Chapter 8
I fucking hated my life right now. I’d had maybe two or so hours sleep. Ruby was curled against me, her leg tangled over mine, her head on my chest, and her body fit perfectly against my side.
She’d fallen asleep on the drive home from the club but had roused somewhat when I lifted her out of the car and went into the house. Ruby grumbled sleepily, “I’m looking forward to sleeping with you. I can’t wait to snuggle and be safe all night.” She sighed and wiggled against me like she was trying to get comfortable, and then she moaned, “Mmm, smell so good. So comfy. All night safe.” She nuzzled my chest and mumbled, “So soft, never let go. Safe tonight.” Her grip tightened on me a moment more before she became a dead weight again as I cradled her.
I’d been taking her to her own room as I didn’t want her to regret asking me when she was drunk, but after hearing her sleepy rambling, I turned and took her to my room. Brand followed closely, opening the doors for me. I placed Ruby on my bed. She awoke when I took her shoes off, and I ushered her to the bathroom then left to get some paracetamol and a bottle of water. When I came back into the room, she was in bed, her eyes closed. I figured she was naked as her clothes were flung around the room. Chuckling at her antics, I went to her side, rousing her again to encourage her to drink a quarter of the water with the tablets. She didn’t even open her eyes as I got her to drink and take them.
Making my way to the other side of the bed, I put down my phone on the bedside table. I watched her sleep for a good fifteen minutes before I went to the bathroom and did my nightly routine. When I came back into the room, I stripped down to my boxers and slid into bed beside her. Usually I sleep naked, but I didn’t want to push my luck, so I thought it best to at least keep those on.
Ruby gravitated to me instantly, pasting her naked body to my side. H.E.LL. I was in hell. Her body was silky smooth and fit just right. Even after being in the couple of clubs all night and drinking I could still smell her strawberries and vanilla scent. She rubbed herself on me, and I groaned as I felt her pussy get wet and wetter the more she wriggled.
After a while, she settled down, and when she rolled over I thought I’d finally get some sleep, but she sighed and grabbed my arm, guiding me to spoon her. She wiggled her delectable arse until it was nestled against my boxer-covered cock. She sighed again, and then fifteen minutes or so later, she started to not so much snore, but breathe deeper, and her body became heavier, not that she weighed much, but it was easy to tell when she was asleep. Her body being so close and naked beneath mine had my own body aching with need.
“I love you,” I said as I hugged her to me and tried to enjoy her naked against me. She didn’t reply, because she was asleep, but I hoped she heard and knew, even if it was just subconsciously.
So yeah, two or so hours of lust-filled sleep. I had never been so fucking horny in my life. I was now debating if I should stay in bed until she awoke or get up and take a very cold shower, so when she did wake, she wouldn’t feel the raging boner that even my boxers couldn’t hold down. I had a feeling when she awoke though, she would be hung over and maybe regret last night, or even be scared because someone was in bed with her. I hoped she didn’t freak out.
I was busy thinking of all the worst outcomes, and I’m unsure how long I lay in agony debating what to do before I noticed her breathing had picked up and her fingers were trailing over my chest. I resisted the urge to hold my breath as her caress traveled lower and her body glided down. She was gentle as she explored, and when she slid the rest of her body to settle between my spread legs, I tensed, my stomach muscles tightening. Slowly, her fingers hooked into my boxers and pulled them down enough for my dick to spring free.
“Oh,” she squeaked. Then she giggled.
“Precious, I do love your giggle, but I’m not sure how I feel about you giggling while you’re staring at my cock.” I chuckled, because only moments ago I’d been worried she would be scared waking naked in my bed, and she was doing things to me I’d dreamed of since meeting her.
When she flipped the cover back to stare at me, I got my first look at her naked breasts. They were just more than a handful, her nipples were a dark brown and they stood out, pointed. For a moment I wondered how much bigger they’d been when she’d breastfed, and I imagined her pregnant with our child, with her tits swollen, I looked forward to seeing it.
