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The wet sound of their flesh slapping together as he continued to piston into her incited more gyrating from Mallory. Another slap, another whimper, another gush, and Monroe knew he was losing his control.
“Mallory, now,” he warned. “It’s now or never, baby. I can’t hold out much longer.”
Monroe leaned down to kiss her neck, running his tongue along the salty perspiring skin, and then he bit between her neck and shoulder, lightly slapping her sopping lower lips, and heard her scream her release. He grunted as the fire raced through his body as though it would scald him, find release in her greedy and grasping heat. He kept pumping until there was nothing left.
They were both hot, heaving, slippery, sticky messes. Monroe checked the time on the stove as he pulled back from his lover. Mallory didn’t move. Catching his breath, Monroe turned the oven off and scooped his woman into his arms, headed for the shower.
Chapter 19
After two weeks of Mallory going to work, the team thought they might be able to let her drive herself with someone following her, and someone stayed with her. After another two weeks without incident, Monroe agreed to allow her to try it unaccompanied during the day; however, he wouldn’t budge on traveling to and from work. Too many things happened in cars.
“Mal, this is it. I’m not debating on the travel. You’re using your own vehicle, which I still think is a bad idea, but you won’t go or come home without escort, and if you want to lunch out, you need a teammate with you, and that is not one of their women only. You get me?”
She lolled her head back as if she were hard-pressed to concede to his demands but ultimately said, “Yes, I get you.”
Monroe threatened to take the paddle out and not in a fun, sexy way, either. She had learned the difference soon after she met him. She never misread that cue again.
“How long are we going to worry that someone is out there? It has been months.”
Monroe pulled her close and kissed the top of her head as he hugged her. “I know, baby. Let me work through this. They are still finding bodies, and with every discovery, I fight the overwhelming urge to grab you and hide you away.”
“I know. But I’ll never get past this if I can’t go to work alone.”
Mallory was tired of being followed, tired of being afraid. She hoped that soon there would be no reasonable excuse they could give to dog her every step. Only then would she be free of the babysitting brigade.
Mallory mumbled while her face was tight against his chest. “To think people pay for this kind of attention. Maybe I could tease this person out into the open, and then we could nail his ass and go on.”
“You had better be kidding, or that paddle, my cuffs, and an assortment of delightful toys will be brought out to use consecutively and simultaneously,” was his gruff answer.
“So not the fun kind, huh?”
Monroe chuckled good-naturedly. “No, not the fun kind for you. I’d enjoy playing with you in any capacity, baby.”
Mallory pulled back from his arms and made eye contact. “Okay, fine. But please figure out whether this guy did it alone because I don’t know how long I can handle this. I feel like it is my new mantra.”
“Understood, my love. Now, could I interest you in…”
Whenever she thought she was at her wit’s end, she reminded herself that if it weren’t for their over-protective nature, she would never have attempted to go to work at the same place. She would have left town long ago. Monroe didn’t lose his cool or his commitment to her, and that was important. She could hold off for a while longer.
Mallory climbed into his lap. “I love you.”
“I loved you first.” He kissed her deeply,
“Did you really?” She unbuttoned his shirt with fumbling fingers. His hand stayed hers.
“Still hungry? Let’s eat in the bedroom.”
Mallory moaned her answer. Monroe stood with her still in his arms, and when they entered the bedroom, he brought her to the bathroom door.
“Get done what you need to do, then come out, naked.”
“Is this how it’s always going to be?”
“Nope. When you’re round with my baby, I’ll have to be more careful.” He slapped her butt. “Now get going, woman or I’ll take you right now.”
Her throaty, aroused laugh followed her into the bathroom, and Monroe smiled as he crossed the room to grab his bag.
But as they played tug of war with Mallory’s independence during the day and were playful and relaxed during the evenings, the nights brought terrors no one had control over. The forest retreat was very secluded, and Garrett really liked it out there, but after being in the seclusion for only a few weeks, the nighttime dreams became daytime nerves. Mallory saw a shadow around every corner. Her dreams were staying with her after she woke. Sometimes it was hard to remember she had been sleeping.
