by E. L. Todd
“I am?” I didn’t notice the difference.
“Yeah.” She ran her hands up my chest to my shoulders. “You seem happy.”
“How can I not be happy when I’m looking at you?” It was the cheesiest thing to say, but the words tumbled out of my mouth with complete sincerity.
She smiled, and not far behind was that blush.
We walked back to the table and sat side by side. Rae was sitting beside Zeke, in quiet conversation with him.
“I have this dumb charity gala thing for my work this weekend,” Rae said. “You wanna be my date?”
“Since when did charity become dumb?” Zeke asked with a smile.
“The charity part isn’t dumb,” Rae said quickly. “It’s the fact that I have to go.”
“Who said you have to go?” Zeke asked.
“It’s mandatory,” Rae explained. “We get paid overtime to eat free food and drink booze. It just makes the company look good. Anyway, are you gonna be my hot date or not?”
“It’s on Saturday?”
“Yeah.”
“Absolutely.” He pressed his mouth to her ear and must have said something inappropriate because she grinned then smacked him playfully on the arm.
The door burst open again. “Alright, bitches. Queen Bee is here, and now the party is really getting started.” She held up two bottles of wine, her dark hair in shiny curls and dark makeup around her eyes.
Rae threw her arms in the air. “Woo-hoo.”
“Alright.” Kayden clapped. “Queen Party Girl is here.”
Jessie hugged the girls and pressed a kiss to each of their cheeks. Then she poured herself a glass of wine that nearly splashed over the rim. “Alright, let’s do this. Women versus men.”
“That’s not fair,” Kayden said. “There’s only two of them.”
“And Rex doesn’t count because he’s dumb as hell,” Rae said.
I kicked her under the table, but I got Zeke’s leg instead. It was solid like steel. “Ouch...”
“Don’t kick my girl,” Zeke said matter-of-factly.
“What?” I asked. “You knew I was going to kick her?”
“I’ve known you our entire lives,” Zeke said. “I know when you’re going to kick Rae.”
Rae grinned from ear to ear, enjoying Zeke’s protection from me.
I rubbed my shin and knew there would be a bruise there tomorrow. “Anyway, I invited Tobias, so the teams will be even.”
“Perfect,” Jessie said. “Guys versus girls it is.” She raised her glass, as did everyone else. “Ladies, we have to show them what we’re made of.”
“And we will,” Rae said. “Like always.”
Chapter Eleven
Rae
I lay in bed, cold despite Safari’s large mass keeping my bed warm. The apartment was silent now that Rex wasn’t around to watch TV obnoxiously loud. And without Zeke’s quiet breathing beside me, it was hard to fall asleep.
Plus, I was horny.
I pulled out my phone and texted him. Wanna hook up?
The three dots appeared immediately. Thought you’d never ask.
I’ll head over there now.
No. Your ass stays put. I’ll come to you.
I rolled my eyes at his chivalry. I’m a big girl who can take care of herself.
And you have a big man to take care of you. So. Stay. Put.
I kinda liked the bossy side of him. Alright. You win.
I always win.
Fifteen minutes later, there was a knock on my door. In just my bra and panties, I answered it and saw Zeke on the other side. He was in dark jeans and a hoodie, looking sexy like always.
He looked me up and down appreciatively, admiring my cleavage in my black bra and the lace from my matching panties that sat on my hips. “Damn.” He scooped me up and carried me down the hallway, his hands gripping my thighs and his lips on mine as he walked.
He set me on the bed and nudged Safari to the side. My dog got up and walked down the hallway. Zeke spread my thighs then sprinkled kisses over the sensitive skin, his scruff rubbing against me.
My fingers dug into his hair as I watched him worship me with his mouth. I missed him all day, and this forced time apart was getting to me. I was used to awesome sex around the clock, and I couldn’t give it up.
He pulled off my thong then kissed my folds, moving his tongue along my aching clit then inside my narrow opening. He did amazing things with his mouth, bringing me to the brink of an orgasm instantly.
