Page 28 of Back the Blue

“What is this, Lorna?” he finally asks. “This thing between us?”

“I don’t know,” I say softly. “All I know is that…it’s so much more than sex.”

“Yeah,” he nods. “I think so, too.”

He smiles and then he bends his head to kiss me. The contact this time is as slow and gentle as his motion inside me. And as much as I enjoy a nice, hard fuck, something about this moment with him now really does feel like so much more than our physical joining. Suspended in the moment, his lips trail down my neck, across my collarbone, and the swell of my breasts. Each gentle kiss bringing me closer and closer to another release. When I’m on that precipice once again, I finally break the silence between us.

“Ashley, I’m close,” I breathe. “I want you with me.”

“I am, sweetheart,” he says as he smiles down at me. “Trust me, as soon as your sweet pussy starts to grip my cock, you’ll take me with you.”

His somewhat crude words do something to me. I shudder beneath him as he starts to move a little faster. When I gasp, he reaches between us and just barely teases my clit again. And that’s all it takes. A low moan leaves me as I come. And just seconds later, Ashley follows suit. As is his habit, he keeps moving to prolong our pleasure. When he’s spent, he gently lowers his body back over mine, his breath hot on my neck as he pants.

“Oh, my God,” I breathe. “So fucking good.”

“Fucking incredible,” he corrects. “You’ve ruined me, Lorna.”

I giggle at this. Prompting him to lift his head from my neck. After a sweet kiss, he smiles and brushes his hand over my cheek.

“Is that a good thing?” I ask.

“You’re stuck with me now, sweetheart,” he says with a cocky grin. “Because there’s no other woman on this planet that will satisfy me the way you have. So, hopefully, that’s a good thing for you.”

“It is,” I nod. “Very much so.”

He starts to kiss me again but stops short when his phone rings. Judging by his expression, he’d rather not move, but I know he has to. So, I simply enjoy the sight of his naked body as he crawls off me and rushes over to his duffle bag. Perfectly sated, I reach down and pull the blanket over me and close my eyes.

Ashley’s side of the conversation is sparse, so I can’t glean much from it. When he signs off, I listen as he goes into the bathroom first before climbing back onto the bed with me. I don’t open my eyes until I feel his hand on my cheek. His face gives away nothing.

“Is everything okay?” I ask softly.

“Diamond and his crew were on their way to my last location, but they suddenly backed off,” he sighs. “Somehow they must have gotten wind that their contact had been compromised and were smart enough to know they were probably heading for a trap.”

“Okay,” I nod.

“My supervisor wants us to stay put here for one more day so we can track his movements.”

“I’m supposed to work another twenty-four tomorrow night,” I tell him.

“Okay,” he nods. “We’ll have to put my supervisor in touch with yours. I’m not sure if they’re going to want you working again just yet. God knows I don’t.”

“I can’t stay in protective custody forever,” I sigh.

“I know,” he nods. “But until we pin down Diamond, we can’t take any chances.”

“Okay, but…are you still going to be with me?”

“Hopefully, yes.”

I smile at this, and he kisses me again.

Nineteen

When I wake on Sunday morning, Ashley still has me pulled tight against his chest. I smile and sigh, but not heavily because of his hold on me. I really don’t mind though. Especially as I recall how we were able to end our night.

After a few hours of phone tag with his supervisor and mine and some other agents, he had one of the agents watching the cabin take him in town so he could bring back dinner. And wine. We ate by the light of some candles I found in the junk drawer. When we finished eating and had cleaned up, we took a shower. I expected him to get us dirty first, but he shocked me by gently cleaning me from head to toe. By the time I’d brushed my teeth and climbed into bed, I was truly relaxed for the first time since I took that bullet.

But it’s what happened when Ashley joined me that has my body enjoying the new aches that he caused. Mostly between my thighs, though. Just like he said he wanted to do when he caught me in a towel the night we met, he licked me from head to toe. Twice. Then he feasted on my pussy until his face was dripping with my release before he finally covered himself and pushed his cock inside me.

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