by A. K. Evans
I pressed my hand to his shoulder and pushed him to his back. Straddling him, I allowed my mouth to make the same journey on his body, only I was headed south. He slept naked next to me last night, which meant I didn’t need to fuss with the removal of any clothing. I crawled down his body and wrapped my hand around his length. Wanting to waste no time in bringing him pleasure, I immediately wrapped my mouth around him.
“Fuck,” Levi groaned.
I pulled back, looked up at him, gave him a coy smile, and put him back in my mouth. My hand fisted the root of his cock while my mouth and tongue slid along the rest of his length. I worked him just as hard as he did me. The hunger I had for him surpassed anything I’d ever experienced before. My free hand came up and massaged his balls before I slid my thumb down to the skin just beneath them. I lightly brushed my thumb back and forth across the skin there before applying a bit of pressure.
“Jesus Christ, sunshine.”
His voice was thick with emotion.
I loved that I did that to him.
Levi allowed me to continue playing with him for a bit, until finally he pulled himself from my mouth, grabbed me under my arms, and hauled me up his body.
“Don’t want to come in your mouth,” he informed me before used one hand to position himself at the entrance to my sex.
With my lips next to his, I whispered, “Then you better do it between my legs, love.”
He growled again and slammed me down on him.
“Ride me, sweetness.”
I did as he wished and rode him.
Levi lifted my nightie over my head and tossed it to the side before bringing his hands to my thighs. I moved my hips, rolling over his length slowly. He gave me time to work and build myself up, but soon took over. He gripped my hips and thrusted mercilessly into me.
It took about point two seconds of him doing that for me to be on the verge of an orgasm. I think he knew because he slowed his pace.
“Levi,” I called out, begging him to bring me there.
“You want to come?” he asked, thrusting slow and hard into me.
“Please,” I pleaded.
He picked up his pace. “Tell me, Elle.”
I threw my head back.
He stopped.
“Give me your eyes and say it, sunshine.”
My head fell forward. I tried to lift my hips, seeking out the friction I was so desperate for, but Levi held me still.
I whimpered as I brought my eyes back to him. He held firm in his position, saying nothing and not allowing me to move.
“If you don’t finish fucking me, Levi, I may have to reconsider how much I love you.”
A devious grin spread across his face. “That’s my girl,” he beamed as he began moving inside me again.
It didn’t take long, and before I knew it, he had me there.
“Come with me, Elle, but give me your eyes when you do.”
So I did.
I came with Levi.
And I gave him my eyes.
When I finally collapsed on top of him I realized that, like last night, life might not always be all rainbows and sunshine, but with Levi by my side there wasn’t anything that I couldn’t endure and move beyond.
“I love you, Levi.”
“I love you, Elle. But for the record, you will not reconsider how much you love me. That shit can grow as much as you want, but it never dies. You got me?”
“I’ve got you.”
Levi’s hands traced gently up and down the skin of my back for a bit. I basked in the feeling of having him like this.
“Do you want to get on the road early this morning?” he asked.
I lifted my head to look at him and answered, “Yeah. I was hoping we could stop and sightsee a little on the way out to LA.”
“If that’s what you want, I’ll make sure you get it.”
“Thanks, love.”
“You keep calling me that, there isn’t much I won’t do for you.”
I cocked an eyebrow and teased, “Good to know.”
Levi and I stayed in the bed for a bit longer before we got up to get dressed and pack up our things. He called Pierce in that time and let him know that we’d take him to the airport before we got on the road. I needed to call Leah, but figured it’d be best to wait until we were driving. I knew she’d want the scoop on everything that had happened in my life over the course of the last three days and, because she was my bestie, I wanted to share it with her without feeling rushed.
An hour and a half later, we had dropped Pierce off at the airport and were on the road to LA. This is what I loved. Being carefree with a relatively loose schedule. I had to perform on Tuesday night, but it was still early on Monday and there was plenty of time to go at my own pace.
The best part of it all was Levi. He was with me and didn’t mind a roughly seven-hour drive in the car with me to take me where I needed to go. Him making a sacrifice like that made me fall just a little bit deeper in love.
“We’re stopping for gas at the next exit,” he informed me after we had been driving for a while.
“I need to use the bathroom, so that’s perfect.”
“I figure we’ll fill up and see if we can find a decent place to grab lunch. Then, we’ll get back on the road.”
“Works for me.”
Levi pulled off at the next exit and filled up the rental. While he did that, I searched my phone for restaurants that had good ratings. I found a place that was only twenty miles away. We had to get back on the freeway, but it was on the way to our destination.
Perfect.
Levi filled the tank and then walked me to the bathroom. He was still not real keen on letting me out of arm’s reach and, considering what happened last night, I had no issues waiting for him to walk me.
When we got back in the car, I gave him the address to put in the GPS and we were off again. I figured I’d use the drive to the restaurant to call Leah and fill her in on everything.
The phone rang once.
“I have texted and called you several times since this morning,” she offered in the way of a greeting.
