Unfinished Business

by Savannah Maris

  “I’ll be good.” She heard him open the bottle and waited patiently for his touch since she’d been mentally preparing herself for what she knew was going to happen. “Relax, relax, relax,” she coached herself. He didn’t touch her where she thought he would so she tensed when he touched her pussy.

  “Don’t try to predict what I’ll do. You’re my priority at all times. You know I’m not gonna hurt you, but I want you to trust whatever I do is with you in mind.” It didn’t take long before the urge to pee overcame her again, but this time she knew to let it go without him telling her.

  “Ahh!” She felt the gush she didn’t know could happen with the first orgasm. Her legs wobbled, but the sofa held her weight.

  “The flush of your skin is halfway down your back. That’s beautiful. Don’t move.”

  His fingers retracted from her body as he rubbed her juices up to her little hole. She tried to tense her legs, but she didn’t have it in her. His hand moved away just before she heard the tear of the foil pack while the other rubbed her back again. “Relax,” he said. She let herself go and trusted he had her heart, body, and soul.

  With her juices smeared where he wanted them, his finger massaged her puckered hole then slipped past the first ring of muscles. Her body tightened around his finger so he rubbed her back and whispered in her ear. He didn’t have to whisper, but she was glad he did because it made this intimate act even more so. Their connection was unreal. As her body became used to the invasion, his finger moved past the second ring of muscles. “Hmm,” she said as she tried to relax with a deep sigh because it was more uncomfortable, but he held his hand still while she grew accustomed to him being there. Just as she thought this was what he had in mind, he pushed his cock into her waiting pussy. She’d never felt so full in her life. “Ahh!”

  “That’s right, darlin’. Let me hear you.” He withdrew and moved in again. “Damn, this feels good. Are you okay?”

  “Evan,” she cried. “I feel like I’m going to shatter.” She shook from head to toe as he drove her straight to the edge again with a floored accelerator.

  “Let go, Ginger. I’m right behind you.” His thrusts became harder and faster as he said, “Come on, darlin’.”

  She screamed as she fell apart, but Evan’s groans were primal. With heavy breathing and a faint ringing in her ears she stilled while she came back to herself from her flight. As she caught her breath, his heartbeat pounded in her back. “Oh, Evan. My God, I’ve never felt anything like that in my life.”

  “Oh, darlin’, that was fan-fucking-tastic.” He moved to leave her, but she begged him to stay. “If I don’t pull out now, I’ll make a mess on the floor. Do you think you can walk?”

  “Yeah. Maybe.” She tested her balance preparing to walk to the bathroom, but he picked her up and carried her instead. She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. It wouldn’t take much for her to get used to this.

  As they showered, they didn’t speak. She didn’t know what to say about the experience, but he watched her carefully. Once they were snuggled in bed he asked, “Did I hurt you in any way?”

  “No. I’ve never experienced something so hot, but intimate. I don’t know how to express what I’m feeling right now. I’ve never felt this connected to anyone before nor knew sex could be so deep I’d feel it to my soul. The soul you wanted. The soul you now possess. Am I making sense?”

  The smug look on his face was adorable as he said, “I fucked you incoherent.” He chuckled as he pulled her closer. “I’m kidding. I’m glad you get how close I want us to be. I need this, us solid before I step on that plane tomorrow. If you aren’t in this a hundred percent, I need to know now because I am. I want this life with you.”

  She smiled as she said, “I want this with you, too. Are you sure you don’t want me to go with you?”

  “Not this time,” he quietly said.

  “Okay.” His smile faded and his mood changed. “What’s going on? I thought you’d be excited to get back to work.”

  “I know you’re safe here. You’d know if someone was out of place. I’ll be halfway across the country, and Mitchell is five hours away. Do you have someone to call in case something happens?”

  “The police?” She smiled.

  “Funny. How far away are they?”

  “About ten minutes, I guess. My security system is top of the line. They’ll call me and the police at the same time.”

  Determination was written all over his face. “I’m either transferring or quitting when I get back.”

  “What? Why? I thought you loved undercover work.”

  “I do. One of the reasons I wasn’t ready for you was because I didn’t wanna give it up.”

  She furrowed her brows. “Then don’t. It’s not fair to put that on me.”

  “I’m not. It’s on me. I always said I’d stop if I ever had a reason to. I have a reason, now…you.”

  “I don’t want you resenting me later. You have to do what makes you happy.”

  “I am.”

  “Sounds like you’ve thought a lot about this.”

  “Yeah, for a couple of weeks now.”

  “Because of my birth control?”

  “No, actually before that. I knew how I felt and needed to do something about it. It was why I wanted everything discussed last week when Mitchell and Kayla were here. I just didn’t know it’d come out like it did.” He played with strands of her hair. “I know you said you’d go to Iowa, but the more I was at the ranch the more I wanted to be at the ranch. The more I wanted this.”

  The tears stung the corners of her eyes. “You’ve got to stop making me cry.”

  He looked directly into her eyes. “Do I need to meet your family before we get married? We don’t have time before I leave, but I’m ready when you are.”

  “To meet my family or get married?” She asked with a small chuckle.

