I looked at her incredulously. She had the decency to look abashed.
“What makes you think I’m going to suddenly decide to bring extra drama in my life. That’s not the type of man I am. I’ve never cared enough before. Nothing could jump-start that for me. Shit, if it’s the sex you’re worried about, then, baby you know how I struggle daily to keep myself from locking you in our bedroom. I struggle with not wanting to feel you up underneath the table when we are at family dinners. I fucking crave pulling you in my office at work and fucking you hoarse. Forget the secret room. Baby, I want the whole business district to hear what you sound like when you’re cumin’. You know why?”
Lashawnda shook her head and smiled while biting her lip.
“Because, I know no other man will ever feel what I feel when your cumin’ on my cock. I know you’re all mine, Lashawnda. Every fucking piece of that beautiful body and soul is all mine. Shit makes me want to run up and down, just hollering like a kid, because I feel like I won when I met you. I don’t know what the game was or what the rules were, but I came out on top a fucking champion, baby. I came out on top like the damn greatest of all time.”
“Sean…” she pouted. I know how much she hates being put on the spot like this.
“Don’t do that.” I grabbed her up from the chair and hauled her over my shoulder.
“Sean, what are you doing?” she squealed, legs kicking back and forth in pure shock.
“I don’t know, damn it. I’m so pissed off, yet, happy right now. I’m not thinking clearly,” I responded, still angry but finally calm.
“Well, you need to put me down before you fall and hurt yourself,” Lashawnda replied trying to wiggle out of my hold.
“No,” I answered, walking toward the stairs. Lashawnda gripped my belt as the view of the floor shifted from tile to hardwood, to carpet, then tile again.
“Why are we in the bathroom?” she asked, looking around the master bathroom.
“Didn’t I just say I wasn’t thinking clearly? Come out of those clothes,” I commanded, pulling open the tie at the side of her wrap shirt.
“Why are we getting naked? I thought we were just arguing.” Her face scrunched up in confusion.
“Yes, we were, and now, I’m done,” I retorted, giving her a stern look with my hands fisted at my waist. “The last thing I’m going to say is you are not allowed to speak to that tramp at work. What…don’t give me that look?”
Lashawnda cocked her head to one side and placed a hand on her hips, looking at me as if I’d lost my mind.
“I don’t think you need to be bossing me around like that. I can make my own decisions about who I should and should not talk to. I already know to keep Jenny at a distance.” Her slight attitude was cute, but I wasn’t intimidated in the least.
“Well. I beg to differ. I am your man, and I have every right to make sure nothing or anyone comes between us.” I said before walking away from her towards the garden-style tub.
“Why are you filling the tub with water?” Lashawnda asked.
“I don’t know. I’m just irritated, and I want to be close to you,” I said moving past her to the cupboard. I pulled out bath oil and scented bubble bath, emptying a hearty dose of both in the fast filling tub. Lashawnda was about to tell me I was using too much oil, but she snapped her lips shut when I turned and gave her an irritated scowl.
“Why are you still dressed?” I walked up to her and grabbed the two halves of her shirt and pushed it from her shoulders. Taking the bottom of her camisole in my hands, I pulled it up over her breasts.
“Up,” I instructed for her raise her arms. Lashawnda complied, and I tossed her clothes in the shallow wicker basket. As I was reaching for the button on her slacks, the doorbell chimed. I pulled open the button, unzipped her pants, and quickly pushing them down over her rounded bottom.
“That must be the pizza,” I said giving her a hard squeeze. I pulled her in close and kissed the side of her neck. “When I get back, I want you completely naked,” I said roughly in her ear before walking out.
Walking back into the bathroom, I almost tripped over my feet. Lashawnda was sitting at the edge of the tub, one leg tucked behind the other, and her dark hair flowing down around her shoulders. Her skin stood out against the soft pearlescent tile. There was a light mist of steam coming from the water in the tub. One of her bare feet touched the floor and the other nestled underneath her rounded bottom. Her seductive pose reminded me of a goddess forever captured in renaissance art.
