But the second guy…there was something about him I didn’t like.
I nodded to the man. “Who’s that?”
“That’s Simon,” Serena said.
I was surprised she was the one who’d answered.
“Who’s Simon?” I asked.
“He works for Addison’s dad. He wants to marry her, but she’d rather remove her eye with a dull spoon.”
I raised my eyebrow.
Serena laughed. “That’s what she said, not me.”
“So, Addison doesn’t like him?” I asked.
“Nope. But he doesn’t take the hint. She told me he brings up marriage at least once a week.”
The Simon guy was puny and looked like a weasel. He was wearing a suit and stood out in the crowd. People were actually laughing at him behind his back.
Yet I couldn’t stop the possessive feeling that came over me that this guy was trying to push my Addison into marrying him.
Who does this asshole think he is?
“Uncle Maddox?”
“Hmm?” I said while keeping my eyes on Simon.
“You look like you’re going to kill him.”
Serena’s words broke the spell, and I looked at her. “I’m sorry?”
“You looked like you were going to kill him,” she said with her brow raised.
I looked at my brother and sister, who both nodded. My sister rolled her eyes, and my brother was stifling a laugh.
I turned my gaze back to my niece. “I’m sorry if I scared you.”
She wrinkled her nose. “You didn’t scare me. But, if I were Simon, I’d run far away from here.”
“I’m not going to hurt him,” I protested.
She held her hands up in surrender.
“Brat,” I told her, and she laughed.
It was true. I wasn’t going to hurt the Simon character. I had a lot more discipline than that. If I could sit in one spot for thirty-six hours straight while hiding from the enemy in a foreign desert, I could keep myself from punching one guy.
However, a few kind but firm words, warning him to back off, wouldn’t kill anyone.
My eyes went from Simon up to Addison’s apartment window. It was obviously closed due to the noise from the street dance, but I couldn’t help but wonder if she kept her bedroom window unlocked like she had when we were in high school.
I shook my head.
On second thought, it would be wise for me to keep my distance from anyone in Addison’s circle. If I were smart, I’d leave her to get rid of Simon on her own.
Too bad I couldn’t stay away from her.
Eleven
Addison
My eyes popped open, and I sucked in a short breath.
My body was on full alert, but I couldn’t figure out what had woken me.
I stared up at my dark ceiling as I slowed my breathing, so I could listen for any noise.
I could hear crickets outside, playing their nightly tune, but that was it. The street dance must have ended some time ago because I didn’t hear any music or voices.
I waited a few more seconds and rolled to my side to reach for my phone. Maybe a text message had pulled me from my sleep. I should check to see if it was important, although if it was, I should have gotten a phone call instead.
I put my hand on my nightstand, missing my cell, when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye.
A large, imposing figure rose from the old wicker chair I kept in the corner of my room.
I should’ve been scared that someone had gotten into my apartment while I was sleeping, but I knew right away that it was Maddox.
I had no idea how he’d managed to get in, but from the things I’d read about Navy SEALs, they had a way of getting into areas that average humans couldn’t.
A wave of excitement flooded my body, starting at my head and my toes, converging to the area between my legs.
He slowly approached the side of my bed. When he reached me, he looked down as if he was studying me.
He hooked one finger under the sheet covering me, keeping his eyes on mine. He slowly pulled the fabric down and off my body. When I heard him suck in his breath as the sight of my nakedness hit him, a rush of satisfaction went through me.
He still found me attractive.
I watched, fascinated with his body, as he pulled off his T-shirt. He had been muscular in high school since he played football, but his muscles now had to be twice as big. His arms were huge, and his stomach sported an eight-pack.
God bless streetlights.
I ran two fingers down his toned abs as he undid his belt and pushed his cargo shorts off his hips.
His big, gorgeous cock sprang out from the confines of his clothes. This time, I was the one who sucked in a breath.
This was the first penis I had ever touched, sucked, and put inside my body. Was it possible that it was bigger than I remembered?
I didn’t get to find out because Maddox knocked my hand away as he kicked his shorts off his feet.
He put one knee on the bed and pushed my legs open, exposing me to him.
He pushed two fingers into me and groaned. I knew what he had found. I was wet. I was always wet for him.
I clenched around him, and then he rubbed my clit. My back arched slightly off the bed, and my eyes closed of their own accord.
I couldn’t believe he still remembered how to touch me, but I really shouldn’t have been surprised. Maddox had bedroom skills, even back in high school. I’d been with grown men who had no idea what to do with a vagina.
I forced my eyes open just in time to watch Maddox take his hand from me, and he rubbed it over the head of his dick. He was using my desire as lube, and it was so hot; it only made me wetter. I could feel it coating the inside of my thighs now.
Maddox stood and pulled me to the end of the bed. He ran his hand down my body and then pushed both my knees back to my shoulders. He circled my wrists in his hands, and as he pushed my arms over my head, he shoved his cock inside me.
A hiss sounded from the back of Maddox’s throat, and I almost came all over him. He continued to push until he bottomed out, and there was no more room for him inside me. It had been some time since I was with someone of his considerable length, and my body wasn’t used to it.
I welcomed the bite of pain though. It brought me back to when he’d taken my virginity. Except, now, I had much more experience.
I rocked my hips up and down over his dick to get it to rub the spot inside me that would complete my orgasm.
Maddox had other ideas.
He dropped all his weight on me, and that extra inch that hadn’t fit was now inside me.
I closed my eyes and commanded my body to relax around him. As if he knew what had happened, Maddox didn’t push my body any further at that moment.
As I felt my body give and my legs fell more to the side, I opened my eyes and looked at him again.
Maddox stared at me as he slowly pulled his cock from my body and then pushed back in. Thankfully, there was hardly any pain at all.
As if he sensed what was going on inside me, he began to pump his hips, picking up speed, his rhythm on point.
My almost climax was barreling down on me at full speed, and I could tell it was going to be epic. I hadn’t had a really good orgasm from anyone other than myself for a long time, and I clenched my eyes shut to keep it at bay. The longer I held it off, the better it would feel.
Maddox’s breathing quickened, and I knew he was close, too. I wanted to touch him, to claw at his back for making me feel so good, but he still held my wrists above my head.