Maddie returned her gaze to Julia and inhaled sharply as her body reacted to Julia’s intense gaze, her nipples contracting to hard peaks and a torrent of wetness gushing warmly between her legs. Maddie watched Julia walk slowly toward her and her desire for Julia was making her heart race. She reached for Julia, pulling her into a slow but deep kiss, their tongues dueling erotically as Julia cupped her face and head gently.
Julia slowed the kiss and pulled away, staring at Maddie for a moment. “I can’t believe you’re here. I can’t tell you how often I’ve thought about you, how badly I wanted to see you again.”
Maddie grasped the edges of Julia’s sweater and pulled it up as Julia raised her arms, allowing her to remove it. Julia kicked off her pumps as she reached for Maddie’s blouse. They continued to remove each other’s clothing as they moved toward the bed until Maddie was pulling Julia’s skirt down over her thighs, revealing the garters and stockings she wore.
Maddie smiled as she stared at the garters at Julia’s thighs. She brought her gaze up to look at Julia. “Do you always wear these?”
Julia rolled her eyes. “No, almost never. I just couldn’t find any pantyhose the morning of the conference.”
“And this morning?”
Julia bit her lip. “This morning I wore them for you.”
Maddie ran her hands over the garters. “I’m not sure I can adequately express my gratitude.” She caressed the soft skin on Julia’s thighs and ass.
Julia gasped as her hips bucked. “You just did. God, Maddie.”
Julia’s obvious arousal caused Maddie to roughly pull the garter belt and stockings down and off, taking Julia’s panties with them. Maddie was desperate to touch Julia so she pushed her back onto the plush bed, following on her hands and knees. Maddie slid her own body gently against Julia’s.
“I had almost forgotten how good you feel, how truly beautiful you are,” Maddie whispered to her.
Maddie heard Julia moan as she brought her lips to Julia’s neck before she moved to her shoulder and chest, quickly working her way down the silken landscape to take a nipple into her mouth, sucking deeply. Julia bucked up against Maddie’s thigh, spreading warm arousal over it and Maddie reached down to cup Julia’s center gently, sliding her fingers into the overflowing folds.
Every time Maddie had thought about being with Julia, and she had replayed every moment of that night repeatedly in her mind, she only regretted the things she had not done, the ways she had not touched Julia. She had kissed a myriad of soft spots along the landscape of Julia’s body, but she wished she had had the courage to kiss Julia’s most private area, wished she had brought her pleasure in the most intimate way. Maddie had promised herself that if the opportunity ever presented itself again she would rectify that. It was all that Maddie could think about now.
Julia bucked and moaned. “Maddie, baby, please…”
Maddie appreciated Julia’s intense and obvious desire for her and she wanted to hear more of it. She pressed her forehead to Julia’s. “Do you want me, Jule?”
“I ache for you...please.”
Maddie kissed her way down Julia’s body as she ran her hands along the inside of Julia’s thighs, gently spreading her legs open. She placed a line of soft kisses along her inner thigh before she brought her mouth to Julia’s triangle of soft curls, placing a soft kiss there.
“Oh God,” Julia moaned softly as she bucked up into the contact.
Maddie boldly spread Julia open, gasping at the shiny pool of wetness spreading over her fingers and the clean aroma wafting under her nose. Maddie dipped her tongue in for a taste, then another before she ran the flat of her tongue slowly and deliberately through the soft and wet folds, savoring the subtle salty flavor. Julia bucked up into the contact, but Maddie held her down with firm hands at the juncture of her thighs as she began to explore every part of her intimate folds, learning the feel and the taste of her.
