by Naomi Niles
The officer helped me to my feet as tears cascaded from my eyes. I couldn’t believe what had just happened to me, but I was glad to still be alive.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
GAVIN
I made my way towards Bethany, and when we embraced, neither of us said a word to each other. I held her tight as she cried out loud. I had never been happier to see her. After a few minutes passed, the officers took her statement and asked her if she wanted to press charges against Anthony. “Yes. I want to press charges. I want him off the streets and out of my life for as long as possible. Please.”
The officer smiled, then closed his small notebook. “Alright. We will see what we can do.”
“Thank you, officer.”
He walked out of the front room just as I came back in with a blanket and a cup of coffee. I shook the officers hand, “Thank you, sir. Thank you and your men for your quick response. I don’t know what I would’ve done if he hurt her in any way.”
“We are just doing our jobs, sir. No thank you needed.”
The officer left us alone as I closed the front door behind him. Bethany was still shaking a bit from what happened between her and Anthony. I sat down beside her and put my arm around her. “It was all so sudden. I mean, I thought I saw his truck a few times, but I wasn’t sure. But after that chase, I knew it was him. He knew where I worked, and even worse, where I lived. I hate that it always seems like my past wants to ruin my future. All the time. Now, it is going to affect my job, and it has already affected our relationship.”
“No,” I said, holding my hand, “it has not affected our relationship. Well, it did, but like I said, I was just being dumb. Stupid. We all have something in our past that we regret doing, and I was wrong for holding that against you. I was wrong for thinking that I was too good to be with you because of what you used to be. So, I owe you an apology. I am sorry, and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I was a total jackass and–”
She interrupted me with a kiss on my lips. It seemed like she didn’t care that I messed up because we all made mistakes, but we had gone days without so much as talking to each other, so I guessed she wasn’t in the mood to hear me beg for my forgiveness. If I could be honest with myself, I wanted to feel her lips on mine more than anything else. I wanted to feel comfort in her touch the way I used to before everything happened between us. That is what I missed about her. “So,” I said, smiling after we released each other. “I guess you forgive me?”
“You guess?” she said with a smirk. “You don’t have to guess. I forgive you, no question about it. I just want us to move on from our pasts, but, not before I ask you this.”
“Shoot.”
“What did you do in your past that you are ashamed of? Not everything, just give me one thing so that we can be even. I promise I won’t get mad.”
“Really?”
She crossed her fingers, “Scout’s honor.”
I exhaled, “Well, I used to be somewhat of a whore. Like, I slept with women a lot. A lot of different women, you know? So, I used to get around, and that took away time that I should’ve been spending with Vinny. I hate that about my past, but it is what it is.”
“So,” she placed my cup of coffee on the table, “I am dealing with some kind of Duece Bigalow, huh?”
I laughed. “Well, I didn’t get paid for it, but yeah, I guess so.”
She looked away from me with a smile on her face. “Well, if we are exclusive, then I am okay with that.”
“We are definitely exclusive.”
I leaned in and kissed her on the lips, slowly, while I took my hand and held the back of her head. She was my rose. Delicate. Innocent, but with a few thorns on her stems. That was the roughness she developed because of her hard life. I wanted to know more about it. I wanted to know why she had to do the things that she did so I could get a better understanding of who she was, but now wasn’t the time. Now, I just wanted to show her how much I loved her. I leaned her back on the couch and climbed on top of her, pecking her with kisses in the process. I felt my dick stiffen in my pants, and it never took much, but this time, I wanted to go slow. She had to know how much I loved her.
Chapter Thirty
BETHANY
He leaned forward and planted his lips on top of mine, and that was all it took. I put my hand on the side of his face, reversed our position, then climbed on top of him. My skirt rose above my hips as I straddled his waist with our lips intertwined like strands of DNA. With one hand, he grabbed my backside and guided me closer to him. I leaned my head back as his tongue danced down the middle of my neck until he met with my breasts. I pulled my shirt from over my head and tossed it to the side.
