Page 69 of Until You

I push into her, and she tenses. “Too much?” I ask. Having her legs pressed together and up in the air like this makes her even tighter than usual. She shakes her head, and I push into her even further.

I love watching her lie there, her long dark hair spread over our sofa, her eyes glazed over with lust. I move slowly, driving her insane. I do it just to watch her squirm. “Grayson,” she warns, and I grin, pulling out almost all the way before slamming into her deeply, the way she likes it. She moans, the sounds she’s making filling up our living room.

I pull her hips up higher, fucking her at an angle I know she can’t resist. Every time I slide back into her, she cries out in delight. Three minutes. That’s all it takes for my girl to come on my cock. She fucking milks me, taking me right along with her.

I collapse on top of her, and she wraps her arms around me, her lips finding mine. We lie there together, lost in each other.

“I’m going to fuck you like that for the rest of our lives,” I tell her, my hands threading through her hair.

Aria laughs. “Is that a promise?”

I grin and press a kiss to her neck. “It’s a vow, baby.”

We both have a fuck ton of work to do, but we’ll get to that later. At some point, Aria will turn on the TV and put on my shirt. She’ll reach for her laptop, and we’ll work together, side by side, the way we do every night.

But not now.

For now, I just hold my girl in my arms, counting my blessings.

51

Aria

I yawn as I run the scriptagain. My vision is starting to blur, I’m that exhausted. The hours we’ve been spending at the office in the last couple of weeks are unreal, and it isn’t even enough. We’re nearly at the finish line, though. The project is nearly done.

I rise from my seat and head toward the coffee machine, needingsomethingto keep me awake. I place my cup in the machine and mindlessly press the buttons. At this point. I don’t care what type of coffee it is, though I suspect muscle memory will result in yet another double espresso. I don’t even like coffee that isn’t mostly sugar, but I’m desperate. I worked through the night last night, and though I know the sun has since risen, I have no clue what time it is. Early morning, I guess.

I scroll through my phone as I wait for my coffee, tensing when I see the update on the Nemesis Platform. My eyes widen as I read through the additional information about the rape case we were struggling to find any evidence on. I didn’t think we’d be able to crack it, considering how little we had to go on. Looks like the victim, Ida, came forward with information she’s been keeping a secret for decades.

I read through the logs over and over again, but the report doesn’t change. The rape didn’t just result in lifelong trauma… it also resulted in a child. A child that she claims was left in achurch.

My heart starts to race, and I scroll back up, reading through the report one more time. I don’t believe in coincidences. I’m not sure I believe in fate, but I certainly don’t believe in coincidences.

My hands are shaking so badly that typing takes me minutes rather than seconds. I’m operating almost entirely on auto-pilot, my mind scared to make the connection. I’m in such a weird detached state I barely realize what I typed, until I receive a reply, a confirmation.

I don’t even recall asking to meet Ida in person, yet I’m staring at a meeting confirmation. She tells me she’s grateful for my help, and that she’s finally ready to tell someone her story. But amI? Am I ready?

I straighten my shoulders, forcing myself to get it together. Just because life has always let me down doesn’t mean it’s the case now too. Maybe, just maybe, I’m wrong.

I walk to my desk, a cold chill running down my spine, as though my subconscious is warning me as much as my brain is. I glance into Grayson’s office. He’s been working as hard as I have, but neither of us has minded it, because we’ve been going home together every night. We’ve been working late on the sofa, just the two of us. Every morning, we wake up together. The happiness we found together made everything bearable.

But is it strong enough to withstand this? If what I suspect is true, would Gray be okay? I drag my gaze away from him and grab my bag, making my way out of the office before he notices. I walk past Riley, but something in my expression must have warded him off because he frowns and looks away, though I notice the tinge of worry in his eyes.

My mind is carefully blank as I walk to the diner Ida told me she works at. Five blocks. She works five blocks from our office. I’ve been here before. With Gray.

My stomach is churning by the time I walk in. My hands are trembling, and I clench them together, forcing myself to stay calm. I might be wrong. I might be wrong about all of this. I need to know before I say anything to Gray.

I walk to one of the empty booths and sit down before my legs give in yet again. I see one of the waitresses eye me nervously, and I swallow hard. Those eyes. I know those eyes.

My heart sinks when she walks up to me, my eyes dropping to her name tag. “Ida,” I say, smiling tightly.

She nods and sits down opposite me. “You must be Nyx,” she murmurs, her voice soft. I nod tersely as I take her in. The familiarity guts me, and I pray I’m seeing things. Maybe I’m just tired, maybe my brain is playing tricks on me… because it sure looks like she has the same nose as Gray, the same eyes.

“Thank you for coming,” she tells me. “Thank you for offering your help. You have no idea how many times I’ve been close to giving up…on everything. The thought that he walks freely, maybe even doing what he did to me to other women… Nyx, I can’t sleep at night. It’s coming up to thirty years. If I don’t speak up now, I never will.”

I nod and reach over the table to grab her hand. “Tell me as much as you can. Tell me the things you left out of your initial report. I’ll do what I can to give you the justice you deserve.”

She places her other hand on top of mine, gripping tightly. She nods, determined, but I see the pain in her eyes. Even her expressions are so much like his.

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