Chapter 15 ELLA
“How are you staying up with those painkillers?” Her oldest friend’s face leaned close to the iPad, and Nora’s brown eyes crinkled.
“I put off taking them as long as possible. I’m waiting for Zee.”
Nora clicked her tongue and raised her eyebrows.
“Doesn’t Zee have a job to go to tomorrow, or is he too busy keeping you cooped up here?”
Ella brushed off Nora’s comment with a shrug.
“Practice tomorrow isn’t until noon, and it’s not that late,” Ella grinned, laughing.
It was almost one a.m.
She shifted on the couch, trying to ignore the ache in her shoulder.
Other than watching mindless TV, she hadn’t done much all day.
“He’s burning the candle at both ends, still.”
“Oh, and you’re not? What time is your swimming class tomorrow morning?”
Nora shook her head, her blonde hair swishing, and laughed.
“Us athletes don’t know when to quit. I guess he’s not letting you out of the house then. I want you to come visit soon.”
Nora laced her words with a barb that was decades old.
She was the reason she met Zee, and though she hadn’t told her outright, it was clear she had strong opinions about Zee that were unfavourable.
“I’m going for another round of X-rays and then probably physio,” Ella stood, needing to move and trying to flex her arm as much as she could.
“The whole ordeal sounds terrifying, Ella.”
“I don’t want to repeat it again.”
Ella got up and grabbed a throw blanket from the back of the couch.
“I’m surprised Zee hasn’t insisted you come to work with him. Stay in his office all day.”
“Nora,” Ella shook her head, her friend never stopped. “I’ll admit that I thought he was going to be on a plane to get Maddie home.”
“See? It all must be his way.”
Ella tried to pull the blanket over her and finally got it.
“I’ve never denied it. He called her this morning and told her exactly what he thought of her decision to abruptly quit school. But she had her assistant coach right there.”
“Smart girl.” Nora grinned so huge Ella could see her molars.
“She seems happy. What more can I ask for?”
“You have it all, Ella.” Nora’s voice turned wistful, and Ella wished she was there with her friend on Vancouver Island.
“Remember my friend Owen?”
“The guy who holds piano concerts out of his home?”
“Yeah. He has a new series. You’ll be healed up by then. Or mostly.”
Ella turned when she heard the alarm beep and the door open.
“I’m going to visit Nora for an entire week,” she sing-songed, her voice light and teasing.
“Hello, Zee!” Nora called.
Zee came into the kitchen, grinning, and leaned over Ella’s shoulder.
“Hey Nora. How are you?”
“I’m fine. Not picking up awards and hosting teammates like you, but I’m still getting my laps in.”
“Those teammates are as insufferable as ever,” Zee chuckled, shaking his head.
“Ella told me Roger tried to kiss her.”
The way Nora smirked told Ella that she knew she was pushing Zee’s buttons.
“Yeah, but he didn’t.” Zee kissed Ella’s cheek.
Ridiculously, she blushed.
“Ella was just saying that she’d come see me for a whole week.”
“When she’s fully healed, she can go anywhere she wants. Right now, I’m going to keep her close to home.”
Ella yawned and covered her mouth.
“Sorry, Nora, I have to say goodnight.”
“Night, talk to you soon. Love you both.”
“We love you too, Nora.” Zee disconnected the call and wrapped his arms around Ella. “She’s always the same, eh?”
But despite the low-level animosity between them, there was also a grudging friendship, and in the end, she knew that her friend and her husband respected each other because both of them knew the other was looking after her.
“How are you my love?”
“The pain is getting to me now,” Ella shrugged off the blanket.
Zee got her a painkiller and a glass of water.
“I’m going to take you to breakfast tomorrow,” he said in a flirty tone, making her laugh.
“I need to get out of the house. How was Club Bandit?”
“We missed you. I missed you.” His tone was all low and growly and it sent a flare of desire rolling through her body.
“The pain isn’t that sharp tonight. I’m feeling better,” Ella gave a cheeky grin, brushing her hand over his back, down to his ass.
Zee stopped on the stairs, and turned his head to look at her, raising his eyebrows.
“How much better?”
“Better enough for my Master to have his way with me.” Her skin grew warm as she said it, and she squirmed trying to displace the embarrassment.
She’d already gone stir crazy in the house, even with Sasha coming over to help her with a couple of orders.
“I’ll help you to bed, dear heart.” Ella sighed, not wanting to be coddled any longer, but the ache in her shoulder reminded her that she wasn’t healed yet, and still had a long way to go.
“Come here.”
He gently slid the loose-fitting dress down her body, palming her breasts thorugh the light fabric, making her giggle.