I reached behind and unstrapped my bra, releasing my breasts from their momentary prison. He wrapped his lips around my nipples, twirling them in his mouth before he suctioned my breast. I bit my lip as I held the back of his head. I could feel him rising beneath me, poking the outer portion of my undergarments. He shifted his attention to my other breast as heavy, passionate breaths escaped my lungs in bursts of ecstasy. My panties were soaked, and my mind was conflicted as we danced together in flames of hell.
I squatted over him so I could unbuckle his pants. He yanked his pants down to his ankles, then his underwear followed right after. His dick shot straight up. My vagina dripped onto the tip of it as I gazed into his dark brown eyes. I lowered myself onto his penis. The tip of it cracked my vagina as I eased down onto him. His dick burst through my pussy lips. I fixed my mouth to utter moans of pleasure, but nothing escaped.
He put his hand on my shoulder and pushed me down further as he exhaled passionate groans. My lips fit tight around his dick, and at that moment, I felt his head climb to chambers in my vagina that hadn’t been touched in years. I bounced up and down on top of him. My tits moved like basketballs as I dug my nails into the back of his neck. His chest glistened with sweat as he leaned his head on the back cushion of the couch. He grabbed hold of my waist with his hand and guided me back and forth on top of him, smacking my behind as I moved according to his command. Suddenly, he grabbed my neck and pulled me in. His lips pressed against mine moments before he stood up with my legs wrapped around his waist.
He slammed my back against the wall. His muscles contracted as he pushed himself deeper inside of me. I screamed out of pleasure and pain as I dug my nails into his back. He pinned me against the wall. The passion drove me up the wall as his muscular frame pressed against my body. His dick slid in and out of me. “Shit,” I yelled out, “shit!” I could feel myself building up for a release. My pussy lips pulsated as sweat dripped from his muscular chest.
“Kiss me!” I said, pulling him closer to me. As his tongue swam around in my mouth, a tidal wave flooded from my vagina and exploded onto his dick. I screamed out in ecstasy, my voice bouncing off the walls in the front room. He moaned, and just moments later, I felt his dick pulsating inside of me. His eyes rolled to the back of his head as he yelled out obscenities. His words mingled together with my screams as we shared the same pleasure. We laid next to each other on the floor inside of the living room, out of breath and completely satisfied.
“I needed that,” I said as I laid in his arms. “Especially since,” I elbowed him in his side, “I thought you were leaving me.”
“Ouch,” he chuckled. “Yeah, I deserved that, but like I said, I was a jerk, and I am sorry.”
“It’s alright, but yeah, you did deserve that.”
“So, I mean, since we are past that anger now, do you mind telling me a little bit about who you are? You know, why you did the things you did before I came along.”
I sighed. I didn’t want to empty my past out to him because it was so embarrassing. From being shifted around to different foster homes when I was younger, to having to strip and do things like that for money. I had a rough past, but it was about time that I finally let it all out to him. “Yeah, um, I did it because I had to. The stripping part. It was easy money and...
and I needed money. I needed more money than a regular minimum wage job could offer. So, I got involved with it, and I ended up meeting Anthony. It started off good, but as you can see, he was not a good guy. I did a lot of things that I am not proud of, but I learned a lot from it.”
I went further into my story, and I hoped that he didn’t judge me for it, but the more I spoke, the more comfortable I felt around him. It was weird how the two things went together like that, but as we went on, I didn’t want to stop. He held me tight, and for the first time, I felt like my past didn’t matter. As we laid on the floor, I glanced at one of the books on my table. The more I thought that those love stories weren’t real, the more I believed that I was finally living my own version of one of them.
“Wow,” he said, finally, “You have been through a lot. You deserve to be happy now, honestly. I think we both do, and I don’t see anyone else being able to put a smile on my face the way you can.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I’ll be honest with you. My ex tried to come back into the picture. She tried a while ago, but when we were going through our issue, I actually gave her a call.”
