known anyone like you. You make me want to be a better person, even though you infuriate me and make me feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. You have been one of the biggest surprises in my life and I wouldn’t want to lose you for anything in the world.”
“I think for the first time you’ve left me with nothing to say.” He lifted my hand to his mouth and kissed it before placing it back beside me. He actually said that I was making him a better man but I thought it was the other way around…that he was making me a better woman.
We walked hand-in-hand to my apartment and I offered him a nightcap before he made his way home. I couldn’t deny him anything and soon we were sitting in my living room enjoying a glass of wine together.
“Lift your glass to the future.” We clinked glasses and he said, “The future is looking bright, my dear. With your friends all having babies, you could say that we are giving birth ourselves. With our new ventures around the corner, we have everything to look forward to and it’s all out there for us to have.”
I smiled at him and said, “Your enthusiasm for the future is intoxicating, and I have to say that even though I am terrified to step out on my own, I would be kicking myself if I didn’t go for it. I have the encouragement from my friends and you to thank for that.”
He took my glass from my hands and said, “It was all in you, Em. You just needed someone to help you tap into your inner self confidence and I’m glad that I was one of the people who helped you do that.” A feeling of euphoria washed over us and we just couldn’t keep our hands off each other. Our clothes became a memory as they fell from our bodies and left a trail to the bedroom along the way.
As I climbed up onto the bed, I felt him behind me. He used his tongue to pleasure me from behind. Two fingers had joined his tongue and the passion of the moment was coming on to me quickly. I was already in the throes of ecstasy, when he pierced my interior and drove himself into my loving arms. Our passions were unleashed. I had a death grip on the sheets under me as I was splayed out before him. I reached back and used both hands to spread myself out even more and I heard him breathing deeply behind me.
“Oh god, Emily, you look so sexy that I just can’t stop myself from wanting you again and again. I can feel you around me…and oh, god …and I love how tight and wet you are…fuck, Emily.”
“Ohhhhhhh.” I creamed all over him and felt him lose himself in the moment. Our bodies were covered in a fine sheet of sweat that made us stick to each other’s skin.
The lust was over as it was only a quickie but this time the quickie felt more alive than the first time. Something was definitely different. He had become my best friend and lover, and I could see in his eyes that he felt the same way. We were giving each other something but neither one of us realized what it was. A void that was lacking in our lives was being filled, one day at a time.
He curled behind me and pulled lightly at my shoulder that brought me to his body. Feeling his arms around me made me realize that I didn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.
“Ethan, I am glad that you came into my life.”
“I’m glad you feel that way, Emily. I feel the same way and can’t imagine my life without you in it.” I sighed deeply and fell asleep with his body next to mine…I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Chapter Three Toys and Tricks
I still needed to find a way to get Ethan to loosen up and tell me about the loss of his first love, Henrietta. If I could get him to do that then maybe I could convince him that what we had was real and worth taking a risk on. Neither of us mentioned Henrietta again after the night I had confronted him about her. I may not have gone about it in the best way but I felt that unless he dealt with his feelings and released his past, then our relationship would always be just an agreement.