“Shut up,” she replies with a laugh.
Ashley stands up in front of me and I slide my hands up her thighs, making her shiver. Taking hold of her panties, I slide them down her legs, and she steps out of them, leaving them on the floor. As I slip my pants down just enough to pull my cock out, she raises her dress and straddles me on the couch, letting it fall down over me.
Our eyes are locked together as she reaches under the hem of her dress and grabs hold of my rigid cock. She gives it a few strokes then rubs it against her clit, throwing her head back and moaning softly. I can feel the heat between her thighs and long to be inside of her. And as if she’s reading my mind, she slips the head of my cock between her slippery lips and slowly lowers herself onto me.
Ashley takes me into her inch by inch until she’s fully seated on me, then leans forward and kisses me hard. Our tongues dash against one another as I slide my hands up the back of her dress, cupping her ass in my hands. I squeeze as she rolls her hips, moving up and down in a slow and deliberate way.
Reaching up, I pull the shoulder of her dress down, pulling it low enough to free her breast. Leaning forward, I take her pink, pert nipple into my mouth and suck on it. I circle my tongue around it, then give it a firm nip with my teeth, drawing a soft yelp from her lips.
Our mouths crash together again as Ashley continues to rise and fall atop me, impaling herself on my rigid cock. She presses her forehead to mine and stares deeply into my eyes as she rides me.
“Tell me again,” she whispers.
She doesn’t need to tell me what she wants to hear. I already know.
“I love you,” I tell her.
Ashley’s entire body shudders and her expression is one of pure bliss. Rapture. She continues to move in a slow and deliberate rhythm, taking her time, drawing out the pleasure we both feel. The connection between us is as strong as it’s ever been, and it only seems to be growing even stronger.
It’s as if Ashley knew that in this moment, with so much uncertainty in the air and the possibility that this could be our last time together, that we needed this. We needed to share this one life-affirming moment together. It’s as if she knew we needed to validate all of the feelings between us and somehow make them even more solid than they already were.
This isn’t fucking. This isn’t just sex. This is making love and strengthening the ties that are binding us to each other. It’s almost as if Ashley is giving me a reminder of everything I have to live for, or maybe she’s giving me an admonishment that I need to come back to her. Whatever it is, as she writhes slowly on top of me, the one thing that’s crystal clear to me is that she loves me. And I love her.
Ashley’s body tightens as does mine. She uses her inner muscles to grip my cock, making herself even tighter than before and I press my head back against the couch, letting out a low moan as the tendrils of pleasure wrap themselves around me. Ashley looks down into my eyes, biting her bottom lip, and her whimpers are soft. She’s trying to hold back the cries that want to burst from her, so I press my mouth to hers, swallowing her moans of pleasure.
And as we cling to one another, our bodies intertwined, I feel my cock swelling inside of her. A moment later, I gasp as I burst inside of her. My cock pulses and throbs, filling her with my seed. Ashley stifles her cries, but her entire body trembles wildly as she cums along with me. She presses her forehead to mine, and together, we give ourselves over to the pleasure and love flowing between us.
We remain like that, holding on to each other, savoring the moment together, not knowing for sure if we’ll have another like it.
“Please be careful,” she finally breaks the silence between us.
“I have a lot to live for,” I say.
Her smile is wan, but I see the fear in her eyes. “I love you.”
“And I love you. With everything in me.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
Ashley
“Hey, is everything okay?”
Her voice snaps me out of my head, and I look over at Teri, one of the other waitresses on shift with me. A bright bolt of panic shoots through me and I scan the diner, looking to see what I missed as I’ve stood here in the side station, letting my mind wander to thoughts of Max and the danger he’s facing today. I’m doing my best to hold myself together, but it’s not easy.
Thankfully, nobody’s trying to flag me down, so I let myself relax a little. Well, as much as I can, anyway. It’s not a busy time of day, so there aren’t many tables, which would make any oversight on my part all the more glaring.
“Yeah. Sorry,” I tell Teri. “I’m just a little distracted today.”
“I noticed,” she laughs.
“That obvious?”
“Only if you’re paying attention. Keith hasn’t noticed anything amiss.”
“That’s not saying much. He’s so busy trying to get you to sleep with him, I doubt he’d notice if the place burst into flames.”
Teri rolls her eyes. “Yeah, there’s that. But anyway, are you all right?”