausted. Give me another hour or two.”
“It’s already noon. What can I do to convince you?” she crooned, drifting her hand up my leg and coasting it over my stomach. I still had trouble opening my eyes, but my dick was all too happy to greet Kristina’s palm.
“If you want to crawl under the sheets and wake me up with your sweet mouth, I may consider getting out of bed.”
