“I want you, Tucker.”
“You got me. I’m going to take my time with you. I want you to know you are all I ever want.”
“Yes, please. I only want you too, Tucker.”
I switch breasts and love on it as I make tight circles around her clit. Her hips lift, trying to get me to enter her, but I take my time building her up. I suck the underside of each breast before I graze my teeth along her ribs and down her belly. I nip her skin and see the proof of her carrying Marinda in her body. I kiss the scar on her side and lick the length of it. I want to ask if she got this before she had Mari or after, but I don’t because I want to keep her turned on. I don’t want her to go into her head. I pull my hand away from her clit that has emerged and is ready for me to taste her. I can’t wait. I’ve wanted to do this for so long, but I’ve stayed away because I knew as soon as I got her taste in me I would need to take her. I push her legs apart and settle between them.
I nuzzle her folds with my nose, then I bite her labia and pull her lips. She cries out. She has a thin landing strip of hair hiding her core from me. I use one hand to open her up and take in her beauty. She squirms and moves across the bed pushing her hips up to me. I lean down and lick her little clit, moving my tongue over it and around it. I slide down to her entrance and thrust my tongue into her. Her back bows off the bed and she yells my name. I need her to come completely before I take her. I go back to her clit and roll my tongue over it as I use two fingers on her. She comes almost immediately, and I pull back from her.
I strip off my jeans and pull out the condom from my back pocket. We’ve had the sex talk already. She’s not currently on birth control because she just stopped nursing last month. I agreed we’d use condoms, but the image Asher put in my mind of her pregnant almost causes me to blow my load before I get the condom rolled on.
Again, I lick through her folds and spear into her with my tongue. I nip her thigh and move up her body. Her arms come down as I take a breast into my mouth. I lace my fingers with hers and lift her hands back over her head. I’m stretched over her body. Holding her down at my mercy.
My cock is nestled between her lips, and I rock it back and forth over her but not entering her yet. Her head thrashes around.
“Sydney, look at me.” Her eyes move to mine. They are a stormy green and again I remember places I’ve dived that don’t look as beautiful as they do right now. “You are mine.” It’s not a question.
“Only yours, Tucker.” She gives me the words I need.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I say.
“Never.”
I push into her and feel her tightness as my eyes roll back in my head. Her head tips back and she moans long and loud. I keep pushing until I’m completely seated in her body. Using my legs, I widen hers, stretching her out more. I pull out and slide back in quickly.
I continue the motion while holding her down, making her take me completely. She’s chanting my name and I keep the pace smooth, not increasing or slowing down. I’m breaking her apart in a beautiful way. She’s all mine. What I’m not expecting is that she’s breaking me too. Her pussy flutters around my cock. She’s perfect for me. Fits me so good that I feel the tingle in my back. I move both her hands into one of mine and slide my free hand down her body and between us. I flick her clit as I increase my pace. I’m moving mercilessly, building her back up again. I rise up so I can watch as her breasts move when I slam into her harder and deeper. I release her and take the back of her knees in my hands, opening her up and holding her lower half down. She reaches up and pulls my face down to hers. I kiss her, my tongue dominating her mouth as my cock dominates her body. She throws her head back and screams as she comes. Her body flushes a perfect shade of pink. Her pussy locks around my cock and I slam into her as I come so hard I think my heart stops. I release her legs and wrap her around me as I turn and hold her to me, my arms locked around her body. She nuzzles in and holds me just as tight. I can’t think of her not being in my life.
After a moment, I release her and start to pull away, but she pulls me back.
“Don’t leave, stay the night.”
“I need to take care of the condom.”
“Okay.” She sighs and I pull away and head for the bathroom.
I find a washcloth after I tie off the condom and toss it. I wet the cloth and walk back into the bedroom. She’s sprawled on the bed, and I take in her scars and the tattoo on her left arm of an elephant and a rhino. I finally asked her about it a week ago. She told me she got it after her first trek following them in the bush. She said she knew then that her life would always involve them. I move across the room and grip her ankle. She comes up off the bed so fast, her eyes panicked. Her body locked and ready for battle.
“Whoa, baby, it’s just me.” She still has a haunted look in her eyes, but she lies back down. I slide the washcloth up her thigh until I reach her core where I clean her up. I toss the cloth toward the bathroom and lie down with her.
I fall asleep with her in my arms until I hear Mari make a noise from her crib. I slip from the bed, pull on my boxers, and head toward her room where I rock her back to sleep. I stand and move to put her in her bed when a bloodcurdling scream comes from the other side of the house. I’m in motion after putting Mari down. I’m ready to battle whoever is after my woman.
Sydney is thrashing on the bed as she screams and begs that Bahati guy not to shoot her. The thought of her pleading for her life just like this causes my stomach to curdle. As I move toward the bed, I say her nickname. She calms and opens her eyes, then looks at me. Terror and pain fill her beautiful eyes. They are bright, the pupils large. I pull her into my body, and she settles down as she falls back asleep.
CHAPTER8
SYDNEY
My week off was uneventful. My attorneys got the zoo to pay me partial wages by explaining a bit of my case to them. I still haven’t told them the entire story and I know I’m going to have to soon. My attorneys, my mom, and I have a meeting with the zoo board in a couple of weeks to go over everything. To explain my past and the issues. Today is the anniversary of the attack and I’ve been grumpy with everyone. I’ve only found a bit of comfort working with Umi and the elephants. The memories are right there wanting to come out. The pain of everything I went through and saw wants to bury me in a wave of despair.
“Are you going to tell me what happened?” Lydia corners me as I’m heading out to my car.
“I can’t right now. I’m not ready. But let’s just say that my last trek didn’t end in the best way.” I can’t go over it all. I’ve been talking to my counselor, but it still hasn’t come out completely.
“You know I’m always here for you.”
“I know, but you’re going through a lot right now.” I point out her issues, trying to deflect from mine. Her soon-to-be ex has stayed in Dallas and is avoiding her and the kids, but she found out he was trying to sell their family home without her permission and she had to have the attorney stop it. He didn’t care that his kids still had their stuff there. He said he needed the money to purchase his new home in Dallas. He reminds me so much of my own father. Ready to start a new family and forget his old one.
“Actually, it’s not so bad. Colton agreed to wait to sell the house. He’s even coming back in the next couple of weeks and wants to see the kids. His boss called him back last month for some emergency meetings, but now he can come back here he said.”