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Maxim lets out a low growl as he licks me harder. I gently roll my hips into his face but I can’t move much. My abdomen is still sore. The muscles there will take time to heal. But once they do…

My gasp is more like a squeal when Maxim licks over my nub. His tongue is fast and firm, giving me exactly what I needed.

It’s been a few weeks since I experienced an orgasm. It doesn’t take me long to get close.

Maxim grips my thighs tighter and works his magical tongue over my most intimate area again and again and again until I’m practically sobbing.

“Maxim,” I whimper. “Please.”

“Scream my name when you come on my tongue.” He licks me right from my entrance to my nub. A soft cry escapes my lips.

My moan grows louder when his tongue slips inside of me and pulses in and out. My hips buck harder. Up and down. Up and down.

Maxim finds my nub once more and that’s when I find my release. The pleasure is like a morphine drip. It consumes my entire body and wraps around me like a heavenly cloud.

I slump onto the bed and try to catch my breath. Maxim continues to lick my pussy for a few moments longer before he kisses up my body. His lips find mine and I can taste myself on him. The kiss is long and passionate and deep.

“I can’t wait to own your body again,” he says darkly.

“Me too,” I say, breathless.

He settles his hand over my scar and after a moment, I place my hand over his.

Once I can walk without my cane, I head to the park near my house. I no longer think of it just as Maxim’s house. It’s my house now too. My new life with him.

I settle on the park bench and people watch, inhaling the warm air. Summer is fast approaching. Maxim is at work again, searching for my father but every day that passes by and we’re no closer to finding him makes a pit form in my stomach. Adriana could be in danger and I have no way of knowing where she is or if she’s all right.

Just… nothing. That’s been the hardest part of all of this. But all I can do is keep moving forward. Keep healing. There’s nothing else to it.

“Elena?” Alisa’s voice enters my ears.

I turn my head. She’s hear at the park. Again. “Why are you always here at the same time I am?”

“Because I live nearby and I’m allowed to go to a public park just like you are.”

I flush. “Sorry.”

She sighs. “No. I’m sorry. I get it. I’m always showing up in your life when you don’t want it. I heard about your accident. How you were hurt. And I felt… ashamed.”

“Ashamed?”

She motions to the seat beside me. After a beat, I nod. Once she sits down, she begins to speak. “I was trying to get between you and Maxim. When I told you to go to him at work. I was hoping you would find him cheating on you so you would hate him and I could have him back.”

“So you were trying to make me feel bad when your friends told me that you and he once had an affair?”

“Yes,” she says point blank. “I wanted you to feel bad. I wanted Maxim back. But… it’s obvious he loves you. And when you got hurt, I felt terrible for wanting to break you two up. I’m not a complete monster, you know? I just realized how pathetic I had been acting. I felt ashamed and I never like feeling ashamed. So… I’m sorry.”

“Thank you.”

She nods once. “I’m not saying we should be friends. I know you don’t like me and I gave you no reason to. And frankly, I don’t like you either. I don’t like that you won Maxim’s heart when I wasn’t able to. I hate my marriage. My husband is… boring. I just miss the excitement of being with Maxim.”

“I’m not saying you should cheat on your husband but if you’re not happy with him, can you leave him? Or find someone else to be with?”

“We’re the mafia, Elena. There’s no leaving our husbands. We both know it. But yes. I should find another man I can have some fun with. Now that I know it won’t be Maxim any longer. I’d feel bad taking him from a woman who was almost killed.”

“You couldn’t take him from me even if you tried.”

Alisa’s lips quirks. “You’re much more confident than I remember you being.”