Page 52 of Bound by Affliction
“Always,” I whisper back as he positions himself and starts pressing in. Even with him stretching me with his fingers, I’m still tight and can feel my walls trying to accommodate. His comforting gaze watches me closely, and I love that abouthim.
Once he’s seated inside of me, he kisses me. The connection between us begins to fill and grow, like we’re together in a way I’ve only hoped for in my dreams that I thought were gone forever. Green has filled those dreams and still keeps giving me more ofhimself.
He begins to move in and out of me, scraping the nerves each and every time. Faster and faster the pace picks up until beads of sweat roll off of Green, and he works me into afrenzy.
“This right here,” he pants out, “is the best the world has to offer. You, me—together.”
I reach up and pull his lips to mine as we both fall over the cliff, him grunting, me moaning into hismouth.
We kiss through the orgasms. We kiss while we lay bound to one another. We kiss as if time doesn’t exist and we are the only ones here on this planet. We kiss like people in love should kiss, and I’m so thankful I was able to pull myself out of my head to get to enjoythis.
When Green pulls out and rolls to his side, pulling me to him, it’s that moment that I feel complete. Even with the scars and memories, I feelright.
“I’m in love with you, Green,” I whisper into his chest that’s rising and fallingdeeply.
Green’s arm around me tightens. “Bout damn time you realizethat.”
I hit him playfully on the chest, rising up to give him a glare that I don’t mean. “Baby, I love you too. More than youknow.”
Tears pool in my eyes, falling down my cheeks. He wipes them away with his thumb. “Thankyou.”
“For what,baby?”
I blow out a breath, trying to get the tears to recede. “For standing by me. For taking a chance on me. For being the man I need you to be. For lovingme.”
“None of those are a hardship,Leah.”
It makes me chuckle, and I lay my head down listening to the beat of his heart. The steady rhythm and the day put me right tosleep.
“Leah?” I hear Green calling my name in my dreams, only it’s not my dreams. Slowly, my eyes open to see Green hovering over top of me with a soft smile on hislips.
“What’s goin’on?”
He brushes a strand of hair away from my face. “Gotta go out with the boys for a while. Probably won’t be back until late or maybe tomorrow. Bristyl’s here, and from what I hear Princess is ready to give you your firstlesson.”
“Where are you going?” I don’t like him leaving. There are bad people out there that can hurt him. That just can’thappen.
He licks his lips. “Leah, there’ll be a lot of things that I can’t tell you. It’s club business, and our women don’t get that information. Just know that whatever I do, it’s in my mind to protect you, us, with everything Ihave.
“Becareful.”
He leans down and kisses my lips. “Always. Don’t worry about your man. One thing people don’t do is fuck with what’smine.”
After a deep kiss, he’s gone and I’m left here in the clubhouse. Alone. It’s fine. I walked downtown by myself and made it back to my place just fine. Being here in a strange place, it’ll be the same. Green trusts everyone here, and I trust him. He’d never leave me here if it wasn’t safe. I got this. I can dothis.
Damn, I sure hope Bristyl is herenow.
* * *
“Dammit!”I yell out, angry at myself. Princess has been working me for the past few hours, and thank God I did yoga before I came to make myself limber. She has me doing all kinds of crazy shit, twisting and turning mybody.
Princess is strong as hell, and I’m not sure where it comes from. Sure, her body is hard, but she’s not bulky by any means. She’s been really careful with my head which is really the only place that still has some tenderness. Other than that, it’s fairgame.
But dammit, I’m not fast enough. I’m not sure anyone with Princess could be fastenough.
“Again!” Princess orders as she wraps her arms around my body. It’s my job to break free. Which hasn’t happened yet. Thinking back to what she taught me, I stomp on her foot hard at the same time that I take my elbow and jam it in her ribs. She loosens enough for me to turn around and lift my knee. Since she doesn’t have jewels that doesn’t work well, but I am able to step a few feet away. Part of me thinks she just letme.
“Good. Remember. You can always go limp as well. When you do that all of your weight falls, putting the attacker out of balance and giving you enough time to kick, bite, and scratch his eyes out to get away. The ultimate goal is to get away. It’s not to be a martyr or beat whoever it is to a pulp. It’s only to get away. That is your goal. Always remember that is your goal, and don’t lose sight ofthat.”
