All that was left was a frantic need tobelong to him and to feel him claiming me. Clinging to him, I let the pleasurewash over me until I was swept up in a hurricane of desire and submission. Ididn’t know how I could last any longer without shattering into a thousandpieces, but Griffin stripped even that final bit of control from me when hisknot swelled deep inside me, throwing me into my orgasm as cum burst out of mycock.
Trapped beneath him as he locked my body tohis, all I could do was shake and give myself to him completely. Every time thepleasure started to fade, he rocked his body, rubbing the swollen base of hiscock against my gland and sending fireworks through me again.
Eventually it was all too much and thepleasure swept me away as everything faded into darkness.
It could have been minutes or hours, but atsome point, I felt his body wrapped around mine and everything came rushingback to me. Before my brain could decide if I was confident, nervous, orembarrassed, Griffin kissed the back of my neck and ran his hand over my head.
“Thank you for sharing your submission andyour passion with me.” The warm tenderness in his voice chased everything awaybut a smile and the pleasure of knowing I’d made him happy.
Turning in his arms, I smiled and pressed akiss to his chest before relaxing back in his arms. I must have been out of itfor longer than I thought, though, because I was clean and felt like I’d beentaken apart and put back together. “It was perfect.”
He made a pleased sound and hugged metight. “No regrets?”
I shook my head. “No.”
I was still foggy-brained from the thousandand one orgasms he seemed to have given me, so it wasn’t until he spoke againthat I realized what he was worried about. “I don’t want you to think I couldreplace Matthew. I—”
The deep emotions in his voice had melifting my head, pressing my lips to his. As I pulled away, I shook my head. “Iknow that.”
Pushing him, I smiled when he rolled obedientlyto his back and pulled me onto his chest. “If I’d woken up with a stranger froma one-night stand, I would have been… let's say it wouldn’t have been right forme. But you’re not a stranger. You’re my friend. You wereourfriend.”
Swallowing, I forced the lump in my throatdown so I could speak past the emotions that were building. “Do you know whatone of the last things Matthew said to me was?”
Griffin ran his hand over my head, pettingme tenderly as he shook his head. “No.”
“He smiled at me from that hospital bed andtook my hand, pulling me close.” The memory was bittersweet, but I smiled.
Cancer had ravaged his body and sapped hisstrength in what seemed to be just days, but he’d put every ounce he had intotugging me close. “It was late and we’d spent the hours between his long napsjust talking. He was exhausted again, but he held me tight and said he wasgiving me one last order.”
Swallowing again, I closed my eyes and tooka deep breath. Griffin brushed a tear away with his thumb and held me quietly.“He said under no circumstances was I to hide away forever because he wanted meto be happy and loved, and he knew somewhere out there was another fated matewaiting to love me. Then he grinned and said he just wished we’d found him intime to have a sexy threesome before everything went to shit.”
When Griffin chuckled, I opened my eyes andsmiled. “I edit that part out for most people when I tell this story.”
His chest jerked as he laughed again. “Ican see why.”
“There’s nothing but happiness and need inme when I look at you. I will never see you or feel your touch and wonder ifI’ve done something wrong or betrayed Matthew. He would never have wantedthat.” I leaned in and kissed Griffin again gently. “Sometimes I can almostfeel him watching over me and I know if he could he’d be smiling and so excitedthat I found someone to truly make me live again.”
I would always miss Matthew and there wouldbe an ache that never quite went away, but Griffin filled me up and made mefeel wanted and treasured and loved. Even though we weren’t ready to say thewords, I could see his emotions shining from his eyes.
“So there will never be any regrets withyou.” Kissing him again, I curled into his chest.
As I closed my eyes, his hands startedslowly caressing me, lulling me back to sleep. “Never any regrets, baby.”
Holding him tight, I nuzzled my cheekagainst his pecs and kissed his broad torso. “Thank you for coming back into mylife, Griffin.”
He could’ve walked away. There’d probablybeen a big push to turn and just leave as he’d watched the scene, but he’dneeded to check on me more than he’d needed to save himself the potentialheartache. The strength and tenderness he’d shown me that night was somethingI’d never forget.
Chapter 16
Griffin
“Really?” I couldn’t help but stare.“You’re sure you want me there? It seems…personal.”
Maybe it wasn’t the right word consideringthe way the physical side of our relationship had developed, but I couldn’tthink of a better one.
Wade’s blush said he felt the same way, buthe nodded. “Yes. And it’s silly, but yes, it is personal. That’s why you’reinvited.”
I was being invited to their monthly drunkfest.