This Man Part 24

'Did we argue?' I ask. I remember the toilet dispute, but we were friends after that.

He sighs. 'No, I submitted power temporarily.'

'That must have been a challenge.' I reply dryly.

He reaches up, snapping my bra strap. 'It was, but you're worth the effort.' He turns his face into me, kissing my hair before pulling back and focusing his stare on my semi-naked state. 'I love you in lace.' he says softly, tracing the top of my knickers. 'Shower?' I nod against his shoulder, wrapping my arms and legs around him as he slides me from the counter.

I'm carried back through the penthouse, upstairs into the bathroom and put on my feet outside the shower. I'm left briefly as he turns the shower on. I feel wobbly. As soon as he's in front of me again, I flop forward onto his chest.

'You are feeling sorry for yourself, aren't you?' He picks me up and places me on the vanity unit. 'I have fond memories of you sat exactly here.'

I frown to myself, but then realise...our first s.e.xual encounter happened in here on the launch night of Lusso. I look up into hazy, green eyes staring down at me. 'You finally got me where you wanted me, didn't you?'

He cups his hand on my cheek. 'It was always going to happen, Ava.' He grabs his toothbrush, squirts some toothpaste on and runs it under the tap. 'Open.' he orders.

He sets about brushing my teeth gently, holding my jaw in his free hand. I watch him concentrate on his small, circling movements around my mouth as my dance floor revelation comes back to me a the moment that I finally admitted to myself that I have, most definitely, fallen in love with this man. I wasn't so drunk when that little realisation crashed into my wine drenched brain. My aim to avoid exactly this has been well and truly trampled. I've fallen in love with this arrogant, forceful, G.o.d like creature.

b.o.l.l.o.c.ks! I reach up to cup his stubbled cheek in my hand, and his eyes jump to mine, his lips parted ever so slightly. He stops brushing and turns his face into my palm, kissing it tenderly. Yep, I love him. Oh G.o.d, what am I going to do?

'Spit.' he says quietly against my hand.

I drop my hand from his face and lean over the sink to rid my mouth of toothpaste before returning to face him. Running his thumb across my lip, he collects some stray paste and slides his thumb in his mouth to clean off what he's swept up.

'Thank you.' I utter through my cracked voice.

The corner of his mouth c.o.c.ks into a half smile. 'It's just as much for my benefit as it is for yours.' He smiles, leaning in and kissing me soft and slow on the lips, his tongue sweeping through my mouth tenderly. I sag on a sigh. 'You're rubbish at hangovers. Is there anything I can do to make it better?' He pulls me off of the unit, so I'm stood before him, and reaches around to clinch my b.u.m, effectively holding me up.

'Have you got a gun?' I ask him seriously. That would cure my pounding head.

He laughs a proper belly laugh. 'That bad, huh?'

'Yes, why is it so funny?'

'It's not, I'm sorry.' He straightens his face and runs his middle finger down the side of my cheek. 'I'm going to make it all better now.'

Oh? Alcohol, quite clearly, has not killed off my libido because every dehydrated nerve ending has just sprung to life. I must look hideous, and he's getting all fresh with me? We're not on even ground here. He's fierce and G.o.d d.a.m.n delectable in his morning roguishness, smelling all musky, mixed with fresh water. I, on the other hand, have a hangover from h.e.l.l and must resemble something like a scarecrow, but he doesn't seem to be bothered.

He reaches around my back, unclasps my bra and removes it before leaning down and giving each one of my nipples a quick peck. They harden instantly under the brief contact from his lips, my b.r.e.a.s.t.s becoming heavy burdens on my chest. My body has been completely distracted from the after affects of alcohol and is now buzzing all over in antic.i.p.ation of his touch.

As his head raises and his lips find mine, my hands slide up his arms and delve into his soft, blonde ma.s.s of hair. Oh G.o.d I've missed this. It's only been four days, but I've missed it so much, it frightens me.

