more.
“Shhhh,” he soothed, one big hand stroking through her hair, down her spine. “Don’t cry, baby.”
Sniffling, she fought to get control, dragged in a couple of deep breaths. After a few minutes her heart rate slowed and her breathing calmed. She kept her cheek pressed to his shoulder, afraid to meet his eyes.
“You okay? That was what you wanted?”
Tia nodded and wiped her eyes. “You were perfect. So perfect,” she whispered. The way he’d held her, so dominant yet gentle, allowing her to fulfill her fantasy without any shame or guilt. “I thought that part of me had died a long time ago, but it hadn’t. Thank you.”
His arms tightened around her. “I loved giving you that. Never seen anything so beautiful. And believe me, I love taking control as much as you love giving it to me.”
She smiled, let her heart swell open for him. He’d given her no choice about that, either.
He kissed her and got up to dispose of the condom. She slipped across the hall to the guest bathroom. From the silent hallway she could hear her phone buzzing in her purse down in the foyer. She frowned. It was almost eleven o’clock. Dread coiled inside her.
Grabbing a robe from the back of the door, she ran down to get her purse. Back in the guest bathroom, she shut the door and took out her phone. The blood drained from her face when she checked the call display. Eleven calls in the past two hours, all from her ex.
She set her phone on the countertop and pulled the blind on the window aside. The street was dark and quiet, lit only by the streetlamp at the corner. She didn’t see David’s car parked there, but something told her he’d been there earlier. Watching the house while he kept calling her. He’d have seen her car in the driveway and no doubt would have jumped to conclusions when she didn’t answer. It would never fully register with him that she’d meant it about contacting her through her lawyer.
He might have even been worked up enough to look through the windows.
She set a hand to her roiling stomach. Had he seen them? Her on her knees while she took Alex in her mouth? The thought made her want to throw up. What she and Alex had shared was beautiful, special. The possibility of David watching ruined that, threatened to turn it into something shameful.
The phone was cold in her numb hand. If David was that unstable, she’d have no choice but to change her phone number and get a restraining order. And it would be best for everyone if she immediately got a place of her own instead of living here. Alex didn’t need to deal with David’s shit while he was home to recover. She refused to bring trouble to his doorstep.
Letting out a deep breath, she texted the real estate agent that she’d take the apartment she’d seen that afternoon, then washed her face and brushed her teeth. She was just setting her toothbrush into the glass holder when her phone chimed. The agent had texted back, asking her to meet first thing in the morning to sign the papers. Tia turned the phone off and tucked it back in her purse. How was she going to tell Alex about this? He was so protective, she knew he’d step in, try to shield her. But he didn’t know how awful David could be. She wouldn’t involve him in that ugliness. Leaving this house would be hard, but it had to be done.
Alex was lying on his side with the sheets draped around his waist, revealing the mouthwatering landscape of his chest and abs, those deliciously defined arms that had held her down and then cradled her so tenderly. “Lose the robe,” he said, lifting the sheets for her.
Stupid to feel self-conscious now, but she blushed as she undid the sash and let it pool at her feet. She was acutely aware of him staring at her naked body, and knowing he liked what he saw made her tingle all over.
“Gorgeous,” he rumbled, snagging her wrist to tug her onto the bed. The heat of his body curled around her when he tucked her back against his chest and
“Shhhh,” he soothed, one big hand stroking through her hair, down her spine. “Don’t cry, baby.”
Sniffling, she fought to get control, dragged in a couple of deep breaths. After a few minutes her heart rate slowed and her breathing calmed. She kept her cheek pressed to his shoulder, afraid to meet his eyes.
“You okay? That was what you wanted?”
Tia nodded and wiped her eyes. “You were perfect. So perfect,” she whispered. The way he’d held her, so dominant yet gentle, allowing her to fulfill her fantasy without any shame or guilt. “I thought that part of me had died a long time ago, but it hadn’t. Thank you.”
His arms tightened around her. “I loved giving you that. Never seen anything so beautiful. And believe me, I love taking control as much as you love giving it to me.”
She smiled, let her heart swell open for him. He’d given her no choice about that, either.
He kissed her and got up to dispose of the condom. She slipped across the hall to the guest bathroom. From the silent hallway she could hear her phone buzzing in her purse down in the foyer. She frowned. It was almost eleven o’clock. Dread coiled inside her.
Grabbing a robe from the back of the door, she ran down to get her purse. Back in the guest bathroom, she shut the door and took out her phone. The blood drained from her face when she checked the call display. Eleven calls in the past two hours, all from her ex.
She set her phone on the countertop and pulled the blind on the window aside. The street was dark and quiet, lit only by the streetlamp at the corner. She didn’t see David’s car parked there, but something told her he’d been there earlier. Watching the house while he kept calling her. He’d have seen her car in the driveway and no doubt would have jumped to conclusions when she didn’t answer. It would never fully register with him that she’d meant it about contacting her through her lawyer.
He might have even been worked up enough to look through the windows.
She set a hand to her roiling stomach. Had he seen them? Her on her knees while she took Alex in her mouth? The thought made her want to throw up. What she and Alex had shared was beautiful, special. The possibility of David watching ruined that, threatened to turn it into something shameful.
The phone was cold in her numb hand. If David was that unstable, she’d have no choice but to change her phone number and get a restraining order. And it would be best for everyone if she immediately got a place of her own instead of living here. Alex didn’t need to deal with David’s shit while he was home to recover. She refused to bring trouble to his doorstep.
Letting out a deep breath, she texted the real estate agent that she’d take the apartment she’d seen that afternoon, then washed her face and brushed her teeth. She was just setting her toothbrush into the glass holder when her phone chimed. The agent had texted back, asking her to meet first thing in the morning to sign the papers. Tia turned the phone off and tucked it back in her purse. How was she going to tell Alex about this? He was so protective, she knew he’d step in, try to shield her. But he didn’t know how awful David could be. She wouldn’t involve him in that ugliness. Leaving this house would be hard, but it had to be done.
Alex was lying on his side with the sheets draped around his waist, revealing the mouthwatering landscape of his chest and abs, those deliciously defined arms that had held her down and then cradled her so tenderly. “Lose the robe,” he said, lifting the sheets for her.
Stupid to feel self-conscious now, but she blushed as she undid the sash and let it pool at her feet. She was acutely aware of him staring at her naked body, and knowing he liked what he saw made her tingle all over.
“Gorgeous,” he rumbled, snagging her wrist to tug her onto the bed. The heat of his body curled around her when he tucked her back against his chest and
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