“Sweet God, you taste so fucking good,” I say before ripping off her panties, gripping her thighs and spreading them farther apart.

  My mouth goes back to her sugary center, and I suck on her clit as her body trembles under me.

  “Goddamn it, Maggie. If I had known you had a magic pussy like this, I would have gotten to you a long time ago.”

  I growl against her as my tongue dips down into her tight channel. I fuck her there with my mouth, giving her as much of me as I can. She’s mewling with need, and I know she’s so incredibly close.

  Bringing my hand up to her clit, I circle it with my thumb as I continue to lick her virgin opening. She’s dripping with honey, and I greedily eat it up, wanting it straight from her.

  I stroke her steadily, and the even rhythm is enough to push her over the edge. She explodes under me, and I hold her body, kissing her softly as she climaxes in my arms. I gently lick up her passion, wanting it more than I want my own, as she cries out over and over.

  Her orgasm is long, and I feel like a fucking beast giving her this level of pleasure. Instead of giving her time to recover, I start all over again, needing more.

  “More, sunshine. I want all of you. I want you wrung out and soft when I slide my cock deep inside you. I want your pussy velvety smooth when I push in.”

  The fat head of my cock throbs with desire; the image of her pretty pink pussy wrapping around him is almost too much. I squirt a little cum into my boxer briefs, but clench my fists in the sheets to help hold myself together.

  I won’t last two pumps inside her, and I feel like her innocent little cunt knows it. Maggie moves her hips and taunts me with it, and all I can do is cover her with my mouth.

  I keep talking to her, and she gives me two more orgasms before she’s finally lying still and completely relaxed. I kiss my way up her belly and then to her breasts as her heavy arms reach for me.

  “I never imagined how good that would feel,” she says, her eyes heavy with passion.

  “It tastes even better,” I tell her, leaning down and kissing her lips, passing her sweetness between us.

  The smell of her pussy and the taste of it on her tongue has me rubbing my aching cock against her. My cock is still restrained behind my boxer briefs, but he’s hard as steel and wants to get inside her.

  I reach down between us and push my underwear off. The naked head of my cock drips cum onto her pussy, and we both watch as I smear it with him. The hard shaft spreads it around until she’s coated in me, and I dip the head down, gathering some of her honey on the tip. I bring it back up and rub that on her, too, combining her sticky sweetness with mine.

  The head glistens, and I want more, so I dip back inside her and do it again, bringing it back up to the top of her pussy and rubbing it all over her. When I go to do it a third time, she raises her hips and makes me stay inside her. I hold it there for her while I stroke my shaft, pretending it’s her tight cunt.

  “Please, Eli. More,” she begs as she moves under me.

  I push in farther, letting her have another inch before I pull out and look at my soaked cock. I use the cream to lube up my cock, and I jack myself off as I push back in a little more.

  My fist moves faster this time, jacking quickly. I feel the need at the base of my cock, and then spurts of cum pump out into her opening. I look down and see the cum seep out the sides of her opening as I squirt inside her. I want her slick, and this is the easiest way to do it.

  “Eli? Did you just…?”

  I look to see disappointment in Maggie’s eyes, thinking that I’m finished.

  I smile at her and kiss her lips. “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time, sunshine. There’s plenty more where that came from.”

  I kiss her lips again as I push inside her fully, feeling her tense and relax under me. I’m seated all the way inside her, and I grit my teeth as I try to keep from cumming again so soon.

  “Fuck,” I moan, and bury my face in her neck.

  I give us both a few seconds to recover, and when her legs wrap around my waist, I know she’s okay.

  I pull out slowly, then thrust back in and wait. I give her a second to adjust to my size and then repeat it. After a few thrusts, I start to ride her easy. Steady in and out, not stopping.

  “God, I love you so much,” I say, kissing her. Her nipples rub my chest, and she moans into my mouth.