“You what?” I said, pushing away from him.
“Wait, wait, just let me explain. I called her, and we talked for a while, but the whole time, I kept comparing her to you. She couldn’t make me laugh the way you do; she couldn’t make me feel comfortable like you can. There were just a lot of things missing that she couldn’t provide for me and all it did was make me realize that I needed you. It made me see that you were the one for me and I didn’t want her or anybody else.”
I was upset initially, but after listening to him explain himself, I realized that what he told me wasn’t a bad thing. Not only was he honest and upfront with me, but it helped him see his true feelings. I could appreciate that. I fell back into my spot beneath his arm. “Good. I’m glad you saw it. I hate that it had to happen that way, but I’m glad you saw it. For me, though, I knew you were good for me as soon as I saw that Vinny was your son. We had a connection at school, and it was much better than me and any of the other children, so I took it as a sign as soon as I saw him. I knew it would work, but I was just hoping that you saw it the same way.”
“I did. I mean, I had a hard time believing it because of what happened between us, but now, I get it, and I’m good with it.”
“Good.” I smiled and kissed him on the lips. As I glanced down, I saw his dick stiffening back up. “Round two?” I asked seductively.
He smiled and kissed me on the forehead, “What do you think?”
I gripped the sides of his face and pulled him in for a kiss. Our lips connected slowly as I held him I place. His passion radiated through my body, heating me up in seconds. Suddenly, the kissing went deeper. I slithered my tongue into his mouth as he turned his head to the side and grabbed a handful of my ass. I felt his dick poking me from the side as I shifted my position and climbed on top of him. His breathing intensified as I pressed his mouth against my neck.
I felt his tongue walk freely around my collarbone, then he quickly moved his lips to my erect nipples, licking around my areolas as my vagina pulsated. He slid his middle finger into my asshole, and when I felt it, I tightened up. “No,” he said, “just relax, baby. Just relax.” I relaxed my cheeks as he slid his finger further inside of me as he massaged my tit with his mouth.
I grabbed his long, hard dick and slid it into my vagina. “Shiiiit,” I said as I felt his girth slide into me. He moved his finger in and out of my asshole as I rode him. “Fuck!” I yelled out, my eyes rolling to the back of my head. He smacked my ass, and I felt the waves vibrate to my waist.
“Yeah, baby,” he said as he moved his mouth off my breast. He smacked my ass again and pulled his finger out of my hole as moved my hips in a circular motion. He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes. His deep, melodic moans vibrated my chest as I grabbed onto the edge of his neck for support while I leaned backward.
“Yes!” I yelled out in ecstasy, “Yes! Right there, baby! Right there!” My leg shook furiously as his dick grazed my g-spot, and I dug my nails into his neck. “Yes, Gavin! Yes! Baby, yeeeees! Right there, right there! Yeeeeeees!” A wave of cum dripped from my walls as my legs contracted around his waist, and he pulled me back to an upright position. His dick jumped inside of me as he squeezed me in his arms like a bear. We came together, and with that, I laid my head on his chest. That was the last thing I remembered before we were both sound asleep.
Chapter Thirty-One
GAVIN
I watched her sleep right beside me. I couldn’t believe how close I was to letting her go because of some foolishness in her past. That would have been a decision that I regretted for the rest of my life. I stroked my hand through her hair, softly, until she rustled beneath the covers and turned towards me. She woke up just as beautiful as she looked in the middle of any given day. “Hey, sweetheart. I didn’t mean to wake you up.”
We were both buried beneath the thick blanket on top of her bed. “It’s alright. What time is it?”
I grabbed my watch, “8:27 am.”
Startled, she lifted herself up on the mattress, “My God, I am late for work!”
