Page 69 of Resist Me Not
“Because free and together… we can do so. Much.Goodfor this world.”
“Yes.” I spurt even more over his fingers as if he summoned an extra pulse of pleasure from within me I didn’t know I could have.
Trey thrusts, thrusts, thrusts inside me, and I read in his eyes his hesitation before I lock my ankles around the small of his back and hold him there.
“Come inside me, Daddy.” I rock with him. “Come in me!”
He does with an explosion of warmth that eases everything else away, just like I knew it would.
He loves me.
He loves me…
I think I would have been okay if he could never say it. He shows it in so many ways, like with the soft kiss he presses to my lips, then to my cheek over my scar as if it’s his—his precious mark on me, because he saved me from worse and sealed something between us when he tended to it. Something he has never failed to prove he can do for me again and again.
Which is exactly what he does next. He takes care of cleaning us and even draws me a bath. He leads me into the bathroom from the kitchen and is sure to stay between me and the body so I don’t have to see it. He handles everything just like he promised and puts me to bed after I soak, so he can use the bathroom to clean up the rest.
I fall asleep at some point and don’t even know how much time has passed when I rouse to him climbing into bed with me and holding me against him. I can smell the espresso, either reheated or remade. He must have brought it in with him and set it on the nightstand.
Where I had already returned Mr. Zappy and Doctor Hoot.
I turn in Trey’s hold so I can sit up slightly and look at him.
“Is it…?”
“All taken care of.”
“Are you sure?”
Trey cups my cheek. “He was working solo, off the books. There is no trace of any of it now, I promise. Curtis’s case is closed, and you and I are going to be fine. Becauseyousaved the day.” He kisses me so slowly, I melt into the heat between us, maybe some that was lingering from my warm bath and being tucked in. “It’s not too late yet for us to enjoy a nightcap and whatever else you need to feel up to tomorrow. And if you are not up for—”
“I am. I have to be, but… I really am.”
Trey smiles. “You didn’t need your inhaler. Or panic.”
“No.”
“That’s mygood boy.” He kisses me again.
When he tries to turn and reach for the espresso cups, I hold him in place with my fingers curling into—well, not his lapels, because he’s wearing one of my shirts now, and his hair is damp, so I know he really has cleaned up everything, including himself. I don’t want him to go yet, because I have to say it.
I have to say it.
“I love you,” I whisper against his lips and huff a little laugh as I add, “Daddy.”
Trey laughs too, and when he pulls back only enough to look at me, I don’t know if his black eyes are voids, or demon-like with light reflecting, or just…Trey, seeing me, but it’s enough. “I love you too, my precious, preciousgoodboy.” He turns his head to kiss both of my hands holding onto his—my—shirt. “Now, let’s have that espresso, hm? And you tell me anything and everything else you need from me tonight to take care of you.”
Epilogue
TREY
Inever told Walker that the flash drive the detective gave him was empty. Fake. There was no footage, so nothing more for me to clean up beyond the body and any trail left behind that the detective was headed to Walker’s apartment before he “disappeared.” It was all a ruse, one last hail Mary to get Walker to cave, and he almost did.
Until he once again chose me.
There were a few loose ends. While Detective Clancy was working alone in keeping the closed case open and had no real backing for his assumptions, it didn’t look good that he disappeared while digging deeper into someone else’s disappearance, but I have been keeping a close eye on things.For now, I’m not worried. There is no evidence and there never will be, and if anyone else comes poking around, I’ll take care of them too.
All that matters to me now is being here to surprise Walker and help him celebrate the end of his first week of his fellowship.
