Sighing heavily, I move around my desk and opening my door, shout, “McKenzie,” I pause as he meets my gaze, “we need to discuss the report. My office, please.”
Joshua doesn’t walk, he saunters into my office and closes the door. I roll my eyes. “Sit before the tongues start wagging.”
He steps forward and drops into the chair, a cocky smirk on his face. “Wondered how long it would take you to call me in here.”
“You’re really distracting me today, and there is a never ending pile of paperwork that I have to get finished before I can leave.” I smile feeling weary. “Now I’ve made the decision to go, I just want to leave.” I rub my brow. “It’s getting harder each day to get out of bed and come in.” I pause. “It’s knowing I’ll be seeing you that makes me come in here.”
“If you weren’t so stubborn, you’d get to see a lot more of me than you do in the office.” He grins so wide that I surprise myself by laughing aloud.
Shaking my head, I pick up a stack of papers and wave them in the air for show because I can see our colleagues passing glances in this direction. I lean back in my chair and sigh. “Ritter wants all files and the full report ready by Friday. My replacement will be here Thursday, so I plan on having everything ready by then. I’ve told Ritter that we both deserve a long weekend, and he agreed.”
“Mmm, I’m glad to hear that.” He rests his ankle on his knee, so I clear my throat and add, “So as long as I’m reachable by phone next week, then I’m free to go.” I grin.
“As much as I want you all to myself, I want you to meet my parents.” He chuckles at the look of horror that must be showing on my face. “They won’t bite. They’ll love you because I love you.” He becomes serious. “I’d only ever dreamed about becoming a law enforcement officer, Mallory. Until I met you, I hadn’t considered a relationship. No one had ever come close to striking that spark inside of me, until you.”
I turn quickly to face the wall, while I blink back tears. “You’ve made me cry,” I whisper, swallowing back my happiness. “I love you too,” I add before I turn back to face him. Don’t want anyone lip reading from the office.
Joshua clears his throat. “Let’s finish the report.” He grabs the report and moves to the conference table to one side of my office.
It’s been a long day as Joshua holds the door open to his apartment. I knew he lived in a converted brownstone, but actually seeing the beauty of it’s restored interior, I’m happily surprised.
“You thought I lived in a dump… tsk…tsk!” He mumbles, teasing.
“I thought no such thing. I’m just surprised—”
“A dump!”
I chuckle. “Stop!” Pushing past him to fully enter, I stop and stare at the beautiful kitchen. I’m not a cook, but the room is a culinary dream. “You cook?” I question happily.
“Close your mouth, babe.” He smacks me on the ass. “My mother said it was important that we could all feed ourselves, so she made sure we all knew how to.” He snickers. “Believe it or not, Michael and I are so much better in the kitchen than our sisters, Sirena and Charlotte.”
“You have a large family,” I comment, and let him take my jacket and bags. I kick off my shoes and wander around until I find the cozy living room. Curling up on the sofa, I watch Joshua as he joins me, pulling me into his chest. He’s removed his jacket and tie, and pulled the top two buttons open.
“Michael and Charlotte are twins and the oldest, Michael is married to Brooke. They’re due to have their first child any day now. Charlotte is married to Tanner and lives in Montana. Sirena is two years older than me and married to Garrett. Their relationship caused quite a stir because Garrett is twenty-four years older than Sirena.” I smile. “My sister is the happiest that I’ve ever seen her, and Garrett loves her. They have two children.”
“So, um, I’m going to be meeting them all over the weekend?” I gasp, the nerves hitting home.
“Probably,” he groans. “You’ll probably meet the Aunts and Uncles, and cousins.” He smiles whimsically. “I’ll take you to meet my grandparents. They’re getting on in age, but the family takes care of them.”
My heart feels so full listening to Joshua talk about his family, and I feel choked up when I say, “I’ll look forward to meeting them.”
