Page 101 of Pretend
Thick white come spreads across her pussy, and she watches me with a blissful smile. She reaches down and massages my balls as I continue to stroke and empty myself on her. I keep rubbing myself hard and fast, riding out my high that is Alessia’s insides.
“That was…amazing. Let’s do it again.” She reaches down with her finger and pokes my come, getting some on her fingertip and putting it in her mouth. I watch her panting like a monster. She hollows her cheeks and swallows it. She hums and smiles.
I smirk. I can’t get enough.
“Letting me taint your perfect soul was a mistake, little Valentine. A mistake I’ll forever be grateful for…but I need to know why.”
She arches a brow through pink cheeks and clammy skin. I want to know why she kept pushing herself toward me. It’s not like it’s something new. Women throw themselves at me…too often. But after showing her my scars…she still wants me.
“When I look at you and see you,the real you, to me, you’re not the deadliest sniper in a mask. Or Operator Creature.” She throws air quotes with her fingers around my nickname. “Thousands of fireworks explode inside me. I want nothing but the best for you, Daegan, even if you decide that when we go back to living our normal lives in Bloomings after. You know, after I’m not your assignment anymore…I want you to be happy. Even if I’m not in your life, I need you to know that I?—”
Something catches my eye. Something falls in between us. Something red drops onto her chest.
Shit.
I’m bleeding through my uniform. I thought it would have stopped by now.
“Daegan, why—? Are you? Are you bleeding?” She asks, still breathing hard. The pulse in her neck thundering. The hickies on her neck are bright and evident as she swallows. Another drop of blood splashes against her in the middle of her breasts.
When will the bleeding stop?
“And we’re done here.” I sigh weakly with a hint of sarcasm.
The mood has shifted, and I get off her. I zip my pants back up and fall to my side.
“I’m okay,” I reassure her, swinging my feet off the bed until my feet are back on the ground, ready to stand.
“Youarebleeding! What happened on that mission? Are you okay?” She grabs my shoulder, assessing my wound.
“I just fucked my girl. I’m more than okay.” I kiss her lips, smiling. I’m hoping it’s enough to mask that my energy is frail and my muscles are aching.
I am okay.
I tell myself. I’m fucking okay. It’s a fucking scratch.
And yet, the contrast happens. The room starts to spin as I try to stand, but my legs give out; Alessia’s worried murmurs, screeching for me like someone is lowering the volume in a car, are the last thing I hear. Her nightstand blurs like a dream. A bad dream.
Suddenly, I’m back in the dark with the same nightmares.
The Surgeon…and Dario.
40
ALESSIA
Daegan passed out on me.How I was able to stop him from tumbling to the floor is beyond me. I laid him back down on the bed, and he went unconscious. He was pale.
As soon as I got dressed, I ran for Kane. I didn’t need to explain anything, and I’m grateful Kane didn’t ask. He’s the only one who knows about us and hasn’t told a soul.
He helped me call a medical team, and they were able to put him on a stretcher and rush him to the on-base hospital.
This is the third time I come to visit, but this time, things are different. There are restraints on his wrist, pinning him down to the bed.
They said it was because, for the first time last night, he woke up but became extremely aggressive with the nurses and doctors. They don’t know how to calm him down. They don’t know him like I do. They need to approach him softly, not with needles or forced sedation.
His monitor beeps peacefully. His heart rate is normal for a 6’6 mass of a man passing out after losing a lot of blood. He’s been out for two days, and it’s been hard not to expose our relationship. I feel like there have been whispers and eyes on me ever since he got hospitalized by the medical staff and even my co-workers.
It could just be my paranoia. Or his stubbornness just may have exposed our no-strings-attached relationship because he refused to get medical attention when he was supposed to.
