Finally revealing her vulnerability, Lina curled up closer to Drusus and laid her head against his shoulder. “I guess I can live with it. It sounds like I don’t have much choice anyway. I appreciate you listening to my concerns. I have so much more I want to ask you and I don’t even know where to start.” Straightening, she reached to the side and grabbed her purse. “Hell, I have to call Cassie. I know Severus called her but she’ll feel better if I do, too.”
Severus motioned to her phone. “I told Cassie that we found you at home and you are fine. I also told her it was one of Drusus’s ex-girlfriends responsible for trying to find out where you live, and that we are taking care of the matter. You cannot reveal what we have just told you. Are you okay with telling her the same?”
“I am, as long as you can guarantee that Cassie will be okay too. This crazy guy called Cassie so he knows how to find her.”
“No worries, I have two warriors guarding her premises as we speak. She will not know her protectors are present.”
“Thank you, Severus.” Moving from Drusus’s lap, Lina dialed Cassie and prayed she could sound confident when she told her best friend the biggest lie of her life.
Chapter 10
By the time Lina had packed enough clothes and essentials, wolfed down the take-out Severus had ordered, and rode for what seemed like hours as Drusus assured no one followed, she was ready to drop where she stood. “Drusus, do you mind showing me where my room is so I can take a shower? I’m beat and just want to sleep and forget.”
Grabbing her bags, Drusus started down the long hallway. “Of course, sweetness, follow me.”
When he walked into his room and placed her bags by the closet, she started to shake her head. “Wait, this is your room. You don’t have to give up your bed. A guest bedroom or the couch is fine with me.” Already feeling flushed just from entering the room where she had bared everything to him, she tried to calm her racing heart only to gasp when he grabbed her hand and pulled her into the dimly lit room.
Reaching up, he began to rub the stiff muscles along her neck and shoulders before bending to kiss her lightly across her lips. “You are being silly, sweetness. I am not giving up my bed. I’m sharing it with you.”
Though she could feel her body’s immediate betrayal at his closeness, she stepped back from his reach. “No, I’m not going to sleep with you again, Drusus. Last night was a fluke. Chalk it up to overactive hormones or something. Plus, last time we did, you completely talked me out of using a condom and I’m not going to make that mistake again.”
Logic pushing her to run, she instead allowed him to pull her down to sit next to him on the bed. She shivered when he entwined his fingers with hers. “As I told you before, Avelina, we do not have to worry about disease, nor do you have to concern yourself about becoming pregnant. I would not deceive you.” Narrowing his eyes, he captured her chin and stared at her intently. “What we did together was beyond a bodily function, and you know this. You left me in this very room, Avelina. I want to know why you felt you had to go, especially like that. Am I not good enough for you?”
Before she could snort at him in derision, her cell rang. “Hold up, this might be Cassie again. Hello? Oh! Travis, it’s you. No, that’s not what I meant. I thought you were Cassie. No, I’ve been busy. Yes, I saw your texts. I was at work and couldn’t answer. In fact, I’m sort of shocked that you actually took the time to call me. This is a first. No, you haven’t called me before. Look, I really have to go now. What? Does it really matter? Well, if you must know, I am seeing someone. Why do you care? I thought we were just friends with benefits, Travis. Well this is the first I have heard of it. I didn’t realize you were interested in me in that way. What do you mean I should have known? You didn’t appear to be too happy with me or you wouldn’t have kept trying to change me into someone else. I can’t read your mind Travis…” The phone was suddenly gone and firmly attached at Drusus’s ear. He never took his eyes from her as he spoke to Travis.
“Travis. No, Avelina is busy getting ready for her shower. Yes, I am the man that she is seeing. We are lovers. You must stop calling her. Yes, I insist that you do. You had your opportunity yet you failed to grasp that you had a very precious person in your life. She is mine now. No, your time is over. Your loss is now my fortune. Good-bye.” Sliding the phone closed, he handed it back to Lina and headed for the bathroom. “Are you coming, Avelina? I would like to join you in the shower.”