“Zeke...” I was delirious with pleasure, hung up on this man I adored so deeply. I’d fallen so hard, headfirst, that my legs shook every time I thought about him. He made me weak in the knees, literally.
He moved up my body and unzipped his sweatshirt, revealing his bare chest underneath.
I yanked it off then unbuttoned his jeans. He looked sexy in clothes, but he looked so much better in nothing. I got his boxers off and let his enormous cock pop free. It was just as happy to see me as I was to see him.
He positioned himself on top of me, his thick crown eager to stretch me wide apart.
“No.” I grabbed his shoulders and rolled him to his back. “I want your dick in my mouth.”
Even in the dark, I could see his heated expression. His jaw clenched with anticipation, and the hooded look in his eyes made him seem both dangerous and utterly sexy. He propped himself up on one elbow. “Then take it, baby.” He grabbed the base of his cock and pointed it upward, ready for my warm mouth to surround him.
Big dicks were hard to suck. They usually activated my gag reflex and brought tears to my eyes. But my mouth wanted his cock so bad I couldn’t wait a moment longer. I wanted to know exactly how he tasted. I wanted to make him feel as good as he made me feel. As intimidating as his package was, I knew I could get it down.
Zeke moved his free hand into my hair, fisting all over it with his long fingers. Then he guided me to his cock, his eyes trained on my lips.
I started with a kiss to the crown, rubbing my wet lips across the tip and feeling the pre-come stick to my bottom lip. It was salty, and I licked the head so I could get all of it into my mouth.
Zeke moaned quietly.
I flattened my tongue then inched down his length, feeling my jaw unhinge to accommodate all of him. I moved slightly over halfway but couldn’t go any farther without causing myself to gag.
I slowly moved up and down, taking in his length over and over. I started off slow because I wanted to make it last. I wanted to drive him crazy and make him come so hard he forgot to breathe.
Every time I moved toward the base of his cock, my eyes sprang with tears. They dripped down my cheeks toward my chin, but that didn’t stop me. His enormous length turned me on, made me so wet I was afraid I would drip onto the bed.
Zeke wiped the right tear away with his thumb, his breathing deep and rough from his obvious satisfaction. “Fuck. I’ve never fucked a more beautiful mouth.” He wiped the other tear away then gripped the back of my neck, guiding me up and down his length at the pace he enjoyed.
I pulled his enormous length out of my mouth and let it plop against his stomach before I moved to his balls. I sucked the sensitive skin into my mouth and slathered my tongue over the textured surface.
Zeke wrapped his fingers around his length and stroked himself, watching me suck his balls deep into my mouth. His breathing grew deeper, every breath coming out as a pant. He suddenly stopped jerking himself altogether. He grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me away from his balls even though it didn’t look like he wanted to stop. “I want my come in your pussy tonight.”
“And I want it in my mouth.” I moved my face back to his cock and returned him to my mouth where he belonged. I wanted him to release inside me, to let himself go in the frenzy he was about to feel. I wanted every drop of his seed on my tongue, so I could taste it until morning.
I moved him back in my throat and pushed as far as I could without gagging. The tears started again, dripping down my f
ace. His cock felt bigger in my mouth because he was throbbing, ready to shoot in the back of my throat.
“Here it comes, baby.” He gripped the back of my neck and thrust into my mouth, shoving his cock down my throat as I moved to take him at the same time. A loud grunt escaped his throat before he released.
There was so much that I couldn’t swallow fast enough. It kept coming, mounds of it. I was nearly drowning in his seed, unable to breathe because it was so heavy.
“Fuck, Rae.” He kept his cock in my mouth when he was done, twitching until it was completely finished with the explosion. He pulled his cock out of my mouth and looked down at me. “Show me.”
I still had some left, so I opened my mouth and revealed my tongue.
With a look of satisfaction, he nodded. “That’s my girl.” He moved me to my back and spread my legs far apart. “Now your turn, baby.”
