by Ashlee Price
I was afraid that he would actually do that, and I couldn’t even think about it. “No, I just…” I could feel my face and the rest of my chest blushing. I couldn’t say what I was feeling or what I wanted. I didn’t know how to express myself then, so I just kind of whimpered, raising my hips up to meet his. “Please.”
“I don’t think you know what you want, Mia.”
Looking away, I told him that I wanted him inside of me. I couldn’t believe I was saying such words, but for once I was going to be completely honest. That was what I wanted, more than anything else, and I was aching inside because I wanted it so badly. That wasn’t that hard to understand.
It wasn’t long before he was pushing in quickly, leaving me gasping and clinging to him like I was lost in a sea of need. There was nothing I could do but hold on. What had started quickly and rough kept up the same pace as he slammed into me over and over again. He whispered things in my ears that got me going more and more, but it was only when he finally pressed in hard and stopped that I knew he was finished as well. I could feel the hot seed shoot inside of me, taking my pleasure to whole new heights. It felt even better than I’d imagined it would. My eyes were shut and I was hanging onto him, not wanting to let him go, just repeating his name over and over again.
“I knew you would be perfect, Mia. I just knew it.”
Chapter 4 – Logan
I looked towards the window and realized that it was later than I’d thought. The sun was already out, and I couldn’t remember the last time I’d woken after it was up. Usually I worked as many hours a day as I could, and that meant if I got up at four in the morning, I was going to leave and work till midnight. The only time I wasn’t working, I was pouring liquor down my throat. That was the old me, though. The new me was trying to figure out how it was all supposed to work.
The woman next to me shifted, and my thoughts were back to Mia and the night before. I was satisfied beyond belief, and if I was right about how she felt, the feeling was mutual. Everything about it had been perfect, and when she had fallen asleep against my chest last night, I knew that I was lost to her. She was not mine, but I wanted her to be mine. I knew that was going to be my next goal, to make her mine for good.
I wanted to touch her, but at the same time I was afraid that I would wake her up and ruin the moment. Her hair was slightly tussled in her face and I could still see a little red in her cheeks. After the second time she came, I’d realized that she would turn redder and redder with each orgasm. I had tried my best to make sure that she was beet red by the time I was done.
Pushing through the need to touch her, I studied the parts of her face that I could see without moving. I noticed a scattering of about ten freckles that fell across the bridge of her tiny nose. Her face was so relaxed, and I wanted more than anything to see her like that awake. She was always so nervous around me. Even last night, she had spent half of it trembling. The reasons for her shaking had been different, of course, but it still wasn’t the relaxed smile like she possessed at the moment.
What was I going to do? I was a mess, in every way but my business. I was not in control of anything that I wanted to be in control of, certainly not my emotions. I was still reeling from a death that happened two years ago. My father had been everyone that I had left, and now that he was gone, I felt alone. With Mia next to me, it was the first time that I hadn’t felt that way. Most of the time I would get up when I was done with a woman, but I didn’t think I could ever be done with Mia. Lying next to her was just concreting that idea in my head. There was just something about her. The more I tried to figure it out, the more I was sure that it didn’t have any words to really describe it.
“You’re beautiful when you sleep, you know that?”
Mia’s eyes had opened and she was staring back at me with the sweetest smile. The hand that was on her back kept rubbing her, but I had additional intentions the second time around. I wasn’t trying to make her feel better. I was trying to get her heart pounding like it had been last night. I wanted more than anything to hear her beg for me again, for less, for more.
She couldn’t look at me long. I could see that she was thinking about the night before, and I wasn’t going to help her forget a moment of it. My hand went to her waist and I squeezed her a little to wake her up further.
“Good morning, Mia. You can’t hide from me in bed.”
Finally she looked at me. I could tell that she was feeling shy. Last night she had been a wildcat, but now she was as timid as I had thought she was. But she was looking at me with fire in her eyes. It drove me crazy, and I couldn’t help pulling her to me for a kiss. Then her body was dragged on top of mine and I was inside of her before I could really think. She was like a little slice of heaven, and I needed her then.
“Logan.”
Ah, my name sounded perfect on her lips. I pulled her down harder as I surged upwards. I wanted to connect with her very soul, and I wasn’t deep enough. There were thoughts in the back of my mind about filling her with my seed. I knew that it was a possession thing, because I was always careful to use protection and make sure that never happened. Now I wanted it to, and as the thought crossed through my head, I could feel the need filling me up.
“Mia.”
She sighed and squeezed me with her inner muscles. It was the last straw for me. Since I was already hanging by a string, hearing her was what finally put me over the top. She was hot to listen to, but the feel of her paired with it was more than anyone could bear. I was sure of that.
Even after filling her with my hot seed I could not get enough of her, but she finally pushed her hand against my chest. I was on top of her and crushing her body with my own.
“Sorry, Mia. I just… I don’t know. I love holding you.”