Those were strange thoughts as I’d never had a breastmilk kink or a pregnancy one either. But Ruby was bringing out new sides of me. I was so fucking turned on at just the thought of her full of my seed, and I ached to see her swollen with our child. I wondered if it was how the caveman curse, er gift was manifesting in me. I wanted Ruby tied to me in every way possible.
Sweeping my gaze down, I saw Ruby was sporting a landing strip of hair between her thighs. I was eager to part her pussy lips and show my woman the pleasures I could give her. On a moan of need, I looked up her body to her gorgeous face, with her changing eyes and her bright, sunshine smile. Damn, she was stunning and all mine.
“I want this, I really do, precious, but only if you are ready for this.” Easing up to rest on my elbows, I stared at her.
“Yes.” She nodded. “I want this. I want you. I’m attracted to you. I’ve never been turned on by a man…well, by anyone. Only you.”
Her smile spread wide, and then I watched as her focus turned to my cock. Her hands squeezed around it before she licked the tip, nodded, and then took it into her mouth. I almost busted my hips not thrusting forward and coming right then.
“Holy fuck, precious. What are you doing to me?”
She tried taking my dick as far as she thought she could before she held the base and bobbed up and down. I grabbed the sheets when her tongue started exploring my cock while it was in her warm, wet mouth.
“Fuuuucccckkkkk,” I yelled.
I heard the pop before I realized her mouth wasn’t on me anymore. Her eyes were almost pure gold. Her lips shined and looked even plumper. To top the mind-blowing sight before me, the flush covering her body showed she was clearly getting off on pleasing me.
“Am I doing it right?” she asked.
The sweet, innocent look she was giving me as she gazed at me with trusting eyes, her hands still wrapped around my cock, had me groaning. “Yes, I’m going to come. You’re so beautiful. I’ve never been so turned on in my life. Ruby, I’m a damn lucky man.”
“I like that this makes you feel good. I’m…” She nibbled on her bottom lip. I could see in her eyes that she was thinking about if she should say what was on her mind. “Your body and the sound of you letting me do what I want is making my pussy tingle. I want to please you. Touch me. Don’t hold back.”
“Perfect,” I moaned.
Ruby licked her lips, and her mouth went back to my cock. This time I let my hands fall to her head, and slowly, still careful to let her stay in charge, I slid my fingers through her hair and helped her sink deeper on my dick, until I felt a little resistance. Ruby eased back and tried again. This time I tried to push her a little more.
“Relax your throat, precious.” She did as I told her to. I looked at her and clenched my teeth, and she got into a rhythm. “I’m going to come.”
Her golden gaze swirled with a grey, and she moaned around my dick, and the vibration had me coming undone. I couldn’t hold back.
“Fuck. Fuck, precious.”
My God, this woman was perfection. She amazed me. She shocked me with what she did every day. I wanted to give her pleasure back. I wanted to let myself be free and do what I’d been dreaming of.
“Mmmm, thank you.” Ruby sat up and stretched like a Cheshire cat. If I hadn’t just come down her throat, I’d be rock-hard again at the vision before me. All she needed was a bright, white light shining around her and she would look just like a goddess.
“Ruby, you always have permission to touch me whenever and wherever you want. You never have to thank me for touching me and definitely not for waking me up like that.” I caressed her cheek. “What did I do to deserve that?”
She shrugged, like what she did wasn’t a big deal, but I knew for her it was. “You looked after me. I liked the fact that you came and saw me last night and made sure I was safe. No one has ever done that for me. You let me go at my pace. You calm me. I wanted to show you that I want, and am ready, to try more.”
Mine. Mine. Mine. The word repeated in my head over and over as images flashed in my mind of pulling her up, taking her mouth, and sinking my cock into her tight, wet cunt as I pumped into her, claiming her and making sure she knew who she belonged to. She would never doubt who loved her ever again when I was done.
She was still naked, and I stared, committing every inch of her to memory. I was going to kiss every centimeter of her and would be thinking of how I would start for hours.