I raced back to the open bathroom door, and she hadn’t moved. I put the camera in position and captured her image. She was so lost in thought; she didn’t turn around until I walked completely in the room and started taking off my clothes.
“What kind of pizza did you order?” Lashawnda asked finally turning her head toward me.
“Veggie, cheese, and spicy Italian,” I answered while unbuttoning my dress shirt.
Lashawnda’s eyes were everywhere on my body except my face. When I reached my pants, she licked her lips. I pulled the belt from the loops and dropped it on the countertop. Unbuttoning my pants, I slid my zipper down, hooked my thumbs in the waistband of my boxers and slid them down with my pants. I stood naked before Lashawnda wearing nothing but an amused grin. She was looking at me with unabashed lust.
“Come on get in,” I instructed getting into the tub and settling down before helping her step over the edge, in between my thighs. The tub was large enough to fit both of us with room to spare. There were massaging jets placed on the sides. This bathroom was one of the reasons why we decided to buy this house. On many occasions, I would find Lashawnda in here enjoying a soothing bubble bath, her laptop propped up on the cart, with Fat Bastard sitting on the toilet seat.
I leisurely stroked soap over her skin with my fingertips. The bath oils had created a slick layer on our bodies, causing every movement to be a slippery slide of flesh meeting flesh. I laid my head back and looked up at the swirls and spirals on the ceiling.
The events of the past hour were running through my mind. Jenny was a piece of work. I’d been around crazy before, but she was possibly certifiable. What could she possibly think to gain from those pictures? If she thought I would allow Lashawnda to leave me over something so frivolous, then she obviously wasn’t aware of the feelings I had for this woman.
I rubbed Lashawnda’s shoulders, placing a kiss on the side of her neck.
“Don’t ever doubt my love for you. Don’t ever doubt me again,” I whispered deeply. “I told you before I wasn’t about playing games.”
“Yes, but…”
“You think I don’t worry about fucking up? Well, I do. But that worry never includes me cheating on you. The thought of being this close to someone else never crosses my mind.”
“Sean, this isn’t the first test to our relationship. And, it was a tiny one, I might add. Don’t make it seem like I failed. I got angry at first; I won’t lie about that. But I took the time to listen to what you had to say. I could have blown up and got all irrational.”
I snorted.
“Okay, even more irrational,” Lashawnda conceded. “You know what’s interesting about this situation?”
“What’s that?” I asked rubbing my hand on the underside of her right breast.
“Jenny. I don’t know if it’s the researcher or future psychologists in me trying to come out and play, but I don’t understand her behavior. She knows we are together. And, when she showed me the pictures, I thought maybe she didn’t think it would bother me to see them. But, when I started getting pissed off at your nonchalant attitude, I noticed this smug look on her face.”
“That bitch is a fucking nutcase,” I scoffed, thinking about the way Jenny was practically drooling over me even with Lashawnda sitting there. She seemed even more unhinged as time went by.
“It’s amusing to think about how much she used to lust after you. I kind of understand her discomfort with seeing us together.”
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�Well, you sure didn’t help the situation by testing my adenoids with your tongue,” I responded with a chuckle. “What was that all about? I was not expecting it.”
Lashawnda smiled mischievously. “I may be a sweet girl, but don’t take my kindness for stupidity. I always give people the benefit of the doubt, but I refuse to let anybody play me for a fool. She showed her hand by looking like she won the battle before we even sent out scouts to survey enemy territory. As a nice little payback, she got to see exactly what she was missing.”
I was impressed by Lashawnda’s devious thought process. I didn’t know she had it in her. “I like this side of you. Sometimes you’re just too damn nice.”
“My dad used to say the same thing when I was growing up. But, after a while, he would just sigh and say, ‘that’s just Lucky.’ But you know me, I don’t mind doing anything for anyone. I figure, if it’s in my power to help someone out, then, I should. You never know when someone else might be of assistance to you.”
She shifted in my embrace, rubbing the outside of my thigh.
