Page 271 of Night's Fall
It was thenIsaw it and settled.
Yes,Ineeded to do that for him.
Two days ago.
Which irritated me.
SoIordered, “Nexttime, though, just fuck me.Allright?Andwe’ll skip the you-being-a-dick part.”
His lips hitched.
“I’m in no mood for you to be amused,”Iwarned.
“Darling, you just came so hard,Ithought you’d rip my cock off, your pussy clutched it so tight.Howcan you be in a bad mood?”
Was he serious?
“I slept alone last night,”Isnapped.
He trailed his fingers down my hairline and murmured, “Iknow, love.I’msorry.Iwas scared shitless about the possibility of hurting you.I’dnever needed to fuck anyone that badly before.”
And another nuance of why he was being so argumentative surfaced.Hewas dealing with some serious shit, but he was also trying to push me away from him in order to protect me.
“Well then,”Ihuffed. “Nowyou know.Sothis won’t happen again.Becauseit wasn’t just me.Thecats also had to pick sides, and that’s not cool.Novamight never recover.”
His lips hitched again.
My eyes narrowed.
He got serious and asked, “Whereare they?”
This was a good question.
“I don’t know,”Isaid, all of a sudden panicked, becauseIhadn’t seen them sinceIhit the suite.Ihoped they hadn’t escaped the room while the staff was cleaning or filling my snack cupboard.
He kissed my nose (really, hehadto stop being sweet whenIwasn’t feeling it), pulled out (ugh,Ihated losing him), rolled away and tossed a throw over me before he did up his slacks and sauntered from the room.
I turned to my side and reached for my grape sparkle becauseIwas parched.
He came back carryingNovain his arms,Comettrotting and complaining at his heels.
He’d taken off his jacket and was in waistcoat and shirtsleeves.
Aside from naked, that was my favoriteAleksei.
And we were back.
“They were in our bed,” he told me.
“I didn’t see them whenIcame in.”
“Ourbed,Laura,” he said, sitting down beside me.
Ah.
So my babies kept me company last night, but for naptime, they sought comfort in daddy’s scent.
Comet hopped up and yelled at me.