“I love how you look at me. I want you to eat me.” Her giggle turned into a gasp as I gathered her up so she was face-to-face to me. “Devour me.”
“I do want to eat you,” I said.
Before she could reply, I lifted her so her pussy rested over my mouth, and I licked her. Moaning, I tasted how wet she was from pleasuring me, and I fell even more in love with this woman. She was perfect for me. I wanted to give her everything, and that included pleasure beyond anything she’d experienced before.
“Yes. Oh Derick. Yes,” she yelled as her pelvis ground down and her legs settled on either side of my head. “I’ve never had anyone…never, this,” she puffed out, before she squealed when my tongue delved inside her. I took my time as I lapped up her juices and sucked on her clit before coming back to stick my tongue inside her. “Oh my. Oh, oh Derick,” she cried out as I held her arse open and brought her closer.
My fingers spread her pussy lips as I devoured her. My thumb entered her as I sucked on her clit. Her scream made me grateful the rooms were soundproof.
Even just with a thumb halfway in her, I could feel her pussy muscles trying hard to milk me. I couldn’t wait until my cock felt it. Her thighs were clenched so tight I could feel them tremble as she came apart. Her whole body shook, and she was very loud.
I wanted to beat my chest and shout on the rooftops what I’d done to my woman. I couldn’t wait to explore everything intimate with her. I loved her responses, and the volume she showed made me feel powerful.
Easing her down my body, I wanted to see her face, and she didn’t disappoint. Her eyes were glazed over golden, with streaks of green, almost like they’d shattered. Her lips were plumper than usual. Her hair was a frazzled array, haloing her flushed face. And I could honestly say I’d never seen anyone look so enticing.
I wanted more. I wanted to sink my cock into her warm, wet heat, but I didn’t want to push her. I was surprised already by what she’d done.
I wrapped my arms around her. “What do you want to do now?” I stroked my hand up and down her back. She kissed my chest and then rested her cheek against me.
“I’m tired, but truthfully I slept in your embrace better than I can ever remember.” I squeezed her against me, and she kissed my chest again. “Can I sleep with you again tonight?”
My heartrate picked up, but I felt like I could breathe again, like I’d spent my life underwater and could now breathe again. “Ruby, if I had my way, you would have been sleeping in bed with me the first time we met. You’re it for me. You know you’re my one.”
The pads of her fingers drew on my chest for a moment. “If you keep saying things like that, I’m going to eventually believe you.” She sighed. “Please don’t hurt me,” she said so softly I barely caught her words.
I didn’t want her to miss what I was saying, so I lifted her so she could see my face. “I would never hurt you. You need to start believing that I want you. I promise I’m not lying when I say you’re my soulmate.” I stroked her cheek. “You’re my future. I want you to be mine. I want everything with you.”
She turned her head and kissed my palm. “Does that mean I’m your girlfriend?”
I laughed, because she was so much more than just a girlfriend. She was my everything. “I want you to be my wife.” I shrugged as she sputtered. “But if you want to use the label of girlfriend, you’re welcome to, but to me, you are my sunshine on the darkest of days. My safe haven. My whole world.”
She shook her head. “You really do have a way with words. You’re too good for me.” She tried wiggling off me, but I tightened my hold.
“You have it wrong, my precious woman. I am in awe of you. You’re too good for me. What you’ve been through, what you’ve achieved, who you’ve become—it leaves me in absolute awe of you, Ruby. So don’t you ever think you’re not good for anyone. You are amazing.” I rose and brushed my lips over hers. “You are so sweet and kind. All you have to do is look at what a wonderful job you’ve done with Hope. My God, she’s two and she’s toilet trained, speaks better than some of the people I know, and has manners.” I sat up and she followed, settling so she straddled my lap.
“Speaking of my baby, I need to start things for her birthday. It’s coming up in a couple of weeks. I wanted to go get some party invitations today and book the venue. She wants to have it at the Fun Palace.”
