Page 77 of Dominance

“Adri…you’re snoring…” Her voice is music, singing to me in the haze.

Sun cuts into the room through the blinds.

The night before echoes through my thoughts.

Fucking spectacular.

Streaks cut the room, golden, amber, honey. It reminds me of her eyes.

Those eyes I find staring at me, her head resting on my chest.

Copper, honey, and that scent of crisp herbs and sweet cinnamon. It’s overwhelming, rousing me from my groggy, hazy fugue.

She’s right there.

And I didn’t imagine last night.

Or the reason for it.

That mood sours the moment only slightly. Nothing could spoil what we had.

Gloria is still curled up beside me, her head on my chest. Her body is so warm under the covers next to me. Especially once I feel the sensation of her skin on mine, the fact that we’re naked still.

Every bit of me wants to feel her again, take her again.

But at the same time, I want this peace to last forever.

To stay here. To not disturb the silence. Because this silence is the aftermath. The aftermath of a shift that has changed everything forever between us. At least for me.

My heart aches to think of what I felt.

What I wish I would have said last night.

I’m hopelessly in love with her. And I have no clue what to do about it.

I guess marrying her will be a lot easier now. Except for the fact that Dom orchestrated all of this. The marriage. The sex, demanding an heir.

And then there were the words exchanged between them in the hall. Something changed. Dom pulled the rug out from under her feet.

But I don’t know how.

Shifting my arm, she stirs, and I let my palm skirt down her back, feeling the curve of her along me. Tilting her head up, she looks me right in the eye, her lids still droopy and sultry in the morning light.

“Good. You’re still here.”

“Where else would I be?”

“In my dreams for one.”

“We must have traded places or taken turns. You were in mine too.”

“Cheesy.”

“No, it would be cheesy if I said my dream-come-true is lying on my chest, right next to me.”

Gloria rolls her eyes, dramatically.

But then she leans up toward me, taking my lips with hers, kissing me fully.

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