  She’s so tight, and it’s painful, but like her, I’ll adjust. Having her virgin cunt wrapped around me is the only thing going through my mind. I’m her first, and her last. This pussy will mold to every ridge of my cock because it’s the only one it will ever know.

  She’s mine. “Mine.”

  I growl as I thrust harder and move my mouth to her nipple. I suck on it hard as I grip her hips and pull her down on my cock. My inner caveman is pushing forward, and my primal need to have her is winning.

  I know she’s on the pill, so I can’t get her pregnant yet, but in my mind, that’s what I’m doing. I’m breeding her with every base instinct I have, rutting my baby into her.

  “Eli, I’m cumming!” she shouts as her nails dig into my shoulder, and I release with her.

  We cum together, and I nearly black out from how fucking good it feels. I’ve waited so long to have her, and now that it’s done, it’s only beginning.

  I roll us over as her orgasm peaks and move her on top of me. “Another,” I demand.

  “Another,” she moans, and gives her body over to me.

  Chapter 23

  Maggie

  “Sunshine.” Eli moans my name, but his eyes stay closed. He hasn’t woken up quite yet. Well, that isn’t entirely true. He woke me a few times in the early hours by doing delicious things to me. I had no idea pleasure like that existed, but I should have known better. Eli makes everything in my life better, and I know it’s because he’s my other half.

  I maneuver myself over him, straddling his big body. My thighs have to stretch wide for his size. I lick up his chest, feeling the ridges of his muscles against my tongue, wanting to taste every part of him. I can’t seem to stop touching him. It’s like I’m trying to make up for lost time. It’s still hard to believe we’re here together. For so long I’ve felt lost without him, and I know deep down it’s because we are each other’s future. Without him I felt like I was going nowhere. But all this time he was building a life for us in the hope that one day we could be together. God, I love this man. I hate that I ever even questioned him, something I will never do again.

  “I take it all back,” I whisper against his skin.

  “What’s that?” I look up into his eyes and see he’s wide awake now. One of his hands slides into my hair, playing with the strands.

  “That you’re shit at making breakfast. Because this is hands down the best breakfast I’ve ever had.” I smile up at him before taking a nibble at his hard-muscled chest. The sleepiness fades from his face as he flips me over, pinning me below him. His hands lock mine over my head, his fingers linking with mine. I can’t get enough of how easily he moves me around. It’s erotic and exciting all at once, and it makes me feel even more like I’m his.

  “I should let you rest.” His mouth comes down to my neck, licking and sucking me. I wrap my legs around him the best I can. “But I think all my control is gone.” I moan at that, that I make him this way. It’s empowering, and even more so after a year of thinking he didn’t even want me. I don’t know how he lasted, though, with the way he is acting now.

  “Good.” I rub against him, loving that he’s not holding back. That last night we ripped everything between us to shreds. All the walls and barriers fell away. Nothing could keep us apart now. Neither one of us would let it.

  He pulls his head back to look at me. “You sure, sunshine? I know you’re sore.” Concern is written all over his face.

  “I don’t care.” All self-preservation is long gone for me.

  “I care,” he mumbles, and a flash of worry shows in his eyes.

  “Eli, I’m fine. Just—” I’m stopped abruptly when my phone starts to ring. I would normally ignore it at a time like this, but I know who’s calling.

  “That’s Alice’s ring,” I tell Eli.

  He nods, knowing I can’t ignore her call, especially with how she’s been lately. He rolls away from me and goes for my bag. He digs in my purse and then hands the phone to me.

  “Hey,” I say, but she interrupts me instantly.

  “Oh my God, Maggie. It’s your dad. They found him. You have to come home!”

  It takes me a minute to register what she’s saying. I look at Eli, and my eyes fill with tears. Hope grows in my chest, and so many emotions pass through me. I’m thankful I’m still sitting in bed because I might have fallen over otherwise.

  “He’s coming home,” Eli says, reading my face.

  I nod, and I can feel it’s true. I always knew he’d come back.

