Total pages in book: 67
Estimated words: 65489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
“Is he….”
“He’s dead.”
“I….” My knees felt weak. The world was starting to go dark.
“Ben? Are you all right.”
“I…I think—” Miles helped me sit down on the pavement.
He wrapped an arm around me and pulled me against him. “You’re fine, baby. I’m right here, and Jesse is never going to hurt you again. If anyone else tries to touch you, I’ll shoot them just like I did him.”
“You…you killed him.”
“I did. He was going to hurt you.”
“Yeah, but then I thought he was going to shoot you.”
“I’m sure he wanted to, but you saved me. You risked yourself for me.”
I nodded and pulled I’m tighter to me. “I can’t let anything happen to you either. I love you, Miles.”
“I love you too, baby. I didn’t mean to tell you like this. I wanted to say it last night, but you were so overwhelmed, and I didn’t want to push you. Then this morning the damn phone rang and—”
“Now is the perfect time.”
“Good, because I love you so fucking much.”
I started to look at Jesse, needing to see the proof that we were no longer in danger, but Miles cupped my cheek turning me back to face him. “Please don’t. I feel bad enough that I let him get to you, I don’t want you to have nightmares.”
I smiled at him. “I’m only going to see you.”
Seconds later, I heard sirens in the distance. “Oh shit. What are we going to say when the police get here?”
“The truth? I killed him to save you.”
“I didn’t even know you could shoot.”
“In my position, it’s wise to know how to protect yourself.”
“Have you killed someone before?”
“Not personally.”
“But you….”
“Do you really want to know about that? I do what’s necessary to protect the people I care about.”
The sirens screamed into the night. They were close now. “What if the police don’t believe you?”
A car pulled up, and Carter jumped out along with two other men. Miles waved his hand toward them. “Now we have witnesses.”
“But they didn’t see anything.”
Carter assessed the situation and nodded. “Yes, we did.”
Miles hugged me tighter. “Let me take care of this.”
“Okay. I would really like that.”
41
MILES
By the time we got back to my penthouse, I felt like I’d been waiting to be alone with Ben for days, rather than hours. Talking to the cops, then going over everything that had happened with Ford and Carter, took forever. Worth even showed up, wanting to verify for himself that Ben and I were safe.
There was so much I wanted to say to Ben, but by the time we reached my apartment, I had too much pent-up need to do anything but pull him into my arms and kiss him until neither one of us could go a second longer without oxygen.
As he drew in ragged breaths, I held him to me, wishing I could touch him everywhere at once. “I want to do all your favorite things. I want to fucking worship you.”
“God, Miles.”
“You could have died.”
“So could you, but that’s over now.”
I nodded. It was time to forget about his family and focus on each other. “I want you on your hands and knees so I can eat your ass.”
“Here?” Ben looked down at the floor, then over at the couch.
“Anywhere, but the bed would be most comfortable.” He took off for the bedroom and I raced after him.
We both stripped in record time and then I was there, kneeling behind him, pulling his ass cheeks apart so I could get to the core of him.
I needed this so badly. I needed to touch him and taste him, to hear him whine and whimper, to have that visceral reassurance that he was alive and here, that he was mine.
I wasn’t afraid of loving him anymore, but I was sure as hell afraid of losing him. I was going to protect him no matter what. No more threats, no more chances for anyone to get to him. If I had to tie him to my bed to accomplish that, then I would.
I used my tongue on him until he was begging and thrashing, seemingly unsure if he wanted to get away or get even more of my tongue inside him. When I let go of him, I slapped his ass. “Turn over.”
He whimpered again, and I reached for his hips to help him obey.
“Please. I want you to take me like this.”
“Like this, on your knees, ass in the air, biting the pillow to keep from screaming while I take you like an animal?”
He wiggled his ass as he whined. “Please. It’s so good having you pound into me from behind.”
“Anything you want, baby.” I couldn’t get my dick slicked up fast enough. Ben cried out when I drove into him. I didn’t stop until I was buried as deep as I could go. I held myself there as he worked his hips, trying to get me to move.