The Housekeeper's Daughter
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“It’s all right, baby, just go with it. We’ve got you.” I don’t know who says this, the noise of blood rushing is deafening. My deep panting breaths and my pounding heart drown out any other sound.
“I don’t think you have.” I shake my head at the enormity of what’s about to hit my body, which takes over, and a tsunami breaks from deep inside at the base of my spine and floods every fibre, every cell and synapse. And it doesn’t stop; it just keeps hammering through me, wave after wave, obliterating my helpless body with insurmountable pleasure. Lightning, stars, explosions to light the night sky fill my vision, and I have no idea if Logan and Atticus are with me. I hope so because I’m not sure I’ll ever recover enough to do this again. I think I cry out, maybe to a god I finally believe in or maybe just to shout out a quick thank you before I pass out, because that’s exactly what happens…I pass out.
My ears pop and wake me up. I’m hot because I’m a tangled mess of limbs, and it only takes a shameless moment to vividly recall where I am.
“Hey there, sleepyhead.” I peer up through my lashes at Logan looking down at me. I feel the shift in the bed behind me, and Atticus appears over my shoulder.
“Thought for a moment we’d have to get an ambulance to meet us at McCarran Airport.” Logan taps my nose.
“What happened?”
“You passed out when you came,” Atticus says with barely hidden pride in his voice.
“Really? Shit, sorry.”
“Why the fuck are you sorry?” Logan laughs, his smile the widest I’ve ever seen.
These two look like they’ve just won Mr Universe. Actually, perhaps their pride is totally justified. After all, they did collectively make their wife have the best orgasm of her life.
“Well, I mean I’m sorry if I left you hanging.” My apology is rightly sheepish.
“You didn’t, you came so hard you kind of took us with you, whether we were ready or not. It was intense.” Logan’s voice is filled with awe. It’s cute.
“It really was. Sorry I missed the ending.” I snicker.
“No need to be sorry, princess, you may have missed that one, but we have a lifetime of happy endings we can’t wait to give you.” Atticus slides a little closer and Logan moves to fill the space before me. He exchanges one more of those glances I may never get used to, but when Atticus speaks, I know I’m not ever going to complain about them either.
“In fact I think we have time before we land to give you one that you will hopefully remember.”
The End
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