Page 107 of Gifts

A smirk plays on his lips. “It’s a good thing I missed you.”

Realizing it now more than ever, I missed him so much. “Thank you for not leaving us.”

“Knox and Saylor are asleep,” he announces out of the blue, and stands to put me on my feet.

My toes just hit the floor when he’s pulling my shirt over my head. Before I know it, I’m standing in front of him naked. He whips his own shirt off and my hands go directly to his stitches that are just a week old. My fingers drift lightly over the healing scar marring his beautiful body.

I don’t have the chance to ask when his stitches come out because he keeps talking. “Missed you so fucking much. You don’t know how painful it was being close to you but not touch you.” I close my eyes and press my forehead to his chest, feeling terrible for what I put him through. His lips come to the top of my head and his hands drag down my bare body. “I hope you’re ready, baby. I plan to bury myself in you so deep, you’ll feel where I’ve been for a week.”

I tense at his words. If I wasn’t wet before, I am now. Lifting up on my toes, I put my mouth to his as his hands claim my face. There’s nothing soft or gentle about his touch. His fingers tense on my skin and I feel every muscle flex in his chest.

One hand dips into my hair and the other slides down my body where his fingers slide through me like silk.

“Thank fuck,” he mutters. Letting me go, he unbuttons his jeans as he demands, “On your back, baby, and spread for me.”

I exhale and stumble back two steps to my bed. I’ve just laid back when he climbs over me, and with an arm behind one of my knees, pulls me wide and fills me in an instant.

Berating myself for being so screwed in the head that I kept this from us for almost a week, I lift my hips to feel as much of him as possible. “I missed you.”

He pulls out just enough to slam into me again and he’s never felt so good.

“Don’t stop,” I beg, but he pulls out and I lose him.

“On your knees, cheek to the mattress.” His hand comes to my hip and he puts me where he wants me. Grabbing one of my hands, he directs it between my legs where his fingers dance with mine, teasing with my clit. “Play with yourself, but do not come yet.”

Oh, that’s going to be hard.

He lets go of my hand and leaves me to it. Kneeling behind me, he scoots my legs farther apart before slamming into me. He grabs my hips and commands, “Move, Keelie. Fuck yourself as hard as you want it.”

He knows I like it hard. Putting my other arm out for leverage, I move, pushing back on him as best I can before I come.

My breath shallows and as the heat builds, I rock harder.

He gives my ass a squeeze. “There you go, baby. Nothing better than looking down and seeing your sweet pussy fuck my cock. Almost as beautiful as you.”

I start to moan and his grip tightens.

“Not yet,” he breathes.

This makes me move faster, his cock hitting that magic spot inside, creating tingles and heat and want. I won’t be able to stop it—my out of body experience will hit me soon. I need it. My hand moves faster on my clit and he takes over, pumping into me with all his muscled strength.

Just like I thought, I come without warning and Asa grips my hips, pushing my orgasm further. I have to press my face into the mattress to quiet my moans.

Asa slams into me one last time and I hear his rumbled growl as he falls forward giving me his weight. He doesn’t pull out, but presses into me one last time and stays there.

“Never again,” he breathes into my ear, but it comes out as a warning. “You understand?”

I nod, thankful he was patient, but even more thankful he was persistent. Him giving me both was the gift I needed.

After I get cleaned up and throw on my t-shirt, I slide back into bed next to Asa who’s still naked. But tonight, I move to him where he welcomes me. A place I never want to leave.

I’m about to doze off faster than I have in the last week when I feel his lips at my ear. “Love you, baby.”

I sink into him farther and nod, my head becoming hazy with sleep.

The last thing I remember is him saying, “I’ll remind you every day so you don’t ever question it.”

And for the first time in I can’t remember how long, my world balances.

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