Page 83 of Silent Betrayal

“This is amazing, Atlas, thank you.”

“Open it,” I tell her and when she does as I ask, she gasps as the music starts playing and the little ballerina pops up and starts spinning slowly.

“A music box? This is so cool, I love it even more!” She smiles up at me and I relax, letting the tension drain from my shoulders.

“Now you have to find the other hidden items in the design.”

“What?!” she asks, closing the lid and studying it. “There are things there that represent you as well as other stuff that represents each of us, they’re just well hidden, so you have to look carefully.”

We spend the rest of the drive home with her finding items and trying to guess who they are for and what they mean. By the time we get home, I feel so relaxed and at ease that nothing can bring me down.

Chapter thirty-seven

Iwake up feeling relaxed and well-rested. Since I’ve had someone sleeping with me every night again for the past few days, I’m finally catching up on my sleep, and it’s helping a lot with my mood. The shift probably has more to do with the men that are doing everything they can to apologize and make things right between us.

I see Ben sleeping on my right and smile at his handsome face. Nothing happened between us last night, I think the zoo had exhausted me more than I realized. There was something so heartwarming about the fact that they didn’t push me for sex, even if I asked them to spend the night in my bed.

To be honest, I kind of wanted them to push me a little bit. I'm not sure if I can initiate anything with them, but I’m grateful that there’s no pressure to do anything just because I want to cuddle, even if some of them are officially my boyfriends.

I never knew relationships could be like this and it makes me hopeful that things will work out with all of us. They were all pretty great at communicating how they felt, well, everyone except Gideon. It’s obvious he had changed his mind about me and I didn’t know how to bring it up with the guys. But since I hadn’t completely fixed things with Dom yet anyway, I wasn’t ready to ask.

Where Gideon was awkward and a bit distant with me. Dom still hugged me and seemed at ease around me. I knew he still wanted something with me, even if we hadn’t had a conversation about it yet. I had a feeling he was waiting for everyone else to go first.

He’s still been talking to me and checking on me. When we got home last night, he told me my dad had called, asking if he could see me again. Dom told me I didn’t need to answer now, but I should think about it carefully since I had a panic attack last time. He suggested I think about what I wanted from that relationship before I started to let Paul into my life again. I appreciated his advice, as it gave me something to consider.

Did I want my dad to be a part of my life? He’d left to get sober for me, but doing so caused a chain reaction that led to… everything. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it yet.

A yawn escapes me as my bladder tells me I need to get up.

Being careful not to wake Ben, I quietly slip from my bed and enter the bathroom, closing the door behind me. After finishing my business, I brush my teeth and comb my fingers through my unruly waves. When I open the door and see Ben still sleeping, looking so cozy, I decide to crawl back in for some snuggles.

When I’m laying beside him, I slowly creep closer and closer until my head is resting on his arm. He silently raises his arm and lets me slip in closer as he wraps his arm around me. I rest my head on his chest as he kisses my head.

Neither of us speaks as we lay there, my hand playing with the smattering of hair on his chest as I try not to squirm. Just being this close to him is getting me all hot and bothered. He’d kissed me… once, but that felt like ages ago. And after such a magical day with him yesterday, I’m feeling closer to him than ever.

Feeling brave, I let my hand wander down his bare chest and over his thin, tight navy blue boxers, stopping on his surprisingly hard cock. I lightly trail a finger over it and it jerks beneath me. Wanting to explore his reaction a little more, I try to wrap my hand around him, through his boxers, and give him a light squeeze.

He sits up suddenly, pulling me into his lap and wrapping my legs around his back as his hard cock presses between us. I gasp as he pulls my hips, making my core rub against him lightly. My nighty has ridden up, so his boxers are the only barrier between us.

I look up into his beautiful brown eyes as he smiles down at me. “Good morning, Princess.” His hands start to slowly roam up and down my back.

“Good morning, Ben,” I whisper back, afraid if I’m too loud, he’ll pull away. He leans his head toward me, and I suck in a breath. He stops with his lips only an inch from mine.

This time, when his hands go down my back, they keep going all the way to my ass. He pulls me closer against him until there’s no space left between my core and his cock. He pushes himself against me and squeezes my ass, making me moan. Then his mouth surges forward, and he thrusts his tongue into my mouth, kissing me wildly. My hands roam up his chest until they circle his neck. I moan into his mouth as he uses his hands on my ass to help me grind into him.

His kiss is so strong and dominant, it makes me desperate with need. I expected it to be sweet, like him, but it’s all power. I let his tongue dictate where mine goes as he takes complete control of my body. He pulls back and sucks my bottom lip into his mouth, swiping his tongue over it, making me whimper and press harder into him.

He moves one hand to the center of my ass, and the other grips the back of my head, angling it so he can plunge his tongue even deeper. I moan, whimper, and eventually start pleading as his dick gets even harder beneath me. “Ben! Please!”

He pulls his mouth back from mine, sucking my lower lip again. “Do you want to come, Princess?”

“Yes! Please!” I moan and plead at his authoritative tone, which isdefinitelymaking me even needier.

“Alright then…” His hand on my ass lowers until he swipes a finger through my folds, then pulls it back up to circle my asshole, making me gasp as my fingers dig into his back. He kisses me harder, and I feel sparks ignite throughout my body.

He repeats the motion with his finger before whispering, “come for me now, Princess.” Then he sinks his finger into my ass, making me scream my release into his mouth. He uses that hand to help grind me into his erection, and my orgasm continues to roll through me, my whole body shaking with my release.

Finally, we break the kiss, and he pulls his finger out, leaving his hand gripping my ass as I pant heavily against him.

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