Page 18 of The Love Duet
Before I could comment, I noticed my parents walking into the living room.Now, while I had the excuse of deafness for not hearing them coming into the house, Royce had no excuse.However, he didn’t seem at all embarrassed as he turned us around, so that we could both face my parents.
“What’s going on here?”Mom signed and voiced.
I glanced at Royce, and he just had the biggest smile on his face.“Roxie loves me,” he announced, his lips moving fast, but I still understood him.
“Well, congratulations, son,” Dad signed and voiced, and it was easy to see that he was trying to contain his smile.
Still grinning like a loon, Royce said, “And I love her.I will always love her.”
I tapped his shoulder, signaling to put me down.As soon as he did, I looked at my parents, then said, “I love him.Very much.”
Mom had tears in her eyes, and Dad was just looking at me like he was happy for me.Finally, the burden of wondering if I was going to have someone to look out for me and love me was lifted from their shoulders.Not only did I have Pepper, but I had Royce now, too.
Chapter 7
Roxanne~
It was New Year’s Eve, and instead of partying like most kids our age, Royce and I were celebrating by staying at the Universe Hotel.It was a resort that was located up in the mountains, and it had no roof.
Okay, that wasn’t true.
Of course, the hotel had a roof, but it was all tempered, reinforced glass, and you could see the night sky from your hotel room, or anywhere in the hotel really.Instead of having multiple floors, the Universe Hotel was a sprawling resort that spanned several acres, so that each room had a view of the sky.Though I had no idea the complicated design of such a thing, during the winter months, temperatures were regulated, so that the rooms weren’t cold.Then, during the summer months, there were tinting controls for the ceiling, so that the sun didn’t glare into your room.It really was rather remarkable when you thought about it.Plus, the best part?The common rooms were cheap enough to rent reasonably.While the resort did have a high-end area for the rich, famous, and important, there were plenty of regular rooms for the rest of us peons.
When Royce had invited me to spend New Year’s Eve weekend here, I’d been surprised, thinking that the rooms had to have been expensive.However, he had explained that he’d been saving up for this weekend and had instructed me not to worry about it.While a part of me had cringed at the imagined cost, the snow falling down on the glass ceiling was helping me get over it.The sight was simply beautiful.
Royce had also asked my parents’ permission to take me on this overnight trip.Though we were both eighteen, Royce was very big on respectability.So, making no promises of behaving or anything like that, Royce had spoken to my father, all man-to-man, and after gaining his permission, had spoken to my mother.I hadn’t asked Royce or my parents for the details because those conversations had been private and not for my ears.Or eyes, I supposed.
The sweetest thing about it all had been when Royce had asked Pepper for permission to bring me here, too.Pepper had laughed, but then had immediately started bawling like a baby when Royce had explained that he would never want to come between me and Pepper.If that meant sharing all my special moments with Pepper, then so be it, and New Year’s Eve was special.
The guy really was one of a kind.
I felt Royce’s warm, strong, familiar arms wrap around my waist from behind as I looked at the ceiling and the white snow.When I felt his lips touch the side of my neck, a delightful shiver ran down my spine like it always did.While Royce hadn’t pushed me for anything serious yet, we’d done our fair share of heavy petting.He’d gotten to third base while I’d gotten to second, but that was it.Now, while I wasn’t sure what the playbook was for guys, I was pretty sure that a blowjob was third base, though I couldn’t be sure.At any rate, I’ve jacked him off, and he’s brought me to orgasm using his fingers, but that’s it.However, right now, I wanted more.I wanted it all with Royce.I just wasn’t sure how he felt about going faster than was wise.
When Royce’s hand came up to circle my neck, using his hold to tilt my neck farther to the side for more access, I could feel a low moan rumbling in my throat.It felt so good, and it was crazy how something so simple could make you weak in the knees.Neck kisses were the ultimate, and they never failed to turn me on.However, I had an advantage that other people didn’t; I couldn’t hear.
So, because I couldn’t hear, when I closed my eyes, all I did was feel.When Royce and I were like this, it was all about sensation.It was all about the way that he touched and kissed me.With my eyes closed, my ears shut, Royce had to make mefeeleverything that he couldn’t tell me, and it was the stuff of dreams.Sometimes, he would hold me too tight, or his fingers would dig deep into my flesh, or he’d bite just a little harder than necessary, and it was in those moments that I could feel what he was feeling.
