Her shoulders relaxed as she fell forward, burying her face in my neck and nearly knocking me off balance. “I’m sorry. This is such a mess, and I’m supposed to be making your life easier.”
“You do. You make it better than I ever thought it could be.” I gripped her upper arms and pushed her back so I could see her face. “Is there anything else I should know?”
She pulled out of my grip. I braced, but all she did was hand me the flogger before rolling back into position as best as she could with her panties still tangled around her legs. With a heavy exhale, her body loosened as she waited.
My blows were gentler than before, but with as tender as her inflamed skin was, I had no doubt they stung like a bitch.
She took a shuddering inhale. “I hated thinking you were on that stupid dating app. I had no clue if disabling your account would do anything, but I told myself it would help because I couldn’t stand the thought of women simply seeing your profile.”
“I hated thinking you were fine with it. Christ, Greer, it killed me when you said you didn’t care about those women in the bathroom last night.”
“Because I knew you didn’t do anything. If I thought for even a second that something had happened, I would’ve gotten into my first fist fight. And it would’ve been with you, not them.”
“You knew?”
“I’ve seen what I look like after we have sex or after you use my mouth. Their makeup was still in place. Their lips weren’t swollen. One of them was able to stand. None of that would be possible if you’d been with them. Beyond that, you weren’t hard.”
I gripped her hip and tugged her to the edge so she could feel that wasn’t true right then. “For you, always. For anyone else? Fuck no.”
She hissed and whimpered, and it was more than I could take. I freed my cock, but I didn’t slam into her like we both wanted. I teased the pierced head along her slit, gathering her wetness before pressing against her ass. Just a little. Just enough to breach the tight hole.
“What else?” I asked.
“More. Please, Tripp.” When I didn’t give in to her begging, she rocked against me.
I was pretty sure my eyes rolled back, but I gathered my willpower to stop her before she hurt herself. “What else?”
“That I didn’t think I could have you as anything more than temporary, and I lied to myself that it was okay. That I could keep my feelings separate. That protecting my heart was more important than honesty because if other people could hurt me, you could burn me until there was nothing left. But it didn’t matter. I love you even though I tried so hard not to.”
Her words ricocheted in my head. In my chest. They filled that constant chasm of emptiness until I knew I would never feel it again as long as I had her.
“I tried so hard to make you love me,” I said. “And we both know who is in control of you.”
She trembled and tried again to move, but I shifted to position myself at her slick pussy.
“Stop.”
Like I’d always said, the one word brought everything to a halt. I released my hold on her and stepped away.
“Wait, no, not that kind of stop,” she said in a breathless rush as she went onto her knees. “I meant don’t move from where you were. I’ve, uh, never done that before. Obviously. But it felt good. I want more, Sir.”
“Are you sure?”
There was zero hesitation in her nod. “I want to at least try.”
Hearing her sweet voice make such a filthy request.
Seeing the desire in her hazel eyes.
Knowing she trusted me enough to try something new.
It was almost enough to make me come right then and there.
“Strip,” I told her as I tossed the flogger back onto the bed. I rushed to do the same before moving to the cabinet to get the lube. When I returned, Greer was naked with her ass in the air again.
I broke the seal on the bottle before coating my dick, being careful not to touch too much since the view of her spread before me was testing my endurance.
I took my time when it came to prepping her. Sliding my fingers into her pussy. Stroking her clit. Teasing the tight rim of her ass over and over with her own juices before adding the slick lubricant. I worked it into her with one finger before carefully adding another. I was trying to be thorough. Greer had given me her trust, and I would live and die to protect it.
