She turned over and got to her knees, and I positioned myself behind her. Rose reached back and spread herself, and I rubbed her juices all over, smearing them on my cock, spreading them to her hole. When I put one finger in, she hissed and moaned. The second one drew a yelp of pain so I eased up, going slower. I didn’t even have to worry about keeping myself hard. I was soturned on by her letting me do this, I thought I’d blow without being in her.

When her moisture started to dry up, I spat on her ass and smeared it around, then pressed both of my thumbs into her tight hole and stretched her.

“Oh, fuck,” she grunted, and she put her head down. “Oh, shit… oh, God, it’s… wow…”

I grinned at the way I was making her feel and slid my dick into her pussy for good measure. I knew doing this dry would hurt, and I wanted her to come so hard it milked me for every drop of cum I had.

“You ready?” I asked, and she panted and clawed at the bed. I knew she wanted to come again.

“Fuck… do it,” she hissed.

I slid out of her pussy and lined up with her tight little ass. Slowly, I pressed into her, and she screamed. Her fingernails dug into the mattress, and she clenched around me.

“Cole, fuck…” she cried out, and I knew it hurt, but I kept going. Her body was so tight, so hot, and it squeezed my cock like nothing else ever had.

“Relax, Rose,” I said, and she did as best as she could. “Good girl,” I praised her as she took more of me inside her ass.

“Oh, fuck,” she whimpered again, and I reached around to rub her clit as I continued to penetrate her.

“You feel so good, Rose. So tight.” I leaned over and bit her neck, sucking hard enough to leave a mark. Her walls squeezed around me in response, and it finally felt like she was starting to like it.

I picked up speed, and her moans turned from pain to pleasure. I reached around again and found her clit. She was so close again that it only took a few swipes of my finger to send her over the edge. Her walls constricted around me, milking me as she came, and I couldn’t help but lose it too.

I growled out my release as I came deep inside her ass, every drop of my seed spilling inside her. My dick pulsed, and her body contracted around me. I stayed there as her hips jerked and her ass twitched, and when I pulled out, she gasped.

The food was cold. The room smelled like sex. I was sweating, but it felt incredible. Rose was the best drug. I hadn’t felt so relaxed in weeks. Now if the rest of our trip went as well as this, I’d feel like a brand-new man going home.

18

ROSE

My stomach turned just at the scent of the food as I passed by the cafeteria enroute to the exit door. Cole was supposed to meet me for lunch, but he left me a voicemail telling me he had a meeting. So I ate alone, then I threw up everything I ate. I'd been sick for a few days now, unable to keep anything down, and Pat told me there was a flu bug going around.

I had other fears.

Cole and I had unprotected sex in his car that night, and while there really was every chance my nausea was just the common flu, there was also a very high chance it was something more serious. Something that would end up changing my life forever.

I'd been avoiding taking a test because I just didn't want to ruin this honeymoon phase Cole and I were going through. We'd spent every night together since coming home from Kansas City, and I was supposed to go there again tonight, but his ditching me at lunch upset me. Maybe I shouldn't have been so upset, but I'd been feeling irritable anyway and overly emotionalabout things—another reason to be worried about an unplanned pregnancy.

I checked my phone but hadn't gotten a text or call from him. I wasn't sure what to do, so I headed out the door through the outdoor break area where a bunch of doctors and nurses were huddled, talking. Cole was there too, seated by himself with a paper cup full of what I assumed was coffee, staring out across the hospital campus. He had a scowl on his face and was brooding over something, so I approached cautiously.

Not only were there people everywhere, but he just looked like he didn't want anyone to talk to him. I wasn't as deterred by his mood as I was by the fact that he stood me up, but I wanted to try to keep an open mind and be patient with him. I knew before our trip that he was dealing with something, but he never did offer an explanation and I never pressed him for answers.

"Hey," I said casually, flicking a gaze at the people surrounding us. It wasn't unheard of for me to speak to him, but no one knew we had an actual relationship. For both of our sakes, we had to keep it that way. We really should have been discussing going to HR to report it and follow proper protocol, but when I even dared to bring it up, Cole was adamant that no one should know yet.

He wasn’t ashamed of me. He was worried about something. I could read it in his expression, which was why I never brought it up.

"Hi," he said, and his gravelly voice made me wince.

"Is everything okay?" I asked, trying to read his expression, but people were watching me. I kept my distance and a professional look on my face, and he never looked up at me. "I just noticedyou sitting here by yourself looking down." I added that to make it seem like this was nothing more than a coworker reaching out to another coworker. My ruse may have fooled others, but it felt so wrong. I wanted to sit down beside him and put my arms around his shoulders.

"Just have to work late. It'll be a late night," he said, and he avoided eye contact. My chest clenched at his words. I didn't know if he was being serious about that or if he was trying to send a message that I shouldn't come to his house tonight. The shock of hearing it almost brought tears to my eyes, though, especially after having worried about why I'd been so sick all day.

"Yeah, that sucks," I mumbled. "Well, I hope tomorrow is a better day for you." I backed away without a response from him and turned my back. My trip home would be sad because the only things I had to look forward to were more of Alana's lectures now.

My head hung as I walked to my car. My phone buzzed, and I figured it was a text from Cole, but I didn’t look at it until I was seated in the car and the engine was running. It was nothing more than the words,I'm sorry. He added a sad emoji, but he hadn't explained what was going on.

I sent him a question mark in response and headed out. My heart was heavy with worry. I knew based on the interaction we'd had for days now that if it was something I'd done, he would have told me. This was something to do with work, or maybe a wave of grief over his ex-wife. Whatever it was, he would tell me eventually, and I'd be there for him. It just sucked for me in the meantime because I was really looking forward to being with him.