Chapter Six
Work had run late and been fucking messy. One of the guys that had claimed to know refurbishment, mainly kitchen work, had bust into a water pipe. Axel had no choice but to spend most of the day fixing it, cleaning up the mess, and then firing the guy that had set him back multiple days.
The kitchen floor was now destroyed, so he had to pull it all up and start again.
This meant he was filthy by the end of the day.
Covered in a thick layer of dirt, he had to go home, shower and change, before he got to Joey’s home.
It was nearly nine-thirty by this time. He had also stopped at a drive-thru for a quick burger.
He hated fast food, but he also knew there were times it was necessary. Today was one of those times.
After talking with his Uncle Rick, he couldn’t help but wish his dad was still alive so he could ask him. The rules had been advisory from his old man.
As he pulled up to Joey’s home, he parked his bike close to her car and climbed off.
There were only a few lights on, and he knew Adeline was home.
Usually, this would send him running for the hills.
As it was, he didn’t want to go running in the opposite direction.
He lifted his hand to knock, but Joey was there, opening the door.
“I heard your bike,” she said.
“I’m sorry I’m late. I had a shit time with work and assholes.”
He saw her face go bright red.
“I’ve been waiting,” she said.
Stepping over the threshold, he banded an arm around her waist and pulled her in close. He had missed her. Even when shit had hit the fan today, he had wanted her.
The moment he had her in his arms, he could no longer wait, and he kissed her.
She gasped and at first, she didn’t wrap her arms around him, but then she slid her hands up his arms and circled them around his neck.
He growled against her lips and reached for the door, closing it and pressing her up against it.
“Where’s your daughter?” he asked.
The last thing he wanted was for her little girl to see him ravishing her mother, and panic.
“In bed.”
Running his hands all over her, he cupped her waist, ran his hands down her hips, and then across her thighs before moving between her legs to touch her pussy. She was still wearing the dress he had picked.
Without another word, he grabbed her ass, and she let out a squeal as he lifted her into his arms and started to carry her toward the stairs. The door was already locked, and he took his time, making his way toward Joey’s bedroom.
Once inside, he didn’t stop at the bed but went straight toward the shower. He put her down onto her feet, and instead of going for the shower, he began to run her a bath. Axel added some soothing salts and checked to make sure it was nice and warm before returning his attention to Joey.
He removed her dress with ease, and the white lace lingerie made him hard as rock. With a flick of the catch, her bra fell to the floor, and next he took care of her panties.
As for the butt plug, she had done so well, and he ran his hands over the curves of her ass, spreading the cheeks. He couldn’t help but groan, and now it was time to give her some space. He pulled the plug out of her ass, put it into the sink, and helped her into the bath.
“Are you not joining me?” she asked.
“Not tonight.” He washed the butt plug, found some sanitizer in her cupboard, and he used that to get it nice and clean. He put the butt plug away, because the last thing he wanted was for anyone else to find it.
Sinking to his knees beside the bath, he grabbed the soap and a sponge, lathering it up.
“Tell me about your day.”
Even as he said the words, he couldn’t help but frown, because he never gave a shit about anyone’s day, or how they were doing. That just wasn’t who he was.
However, Joey wasn’t just any woman. She told him about her day, that it went well. No difficult customers, and Adeline came home at twelve. She talked about Princess, and he hadn’t seen the little Jack Russell dog, but Joey said she slept in Adeline’s room in the corner.
He liked hearing about her day. And even stranger to Axel, he wanted to fucking meet Adeline and Princess. This was not like him.
But Uncle Rick’s story kept playing in his mind. His dad hadn’t started out with all these rules. They had been what he made to protect himself.
“What about you?” Joey asked. “How was your day?”
So, he told her about the guy he had to fire, along with the reason why, and how angry he was at the mess he had to clean up. He told her about the schedule, how it had set him back, and Joey listened.
“It sounds like you had a stressful day.”
“I had hoped to get here sooner,” he said.
She smiled at him. “You’re here now.”
“And the butt plug didn’t hurt?”
“It didn’t hurt, and for a short time I would forget it was there, until I sat down.”
He laughed. “And then?”
“I would think of you.”