  “Both.”

  “What?”

  Very slowly he asked, “What do you think about next month?”

  “For what?”

  “To get married.”

  She gasped. “Evan, you cannot be serious.” Six weeks. They’ve only known each other six weeks.

  “I’ve never been more serious in my life.”

  She searched his face for any indication that was a joke or he’d been fucked incoherent, but only found sincerity. “You’re serious?”

  “Yes.”

  Her heart was pounding as she thought of the possibilities. Oh God! Could she do this? “Then, yes. Yes, I’ll marry you!”

  He kissed her with such passion that she melted under him as he moved his hands to cradle her face. When he ended the kiss, he ran the backs of his fingers down her cheek. His expression told her all she needed to know–his love for her was real. She raised her head to gently kiss his lips. “I love you,” she whispered.

  “I love you, too.”

  The moment drew to an end when her tummy rumbled. They never did eat the snack she made, but now it was past dinnertime. She blushed at the sound as she said, “I think I need a bite to eat. Do you want something?”

  “You, but I’ll settle for food,” he said.

  Ginger replayed their conversation in her head while they ate cheese and crackers. “Were you talking about meeting my parents next month? Because we can’t get married then.”

  “I wanna meet your parents before we get married, but why the hell can’t we get married, too?”

  “Mitchell and Kayla.” When he raised a brow, she explained. “They got engaged before us, they should get married before us.”

  “It took them five years to figure their shit out. I’m not waiting that long for them to plan their wedding. I’ll talk to Mitchell when I get back.”

  “Okay.”

  “We’ve got to get up at five to drive to Charlotte if I’m gonna catch my flight. As much as I hate this night to end, we’ve got to get some sleep.”

  “We’re getting up at five? You never to
ld me I had to get up that early. Maybe I’ll just call you a taxi,” she said with humor in her eyes.

  “Nah. I want every minute I can get with you.”

  20

  Evan woke at four-thirty. This would be the last opportunity he had to be with Ginger for maybe a week, and he wasn’t about to miss it. He slid his hand between her legs and slipped his fingers between her folds. She moaned and rolled her head toward him, so he gently kissed her lips as he reminded her it was time to get up. She spread her legs for him so he rolled on top of her. “Mmmm,” left her lips as he kissed his spot. It didn’t take long before she was ready for him to slide into the place that was made just for him.

  “Darlin’,” he whispered as he peppered kisses from her neck to her lips.

  She was barely awake when she mumbled, “I like this wake-up call.”

  “I needed to be inside of you one more time before I leave.”

  “I was dreaming about you.” She weakly smiled.

  “You gonna to stay out of trouble while I’m gone?”

  “Uh huh.”

  “Look at me. I wanna see your eyes.”

  She blinked her eyes a few times to get them to cooperate while he etched this moment into his memory. It’d serve him well while he was gone. The moment he felt her inner muscles tighten around him and heard her moan his name, he came undone. He lowered his face to his spot and sucked. She’d have a visual reminder of their activities this morning by the time the sun rose. He felt her bite his shoulder as he emptied himself inside her—too bad he had on a condom.

  They lay entwined for a few minutes before he reminded her they had to leave. As it turned out, they were ahead of schedule which meant they’d have time for a quick breakfast so he moved to get up and pulled her with him. He went to the closet to get his clothes as she went to the bathroom. She finished with the toothpaste and handed it to him when he walked in while he gave her the hand towel before she even reached for it. When they were ready, he waited for her by the door and opened it as she approached. “This is why I don’t like working with photographers on shoots. I hate the ass crack of dawn.”

  “I’ll drive. That way the sun will be up before you have to get behind the wheel. Do you have everything you need?”

  “Purse with license, travel coffee, and love of my life, yes,” she said with a smile.

  “You’re making it harder for me to leave, you know that?” He grabbed her around the neck and kissed her passionately.

  They arrived early enough that Ginger was able to walk in with him. Evan didn’t check his bag, so they had extra time before he had to go through security check. She used the restroom while he grabbed them coffees. When she walked out, she was green. “What’s wrong?”

  “Someone was in there puking, and I gagged with them before I could get out.” She shook her head.

  “You okay?”

  “Yeah.”

  He kissed her forehead. “If you leave now, you should be close to home by the time I take off. My flight is scheduled to depart at ten. Text me when you get there. If I haven’t heard from you, I’ll call before I have to turn off my phone. Please be careful and don’t take any chances.”

  “You know I’ve been traveling by myself for years. I’ve done all right so far. You be careful. We’ll talk before you take off. What time will you get in?”

  “It’s a four hour flight, but I have a layover in Chicago. With the time difference, I should get in around three o’clock here if there aren’t any hiccups. I love you, darlin’.” He cupped his hands around her face and kissed her as if his life depended on it.

  “I love you, too. I don’t want to leave you,” she said when they ended the kiss.

  “Me neither, but you’ve got to make it home before I take off.” He patted her ass. “Scoot.”