He clears his throat. “My dad is a charmer and teases my mother wickedly.” He chuckles. “Growing up around his brothers too, we learnt a lot, and that’s all I’m going to say.”
“Oh,” I lift my gaze. “Don’t stop now you’re getting to the exciting stuff.”
“Embarrassing would be the word I’d use.”
“Give me one thing.” I search his gaze, but I’m unable to miss the slight blush working it’s way to his cheekbones. “Are you blushing?”
“Guys don’t blush.”
Giving him a dirty laugh, I poke him in the stomach. “Start talking, and maybe I’ll reward you with a surprise.” I raise a brow.
“We had to practice putting on condoms in front of them. My cousins Alexander, Ryan, and me. The others escaped because they weren’t old enough then.” Joshua just blurted it all out in one long stream of words before he inhales and slowly exhales. “I told you it was embarrassing.”
“They, um…condoms,” I snicker.
Joshua widens his gaze. “Fuck, Mallory. I meant on bananas. Jeez woman!”
I start laughing because I really hadn’t thought anything other than what he’d said. “You never said they made you practice on fruit.” I cover my mouth with a hand to try and stifle the giggles, but unfortunately they won’t stop. “Tell me more.”
“Dad once caught the three of us with a bottle of whiskey.” He winces. “He marched us all to the kitchen, called his brothers, and then filled up beakers with the whiskey. Made us drink the lot. God, I’ve never been as sick.”
“You could have gotten alcohol poisoning or something,” I gasp in surprise.
“What we didn’t know is that Uncle Ruben, Ryan’s dad, had brought another bottle of the stuff that he’d watered down. I mean drastically watered down. We had no idea they’d done this until a few days later. It still made us really sick.”
“How old were you?”
“Fourteen.”
“So who borrowed the whiskey in the first place?” I giggle.
He chuckles. “Ryan. His dad owns a nightclub in Lexington called Kenza. Ryan helps run the place these days. Has his pick of women.”
“Oh really,” I move and straddle Josh, getting myself very comfortable over the growing bulge behind his zipper.
“Not interested, Mal. I just wish he’d settle on one woman.”
“Hmm,” I murmur, nuzzling into his neck while my fingers finishing unbuttoning his shirt so that I can lay the palm of my hand on his chiseled chest. The smooth skin with a light sprinkling of hair is perfect.
“Is this my reward?” He asks in a low murmur, his eyes filled with lust.
Looking up into his eyes, I unclip my hair and let it fall loosely around my shoulders. “You can let me know,” I tease, dipping my head.
Before I touch his skin, I inhale his warmth and the subtle scent of his cologne, and then I let my lips kiss the center of his chest. Joshua inhales and shudders, his hips arching and rubbing against where we’re joined. “Not yet,” I whisper, moving down his body until I’m on my knees between his spread thighs.
I smirk and placing my hands on his knees, I slowly caress upwards, to the pulsing hardness hidden behind his zipper. His breaths are deep with need as I tease over his straining penis with the tips of my fingers. “I love how you react to me,” I admit, unfastening his pants. I let my fingers tickle over the material of his boxers and smile when his flesh jerks under my touch.
Becoming impatient, Joshua lifts and shoves his pants and boxers to his thighs. I immediately cup his balls and watch as his penis stretches up to his naval, the flared head, red and releasing precum on to his belly. Groaning, I inhale and slowly exhale at the sight, which is
turning me on.
My eyes find Joshua’s half-lidded ones and I hold his gaze as I massage the heavy sac. His breathing becomes more labored as I move my hand to wrap around the throbbing hardness.
“Yes!” He grunts, thrusting his hips upwards when I squeeze my fist around him, slowly jerking him off.
“Don’t come until you’re inside my mouth,” I instruct.
“Fuck!” He strains upwards. “Hurry, Mal.”
Tugging his penis away from his belly, I kneel up and bring him to my waiting mouth. Joshua curses a stream as he watches the tip get swallowed up inside my mouth. I close my lips around the head and suckle, slipping my tongue around him. His whole body tenses, but I don’t let up, excited to be able to make him lose his composure.
