Page 81 of Jericho

I blink down at her, my cock literally being warmed by her slick arousal.

"We are, right?"

She dips her head, rolling her hips up until my cock sinks further inside of her. I don't want to know about the times she was intimate with Damien. We promised to look to the future and forgive the past, but that isn't something I feel she needs forgiveness for. She has made countless sacrifices to keep our son safe.

Her neck arches up, throat exposed for my mouth, as I press all the way inside of her.

"Ah, fuck, Peach. You're perfect."

My cock gives a warning flex, and I focus my attention on her neck, wondering how old is too old to be marked and think fuck it, she's mine. I feel like a feral animal leaving my scent all over her as I suck on the delicate skin. She must enjoy it because her core clenches around me.

"Give me a second," she begs when I pull back, every muscle in my body demanding that I spear forward. "You're too big."

I shake my head, burying my smile in her neck. "That doesn't help, Peach."

She smacks at me with a chuckle, and I love the way we can laugh right in the middle of something so intimate. At the same time, it also clenches those perfect muscles of hers around me, and I'm already so fucking close to the edge, I'll come if she keeps it up.

"I'm ready," she says, dropping her legs open, and I pull back, looking down at where we're connected as I slide back into her, the resistance this time no different from before.

She's perfect, made for me in the best ways possible. I fit inside of her like a glove. When I press my forehead against her, our breaths joining, I'm already planning the next time we get to be like this.

"Peach," I whisper, hearing the brokenness in my tone.

"Please," she begs, and that's all it takes.

I pulse inside of her, my orgasm so fucking strong my vision blurs for a few seconds. There will come a day when I can make love to this woman all night long, but I don't see that being possible any time soon. There's a very good chance I'm fooling myself, because I can't imagine holding her in my arms, slipping into her body, and not feeling all the same things I feel right now. The love, the tenderness, the gratefulness. All of it is almost too much but also somehow perfect.

I can't wait to spend the rest of my life loving her and Eli.

Chapter 40

Aspen

It's been three weeks since I got Eli back.

Three weeks of therapy sessions on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Eli is making great strides. He laughs and speaks, mostly without hesitation these days unless one of the other guys is in the room.

Jersey and Hemlock don't count as other guys according to how my son acts. He loves both of them. Jersey, I fully understand. The guy is quick with a smile despite the shadows I see regularly in his eyes. He watches Eli like he's missing something or someone, but I haven't gotten a chance to ask him about his life prior to coming to the cabin.

I learned not long after we got here that this branch of the Cerberus MC is very new, as in months old, not years.

These guys have acclimated not only to living with other men but also with the introduction of Zara, Cora, and myself.

I don't see Nyx very often, but I know that the guys have different jobs in different locations. There are a lot of times they're gone, but there's always someone here. I know Nolan will eventually go back to work, but although he attends meetings in the conference room, he hasn't had to leave the house for an extended period of time.

"That won't work," Eli says, a hint of laughter and frustration in his tone as he speaks to Nolan. "See this?"

I watch as Eli compares the ends of the screwdriver to the screws needed for the easel they are building together.

"They're different?" Jersey asks, looking confused.

"This one makes a cross," Eli says, holding the screwdriver up and moving it back and forth between the two men. "Those things there also have a cross. They fit together. Watch."

Both men watch intently as Eli presses the business end of the screwdriver into the screw.

"Now, Jericho, you hold it in place and I'll do this part."

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