I started to writhe before his lips even touched me, knowing this was going to be a damn good night.
Chapter Twelve
Rex
Zeke asked me to play a round of golf when we both got off work. I’d been seeing a lot more of him lately, just like old times. Rae wasn’t invited to tag along, and that surprised me even more. I’d just assumed the good old days of the two of us hanging out solo were over.
It was sunny and dry, a big surprise for Seattle. I hadn’t hit the links in a while, so my shots were rusty. Zeke, on the other hand, was pretty good at golf. He’d been playing for years, and he seemed to do it often to network with people in his medical field.
Zeke struck the ball with his club and shot it far over the fairway. It bounced near the hole but didn’t roll inside. “Damn, so close.”
I shaded my eyes with my hand and whistled under my breath. “That was an awesome shot.”
“I know. It might be my best one.” He stepped out of the way, so I could approach the tee.
I set my ball down then stepped back. “So, everything okay with Rae?”
“Yeah.” He inserted his club into his bag then stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the hole across the green. “Why wouldn’t it be?”
“You hang out with me a lot.”
“You’re my best friend. Why wouldn’t I hang out with you?”
“You kinda disappeared for a while. I’d just assumed you would be spending all your time with her from now on.” I lined up the shot and practiced my swing. I loved spending time with Kayden and she was the center of my universe, but my life just wasn’t the same without seeing Zeke all the time. It just wasn’t natural.
Zeke watched me line up the shot. “In the beginning, I think we were both pretty desperate for some alone time. But now, everything has calmed down. I like to be with her as much as I can, don’t get me wrong. But we understand we have other people in our lives.”
It seemed like there was something he wasn’t telling me, but I didn’t have the evidence to prove it. “She told me she knew about your proposal to Rochelle.”
Zeke sighed but didn’t say anything.
“I thought that was why you guys weren’t spending as much time together. Having a fight or something.”
“No, not at all. But that was a tense conversation.”
I finally swung back and hit the ball, making it fly through the air and land on the green on the other side. It wasn’t nearly as close to the hole as Zeke’s was, but it was still a pretty damn good shot. “I can imagine. But she got over it?”
“She was never mad. She just feels guilty about what happened to Rochelle.”
I think we all did.
“We’ve moved past it, like we’ll move past everything that comes our way.” When he talked about Rae, he always seemed absolutely certain it would last forever. And when she talked about him, I got the exact same vibe.
“That’s good. Wasn’t sure how she would take it.”
Together, we walked across the field and pulled our bags with us.
“So, you’re going to the charity thing for Rae’s work?”
“Yeah. I’d already told a friend I would cover his shift at urgent care, but I should make it in time. I’ll have to take a two-minute power shower then throw on my suit and hope it looks right.” He dropped his bag off to the side of the grass then approached his ball on the precisely cut lawn.
I thought there was a very obvious problem about that charity dinner. “So...you cool with seeing Ryker?” The guy owned the company, so he had to be there. I knew Rae worked with him every day, but her lab was in a completely different building on the bottom floor. They didn’t share a break room.
He tapped the ball into the hole, and it rolled inside with a gentle thud. “Couldn’t care less.”
“Really?” The situation was awkward, and on top of that, Ryker used to be our friend once upon a time.
“He’s the one who should feel like shit. My arm will be wrapped around Rae the entire time, and he’ll have to face the fact that he could have been me if he didn’t fuck everything up.” He grabbed the ball and dropped it into his pocket.
At least he was cool with it. “Good thing you aren’t the jealous type. Not sure if I could handle Kayden being in the same room with a guy she slept with.”
“I am the jealous type,” Zeke corrected. “But not when it comes to Ryker. I’m not threatened by him.”
“Even though you know how Rae felt about him?” I’d definitely be uneasy, even if I would never admit it.
“Whatever she felt for him, she feels twice as much for me.” He stood off to the side with his club in hand. “So, no, I don’t give a damn.”
