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I reached out and touched his hand. “This isn’t your fault, Matt. I’m just sorry it came out like it did. I never wanted it to be discovered like that.”
“Seeing you with another man nearly drove me insane, even knowing that he was before my time.” He shook his head and I knew he was driving out those images from his mind. Then, slowly, he looped his fingers with mine. “I could smack Melinda for doing this to you…to us.”
I smiled. “Don’t worry yourself about Melinda. I’ll take care of her.” I winked at him and he smiled brighter than before. “Now, let’s eat and try to forget about it.”
I let go of his hand, but he was quick to grab it again. We stayed that way as we ate the rest of our food. I had hopes that we would find our way back to the peace we’d once found in each other.
Chapter Twenty-One
Matt
Reunion
I hated that Tasha had to endure the pain that she did from that ass of a man she dated. And I hated that I was so quick to jump to every wrong conclusion. If I had to do it all over, I absolutely would have listened to her, but now I couldn’t take that all back. I could only move us forward and hope that she would forgive me for not standing by her side, when she had once again been wronged by Melinda.
It seemed like we might be on the right track, because we finished off dinner with conversation that was typical of the time that we were in a heated relationship. It was always so easy to talk to her, but deep down I kept thinking about how Melinda could have ruined everything, and we had lost two weeks out of a time where we could have been happy.
We had finished eating an hour earlier, but still continued talking, getting caught up with one another’s lives. I was glad she was back at Colorful Times and she was enthusiastic about me talking about my various clients that I was able to discuss. It almost seemed like we had more than two weeks of material to catch up on.
“I’ve missed this,” she finally said as the conversation died to a lull.
I smiled and looked down at our hands that were intertwined. We had literally been holding hands the entire night and I had almost forgotten. “I’ve missed this too,” I admitted. “I’ve missed you and I can’t apologize enough for not hearing you out. With the way I reacted, I’m not any better than the jerk that got you there.”
She shook her head and softly shushed me. “Don’t say that, Matt. You’re wrong. I understand why you pushed me away. Maybe once we fell for each other, I should have put in a disclaimer that there was damning material out there that could one day come back and haunt us, but I didn’t. So sure, I was hurt when you rejected me, but time will heal all that. I’ve just missed not having you there by my side.”
“Then, we shouldn’t waste another minute,” I said. I laid some money down and motioned for her to get up. When she walked around the table, I pulled her close to me and wrapped my arm around her. I held her close, as we left the restaurant and headed back to my car. Once we reached her door, she turned to me.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered.
“No…I’m sorry,” I said.
I brushed a strand of hair from her eyes and leaned in, pushing her against the car as our lips touched. Our breaths traveled in and out of each other’s lungs, becoming one. I loved this woman and I couldn’t stand another night of being without her in my life. I needed to get her home to show her just how much I needed her.
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It was a silent battle as to whether I should take her back to my place, or if I should take her home. Taking her home won out for a couple reasons, but the biggest reason being that her house was closer to the restaurant. I couldn’t wait for the makeup sex and the two weeks of missing her hadn’t helped the cause.
Once we got to her apartment, we got out of the car and it was a mad dash up to her door. As she unlocked the door, I moved in and started nuzzling her ear from behind.
“Stop that, or I’ll never figure out how to use my key.” She laughed, and I could hear the happiness coming from her.
“If you don’t find it, I’ll take you right up against this door, and you know I’ll do it,” I said, moving in closer to her so she could feel my erection on her backside.
That gave her the motivation to get us inside. Her door clicked open and we were finally in the warmth of her apartment. She turned around and wrapped her arms around me, massaging her fingers through my hair as I pushed her back towards her bedroom. My body pressed tightly against hers, as my lips devoured hers, like I was seeking out my last breath of fresh air.
When we got to her bedroom, we couldn’t take the wait any longer. We parted from the kiss and started to undress one another, all while still moving towards our destination: her bed. She grabbed onto her panties, removing the last piece of clothing as she sat on the bed and inched backwards, pulling me after her.
“I love you,” she softly whispered as my lips touched hers. Between breaths I said the same and we were back where our hearts had always been.
Her body moved slowly beneath me, with her heart rapidly pounding in her chest and my heart beating its own rhythm. My hands groped her, stroking out every curve, trying to explore the path that I had memorized. When I needed to take a breath, I pulled back from the kiss, releasing a moan that my lips had tightly held in. I latched onto her neck and started sucking desperately to taste her once more.
My cock throbbed as I glided hard against her body and she whimpered with each touch of my tongue. Her hands wandered down my back, her fingers slowly stroking my back muscles as she sighed, her mouth hanging slightly open.
I traced her collarbone with my lips, catching her on fire, my hands lovingly clinging her waist. I shifted down, capturing a nipple between my teeth, as her hands ran back up my back, clutching handfuls of my hair, while I enthusiastically indulged in the flesh of her taut nipples. As I tugged her right one between my teeth, she softly said my name, leaving a smile on my face.
I flipped my lips to her left breast, longingly kissing her areola, then swirling my tongue lavishly around her nipple. Her body reacted to all my movements, which had me even more excited to continue the descent.
I travelled down her stomach, sucking her moist skin with feverish pride. Three kisses along her navel were applied, then I shimmied even further south.
