Page 48 of Chasing Infinity

“That was—” Parks closes her eyes and sighs happily.

“It was,” I agree, grinning at her. I lean down and kiss her. “You’re amazing.”

She wiggles underneath me where we’re still connected and blushes when she meets my eye. “You’re still inside me.”

I smirk at her and peck her lips again. “Is that a problem?” She shakes her head rapidly, and I move my kisses down from her lips to her neck, where I suck on the small space above her collarbone, knowing I’ll leave a slight mark against her skin.

It’s been too long since we’ve been connected in this way. I’m not in any rush to move. Instead, I wrap my arms around her and turn onto my side, bringing her with me so that she’s now facing me. I hook her thigh across my hip so that she’s still open to me. I roll my hips gently into her again, not trying to start anything quite yet, but enough to let her know that she’s still mine. I’m half hard and could go for round two whenever, but honestly, I’m loving just being inside her. In this moment in time, I have zero complaints.

“Somehow, that was just as good as I remembered it being,” she whispers, closing her eyes and sighing dreamily.

I let out a breathy laugh and tighten my arms, bringing her closer to me. “I agree. You are incredible, you know?”

She peeks open one eye at me and smiles. “I know.”

I chuckle again, my fingers brushing over the bare skin of her shoulder. “So you and Eli, you’re really done?”

“Yes, I told him today over lunch that I think we are better off as friends.”

“Ouch,” I say, though secretly I’m living for this drama.“How did he take it?”

Addison shifts her shoulders slightly, so we’re more face to face. She opens her eyes fully now. “Surprisingly well. I mean he wasn’t thrilled about the whole thing. He said he knew I wasn’t happy after the last time we were together, so I think he might have been expecting it.”

“Did he blame me?” I ask her, moving my hand from where it’s tracing patterns on her shoulder, up into her hair.

She gives me an amused look. “Of course he did.”

“That’s fine, let him blame me if he needs to. I can handle his wrath.”

Addison exhales, “I know, but you shouldn’t have to, at least not for me.”

Her words take me by surprise. She might be right, but Eli and I have been arch-nemeses for as long as I can remember, and that fact was only exacerbated when Addison came along. As much as she’s the center of my world, I know she’s just that for Eli’s world as well.

“Mm, that feels good,” Addison purrs as my fingers run through her hair as I mull over what she was saying. I apply a little bit of pressure on her scalp, rubbing the tension away.

“I don’t have to be inside you to make you feel good, you know?” I tease her.

“You’re dirty.”

“You have no idea,” I murmur to her, leaning forward and rubbing the length of my nose against hers. I finally unhook her leg from around my waist and slide out of her. She whimpers at the sensation and snuggles closer to me. “Let’s get you cleaned up, Parks.”

I untangle myself from the bedsheets and wander into the bathroom, grabbing a washcloth and wetting it with warm water. Back in the bedroom, Addison’s splayed out flat on her back, her legs spread most gloriously. I lick my lips, hardening again just at the sight of her. Crawling up on the bed, I gently wipe between her legs, getting rid of the evidence of our sex before tossing the washcloth towards the door and snuggling back in next to her.

“How is it that you can leave for almost ten years, but it feels like no time has passed at all?” Addison whispers to me as I gather her up in my arms again.

“I think that’s just who we are,” I say back. “There’s no limit to how much time passes. I know I’ll always feel the same way about you. Never stopped for a second.”

“Did you ever find someone else?” she asks. “When you were gone.”

“No,” I tell her the truth. “There were others that I was with, but no one came close to what you mean to me. Not by a landslide. More to just take the edge off.”

Addison goes quiet, and I wonder if I’ve said the wrong thing. It would be a lie for me to tell her that there was no one else. I’d love nothing more to tell her that she’s the only one I’ve ever been with in this capacity, but that’s unrealistic. I’m a man with a challenging career. There were nights that I just didn’t want to be alone. I couldn’t be alone.

But as far as connections go, I have yet to be with anyone who has come close to the type of connection that I have with Addison. Making love with her tonight solidified that for me. She can reach parts of my soul that I didn’t even know were there.

She nestles close to me, her cheek rubbing against my chest. “I missed you, Noah. More than you could ever possibly know.”

I press a kiss to her forehead, tightening my hold on her. “I probably know more than you think. I missed you too.”

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