"I don't like seeing two men I love go at each other with fists."
"You used to like it."
"That was before either of you could do any real damage."
It's a bloody split lip. No real damage. "Owen vented. It's over now."
"It better be over because I'm not watching anything like that again."
"Owen is going to be okay with this. I could see it beginning to sink in before he left. But I could have another punch or two coming from River."
"You most certainly do not."
Try telling him that. "I don't know. He was pretty pissed off that night in my dining room when he saw us holding hands and professing our love."
"He has no say." She forms a circle with her hand. "Zero."
She finishes washing and inspecting my face. "The bleeding has stopped, but you're going to be bruised and swollen tomorrow. That's just freaking great since we're going to see my parents. Makes me want to put my foot up Owen's ass for doing this."
I look at her standing over me in my white undershirt. Nipples poking through the thin cotton fabric. Hem barely covering her ass. And I can't resist wrapping my hands around her cheeks. "You look good in my shirt."
"Do I look better in it or out of it?"
"Out." No question about it.
She clutches the hem and pulls it up and over her head before tossing it to the floor. "And the panties?"
"Off. Now." My fingers are already dragging them down her legs before the second word is out of my mouth.
I was thinking I'd have her get on top and ride me but the shitter is not the sexiest place for fucking. I think we can do much better. "Hmm … what should I do with you this time, little dove?"
"Anything you want."
"Mmm … love that attitude."
I get up and use my hands to turn Claudia around. "You walk, I steer." I place my palms on her hips and navigate her into the living room toward the sofa. I place my hand between her shoulder blades and push her face down toward the cushions over the arm of the sofa. "I want you just like this, bent over."
She hesitates and I imagine what must be going through her mind. "Don't be afraid. We aren't doing that tonight."
"I want to do that at some point … maybe after I've had time to get used to the regular way. I want to make you happy."
I glide my hand up her spine to her shoulders and she lowers her head so she's perfectly positioned for the taking. "You make me very happy. Never think you don't."
She's still slick from our earlier romp so my fingers glide into her easily. She moans and rocks back against my hand, forcing my fingers to go deeper. "I think my little dove likes this."
"It feels good." She arches her back and tilts her ass upward.
Mmm … what a view. Let's see if her mouth matches her actions. "Tell me what you want."
"You, Duke. I want you." Her voice is breathy. Desperate.
I take my fingers out of her, yank open the button of my jeans, and lower the zipper. "Where do you want my cock?"
"Inside me."
"So I can do what?"
"Fuck me."
I rub the tip of my dick up and down her wet slit. "I'm sorry. I can't hear you, Claud. Your voice was too low. What did you say you want me to do?"
"Fuck me," she shouts and pushes backward, forcing my cock deep inside her. "Fuck me now."
I'm balls deep. My girl earns a groan from me for that. "Demanding little virgin, you are."
"Not a virgin anymore. You took care of that earlier tonight."
"That's right. I own your virginity. I own all your orgasms. I own your pussy. You're mine. I was the first to have you, and you'll never belong to anyone else."
"I like it when you say those kinds of things."
I seem to recall something about hair pulling. I fist the back of her locks and lightly tug as I thrust harder. "You like that, you little dirty girl?"
"Ohhh, Duke … fuck … yes … don't stop."
I slow my pace and reach around with my free hand to rub her clit. Every caress. Every stroke. Every thrust. It all brings us one step closer to the joint euphoria we're chasing.
My girl doesn't have to say the words. The moaning. The trembling. The clenched fists. They tell me everything I need to know. "That's it, baby. I'm right there with you. Let's ride it out together."
We spiral together to that place, the one where I explode inside her, filling her with a part of myself until we're both breathless and trembling.