Maddie enjoyed feeling that Julia was under her command as she held her down, but did not stop to examine her feelings. She found Julia’s clit and licked it, causing Julia to moan and jerk sharply. She started licking steadily and firmly up and down at the same cadence that Julia was setting with the rocking of her hips. Maddie paid close attention to Julia’s responses, concentrating on the exact spot and the exact pressure and speed that caused the greatest reaction. After long moments, Julia clutched the back of Maddie’s head and ground her hips faster. Maddie waited until she thought Julia was almost there, her wildly jerking hips, her loud moans telling Maddie what she wanted to know. Maddie took the stiff clit into her mouth and sucked gently and Julia exploded against Maddie’s mouth, as she shouted her release loudly, the sound echoing in the large bedroom.
Maddie held Julia for a long time as she recovered, watching an occasional tear escaping as her breathing gradually steadied. Maddie ran her gaze over Julia’s body, over her features, amazed at the responses she had managed to elicit from this beautiful and sensuous creature. She ran her tongue over her own lips, tasting Julia on herself and she shuddered, amazed at how much she had enjoyed the experience, and how much she wanted to do it again. When she saw Julia’s eyes flutter open and look at her, she smiled.
Julia considered herself to be an experienced woman, but it hadn’t been until Maddie was bending her knees open to settle herself between them, until Maddie was kissing her inner thigh, that she had known with any certainty what Maddie was about to do. For some reason, she had not imagined this young woman would touch her in this way, but it hadn’t been the first time Maddie had surprised her.
She could not recall an orgasm ever being so incredibly, sharply intense and the force and strength of it had stunned her. It had been a very long time since Julia had experienced the powerful physical sensation of having someone’s mouth on her and she had let herself surrender to the sensuously patient attention. It had been glorious, the warm and wet concentrated touch, the tactile roughness of Maddie’s tongue, the overwhelming exquisiteness of it.
Julia opened her eyes and stared at Maddie for a long moment until Maddie moved in to kiss her. Julia detected her own scent on Maddie’s face, tasted herself on Maddie’s lips and gasped into the kiss, moving against her. When she pulled away from the kiss, she found Maddie watching her with a small smile. Julia felt her heart leap at what could only be called the adoring gaze that met her own.
Maddie caressed her face gently. “Hi.”
“Hi.” Julia heard her own husky response.
Julia said nothing else, every other response that occurred to her sounding inane and inadequate to express what she was feeling at the moment and she was frightened to reveal what that was. She wanted to tell Maddie how incredibly good she felt, how much all of this meant to her, but she did not. Instead, she reached for the back of Maddie’s head, pulling her forward into a soft kiss.
Desire exploded between them and they surged together, moving into the kiss as they both sought to get closer. Julia pushed Maddie over onto her back, moving over her, taking control of the kiss, plunging her tongue deeply and erotically into her mouth. Maddie pulled her closer as she cradled Julia’s thigh between her legs.
Julia pulled her mouth away to move it to Maddie’s breasts, paying enough attention to her nipples to make Maddie squirm in pleasure. Maddie clutched the hand Julia had rested against her stomach and she slid it down into her own folds, Julia’s fingers instantly engulfed in her warm wetness.
“Something you want?” Julia whispered in her sexy rasp.
Maddie pulled her close, whispering against her ear. “You…inside me.”
Julia slid two fingers slowly and deeply into Maddie, pumping steadily, the way that she remembered that Maddie preferred. Julia watched Maddie react to her touch, her hips bucking, her breasts swaying, her hands looking for purchase before trying to pull Julia closer. Julia thought she had never seen anything more beautiful in her life.
“Oh…Jule,” Maddie whispered.
Maddie’s breathing g
radually changed with the cadence of her hips, increasing steadily until Julia curled her fingers up inside her and pushed harder and Maddie moaned out her pleasure loudly. Julia kept up her efforts as she watched Maddie orgasm, loudly and openly, and she thought that she could watch this lovely creature do this very thing for the rest of her life. She closed her eyes tightly in an attempt to block out that insane notion.
Maddie seemed to be lost in the aftermath for long moments as Julia pulled her closer against the chill settling on their overheated and slightly sweaty skin. Julia’s instinct was to keep Maddie warm and safe, even as she tried to settle her own emotions. When Maddie finally opened her eyes, Julia touched her mouth with a gentle finger.
