“Oh yes,” Alex moaned and shoved her entire body into Maddie’s fingers, staying suspended in the air while her orgasm trembled through her flesh. “Oh god, yes.” She fell back into the mattress with a deep sigh.
Maddie felt possessed with need. She couldn’t wait until gentle pleasantries and post-orgasmic kisses had been exchanged. She needed Alex inside her now. She pushed herself up and straddled Alex’s slender form. She took hold of Alex’s right hand and brought it to her aching pussy.
“Fuck me, babe. I…” Maddie couldn’t finish her sentence because Alex had already entered her.
Maddie met Alex halfway and bucked down on her while her hands rested alongside Alex’s face, her eyes staring down at the woman who made her feel things with an abandon completely foreign to her.
The climax creeping up on Maddie was one born from pure need. It wasn’t a slow build. It wasn’t the result of a string of sensual movements colliding into an inevitable explosion inside her. It was Alex taking her, claiming her as hers again. It was the physical expression of their new beginning. It was love and it was need and it was heaven.
Maddie panted heavily through the waves crashing into her from everywhere. From Alex’s eyes looking up at her and Alex’s left hand scratching her back and Alex’s right hand filling her with everything she had. Sweat dripped out of Alex’s hair and it was so quintessentially her, muscles rippling under her skin while sweat trickled along, shoulders broad and curls dancing around her face.
“I love you,” she groaned as she crashed down on Alex’s supple body, the orgasm momentarily incapacitating her.
“And I love you,” Alex said. She slid her fingers out of Maddie gently and held her in her arms for long heavenly minutes, maybe hours. Maddie couldn’t be sure. Time seemed to have stopped and frozen them in that moment of perfect unification. It was just them against the rest of the world: predatory exes and overcrowded cities, ruthless bankers and too much work, problematic pasts and scorned lovers. It was just them and it was how it was meant to be.
ALEX
Alex woke before Maddie and stared at the sleeping form beside her while her stomach rumbled. She’d missed all meals the day before. Then again, that hadn’t even been the most unusual part of the day.
Despite their similarities in looks and certain common personality traits, Maddie slept differently than Rita. She allowed her mouth to drop open slightly and she liked to edge towards the middle of the bed, whereas Rita seemed controlled even in dreams. Even when sleeping she looked as if playing a part in a commercial for Egyptian cotton sheets, her hair tied up neatly and a black silk mask covering her eyes. Towards the end of their affair, she let Alex spoon her, but only for the first ten minutes of the night. Then she shook her off, claiming she was too warm or she couldn’t breathe, depending on how dramatic she felt.
Maddie lay on her back, her straight blond hair splayed all over the pillow, the duvet only covering her body from the waist down. Alex hoisted herself up on one elbow and let a hand drift over Maddie’s chest. Her breasts were bigger than Rita’s. Alex had noticed them the first time she’d met Maddie in body combat class, when she’d made the group do jumping jacks for thirty seconds to raise their heartbeat. The bigger chested women always stood out in moments like that. She smiled at the memory.
Alex hadn’t suffered many hangovers in her life, but yesterday’s had been epic. To wake up without that relentless thud in her temples and that queasy feeling in her stomach seemed like a miracle, but here she was, feeling more than fine.
“Please tell me it’s Sunday.” Maddie opened her eyes and arched her back while stretching out her limbs.
Alex nodded while letting her drifting hand disappear under the covers. She traced two fingers over Maddie’s lower abdomen.
“Does this morning assault on my privates mean we’re back together?” Maddie caught Alex’s fingers in her palm and held her gaze.
“If you’ll still have me now that you know I’m damaged goods.” Alex held her breath.
“As if that was ever up to me.” Maddie pushed Alex’s hand down into her pubic hair. “And anyway, I’ll still want you when your spectacular abs have turned to flab and your hair has gone grey.”
Maddie was right. The choice had been up to Alex and she had chosen.
“How dare you suggest I’ll someday live without a six pack. I might as well be dead.” Alex dipped one finger between Maddie’s legs and wondered if the woman was ever not wet and ready to go when she was in her company.
