Page 53 of Desire

“You know we have to give it back, right?”

My lips find hers, and I kiss around to the back of her neck,

“Not for a year, though, we don’t.”

“I still can’t believe we won it, Leo.”

“Easiest victory ever. I had the best partner.”

“I won’t tell Angelique that.”

“She agreed with me earlier.”

I’m still kissing all over Elise’s body as I push her back into the bedroom and close the door behind us. Izzy is with us tonight, sound asleep in her bed with exhaustion. She saw a counselor after what happened to Elise but was dismissed from any further appointments as she was absolutely fine. We didn’t agree on the way Elise went about things, but we got the right result for us all in the end.

“I’ll have a word with Angelique tomorrow.”

“Not going to happen, I’m afraid,” I continue to press Elise back onto the bed, my hands working to divest her of her top and bottoms as we go.

“And why not?”

“Because we’ll be on a plane to Spain,”

Elise pushes me away just as I go to bury my head between her now naked thighs.

“What?” She looks at me with her eyes open wide.

“Izzy finishes school next week. I think, given what she’s been through, they’ll let her out early. We can travel to Spain and check up on mymamá, then travel around Europe a little bit. Get away from everything. You always promised Izzy you’d show her the world. I’m going to come with you.” I suddenly get nervous. Have I done something wrong? Have I pushed Elise into a decision she wasn’t ready to make? Fuck, I’m an idiot. She’s taken her life back, and I’m already pushing her into things. “If you don’t want to go, we don’t have to. I’ve not booked anything. It’s fine,” I quickly add.

Elise’s mouth breaks out into a big smile.

“No, I love the idea. I can’t wait to show her everything. It’ll be amazing. And you can propose to me at the top of the Eiffel tower,” she adds with a teasing look at me. I growl with frustration. “Ten year old’s are appalling at keeping secrets, Leo. You’ll soon learn that.”

“Maybe I will propose then, and maybe I won’t. You’ll have to wait for me to surprise you.” I wink at her.

“I can’t wait.” Elise lays back as I spread her legs wide and lower my mouth to her sensitive folds. Parting them with my fingers, I lick the length of her sex and delve my tongue inside her warmth. “I’ll say yes, you know.”

“I’ve no doubt about that.”

My tongue flicks over her clit and within seconds, she’s coming, her essence bathing me in her pleasure. I lap up every single last drop like a man dehydrated. I push myself up off the bed and remove my jeans, letting my already hard cock bob free. He’s ready to find his way home for the night. I lay over Elise again and position myself at her entrance. She’s willing and ready for me, and I say a little prayer, thanking God for getting me back to her before Simon was able to ruin this for her.

“Leo, before we do this, I need to tell you something.”

I raise myself up on my arms, so I’m looking down at her.

“Before we do this?…Do you mean the sex or the marriage?”

“Both I guess.”

I don’t move, despite my dick begging me to thrust forward. I need to hear what Elise is going to stay first.

“What’s wrong, Elise?”

She bites her lip with nerves,

“When I was at the doctor’s getting examined after what Simon did to me, they found something in my blood tests.”

All manner of worrying thoughts start to flood through my head—cancer being the predominant one.

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