“I know, LP. I’m sorry. I wanted to wait until we were on the road and I’d have uninterrupted time to talk to you.”
“On the road?” she wondered. “Wait. What time is it? Did you miss your flight, E?”
I laughed.
“No, Leah. Relax,” I started. “I was talking to Levi earlier in the day yesterday and told him how much I hated flying and deadlines and he told me that since I didn’t need to be in LA to perform until Tuesday night that he’d be more than happy to make the drive with me. So…we’re road tripping it from Tucson to LA.”
I was sure she could hear the excitement in my voice. I loved exploring new places like this.
“What a colossal waste of time,” she retorted, quickly diminishing my cheerful mood. “Why would you ever want to spend that many hours in a car when you could fly to your destination and spend more time there?”
“There might be wonderful things to see and do at the destination, Leah, but do you realize how many places I get to see by road tripping? Think of how much beauty I’d be missing out on by flying over all of this. Besides, you know me. I like to go with the flow. I don’t like having every single minute of my life planned and scheduled. It’s good to be spontaneous. You should try it sometime.”
“No thanks. I like being in control, knowing what’s going to happen and when. God, Elle, how do you function like that?”
I took in a deep breath. This was a never-ending battle with her. It was one of those things that she always had to make comments about. Leah believed in order and time lines. She would plan a vacation and account for every single second of her trip. I couldn’t ever do that. Vacation, to me, is a time to relax and enjoy myself. Sure, I’d select a few things I’d want to do while on vacation, but I wouldn’t plan my days out from the minute I woke up until the minute I went to bed. Leah was that extreme. Sometimes I wondered how we ev
er became such close friends because in so many ways we were so very different. Somehow it worked, so I tended not to dwell on those differences.
I let out the breath and said, “Moving on. I wanted to update you on the situation last night. I’m guessing that you must have read about it online as well?”
“I was horrified when I read it, E. I can’t even imagine how you must have felt. Was the story online true? They said a knife was held to your back.”
I closed my eyes and recalled feeling the point of the sharp metal pressing into the middle of my back last night.
“Yeah,” I whispered. “It was terrifying.”
“So, what was it about? Was is just some obsessed fan?”
I went on to tell Leah the story and all the events as they happened last night. I hated reliving it, but she was my best friend. I knew if something like this ever happened to her, I’d want to know. She was alarmed at what she learned and was concerned for me. I told her she didn’t need to worry because thanks to our spontaneity at least my stalker didn’t know I wasn’t on a plane right now. To add to that, I went on to tell her that not only was Dom meeting us in California on Wednesday, but also that Pierce decided he would be staying with us for the remainder of the tour.
“There’s going to be three of them and one of you?” she asked.
“Yep,” I answered. “And I told Levi I want to learn self-defense. He said Dom can start training me as early as Wednesday.”
“Self-defense?”
“I was petrified last night, LP. I don’t ever want to feel that way again. Maybe I won’t be able to fight off all the bad guys always, but at least I’ll have some skill to try to defend myself. I know that Levi and his team are going to do everything necessary to keep me safe, but it won’t hurt for me to be able to at least put up a good fight in case something like that ever happens again.”
“I can understand that. It’s just that you’re not the self-defense type.”
“You might be right about that, but I’m also not the type to sit down and let someone torture me either. It’s bad enough this jerk is tormenting me with notes and flower deliveries. Last night, it went to another level. I refuse to feel like that ever again.”
“Well, I’m meeting up with you in California on Wednesday. We need to do some serious catching up. I’m pretty sure there’s more to the story that I haven’t yet been told. I’m also certain that it involves Levi.”
“You would be correct,” I responded. “But you’re right. It will be better if I fill you in in person in a few days. In fact, I’ve got to go because Levi is pulling off the exit now and we’re headed for lunch. I’ll see you when you get in on Wednesday and give you the full rundown then.”
“I’m looking forward to it. See you soon!” she shouted before she disconnected the call.
I pulled the phone from my ear and tossed it into my purse while I fished out my lip balm. I looked toward the driver’s side of the car and found Levi had come to the stop in the parking lot of the restaurant that was just off the exit and was looking at me.
“What?” I asked, as I applied the strawberry-flavored moisturizer to my lips.
“I love you,” he confessed.
I smiled back at him and replied, “I love you, too.”
“Hungry?”
I nodded.
“Then how about you let me taste the lips quick so I can get you inside and feed you?” he suggested as he brought a hand up to cup my cheek.
I nodded my agreement.
Ten minutes later, Levi made good on his promise to get me fed.
Chapter 15
Elle
It was twelve hours from the time we left Tucson until we arrived in Los Angeles. The reason for the five-hour delay was because Levi and I made several stops on our road trip from Tucson. Our stops weren’t just to fill up the car with gas either.
Nope.
We made the most of our journey and thoroughly enjoyed it. We made stops in multiple towns along the way and did some sight-seeing, shopping, and even some light hiking. Well, I did the shopping. Levi? Not so much. The hiking was more his idea and I decided that a compromise was in order considering he did this for me. My time alone with Levi brought me a bit of inspiration, so I pulled out my notebook several times along the way and jotted a few words down.