Chapter Thirteen
Rae
My nails dug into the back of his shoulders as he rocked into me. His chest was covered with sweat, and the drops fell onto my tits as he moved. My legs were wrapped around his waist with my ankles hooked together, feeling his massive size inside me.
His face was pressed to mine, and he looked into my eyes with such possessiveness it made my spine shiver. It was exactly the same as my dreams, when Zeke was rocking into me with purposeful thrusts, filling my tight pussy with every inch of his girth.
I wanted to come, but I wanted this to last forever. Our moment in time was so sexy but beautiful at the same time. My nails dug harder into his flesh as I fought off the explosion that started between my legs.
“Not yet.”
I pouted my lips and moaned. “Zeke...”
“You’ll come when I tell you to.” He inserted himself completely inside me, nearly hitting my cervix, and then he sealed his mouth over mine with a hard kiss. He stopped thrusting, letting his fat cock impale me.
My fingers moved to the back of his neck, and I touched his hair, feeling the slippery sweat that ran down it. I kissed him just as hard, my tongue darting into his mouth and feeling his dance with mine.
He sucked my bottom lip into his mouth before he released it. “Now you can come, baby.” He thrust into me hard, slapping my headboard against the wall. He pounded into me and hit me in the right spot over and over.
Instantly, I came. “Oh, god...Zeke.”
He came at the same time, filling me just as my pussy clenched around him. “Fuck, I love coming inside you.” He gave a few more strokes before he eventually softened inside me, his load so far into my pussy that it would take a while for it to come down.
He pulled out of me then lay beside me on my small bed, his cock against his stomach. Slowly, it began to shorten against his tight abs. He closed his eyes for a moment as he caught his breath.
I was hot and sweaty, but I didn’t want to move away from him. I wanted to be close to him all the time—every second of the day.
“Baby?”
“Hmm?”
“I’m really tired of not seeing you as much as I want. I miss having you at the house all the time. I miss having dinner with you every night.”
“I know...” I missed it too. “But I can tell it means a lot to Rex that everything feels the way it used to.”
He nodded in agreement.
“If he moved across the hall from me, then it’s something that really bothers him. You know me. I don’t change my life for anyone. But I want Rex to understand we aren’t going anywhere. When he’s more comfortable, we can ease back into spending more time together.” I rubbed my hand up his chest. “And it’s not like we aren’t having awesome sex every night.”
A slow grin stretched on his mouth. “Yeah, that’s true.” His hand moved around my waist even though he was still covered in sweat.
“Really awesome sex.” I kissed his chest, feeling the hard pecs against my soft lips. “Better than the stuff I dreamed about.”
“Yeah?” He grabbed my ass and gave it a gentle squeeze. “But as much as I love these booty calls, I want more. I want to play ball with you. I want to watch you cook dinner in the kitchen while I watch the game. I want to jog with you through the park.”
“I know. We have Sundays for that.”
He growled like that wasn’t a good enough answer.
“Just give it time.” I kissed his chest again, worshiping that chiseled marble.
“I’ve wanted you for so long, Rae. Now that I have you, I have to hold back. Don’t care for it.” After that, he cooled off, and he pulled me onto his chest and ran his fingers through my hair. His other arm rested in the curve of my back.
I let the silence pass and treasured the few minutes I would have with him before he had to leave. We both had work in the morning, and it was easier for him to go back to his place to sleep. “Are you still coming with me on Saturday?”
“Of course. Is it okay if we’re a little late? I picked up a shift for a friend at urgent care.”
“I didn’t know you could do that.”
He nodded. “It’s not something I would normally do, but he’s a good friend of mine and he’s going through a hard time. He couldn’t cover my shift because he’s not a dermatologist, but urgent care medicine is pretty basic.”
“That’s pretty cool.”
“So, it’s okay if we’re a little late?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“I’ll be waiting at your place, so we can drive together.”