every nerve ending lighting up, feeling so connected with Beau inside me, Beau on top of me, Beau’s lips, Beau’s eyes, Beau’s being.
And when I felt the hot rush of him spilling deep inside of me, my body clenched one more time before exploding in an even brighter wave of light.
I was terrified in the same moment, because after having this, how could anything—anyone—ever compare or measure up? And I was also terrified that Beau would go away and turn cold the moment he pulled out, like he had last time we’d connected so deeply.
But he didn’t. Instead, afterwards, he pulled me tight into him, little spoon to his big, and we fell asleep with his arm curved protectively around me.
I’d never felt safer or more wanted a night to never end.
18
Beau
Working from a bedroom was becoming almost impossible. I had tried my best to return all messages and to take as many phone calls as I could, but one of my strengths in business was how I handled people. I could read people like a book, and I had a look that told them not to mess with me.
It was much harder to negotiate or discipline from afar. It was challenging to instill the fear of God into someone by words only. I needed to be present. I needed my life back. And I needed to feel some level of control in this new chaos I lived in.
It had been two weeks since the glass box Trial with no further communication from the Elders. Part of me was grateful that there hadn’t been any more Trials, but another part of me grew more and more anxious as each day passed.
Why hadn’t we heard from them?
Had they found out about the baby?
Were they planning on kicking us out on our asses… as failures?
Or were they simply busy? I did know that both Walker and Emmett still had their Initiations coming, and maybe it was as simple as the Order being preoccupied with preparing for the other initiates.
Closing my laptop, feeling like I had worked enough for one day, I focused my attention on Abilene who was lying on the floor doing sit-ups.
“What in the hell are you doing?” I asked both amused and slightly concerned that crunching her belly repeatedly wasn’t good for the baby.
“I’m getting fluffy,” she answered, winded.
I got up off the chair, bent down, grabbed her by the arm and lifted her up to standing. “You’ve lost your mind. There isn’t anything fluffy about you.” I kissed the tip of her nose to try to hide my smile.
She raised her shirt and pinched the flesh of her belly. “I’m starting to show. The Elders will be able to figure it out soon unless I do something.”
Looking at her belly, which may have a slight rounding to it if anything, I said, “If they notice anything at all, it’s that you and I both have put on a little weight. We can blame good cooking and inactivity.” I patted my belly for emphasis. “We can both be fluffy.”
Rolling her eyes, she sat back down on the floor to resume her exercise. “You are far from fluffy, Mr. Six Pack.”
Taking her by the arm again, I warned, “Don’t make me show you what I do to stubborn girls who don’t listen.”
She smirked and licked her lips. “Oh really?”
My cock twitched at all the dirty thoughts running through my head. “Really. Don’t make me punish you.”
She leaned back on her elbows and looked up at me. “Maybe I can’t help it. Maybe I’m just a naughty girl.”
Her tease was so fucking hot. My cock didn’t just twitch this time but instead hardened to full attention.
Dropping to my knees, I took hold of her body and flipped her onto her stomach. Without hesitation, I yanked her cotton shorts and panties down to her knees, completely baring her firm ass. I moved so quickly and effortlessly that Abilene didn’t even have time to protest in the slightest. It wasn’t until I spanked her ass that she released her first squeal.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” I said as I began to pepper her ass with one swat after the other. I held her down and trapped her legs with the weight of my own.
She was helpless to my wicked ways.
“I’m going to spank every inch of your ass until you scream out my name, and only then will I stop so that I can claim this ass as mine.”
Her gasp was all