“Why would you care about his apartment?”

“Because we’ll move in together eventually, and he wanted to know which one I liked. I told him I didn’t care. That my opinion doesn’t matter, and if he really wants to know if it’s an okay apartment, he should ask Devin.”

Aaron frowned. “It sounds like he was just trying to be nice.”

Anna blew out a breath as she stared at her hands. Yes. Peter was just trying to be nice. Aaron was right. “I don’t know why Devin thinks anyone would want to be around me for an extended period of time. It’s only been a few days and I’ve already made Peter angry.”

“It’s too bad you can’t be with someone who really cares about you.”

She turned to look sadly into his eyes. She knew he was talking about himself. “We can’t be together. He’d hurt you.” Oh, how that hurt to say! But her heart needed him. Needed his kind touch to counteract her misery. Without thinking about it, she reached out to stroke his cheek. “I’d never forgive myself if something happened to you.”

They gazed at each other for a long time, and then suddenly their lips were touching. Aaron slid his hand around the back of her head to keep her from escaping when she pushed against him, albeit unenthusiastically. His lips seized hers and his kiss was full of every emotion that had plagued them for years. Anna relented and let him kiss her, returning his kiss and emotions with abandon.

“Oh, Anna . . . I’ve missed you so much.”

Tears rolled down her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around his neck and held him as tightly as he held her. His lips didn’t part from hers as he pushed her back onto the couch and moved on top of her. He stroked her neck and pulled her leotard off her shoulder before kissing her neck and collarbone and shoulder.

Anna pressed her head back into the couch and sighed as Aaron’s hand moved down to her breast, bringing her leotard down with it. His lips followed his hands and his mouth quickly found her breast. She cried out softly as he sucked gently on her nipple.

Within a few minutes, they had disposed of their clothing and Aaron’s body covered Anna’s, their bare skin rubbing against one another, sharing desperate emotions that had been pent up for years. His hard cock pressed against her thigh and she spread her legs apart, hoping he’d enter her. “I need you... .”

Aaron kissed her and moved his cock to her entrance. When he pressed forward, they both sighed, and when he’d buried himself deep inside of her, they moaned together.

“God, Anna, I love you...” He moaned as he slowly moved in and out of her.

“I love you, Aaron.” She matched his movements and rhythms, wrapping her legs around his hips.

They made love with desperate abandon, gazing into each other’s eyes as their bodies moved as one. Pleasure and love mixed together.

The tension built and suddenly both exploded with passionate cries as their orgasms overtook them. They tensed together for a long moment and then slowly relaxed.

Aaron kissed her neck and then her lips, looking at her with such love she could hardly stand it. The only other man who had ever looked at her like that was Alex. She cradled his cheek and kissed him soundly.

He propped himself on his elbows and smiled. “That was better than I remembered.”

She giggled. “I agree.”

He was still inside her and she moved her hips and squeezed his softening cock, making him shiver. “Anna...” He kissed her again.

The door opened and they heard a low growl. Aaron and Anna both jumped and turned to see Peter standing in the doorway. His face had turned red and twisted into a mask of rage as he stepped into the room, slamming the door behind him.

Aaron held Anna close to him. “Get out, Peter.”

“You’re fucking my girlfriend,” Peter growled. “I think I have a right to say something.”

“If you had actual feelings for her, I’d say so. But you’re just with her because Devin told you to.”

Peter’s eyes narrowed and he glanced at Anna and then looked back at Aaron. His eyes glittered with amusement. “Well, then. If you know that, then you know what a dangerous situation you’ve put yourself in.”

“No, Peter!” Anna untangled herself from Aaron’s arms and threw herself on the floor in front of him, bowing at his feet. “Please don’t hurt him. Please don’t tell Devin.” She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. “Please...”

“You beg as his cum drips out of your pussy?” Peter sneered. “Devin gave you to me. You don’t have the right to let anyone else touch you, Anna.” Peter looked down at Aaron’s cock and then his hand, where he wore a sapphire ring that Anna hadn’t noticed before. “A common Brother dares to fuck an Elder-Mistress? That’s even stupider.”

“My Elder gave me permission to be with her.”

“Devin would never?—‍”

“Devin is not my Elder. Wilhelm is. And Alex, her husband and Master, gave me permission before he died.”