'You're addictive,' he breathes against my mouth. 'We're going to make friends properly now.'

'Are we not friends?' I ask. My voice is breathy and desperate.

'Not properly, but we will be soon, baby.'

A wave of tremors fly through me as he kisses my nose gently and drops to his knees in front of me, spanning my hips with his big palms, hooking his thumbs into the top of my knickers.

I tense and wait, but he makes no attempt to remove them. I look down at him and watch him kneeling there, his forehead resting on my stomach, as I weave my fingers through his dark blonde hair. We remain like that for an eternity, trapped in our own little dream state, just me watching him as he rolls his forehead across my tummy, back and forth.

He eventually takes a deep breath and leans in, placing his lips below my bellyb.u.t.ton and letting them linger there for a few seconds before slowly dragging my knickers down my legs. He taps my ankle a a wordless instruction to lift a and repeats the same on my other foot.

I look down at him knelt before me, his head lowered, and I know something's playing on his mind. I tug on his hair to snap him out of his daydream, and he turns his face up to me, his eyes meeting mine. His frown line is heavy on his forehead as he reaches up, spreads his palms on my backside and dips his head, kissing my stomach again. He's behaving peculiarly.

'What's wrong?' I can't keep my concern to myself any longer.

He looks up at me and smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. 'Nothing.' he says unconvincingly. 'Nothing's wrong.'

No sooner am I preparing to challenge him, his face is buried in the apex of my thighs and my legs have buckled.

'Ohhhhh!' My head flies back and my grip on his hair tightens. In one foul lick, he has me lock stock, and the niggling urge to press him is forgotten.

He moves his grip to my hips, causing me to jerk wildly. He's the only thing holding me up. I feel his hot, skillful tongue circle my hypersensitive nub of nerves, rounding with slow, precise movements before delving deep into my core. There is not a single bit of me he's not exploring.

'I need a shower,' I complain.

'I need you,' he mumbles against me.

I'm sent into a melting mess as he increases the pressure, digging his fingers into my hips. I grind against his mouth, it's only a matter of seconds before I'm falling to pieces, the surging pressure crashing down into my groin having me holding my breath, with my heart jumping into my throat.

'You taste incredible. Tell me when you're close.'

'I'm close!' I gasp on a long rush of breath. Holy s.h.i.t, I'm close!

'Someone's keen this morning.' A hand is removed for my hip and two fingers plunge into me, sending me into orbit.

'Oh, s.h.i.t!' I shout. 'Please!' I must be ripping his hair out.

'Watch...your...f.u.c.king...mouth.' he scorns me, between powerful, even strokes. He can't tell me off for swearing during these moments. It's his fault for putting me through this.

He stretches my opening with his fingers, circling and thrusting, while working my c.l.i.t with his thumb and lapping at my sensitive lips with his tongue. It's a torturous pleasure that I could endure forever, if it wasn't for the increasing pressure weighing down on me, demanding release.

'Jesse!' I shout desperately.

With a few more measured strokes of his fingers, thumb and tongue, I'm hurled off the edge of a cliff and freefalling into nothing, the banging of my dehydrated brain replaced with sparks of pleasure. I'm cured.

He laps and sucks, slowly and gently, easing me down at a steady rate, my body relaxing and my heart rate leveling out. I keep my palms on his head, tracing slow, light circles in his hair.

'You're the best hangover cure.' I exhale, on a long satisfied breath.

'You're the best everything cure.' he counters. His tongue traces up the middle of my stomach, between my b.r.e.a.s.t.s as he rises to his feet. He continues the trail up my neck, tilting my head on a groan as he laps up my taut throat. 'Hmmm, now,' He kisses my chin softly. 'I'm going to f.u.c.k you in the shower,' He tugs my chin so my head comes back down. He kisses my lips. 'Deal?'