I nodded, because my mother had asked me about this yesterday, and I’d told her I would talk to Ruby about it. Hope had been getting excited about her birthday and even counted down the days on the calendar for it. “Hope wants to invite her whole daycare. I think I can convince her just to have the people in her class though. It would be way too crazy with that many little kids.” The chaos that flashed in my mind had me shivering in dramatic distaste.
Ruby rolled her eyes and wiggled herself off me and then the bed. “I can’t afford her whole class. I told her she could have two of her closest friends.”
Getting out of bed, I made my way to the bathroom, surprised when Ruby followed close behind me. I turned to her and sighed. “Don’t be mad, but Mum hired the whole Fun Palace for princess on her birthday. She has a bunch of different invitations for you to look at and will get them printed once you choose one. She also has a whole folder filled with themes she wants you to go through and narrow down and then show Hope.”
“Derick, I can’t let your parents do all that.”
“Why not? They love Hope. My mum has never gotten to have a little girl’s party. Trust me when I say she’s in heaven right now with all the girlie shit.”
Ruby raised one brow. “Girlie shit?”
“Yeah, like you’ve been told before, my mum always wanted a daughter. Mum and Dad almost adopted one, but then my brother and I were kidnaped, and she put all her focus on us. I kind of always think she felt guilty.”
“Why would she feel guilty?” Ruby’s lips pursed, and her head was tilted to the side.
Shrugging, I turned the shower on and guided Ruby in. “It was like she thought wanting a daughter had caused her guard to be down and that was why we were taken, not because we’re rich and some dickheads thought they could get a big payday by ransoming us. Boy, did they get fucked over.” I debated if I should tell her the rest, but I didn’t want secrets between us. “My family doesn’t do anything by halves. The rescue killed almost a whole chapter of members of the people who took us.”
As soon as I said ‘chapter of members’, I saw when Ruby realized it was a biker gang that took my brother and me. She sighed. “Was it my father’s gang?”
“Yeah, but a different state’s chapter.” I gathered her as I stepped under the shower spray. My anger that usually rose when I spoke of all this was simmering, but nothing like what it normally was; with Ruby close, I was still content. Her presence calmed me.
She was quiet while we showered and left the room covered with a fluffy towel. “Okay, let’s go get Hope, and I’ll have a chat with her. But I want to go through the stuff and be there when Hope picks out what she wants.”
Going to my walk-in closet, I grabbed a shirt for Ruby and got my own clothes and placed them on the bed. I handed Ruby the shirt. “Thank you. I don’t think you know how much I appreciate you being so easy about this.” My thumb caressed her cheek. I loved how soft her skin was. “Hope is your daughter and you’ve done an amazing job. I know you deserve to get to do things like this party for her, but I really appreciate you sharing this with my mother. I promise she means well. Thank you.” I leaned down and captured her lips to my own. I wanted to show her how much I appreciated her letting not just me but my whole family into her and Hope’s lives.
When I stepped back, I loved the golden-eyed gaze she set on me as her beaming smile lit up her whole face. “I can’t believe you’re thanking me.”
She shoved the shirt of mine over her head, and it fell to cover just past her arse. Ruby looked damn sexy in my shirt. My cock was hard from our shower, but right now it was painful as I stared at her arse as she walked to the door.
“What your mother is doing is helping me. She’s giving my daughter what I could only ever dream of giving her. So I should be the one doing the thanking.” She spun at the door and looked me up and down. “I’ll meet you downstairs to take Hope on a walk. We can talk to her then.” She looked me up and down one more time, staring longer at my hard dick. The little minx licked her lips and then nibbled on her bottom lip as she turned and rushed out of the room.
“Fuck,” I moaned as my lust skyrocketed.
I clenched my fists and took a deep breath in before I slowly released it, so I didn’t go and chase my little vixen of a woman down. I turned and grabbed my boxers, knowing I would probably look like a grinning loon to anyone who saw me right now. I was one very lucky man to be blessed with Ruby.