Page 27 of Five Days to Be Mine

I didn't expect the night to end with this sexy woman beside me, but I'm glad it went that way.

When I hear the door open, I sit up, remembering Mara’s request for aftercare.

I stand, going to my closet and coming back out with a fluffy blanket.

“Can I drape this around your shoulders?”“

Yes.” She rubs her arms, looking lost.

“Mara, how are you feeling?”

“I’m okay,” she says, but her eyes don’t meet mine.

“Here, come sit.” I guide her to a loveseat and sit down next to her.

I sling my arm over her and nuzzle her neck. “You were a very good girl for me.”

“I liked it, everything we did.”

“Good.” I take her hand from her lap and hold it in mine, it’s cool.

“I just feel…weird.”

“Weird, how?”

“I don’t know.” She bites her lip and shakes her head. “I’ve tried to explain it to partners before.”

“It’s all right.” I gently stroke her jaw.

“Do you want to talk about anything we did?”

She shakes her head. “I liked playing with you. I liked the spanking. My ass is sore, but not too much.”

“Good.”

“This was really nice.” Her voice trembles.

“Mara, can you tell me what’s wrong?”

She ducks her head, and grabs my hand. “Can you just hold me like this for a while?”

I want to soothe her, I want to carry her back to the bed and kiss her until she’s asleep.

“Yes, I can do that,” I tighten my arm around her shoulders, and she puts her head on my shoulder.

I brush my lips across her forehead and remember what she said she needed.

“Mara, you’re a confident, beautiful woman who deserves to have all sex and all the play you want. You’re not dirty.”

She whimpers, her ocean eyes fill with tears. “Thanks, Evan.”

I want to tell her that I want to see her again, that I want to take her to breakfast and ask her how she's spending Christmas, but I wait and give her space.

Ten minutes later, she takes the blanket off, and sits up.

“Are you ready to sleep now?”

“I don’t think so…my mind is still racing.”

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