I laughed as she tried to get out of bed. On any other day, I would’ve let herself get fully dressed, and right before she walked out the door, I would’ve reminded her that it was Sunday. I grabbed her arm and held her in place. “Babe? Um, I don’t know how things work at the school, but I am pretty sure nobody there has to work on a Sunday.”
She exhaled. “Sunday? It is Sunday?”
“Yes.”
“My days just run together sometimes.” She laid back down on the pillow. “Well, thanks for stopping me before I started to run around here like a headless chicken.”
I held her closer to me, “The thought crossed my mind, but I wanted to relax in bed with you for a little longer. At least until I have to go pick up Vinny from Mike’s. I kind of threw him over there while I came out here to deal with your ex.”
She exhaled. “Yeah. I am sorry about that. I am so sorry. I just–”
“Sssh, don’t apologize for that. Listen, if I learned anything, it is that sometimes, your past just creeps up on you from time to time, and there is nothing you can do about it. I was just happy that I was able to get here with the police before that fool was able to do anything to you.”
“Yeah. He is just… I don’t know, he is relentless. I thought I shook him out of my life for good, but it looks like I was wrong.”
“Yeah. Well, hopefully he’ll be put away long enough so that by the time he gets out, he will need a cane to help him chase after you.”
“I don’t know if he will be gone for that long, but we will see. What time do you have to pick up Vinny?”
I grabbed my phone and scrolled through the texts. Mike reached out to me a couple times just to see when I would be back today. He said that he had a few things to do when the evening rolled around. “I guess I am going to get ready and pick him up now. Mike was cool enough to watch him for me, so I don’t want to annoy my best sitter. It could come back to bite me in the end.”
“Or,” she leaned forward and grabbed a hold of my bottom lip with her teeth, softly clenching it in her mouth. She released it, “Or, you could let me bite you. I promise it won’t hurt.”
I could feel myself stiffening as I glared down at her breasts. I leaned forward, but the thought of Vinny snapped me out of my lustful desires, “Man, I um.” She kissed me again, and with that, we rolled back under the covers, and I climbed on top of her. I just need to feel her one more time before we went on with the rest of our day. After we finished, I got out of the bed.
“So, I guess I don’t need coffee anymore,” she said, smiling. “But, if you don’t mind, I want to go with you to pick up Vinny. Maybe we can hang out a little bit today, especially since my crazy ex is not lurking around anymore. To be honest, I was a little afraid for all of us to go out together when I felt that he wa
s following me. That’s why I didn’t suggest it as much, but now that everything is okay, I think we should pick that up again.”
“Yeah,” I said with a smile as I grabbed my shirt, “I think we would both like that. Me and Vinny that is.”
“Well, add me to that list as well.” She climbed out of bed, “Just let me get in the shower and I’ll be ready to go.”
“Okay.”
I smacked her behind as she walked by me, then went into the front room to wait for her to get ready. I glanced at the spot the police shot her ex-boyfriend. I didn’t know what I would have done if I came here alone, or even worse, I didn’t know what would have happened. I didn’t have access to guns or anything like that, so I am sure I would’ve gotten shot or something. But even with that, I was still willing to do whatever I had to do to make sure Bethany didn’t get hurt. It was something I wouldn’t have given a second thought to, and as long as I’d been alive, I had never felt that way about any other woman. I was never that selfless, not even with Karen. It was something to marvel at, and it was the only thing I needed to show how I truly felt about her.
I grabbed my phone and pulled up a local jewelry website. We hadn’t been dating for too long, but I didn’t need any more time to know that she was the one. The only thing that I was worried about that Bethany may not feel the same way. I did not handle rejection well, and the thought of her saying no, or not right now, was enough to cause a little push back. As I scrolled through the phone, I heard her walking down the hallway, so I quickly shoved it into my pocket. “Okay,” she said as she tied her hair into a ponytail, “are you ready?”
“That was quick.”
“Yeah. I know I slowed us down in the bedroom, and like you said, it is not good to annoy your go-to sitter, so I just wanted to get there as quickly as possible.”
