“You like this, don’t you?” He licked my ears as he spoke and gently stroked his dick on my clit. “I didn’t know you wanted to play rough. I’ve got more to show you, but I’m going to expose you to things one at a time, so you can dream about it and anticipate what I’m going to do to you next.”

His words were driving me insane and I wanted him inside me desperately. “Please, Max. Let me go. I NEED to touch you.”

“How do you think I felt when you didn’t call me? You denied me what I wanted and needed most. I’m going to enjoy torturing you like this. I hope you are ready, babe, because I am going to feast on every part of you.”

He was not joking. He slid his fingers inside me slowly, in and out, while his lips and tongue tasted me from head to toe. Not a single spot had been missed. “Max,” I cried. I needed to touch or grab a hold of something as I was climaxing, as his hand vibrated faster. I couldn’t handle it any more. “Please…Max,” I begged, flinging my head back in ecstasy.

“You want me inside?” Taking his fingers out, he lightly straddled me, teasing me beyond the point of endurance. As he caressed the side of my neck with his lips, his hands roamed over my breast.

“Yes,” I whimpered. “I want you inside me.”

Max pressed his body harder and snarled his words in my ear. “Sorry, this is where I say no. You have no idea how much I want to be inside you right now, but not yet. I’ve only just begun with your punishment.”

“Please, Max,” I begged, pressing my body forward to his. “I can’t take it anymore.”

Max heaved a heavy sigh, looking at me with longing, hungry eyes. “Shit, Jenna. Stop squirming and stop looking at me like that. I’m so turned on right now, I can’t hold it any longer.” Then Max thrust inside me and I burst like fireworks.

Twisting my wrists, I held onto the pole of the stairway for support as he rocked inside me, making me gasp for air. As the intensity increased, my breathing became even more ragged and heavy.

“You’ve been bad, Jenna,” Max panted, smacking my behind lightly. “Very bad. You left me hanging, high and dry.” Unexpectedly, Max pulled out without a word, turned me over, then started to pump me hard from behind. He was giving me all he could give, and I was lost in Max’s ecstasy.

Just when I thought he’d had enough, Max pulled out and untied my hands. As he thrust inside me again, he lifted me up. My legs secured around his waist while his hands supported my bottom. “We need to get protection,” he said, as he climbed the stairs in that position. Every step he took, he plunged deeper inside me, pleasuring me even more. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Max placed me on the cold bathroom counter, but I was so hot, it was almost a relief. With his hands on either side of me, he gave me a long soft kiss and pulled my bottom lip with his teeth. “I’m not done with you yet. I’m going to show you everything I’ve got. I’m going to make love to you with my eyes, my lips, my hands, and my words. I’m going to own every inch of you and show you all that you’ve been missing.”

Max was amazing, making me feel every bit of my worth to him. It was then that Max’s past became just his past, and I had finally realized that I had always been his future. I was never going to let Crystal ruin us again.

It was the best make up sex in history!

35

IT WAS NEVER EASY coming here, and no matter how many times I visited, the pain was just the same. They say time heals all wounds, but I say time just makes it bearable. Still, I was hoping today would be a different story. As I sat on the grass next to Tessa’s gravestone, a warm breeze brushed against me. I’d like to think it was a blessed greeting from her.

“Hey, you,” I said, tracing her name with the tip of my finger. “Sorry, I haven’t been here in a while, but Max needed me. He had this huge lawsuit, but it’s over now. Some chick had accused him of things he didn’t do, and if the case hadn’t gone in his favor, it would have broken him and probably our company too. Luckily, this guy Ethan stepped up. He used to work at the same company as this bitch, Crystal. Who would have guessed he was Jenna’s good friend from college? Talk about a small world. Max always said Jenna was his lucky star.

“Ethan was one of the managers at Rave Fashion Magazine. Apparently, Crystal blackmailed him too. The difference was, she took his payoff money and nobody knew anything about it. When she went after Max, she knew he was loaded. It was the reason why she wanted to take him to court. Thank goodness for good, decent people. I’m assuming his wife knew about it, since she didn’t leave him. Ethan was lucky for sure.” I continued, speaking as if Tessa were sitting by my side.

“Relationships can be hard, but you already knew that. You and I had been through some rough times, hadn’t we? The part that kills me the most is that we can’t always fix them. You and I won’t ever get our second chance. I’m sorry, sweetheart.” Choking back the words, my eyes started to water. Letting out a deep breath, I continued.

“The reason why I’m here is to get your permission or something like that.” Unexpectedly, a tear escaped the corner of my eye. “Tessa, I’m never going to forget you. You were a part of my life, but that was my past. I grieved for you for all these years. Every second, every minute, and every day I was in darkness, so cold and alone. You left me broken and dead inside. If I were to compare, hell would have been a more pleasant place to be, but I know you wouldn’t want me stuck in a place like that. That’s not living.