'Deal,' I agree. What a stupid question. I've not had him for four days. Where was he? I elect not to ask. I doubt I would get a straight answer anyway. Instead, I take my time running my palms down his lovely chest, settling my eyes on his evil scar a something else I doubt he'll divulge.

'Don't even ask. How's your head?'

I snap my eyes from his scar, back up to him. He's looking at me with a warning look. Yeah, I won't be challenging that tone, or that face. 'Better.' I answer. I am. His face softens, and he looks down at his boxers.

I take the hint, slipping my hand into the waist band, brushing his hair with the back of my hand and skimming over his morning erection. I flick my eyes to his and find them regarding me carefully. When I move in closer, he takes the opportunity to lower his forehead onto mine, blessing me with his signature minty breath.

We're surrounded by steam now, condensation settling all over us, and I can see his chest hair dampening, gripping to his skin as I slip my hands around the back of his boxers, smoothing my palms over his tight, extraordinary a.r.s.e.

'I love this.' I whisper, molding my palms over his cheeks.

He rolls his forehead against mine. 'It's all yours, baby.'

I smile my approval and smooth my palms back to the front, grasping his thick, pulsing arousal at the base. 'I really love this.'

He groans in appreciation, swooping down to claim my lips, raiding my mouth possessively, forcing me to release my grip of his hard length and take my hand back to his a.r.s.e. I'm yanked into his chest, getting a full impact blow of his hardness pushed into my groin. I'm already commencing build up. The urgent need to have him inside me has me breaking our kiss and tugging at his boxers to get them down his long, lean legs. He releases one hand from my b.u.m to a.s.sist, his boxers soon rid of, his ma.s.sive erection pointing straight at me. It's twitching, it wants in. And the drop of moisture that's beading on the tip tells me this is going to be a shock and awe moment. I'm right. I'm swiftly grabbed around the waist and pulled upwards against his heaving body.

'Get your thighs around my waist.' he growls against my neck, as he sucks and bites at me. I comply without a thought, wrapping my legs around his waiting body when he lifts me, his arousal slipping over my swollen entrance, causing a desperate cry to escape my mouth.

'Oh G.o.d,' I gasp.

He crashes his lips against mine, moaning as our tongues perform a ceremonial dance in our mouths. My hands smooth down his stubble as he holds me with one arm wrapped around my waist and walks us into the open ended shower. I'm immediately pinned against the tiles, his palm slapping into the wall above my head as he worships my mouth, hot water raining down all around us.

'This is going to be hard, Ava.' he warns. 'You can scream.'

Oh, Lord, help me. I'm burning all over, and it has nothing to do with the hot water pouring all over us. I move my hands around to grip his back when I feel him rear back, ready to enter me, my thighs relaxing to give him room. Bringing his hand down from the wall, he guides himself to my entrance, looking straight into my eyes as the head of his erection probes at me. I shiver.

'You and me.' he says as he lowers his lips to mine, kissing me ravenously. 'Let's not fight it anymore.' And on a sharp shift of his hips, he thrusts upwards, filling me to the absolute hilt, slamming his hand back into the wall beside my head on a roar.

'G.o.d!' I scream.

'No, baby, that's me,' he strains between powerful thrusts, pushing me further up the tiled wall. 'Feels good, doesn't it?'

I claw at him, trying to get some grip, but the pounding water at his back is making it impossible to hold him.

'Ava?'

'Yes!' I throw my head back, panting and crazy with pleasure, as with each hard strike he pushes me further towards absolute ecstasy. I feel his lips close around my exposed throat, the water making them skim and slide over my flaming skin.

'You feel so f.u.c.king perfect,' he groans against my throat, continuing with his strong, voracious tempo. 'Remember yet?'

Oh, this is a reminder f.u.c.k! He has no need to worry. There's not a chance I could ever forget.

'Ava, have you remembered yet?' he barks, making a point of slamming out each word.