I stopped when I heard what I said. I had said ‘love.’ Not that it was directed at her, but I had said it. The only other time I ever even mentioned love was with a girl I was crazy about in high school. I almost hoped that she hadn’t heard me or wouldn’t read into it like I was doing at that very moment. I just wanted her to glaze over it.
“It’s fine, Logan. I like feeling you on me. You aren’t too heavy.”
A part of me buzzed from her words, and I knew then that I was in trouble. I pulled back and sat up. It was late for me, and almost late for her. When I told her the time, she jumped up and started to say something about getting in the shower.
“Do you want me to join you?”
Her face lit up with desire for a moment, and then she shook her head. “No, you’ll just make me even later. It’s already crazy there.”
“I’m sure they can let it slide.”
She stopped and shook her head again, making her mind up. “No, I don’t think sleeping with you is ever going to be a good enough reason not to go to work.”
I watched her walk to the hallway to get to the bathroom. I was tempted to go with her, but I was already almost four hours late. Jesse was going to have a field day with me when I finally got to work. Even though she was my assistant, she was still a little scary when she got worked up.
Leaving a note, I took off to start my day. I was actually humming when I got in the car waiting for me. Me, humming. If this kept up, I was soon going to be the idiot who was singing in the shower.
To be continued in Book 6…
Fully & Completely Book 6: Her Past
By: Ashlee Price
Prologue
Mia and Logan start to date after their one night of shared passion. The new relationship is different for them both, and Mia is finding it hard to adjust to having a boyfriend around all of the time. Logan wants to spend every minute with her, and it makes her fall faster than she ever could have imagined. It doesn’t take Mia long to realize how desperately in love with him she really is.
Now the two are planning a vacation to get away. Logan has a few surprises in store, and he can’t wait to get Mia alone. The time after work and at night is just not enough for him, and he’s starti
ng to think about the next step.
But then Mia stops answering her phone. Logan doesn’t know what’s happened. He doesn’t know that Mia’s past has come back to haunt her, and there’s nothing he can do about it.
Chapter 1 – Ryland Cooper
Everyone else was fawning over the couple, but all I could think about was how wrong they were for each other. I could feel Mia slipping away from me. It was obvious after the first date that we had didn’t go so well. I was excited to go out with her and I wanted to take her to one of my favorite places. I had thought she would like it, see how I was sharing something so special with her, but after dinner she hadn’t even let me take her all the way out to the cave before she was asking me to take her home.
“I’m sorry Ryland, but I don’t think this is going to work.”
The words played in my head, over and over again, and I wished I could stop it. I wished that she felt the way I did. I knew that Mia was made for me. She was mine and I wasn’t going to give her up that easily. I had given her space after she asked for it, but apparently I had given her far too much. Now I had to look at the two of them at the sanctuary all arm-in-arm. She was there to introduce him to her coworkers, but I guess I didn’t make the cut.
So I watched the happy couple smile and laugh, while I stood there with a mop in my hand. I had never felt so alone in all of my life. It was like I didn’t even exist, and the urge came over me again. I tried to push it down, but the longer I saw the two of them laughing and joking together, being happy, the harder the urge was to ignore. Now it was all I could think about before leaving. I was going to explode if I didn’t get out of there right that instant.
Going out the back door, I took in the cold air until my lungs hurt. I could feel tears burning in my eyes as I tried to blink them back. It was so cold that they ran slow and almost started to freeze before I wiped away the cold moisture. I let myself go for another minute before I wiped away the last bit and really opened my eyes to the storm that was blowing in. It felt like my mood and I wondered when, like me, it was going to break.
I felt like I was on the cusp, and the only thing that could take me down from the ledge was Mia. She needed to see that I was the one for her. Why was it so hard for her to see what was so clear to me?
Going back in, I rubbed the rest of my face to make the red by my eyes blend in. It was cold and no one really noticed me anyways. If that did see me red-faced, why would they ask if I was okay? I was a ghost there in the sanctuary. Like anything else that was forgotten, I was only remembered when there was a need for me. The rest of the time I was pretty much on my own.
No one even saw that I was gone because they were too busy kissing up to the happy couple. I made my way to the back of the sanctuary and ended up near the woman’s precious cats. I’d watched her more times than I liked to count in the cage with the female one. I don’t know what possessed her to do it, but it was impossible for me to leave when I knew she was in danger like that. Mia didn’t seem to know how bad it was. It was just like the rich man who was now all over her. He had intentions that were not the same as hers, and I was sure that she was going to get hurt in the process of it all. I was going to have to save her.
***
Waiting for Mia in the parking garage had become a ritual of mine. While most of the time I didn’t let her know that I was there, today I wanted to talk to her. It had been a couple of days since she had brought that man to the sanctuary and now I had to talk to her. There was too much on my chest not to, and the only way that I was going to be able to hold it in was to do what I was trying to avoid.
I knew that my thoughts were not always right. I did take pills for it sometimes, but today I hadn’t taken any. I wanted my mind to be clear for my meeting with Mia.
It seemed like forever before I heard the familiar tapping of her heels on the concrete of the parking garage. She was walking in her usual clipped pace and I could imagine her perfectly before she ever came into view. I had been meeting her on the other side, but once she changed where she walked, I had to change as well.
