by Davis, Alexa
Slinging one of my legs over his shoulder, Alex gazed right into my core. I could feel his breath tickling me, sending my brain buzzing, driving me utterly insane. “You’re so beautiful,” he muttered. “I know I keep saying it, but everything about you is beautiful.”
Fuck , even his words turned me on. Especially when I could feel them vibrating against me at my most sensitive point.
His mouth collided with me again, and his tongue swirled everywhere. My back stiffened, my thighs tensed, and my fingers dug so deeply into the sheets I could have ripped them. My heart hammered painfully against my rib cage, and I could hardly catch my breath; everything about me shuddered violently.
I love him , I thought unexpectedly. I’m definitely falling in love with him.
Luckily, I didn’t have time to dwell too much on that thought. It might have been the most powerful thing to go through my brain in a very long time, but I couldn’t pause. Alex’s fingers dug into my skin as he pulled himself upwards. He was coming back to me.
I reached out my hands to grab hold of his cheeks. I couldn’t wait to hold his face again as we kissed, but he shook his head at me. “No, I need you on your front,” he gasped breathlessly at me. “Turn over.”
I liked that plan. I licked my tongue along my bottom lip as I pulled myself around until I was on my front. My feet remained on the floor, so my butt was in the air. I was basically presenting myself to him.
Alex ran his hands appreciatively over my butt. He groaned loudly as his hand moved slowly between my legs where I was positively aching for him. Every single part of my being screamed out for him, and it seemed that he could feel that.
“You are always so wet,” he whispered. “I hope that’s only for me.”
“Oh God, it is,” I replied as his finger moved in and out of me. I was too hypersensitive already for that; he had my body on fire all over. I felt like I would literally burst into flames if he didn’t give me what I so desperately needed soon. “It’s only for you. No one else has made me feel this good before.”
I felt like I was probably too honest. In fact, I felt certain of it. That probably wasn’t the sort of thing that I should have said to a man who was my boss, who I was fooling around with for only the second time, who I was pretty sure I was falling in love with. I didn’t know how exactly he felt about me, which didn’t help.
“Good.” His mouth ran over my neck sending a powerful shiver racing up and down my spine. “I only want it to be me. I don’t want anyone else anywhere near you.”
He wanted to be exclusive? He wanted me to be his girlfriend? God, if only my head weren't spinning so violently, I could have asked all of those questions. Unfortunately, or fortunately, maybe, I was too busy being a slave to the sensations that he had tearing through my body to vocalize anything.
“I... I don’t either,” I just about managed to get out. “Only you.”
“Good.”
To reward me for my words, Alex removed his hands and replaced them with that incredible cock. I moaned, I tossed my head back, and I let my eyes fall closed. I lost myself in the best moment in the universe. He grabbed onto my hips to drive himself deeper into me, which only made me push right back. I wanted all of him – every damn inch.
Just as it was starting to get too much for me, I felt his fingers sneaking around to the front of me. Alex rested his hand on me, and he thumbed my clit. That pushed me over the edge; I couldn’t take it anymore. I completely lost control.
As the orgasm raced through my system, I screamed and yelled as if no one could hear me. This room took up most of the top floor of the hotel anyway, so I didn’t think anyone would be able to hear me...not that I really cared. I was totally lost in the boiling hot moment, and my screeches of pleasure showed that.
Once the tension flooded my body, leaving me limp and exhausted from the orgasm, Alex pulled out of me for just a second while he spun me back around again. I lay on my back with my legs tightly wrapped around his waist as he buried himself into me. He loomed over me, his muscles rippling as he pushed himself harder.
Something about the switching of positions made the warm bliss last longer. I didn’t think I had it in me, I thought I was completely done, yet somehow the pleasure managed to roll over me again. It buzzed, it vibrated, it felt absolutely incredible. A boiling hot burn raced right through me as I flew higher than air. It hadn’t ever been that way before – it hadn’t ever felt so intense. I just didn’t want it to end.