“Music to my ears, babe.” Maddie’s voice shifted to ragged whispers as Alex started circling a finger around her clit. She threw her head back into the pillows and let go of Alex’s hand. “Let me feel them.”
Maddie brought her hand to Alex’s belly and scratched her skin lightly before digging her nails in. In reaction, Alex pushed a finger inside Maddie.
“Mmm,” Maddie moaned and snuck her hand up to Alex’s chest until it cupped her breast.
Alex moved her finger and being inside Maddie moistened her thighs. Heat pulsed between her legs. It wasn’t enough anymore to just feel Maddie’s hand on her breast. She needed more. As if she had to make up for fleeing.
Slowly, she let her finger slip out of Maddie. She kissed Maddie below the belly button before pushing herself up, twisting on her knees until her back faced Maddie, and spread her legs to straddle her.
Alex had barely found her balance when she felt Maddie’s nails dig into the skin of her behind.
“Sunday brunch,” Maddie said, “my favourite meal of the week.”
Alex bent her elbows and crouched down over Maddie’s sex. Before she had a chance to even plant a kiss on it, she felt Maddie’s lips on her, sucking her into her mouth. Alex returned the favour. Her tongue trailed over Maddie’s upside-down pussy, a film of Maddie’s wetness clinging to her chin.
Maddie didn’t waste any time inserting a finger inside of Alex, which made it hard for Alex to focus on her own activities. It was never easy to be in charge in Maddie’s bed. One trait she definitely had in common with Rita. Alex wouldn’t want it any other way. Maddie’s finger twisted deep from the start and Alex bucked her hips back, wanting to take in as much of Maddie as she could.
Alex curved her arms over Maddie’s thighs so her hands had free reign over Maddie’s pussy. With one hand she exposed Maddie’s clit. The other one she positioned at the entrance of Maddie’s pussy. While her tongue danced over Maddie’s clit, Alex slid two fingers inside of Maddie.
Tasting and feeling Maddie the way she was doing, so intimate and intoxicating, while Maddie was doing the exact same thing to her, was a potent stimulant. Alex felt heat gather between her legs and she moaned into Maddie’s pussy as she licked her clit.
She felt herself soar to climactic heights within seconds, Maddie’s wetness in her face and her fingers in her pussy. Maddie was using just fingers now and they felt full and lush inside of Alex.
Alex thrust down harder and tried not to lose her focus, letting her fingers disappear into Maddie and lavishing the attention of her tongue on Maddie’s clit.
Maddie’s other hand sailed to Alex’s abs, her nails digging deep into Alex’s muscles again. It was enough to set Alex off. She halted her movements while Maddie’s fingers dug deep. The exquisite pain of Maddie’s fingernails on her abs blended with the contractions of her pussy walls around the fingers of Maddie’s other hand. Alex’s mouth was on Maddie’s pussy lips, but she was too lost in the moment to do anything. She just groaned and squirmed and let the release wash over her.
Maddie knew Alex’s body well enough by now and finished her off with three deep thrusts before retracting her fingers and brushing the back of her other hand tenderly over Alex’s belly.
“Oh fuck,” Alex sighed, her body lying spent and spread-eagled across Maddie’s.
Maddie tapped her bottom playfully. “Hop off, Lothario.”
“But I haven’t fin—”
“We’ll take care of tha
t in a minute. Not that it isn’t a pleasure to look at, but I’d rather see your face right now instead of your behind.”
A blush creeping along her cheeks, Alex crawled off Maddie, turned around, and crashed down next to her.
Maddie gathered Alex in her arms. “I like the way you think,” she whispered in Alex’s ear.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t hold it any longer.” Alex buried her face in Maddie’s hair.
“It’s funny how your stamina in bed is exactly the opposite of your stamina in class.”
“It’s hardly a matter of endurance. It’s you. You so easily reduce me to a puddle of wetness and want. I take no responsibility for it.”
“I wouldn’t want you to.” Maddie slipped out from under Alex’s grasp and looked down at her. “I’m flattered I have such an effect on you.”
