28. Chapter 28
Chapter 28
I stepped into my darkened apartment and heard a crunch beneath my black lace-up boots. “What the hell is that?” I muttered, flicking on the living room light.
A small, beige seashell lay crushed on the floor. Another lay a couple feet in front of it. My gaze traced the floor, finding a trail of seashells winding through my living room and toward the hall.
My lips turned up into a grin. Lehra. Stripping off my black backpack, I hung it on the hook beside the door and removed my boots before following the path all the way through my bedroom and to the closed door of my bathroom.
Excitement traveled through my body, making my toes and fingers tingle in anticipation as I pushed open the door. She was in my round, sunken bathtub. My mermaid.
Lehra’s hair was different tonight. Instead of her usual curls, she was sporting beachy waves that flowed over her shoulders like a blonde waterfall. Her bikini top was encrusted with rhinestones in sea hues… a mixture of blues, greens, and corals.
And on her bottom half, she was wearing a gorgeous multicolored tail. The top was pink, which faded into purple, then blue, and finally into aqua at the fin. The scales had a metallic sheen to them and glistened beneath the water.
“Who the hell are you?” I asked, putting on a show of indignance.
The mermaid cowered, bringing her knees up in front of her chest. “I-I’m Coraline.”
“Well, Coraline,” I sneered, “why the hell are you in my bathtub? And what is…” I waved my hand at her fin. “That?”
“I needed to be in water. And that’s… my tail.” Her teeth sank into her bottom lip as she looked up at me with pleading eyes.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” I scoffed. “People don’t have tails.”
“I’m not a people. I’m…” She hesitated, and I fought a grin, waiting to see where her story took us.
“You’re what?” I prodded.
“We’ve been called many things. Water nymphs, sirens, Oceanids, sea-maidens. But the one you’re probably most familiar with is… mermaid.”
I rolled my eyes. “You’re trying to make me believe you’re a mermaid?”
One eyebrow lifted as she retorted, “Helloooo? I have a tail.” To emphasize her point, she lifted the fin end in the air and wiggled it.
The tip of my tongue slid against the scar on my bottom lip as I stifled my smile. “Great. I’ve got a smartass mermaid in my tub.”
A small giggle escaped her. “You can come closer and touch my tail if you want.”
“Words every man wants to hear,” I shot back with a lascivious smirk on my face.
Stepping to the edge of the tub, I kneeled on the plush white rug and reached my hand down into the warm water, stroking up and down the coarse tail. Of course, I had to reach around and cop a feel of her ass. Her eyes twinkled playfully at me.
“Are you convinced?”
I huffed out a sigh. “I guess, but you still didn’t answer the question of what you’re doing in my apartment.”
“I’m… well, you see… my father sent me.”
“Your father?”
“Yes, he’s high up in our government.”
“There’s a mermaid government?”
“Technically, he’s a merman, but yes. And there’s a war starting beneath the sea. The octopuses are just being completely unreasonable.” She rolled her eyes, and I cleared my throat to keep from laughing. How is she so fucking cute?
“That sounds terrible.”
“It is. There were threats made against my life because of who my father is, so he sent me to live up here. On land.”
“How did you get up here to my apartment if you can’t walk?”
“Oh, I have legs during the day so I can walk about, but at night, I turn back into a mermaid.”
I was loving this little story she’d concocted. “That means you have to stay in water when the sun goes down?” She nodded, and I raised a skeptical eyebrow. “So, you think I’ll let you use my bathtub every night?”
She dragged a finger over the curved surface of the tub, her eyes following the movement. “Well, it is very nice in here, but actually, I was hoping you’d help me with something else.” Her mischievous gaze slid back to mine. “I want to become human, but the only way I can do that is if I… mate with a human male.”
I widened my eyes. “Really?”
Coraline nodded earnestly. “Yes, it’s the only way. Do you know how to mate? I’ve never done that before.”
My lips twitched. “I’m familiar with the procedure.”
Drifting seductive fingers down my arm, she lifted my hand to her mouth and asked, “So you’ll help me?” Then she gave my ring and middle finger a long suck, and I was fucking done.
Rising swiftly to my feet, I stripped off my black T-shirt, feeling her hot, heavy gaze on my body as I unbuckled my belt and unfastened my pants. My cock was already raring to go, popping free with relief as soon as I shoved my pants and briefs down.
I held her hands to scoot her forward enough that I could settle in the tub behind her. Scooping her blonde waves over one shoulder, I nibbled up and down her neck, my teeth reddening the delicate skin there.
“You are so beautiful,” I murmured, sliding my hands up and down her body before finally cupping her breasts in the rhinestone swim top. She moaned, a soft, wanting sound, when I slid the straps down her arms and bared her pretty tits for my hands.
“Th-that feels good,” she stammered as my fingers and thumbs rolled her nipples into tight beads. My erection was hard and thick between us, and she pressed her back against it, giving me the friction I craved.
“God I want you so much, Coraline,” I groaned into her ear, tugging her nipples until her back arched.
Her tail made a light splashing noise when she rolled to her stomach, her gray eyes twinkling up at me as she slid her body back until her face was right above my cock. The breath stalled in my lungs when she submerged her head and took me into her mouth.
