Total pages in book: 18
Estimated words: 16015 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16015 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
“Seb!” Adler shouted after me, but I ignored him. Straddling my bike, I gunned the engine and took off for Athena’s apartment, tearing past the police station as I did so. The officer just watched me go, obviously deciding it wasn’t worth the fight to chase me down. Most of them left us alone, especially since we did a lot of good for the community.
When I got to Athena’s apartment, she was coming down the stairs, and her eyes widened when she saw me. Tears filled her eyes, relief flooding her features. But I barely paid any of that a bit of mind.
“Upstairs,” I snapped, gripping her hand and spinning her around to lead her back up the stairs to her apartment.
“Seb, what’s going on?” she demanded. “Seb!” she yelled when I only ignored her. I snatched her keys out of her hand and unlocked her door before striding inside. I kicked it shut behind us.
“What in the hell is wrong with you?!” she yelled at me, planting her hands on her wide hips, her green eyes spouting fire.
“Did you quit stripping because of me?” I demanded to know.
Confusion flashed across her features. “What? No!” she shouted, throwing her hands up in the air. I felt like I could breathe now. “I took a better job opportunity, Seb. That’s all. Stripping was never my end game. It was just a secure stepping stone—that’s all.”
I shoved my hands through my hair, my chest heaving, the fear leaving my veins. We were going to be okay. The fucking relief almost brought me to my knees, but my need to touch her—consume her—was more overpowering.
Snarling, I shoved her against the wall and pressed my lips to hers. She moaned and softened to my touch and my mouth, her lips moving with mine. I trailed my fingers down her body, inhaling the scent of her, devouring and possessing every part of her that I could.
She mewled into my mouth, her tongue licking against mine before I forced her to submit again, my fingers trailing under the sundress she was wearing. She panted, parting her thighs for me as I shoved her panties aside.
“Oh, fuck,” she moaned. “Yes, Seb. Please. God. Been too long without you,” she panted.
I kissed her harder, my fingers pumping in and out of her slick cunt. She panted into my mouth, her kisses turning sloppy as she lost herself in the pleasure I evoked. She began to shake, her lips trembling beneath mine. Banding an arm around her waist, I supported her weight and flicked my thumb over her clit.
She fell apart, crying out my name, her head falling back on her shoulders. Groaning, I sucked at the skin of her neck, licking and biting at her flesh, unable to get enough of her. Marking her as mine.
“Bed,” she begged, her chest still heaving.
She sure as fuck didn’t have to tell me twice. Gripping her beneath her thick thighs, I lifted her up and carried her to her bedroom, our lips meeting in a heated frenzy again.
nine
Athena
Seb:
I think Adler is punishing me for leaving even though he said it was cool.
Why? Is everything okay?
Yeah, baby girl. Everything is fine. Just worked me half to death is all. I’m fucking starving, and we’re working overtime.
You still coming over later?
Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Then I’ll have a damn good meal ready for you when you get here.
I set my phone down after he sent me a heart emoji and went into the kitchen to see what the hell I had on hand that I could put together to make him something for dinner. I cringed when I saw how empty both my fridge and freezer were. God, had I really been eating take-out that much? Didn’t seem like I had, but now that I thought about it, I couldn’t remember the last time I went grocery shopping.
Shit.
I quickly picked up my phone and called Cecily. I wanted Seb to have an amazing meal. It was his first night back home, and while he’d fucked me absolutely stupid earlier, he went back to work afterward, claiming he didn’t want to leave the guys stranded longer than he already had. I’d already passed out by the time he left.
“Yes, ma’am?” Cecily asked when she answered. I could hear the baby cooing in the background, and my heart melted. Robin was the cutest little thing ever, and every time I laid my eyes on him, I got baby fever.
Didn’t mean I was cut out to be a mom though. At least, not right now. Seb and I were still so new. A baby would throw everything out of whack.
“Do you happen to know what Seb’s favorite meal is?” I asked her.
“Um… Shit. Let me think,” she muttered. I waited as patiently as I could. I knew he didn’t talk much, which probably meant he didn’t express things like this, but I was hoping she would know since she’d known him longer than me. And yeah, I could text Seb and ask him myself, but I wanted this to be a surprise.