“Mia.”
I saw her jump and grab her chest as if she might have a heart attack. She had a handful of papers in her hands and they all went to the ground everywhere. I moved forward to help her and I saw the way she shrunk back. I ignored it, sure that her new boyfriend must have put something in her head and that was why she was acting so differently. Maybe she thought I was going to be mad at her for seeing someone else. I was, but I would never admit that to her.
“I’m sorry I scared you. I didn’t mean to. I thought you saw me standing there. Guess you had a lot of stuff on your mind, huh?”
I was rambling as I helped her pick up the papers. It was the closest that I had been to her in months, and I could smell her perfume as she picked up the papers alongside me. I knew that it wasn’t going to be for long, so I fumbled with a few pieces and really didn’t do much to make it any better.
“It’s okay. I guess I just wasn’t paying any attention. Yeah, a lot is on my mind. How are you today, Ryland?”
Her blue eyes met mine, and for the first time in a long time, she didn’t pull them away as soon as they met. I was lost in the sea blue eyes staring back at me. I was falling in love with her all over again in that one moment. She was beautiful, and I knew that she was the one for me. How could she not be? Look at how she looked at me.
“I… I, uh, I’m good, Mia.”
She stood up, and I stood up with her, handing her the last of the papers that I had picked up. After doing so for ten minutes, I still hadn’t read a word on any of the pages.
“So is this stuff for work?”
“Yeah, it’s Tom’s intake report about Rocy’s new mate. I’m just taking them home to study. I have to get out of the lab once in a while.”
I nodded my head and agreed. I didn’t know what to say. I had replayed it in my head over and over again, but it was nothing like it was supposed to be.
“Well, I got to get home before it gets dark. Thanks for the help, Ryland.”
Again my head moved up and down and I watched her go. Nothing that I planned to say was said, and I was once again looking after her like an idiot.
Chapter 2 – Mia
“I don’t know what is going on with work, but I’m fine.”
He looked at me as if he didn’t believe me. Logan knew me too well, and though I tried to keep things away from him, it was hard to. It was as if I were a book and he could read whatever was truly in my heart.
“You’re not fine. I can see it in the way you’re sitting. Something is happening at work or you wouldn’t be looking like that.”
“You aren’t going to let it go, are you?”
He shook his head that he wasn’t, and I sighed as I lay down in the bed. It had been a long day, but I don’t know why I was so worried about work. Everything was going pretty good and we were closer to keeping the place open than ever before, but we weren’t quite there yet. I didn’t want to pretend like everything was going to be okay when it still wasn’t guaranteed. There was still too much in the air. There were other things as well, but I made sure to just stick to the problems with the sanctuary. I didn’t want him thinking that it was because of some people in my past that I wanted to stay there.
I wasn’t even sure how we had become a couple. I was never asked, it just kind of happened. After he came to my house and made love to me like there was no tomorrow, I didn’t think that there would be one. Then he was there the next morning, and even though he left with a goodbye note, there hadn’t been a day since that I didn’t at least talk to him on the phone. Most of the time I stayed at his place or he stayed at mine and we were together. That was how we had become an item: we just one day were.
“You don’t need to worry about the sanctuary, Mia. It will all turn out just fine.”
It was kind of crazy how optimistic he was. He didn’t used to be that way, but now it was like nothing was a big deal. I liked that he
was always so calm, because I was not getting the Zen feelings that he was about everything. I was still worried, because in my world, sometimes things didn’t work out. I knew that he had had his fair share of road blocks, but I knew that the money that he had now helped to cushion most blows. Things like money were not a big deal to him, and it was hard to get him to relate to how I was feeling about the short funds.
“I know that it will turn out one way or another, I just can’t stop thinking about it. Just been a lot going on.” I couldn’t tell him that with him and the sanctuary, it felt like my mind was in overdrive all of the time. It felt like there was nothing else for me to say or do, and when he started to look at me in that way, my brain shut down, making everything worse than it was before.
He moved to touch my shoulders. He was always touching me, and I think he knew it did something to my train of thought. Every time I was upset or anything beyond blissfully happy, he was touching me. Logan’s hands were magical, and there was nothing else that I wanted more. That was the problem. There was no telling him no, because I didn’t want to ever tell him no. “You have to relax, Mia. There is nothing wrong with just taking a couple of days off. I’m sure that the place will still be there when you get back.”
I liked the sound of it, I really did. But it felt like I would be abandoning my post. Just because I had gotten some promotions done and it was helping with revenue coming into the sanctuary, it didn’t mean that I could keep my eye off the ball for that long. I knew that it was going to still be a battle, and unless we got a very generous donor, the problem was going to continue to linger. This might very well be the new normal.
“I don’t think that now is the best time to leave.”
“Why not?”
“Because with everything going on and the new commercials going out, I need to be there to make sure that everything goes smoothly. There are three new animals that are adjusting to their new lives, and that can go wrong at any time. I just need to be there.”