I knew I was clean. I kept myself checked, and I had been sure to check myself out after the relationship with Elle ended.
I held her legs open wider and went from watching us slowly come together to looking into her fascinated face, as I slowly moved to enter her. I had touched her. I knew how tight she was. It was all that was keeping me from slamming into her with the need clawing at my body.
Her loud gasp was followed by her hands tightening around my arms and her eyes flaring hot with excitement. Sliding into her was another level of pure bliss. A low groan broke from my chest, as her tightness squeezed me with each inch that I sank deeper. Addy’s legs gripped me tightly around the waist, and the panting noises she was making only made it hotter.
“You’re so fucking tight,” I said through clenched teeth.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered, looking up at me with concern in her eyes.
I lowered my mouth to touch hers. “Don’t apologize for being goddamn perfect, Addy. You feel so good I’m close to going crazy.”
She let go of my arms and slid them around my neck, and her mouth made a small “oh” the second I was completely buried in her. “Oh, God,” she said, clinging to me while pressing her bare chest against mine.
“That’s it.” I closed my eyes and let the completeness of the moment sink in.
When I rocked my hips back, she made sexy little sounds that made my balls clench tighter. I was going to explode way too soon if she didn’t stop with the sexy shit.
“Feel good?” I asked her, needing it to feel good to her more than anything else.
“Yes, oh, yes, so good,” she said into my neck, where her face was now tucked. Her tongue came out and took a small lick against my skin.
Our bodies began to move in perfect rhythm. Her skin pressed against mine, and her tightness squeezed my cock with each throb and pulse. I knew the moment she came, I would be finished. I’d never be able to hold out on finishing with her.
Her hand slid down my chest and rested on my abs. She looked down to watch us just before her body stiffened and began to tremble. Lifting her head, she looked up at me. Her mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were closing. The hand on my abs fisted as she cried out my name. Not Captain but River.
And with that, I followed her over the edge.
• • •
Two hours later, I held Addy in her bed while she slept. After I’d recovered in the kitchen, I had carried her in here, and we’d made love again. This time, slower and more thoroughly. I had managed to let her get off twice before I went with her. She had then closed her eyes and curled into me before drifting off into an exhausted sleep.
Something else I had missed. Holding Addy while she slept had been a part of my life. It was what helped me sleep at night. Without her in my arms, sleeping had almost been impossible for years.
I stared at the ceiling. My past was back to haunt me, and it wasn’t leaving. I had to face it and find a way to keep Addy, too. She and Franny were my life. I had promised myself that I was done with killing. But if someone threatened what I loved most, I’d remind them who they were dealing with. I’d do anything to protect my girls.
My phone vibrated on the table beside me. I reached over for it gently so as not to disturb Addy.
It was DeCarlo. “They’re there. You’ll have to take them out.”
That was it. Nothing more. But I knew exactly what he was talking about. My last job wasn’t over yet.
Major
It was dark as shit. I hated working in the dark. Times like this, I wondered what the hell I’d gotten myself into. I had craved danger and excitement. Something more than what I had. But was this really what I wanted?
Working with Captain had been cool. He wasn’t a cold-blooded killer. The man had compassion and knew when to draw a line and stand on one side of it.
Cope, however, was a fucking maniac. I swear, the dude killed for fun. He never acted like it affected him or like he regretted one moment. And this was the man I was supposed to get my marching orders from.
Fuck my life.
“Captain’s been alerted. This will end soon.” Cope’s voice came from the shadows. Dammit. He always came out of nowhere. Never could hear the son of a bitch. He was like a damn ninja.
“How’s it gonna go over? We locate them?” I asked, annoyed that he’d once again snuck up on me when I was actively attempting to be alert.
“Alexa has them on target. Captain will go to her and take them out.”
Captain had said he was done with killing. The fact that he had to come in because of an old job didn’t sit well with me. I wanted to know that when I walked away, I would be truly free.