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She sucks them and that only makes me fuck her even harder. In and out, I pummel her pussy like it’s my fucking destiny and she sucks my fingers like they’re her last meal.
“That’s right, take it. You’re so fucking beautiful when you take my cock.” I can’t stop talking, can’t stop telling her all the things I want to do to her. My mind is reeling as my balls tighten to the point of pain. I’ve got to come and I’ve got to do it now.
“Give it to me, Baby Girl. Give me that fucking orgasm, right now.”
Oh my fucking God, how she does. With shaking limbs and a heaving chest, she gives me what I need and I give her what she wants. I come so deep inside her, I’m hoping she’s still full of me the next time I fuck her. I want to keep my seed inside, keep a part of me in her all the fucking time.
When we’ve both come down from a mind-blowing orgasm, I fall back and take her with me, my cock still buried inside her slick cunt.
“I love you more each passing day, Athena. I hope you know what that means.”
“What does it mean?” Turning her head to look over her shoulder, our eyes meet and my truth comes out.
“It means you’re mine. My life only has meaning if you’re in it.”
Chapter Thirty-Four
Athena
“And this is definitely what you want?”
“Yeah.” Paxton nods, inhaling deeply through his nose then out through his mouth. “Mom was excited for me to start school. When we filled out the forms together, she told me how proud she was of me so there’s no way I can back out. I won’t.”
This kid.
His strength is astounding. Although, it feels like he’s grown up a lot since his mom died. The funeral was only a week ago, just after New Year’s Eve, and now he’s ready to walk out the door for his first day back at school in too long.
“Okay, let’s go then.” Dressed in some of the new clothes Bear bought for me—a warm pair of jeans and a lush, fluffy sweater—I grab my new coat with faux-fur around the hood and slide on my new sneakers. A lot of new things that I fully intend on paying him back for when I start getting paid from Lucy at the coffeeshop, even if he has vehemently refused my offering every time I bring it up.
“Tryin’ to sneak off without me?” I don’t know how he does it because he’s a large man, but as if by magic, Bear appears at the bottom of the stairs wearing a huge grin. He makes quick work of striding toward me, gently resting a palm against my cheek. I lean into it as we say a million things with our eyes, just like we always do, right before he kisses me. It’s not for long, there’s no tongue, but it’s always enough. “Good morning, Baby Girl.”
“Hi.” I smile up at him and he winks before turning his attention to Paxton.
“You all set?” He slides an arm around my waist and we stand as one unit. Just as we did when faced with the CPS lady the day before the funeral.
Paxton’s dad hasn’t responded to any communications thus far, which we’re all not-so-silently grateful for, but May Bennett told us they were planning on sending someone to his last known address to see him in person. She had wanted to give us a heads up on the situation and there’s a lot of paperwork involved, so it’s not exactly a smooth transition, but we have promised to do everything we can for Paxton’s happiness.
“Yeah, ‘Thena made me lunch.” He holds up the lunch box full of food I prepared for him when I woke up at like, three this morning. I think I’ve been more anxious about his first day at school than he is. “I’ve got the cash you gave me, just in case, even though the cafeteria is cashless and you’ve made sure I have money on the school account.” Paxton reels off the information that’s been drilled into him the last few days with a roll of his eyes. “I have pens, pencils, notebooks, ruler, calculator, basically all the stationary a person could ever own in their whole life, a map of the school, a list of my classes and teacher names…” His smirk as he trails off makes me chuckle.
“Okay, so you’re prepared. Nothin’ wrong with that.” I shrug and clasp my hands together. “Let’s go!”
“Anyone would think this isyourfirst day at school instead of his.” Bear locks the front door as we all step out and links his fingers with mine.
“It kind of is. I’ve never been to school before.” It’s not something I’m sad about, it’s just a fact, but Bear’s body tenses a little before he visibly relaxes almost as quickly.
“You wanna go?”
“I really don’t know. It’s never been an option.”
Paxton scoots ahead of us on the new scooter Grinder bought for him for Christmas as we walk at a steady pace toward his school. It’s only a twenty minute walk, we did a trial run a couple of days ago, and it’s in a really nice area.
“Well, it’s an option now. If you wanna do the whole school thing, we’ll get you enrolled.” Bear speaks so casually, like he hasn’t just offered me the world all over again in just a few words.
“Is that even possible at my age? I’m thirty next year, isn’t that too old for school?”
“Baby Girl, you could go to school at fifty if you wanted to. Let’s have a look into it when we get home, yeah?” He squeezes my hand a little, like a silent “I got you”.
A huge grin spreads across my face and I nod. “Yeah. I’d love that.” I also love that he didn’t offer to look into itforme, he wants to do itwithme.