Her eyes filled with tears but it didn’t stop her from coming again. She sobbed my name as she shook with the strongest orgasm yet. I fought against my release even as her pussy squeezed and pulsed around my cock. She didn’t say the words I needed to hear.
I let out a frustrated growl and pulled out. My cock was coated in her come and was an angry red color but I gritted my teeth and shoved it back into my jeans. I quickly freed her hands and checked them to make sure they were okay before backing away.
She sat up, her eyes wide.
“You didn’t…”
I grabbed my shirt and yanked it over my head.
“No. And I won’t. You want something from me? Well, I want something from you, too. I don’t accept that you want to leave us. If you’re telling me right now that you’re willing to stay until you give us a baby, I’m telling you that I’m not coming in your sweet little pussy again. I’ll hold onto you for as long as I can, no matter the cost to me.”
Her mouth dropped but I didn’t give her a chance to respond before I unlocked the door and left. I went straight to my bathroom and locked myself in for a long, ice cold shower. It didn’t help the pain in my balls or the ache in my chest.
CHAPTER 36
Maxie
“I want you to cut it off.” I stared at my reflection and sat up straighter. Ava Pearl stood behind me, one hand on her hip and a pair of shears in the other that she pointed at me. I’d never been to Pearly Things to have my hair done before but I was pushing my boundaries again. “And I want you to dye it like this.”
Ava’s eyes widened as she looked at the picture on my phone. “Honey, you okay?”
No, I wasn’t. I couldn’t get Arlo’s gravel-filled voice out of my head, demanding things from me, things I couldn’t give him. He’d left my room in pain and I felt like maybe I’d managed to push him a little bit farther away. It just didn’t feel like a win. It felt like nails scratching me from the inside out.
“Yeah, I’m good.”
Nellie sat in the chair next to me, her eyes just as wide as Ava’s. Ava had fit me in between her last client of the day and the Doll’s Club meeting that I was going to. Nellie had insisted on coming with me to make sure I didn’t chicken out of the meeting but I didn’t think she was having any more concerns after seeing the hairstyle I wanted.
“Maxie, this is a big change…” Nellie cleared her throat and leaned closer. “Are you sure?”
“Yes. It’s just hair.” I clenched my hands in my lap under the rainbow cape Ava had clipped around my neck. “I’ve always wanted to do something different. And my long hair has always been a pain while working on the ranch. Mom just never would let me cut it. She said it wasn’t ladylike to have short hair.”
Nellie’s face darkened. “Let’s cut your fucking hair off then.”
Ava met my eyes in the mirror and grinned. “You’re going to be hot, Maxie. Are you ready to handle all the male attention coming your way?”
I snorted. “Again, it’s just hair.”
“She’s got plenty male attention anyway. Isn’t that right, big sis?”
I turned bright red but I smiled. I had nothing to be ashamed of.
“Something like that.”
Ava cheered and then swung my chair around.
“Alright, honey. Let’s do this.”
Nellie wiggled in her seat.
“I just have one thing to say before you go through with it… Jenny Hellstone was a bitch of the worst kind and you’re going to live the life she never wanted you to because she was a bitter old woman full of anger and jealousy. I hope she’s rolling over in her grave.”
“I want to get a tattoo!” I blurted the words out and then laughed. “I’m not done doing the things I always wanted to do. If I’m going to haunt her afterlife I want to do it right.”
“I know a guy!” Ava gripped my shoulders and squeezed. “I’m sure he’d do it tonight. If we moved the meeting there, he would probably even do a few piercings for free. He loves a rowdy bunch of women.”
My heart raced but it felt like I was soaring on Bob. I was excited. Nodding eagerly, I glanced back at my reflection and said goodbye to the old Maxie one last time.
“Let’s do it.”