Mouth hanging open, Lina could only stare at the silent phone then back to Drusus. “I can’t believe you just did that.” Drusus paused and turned back to her, his body tense. She could read in his eyes that he was preparing to argue his position. She slowly approached him until she was close enough to feel the heat radiating from his body. His gaze never wavered, emerald eyes dark and focused. “That was the sweetest thing I have ever witnessed,” she whispered. Moving even closer to him, she searched his eyes for the truth behind his words. “Did you mean it? That I’m yours?” She watched transfixed as those emerald orbs immediately lightened. A quick smile unleashed the adorable dimple on his handsome face.
Placing a big palm to the back of her head, he bent down and kissed her soundly on the mouth. “Of course I meant it. Now, get in here and let me show you.”
As if attached by an invisible cord, she followed him into the bathroom, marveling at the large slabs of muscle running down his back when he jerked his shirt over his shoulders and tossed it aside. She almost tripped over her own feet when he slid his jeans off and reached into the shower to start the water. When did he take his boots off? His ass had been mouthwateringly encased within his jeans, but naked it was magnificent! Well duh, Lina, did you expect anything else? Oh, how sad Drusus, everything else on you is so beautiful but it is just so tragic that you have a droopy, flat ass. There it was again, the famous giggle-snort, back for an encore. She just couldn’t help herself.
Without looking back, hand still testing the water temperature, Drusus shook his head back and forth. “I am not even going to ask what you find so funny. With your active imagination, it could be any of a number of things.” Turning to her, his massive and fully erect cock showed her what he had been imagining. No words needed there. Immediately embarrassed for gawking, she flipped her eyes up to his. Her skin pebbled as his gaze stroked down her body, intense as if he had physically touched her. “Lose the clothes, Avelina.”
Shivering at the command in his voice and with no hesitation, Lina tossed her phone on the carpeted floor, peeled her clothes off as if on fire, and plastered herself against his body, both hands firmly planted on his incredible ass, massaging the tight muscles and concave sides. Burying her forehead into his chest to steady her wobbly legs, she murmured her approval. “Damn, Drusus, even your butt is sculpted.” Looking up, her eyes became gentle and searching. “Drusus, I hope you know that I think there is more to you than your body, right? I think you are an extremely, intelligent man. You are so sweet and you actually talk to me. I think that means the most out of everything. You are more than just your body. I hope you understand what I’m saying.”
Easily lifting her into his arms, he walked them into the huge enclosure sporting four showerheads and a sturdy bench built into the marbled wall. A heavenly steam surrounded them. “Yes, I believe I do understand, mellis. It is very sweet of you to say it, too.”
Dipping his head, he consumed her mouth, drinking her down in a lazy exploration of teeth, tongue, and lips. Backing her into the water stream, he released her mouth, set her down, and began wetting her hair. Pouring a generous amount of shampoo into his hand, he turned her to face the warm water and began washing her hair, his strong fingers massaging her scalp until she had to brace the wall to keep from sliding to the floor. With cool efficiency, he turned her, tilting her head back into the steamy water to remove the vanilla-scented suds. Another sensual massage of conditioner and she was ready to curl up on the floor and pass out. Switching places under the water stream, he had to bend do
wn so she could reach his head but she managed to give him the same luxurious treatment. Having never showered with someone before, much less with a man so overwhelmingly masculine and just outright gorgeous, she was speechless. She wanted to keep her fingers buried in his long, ebony strands, to find another reason to keep touching his body. She was afraid to utter a word or risk losing this sense of connectedness to him. Her body was thrumming with an energy so devastating she felt as if any minute they would pull together like two magnets, incapable of separating.
Unsure what to do when she finished with his hair, she automatically reached for the body wash and bath sponge only to have it snatched from her hands. He gave her a little smirk that had her insides flipping as he poured a liberal amount of body wash onto the sponge and began moving it across her skin. The heady smell of vanilla wafted around them. Lazily he swirled the sponge across her shoulders then dropped lower to lather both of her breasts, pausing just long enough to cup and massage the mounds until both nipples stood fully erect and aching. She closed her eyes and drank in the serenity of the situation. The humid air and soft pounding of the water echoing in the shower lulled her into another peaceful mindset. He worshipped and touched her body as if he had known it his whole life.