“I don’t make judgments about people without getting to know them first. I let people’s actions dictate our relationship, not my assumptions. Like Jenny, up until this point, I haven’t had any serious mishaps with her. Sure, there were little things, but nothing so extreme I couldn’t ignore it. But today she told me with her actions that she can be conniving, and I need to keep her at arm’s length.”
It was now or never. I thought with a shake of my head. I had just given her a hard time about trusting me. The last thing I needed was for anything to come back and bite me in the ass.
“She sent me naked pictures of herself.” I confessed.
“What?” Lashawnda turned to face me so fast that water sloshed over the side of the tub onto the floor.
“Calm down.”
“Don’t tell me to calm down.”
Was it wrong that I found her anger sexy and not the least bit intimidating? I wasn’t dumb enough to tell her that during my confession.
“They were not solicited pictures. The day I stayed home from work, they showed up in my spam folder. I thought maybe one of the guys was playing a prank on me. The pictures didn’t even have her face in any of them.”
“So, how did you know it was her?” Lashawnda interrupted.
“I didn’t at first. Jackson recognized her.”
“Well, how did he know it was her?” She tossed her hand in the air with frustration, splashing the hot water.
“Because it’s Jackson, Lashawnda. He’s got like Sherlock Holmes skills when it comes to seeing shit. He said it was some discoloration on her skin or something like that. But he tracked down the email, and it came from her.”
“Okay; one, I’m seriously impressed with Jackson right now.” She held up her pointer finger. “And, two, I’m not going to give you a hard time for not telling me. We’re learning and growing together. Let’s not make these mistakes again.”
“I’m good with that.” I nodded.
Lashawnda shook her head from side to side. “Jenny is a mess.”
“She’s also bisexual.” Lashawnda turned to look at me with wide eyes. “Yup. She strapped up and was going in on the girl in the photo with her.”
“Seriously?”
“Dead serious.”
“Is it crazy that I want to see?” she asked.
“Nah, that’s not crazy.” I leaned my head back and brought my knees up. “I trashed that email as soon as we figured out who it was. If I never see that woman again, I’d be happy.”
I took her licorice colored nipple between my thumb and forefinger and tweaked it lightly. When she squirmed between my legs, I increased the pressure until a soft whimper escaped her lips.
“By the way, you owe me a piece of gum,” I said before sucking on the side of her neck.
“I’ll buy you a whole pack of gum.” An odd concoction of sounds erupted from Lashawnda’s mouth as she moaned and snorted at the same time.
“I don’t want a whole pack, just one piece. And, I want you to put it back the same way you took the one I was chewing,” I answered.
“Okay.” Lashawnda giggled.
The tension I felt was gone. As I lifted her heavy breasts in my palms, I was thankful for my erratic behavior. Taking a warm bath with her was not something I would have instantly thought of doing. But my subconscious was in charge at the moment, and it was just what we needed. Having her like this was the solution to our problem. There were no barriers, just us skin to skin. The experience was completely elemental.
“I love you,” I breathed against the side of her face.
“I love you.” Lashawnda leaned her head back on my chest and raised her chin, bringing us lip to lip.
I kissed her with tender adoration, pouring all my feelings into the physical connection we were sharing. When my hands weren’t content with just the feel of her breasts, I roamed every inch of her that I could touch. The oily water aided in their movements. I reached down and cupped the thick flesh between her legs almost exploding from the heat I felt there. I slid two fingers inside her slippery channel. Massaging her walls while using my other hand to spread her legs open.
The feeling of her wet in the tub was heavenly, but I wanted to be in her; preferably on a hard surface.
“Let’s get out,” I demanded in a rough growl. Lashawnda shifted to her knees and attempted to stand up, but I motioned for her not to move. “No, I don’t want you to slip. There is a lot of oil in this water.”
I stood and gingerly reached out, grabbing a bath towel from the shelf of stacked linens. I stepped out, quickly wiping my feet, and spreading the towel on the floor. I grabbed another towel and began drying my hair.