“Fuuuuck,” I breathed out, watching her hair floating around her as she gave me an underwater blow job. Her mouth seemed infinitely hotter than the surrounding bath water, and I stroked my fingers through her wet strands.
Coraline took me deeper, and my head tilted back against the rim of the bathtub. She came up for air a few times before returning her attention to my throbbing dick. It was incredible, watching this gorgeous woman fucking me with her mouth, long, slow pulls that had me right on the edge of sanity.
Winding my hands into her hair, I pulled her up, my breaths shallow and ragged. “Stop, sweetheart, or this will be over before it starts.” The upward tilt of her lips told me she was pleased with herself. I know I’m sure as hell pleased with her. “How did you know how to do that?” I asked.
“I’ve been going to the library during the day. I found something called the internet.”
I chuckled and kissed her hard, our mouths curving into mutual smiles. “Get on your knees for me and hold onto the rim of the tub.”
She did, and I positioned myself behind her, finding the zippered hole I’d noticed earlier and unzipping it. My tub was deep, so her hips rested just below the waterline. Much as she had, I submerged my face in the water and found her pussy through the opening. It was pink and swollen, and I blew a stream of bubbles directly onto her clit.
Even below the water, I could hear her wanton cry, and I lapped at the little bundle until I had to come up for air. Then I went right back to licking her sweet cunt, feeling the water churning around me as she rocked back and forth, grinding herself against my mouth.
She was close, and when I pushed a finger inside her and felt her clenching around it, I lifted my head. Dragging air into my lungs, I rose onto my knees and kissed up her spine before nudging the tip of my cock against her entrance.
“Are you ready, Coraline?”
“Yes,” she hissed, shoving her hips back and taking the first inch of me. “Oh god, that feels so good. Give me more.”
I took my time working myself into her tight sheath, gritting my teeth against the need to come. This wasn’t going to last long. She was already squeezing me with her inner walls, and I wrapped my hands around her hips and sank in to the hilt.
Rolling my back, I slid out and back in, my strokes long and measured as the water swirled around us. Her legs were bound together by the tail, so she felt extra tight around my plunging cock.
I braced my hands on the rim of the tub beside hers and covered her back with my body, softly kissing the side of her face. “Coraline?” She turned her head and looked at me questioningly. “Do mermaids mate for life?” I asked.
Her eyes widened for a second, and then her face broke into a shy smile. “They do.”
“Then you’re mine,” I stated, reaching one hand up to cup the back of her head as I took her mouth in a searing kiss.
As my tongue slipped deeply into her mouth, Coraline lifted her fin from the water and pressed it against my ass, urging me to take her harder and faster.
I gave in to the animal urge to rut, to claim her, and the crown of my erection found that spot inside her that made her knuckles white. She bucked against me, sending water splashing onto the floor as we devoured each other’s moans of pure bliss.
Please come, I silently begged her as my balls tightened up against my body, and as if she heard my unspoken plea, she cried out into my mouth. As a shudder shook through her frame, I twisted my fingers in her hair and finally allowed myself to release inside her.
Later that night, we’d just finished round two, this time in my bed and without the tail. Lehra’s body was plastered to mine, her neck buried in the crook of my neck.
Gently, I tugged her hair until her face was visible in the soft moonlight streaming through the cracks in the blinds. “Sweetheart, can I talk to you for a second?”
Her lips pressed together, and she nodded. “Is something wrong?”
I kissed her forehead, my hand sliding soothingly up and down her spine. “Nothing’s wrong. I just…” A heavy weight settled on my shoulders. The next role playing fantasy would be hers, and then our little agreement would be done.
“What is it, Cruz?” she asked, tracing her fingers along my cheek.
“It’s about your next fantasy.”
“Oh.” Her chin dipped, and I could feel her body stiffen against me. “If it’s not something you’re comfortable with, I can choose something else.”
A smile played across my lips as I tilted her face back up to mine. “No way. I’m looking forward to that one.” Her body relaxed in my arms. “I don’t want it to be our last time, Lehra.”
My heart thumped so hard, I was surprised it wasn’t shaking the bed as she processed my words. “You have another fantasy you want to try?”
“No, I mean, yes,” I fumbled. “I have lots of them, but…” My inhale cut through my windpipe before I finally said, “I want us to last beyond the role playing thing. I want us to be together for real.”
She gnawed on the corner of her lip. “Like a couple?”
“Yes. We can still play any time you want, but I want a real relationship with you. I’m…” I almost blurted out that I was in love with her, but she would probably think I was crazy. “You’ve become my best friend the past couple of years, and I’ve developed more feelings for you, deeper feelings.”
Her answering smile stilled my heart with hope, as did her next words. “I have too. I didn’t want to say anything in case you just viewed this as a sex thing.”
My heartrate galloped a hard cadence in my chest. “I love what we have, but it’s more than that to me, Lehra. I’m crazy about you. I really want to try and make this work between us. Is… is that what you want?”
She snuggled her face back into my neck, and I could feel her lips tilt up into a smile. Then she spoke a single word that was like a beam of sunshine, lighting my entire world.
“Yes.”