  “I’m coming,” I tell her, and hang up the phone. Eli is already tossing my clothes at me as I start getting dressed. When we are both ready he grabs me, pulling me in for a kiss that’s deep and hard, letting me know that he’s here for me. For us. That everything we face from forever forward, we will be doing together.

  “Let’s go to Major’s house, sunshine.” I notice he doesn’t say home, and I smile at him. My family is back and about to be whole once again.

  The ride feels like it takes forever, and when I try to get Eli to speed, he shakes his head, talking about precious cargo. I roll my eyes but smile while I do it.

  When we finally reach home, I’m out of the truck before it stops, and Eli yells something about me being safe. The front door flies open, revealing Alice. She looks like she’s been crying again. I go to grab her, but stop. Her robe has come undone, showing her in a pair of pajama shorts and a tight tank top. I glance down and see what is very clearly a baby bump. My eyes widen in shock as she hurriedly covers up the bump, pulling her robe closed.

  “Don’t,” she whispers as I feel Eli come up behind me.

  I want to say something, but her eyes are pleading with me to keep quiet, so I do. I don’t know if it’s because she doesn’t want to talk about it or that she doesn’t want me to say something in front of Eli.

  Memories from the last few months flip through my mind, signs I should have seen but didn’t. I was so wrapped up in missing Eli, and then my dad went missing. God, I’ve been a shitty friend to her. I must have made her feel like she couldn’t tell me what was going on. I was so consumed with my own life and what was happening to me that I couldn’t see my friend had gotten pregnant.

  I nod, her letting her know I’m not going to say anything. At least in this moment. But I’ll be cornering her soon when it’s just the two of us.

  “He’s alive,” Alice says, and she gives a small smile, even though her eyes are filled with tears.

  “They told you?” I ask, wanting any information as fast as I can get it. She pauses for a moment before grabbing my hand.

  “Come and talk to them.” She pulls me into the living room, where my laptop is sitting on the coffee table. It’s already open. Eli sits down next to me on the sofa as I start typing to make the call.

  “Come sit,” I tell Alice, motioning to the space next to me on the sofa. She’s still standing on the other side of us. She shakes her head, and my eyebrows pull together. “Alice, come sit,” I try again, not understanding.

  “I think this is a family moment,” she finally says.

  “You’re like my sister. What are you talking about? Major loves you like a daughter. Now get over here.” The tears that filled her eyes start to fall.

  “Sweetheart,” I hear my father say, and I gasp. His face fills the screen, immediately capturing all my attention. I feel Eli pull me close and then kiss the top of my head.

  “Dad.” My hand goes for the screen as I reach out to try and touch him. “Come home!” I snap, much crankier than I mean to sound. The command makes him smile.

  “I love you, too,” he says with a little chuckle.

  “I love you, Dad, but please tell me you’re okay and that you’re coming home.”

  “I’m a little banged up, but I’m coming as fast as I can. I promise.”

  Anxiety leaves my body at those simple words. I have so many questions, but I know now isn’t the time. And I also know there might be things he can’t tell me.

  My dad’s gaze trails over to Eli, who’s holding me close. “You been keeping her safe?”

  “Always, sir,” Eli replies.

  “You better,” he tosses back, and I smile. “Where’s Alice?”

  I look up at where she was standing moments ago, but she’s gone.

  “She left.” I say the words more to myself, confused.

  “What?” my dad asks.

  “I don’t know. She was standing here a moment ago,” I inform him. “She’s taken this really hard. Not that we all haven’t, but you know Alice. She’s soft with stuff, and she’s already lost so much. To think she almost lost you has been a lot for her.”

  I try to reassure my dad so he’s not worried something is wrong. Since she has come to stay with us, he has treated her like she’s family, like she belongs with us, and she does.

  Pain is etched on my dad’s face, and he nods his understanding.

  “All right. I’ll be home soon. I love you guys.”

  “We love you, too, Dad.”

  “Keep my girls safe, Eli. Or else.”

