Page 24 of Mountain Man's Valentine
“His house is about two miles away, sweetheart.”
She smiles, shaking her head.
“You must really enjoy the peace and quiet, then.”
She’s partly right - and that’s why I came here. Not for the quiet part, so much, but for thepeace.
But it’s evaded me, it’s eluded me. Every time I get lulled into a false sense of contentment, I find myself slipping.
I find myself slipping away fromme.
That sweet peace of mind I’ve been looking for, it’s always been just beyond my reach. It slips away every time I think I’ve been able to grab it. It slips through my fingers like sand.
I can’t even pick it up and try again. It disintegrates into nothing every time I think I’ve caught it. I have to start all over again every time.
But looking at Valoria, something isdifferent.Something’s changed inside my body, inside my mind.
Insideme.
“So what are you making me, anyway?” she says, taking a seat at the small kitchen table, slipping her legs under her, leaning forward on her elbows.
My favorite meal is a carb bomb. It’s comforting, and hot, and easy to make but it tastes fucking great. I make it whenever I have the chance, whenever I have time to prepare something, when my staff is off and when I have time and don’t have to peel back the metal on a can of soup.
And it reminds me of...of her, because it was her favorite. She taught me how to make it.
It’s one of the ways I am able to keep her with me.
“Penne pasta,” I say, “with a quick homemade marinara sauce. With crushed red pepper flakes. It’s not too spicy, just a little something extra. Finished with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.”
“Oh my god,” she says, her eyebrows knitting together, “that soundsamazing. I think I just came.”
“Baby, the next time you cum, you’llknowit.”
Valoria giggles and walks over, her perfect body swaying temptingly toward me in just my t-shirtbarelycovering her ass,barelyconcealing her little sweetness hiding just under there.
“I want to help,” she says gently, putting her hand on my back. “You have to put me to work. I’ll chop, I’ll grate, I’ll do anything you need me to.”
I grab her hips as I move past her to the refrigerator, pulling out the ingredients we’ll need.
The rest will be simple. I have everything I need here already.
Valoria slips her arms around my waist from behind. I slow, and soften, and put my hands on hers.
I breathe.
I can finally breathe.
