“If he’s not worth it, you shouldn’t put so much effort into him, Anthony. You spent all that time stewing on how you ‘hurt’ me when it only hurt you. You’re a good son—putting your foot down won’t change that.” Hailey’s warm, assured breath rolled down my neck and under my t-shirt, and I pursed my lips tightly. “Don’t try to fix everything right away. Ten months isn’t a long time. I spent almost 20 years in therapy to fix what my parents did to me. You don’t have to try to expedite this because of Antonya—it’ll just backfire, and you’re already a great dad. You’ll only get better.”
Chapter 20
Hailey
Caressing Antonya’s little, black curls as she lay sprawled on Anthony’s chest, my fingertips tingled with affection that flooded my veins. Holding her securely with a palm on her butt, he breathed calm breaths as he stared at the ceiling. I couldn’t find the willpower to break this moment, but it didn’t last long anyway when he opened his mouth.
“I have a surprise for you.” Palming my back more firmly, Anthony tilted his head to press his lips against my forehead. “To apologize for earlier. I got a little carried away at the Speakeasy.”
“You don’t have to apologize. I used to be the same way.” Instead of responding, Anthony carefully unhooked his arm from around me, and I sat up to run my hand through my hair absently. “You didn’t impulse buy a house or anything like that, did you?”
My semi-serious question only earned me a soft snort, and Anthony’s abdominal muscles flexed wildly as he also straightened. Holding Antonya to his chest with both hands, he shuffled off the side of the mattress to leave my bedroom without so much as a glance back. Watching him stride confidently, I nibbled my bottom lip while want tightened my abdomen and heated my blood.
He was so sexy; it was almost unbelievable, even after so long, that all of this started simply because I wanted to impress my would-be boss.
“The thought did cross my mind, but no—I didn’t impulse buy a house.” Answering me as he wandered back into the room, Anthony paused midway between the open door and my bed to scan me from top to bottom. Goosebumps broke out all over me, and I stiffened as his smirk shot straight to the juncture between my thighs.
“Come here.”
Slowly sliding off the bed, my legs trembled slightly as that signature intensity flared in Anthony’s eyes. Suddenly, it became hard to breathe, and my shallow pants only widened his smirk. Licking my lips heavily, I nearly moaned aloud when he took hold of my shoulders to turn me away from him.
“… You know, every time we’ve fucked, you told me minimal restraint was fine.” The hairs on the nape of my neck stood straight up at Anthony’s low tone, and he dragged his palms up to cup either side of my jaw firmly. My moan bubbled up in my throat, and he gently circled his thumbs under my ears to dislodge it as a shiver raked down my spine.
“I don’t think that was the truth… I think you just said it was fine, so I would brutalize that pretty cunt. I think it gets you off, but it doesn’t get you off. Am I wrong, Hailey?”
“No-o-o…” Rolling my head back into his hands, I sighed softly at the pleasure that rolled down my neck and torso, and a twinge of guilt twisted my heart. “I like it… but…”
“Don’t worry, babe. I’ll give you what you need.” Kissing the base of my neck, Anthony nibbled the spot hard, and I arched sharply with a gasp. Thrill shot through me, and he slid his hands down my front and sides and into my jeans. “After my paranoia, it’s the least I could do, huh?”
“I didn’t see him, though.” Spreading my legs without thought, I bit back a moan as Anthony caressed my core through my panties, and his free hand pressed against my abdomen to hold us flush together.
His hard-on ground insistently into my ass, and his steady, hard heartbeat drummed against my back to tease my own erotic erraticism. The whip of my failure tickled my back in phantom strokes, and he sucked in a sharp breath against the crook of my neck.
A harsh, guttural groan slithered just under my skin, and I flushed hot; we’d walked around the north side of the city for nearly two hours, and all that we’d noticed was that we sweat buckets.
There was no sign of the man that had approached me at work, but Anthony tore me from my thoughts with a hoarse whisper.
“You didn’t tell me I was being stupid or worrying too much, either. I want to thank you for that. I’m gonna pound the fuck out of you, and I’m gonna do it your way. Keep your eyes closed, babe.”
When did my eyelids shut in the first place?
The question had no answer, and Anthony cupped my sex to walk me slowly in a circle and out of my room. My bare feet inched carefully forward, but he didn’t rush me. Each step I took caused him to squeeze slightly, and I clenched my thighs only to increase the pressure.
“This is a part of me, Hailey. What good is choking you, fucking you, if you don’t enjoy it? I realized how degrading that must be—that I disregarded what you wanted just because you said two little words. Not to mention…”
Trailing off with a hot, heavy breath, Anthony slid his middle finger down my slit outside the crotch of my panties, and I whimpered pathetically.
“I recall very clearly that I promised to fuck you completely- to ruin you for every other man… that you’d obsess over my cock until it drove you insane just…like…last time.”
“Oh-h-h, you did… you ruined—” Gasping as the harsh silk of my panties gyrated against my inner folds, my core undulated wildly at just his gravelly words alone. “I- I’m gonna- c- cum…”
“Do it, Hailey… don’t hold back.” Fiddling with my jean fastenings as he rasped his command, Anthony circled my throbbing nub with the butt of his palm. My pants shortened inside quivering lungs, and my whimpers heightened as the pleasure mounted inside me.
“Cum hard, babe—wet that delicious cunt for me.”
“F- fu- fuck…! More… more… Anthony-y-y-y-!” Anthony growled like a feral animal in my ear, and my eyes rolled in their sockets as I did just as he demanded. Spasming against his chest, I clenched my hands into tight f
ists in his jeans, and my hot core rippled with need. Rubbing faster, harder, he teased my entrance beyond my panties, and my knees buckled beneath me.