“You are so beautiful and so sensuous and I love, love, love being with you,” Julia whispered.
Maddie kissed Julia’s finger lightly. “It scares me a little, how much I want you…want to be with you.”
“But you do? Want to be with me?” Julia asked, trying not to reveal every insecurity.
“God, yes, Jule.”
Julia smiled. “Will you stay with me tonight?”
“Will I...wait…where’s Norie?”
“Eleanor is with her father, but thank you for asking. Is that a yes?”
Maddie smiled. “I would love to, yes.”
Julia kissed her deeply and Maddie responded by pulling her closer, cupping her ass as they surged against each other, the desire between them once again flaring to life as the dance started again.
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In the morning Julia woke slowly, immediately aware of Maddie’s scent and her warmth and she opened her eyes to find Maddie smiling down on her.
“Are you watching me sleep?” Julia’s voice sounded rough to her own ears.
Maddie visibly shivered. “Yes.”
“You okay?”
“Your voice does things to me,” Maddie said.
“My voice?” Julia asked.
“Yes, your voice has the sexiest husky tone I have ever heard.”
“You got it bad for me, don’t you?” Julia wanted it to be a teasing remark, but it sounded serious to her own ears.
Maddie smiled at her, looking beautiful with her dimples showing, her hair tousled around her. “You have no idea.”
Julia smiled. “Will you stay and have breakfast with me?”
“Yes, thank you. When can I see you again?” Maddie asked.
Julia smiled, thrilled that it was Maddie who was doing the pursuing. “I’ll be in Boston on Friday. I have an appointment.”
“What time will you be free?”
“I don’t know. It depends on the wait between tests.”
Maddie hesitated. “What kinds of tests and where…if you don’t mind me asking?”
Julia sighed, seeing the concern on Maddie’s face. “I don’t mind at all. At Dana Farber starting at one o’clock. It’s just my semi-annual cancer check.”
“Okay. Text me when you’re done or better yet, tell me where I can find you, just in case. That place is a maze. We can have dinner. Will you stay…with me…overnight?”
“Yes.”
Maddie smiled as she reached for Julia. “Good.”
Chapter 11
Maddie shivered as she shook thoughts of being with Julia from her head and came back to the present, finding her sister-in-law, Maria, watching her carefully.
Maddie had called and asked to see Maria alone, but now that Maria sat across from her, she found that she was beyond nervous. She was fidgeting with the cocktail napkin under her lemon drop martini as they sat in a quiet booth on Sunday afternoon. Maddie always looked forward to spending time with Maria, but she was apprehensive about her reaction to the news about Julia, about herself.
Maria reached across the table and covered Maddie’s fidgeting hands with her own, giving them a light squeeze before sitting back. “What’s up, chica? It’s gotta be big if we had to come here to talk alone.”
Maddie tried to smile. “Yeah, it is. I just don’t know how to say…what I have to say to you.”
Maria looked surprised by Maddie’s reluctance and she leaned forward. “Hey, it’s me. You can tell me anything….and I tell no one what you tell me...you know that. So what’s going on? Is it your mother?”
“I’m still not speaking to her after that blind date fiasco the other night, but no.”
“So, are you really seeing someone?” Maddie nodded and Maria continued. “I thought that was just a lie just to piss off your mother, but I’m glad it’s true. I thought you were getting ready to join a convent. So what’s the big secret? Oh my God, he’s not married, is he?”
Maddie smiled at Maria’s usual exuberance. “No, Maria, he’s not married.” Maddie inhaled deeply. “I’m not sure I can tell you.”
“What do you mean? We tell each other everything.”
“Not everything.”
Maria nodded. “Yes, everything. You’re the only person who knows how freaked I was about becoming a mother when I was pregnant with Michael. You’re the only person who knew when your brother and I were talking about separating.”
“You never said things were that bad.”
“No, I didn’t but you knew, didn’t you?”
