Page 79 of Reckless Love
I wait, but she doesn’t finish. I trace barely-there patterns on her skin, wondering if she needs me to pour my heart out at her feet or to respect what she’s saying and not talk about it tonight.
I decide to respect what she’s saying.
“I will never hurt you, Elle.”
“That’s not something we can really promise each other.”
Our eyes are locked.
“Then I promise to never intentionally hurt you, and if I do, I will do whatever it takes to make it right.”
“I can get behind that. I promise the same.”
I lift her and place her in front of me, straddling my legs. My dick has been hard just staring at her this whole time.
“Should we bring in the sunrise the right way and seal that promise?” I ask, planting soft kisses along her neck as I palm her perfect tits.
“Yes, please,” she breathes.
Never breaking eye contact, we fuck each other nice and slow, and once again, my mind is blown. I’ve imagined this happening a thousand different ways, but nothing could prepare me for how good we feel together.
As we drift off to sleep later, her head against my chest and leg over my hip, I feel like I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted.
“Daddy! Elle!”Levi’s voice is pure elation as he runs and dives between the two of us.
“What—” Elle mumbles, pushing her hair out of her face and blinking. “Oh!” She pulls the covers over her chest as Levi leans his forehead onto hers.
“Elle,” he says happily. “You sleep in Daddy’s bed?”
Elle’s eyes shoot to mine, mortified.
“He’s excited,” I tell her, groggy but laughing. “No one’s ever slept in Daddy’s bed but Daddy,” I say pointedly.
Her eyes widen and I nod.
“Besides Gigi and Pop Pop, you’re the only one who’s ever slept in this house.”
“Is this gonna be traumatizing?” she whispers before smiling at Levi.
He’s nestled next to her on top of the blankets and looks like he could snooze a few minutes longer. As I’m thinking that, he pops up and grins down at her again. Tricked me there for a second, no chance is he gonna fall back to sleep with Elle here.
“Not even a little traumatizing. You’re his favorite person and getting to see you first thing in the morning is the happiest thing he can imagine.” I reach over and grab the sweats that are draped on the chair nearby and slide them on. “My boy and I have that in common, don’t we, son?”
“Yep,” Levi says.
Once I’m up, I grab Elle a shirt and shorts and hand them to her. She smiles at me gratefully and puts them on under the covers.
I lean over and kiss her forehead. “We can let you get more sleep now.”
“No way.” She sits up and tries to calm her bedhead. I grin and mess it back up as she bats my hands away. “I’m up, and I want to see him as much as I can before we have to leave.”
God, I love her.
“Do we have time for pancakes?” I ask, knowing we do or there’s no way I would’ve said that word out loud in front of my pancake-loving son.
“Pancakes!” Levi cries.
“All right, let’s have some pancakes!” I high-five him and he and Elle bounce on the bed before getting up.