I lean even closer and slide my hands under him, gripping an ass cheek in each hand. Joshua swells inside of my mouth, and the moment I take as much of him as I can, and he touches the back of my throat, he grunts and pants, his fingers tangle in my hair. He’s holding me on him as semen erupts in thick streams from his quivering flesh. The hold isn’t forced, and I know if I need to pull away he’d immediately help me.
I suck and lick until he calms and he’s trying to catch a full breath. “I love having you in my mouth.” I kiss the tip, but before I can move away, Joshua has me on my feet, my skirt pushed to my waist and his hands yanking my panties down my legs. I kick them off, and find myself lifted onto his lap.
“My turn.” He places my legs over the chair arms while sliding down in the chair.
He then gently takes my arms and helps me lie back on his thighs before his hand quickly move to my hips and draws me closer to his mouth. His first touch is a kiss to my wet lips. The second touch is the slide of his tongue between them. I try to move away from the overwhelming pleasure he creates in my body, however the firm grip he has on my hips prevents any movement.
“You liked sucking me off?” he mumbles against my pussy seconds before his tongue dips inside of me. “It made you wet and swollen, Mallory.” His tongue pushes forward and slips in and out while he rubs my clit with his nose. “So fucking sexy,” he hisses, his penis growing and twitching beneath my back.
I’m unable to keep the noises of pleasure to myself, and the more I moan and writhe on his face, the faster his tongue moves. Joshua rubs his erection against my back, his hips thrusting and grinding into the material of my thin blouse. My whole body pulses with pleasure, and then I’m exploding on his mouth. I thrash on his lap the pleasure so intense that I’m afraid I’m going to set on fire. My body arches, my pussy is rippling with uncontrollable pleasure, and then warm wetness spills onto my back, and I know Joshua came with me.
When he’s kissing and petting me gently with his lips, I finally find my voice. “That was incredible.” I pant and have no shame at the position I’m in right now.
“I used to imagine you with your skirt around your waist, no panties, and sitting in your office chair. I’d bury my face between your beautiful legs and have you coming on my face.” He breathes heavily. “What just happened blows that fantasy out of the water.”
I blush at the thought, and wince when Joshua holds me close while sitting up in the chair. His cock is already rising between us as his heated gaze centered on my pussy. He lifts his right hand and slides his index finger through my release.
“We’re never going to eat if you keep touching me.” He dips his finger inside of me and I gasp for breath. “Help me straddle you.”
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I raise a brow. “I thought you already were.”
She holds my gaze and smiles when I reach out and help her into a more comfortable position, right against the root of me. She wiggles around and I find I have to grit my teeth at the sensation of her wet pussy grinding on my balls. I clench her bottom with my hands and hold her tightly to me.
It doesn’t help.
“Sit still,” I grind out.
She shakes her head. “No way.”
Before I can think straight, she’s raised herself up, grabbed my cock, and starts sliding down. I groan at the feel of her wet pussy sucking me inside, softening around my hardness to create a tight glove. My legs quiver when she’s fully seated.
She quickly removes her clothing over her head, tossing them to the floor, and I couldn’t be happier to have her gorgeous breasts swinging in my face. They’re swollen with arousal, but it’s the dark buds of her nipples that grab my attention. These hard tips are so damn sensitive, that I can make her come from touching them alone.
Mallory slowly starts to rock and so I don’t grab her, I grip the arms of the chair, but it becomes too much. The temptation before my eyes is feast I’m unable to ignore.
Dipping my head, I capture a swollen nipple between my teeth and gently massage against the roof of my mouth with tongue. Mallory jerks at the movement, and I feel it all the way inside her pussy. I bring my hand up to her other breast and roll the tip between my finger and thumb. Her head is thrown back and she drops to me, grinding her hips down roughly.