“Thank you.”
“Anyting for you, dear heart.” He turned down the bed.
She slid in the cool sheets and Zee tucked them up around her chin, his lips brushing hers softly.
“Rest. I’ll be back soon.”
Ella snuggled into the bed, smiling as Zee turned and headed for his shower.
The sound of the shower lulled her to sleep, but the familiar weight of his arm pulling her against him made her stir.
“Love you, girl.”
Warmth blossomed in her chest.
She was his and she knew that deep in her bones, but healing from a dislocated shoulder had put her mentally in a place that was far from him and she didn’t want to be there.
“Please,” she whimpered as his hands worked themselves between her legs.
“Please what?” His tone growled, and he pinched the sensitive skin on her inner thigh, making her cry out. “
“I want you to fuck me,” she could say that to him, there was no shame.
Even as her cheeks heated and she squirmed.
He chuckled, the scruff of his beard rough against the soft skin of her non-injured shoulder.
“I’ve neglected you too long, my love. Turn on your back.”
She did, her fingertips reaching for him, needing his touch, seeking the connection he brought to her.
Zee threw the blankets off the bed and pushed her legs apart; she shivered from the cool air against her pussy, and laughed as Zee leaned down, skimming his lips against her inner thighs.
She writhed at the first swipe of his tongue against her pussy, setting off a wave of sharp heat that tingled all the way through her, making her breath catch and her nipples draw tight.
“That’s so good! Master!” But he didn’t answer her, only licking her labia from front to back and she cried out as pleasure flooded her every cell.
Pain from shoulder still radiated into her arm, but somehow it made the pleasure more intense.
The sight of his greying head between her legs, the warmth of his breath against her clit, made her pant a second before he took her clit into his mouth and sucked.
“Too much!” Ella panted as he worked his lips and tongue over her, forcing her pleasure through her body until she couldn’t take it anymore and cried out as the orgasm crashed into her, the pleasure too much to take rippling through her, leaving her gasping for breath.
“Sir!”
“You look so pretty when you come for me,” Zee nestled his chin between her breasts softly abrading her sensitive skin.
She moaned low, as he trailed gentle kisses up her cleavage to her neck, making her gasp. “Spread those legs.”
Her legs were moving to open for him, even before he gave the order.
“Yes, Sir!”
“You’re such a good girl for me.” The honeyed tone made her squirm, sinking deeper into pleasure.
Mindful of her injury, he lifted her hips and angled his hard cock between them, slowly gliding into her wet pussy.
“This is exactly what I need,” Zee his voice rumbled. “For you to take every inch of my cock.”
He gritted out the words with a slow thrust that made her whine and grip the sheets with her good hand.
“Oh Master!”
He moved deep inside her, so slowly she could feel very ridge of his cock, and she whined, wanting more as a desperate ache hummed through her core.
“You are mine, and you will take care of my property,“ he punctuated his words with deeper, harder strokes as she cried out, heat rippling through her.
She let out a breathy moan, even as he rocked deeper.
Her pussy clenched around his cock as he drove into her with thrusts that shook the bed and took her breath away.
“Your pussy feels so fucking perfect around my cock. I’ve missed you, girl.”
“Missed you too, Master.”
“Love you more,” his voice broke with need, his next thrust sent her reeling, her orgasm building as he found her mouth, desperately kissing her, pumping faster.
“Give it to me now, girl. I want you to come all over my cock, now!”
His command made her wetter, and the next pump of his cock brought her to the edge and he grabbed a fistful of her hair, gave it a tug and pain flared from her scalp but sizzling pleasure chased it right after.
“Oh God, Master!”
She cried out as she capitulated into pleasure, her heart pounding, her nerves tingling as she gripped his arms, the orgasm breaking as he thrust his tongue in her mouth, in the same rhythm that his cock drove into her core.
“I’m coming, Master!”
“Your needy pussy is never satisfied, is it?” The amusement in his tone sent shivers pricking along her skin and she gasped as she flew higher, spiraling away from herself.
“It’s so needy!” She whined, as she arched her hips, wanting to stay with him as he kept thrusting. .
Her shoulder protested as she twisted too far, but she didn’t care.
“Yes, that’s it! Your pussy is so damn tight, even after you came!”
Her pussy clamped down on him, milking him, needing every inch of him, wanting his release as much as he wanted to command hers.
“Come with me, Ella!” His brows furrowed, and he stilled, and Ella knew he was close.
He slanted his lips over hers and kissed her deeply as the orgasm burst through her, a forceful wave making her wail.
“Zee! I’m coming!”
Heat seared into her as she felt his hot release in her pussy and her heart raced.