His hands were the first to touch me as he gently embraced my face. His lips came next, as he gently touched mine with the sweetness that made me long for him to touch me more every time. He picked me up, and without breaking our kiss, he moved us to the bedroom where took my body, mind, and soul for his.
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I laid on him fully sated as he caressed my back slowly. As always, I struggled to gain my wits and calm the tremors that consumed me just a bit ago.
I could hear his heart racing through his chest, letting me know he was trying to recover from what we had just done as well
“You know, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to being with you,” he told me.
I sat up slightly and looked at him, “Do you want to get used to me?”
“Baby, I want to lose myself in you completely. Everything about you makes me long for you.”
I hid my face in his dampened chest, trying to hide the blush creeping on my face. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the way he talks to me and the way he looks at me.
“Mason, you say the most wonderful things.”
Mason took my face in between his hands and tilted my face, so our eyes met.
“Allura, the things I say to you… how I feel about you… please don’t misunderstand my words as everyday talk. I’ve never in my life poured out my heart and soul to anyone before. This is new to me on so many levels. It’s like I don’t want you to go even a minute without knowing how important you are to me…how my life was meaningless before I laid eyes on you and that I can’t wait to make my future yours. I love you, baby, with all the strength that is in me, with all the passion that I have and the dreams and desires that make me who I am…. I love you.”
And now I’m completely speechless. All I could do is lean up further on him and show him how much he has completed my life.
Chapter 12
Mason
I’ve been sitting on swank-looking black couches watching half-naked women prance by the VIP area of one of the most popular clubs on South Beach. I’ve had about four Scotches, and I’m nursing my second beer. Alex is with me on the drink level, as well as one of our ex-Navy SEAL team members—Roland Vancamp. Roland was part of our team and the first to leave the Navy between the three of us. He’d been a SEAL for about fifteen years and just decided he was done. He entered the private security racket and has been trying to talk Alex and me into joining him.
“Come on, man. There are idiot rich fuckers that don’t have a clue and will pay a shit load of money to travel to some third world country and try to give back.”
He rolls his eyes and uses hand quotes around ‘give back.’
Alex blanches at the idiot rich fuckers comment, but I don’t. No one but Alex knows I’m extremely wealthy, and I have never flaunted the fact either.
“Look Ro, I hear what you’re saying. But I just got out. I want to enjoy myself. Besides, I have no desire to babysit some rich fuckers.”
Roland then leaned into me.
“Yeah man, I hear you clearly, and I don’t blame you. But we just don’t get those types of assignments. We get government sanctioned assignments, too. As a matter of fact, on Friday night, me and my team are heading to South America to look for some kidnaped dignitary. It’s still good money, and we get to see a lot of action.”
His eyes lit up, and he smiled. I wasn’t interested at all, but Alex seemed like he was thinking about it.
“How much would be the payout?” Alex asked.
Our attention wavered slightly when a beautiful woman with curves galore walked past us. Or rather, she glided passed us. We were looking at her, but she was watching me. As she moved on, we looked at the sway of her hips and I exhaled.
Maxine needs to get here… like now!
I heard Roland say, “The money can vary depending on how big of a job you do. Following rich people…it depends… I clear about ten grand for a weekend. But with government assignments, we can charge a couple of million if we want to and divide that by a team of six or seven.”
Alex looked over at me, and I shook my head.
“I’m done with that shit. I’m not heading back into darkness, Alex. You shouldn’t either,” I warned.
“I don’t know, Reap; this boxing thing can get a little old. I haven’t been in any action in a long time. It might be good to get my feet wet a little from time to time, you know?” Alex smiled.
Roland smiled too and smacked Alex on the arm.
“Yeah, man, hell why not? I could use all the people I trust with me. Sal and Dom from the old team joined a few weeks ago, and they love it. As a matter of fact, they should be here by Thursday. If you have doubts, you can ask them yourself.”