Archer rushes out of the room to find the doctors. I quickly return to Neil’s side. “Are you sure you are healthy enough for this? You only just woke up? She we wait to make certain you are well?” Neil’s face softens as he looks at me. He gives me a small, comforting smile. “I’ll be okay, Chloe.
I pace back and forth the length of the waiting room, my anxious nerves making it impossible to sit still. Archer, Beau, and Steven are in other areas of the room. Archer is standing near the hallway to the operating rooms. He has his arms crossed, and is still as a statue. I’m certain he’s not
Archer considers this. Steven nods critically. No one is asking the most important follow up question, so I take the initiative myself. “Can we see him?” I ask. “Yes, of course,” the doctor says. “He’s been returned to his room. I simply ask that you do not upset him in any way.” “We underst
Back at my penthouse, I walk over to my couch and flop face-first down onto my couch.What. A. Day.Well, a couple of days.I’ve ridden a roller coaster of emotions, worried so fiercely about Neil for so long, and then overwhelmed by relief.Thank all the Gods that Neil pulled through okay.It was a
After my spike of pleasure, I become goo-like, unable to move my limbs on my own. I’m in a blissful haze.Neil stands. He cradles me to his chest and then carries me into the bedroom. I doze off in the safety and warmth of his embrace.When I wake again, I am still in Neil’s arms, but we are both in
Neil kisses me. It starts gentle, his lips pressed to mine, but then quickly deepens as his tongue slips into my mouth.We’re already naked, there’s no clothes to divest each other of. Instead, we trail our hands over each other’s bare skin, reacquainting with each other’s bodies.Neil doesn’t share
My orgasm rips through me. “N-Neil!” I cry out, surely breaking the sound barrier.I’ve never felt pleasure like this before. It’s a whole new level.All the time, he continues pressing his fingers to that spot, as if he’s trying to milk every last dazzling sensation from my body. I ride that high f
Later, Neil holds me just inside the front door of my penthouse. And, well, I might be holding onto him just as hard.After the night we shared, I’m not ready to let him go yet. If I had my way, we would still be in bed, tangled up in each other and lost to the rest of the world. We’d stay there for