Justin
Getting busy with him. Ewan is going to lose his shit. Send him out before your brother calls.
Lina
You tattled
Justin
Haydon
Lina
Short of locking me in a chastity belt and throwing away the key no one decides who I am or am not with. Go. Away.
“Nikki, open the damn door.”
She must feel me tense because she types even faster.
Lina
You don’t want me to do that. Leave please.
“Are you scared I’ll go all Greco-Roman wrestler on him and fight with my arse to the wind?”
She looks over at me and sees my grin. I’m pissed as fuck to be interrupted, to have someone speak to Lina this way, and to have someone already narc to Ewan. Truth be told, though, I’m surprised it took this long. I didn’t think we’d have this much time alone before someone interfered.
Justin
Butterfly
What?
Lina
No
“We’ve had a code since I was a teenager. If a guy was bothering me, or I just didn’t feel safe, I’d text or say butterfly to let Justin and Ewan know I needed help. He thinks you’re forcing me because I said he shouldn’t want me to open the door. I meant you’ll beat the fuck out of him.”
I would if we were alone. But I wouldn’t unleash that in front of Lina unless her life depended upon it. Justin is a big guy. He wouldn’t go easily, so it would take more than a love tap to take him down.
Justin
This is a mistake. End this before Ewan can do anything. I didn’t tell him but Haydon did. I’m worried. Please Nikki.
Lina
You could have led with that. Thank you for your concern. I’m still not opening the door. I told you I’m busy. I won’t respond.
Justin
Fine. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. This was as much about protecting you as it was keeping him alive. You’re as beautiful as Helen of Troy and you’re about to start a war.
I won’t disagree with him about Lina’s beauty. Her face could launch a thousand ships. I’ll do whatever I must to protect her. But the war started well before she and I met. The war started because Rowan O’Malley stole from us and got involved with a threat to my sister-in-law’s family. He left that mess to Ewan when we saved him from committing patricide. If Ewan can’t remember he’s indebted to us, then we’ll remind him. But he stays the fuck away from Lina.
She doesn’t answer, so we wait to see if another text comes in. It goes quiet. No more knocking. No more yelling. No more texts. She puts the phone on the bedside table and looks at me. The self-assurance she exuded a moment ago is gone. She looks vulnerable. I lift her onto my lap and rock her hips against me as I harden just from touching her.
This is our first true challenge. I need to feel as connected to her as I can while we figure this shit out. We knew it was coming, but I’d hoped for a few more hours. I lift her, and she slides down my cock. She’s still wet from my cum. She’s still tight, but not as much as the first time I entered her. I encircle my left arm around her waist as my right hand presses her head to my shoulder. I move the pillows around and shuffle to lean back. She doesn’t move, and neither do I once I’m comfortable. It’s several minutes of companionable silence and moral support before she speaks.