BlakeThe waiter brought our drinks. I ordered a seafood platter that I thought Aston might like, then waited for him to leave the room before I fessed up. “When I got to the hospital, my mother was there.”Aston’s eyes widened, her chin dropping to her chest. “Your mom?”I nodded. “Remember the woman I told you about, the one I said I saw arriving at the hospital when I left?”“That was your mom?” She sounded nearly as surprised as I had been.“Yeah, crazy huh?” I was still processing her sudden reappearance in my life. Talking to Aston about it felt like a good place to start.“So she was still there after you got back from your trip?” She asked the question gently while taking a sip of her wine. Her eyes never left mine.“The doctor told me she hadn’t left my dad’s side since she arrived. Apparently, she’s even showering at the hospital.” Aston’s brows rose. “That doesn’t sound like someone who would just walk out on their family.”“My thoughts exactly, but she claims she’s
ASTONHe thought he owed me and wanted to make it up to me? I liked the sound of that. We only just made it into Blake’s room before his lips were slanted over mine, soft and firm and hungry. The feel of his tongue licking at the seam of my lips made everything else disappear from my mind in an instant.My lips parted, a soft moan escaping before his tongue darted into my mouth, expertly licking and sucking and exploring.He tasted just as good as I remembered. Like only Blake could.When he kicked the door shut behind us, we were like animals. He was on me in a second, my back pushing into the hard mattress. A soft moan escaped from my lips. Blake’s hips had a mind of their own, rolling against me in a way that made my mind splinter into a million pieces.One of his hands dug into my thigh while the other was clamped to my ribs. He had me caged underneath his big body. I had longed to feel like this again since the last time we were together.As if I was possessed by him. Enveloped b
Aston“Blake!” I cried out.His only reply was his fingers digging into my hip as his mouth sucked on my sensitive bundle of nerves. It sent the pleasure center of my brain into euphoria. As he sucked on me, his fingers moved faster and faster.My body started shaking, my muscles tensing. “Yes, Blake. There, don’t stop.”My head and neck arched. My butt came off the mattress as my hips bucked against his mouth. White hot heat wracked my body. Light burst behind my eyelids as my orgasm ripped through me with the force of a freight train.Licking me like a man having a meal at a Michelin starred restaurant, he groaned before crawling up my body and positioning his cock at my entrance. I spread my legs wider to accommodate his hips between them. I needed him inside me. Now. I’d just had one of the most intense orgasms of my life but if left me aching for more and I knew Blake could deliver. He coated himself in my juices, his broad crown nudging at me. I didn’t know when he got a cond
BLAKEAston and I were in my car, on our way to the hospital. Since it was Saturday, traffic was light, and we were making good time down a wide, double lane road. Palm trees swayed in the light breeze outside, splashes of bright green against an otherwise clear blue sky.“It’s beautiful here, isn’t it?” Aston breathed. Her eyes were glued to the scenery as we drove, and she kept pointing things out to me. Seeing Tampa through her eyes warmed me to the place in a way I hadn’t been before.“Yeah, it actually kind of is.” I agreed. I never really understood why Dad chose Tampa but being here with Aston caused it to begin to make sense to me for the first time. There was a serenity here I hadn’t felt before.“How are you feeling?” She tore her eyes away from our surroundings to look at me. I glanced at her and saw she was wearing a concerned frown, fiddling with her fingers.“I’m okay. I hope my dad’s doing better. They expected him to have woken up by now.” It was worrying me that he wa
Blake“It’s true,” he nodded. “I lost her because of the company. I gave up so many things in my pursuit of success, but your mom was something I could never replace. No matter how hard I tried.”A quiet sob shook my mother’s shoulders. She placed her pointer fingers beneath her eyes and wiped the first tears away. As if I was looking at her through a prism, my view started to change.Her actions had by no means been justified or validated, but my father’s side of the story corresponded with hers. She still tore my heart out and irrevocably changed our lives forever, but if Dad was willing to give her a second chance, maybe all the blame didn’t belong at her feet.“What does this mean?”They stared into each other’s eyes for a few quiet beats, then my dad spoke up. “We’re going to try again. Your mother will be coming home with me when I leave here. She’ll stay by my side for my recovery and we’ll take it from there.”“You’re serious?”He nodded. “As a heart attack. Or a stroke—appare
ASTONBlake stuck his head out the door and motioned for me to come back into the room. I nodded but took a deep breath before I stood up. I’d been drinking my coffee in the waiting area while Blake had a conversation with his parents.It had been awhile, and my nerves were frayed. I had no idea what was going on inside that room, I only hoped it was good.Blake deserved an explanation from his parents, I just hoped he’d gotten one he could live with. He looked okay, though. He was smiling as he waited for me to make my way to him. “My parents want to meet you.”Blood started pounding in my ears, my nerves sparking at their frayed edges. Not only was I about to meet one of my heroes, but I was also going to meet the parents. Meeting the parents was a big step in any relationship, but in ours it was even bigger since his dad was also my boss.“Okay,” I swallowed past a lump in my throat. People said never to meet your heroes. If mine disappointed me, it would be a double whammy. It wo
Aston“It’s not boring to me at all.” His mother’s eyes shone with humor. The corners of her mouth were pressed in as if she was fighting a smile. For a woman who hadn’t been around for so long, she looked positively motherly at the moment.“I’m not bored either,” I piped up, but Blake started moving toward the door anyway.He cocked his head, holding his hand out for me. “I’m sure, but we should get going.”“Okay.” I smiled at both of his parents. “It was lovely to meet you both. I hope to see you again soon.”Both of them nodded. His mom said goodbye and his dad grinned like he knew something I didn’t. “I’m sure you will, dear. Keep up the good work.”“I will,” I said, then followed Blake out the door. He took my hand when we were out in the hall, guiding me back to the front exit. “What did you two talk about that I’m not allowed to know?” “It was nothing, just him rambling about all my traveling and stuff.” There was probably more to it, but he would tell me when he was ready. A
BLAKE Dad was awake. Mom was apparently back in our lives. It remained to be seen how long she would stay around this time. Aston was here, then she was gone. I would be seeing her again soon, though.Everything was different than it had been when I opened my eyes just a couple of hours ago, but nothing more so than I was now walking into our corporate headquarters as the acting CEO of the company.I didn’t know how long Dad would be out for, but he hadn’t mentioned coming back at all. I got the distinct feeling that he was retiring for good, not just taking some time off to recover. I was sure he would still be around, and that he would never step out completely, but it felt like he’d placed the reins firmly in my hands.They were heavy, but they felt good. It was like I could see everything more clearly now, like the world had shifted on its axis and everything had finally come into focus. I’d never even considered that I might head up the company one day.In my mind, it had always