Chapter 43 Alex
ALEX
Itook her hand and walked to the place where we had our first date.
It was amazing how far we had come since then.
She was blossoming before my very eyes. I counted myself lucky to see it up close and personal.
As we walked with her hand in mine and a blanket in the other, I was hoping to get up close and personal with her in another way tonight.
“Is this the same place you brought me?”
I nodded as I spread the blanket out. “I love this spot . . . and it was on the way, so I figured . . . ” I gave my shoulder a little shrug.
“It’s perfect,” she said, plopping down on the blanket.
I sat down behind her, pulling her back between my legs so she could rest her back on my chest. The fact that I could look down her shirt was a simple bonus.
“I had so much fun tonight. While I am terrified to do that, I can’t wait.”
I rubbed my hands up and down her arms. “You’ll be amazing.”
“Now if I could just figure out how to get out of my mommy’s house,” she said in a mocking tone.
“Don’t be too hard on yourself. You’ll find your footing soon.”
And you could live next door to me. We could spend every morning together drinking coffee before I have to go to work. On days I work at home, we could sit on the deck, me working, you painting, it could be perfect. While I didn’t say that part out loud, it was what I wanted to say.
“I know. I just hate it.”
She moved her head to the side and looked up at me. There was a quality to her grin that had my cock twitching in my pants.
“You know, last time we were here, there was something I wished we had done, but I wasn’t quite ready.”
“Oh yeah?” I asked.
“Yeah, I mean, this spot is so secluded.”
“Very secluded,” I agreed as I pressed a kiss to the side of her neck.
“In fact, I bet if I yelled, no one would hear me.”
“Nope, no one for miles.”
Then I flipped her. Her back to the blanket and me on top. She squealed with laughter, but that laughter stopped when I covered her mouth with my own.
I kissed her there under the stars to the sound of crickets and a random owl hooting in the distance. I allowed my hands to roam over every dip and curve of her powerful yet soft body, learning every hill and valley, mapping her in a way I would know with my eyes shut.
I fell to her side and let my hand slip into her shorts. “Can I make you come?”
“Please,” she whispered.
My hand slipped lower, under the band of her underwear, until I felt her mound. I travelled just a bit further until I was able to dip my fingers into her warm and slippery core. She gasped as I circled her clit.
I looked into her blue eyes, lost in the connection as I worked circles. Her lips parted, and her breath turned into little pants. I dipped my fingers inside her heat. I wanted to feel her again. Get lost in the perfection of Eleanor. Her hips began to grind against my hand.
“Are you ready to come, baby?”
She nodded. Her eyes stayed glued to mine as I started to work diligent circles around her clit. She bit her lip, holding back a moan.
“Let me hear it, baby. I want to hear you fall apart on my hand.
Her mouth fell open as she cried out. Her body tensed, and she let go.
I could watch her come forever.
When she was done, she turned to me. “Lie down.”
I obeyed instantly because I wanted to know where this was going. She undid my pants and stroked me. I reached up and captured her mouth in a kiss as she worked me. She lowered her head and licked my cock before taking it into her mouth.
“Fuck, baby, that feels so good.”
Then she popped off. I watched, wondering what she was going to do next. I didn’t expect her to take her shorts off and climb on top of me. But when she did just that, I knew I would never get enough of this woman. Ever.
She reached down between her legs and lined up with my cock to her entrance before lowering herself down. The feel of her warm, wet pussy taking me slowly was delicious torture. Once she was fully seated, she rocked a little, and I was dangerously close to coming right then.
But I wouldn’t. I wanted this moment to last.
I reached up and grabbed her breasts as she started to rock. She tossed her head back, and she moved. The moonlight shimmered in her hair as I watched her ride me. She was incredible. This moment would be burned into my mind forever.
My beautiful, powerful girl, riding me with starlight in her eyes.
I continued to palm her breast with one hand. With the other, I found her clit and worked in little circles.
“Come with me, Eleanor. Can you do that?”
She nodded as I worked her clit with one hand and her nipple in the other.
“I’m close, Alex.”
“ Me too, baby. Look at me.”
She looked down, her blond hair falling over her shoulder, blocking out the world.
“Come.”
And she did. She clenched as I erupted in my own release. We were there together, grinding and moaning, pleasure leading our every move until she collapsed panting on my chest.
After a long moment, she fell to my side, laying her head on my chest.
“I love doing that,” she said with a breathy sigh.
“Me too,” I agreed as I ran my hand through her hair.
The night air cocooned us, making it seem like we were the only people who existed. Like nothing else mattered in the world except for us.
“So, I was thinking . . . .” I said, working up the courage.
She turned her head and rested her chin on my chest so she could look at me.
“I know I mentioned that the apartment next to me is empty, but you should really think about moving in. You and Ava might like it . . . I know I would like it.”
Lifted her head a little v appeared between her eyebrows.
“I don’t know.”
“I know it seems soon, but we wouldn’t be living together. You could have your own space. I wouldn’t intrude or anything.”
She gave it some thought as a cool summer breeze blew around us.
“Don’t you think it would be weird for me to pay you to live there while we do . . . this,” she said, gesturing to them lying still half undressed together.
“Oh, you wouldn’t have to pay me.”
“I most certainly would!” She sat up and crossed her arms over her chest. “I’m not going to live there for free, Alex. I want to provide a life for Ava and I on our own.”
“El, you don’t have to do everything on your own.”
I moved to hold her, but she stopped me. “This I do. It is important to me.”
Okay,” I finally said after a long sigh. “I get it.”
I sat up, and we each started fixing our clothes and getting dressed, but neither of us got up to leave.
“What about if you do pay a low rent and we put it away in an account, we can use it for upkeep and maybe as a rainy day account for the kids.”
She tilted her head like she was considering.
“El, I don’t want your money, but I do want you close. I know this is new, but you really mean a lot to me. I can see this going a long time . . . . Like forever,” I added softly.
She looked at me with a small smile and tucked her hair behind her ear.
“I think that could work. I will think about it, and when I get my advance, we can revisit this discussion.”
“Okay.”
And she settled back into me. I held her close as she relaxed. It may not have gone exactly how I wanted it to, but it was a start. I mean, I didn’t scare her off, so that counted for something.