Page 74 of Fighting Shadows

“Dominic?” Autumn’s hand rests on my upper arm, pulling me from my thoughts. “Are you okay?”

I don’t answer her right away; I pull her into my arms and hold her against me. Her chest rises and falls in sync with my own, and my racing heart calms as I breathe in the scent of her shower gel.

“I’m okay, Cupcake; I just needed a moment.” I pull back and look into those hazel eyes of hers that I love so much. Then, I lower my lips to her, kissing her until we are both gasping for breath.

“So what are we doing here?” she asks, stepping away from me. As much as I want to grab her, pull her back into my arms, and keep her there all night, I don’t. She explores the room, her fingers trailing over the wooden beams of the fireplace and the kitchen worktops.

“I thought we could relax. Everything has been so full on since you came home that I feel like you barely got a moment to breathe,” I tell her honestly, following her around as she explores like I’m a lost puppy.

“It has, hasn’t it?” she huffs a laugh, “so, are we going to do anything fun?”

“Depends what you class as fun.”

An hour later, Autumn is throwing a pillow at my face as I buyMayfair.

“Aren’t you supposed to take it easy on me since you love me?” She pouts.

“Nuh-uh. Alls fair in love andMonopolyCupcake.” I wink, placing the little green house on the board.

“You’re going to take all my money,” she pouts again, but I refuse to give in to her.

Typically, I give her anything she wants, but I’m serious about Monopoly. I will destroy her on the board and then make it up to her in bed later if she’s not too mad about it.

“I can’t believe you did that!” she cries, “You took everything!”

“I told you, Cupcake. I don’t play around about my favorite board game.”

“But I had never played it before. Totally not fair.”

“I’m not sorry, but how can I make it up to you? Shall I eat your pussy until you have soaked me and my floor? Or shall I fuck you until you can’t walk?” I tease, loving when her eyes light up from my words.

“The latter. Definitely the latter.”

“Fuck. Is it bad that I want to fuck you on top of monopoly money,” I groan.

“It’s like a fake Vegas,” she laughs, picking up an orange five hundred paper bill.

“Do you want me to take you to Vegas? I’ll drain my bank account if you want to fuck on a bed of money, baby; just say the word, but I can’t promise that I won’t try to marry you while we are out there.”

“I could never do that to the others,” she says, “it’s all of you or none of you.”

“I know Cupcake,” I reassure her, knowing I would never ask her to do that to any of them. Crawling over to her, I lean her back until her back is on the floor and kiss her. Now, how about my prize?”

“What do you want, Pet?” she asks, her voice low and husky. Her hands reach up into my hair, her nails scratching against my scalp, pulling a groan from my throat.

“You. I want you. That’s all I ever want,” I say, my body covering hers, and I kiss her again.

Her taste is so addictive that it makes me feel dizzy, and all I want is more of it, more of her.

“Dominic,” she says softly, “I need you to make me come soon, or I’m going to implode.”

“Well, we can’t have that, can we?”

Unbuttoning her jeans, I pull them over her hips and drag them down her creamy thighs.

Her forest green lace panties are already damp, and I want to bury my face into them and taste her, but I refrain, wanting to drag this out for as long as I can.

“Dominic.” Autumn whines.

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