Page 61 of Lucy
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy.
She occupied all the thoughts in my head.
She was the only thought in my head.
When I fucked her, my body seemed to sigh the same way someone sighs when they hit the bed after a long day. I’d hit Lucy after a long life. I was finally comfortable.
She laid beside me happy and holding me like she wasn’t the tiny one between us. She traced every tattoo on my body and I traced every fine baby hair along her hairline. I traced the way they laid against her forehead wispy and soft.
“What had you so upset at work tonight? What made you late?” I asked in the stillness of the room.
“Nora’s fiancée.”
“The asshole?”
“Yeah, him.”
“Did you fuck him, Lucy?” I didn’t want to be upset by the thought but it made my entire body throb with anger. I just staked my claim to Lucy and all of her craziness. I stamped my government name all over her…in the deepest, tightest, wettest parts of her.
“No. I was going to but once I got started…it didn’t feel right, Chase.”
“So what happened?” I asked once my ego was satiated and my heart could beat normally again.
“He tried to force himself on me.” The words were strained and stiff coming from her mouth. I wanted to find that motherfucker and put him to sleep.
“What?” I sat up a little straighter in bed and looked down at this crazy, tiny tornado that had totally blown my life apart in the best way. I needed to protect her. “He tried to rape you, Lucy? Why didn’t you call me? I would have been there in a blink. Faster.”
“Chase, no. I told you I don’t want your probation ruined because of me. Nora called Abel,” she said sitting up. The blanket fell away from her body and I was distracted for a moment by the gleaming silver in her nipples.
Those piercings were the third sexiest things on her body. The second was her clit piercing and the first was her smile. Her smile melted me and made me malleable as putty.
“And Abel handled him?” I asked, hopeful that her brother was the kind of brother he should have been.
“Oh, he handled him alright. Actually, so did Nora. She hit him in the head with a cast iron skillet. Abel beat him unconscious.” A smile crept across my face. I liked her siblings. They were my kind of people.
“I think I’ll be able to survive dinner just fine with them,” I chuckled.
“Yeah. We protect each other.”
“Good. Someone like you needs protecting,” I touched her chin and watched her pout.
“I can handle myself, Chase.”
“You can but you’re precious. Precious things need protecting.” I stared into her copper eyes and she blushed.
“Will you protect me?”
“Only if you’re mine. Otherwise, I have to let you fly free.” Lucy slid closer to me, and I snaked my arm around her slender body.
“I want to be yours, Chase.” The way she touched my cheek was so simple but it made me burn.
“You sure? I’m possessive and I don’t like secrets.”
“You’re quiet and you don’t do social media…I know. I still want you. You’re real and raw and you make me feel safe. You make me feel calm and I never feel calm, Chase. I’m always up in the air, falling…falling…falling. You’re like gravity when I’m spiraling. I don’t know what it feels like to be down to earth but with you…I keep my feet on the ground.”
“I can’t remember my last relationship, Lucy.”