Being such an active person, I thought the ride in the car would have made him crazy, but if it did, he never allowed it to show. When it came down to it, I noticed he was the most relaxed I’d seen him throughout the entire tour. Initially, I couldn’t figure out why, but then it dawned on me that he wasn’t worried about me the way he had been from the minute he saw me sitting in his office that day a couple weeks ago. With the last-minute decision to drive out to California instead of flying, he knew that if someone was stalking me to the level they had been, the road trip to LA wasn’t something they’d know about. I think that it brought him a bit of comfort to know that he could relax and just enjoy spending the time with me.
Now, we were in California and had just checked in to our hotel suite. I made a beeline for the shower while Levi made calls to Pierce, to let him know we were in town, and Cruz, to check in on things back home at the firm.
I had finished in the shower and was standing in my nightie drying my hair when Levi stepped inside the bathroom. He was just staring at me, so I turned off the hairdryer and asked, “What’s wrong?”
He shook his head. “Nothing at all, sunshine. Just trying to let it sink in that you’re mine.”
“Everything ok at home? The firm?” I questioned, wondering if there was something he wasn’t telling me.
He took three steps toward me and settled my mounting anxiety when he explained, “Yes. I talked to Cruz about what happened last night. The whole team was worried about you. Dom had Deb rearrange his flight. He’s flying out on the red-eye flight tonight and will be here first thing in the morning. With the heightened attempts to contact you and approach you, we figure it’s better to have an extra person covering you.”
I guess that made sense. “Ok.”
“I’m going to take a quick shower. I’m wiped after today. When I get out, will you be ready for bed?”
“Yeah,” I answered.
Levi gave me a quick kiss on the lips before he moved to get in the shower. I went back to drying my hair. When I finished, I applied my lotion and walked out of the bathroom back into the bedroom. While I waited for Levi to finish in the shower, I grabbed my phone and tapped out a quick text to Wes. I didn’t like that I had unnecessarily worried him last night and thought it would go a long way if I checked in with him tonight.
Hey, bro! Just wanted to let you know that Levi and I made it to LA. I didn’t want you worrying.
Wes responded almost immediately.
I always worry about you, Elle. Thanks for checking in, though.
Me: Well you can worry a little less. Dom is taking the red-eye flight out tonight, so I’ll have an extra set of eyes on me for the remainder of the trip.
Wes: Good. Dom’s a crazy motherfucker. I’m glad he’ll be there. Stay safe.
Me: I will.
I hadn’t posted on social media in a while, so I decided to check my accounts and give updates.
Holy cow.
As soon as I opened my Facebook account I was inundated with notifications. Apparently, word of my debacle last night had spread like wild fire and my fans were concerned. I wanted to set their minds at ease, but responding individually would have taken an eternity. On that thought, I went live. Within seconds, I had several thousand fans ‘tuning in’ to my live feed.
I spoke into the camera.
“Hi guys! First, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who reached out and expressed their concern for me over the incident that occurred last night. I’m sorry I didn’t check in with all of you sooner, but I wanted to let you know that I’m ok. You can see that I’ve got a couple of scrapes on my hands here and a bit of bruising on my neck, but otherwise,
I’m physically ok. I also wanted to let you all know that I’m currently in LA and I’m so excited to be performing here tomorrow evening.”
I watched as hundreds of my fans asked questions or expressed their love for me. So many of them had been so worried about me and it made my heart feel so full that people who didn’t even know me personally felt so deeply for me.
Levi stepped out of the bathroom in nothing but a pair of sweats that rested low on his hips, just as I began answering a question that kept popping up from multiple fans, concerned about my security for the remainder of the tour.
“I appreciate all of the well wishes, love, and support from each and every one of you. There is no need to be worried about me. I have an amazing security team, led by my boyfriend, Levi. They’ll have extra eyes on me for the remainder of the tour and I feel completely safe under their protection.”
More questions filtered across the screen. The focus shifted from my well-being to my mention of a boyfriend. My fans wanted details.
I looked to Levi and gave him eyes that pleaded with him. I kept him out of view of the camera and explained to him, “My fans want to know all about my boyfriend. I don’t think they should know all about you, but would you mind saying hello.”
He shook his head and gave me a smirk before walking over to sit next to me on the bed. My heart exploded when he came into view of the camera and said, “Hello.”
The comments went crazy.
Holy shit! He’s hot!
Girl, you are so lucky.
Can we see the rest of him?
Comment after comment came through. Levi watched and his eyes rounded. I whispered, “They think you’re perfect, love.”
He looked to me, his eyes sparkling and intense, and whispered back, “I don’t hold a candle to you, sunshine.”
I nearly forgot I was streaming live. I turned back to the camera and saw more comments.
Sunshine? Did he just call her sunshine? That’s the perfect name for her.
I’m swooning over here.
These two are #relationshipgoals.