He sunk his hand beneath the water and felt her pussy. “Did it make you wet?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Good. That’s what I want. I want you to think about me, even when I’m not there.
” He watched as she closed her eyes, and he slid two fingers inside her pussy, still marveling at how tight she was.
Using his thumb, he stroked her clit, gliding it back and forth, watching her body as he felt the orgasm start to build inside her, but when she came close to that peak, he didn’t let her fall over the edge. Instead, he pulled his hand away.
Her chest was flushed and she was breathing in and out quite deeply.
Axel reached for the bottle of shampoo and squirted a small amount within his palms. Rubbing them together to start a nice lather, he then ran them through her hair. Neither of them spoke, and he loved the tension it was building. He fucking relished it.
“So, work hasn’t been the best?” Joey asked, her voice sounding all fluttery as she spoke.
“No, it hasn’t, but I feel tomorrow will be better. Will Adeline be at the shop with you tomorrow?”
“Yes.”
“When does she start school?” he asked.
“Next week, actually. We’ve already gotten everything ready, and I do think she is excited about it.”
“She’s excited about school?” he asked, genuinely curious. He’d been the kind of guy who hated school and tended to disrespect the teachers.
“Yeah, she does. She always loves learning. When my parents can’t take her, she is more than happy to sit at one of the tables with a stack of books and learn. Or she likes to color.”
“I bet she is going to be super smart then.”
“That she is.”
She sounded like a good kid. He had seen Adeline around town, but it wasn’t like he ever met her. There wasn’t any reason to.
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At the knock on her door, Joey sat up with a gasp as she became aware of the stream of light coming in through the curtains, along with the fact Axel was asleep beside her. Or at least he had been asleep before her daughter had knocked on the door. She tried not to panic.
“I’ll be out in a minute, honey. Why don’t you, uh, go on downstairs and start getting ready?”
“Okay, morning, Mom,” she said, and then headed away.
Joey looked toward Axel, and he’d reached for the alarm clock and gritted his teeth. “I, uh, I kind of turned it off and went back to sleep,” he said.
They had agreed for him to set it at five. It meant he could sneak out of the house, and Joey intended to see him out of the house and just get ready for work, so she was composed for her daughter being awake.
“It’s fine. Maybe she will be busy and you can sneak out,” Joey said.
She had a feeling Axel would be uncomfortable.
“Wouldn’t that look kind of strange?” he asked.
Joey climbed out of bed and turned to look at Axel. They were both still very much naked from the sex they had shared last night. It had been incredible, there was no denying it.
“Do you want to meet my daughter?” Joey asked.
She had a sneaking suspicion it would be a hard no.
“Sure, why not?” he asked.
This surprised her.
“I thought you didn’t want to meet her.”
“I never actually said that, and I don’t see this ending between the two of us, so why not go and meet her?”
Joey knew her mouth had fallen open. She didn’t know exactly what this was, but Axel leaving her house at the same time as her, would get the town talking.
What did it matter? The town could talk.
She didn’t care about gossip, and although it was fun to listen from time to time, it wasn’t like she paid it much attention.
“Uh, sure. Let me just use the bathroom and get ready.” What was she going to say to Adeline? She had no idea what to say or do. This was not something she had ever done.
She didn’t bring a string of boyfriends through the door. This was the first time in her life. She wanted to call her big sister, but instead she used the toilet, washed her hands, brushed her teeth, and ran a comb through her hair. It was as good as it was going to get.
In the next moment, she made her way out, and Axel was already there, waiting, and before she passed him, he captured her and kissed her.
“Good morning,” he said.
“Good morning.”
Her stomach had butterflies, and her heart pounded just a little. “I’m going to get dressed and head downstairs,” she said. “You can come down whenever you’re ready.”
“Sure thing.” And he kissed her again.
Joey was nervous, and making her way down toward the kitchen, she found Adeline sitting at the kitchen counter. At nine years old, she was growing up every day, and she loved and hated it. She never wanted to miss a moment.
“Where’s Princess?” Joey asked.
“Out in the backyard. She is doing her business and wouldn’t come back in.” Adeline took a drink of milk.
“So, do you want to come to the coffee shop today?”