Sufficiently soaped, he knelt and moved down her hips, butt, stomach, legs, and feet with his hands, lingering over particular areas when she hummed her approval. He then stood and quickly lathered his body and set the sponge aside. Turning her gently, he wrapped his arms around her, pressing his front to her back, and began to sway, sliding sensuously against her skin. She felt his fully erect cock gliding back and forth across her lower back and then her ass when he dipped and rose again. His hands began to roam across her belly, to her hips, and the tops of her thighs. His movements were so erotic she felt her pussy heating and beginning to throb. She loved the way he took command of her body. She didn’t have to think, just feel.
Slowly his hand slid between her legs and two broad fingers began to massage in circles against her clit. Arching her back, she cried out at the fiery touch and reached back to grab the side of his thighs to keep from falling.
His words were low and husky, wrapping around her senses and pulling her deeper into his world.
“So beautiful. I can feel you throbbing on my fingers. Do you feel the fire spreading in your pussy, sweet one? You are so wet for me already. I love how responsive you are to me, Avelina. Here, put your hands against the wall and lean forward. Yes, like that, love. If only you could see how beautiful your ass is…so soft and curvy. I love pushing against these plush mounds.”
Lina could feel his cock sliding against the top of her ass again, moving in the same languorous rhythm of his fingers now pushing into her core. Her muscles gripped hard against them, her hips rocking in an attempt to push them deeper to find the release she craved. “Yes, Drusus, right there, that feels so good. Don’t stop.”
Placing his hand in the center of her back, he gently pressed down. “Move down a little lower, baby. I want to be inside of you. I cannot wait a second longer.”
Lina began to wiggle and protest when his fingers moved out of her then stifled it when she felt Drusus’s open palm land a strike high across her left butt cheek. The sound registered before she actually felt the stinging pain travel across her skin.
“Do not move. Keep that ass right where it is,” he whispered.
When she squeaked out a protest, another blow landed on the opposite cheek, quickly morphing into deep warmth when his large palm rubbed sensually across the abused skin. Her pussy throbbed and clenched as the heat settled into her core. She had never had a man spank her while engaging in sex, and the shock kept her immobile as she tried to understand why her body was shaking in anticipation for yet another blow.
Drusus kept one palm pressed against her back while gripping and rubbing soothingly across her skin. His voice lowered even further, sending a shock of chills along her spine.
“Your skin is flushed and pink, baby. You crave my touch, mellis. I can tell. Stay still as I fuck you while I look at my marks against your lovely flesh.”
She felt the bulbous, thick head of his cock stretching her. Spreading her legs wider, she welcomed him in. She was so wet from his attention he slid halfway in before pausing. Both hands were now gripping her hips and he began to push her forward and back as he slowly sawed in and out of her in a dozen long strokes before finally seating fully inside. Her pussy clamped tightly on him at the sound of his breath hissing between clenched teeth.
“Yesss…this feels so good. You are so tight, mellis!”
She was lost in his deep voice, the feel of him embedded inside her, stretched to the brink with his fullness. He began rocking slowly into her again. Lost to the pleasure, she begged for release. “Please Drusus, it feels so good. Make me come, please make me come.”
He pounded into her roughly for two strokes then stopped, showing her without words that he was the one in control of her pleasure. Running his fingers down the crack of her ass, he paused at her anus and brushed softly across the puckered opening with his thumb. “You are beautiful here, so pink and lush. I am going to take you here soon sweetness. Have you ever taken a lover here before?”
When she shook her head to signify no, he let loose a silky growl of approval.
“I am going to make it so good for you love. You will plead for me to take you there again and again. You will crave the feel of my cock sliding in and out of you. But not now, my cock likes being right where it is, deep inside you.” He withdrew slowly and eased back in, dragging his hard flesh against sensitive nerves never touched by another. He kept digging into her, lingering on one spot when she sighed in pleasure. He was learning her body and taking full advantage of the knowledge. She convulsed on his shaft when he hit deep inside, triggering sharp pulses in reaction. His breath began to stutter, fingers digging harder into her hips, and he loudly rumbled his pleasure.