“Oh fuck, Elle, you are something else,” Alex grunted as the pleasure got a firm grip on him, too. His body trembled violently, and I knew he wasn’t far off. I reached up to pull him down to me. “Fucking hell, it’s too... You’re too...”
He gave in and collapsed into me so I could kiss him to swallow up his yells. It was intimate, sweet; it added romance to a moment that was nothing but sexy as hell only moments before. I felt like I was claiming him for a change, which was a very pleasant, yet unexpected sensation.
As we both lay panting, with him still inside me, Alex rested his forehead against mine so we could stare into one another’s eyes. I realized that it was true, there was no escaping it now. I couldn’t even try to deny it. It was all of me.
Yep, I’m in love with this man. It’s crazy, it makes no sense, but it’s there all the same... What the hell am I going to do about that?
I glanced up at him under my eyelashes, wondering why I suddenly had the urge to cry happily. Maybe I was going insane, and that explained why I was so content to act like a crazy person.
“You really are, you know?” Alex commented while kissing me softly on the lips. “Something else. I don’t know how to describe you.”
I gulped. I was too emotional to reply. There were no words to describe him, either. Whatever I said, I knew that I’d end up really deep in trouble, so I chose to say nothing. A simple smile would have to do.
“We better get dressed,” Alex said eventually. “We don’t want to be late to pick up Delaney.”
Almost as if he could sense me going through a moment of inner turmoil, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to him for a hug. As he held me there next to his body, I could feel his heart pounding against his rib cage. “Why don’t I fire up the hot tub and we can all have a chill out tonight? I’m sure Delaney will be tired now, and then once she’s gone to sleep...” He wiggled his eyebrows at me in a suggestive manner. “We’ll just see what happens.”
“That sounds great.” My face burst into a happy grin as I considered that. It would be awesome to have some more sexy time with this wonderful man. Especially now, when it seemed like things were really going somewhere. “Thanks, Alex.”
We pulled our clothes on in a comfortable silence, darting our eyes at one another as we did. Every time I spotted the glint in his dark green eyes, I felt a powerful jolt in my chest. He made my heart leap and dart like it was dancing all over my body.
“Come on.” As we went to leave the room to pick up Delaney, Alex slid his fingers into mine again. I liked the sensation of holding his hand too much to worry what anyone would think. If my daughter asked, I would find a way to explain it to her, but anyone else could think what they liked. “Let’s go. Maybe we can get a drink from the bar while we’re down there. Grab a cocktail or something. Maybe we could even get a bottle of wine to bring up to the hot tub with us.”
All of it sounded so promising; I really felt like Alex wanted this as much as I did. “Sounds good,” I replied quietly, trying not to let Alex know just how excited I was getting by it all. “Sounds lovely, in fact.”
Leaving the room was very different to entering it but in the best way possible. This was the start of the next chapter of my life. I was truly moving forward. Sure, the past was still clinging to me as if it never wanted to let me go, but with Alex on my arm, I knew that I’d be able to defeat Mark and forget he ever existed. I would never have to think of him again until Delaney asked about him when she was older.
I
f she ever asked about him.
Chapter Thirty-One
Alexander
Friday
Seeing the familiar New York skyline didn’t fill me with the usual excitement and thrill I usually got from it. I already missed Florida, and we’d only just left it behind. The wonderful week of spending time with Elle and Delaney, eating, drinking, relaxing, doing fun activities...it was the best week I’d had in a very long time. I was nowhere near ready for it to end – I didn’t want to get back to real life. Not yet.
Unfortunately, we had to.
In Florida, Elle and I fell into an almost-couple like way. We held hands; we kissed, we flirted, we made love...it was incredible. She was the closest thing that I’d had to a girlfriend in a very long time. But was that just in Florida? What if things changed back in New York? What if became awkward, and we didn’t know how to act around one another? I really wanted to address it with Elle, but I couldn’t in front of Delaney. Nothing was solid enough yet for us to bring her daughter into it.