Maddie swallowed and nodded. She had known, and she had supported the both of them through that tough time. “Yeah, I knew.”
“And you didn’t push me to say more than I wanted to, but you were there and you knew because you know me just like I know you.”
Maddie swallowed deeply. “There are things you don’t know.”
“I know more than you think. Do you remember the night of Lena’s wedding shower…when we went to your place after?”
“Yeah, sure. We got shit-faced drunk.”
Maria smiled. “I was feeling pretty good. You were shit-faced. Do you remember what happened at the shower?”
Maddie swallowed, the memory and the accompanying emotions washing over her. “Yeah, Lena’s cousin Diego kept hitting on me. He even sent his sister over to sit with me to try to get my phone number.”
Maria shook her head. “He didn’t send his sister. His sister was trying to get your number for herself and you knew it. That’s when you started drinking.”
Maddie swallowed, staring at Maria. “You knew?”
“Of course I knew. I’ve seen more than one woman trying to get your attention over the years. I know, Layna, so just tell me already.”
Maddie swallowed, actually feeling slightly nauseated. “How can you know?”
Maria sighed and took one of Maddie’s hands into her own. “I can know because there have also been a lot of nice, good-looking guys trying to get your attention over the years and you always have an excuse why not. I’m also not your mother. I see you, Layna, and I love you and I don’t care.” Maria squeezed her hand. “Tell me.”
Maria knew. Maddie released a long, tight breath she had not even realized she was holding and blinked for long moments. Maria knew and she didn’t care. “I met a woman. That’s who I’m seeing.”
Maria nodded and smiled. “Okay. Good. What’s her name?”
Maddie inhaled deeply, her chest slowly loosening. “Her name is Julia.”
“Where did you meet her?”
“She was having a drink when I was working at the hotel,” Maddie said quietly.
“I’m assuming your mother doesn’t know?”
“Are you crazy? Of course not.”
“Oh my God, querida, she’s going to flip a shitburger over this!” Maria said a little too loudly.
Maddie could not help herself as a laugh bubbled out of her. “Flip a shitburger? Where did you get that one from?”
Maria smiled. “I overheard Michael say it to Laney. I was going to scold him, but I couldn’t stop laughing. Oh, querida, your mother might call a priest when she finds out.”
Maddie nodded and lowered her head. “I know, I know, and that’s why I tried to stay away from Julia, but I can’t. I want to keep seeing her.”
Maddie smiled at her. “Ria, slow down. One thing at a time. She’s in real estate, has two daughters and she did not need to seduce me. I was flirting with her all night. I wanted her…and no, she’s not even gay. She’s never been with a woman before.”
Maria looked surprised at that particular revelation. “But you have? What women have you been with?”
“It was before I met you, before I had Gabe…and not since then,” Maddie explained.
“You’ve been attracted to women all this time and did nothing about it?” Maria rubbed her forehead. “Why, Layna?”
“You’ve met my mother, right? I couldn’t take the chance she’d find out. I just ignored the way I felt about women. I tried to be straight and I got pregnant…and then I had Gabriel to worry about.”
Maria reached for Maddie’s hands and held them firmly. “Oh my God, I never knew that, but querida, you have to live your life, you have to do what makes you happy.”
“I never had a good enough reason to…until now.”
“Until Julia?”
Maddie inhaled deeply and nodded before she held her phone up to Maria. “This is the photo from Julia’s agency’s website.”
Maria enlarged the photo, looking closely at it. “Wow, Maddie, she’s pretty.”
“She’s gorgeous.”
“She’s a little older than you,” Maria stated quietly.
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s the part that’s going to upset everyone,” Maddie said dryly.
Maria snorted out a laugh. “I guess not. So is this serious?”
Maddie felt her cheeks get warm. “It feels serious. I know it’s asking a lot, but please keep this to yourself until I figure out what the hell I’m doing. I’ve only told you and Gabe.”
“I won’t say anything to Enzo for now. Gabe knows? He’s okay with this?”
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