“Damn Avelina! Your pussy is fiery hot and slick from your juices. I could stay inside you forever. Can you take me harder, love?”
Lost to the sensation, lost to him, Lina knew she would let this big beautiful man do any damn thing he wanted to her and shouted her acceptance. “Yes, give me everything! I want to come around you. Your cock is so thick and hot inside me, you’re touching everything. Please!”
As if her words had given permission to release his tight control, he planted his feet firmly on either side of hers, pulled that massive cock back, almost to the point of leaving her body, then slammed all the way back in before quickly repeating the movements. The sound of their wet flesh slapping together, the echoes of her moans and his low grunts only deepened the already overwhelming plethora of sensation. Her body could take no more. When she felt her muscles begin the tense dance toward release, he slowed and began moving back only half way before slamming back in. He released a hip, slid his fingers down to her clit, and started rubbing to the same pace as his strokes.
“Move, baby…move those hips…grind down on me! Come!”
Lina stepped over the cliff and let go. Crying out as liquid fire shot through her pussy, she felt her muscles grab frantically at his thick flesh, release, and then grab again. Lifting to the balls of her feet, she pulled her thighs close together, gripping him harder as he began to pound frantically into her. Looking over her shoulder at him, her slick sheath pulsed harder at the sight of his head thrown back, teeth clenched, and eyes shut tight. He was on the edge, and he was stunning.
“That’s it Drusus, take me, baby. Give me everything you got. Harder! Yes! Let go, baby, let me feel your hot cum soak me inside. I want it all!”
His roar filled the room as his release overtook him. “Fuck! Gods damn it! Baby, you are killing me…so tight…so hot!” Slumping over her back, he buried his head next to hers, one hand slapping against the wall and the other around her waist to keep them both upright. His hips continued to roll against her as incessant jets of hot cum overfilled her and slid dow
n her thighs, marking her as his. Still grasping her, he staggered back to the bench and pulled from her body before turning her limp body to straddle his lap.
She watched as the last of his release spurted across his heaving belly. Foreheads touching, his arms around her waist, hers around his neck, they sat underneath the warm pounding spray until their bodies were clean and their breath returned.
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Rolling her eyes, Lina shut the car door. “Drusus, you don’t have to walk me, the door is right there. I’ll be fine.” Smiling, she watched him come around the front of the car, a disgruntled look on his gorgeous face. Damn! He looked so hot in those tight, faded jeans with a short-sleeved T-shirt molding his upper chest and arms. The dark green enhanced his already brilliant, emerald eyes. She blushed as she remembered what that big bulge at the front of his jeans could do to her body, what it had done well into the night.
“Avelina, you did not wait for me like I asked. I would have opened the door and helped you out. No, do not shake that pretty head at me. I am going inside with you. I need to make sure you are safe there before you go on about your day.” He paused and looked her up and down before letting loose a low whistle. “I cannot stop looking at you in that skirt, Avelina. Your legs are gorgeous, very smooth and firm. The way it molds to your ass is going to have me thinking very dirty thoughts all day.” Smiling, he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the front door of Delante Art Gallery, her home away from home. Opening the door, he placed his palm to the small of her back and followed her in.
She loved the aroma of the art gallery. It smelled new and old at the same time. The front was a wide-open area with lush, blue carpeting that muted her heels as she walked by the expensive artwork hanging on every wall and the ancient sculptures enclosed behind secured glass. She loved hanging out in the front area and soaking in all of the smells and colors of creativity. Every three months she became engrossed with setting up new displays and arranging the artwork to please the eye. It filled her with pleasure and pride at seeing Drusus’s appreciation of her efforts. She watched him gaze about and nod in approval as they made their way through. Too soon, her shoes hit the tiled back room. The area boasted several small offices on each side, each with an open glass front to reveal their studious occupants.
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