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Chapter 30

Ainsley

M y mind is in some sort of heaven. Hitting my climax has always been great, a wonderful euphoric release for me. But damn, this is all-consuming and I keep bouncing from utter bliss to freaking the fuck out.

I focus on breathing first. I have got to breathe when my orgasm hits that hard because, apparently, it’s going to be a more frequent thing with Shawn around.

I’m gasping for air and my head is spinning. I hear the muffled noises of Shawn talking with a steadiness in his voice.

“I’ve got you baby, breathe.”

He continues to repeat as he rubs circles on my back. I faintly hear scratching, which sounds like Luna and Blaze at the door, as I’m brought back to reality.

Fuck, I must have been loud. I don’t care, though. I’m too relaxed and happy to care about anything other than the man who has his arms wrapped around me. His giant hands moving up and down my back. Pulling my hair stuck to my sweaty neck, I open my eyes and look back. Shawn’s eyes immediately connect with mine as he leans in to kiss my cheek.

“Hi Sunshine! Steady breaths. You good? Talk to me.”

I finally close my mouth and lick my dry lips. Nodding, I reply, trying to find the words.

“It felt like my body was just a block of clay, and I morphed into something new and beautiful with you. Colors consuming us as we found our release.”

He looks at me and smiles as I laugh like that was the stupidest shit I’ve ever said.

“I couldn’t have said it better myself.” He says as he slowly removes the toy, leans me forward, and pulls himself out.

I whimper at the feeling of the sudden emptiness. Leaving me gaping, he stands and picks me up, carrying me bridal style to the shower. He washes me down quickly and is mindful of how oversensitive everything feels. I step out of the shower and grab a towel, quickly running it over my body and twirling it into my hair. I step away and look back at Shawn. He has his legs spread apart in the shower, bending in a half squat with his hands cupping and pulling on his balls.

“Um, Books. Did I break your balls?” I smother a laugh as I try to figure out what he’s doing.

He looks up at me and shakes his head, but a smile pulls on his lips.

“You didn’t break them, but maybe you strangled them a bit with all this long hair you shed. You’re worse than Luna and Blaze sometimes with the amount of hair that gets wrapped around my sack.”

I gasp and press my hand to my chest, smiling at him.

“My shedding? Look down in the shower, babe, yours is worse than mine! Just because mine is longer doesn’t mean I shed more.” I say blatantly.

“Yeah, yeah. I’d take my tiny hairs, over pulling long hairs off my cock in the locker room before the game.”

Surely, it can’t be that bad. I open the shower door and get on my knees to peek up and inspect the damage.

“Just blow it off!” I say, and start blowing on his balls. He jumps back.

“Um, nope. We aren’t doing that.” He commands, covering his cock as it twitches.

I shrug and stand back up. I laugh as I walk into the bedroom closet, pull out one of my old, oversized university shirts, make my way to calm Luna and Blaze down, and take them back to their bed.

When I come back, Shawn has changed the sheets on the bed, put on his glasses, and has the highlights of the Dallas game on, watching to see how good they are this year after trading their most valuable player. I slide in and tuck myself under his arm. He pulls me closer to him, and I doze off into the most relaxed sleep.

* * *

T he next morning, I wake to the smell of sausage and smile. I lay there, eyes closed, just soaking in the smells and sounds. Sausage, syrup, butter, barking, feet pattering on the floor, and a Tobe Nwigwe song about moon and sunlight surrounding the room.

My home, my heart, my love.

Footsteps grow louder, and the door cracks open as I roll toward the edge of the bed and slowly rub and open my eyes. When I open them, Shawn is standing directly in front of me in nothing but sweats and his small chains. My eyes catch his hands. A red cup with steam coming out of the lid.

“You got Timmies?” I say, trying to haul myself up to kiss him on the cheek.

“I’ll always get you your Timmies, Sunshine.”

He smiles as I take the cup and walk around him to the wall of windows and the sliding door beside my bed. I slide the door open and step out onto the balcony overlooking the city. I take a long sip of my double-double and lean against the railing, looking around, loving the slight chill this morning. Shawn comes behind and wraps his arms around me, resting his head on my shoulder.

“This place is pretty unreal.” He admits and I smile.

Turning around, I wrap my arms around him, chest to chest. My heart leaps as his love for this city grows with each passing week. They truly love him here. I love him here.

My stomach flips, and I mutter under my breath. “You’re unreal.”

I turn around, and he pulls me into his chest. I take a deep breath of him in and I feel his chest shake with laughter. I look up at him, and he grabs my cheeks with both hands like he is going to go in for a kiss. He pulls me back a few inches, still smiling, locking our eyes together as he opens his mouth to speak. Then snaps it shut. He opens it again and pauses. Shaking his head, he laughs.

“Shit, I love you, Lee.”

I freeze mid sip of coffee and look into his eyes as they mist over.

“I have since I was 10 years old. You’re everything I have ever wanted. You’re the sunshine that lights up every single part of my life, and I will never want to let you go.”

He leans down and kisses my left cheek as he reaffirms what he just claimed.

“I love you.”

Coming around, he kisses my right cheek.

“I love you.”

He brings his lips against my forehead in a long peck.

“I love you all the way to the Sun.”

Tears well instantly in my eyes, and one spills down my cheek as I remember his last words to me before I left as a kid. He brings a thumb up to wipe it away as I choke out.

“I love you more than you will ever know, Shawn. You center me and bring me back to who I am and what I need every single day. I love you all the way to the Moon.”

His mouth finds my lips, and I’m swept away in a life-altering joy as the morning light overtakes the Six.