“I don’t want to go back to school,” Delaney pouted, crossing her arms over her chest as the car pulled up outside her house. “It’s boring.”
“So is work,” I insisted to her, trying to bring a smile out on her face. “Maybe we’ll have to go back to Florida sometime soon.”
Her face lit up as she nodded frantically, making me chuckle to myself. Elle caught my eye, and I could see a very grateful look on her face. We shared a secret smile that told me that she was happy, but it didn’t give me all that I needed. I yearned to reach out and touch her; I really wanted to kiss her. It took everything that I had to resist.
“Thank you for the trip,” she said softly as the car pulled to a stop. “It was wonderful, just what I needed. I think I can handle everything so much better now.” Her face scrunched up for a second, and I could tell that she was thinking about what she would actually have to handle soon. That wasn’t going anywhere, however much we both wanted it to. “I, erm, I guess I’ll see you when I’m back at work on Monday?”
I didn’t know whether or not she wanted me to ask her out, so I didn’t. I just nodded. To be fair, we both had a lot going on over the weekend, so Monday would be the next time we saw one another. I felt a bit shitty not bringing it up, but there would be plenty of time in the future.
After unclipping her seatbelt, Delaney pushed herself up onto her knees and kissed me ever so lightly on the cheek. “Thank you, Alex. That was a great holiday.”
That sweet gesture touched me deeply. She was such a sweet girl who had been through so much. For her to be so willing to let me in meant a whole lot. Probably more than she could ever understand.
“You’re more than welcome,” I told her with a grin. “anytime.”
Elle leaned across and kissed me on the cheek, too. Her kiss got my heart racing a whole lot faster. All I wanted to do was scoop her up in my arms and never let her go. I wanted to take her to my house, lock the door, and just have a whole lot of fun with her.
“Thank you, Alex. Again, it was amazing.”
“It certainly was.” I leaned back and let her go, hating myself for doing so. “I look forward to seeing you on Monday.”
I didn’t let the driver move the car until the pair had got safely inside. I watched Elle walk away, admiring her butt as she walked. She was truly something else, something awesome. I wasn’t sure what I would do, but I had to make sure she remained in my life forever.
Fair enough, Mom, I thought with a small smile on my lips. You were right about this one. I don’t like to admit it, but you were.
“Can you take me to Mom’s please?” I asked the driver as it finally became time to leave. “I better go in and check on her.”
The cityscape whizzed past the window at a million miles an hour. Everything blurred, I couldn’t focus on any of it. It gave me time to think, time to adjust back to normal life. It was hard to come back down from the dream, but I needed to. Unfortunately, there were things in New York that needed me.
“Knock, knock,” I called through Mom’s door as I slid it open. “Mom, are you in?”
When she didn’t answer me right away, my brain spun into overdrive. I imagined her fallen again, injured, and left alone for days. She had her cell phone with her all the time, but I couldn’t help but worry. My heart thumped painfully against my rib cage. I took the stairs two at a time.
“Mom?”
All of that fell away when I spotted my mother, doing really well thank you very much. The reason she didn’t answer me was that she was on the phone. Warmth flooded me, replacing the icy fear. I almost chuckled to myself as I realized how foolish I’d been.
“Right, I’ll see you later, thank you. Bye.”
As soon as Mom hung up the phone, I enveloped her in a hug. She let out a little-surprised squeal but didn’t resist as I held her tight. I was just so grateful to her – she was always putting me first even now. I needed her to understand just how glad for her I was.
“Everything alright, son?” she asked me in a bemused sounding tone of voice. “I take it you had a good trip then?”
“Oh, I did!” I let go of her and took a seat at the dining room table. “It was wonderful.”
“You sorted out the robbery?”
The robbery? I was so wrapped up in Elle that I almost forgot why we went to Florida in the first place. “Oh yes, I did. That was easy, actually. Harrison had it all under control.”