  “Promise you that, sir,” he confirms. My dad nods, and the call ends. I throw myself at Eli, climbing in his lap and wrapping myself around him. He holds me tight, and we both share in this moment.

  “We’re going to be a family,” he whispers into my ear. His words are filled with so much emotion. I lean back to look down at him, knowing he never really had a family before.

  “We’re going to be the best damn family you ever thought you could have, Eli,” I tell him with confidence. I know it to be true. I lean down and kiss him soft and sweet before pulling back and resting my forehead against his.

  “I have to go talk to Alice.” Eli nods. He knew I was going to say that. “Something is really up with her, and I’m worried.”

  Eli cups my face with his big hand, his thumbs brushing my cheeks. “If anyone can get through to her, it’s you, sunshine.”

  I wish that were true, but I love that he believes it. I think I’ve done something wrong with Alice, and I’m not sure what that is. She was there with me through this whole last year when I thought I’d lost Eli. Now she’s going through something, and I want to be there for her in any way I can be.

  I slowly pull myself from him and head to her room. When I get there she’s walking out with a bag over her shoulder. She has on yoga pants and a baggy sweatshirt, trying to hide the baby bump. But now that I’ve seen it, there’s no missing it.

  “Alice,” I say quietly, and she stops in her tracks. Her eyes widen a little. I know she’s trying to sneak out on me in an effort to avoid this conversation.

  “I can’t do this anymore. It’s too much, and the doctor says it’s stressing me and the baby out.”

  “Oh God.” I grab her and pull her in for a hug. So many questions flood my mind, but I don’t want to push. I’m worried I’ll stress her out or something. “But Dad is coming home,” I try to reassure her. He’ll murder whoever left her alone and pregnant.

  “I know. It’s what I’ve been waiting for. I wanted to make sure he was okay before I left. I needed that.”

  I pull back and plead with her. “Don’t go, Alice. Please.”

  “I need to be alone for a little while and get myself together. I have this little one to think about now.”

  I glance down at her belly. I don’t want her to leave, but I know I can’t stop her. She’s an adult, and it’s not like I can lock her up here.

  I open my mouth, but she stops me. “Please don’t ask.” She says it softly in a voice laced with sadness.

  I want her to open up, but I think about how maybe I’ve been a crappy friend for not seeing this long ago. I want to give her some kind of support, so I’ll give her this. I step out of her way. She takes a step and pauses to lean in and kiss me on my cheek.

  “Love you.”

  “Love you, too,” I tell her. “You better call me every day, and I want to be at the next checkup,” I challenge, unable to help myself.

  “Deal,” she says, then turns to leave.

  Chapter 24

  Eli

  “He’ll be home by morning,” I tell Maggie when she comes back into the living room. She comes straight to me and into my arms. I hold her close and kiss the top of her head. “Everything okay with Alice?”

  She nods, but I have a sense something isn’t right. I don’t want to push, because she has a special relationship with Alice. She was able to lean on her when she thought I wasn’t coming back, and I know they developed a bond in that grief. As well as how upset Alice has been since Major went missing.

  “Can we stay here tonight?” Maggie asks, looking up at me.

  I’d never deny her anything, and definitely not this. I knew logistics of buying us a house would be problematic with Maggie still in school. But now that Major is on his way back, maybe we can talk man to man and work things out.

  “We can do anything you want, sunshine.” I tuck a lock of hair behind her ear, and she slips her hand into mine.

  “I want you to take me upstairs. I’ve dreamed about you in my bed so long, I want to make it real.”

  I lean down and kiss her lips softly. “Did you dream of me sneaking in your room while you slept?”

  “Yes,” she whispers against my lips. I rest my hand against her neck and feel her heartbeat pick up.

  “I’ll tell you a secret,” I whisper back as the hand at her neck slides down her chest. “I did.”

  Her breath catches as my hand eases down the front of her sweats and into her panties. Her pussy is wet and still a little sticky from all our lovemaking.