Page 34 of Blinded By Loyalty

That had to be it. I wanted Simone to fall in love and have a family. Even if it was without me. I hated it, but I didn’t want her to stop living after I was gone.

“Here you go…” She passed me a towel. I felt her iron walls going up. How could I be such an asshole to her?

I launched to my feet, grabbed her by the arm, and reeled her into my chest. “Fuck, I’m sorry. I couldn’t get my mouth to work after you poured your heart out. I’m sorry, baby, I’m sorry.”

“What? You’re… not ready to run out the door?”

“Fuck, no.” I captured her lips and poured myself into her. Run out the door? Never in a million years. Well, not by choice.

Her arms went around my neck and her hands on the back of my head. She’d wrapped a towel around her. I tugged it off while backing her out of the bathroom and toward her bed.

We kissed with more passion than I had ever experienced in my life. Everything with Simone was different, a thousand times better than it had been with Jennie. But I wouldn’t question anything now. It was pointless, with Jennie in heaven and me meeting my maker well before I ever dreamed I would. My only priority was Simone.

I eased her onto the bed as her eyes shimmered like melted chocolate in one of those fancy fountains. From this moment on, I vowed to make her the happiest she’d ever been.

13 Simone

WE HADN’T MOVED from my bed since we got here, three hours ago. I’d gone to the bathroom to clean up each time Axel came in me. This man must have had a well in both his legs filled with cum. He left me dripping down the crack of my ass both times. We even changed the sheets after the last time.

I’d thought men needed recovery time between sessions, but Axel seemed to be a sex machine. I wondered if he hadn’t had sex in a long time. Despite being curious, I wasn’t about to bring it up. I didn’t want to know how many women he’d fucked… or loved. If he’d been in love before, I was afraid it would kill all the wonderfulness floating around us.

“What are you thinking about? I felt your body stiffen.” He rubbed my back, soothing me into submission.

This guy didn’t miss a beat. I lifted my head off his chest and puckered my lips for a kiss. He obliged every time I did this. “Just thinking.” I was testing him in a way. If he was with me only for sex, he wouldn’t give me sweet kisses.

“Yeah, I could tell you were thinking. What about?”

“About this new, never-before-seen tender side of you.”

Axel was an anomaly. For nearly a year, he strutted around closed off to everyone. Grunting and sneering. I’d barely heard him mutter more than two words. Okay, so I was exaggerating. The point was, he didn’t talk much at all… until now.

He squeezed my ass and pressed his lips to my temple. “Don’t tell anyone, okay? I have a reputation to live up to.”

I snorted. “As being an asshole?”

“Exactly.”

“But I like this side of you.” I pouted, and he dropped a kiss on my lips again. I knew about Axel’s temper from Will, who’d warned me not to push him too far after the breach debacle. But I had been a bossy bitch to Axel the day Miranda tried on wedding dresses in Bella’s Bridal Boutique. I’d treated him like a servant, yet he never once lashed out at me. I felt horrible about it now. I’d blamed him for not getting Will out of the fake affair fiasco and preventing Miranda’s abduction. I wondered if I’d driven him away.

“It’s only a side you can see, baby. Us tough guys can’t look weak.”

“Oh jeez. You’re not one of those guys who thinks feelings are for pussies, are you?”

“Stop talking about the F-word. You’re going to give me hives.” He winked. “Are you hungry? I’ve worked up an appetite. Let’s order some Chinese or a pizza or both.”

I tossed my head back, laughing. “Can’t decide what you want to eat?”

“Nope. Not after eating your delicious pussy. I might want seconds later.”

I shivered. The man had been greedy and made me come three times just with his mouth. I still tingled from that orgasmic feast. “Sure thing, I’ll put you in my reservation book.”

“I better be the only man in your reservation book.”

“You are handsome.” I laid my head on his shoulder and kissed his neck, not wanting to rile him up. “Let’s order Chinese.”

“You got it.” He squeezed me.

After we put on some comfy clothes, Axel went out into the hallway to talk to Jones and Darwin and let them know we were having food delivered. It was almost eight o’clock, and I was starving. I never ate this late. Corbin would have a fit if he knew. He’d drilled never eating after seven into my head. But I figured for as much sex as Axel and I had today, it should be fine.

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