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She turns and gives me one last big, brave smile and blows me a kiss before she disappears into the crowd to her gate. I don’t see her again.
I return to my car and get the bag I’d hidden in the backseat. And then, I head back to the terminal to catch my own flight.
40
Lucía
THREE MONTHS LATER
* * *
I wake up to the smell of rich coffee and hot bread . . . and to my mother’s quiet sobbing. This, and the cock crowing is what has woken me up every morning since we got here. My father hasn’t been to see us.
When we called to say we were moving, he’d said he wanted to try and rekindle his relationship with us. But, that’s not going to happen. Last week he called to tell us that he has another family. A woman he lives with and has had two more children with.
I look at the clock by my bed and see that it’s only six in the morning. I was up until one a.m. writing, and I feel like I could sleep for another two hours. I see Reece’s picture; one I took the last time we went to the beach in Malibu. He’s looking straight at the camera, and laughing. His beautiful mouth slightly open in the frame I snapped and it’s exactly how I like to think of him. I feel a pang of longing as I remember our conversation on the way to the airport. God I miss him. And I’m worried.
The first month we were here, he came down twice. It was glorious, we spent the weekend at one of the resorts, catching up, fucking, eating and just being together. The second month he came once and this month, he hasn’t been at all. We talk every night, most nights, FaceTiming. th as we get ourselves off. But he’s postponed his trip three times now. Something’s going on and I’m scared that he’s wavering. Maybe the distance is too much.
Our house is all wood and stone and everything echoes. I hear the front door open and close and assume my mom’s gone outside to pick up our grocery delivery.
I’m going to brush my teeth and change before I head downstairs. Sometimes, she comes right back inside. But, a few days a week, I find her sitting outside, staring out at the horizon, and I have to sit with her until she feels ready to come in.
It’s been exhausting.
I turn on the bathroom light. The buzz and hiss of bulbs as they brighten is something I’m still not used to. I peer at myself in the mirror and I can see the fatigue showing on my face.
“You look beautiful.”
Reece’s voice floats into the room, and like a mist, it washes over me. I close my eyes in relief and turn around.
“Baby…” Amazement tinging my whisper as I drink him in. He looks so beautiful. He’s tanner, his hair is longer and he’s beaming at me as he leans against the doorframe of the bathroom.
“Hey, Fifty-five,” he says softly as I leap into his arms. I wrap my legs around his waist. He straightens and absorbs the impact and wraps his arms around me. He pulls me into a fierce hug and then in an instant, he’s kissing me. It’s a fierce, hungry kiss. This month has been hell for him, too. He tastes like mouthwash and Reece and I let myself relish it all. I wrap my arms even tighter around his neck and he deepens the kiss, his tongue brushing past mine and making me whimper. God, I’ve missed him. My heart is like a parched desert getting the first kiss of rain it’s had in months. Our tongues duel and dance. Greet and welcome. I can feel him hard and eager against my stomach. He places my ass on the sink and unbuttons his jeans.
“I need you. So badly. Can I have you?” he asks in between kisses.
“Always,” I whisper as I spread my thighs to make room for his hips. My night shirt rides up and I’m naked underneath.
We both groan at the first touch of his fingers.
His eyes stay on mine as he strokes me, his fingers trailing through my wet, swollen lips. “Always,” he says before I feel the broad tip of his cock enter me. I am so ready for him.
He takes his time, and fills me one slow increment at a time. The glide of his flesh into mine is a divine homecoming. The pleasure of it teeters on the edge of unbearable.
“God, I’ve missed you,” Reece rumbles into my ear as he thrusts into me. It’s claiming and hard. I love it. I want more.
“I’ve missed you, too. Please. Fuck me harder,” I beg, I grab his ass and hitch my legs higher against his waist. He tilts my hips, so that I’m almost sitting in the sink and he gives me what I asked for.
He doesn’t hold back and in a minute, I’m putting my fingers between my legs and rubbing my clit so that we can come together. “I love you.” He grits his teeth, nips at my lips and thrusts. I hiss at the bite, and he licks the sting. I can feel the flex of his muscled flank under my thighs as he fucks me. “God, I need you, Luc.” He pours out as he comes. My climax chases his.
“I’m going to come, Reece.” I pant, almost in warning. My perch on the sink suddenly feeling precarious. My arms flex as I bow my back as the first crest of my orgasm breaks.
He whispers in my ear, “Come. I’ve got you.” He presses a kiss to my cheek. His arms tighten around me and I fall into a blistering, blissful haze. Cheek to cheek, we stay as we are; me sitting on the sink, legs wrapped around him, his arms encircling me.
“Hi, honey,” I mumble into his neck. I stroke his sweat damped back, relishing the feel of his skin under my fingers. I let my hands move over the ridges and valleys that his muscles create. I inhale the fresh scent of him and press a kiss to his cheek.
“Hey,” he says as he catches his breath. “I hadn’t planned on attacking you like that. I saw you, looking so fucking beautiful, and just lost my mind for a minute.” He chuckles. His breath fans the hair that clings to my neck and I tighten my arms around his neck.