“Good, good...”
“The rest of the time I was with Elle.” I couldn’t stop myself. The words came spilling out my mouth too quickly. “And Delaney. It was awesome.” I could feel my face falling into a dreamy like expression. “We had a really great time. I think... I think I might really like her.”
Mom gave me a self-satisfied smile. “That is just wonderful news. I’m so happy.”
“It’s still early days,” I warned her. “Don’t start getting ahead of yourself and don’t say anything to Elle, either. I want to work out where we are first.”
“I know.” She looked offended as if this was something she wouldn’t do. We both knew that wasn’t the case, at all. “Of course, I won’t. I’m just happy. And Delaney, does she like you? That’s very important, you know? A single mother won’t go near anyone who doesn’t get along with her child. No one that’s worth anything, anyway.”
She cocked her head at me and raised an eyebrow. I wondered what she was trying to tell me. Did that mean she met someone who I didn’t get along with? Is that why she was still single? I couldn’t remember anyone ever being pulled into our lives, but maybe I blanked that out.
I would ask Mom. Not today, but I would eventually. Right now, I had a lot that I still wanted to talk about, and I couldn’t wait to get it all out.
“I think Delaney does,” I told her with confidence. “I really do.”
“Good.” She paused for a moment and chewed on her bottom lip. Her hands clasped together and twisted round in knots. I could tell that something was going on in her mind that she wasn’t quite sure how to express.
“What’s going on?” I asked her. “Tell me whatever it is.”
I didn’t expect to be dumped back into reality quite so quickly, but maybe I should have. Life didn’t give me an interlude to slip back into things carefully – it had always preferred to dump things on my lap.
“Erm...”
“Come on, Mom. Whatever it is, just tell me.” She was making me worried. I wanted her to put me out of my misery. Thankfully, she decided to do just that.
“On the phone a moment ago, that was Ryan. He said he wants to talk to you. I think he’s been trying to get hold of you and Elle, but your phones were switched off.”
I tugged my cell phone out my pocket and stared at the blank screen. “I had it off for the flight. I guess I didn’t think to switch it back on. Did it sound important?” If he mentioned Elle, it had to be with regards to her ex and the custody stuff. I didn’t like the sound of that. “Did he say what it w
as about?”
“I don’t know; I suppose he can’t say too much to me. He just said to get you to call him.”
“Okay. I’ll do that now.”
I walked into the living room where I could have some privacy. I ignored all the voicemails which I knew were going to be mostly from Ryan. Instead I called him directly. As the ringing sound irritated me, I paced the room in frustration. Trust the one time I had my phone off to be the time that someone actually needed me. Usually, I was addicted to the thing. Elle had changed me dramatically.
“Hello, Trainor?”
“Yo, what’s going on?” My mouth ran dry; fear tore through my body. “Mom said you’ve been trying to call me.”
“Yeah, why the fuck has your phone been off for so long? I’ve been trying to get hold of you.” In typical Ryan style, he didn’t give me a chance to answer. “Listen, I need to get hold of Elle. Do you know where she is?”
“We just got back from Florida; she might not have turned her cell phone on yet.”
He hummed loudly. “Of course, I forgot about your romantic getaway. I would ask how that was, but I don’t have the time right now. We’ll put a pin in that and come back to it another day.”
He was passing up the chance to be nosy – this had to be bad. “Right, well what’s going on? Why do you need to get hold of her?”
“I have some troubles with regards to her case. I need to meet with her urgently about it. First thing tomorrow morning, if possible.”
I gulped, that wasn’t good. “What’s happened?”
“Come on, you know I can’t tell you that. Elle will tell you if she wishes, but it isn’t up to me.”
“Right.” I felt sick. “Okay, I’ll call her now and bring her to you tomorrow. You don’t need to worry anymore; she’ll be there.”
“Good.” He was audibly relieved. “Okay, great. That is good news. Now you can tell me all about your time away.”
