HOPE(47)

Damon teased her body prolonging her pleasure. She cried out begging for completion, which he refused to give. Her fingers tugged at his hair and scratched his body, and still, he made her wait.

Her pussy tightened around his shaft soaking him with her cream. He loved watching the pleasure build inside her. She was truly sensational. Her responses were not faked, and she gave as much as he did.

“Push against me,” he said, cupping her ass.

The plump flesh filled his hands, and he held her next to him as he filled her sweet heat. He freed one hand to stroke her clit. Her eyes widened and then rolled back into her head as she came apart in his arms.

Her pussy rippled around him sending him over the edge and straight into heaven. Damon had had every intention of pulling out of her body, but he couldn’t bear it. Thrusting inside her, he climaxed deep hoping that she would conceive his child.

He’d love to see her ripe with his child. It would give him hope that there was a chance in this world for them.

They collapsed in a heap on the shed floor. The heat of the day made the shed feel particularly warm. Perspiration covered their bodies. Damon leaned down, sucking on a plump, ripe nipple.

He stared into her eyes after he let her nipple go. She licked her lips and continued to stare at him.

“What’s the matter?” he asked.

“I love you,” she said. Her voice croaked the words. Damon was able to make them out. His heart lurched inside his chest. “You don’t have to say anything.”

Shaking his head, Damon stared down at her. “I never thought helping a woman would bring the love of my life to me. I would do anything for you, Penny. I love you with my whole heart, and that scares me.”

“Why does it scare you?”

“You heard what Don said. This world is not meant for love.”

She cupped his face between the palms of her hands. “You, Don, and Pearce are fighting for a better world. How do you expect to get a better world if you’re not prepared to live your life?”

“Anything could happen to you,” he said.

“From what I’ve heard anything could have happened to me before. We need to fight this, Damon. You said to take happiness where you can get it. I can get it with you, and if I have to, I’ll fight to prove it to you.” She kissed his lips before he got the chance to argue.

He didn’t want to argue with her. Damon wanted the same thing she wanted, love. Maybe there was a chance for all of them.

“Have hope, Damon,” she said against his ear.

“With you in my arms, I’ll have hope.”

****

Penny felt different. Her body hummed from the after-effects of lovemaking. She stared at the window seeing her reflection in the glass. Her lips were swollen from his kisses, and her breasts ached from his teeth. Her pussy was sore, and his seed leaked out. She felt herself blushing thinking about what had happened to her body.

“You look like a well-loved woman,” Laura said.

She turned toward the other woman. “Does it always feel like this?”

“It depends on the man. I see you have feelings for Damon. I take it I was wrong about him.”

Nodding her head, Penny turned back to see the men returning with their equipment. After they’d made love a second time Damon had helped her dress before leaving her to go and help the others. She’d heard plenty of crude words describing sex. None of them could have prepared her for what happened. Damon glanced at the window, and she waved at him. He waved back. She saw Pearce say something and Damon respond by hitting him in the ribs.

“He told me he loved me.”

“Any fool can see how that man feels for you. You’re a lucky woman, Penny. Damon will see you’re well looked after.” Laura dropped the sack of potatoes onto the table.

Penny sat at the table helping her peel them. “Do you really think it can work between us?”

“I don’t see why not. George and I are going strong.”

“You’ve got kids and live away from the city. How can a relationship survive with all this?”

Laura paused in her peeling and turned to her. “The world is not what defines us as people, Penny. Like those boys out there, they’re not bad people. Edward especially is doing his hardest to learn about farming. The other two I’m not so sure about. They need to focus on other things besides the crap in their lives, and it can be done. All that needs to happen is for them to feel something.”

“What?”

“Hope. We all in our own way have hope. Hope we’ll survive. Hope for a loved one to return. Not all of us thrive on the way things are, but there are those of us who are determined to right this world.”