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Titan

I felt restless.

I tried to lay motionless while Bailey slept like the dead next to me.

I knew my baby needed her rest after the intense sex we just had.

I always took my time pleasing Bailey. I always wanted to lick every valley and nibble every peak on her beautiful body.

But after I opened up about my ex-wife and the shit she put me through, I was too keyed up to take my time tonight.

I was hard and fast in my strokes and my grip on Bailey was almost too tight, but I couldn’t slow down because my emotions were too raw.

Thank God she understood what I needed the moment she kissed me in the kitchen.

Bailey knew I needed a release and took everything I gave her tonight, but I felt like shit using her body like that.

When I felt her pussy spasming seconds before I felt her juices soak my dick, I pulled out as soon as she was done, so I wouldn’t cum too.

It was my punishment for thinking of Eva’s evil ass while I was inside of Bailey’s beautiful body.

I let out a deep breath of frustration when I realized that sleep was not going to come, so I rolled out of bed and put on the gray sweatpants I wore earlier and went downstairs to my gym.

I needed to put this unwanted energy into use.

I didn’t keep a clock in the gym, but I knew it was a little after three in the morning when I walked in.

After I stretched I turned on my workout playlist and began my cardio routine. I don’t know how long I was running on the treadmill looking like a man running for his life, but when I felt an awareness behind me, I hit the stop button and turned around.

I felt like the world stopped as soon as my eyes locked on Bailey looking so damn sexy leaning against the wall near the door, wearing my pajama shirt that went past her knees.

“Hey beautiful, what are you doing awake?” I walked over to the rack where I kept my towels and picked up one to wipe the sweat off my body.

When I moved, I could feel Bailey’s eyes following my every move.

When I turned around after drinking some water and wiping my face, her head was tilted like she was analyzing me.

“What’s wrong?” Her voice was concerned but her posture was weary and a little tense as though she was in a room with a skittish animal, and the way I was feeling, her apprehensiveness seemed appropriate.

“What makes you think something’s wrong?” I asked, taking another drink of water.

“I watched you for ten minutes before you noticed me, and I know what trying to work off your demons looks like; does this have anything to do with you opening up about your ex?” She was still leaning against the wall, and I didn’t like the distance between us, so I reached my hand out from where I was standing near my bench press machine.

When she came toward me without any hesitation, it felt like my soul sighed in relief, and the tension left my body instantly.

Once she put her hand in mine, I pulled her the rest of the distance toward me and kissed her softly before sitting down on the workout bench. I wrapped my arm around her hip and pulled her onto my lap.

“What do you mean you know what trying to work off your demons looks like?” I asked after a few moments of silence.

“Hmm?” She looked like her mind was in another place as she absently traced the lion tattoo on my chest. I stopped her hand from moving and repeated the question.

“Oh, um, when my brother Anthony’s wife was killed, he was in such a dark place that he did everything to get his mind off it.

He’s still in pain but now he manages it by being an asshole to any woman trying to get close to him.

” I felt bad for her brother, but something told me that wasn’t the story she really wanted to share.

But I decided that there was enough divulging of the past for one night, but I would ask again later.

We talked about her brother a little more, but Bailey stopped once the conversation was getting too intense. So, I led the way back upstairs where I showered and then when I got into bed, I held Bailey until we both went to sleep.