“Enough about me.” Alex drew Maddie in for a kiss, their first of the day, and embraced her for long minutes. “Let’s focus on you.”
“What did you have in mind?” Maddie shot her a broad smile.
Alex looked around. “I presume hand cuffs are out of the question?”
Maddie nodded and winked.
“I’ll pick up where I left off earlier then.” Alex pushed Maddie down again, her hand trailing down along Maddie’s belly.
“Sounds just about perfect to me.” Maddie pulled Alex close for a kiss while Alex slipped a finger inside the heat between her legs.
MADDIE
Maddie followed Alex into the shower cubicle. It was Wednesday night after Alex’s last class of the day and all she’d been able to think about for the past hour was Alex’s body slammed against the tiled wall of the shower.
“What are you doing?” Alex planted her hands on her hips. Quite the sight when she was completely naked. “Get out of here.”
Maddie inched closer and covered Alex’s hands with hers. She knew full well Alex didn’t mess around with displays of affection at work. She’d wink at Maddie during class, but even that gesture had grown less frequent as their affair had progressed.
“I’d like to stay.”
Alex shook Maddie’s hands off her. “No way,” she whispered. “I can get fired for this.”
“I know it’s not your speciality, but you’ll have to be extra quiet then.” Maddie turned on the tab and manoeuvred Alex against the wall.
Alex took a deep breath and put her hands on Maddie’s shoulders. “I know you used to get off on office sex, but I thought you were past that now.”
“Ouch.” Water splashed around them and Alex’s hair started to cling to her forehead in delicious wet strands. Maddie backed off.
Alex’s black eyes shot daggers at Maddie. She wasn’t kidding.
“Get out of my cubicle and make sure no one sees you.” Her voice was low and gravelly. She looked a little bit turned on. Or maybe it was an angry side of her Maddie hadn’t yet had the pleasure to encounter.
“Okay. I’m going.” Maddie gave Alex her cool sexy stare and for the first time ever it didn’t seem to have any effect. Dejected, she stuck her head out of the door, made sure no one was around and ducked into the shower cubicle across from Alex.
Angry Alex was hot, especially without clothes and with water raining down her body. Maddie imagined it was Alex who rubbed the soap into her skin and washed her hair, not gently, but with firm movements supported by strong muscles. She couldn’t wait to get home.
When they towelled off and got dressed in the communal area, Alex turned her back to Maddie. Maddie could only imagine the brooding fury in her eyes as she watched Alex’s muscles flex while she slipped into her clothes.
On their way out, Alex still hadn’t said a word. It wasn’t until the door of the gym was firmly shut behind them that Alex blew a fuse.
“Don’t you ever put me in that position again,” she hissed, loud enough for Maddie to hear but hushed enough to not provide passers-by with unexpected entertainment. “This is my job. There are rules and I stick to them. I believe in ethical—” Alex halted mid-rant. Her mouth fell open and her expression changed into one Maddie had only seen once before.
Maddie spun on her heels and stared straight into Rita Lowe’s face.
“Trouble in paradise?” Rita’s voice was clear and sultry. It was odd to stand so close to her, facing off really.
Alex regained composure much quicker than last time. Maybe the mood she’d been in before had something to do with it. Maddie had never seen her so feisty. Hands balled into fists and lips drawn tight.
“I realise my teaching schedule is freely available online, but I don’t take kindly to stalking.” She took a step closer to Maddie, whose heart thumped frantically in her chest. “Whatever it is you have to say, Rita. Or whatever prop from our past you want to give me that you rendered meaningless the day you started fucking Peggy, I’m not interested.” Alex grabbed Maddie’s hand. “I told you I’m seeing someone.” Her fingers trembled against Maddie’s palm. “This is Maddie, my girlfriend.” Alex huddled closer and Maddie flung a protective arm around her shoulder.
“Nice to meet you, Rita.” Maddie painted the most friendly fake smile on her lips she could muster and extended her free hand.
“And you.” Rita shook her hand with a firm grip. “I’d best be on my way.” A forced grin played on her face. She nodded at Alex and walked up the platform leading to the escalator.
