CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“This place is so beautiful, even in the dark,” said April. “How long have you lived here?”
“My entire life,” smiled Quinn. “Hopefully, tomorrow you’ll get to meet my grandparents and great-grandparents. They’re amazing. My great-grandfather was one of the original members of our team when they were just called REAPER. My great-grandmother was a former FBI profiler.”
“That’s amazing!”
“Yeah, she’s something else. Still looks beautiful for her age.” Quinn realized that eventually he’d need to talk to April about the pond as well but there were too many secrets to Belle Fleur to shove them all into one evening.
“Tell me more.”
“Well, they had triplets, Georgianna, my great-aunt, Marc, my great-uncle, and Wes, my grandfather. My grandfather and grandmother, Virginia, had triplets. Dad, Uncle Christopher, and Aunt Sadie. She’s married to Ham, who you met earlier.”
“That is so wild,” smiled April.
“It gets wilder. As you know, I’m a triplet but Sadie and Ham have triplets, my cousins Ambry, Bailey, and Cole. Uncle Christopher and his wife, Ramey, have two sets of triplets. Brooks, Mitchell, and Marissa and Cooper, Levi, and Caleb.”
“Holy shit,” she whispered. “Can I rethink us having sex?” Quinn chuckled, shaking his head.
“You can rethink sex all you want because what we’re going to do is very different. Sex is something you have to satisfy an urge. Making love, that’s different. Making love is what you do when you know that the person beside you is yours. Forever.”
“F-forever? Quinn,” she started.
“Listen to me, April. I realize how absolutely shitty your last few days have been. I also know that all of this,” he said sweeping his arm in a big circle, “is a lot to deal with. But my family is unique in so many ways. Beyond all the triplet births, beyond the ghosts, beyond the amazing people.
“My great-grandparents fell in love within a few days. My grandparents were childhood friends, then married. My parents met when my mother worked for an international aid agency and rescued a trafficked little girl. She was getting ready to be sold for marriage to a man five times her age.”
“Wow! I knew I liked your mom.”
“They’re incredible, April. My whole family is incredible. The men and women you’ve met so far are just the tip of the iceberg.” April stopped in the path, gripping Quinn’s arm and slowly moving behind.
“Wh-what is that?” she whispered. Quinn laughed, pulling her beside him to stand tall.
“It’s alright, Semu. Come and say hello to April. You’re not supposed to swim over here, you know that, you bad girl.” The gorilla signed to him and he laughed, April laughing as well. Quinn grinned at her.
“I learned sign language for my deaf passengers,” she said. “She said she isn’t a bad girl and don’t call her that. I agree. Hello, Semu.” She signed to the gorilla, giving her own name. Semu got closer, touching her long hair and then her face. She gave a sweet wave and left the two on the path.
“This place is unbelievable,” laughed April. “Can we please get to the cottage before I fall over from exhaustion?”
“Oh, shit, yes,” he said lifting her in his arms.
“Quinn! I can walk.”
“You can but this is a good excuse to hold you close.”
“You’re such a gentleman,” she smiled.
“Not always,” he winced.
“Yes, you are. You pulled my cardigan over my cleavage in Coronado even though you were enjoying the view from your vantage point.”
“Damn. You saw that?”
“I could feel your eyes looking. At first I was worried that you were going to be that guy. Then you did the unexpected. You covered me up. That was the first thing that told me you are a gentleman.”
He opened the door, pushing it open and then closed with the toe of his boot. Turning, he locked the door, still holding her tightly and walked back down the hall. He stopped in front of the bedroom doors. One on the left, one on the right.
“Which one?” he said. “Your choice and your choice is fine.”
“Good. Take me to bed, Quinn.”
Quinn didn’t need to be told twice. He gently set her down in the middle of the bedroom and started to remove his own clothing first. He wanted her to see him fully naked.
April was a small woman. Narrow hips that had him a bit worried. He was a big man in every way possible. He didn’t want to hurt her but he did want her to become used to him and his body.
He turned and tossed his jeans and shirt in the laundry basket, then slid his boxers down. He cursed his own cock, hard and ready for her, then slowly turned. It was a shock to see that she was standing there naked as well.
Quinn smiled staring at her, looking her up and down.
“You are perfect,” she said smiling up at him. “I’ve never seen a man with a physique like yours.”
“We work hard to look this way and to perfect our skills,” said Quinn taking a small step forward. “You look like you work out as well.”
“I run when I can,” she smiled. “Otherwise, it’s all Pilates. You know, lots of stretching, bending, and flexing.”
“You’re doing that on purpose,” he said stroking his own cock, needing to feel something other than the cold air in the bedroom.
“Yes, I am. Now, what do you say you carry me to that bed, let’s get between the covers and get warm, and then get really, really warm?”
“I think that sounds like a plan,” he smirked lifting her. She wrapped her legs around his waist, linking her ankles behind him. He could feel their power and strength and it turned him the fuck on.
Lying on the cool sheets, he pulled the comforter up over them, lining his stiff cock to her wet opening. He stilled, looking down at her.
“What’s wrong?”
“In the military, we get tested for STDs on a regular basis. I’ve never had sex with a woman without protection and I’ve always been negative for any issues. It’s up to you, April. Just know that with my history, chances are pretty damn good you’re going to get pregnant fast.”
“Oh,” she said with a nearly silent exhale. She could feel the heat coming from his massive cock and she looked down, swallowing hard. This was definitely going to test all those Pilates classes.
“Whatever you want is okay, April.”
She stared up at him, seeing the sincerity in his eyes. Somehow, she knew in that moment that this would be the last man to touch her body.
“Nothing. I want nothing between us,” said pulling him closer.
Quinn inched his way inside of her, feeling the tightness wrapping around him, squeezing him. He groaned, shaking as he leaned his forehead against hers. She arched her back, begging for more as her big round breasts met his mouth.
“I love these,” he murmured.
She nodded, squeezing her own breasts, guiding his mouth to her nipples, one at a time. With each flick of his tongue, he inched further and further inside of her until he was fully seated.
“W-wow,” she gasped.
“Are you alright? Do you need me to pull out?” he asked. He prayed she would not but he would if he had to.
“No! Don’t move. I mean, move but not out.”
He smiled, gently rolling his hips against her, into her, feeling her body stretch and grow with him. When he knew she was comfortable, he rolled to his back, allowing her to straddle him, taking him at her pace.
To his surprise, her pace was fast, full-force, and filled with need. While he massaged and suckled her breasts, she rode herself to a shattering orgasm. With her cries filling the room, he followed.
Pulling her body against his own, their sweat mingling beneath the sheets, he kissed her repeatedly, over and over.
“I’m in love with you, April. I feel as if I’ve known you forever,” he whispered.
“I’m in love with you, too. It’s crazy. I can’t believe this happened to me but I’m so grateful it did and I’m so grateful you were there.”
“Always, baby girl. Always.”