Page 24 of Blood and Sand

“I’m not scared of you, Rey.” She sighed. “I’m scared of getting hurt by you. Nothing has changed. I still have my job in Atlanta, and you still have your job here in the parish. Are you willing to leave?”

Was I?

“I don’t know what the future holds for us, DeeDee, but what I do know is I love you with all my heart. That’s never changed. Any time with you like this would never be a mistake, and I’m not letting you go this time. We’ll figure it out.”

“You make it sound so easy.”

She chuckled while tears slipped from her eyes. My heart ached, knowing I was the reason for them.

“My heart can’t take it again, Rey.”

“I’m not here to hurt you, DeeDee.” I took the pad of my thumb and wiped her tears. “I’m here to love you like I have since the first day I met you.”

Her gaze bore into my soul, searching for the truth. She’d find all she needed to know as long as she looked. I wore my heart on my sleeve, but only with her. There were no lies between us,ever. She released a breath, and I took that as my cue to move forward. Yearning swam in her eyes, and I was sure the same was reflected in mine.

“I want you, DeeDee, but if you’re not ready, I can wait.” I trailed my fingers down her cheek. “I can wait as long as you need me to.”

“I want you too,” she responded without hesitation, cupping my face. “I’ve wanted you for the past three years. I’ve missed you so damn much.”

She didn’t need to say anymore, and my calm was completely shattered when her soft lips caressed mine. Her sigh of contentment stirred something deep within me. For three years, I’d longed to hear her breathless moans and screams of ecstasy, and now that it was happening, there was no way I would let her go after this. Dana LaCroix was mine again. She would be in my life and bed permanently from this day forward. I’d see to it.

I deepened our kiss. It had been so long since we’d been like this, I couldn’t hold back. Tender and sweet would be something to have later, but right now, I needed to sink into her wet warm pussy and fuck her until she was hoarse from screaming my name.

I pulled her T-shirt over her head, then snatched off her black lace panties, which had taunted me all morning, and tossed them over my shoulder, causing her to laugh.

“Condom?” she asked, her voice sultry and laced with lust.

Her request briefly threw me for a loop. We’d never used them before, and she had always been on the pill, but she was also right. For three long fucking years, we’d lived separate lives, and I didn’t want to think about who she screwed. I’d had my share of one-night stands after drunken nights atLucky’sif I didn’t call Chanel to fill the urge. I wouldn’t put her life at risk, even though I never fucked anyone without strapping up.

I nodded and reached for the nightstand on my side of the bed, taking the black foil packet from the drawer, tearing it with my teeth before rolling it on. While I’d love nothing more than to fuck her skin-to-skin, it would have to wait. As soon as we were tested and cleared, these would be thrown in the trash. I needed to feel all of her.

After I settled back between her thighs, my demanding lips caressed hers—still warm and moist from our earlier kiss. “I’ve missed you, DeeDee.” My mouth brushed against hers as I spoke. “I’ve missed you so much, sweetheart.”

It was ecstasy when she returned my kiss with such unadulterated passion. Although she hadn’t said the words, her kiss told me everything—she’d missed me just as much. My hand seared a path down her stomach onto her thigh, gripping her soft flesh. Her legs widened further, and I swiftly entered while holding her hands above her head with my other hand. We both groaned at the sensation. My tongue caressed her swollen nipples while I continued to thrust into her.

“Rey,” she moaned, “please.”

She wrapped her legs around my waist as I continued to thrust in and out of her warm, wet pussy.

“Please what, baby?” I bit her bottom lip. “Say it, and I’ll give it to you.”

She lifted her hips, and I went deeper, so deep it was hard holding back the orgasm trying its damndest to rip through me. I shifted to my knees, lifting her hips higher, before rubbing her clit.

“Is this what you want, DeeDee?” I asked, although I wasn’t expecting any answer.

Her eyes rolled back before closing, and her body arched toward me. With her legs wrapped tightly around my waist, I pounded her relentlessly as she fisted the bedsheets, begging me to go faster and harder. The walls of her slick pussy fluttered around my cock, sending a euphoric sensation across my entire body and pushing me closer to the edge than I would’ve liked, but there was nothing I could do about it. I’d been away from her too long, and I’d always been addicted to every moan, every sigh, and every scream DeeDee made.

I dug my fingers into her hips as her body writhed under me, loving the sounds of her voice and the smell of our lovemaking that filled the room.

“Rey, I’m coming!” she yelled, her tight pussy clenching my dick after I twisted her hardened nipples, sending her soaring.

It never failed. Over the years with DeeDee, I’d learned the ways of her magnificent body, and all it took was a little pain to her nipples, and she’d scream my name.

“Shit!” I groaned, pushed into her deeper, and released into the condom.

Reluctantly, I slipped from inside her, removed the condom, then disposed of it in the wastebasket beside the nightstand. When I lay back in the bed, pulling her limp, sweaty frame closer to mine, she sighed, and I kissed the top of her head. We lay in silence, waiting for our breathing to return to normal. The sun peeked through the curtains.

It was time for us to return to reality.

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