Page 15 of Shattered World

Situating myself back on his lap, my eyes rolled back at the feeling of him underneath me. Rolling my hips over him, I bentto kiss his chest, slowly making my way down until I hovered over his cock.

Wrapping one hand around the base, I lowered my mouth, licking the tip before taking him all the way in.

“Fuck me,” he groaned and I smiled around him.

Working in tandem, I moved my hand up and down as I swirled my tongue around the head, licking and sucking until Murphy gripped my hair. With a pop, he pulled my head up, my tongue peeking out to lick at my lips.

Before I could say anything, I was flipped onto my back, Murphy hovering above me. “I want to be inside of you,” he murmured, inching his length toward my center.

Sliding my legs open, he settled into the opening, slowly pressing forward, his forehead resting against mine. Inch by inch, he slid inside of me until he was pressed to the hilt, a moan spilling from my lips at the fullness.

Together, we moved slowly, our hands skating over every inch of skin we could find. Leaning forward, my lips found the soft skin of his shoulder, my tongue peeking out to lick at the salty taste of his skin.

Murphy’s hands found my breasts, rolling my nipples between his fingers as he increased his pace. Wrapping my thigh around his back, I pulled him in deeper, his thrusts becoming more erratic, my breaths coming faster and louder as pleasure built in my core.

Moments later, my teeth found the tender flesh of his shoulder, biting down to muffle my sounds as I spiraled over the edge, blackness dotting behind my eyes.

Murphy groaned into my ear, his movements pausing as he spilled inside of me. Chests pressed against each other, our breaths matching in rhythm, his deep gaze met mine.

The words I so desperately wanted to say lodged in my throat, and I knew I couldn’t hold them back any longer. My heart mayalways be broken, searching for the other two parts that filled it, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t embrace the man who was here.

“I love you,” I whispered and Murphy’s face shuttered with another wave of pleasure.

His lips found me, his tongue trailing across mine, before he pulled away. “I am so deeply in love with you, Alessia. Everyone is terrified of the world ending, of there being no tomorrow for them. And I’m scared of the same.”

My brows scrunched together, my mouth opening to ask why he was saying this. But he covered my mouth with his hand, shaking his head with a simple smile.

“The only difference is thatyouare my world. Without you, there is no tomorrow for me. Not one worth living.”

Tears sprung to my eyes at his words. Rolling onto his side, he pulled me into his arms, his embrace filled with warmth and love. Closing my eyes, I snuggled deeper into his chest, hoping that his love, his comfort, would be enough to fill the gaping holes the others left behind.

Chapter Eight

Caroline sat stoically behind her desk once more, but this time I wasn’t alone. The office itself wasn’t large and with an additional six of us inside, it was a tight squeeze.

After Murphy and I had left the room to rejoin the others, ignoring the knowing looks from Sasha and Mina, he went about filling everyone in on my discussion with Caroline. Unsure if she intended for Elizabeth and the twins to be involved as well, I figured it was smart to finally fill her in on everything we had learned since arriving.

Elizabeth had immediately been taken aback, refusing for her children to participate in this meeting. I agreed with her and she decided to leave Stephanie and Lucas upstairs, playing with the other kids while we had this conversation.

I may have told Caroline that I was willing to do anything to survive, but there was one thing I couldn’t do and that was risking those kids' life. I had endured too much to protect them.

Tapping a pen against the counter, Caroline eyed us all, her lips pursed in concentration. This seemed to go on for minutes, the silence deafening, until Sasha finally broke.

“Are you going to tell us what you want?” Sasha asked on an annoyed exhale.

If possible, Caroline’s lips pursed tighter, her brows arching at the interruption of her thoughts.

“I see we have an ambitious one,” she said, dropping her pen and grabbing one of the maps she had shown me earlier.

Immediately, unease unfurled in my stomach, churning the contents of the lunch I had eaten before we came down. After one brief interaction, I was beginning to realize how Caroline operated, and I worried that Sasha had unknowingly volunteered to go out into the city.

Sliding the map in Sasha’s direction, she tapped an area that was circled in black pen. “This area is unknown. I sent three scouts out several weeks ago and they never returned. You will go.”

“I’ll go with her,” I blurted, the burn of several stares searing into my head.

I knew I had to speak up before one of the idiots with me, namely Aiden and Murphy, decided that they would volunteer. I knew what I had told Murphy. That Aiden and I would do this together. But what kind of sister would I be if I put his life at risk? And Murphy knew how I felt about him leaving the safety of this hotel.

Caroline smiled knowingly. There was never a doubt in her mind that I would be the one to volunteer, especially once she put the weight on someone else’s shoulders. As much as I hatedit, I was as easy to read as an open book. And she had read every page in the time I had been with her this morning.

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