Chapter 14

Maura woke up a few hours later. She kept her eyes closed while she snuggled against Zeke.

"Well isn't that the cat ate the canary look?" Zeke said, his voice a low rumble against her ear.

She opened her eyes and found him smiling down at here. There was very little sun shinning through the windows, so she knew the sun was setting. Was there anyone who could resist this man? Why would anyone want to?

"Sorry, but after that, any woman in her right mind would feel that way."

He chuckled and she lifted herself up off his chest. The bed was empty except for them. "Where's Rory?"

"Went out for a run."

"Ugh, don't tell me he is some kind of fitness geek."

"No, but I have a feeling he couldn't stick around."

She blinked knowing she was missing something by his tone. Before today, she would have never asked, but now she would. "Why?"

Zeke slipped his hand up to cup her jaw. "He knew that you might have been a sub, but he is...a little more extreme than what you are accustomed to. He didn't push you that far today."

She shivered in delight. She had a few things she wanted to try and she hoped that Rory was up for it.

"Damn, it's a good thing he's not around to see that look. We would never make it out of the house tonight if he did."

"Yeah?"

"Yes. Plus, for him, it is all about control."

She snorted and dropped back on the pillow. "Nice of him to think of that now."

Zeke didn't laugh like he normally would. Or she would have thought he would.

When he looked at her, he was studying her with a very serious expression.

"What?"

He hesitated, then asked, "Are you sure that you are okay with this?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

He hesitated. "I don't want you to think you have to do this to make me happy."

"Do you think I would do that?"

"You might."

"Are you happy?"

His lips twitched. "Yeah. Having the two people together I love the most, of course I'm happy."

Her heart did that little jig whenever she heard him say that. He didn't do it often, but before now, it had hurt so much. When everything had fallen apart and they realized they would be more friends than lovers, she hated hearing him say it. Knowing just how much he loved her, sharing this with him, seemed to make it so special.

"Then why are you worried?"

"I don't want you to do it just for me. I want you to do it for yourself."

She smiled. "Oh, I promise you, it was all for me in a way. Besides, you need to get over yourself. I might do a lot of things for you, but this isn't one of them."

He chuckled and leaned down to kiss her. Soft, innocent kisses, gliding over her mouth. He deepened the kiss. Her body came alive; her mind completely lost any train of thought. It had been two years since their first time together and he still could do this to her. He touched her and she was lost.

Within moments, the kiss turned hot and she couldn't control herself. She rose up to deepen the kiss, trying to pour all her emotions into it. She straddled him. She needed the connection, just the two of them.

"This is allowed, yes?" she asked as she kissed him. His cock was already hard against her sex.

"Yeah, I would say so," he said, a bit of humor and desire filling his voice.

She kept her eyes opened as she kissed him again. This time, it was slow, sweet and wet. Maura had said once that he made her toes curl every time he kissed her, and it hadn't changed. That link was still there, still strong.

He reached over to the table and grabbed a condom. She took it out of his hand and sat up.

"I think I can help you with that," she said smiling as she opened the package. Positioning the condom on the tip, she unrolled it. She took her time, caressing his flesh as she rolled it on his penis. He was groaning by the time she finished.

The power it gave her to do this, to give this to him, coursed through her veins. She raised herself up to her knees then took him inside her. He let her have her way for a few moments but he rose up, wrapped his arms around her and took a nipple into his mouth. As she rode him, she felt that connection grow stronger. She did her best to let him feel the love she had for him. Soon, Maura moaned his name as she came, her body convulsing with her orgasm.

She continued to ride Zeke and leaned down to kiss him.

"Come for me, babe, do it," she said against his lips. She cupped his face. "I love you, Zeke."

He thrust one last time inside her and came whispering her name as he did. He fell back on the mattress taking her with him.

Maura settled her head against his chest and felt herself being lulled back to sleep by the beat of his heart and the warmth of his body.