'I never forgot!' I cry, helpless to his punishing crashes against my body. I release his back, knowing he'll hold me in place, and pull his face up to mine, my hands brushing away the pouring water that's trailing down his face. His eyes lift to find mine. 'I never forgot.' I cry through hard slams.

Feeling him move inside me, feeling him tremble with the intensity of our joined bodies moving together, has my emotions tackling me from every angle. He gasps, tilting his head to claim my lips. It's a kiss of significance. I melt into it. This is not helping me with my attempts to rein in my emotions. He moans into my mouth as I hold onto his face, soaking up the pa.s.sion radiating from every pore of his body. He pounds on, hard and fast.

As our mutual hunger a.s.sails us and I reach the point of no return, I lock my thighs around his narrow hips, every muscle in my body bracing for the snap and release that's on the horizon. He shudders, mumbling incoherent words against my lips.

Oh, f.u.c.king h.e.l.l!

He throws his head back. 'Jesus f.u.c.king Christ!'

'Jesse, please!' I cry. This is bordering on unbearable. I don't know what to do with myself. It's too much. He brings his eyes back down to mine. They're dark and hooded. I'm slightly concerned.

'Harder, Ava?'

What? Oh G.o.d, he's going to rip me in half.

'Answer the question.' he demands.

'Yes!' I scream. Can this get any harder?

He growls deep in his throat, increasing his thrusts to an even more determined, purposeful pace a a pace that I would never have thought possible. I tighten my thighs to the point of pain, but that just increases the friction and, subsequently, my pleasure.

'Jesse!' I'm thrown over the threshold, erupting around him on a scream.

The loud groan that bursts from his lips signals he's with me as he holds himself deep inside me, his big body jerking against mine. He bellows my name, and I feel the warm sensation of his release within me. I drop my head to his shoulder, my heart beating a fast staccato in my chest.

Oh my G.o.d! I'm held in place with one arm, the forearm of his other resting against the wall, his face buried in my neck. He's breathless, and my muscles are naturally bonding to his beating length as he rocks gently into me. The shower is pouring down on us, but I can still hear our ragged breaths over the pounding water.

'Holy s.h.i.t.' he whispers through his suppressed breathing.

I sigh. Yes, holy s.h.i.t, indeed. That was beyond intense. My mind is like jelly, and I know I won't be able to stand if he tries to put me down.

As if reading my mind, he turns us so his back is against the tiles and slides down the wall, taking me with him so I'm straddling his lap on the shower floor. My face is planted on his chest, and I can still feel him pulsing inside me.

I'm totally wrecked. My hangover has been chased away, but it's been replaced with complete exhaustion. He had better be set to stay here for a while because I'm going nowhere. I close my eyes as I lay peacefully, stuck to his sharp body.

'Lady, you're mine forever.' he says softly as he strokes my wet back with both hands.

My eyes open and many thoughts invade my recuperating brain, but the loudest one is screaming...I want to be. I don't say it, though. I'm mindful that we're having amazing s.e.x, and he wants to keep me for exactly that, which would be fine by me, if I wasn't so sure that this eventually has to end. s.e.x on this scale is unfathomable to me. It couldn't possibly last forever. It'll wear out and that will be that. But now, after having my realisation, I'm petrified I'm going to be left restoring a broken heart. My d.a.m.n willpower sucks, but I can't resist him.

'Are we friends?' I ask, resting my lips on his chest and kissing my way around his nipple.

'We're friends, baby.'

I smile into his chest. 'I'm glad.'

'Me too.' he says quietly. 'So glad.'

'Where have you been?'

'It's doesn't matter, Ava.'

'It matters to me.' I argue quietly.

'I'm back. That's all that matters.' He clinches my b.u.m and pulls me closer to him. Yes, it is. But it doesn't make me any less curious. And the fact that he won't tell me is just fueling my curiosity. Where has he been?

'Tell me.' I push.

'Ava, leave it.' His voice is stern.