“Yes,sir.”
There was no fear or indignation in using the title anymore.Once upon a time, it had seemed like such an indignity, but as we edged inside the doorway, I sensed the show of submission igniting me.My heart hammered faster as his large fingers manhandled my breast through the hoodie, and I noticed how labored my breathing had become.I wanted him, wanted to feel his body on mine, and succumb to whatever he asked of me.
With his injuries and the news about Mum, it seemed forever since he’d last pinned me against the wall and given us what we both yearned for.Our play the night before had been enjoyable, but being forced to take his cock deep down my throat was nothing compared to the potential of that moment.
“You are so naughty.”He shook his head, but already, one of his hands had risen to my hair and taken my ponytail in his fist.“This is not what we came here for and you know it.”
“I know.”I was breathless as he yanked my head back and started planting hot caresses at my nape, my remaining logic scattered with each kiss.“We shouldn’t, sir, but coming here…”
Whatever I was going to say was lost to the intensity of his lips, my eyes closing as he maneuvered me across the floor and against the wall.My back hit the structure with a soft thud, his hands already shifting to the bottom of my hoodie and yanking the fabric over my head.I watched him pull Owen’s attire from my body, vaguely aware of it landing on the ground by our feet.
“Get the rest of your clothes off,” he growled, already working on his zipper.“I want you naked when I claim you.”
Oh, fuck.
Only a few words, yet they detonated every latent need flaming inside me.The last few days had brought pain and misery, and I was ready to be his little girl again; that time, without fear.
I moved unthinkingly, lifting the T-shirt over my head and pulling down my leggings and panties until I was naked save for the clothing caught at my knees.
Fisting his cock, his eyes devoured me hungrily.“Tell me what you want.”
“You, sir.”There was no hesitation and no second thoughts.After everything we’d been through, we deserved the moment of electrifying intimacy.“I want you to bang me hard against the wall.”
It might have been good to have had him naked as well, to enjoy the look of his devilish body, but there was something sublimely arousing about being the only one without clothes, some element of surrender that sent voltage coursing around my body.
“I fucking love you.”He moved so fast I scarcely even saw him coming, and a moment later, he’d whisked me from the ground, hiking my legs around his body as far as my garments allowed.
Holding me there, he pushed me gently back on the wood and, looking into my eyes, he slowly slid inside me.Whimpering at the intensity, I cried out, gripping the back of his neck as he filled me.All remaining coherence was lost as his hips began to move.
Chapter Twenty-One
Reconnection
Eli
Squeezing Erin’s fingers, I planted a kiss on the side of her face and shifted on the guest bed.We’d been back at Owen’s for a day since we’d collected the phone in her hand from the cabin, and after sleeping and charging the device, she was finally ready to speak to Chelle.
“It’ll be okay,” I reminded her.“Call her.”
Erin had been desperate to get in touch with her friend immediately, but by the time we’d satiated our need at Niantes and driven back to her brother’s, it had been too late for her to reach out to Chelle.Watching her ashen face then, though, it seemed as though the enormity of the call was too much.
“I will.”Her dainty digits gripped at the phone as she stared at Chelle’s number.“It’s just…”
“Scary?”I attempted to finish the sentence for her after her voice trailed away into silence.
“Yeah.”Her smile was nervous.
“Yet you’ve got through much worse, little girl.Niantes… Hawkins… me.”
She laughed gently, exhaling as one shaky finger hovered over the call button.“Funny how this suddenly feels like the biggest deal yet.”
“Do you want me to leave you in peace to speak to her?”
No part of me wanted to leave the guest bedroom and be forced to make small talk with Owen while she was on the phone.Her brother had been generous with his house and car, but his orthodox approach to life was the antithesis of what I knew, and I couldn’t wait to be out of his hair.With Erin’s mother’s funeral organized, she and I were set to depart as soon as their goodbyes were completed.
“No, please stay.”She reached for me, her soft fingers grasping my right wrist.“I need you, sir.Who knows what I’ll find out.”
“You’ve got it.”Her breathy plea was music to my ears, reminding me of the hot, pliant woman I’d fucked at the cabin.“But you are going to have to call to discover the answer.”