  He saw tears in her eyes as she backed away from him. When she was about ten feet away, she turned toward the door. He watched her walk through the airport as she wiped her eyes. When she reached the door she turned around and blew him a kiss, and it took everything in him not to run after her. She had quickly become his world with her tender heart and sassy attitude. For the first time in a long time, he knew where he belonged. The sooner he got to Iowa, the sooner he could get home. Home. She was his home. He continued watching her until she was out of sight then made his way through security. The lines were long, but he had plenty of time.

  He found his gate and waited for business class to be called. When he finally boarded he saw Suzie, a stewardess he knew better than most, as he made his way up the flight ramp. He tried to avert his eyes before she saw him, but it was too late. He hadn’t told Ginger about his induction into the Mile High Club a few years back because he didn’t think about it at the time, plus the sex club was enough for anyone to deal with.

  “Well hello, Evan.”

  “Suzie.”

  She leaned into him and whispered, “We may have time for a little fun once we get to cruising altitude.”

  “Not this trip, but thanks for the offer.” He made his way to his seat and noticed the pout she gave him. Evan immediately pulled out his phone and called Ginger. She should be close to home by now.

  “Hey, babe.”

  She’d never used a pet name for him before so Evan was a little taken aback. “Ginger?”

  “Hey. Can you hear me?”

  “Yeah, darlin’. You’ve just never called me that before.” He was trying to keep his voice as low as possible, but needed to hear hers one more time.

  “Just trying it on, but I think it fits. What do you think?”

  “I like it. Where are you?”

  “Just pulling into the driveway.”

  “Good. Remind me to tell you about something later, all right?”

  “That sounds serious.”

  “No, but it does fall under our no secrets rule. I was just reminded of something when I got on the plane.”

  “Anything that I need to worry about?”

  “God, no. I’ve already told you I don’t cheat.”

  “Okay, are you on the plane now?”

  “Yeah, and it’s starting to fill up.”

  “I’ll let you go. Talk to you in a few hours. Let me know if you run into any delays.”

  “I will.” He disconnected the call and closed his eyes. They’d basically been attached at the hip for the last six weeks so it felt as if part of him was missing when she wasn’t with him, but he couldn’t hide the smile she put on his face.

  Suzie walked by and told him to turn off his phone. Even though her words were cordial, her tone was anything but. “Who put that smile on your face? Your next hookup?”

  “My fiancée.”

  “Oh, I didn’t know you were seeing anyone. You’ve always said you’re too young to settle down.”

  “Yeah, well, that was before I met Ginger.”

  “Congratulations, I hope everything works out for you.” Suzie walked off with a little extra swing in her hips.

  Evan’s flight left on time and everything went smoothly until the descent into Chicago. He had an hour layover, which should’ve given him plenty of time to make it to his next gate, but as they descended the pilot announced some flights had changed terminals and his was one of them. He checked the flight boards as soon as he disembarked to find his gate was on the opposite side of the airport. He’d be lucky if he made it. Since he carried on his bag, he took off running and wasn’t the only one. He jumped onto the moving sidewalks as often as possible to make faster time. “Coming through!” he yelled. People jumped to the right as he ran past them. When he arrived at his gate, he was out of breath, but the lady took his ticket before they closed the doors. As he took his seat, there was no time for him to text Ginger.

  Thankfully the last leg of his trip was short so he was able to close his eyes and relax without being disturbed. As soon as he landed he noticed a text from Ginger so he sent her a quick reply as he walked toward the long-term secured parking garage where Betty had been
waiting. Once he’d let Ginger know he’d landed, he looked at his other texts. There was one from Mitchell that he’d deal with later, and one from Thomas regarding the Judge.

  He found Betty and stroked her rear end. “Did you miss me, girl?” He popped her trunk and tossed in his bag then let his hand glide along her side until he reached his door. She unlocked with a chirp, and he slid into the leather seat as he cranked her up. In the enclosed garage, she was really loud and he loved the sound. He plugged in his iPod and turned on his driving playlist. First up was “Black Betty” by Ram Jam.

  Let’s do this.

  He left the space, and revved her engine. By the time he’d paid the attendant, he’d seen several heads turn and fingers stuck in ears which caused him to grin. Once out on the road, he took the long way to his apartment because he’d missed driving her. She was as responsive as Ginger, just in a different way, which brought an even bigger smile to his face.

  As soon as he cleared his apartment door, he hit her speed dial number and flipped through his mail until she picked up. “Hey, babe.”

  “Still trying it out?”

  “Still think it fits.”

  “It’s growing on me.”

  “No one’s ever called you that before?”

  “Not that I can recall.” He shook his head because he’d never been with anyone long enough for a pet name. This was all new to him. “I just walked in the door and couldn’t wait to hear your voice.”

  “I’ve just been lying around today. I miss you. I don’t know what to do with myself.”

  “You should get a lot of articles written then. Have you started the restaurant one?”

  “Not yet. What are you doing tonight?”

  “I need to respond to Mitchell’s message so I can’t wait too late.”

  “You said you had something you needed to tell me when you were on the plane.”

  “Yeah.” He cleared his throat. “Under our no secrets rule, I’m disclosing something I haven’t thought about in a while. A couple of years ago I became a member of the Mile High Club.”