Maddie’s heart jumped in her chest. Alex couldn’t have chosen her in a more obvious way. She faced her and dragged her into her arms.
“Are you all right?”
Alex circled her arms around Maddie’s middle. “You’ll take any excuse to hug me in front of my work place.” She nuzzled her nose into Maddie’s neck.
“I’m sorry about earlier. I was out of line.”
“You’re such a nymphomaniac. I can’t take you anywhere.”
“I’m only a maniac for you, babe.” Maddie loosened herself from their embrace. “And you have no idea how happy you just made me.”
“Shunning my stalking, manipulative, cheating ex in front of you, you mean? That was the easy part.” A crooked smile tugged at the corners of Alex’s mouth. Maddie knew she was acting much tougher than she felt. She’d sensed the incontrollable tremor in Alex’s fingers when she’d addressed Rita. She’d heard the uneasiness beneath the steel in her voice.
“Oh yeah?” Maddie didn’t know if she should push for more of a conversation on the topic or not.
“The hard part will be getting you in those cuffs later on, to punish you for your lewd behaviour.”
“It’s best to set the record straight from the start, babe. It’s never going to happen.”
“Have you met these?” Alex flexed her biceps and guided Maddie’s hand toward the impressive bulge forming underneath her jacket sleeve.
“Best get me home now before I have to resort to inappropriate actions in the vicinity of the gym again.” Maddie curled her hand around Alex’s arm at bicep height and coaxed her towards the escalator.
“I do have other ways of punishing you. I hope you realise that.” Alex’s face was all cheekiness. Her dark eyes lighting up and body relaxing. “The weather should be ideal for a leisurely stroll along the Dragon’s Back this weekend. What do you think?”
“I’ll take the hand cuffs.”
ALEX
“Maddie and I bumped into Rita last night.” Alex and Nat sat across from each other at Munchies. Two girls at a table nearby had been looking at Nat longingly for the twenty minutes they’d been there. Nat had been staring back a bit too much for Alex’s comfort.
“What?” This got Nat’s full attention. “An ultimate lesbian drama moment. Tell me all about it.”
“I told her to bugger off.”
“Who? Maddie or Rita?” A huge smile split Nat’s face. “Just kidding, Pizza.”
Alex mock-smiled. “Not even remotely funny, Orange.” Alex took stock of the girls. They looked about seventeen, but were probably in their mid-twenties. They seemed like t
he exact type Nat would have gone for before things heated up between her and Isabella. “And what are you doing making eyes at those girls?”
“Lighten up. Isabella and I are not exclusive, you know.”
Alex’s eyebrows shot up. “Does Isabella know that?”
“What do you mean? I know you’re of the more prudish variety, but isn’t that implied at the beginning of any courtship?” Nat openly ogled the girls now and Alex stiffened at the sound of their giggles cutting through the air.
“No. Of course it’s not.” Alex leaned over the table. “Are you saying you’ve been seeing other people?” Alex hesitated for a second. “Since you and Isabella got together?”
“I haven’t been going out of my way to meet them. Isabella keeps me pretty occupied.” Nat met Alex halfway across the table. “And satisfied, I must add. But sometimes, when one is out and about, things…happen.”
“What sort of things?” Alex couldn’t believe it. Maybe she’d been living under a rock of late, what with Rita resurfacing and the intensifying of her relationship with Maddie, but she’d assumed Nat and Isabella were a done deal from the beginning. She’d certainly never suspected Nat was still up to her old tricks.
“No need to make a big deal out of it, Pizza.”
The smug smile on Nat’s face drove Alex crazy. She could deal with Nat the philanderer when she’d been single, but she couldn’t accept that kind of behaviour now she was with Isabella.
“If you’re cheating on Isabella, I swear to you, I’ll never speak to you again.” Alex realised she’d recently fallen victim to over-complicating the matters of the heart in her own life, but this was just ludicrous.
“I’m not cheating on her. We simply haven’t set the boundaries of our relationship yet. It’s only been a few weeks and I’m not sure if I’ll ever choose monogamy again.”
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