“Holy fuck!” I exclaimed.
Reaching out I braced myself on the wall next to the tub. I looked down and almost lost my balance again. There before me were too large expressive brown eyes looking up at me in the most coquettish manner I had ever witnessed. On that same face was a pair of chocolate and strawberry tinted lips wrapped around my cock, stroking and sucking me into submission. I bit my bottom lip and threw my head back in an effort to suppress the animalistic growl.
I loved this…loved her…loved the way she made me submit.
Sitting up on her knees in the tub, Lashawnda placed one hand around the base of my cock and the other over my hip, steadying herself. She was working my length like only she knew how. She took me deep at a steady pace and pulled back to work the tip with her tongue just how I liked. I was swelling to immense proportions in her mouth when she created a continuous suction with her lips, stroking me firmly.
I rewarded her efforts with a string of curse words, grunts, moans, and whatever other inaudible things leaving my mouth. When that tongue licked around my balls, I cursed loudly and grabbed her by the side of her face, fisting her hair.
“Fuck, sweetheart; I’m about to cum,” I grunted, begging her to take me there.
This view of my innocent, sweet little lady sucking me off was a reality and fantasy all wrapped up in one. Too many emotions, too much riotous feelings clanging around in my chest. I felt empowered and vulnerable all at the same time.
Something sparked a fire within her; maybe she saw the desperation on my face. She increased her efforts until my cock pulsated within her grip. I pressed into her mouth on her downward stroke causing her to gag slightly. But it wasn’t enough to make her stop. Lashawnda eased the tension in the back of her throat and took as much of me as she could.
Then she did the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen. She took one hand from around my cock and slid two fingers inside of herself, increasing her own pleasure. My hold on her face tightened even more.
“Baby, I’m cumin’.”
“Me too,” Lashawnda garbled around my cock seconds before my cum hit the roof of her mouth. Her own body jerked as she started to cum too.
I held my eyes shut tight, listening to the feminine sounds of Lashawnda’s orgasm. When I could f
inally open my eyes, I looked down to find her looking up at me. I caressed the apple of her cheek and smoothed the hair away from her face. When she finally pulled me from her mouth and licked her lips, I felt the world drop from beneath my feet. Holding myself up required too much effort, so I sank to my knees in front of her. I rubbed my forehead against hers, doing my utmost to calm my beating heart.
“You have no idea how amazing you are.” I pulled away to look at her face, lips grazing over her mouth, nose, and forehead.
“Yes, I do,” Lashawnda responded. “All of my amazing-ness was just etched on your face.”
“Damn, I think I just showed my hand. You know my weakness.”
“Duly noted,” she teased.
I shook my head and kissed her lips. “Come, get out of this tub.”
We barely made it to the bedroom before I was all over her again. She made me weak with pleasure just seconds ago, but I was dying to be inside her again. Opening the nightstand drawer, I grab a condom and rip it open with my teeth. I fumbled with it, trying to contain my anticipation. I was about to forget about using anything; but I didn’t want to go against the agreement we made. Finally, able to get myself fully sheathed, I slid slowly into her. Lifting her hips slightly from the bed, I branded my name on her. Her facial features contorted as I hit her spot repeatedly.
I bent my head and pulled her lips into a hard kiss. Lashawnda gripped my upper arms with her fingernails, piercing my skin. Placing my hands on both sides of her head, I swiveled my hips in tight circular motions. I loved how her eyes popped open and her mouth formed that sexy O in a silent scream.
“Who does my heart belong to?” I asked. “Who owns my heart, soul, and body?”
Lashawnda bit her bottom lip, head thrown back in ecstasy. “Me.”
“Hmm, I don’t think you sound very convinced.” I shook my head. “Now, again, who do I belong to?”
“It’s mine…dammit all mine,” she pleaded.
“Yes, it is, and don’t you ever forget it.” I wrapped her ankles around my neck, bringing her to surrender as I watched my work play out on her face. I threw my head back in pleasure, eyes shut tight; because watching her became too much for me.
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