Wrapping an arm around her back while still sucking on her beautiful breasts, I thrust upward and rotate my hips. The tip of my cock rubs against her womb, and her pussy suddenly starts sucking every damn thing from my body in strong convulsions as she takes me with her in release.
“Fuck, Mal!” I breathe heavily, resting my head against the back of the chair. “I think I need a nap.”
She offers a dark chuckle. “Then take me to bed, Joshua McKenzie.”
My eyes darken at the husky tone in her voice when she said my name. “Marry me,” I blurt out of nowhere.
Mallory blinks and stares. I offer her a wry smile and push the curls back from her face. “I didn’t mean to blurt it out while naked and buried inside of you. I actually had a romantic evening planned once we were in Lexington, but I couldn’t wait another moment. In fact, I didn’t even think. The words just came out of my mouth.” I pause. “But, Mal, I meant what I said. Marrying you has been my intention from the moment this between us had started. All along I’ve been playing for keeps. I love you, and want to spend the rest of my life, wherever that may take us, with you by my side. I want you as my wife, my lover, my best friend, and maybe if you’d like, as the mother of my children. I love the heck out of you Mallory, will you marry me?”
She bursts into tears and throws her arms around me, her face buried in the crook of my neck. “Yes,” she cries. “Yes, I’ll marry you. I love you Josh. I love you so much.”
“Damn straight.”
Leaning against the archway into the kitchen, I admire Mallory as she makes us both an omelet. Apparently the only thing she can make without burning. I smile at how good she looks in my home. “Beautiful.”
Mallory glances up and her beautiful smile lights up my insides. Pushing away from the wall, I slowly move toward her and give her time to turn the burner off and remove the pan from the heat. I cup her face and bring her closer for a sweet kiss. “I love you, and I want to dance with you.”
“I think that could be arranged.” She moves away and brings her cell phone over, opening a music app.
Moments later one of my favorite songs fill the kitchen. Unchained Melody. It’s the Righteous Brothers version. She glides back into my arms. “I adore this version.”
“I know.” She gently smiles. “I may have peeped at your most played song on your phone.”
I breathe against her forehead and move us around the kitchen. It’s the most beautiful experience of my life as we sway together. The music goes deep, just as my love for Mallory does.
When the song slowly comes to an end, I draw her closer and breathe a kiss against her forehead.
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Epilogue
“Does your mom always smile so much?” I whisper to Joshua.
“More yes than no. She’s happy, and Dad will do anything to keep her that way.” Lily, his mom hasn’t stopped smiling since we’d showed up at th
e house and Josh had told her we were engaged. My ears are still ringing from her reaction to our news.
“I think your mom and dad are really cute.”
He groans, rolling his eyes at me. “They are not cute, they’re my parents.”
I snicker, and murmur into his ear, “I bet they have sex all the time.”
“I feel sick.”
“What’s wrong, honey?” Lily overhears. She presses the palm of her hand over his forehead.
Josh tries to duck out of the way. “Mom, I’m fine.”
He pinches me on the thigh, and I’m fairly sure he’d have pinched my butt if I hadn’t been sitting down.
“My lovely fiancée was wondering when the rest of the family would be here.”
I quickly glance at Josh, feeling panicked, but Lily says, “He’s told you about everyone I take it?”
“He has.”
“Don’t worry. We’re all friendly even if we can be a bit too much when we’re all together.”
“Joshua told me about his Uncles.” I smile and I’m sure he doesn’t miss the slight shifting of my gaze to him when I say this.
Lily gives a dirty laugh. “Oh! I bet he has.” She shakes her head. “The boys get carried away when they’re together so I’ll apologize now.”
Josh grins. “The boys?” He shakes his head.
“It’s appropriate as I don’t think they’ve ever grown up.” She wiggles her brows. “Well, in some areas they have.”
Josh groans and closes his eyes. “Mom, will you please behave in front of my girl, and you know how that talk makes me nauseous?”
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