Pining For You (Blueball Band of Brothers Book 5) by Marika Ray

Author:Marika Ray [Ray, Marika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Rainey

I used to scoff at people who said they had a moment of clarity, an epiphany, if you will. Something that changed the trajectory of their life. It sounded as hokey and pie in the sky as saying soul mates were a thing. The school of hard knocks had taught me that life was merely what you make it. You want something, you work for it. Strikes of brilliance or the waving of a magic wand were strictly for fairy tales.

But as I looked up into Zeke’s face, his jaw hard but his eyes soft, his body moving in me, over me, through me, making love to me when I was fighting his love tooth and nail…well, I felt it. That moment where all your life experiences coalesce into one shining example of the only truth that makes any kind of sense.

This man was the person I’d been missing all my life.

And as I tipped over the edge and he came with me, because that was all he’d ever been trying to do since I’d known him—be right by my side—a whole new world unlocked inside of me. That sacred trust I’d given to no one after my father abused me of the notion, was somehow pulsing with life again. The love I’d deflected out of fear was battering at the walls I’d put up to protect myself.

Zeke didn’t say a word as we both lay there catching our breaths, but he didn’t have to. He’d been telling me over and over again how he felt about me. I just hadn’t been listening. Hadn’t opened myself to the possibility of trusting someone else to the depth that I knew he wanted. The way he deserved. So as he bundled me into his arms and kissed the back of my head, slowly drifting into sleep, I lay there, wide awake, tears slipping down my cheeks and soaking the pillow.

I saw every hour on the bedside clock, catching a few minutes of sleep here and there, but fully awake when the pitch blackness of night began to ease. I slipped out of Zeke’s arms and froze on the side of the bed until his breathing settled again. My thighs were deliciously sore as I silently stood, my body unused to being shared with someone else.

I didn’t allow myself to look down at Zeke, knowing I wouldn’t be able to do what I needed to if I saw his beautiful face. On tiptoe, I snuck around the room, grabbing articles of clothing I hoped were mine before patting Daisy’s head when it lifted and hoping she wouldn’t give me away. I dressed in the hallway and grabbed my wallet off the kitchen table. Sandals would have to wait until I got outside so as not to make any noise.

There was a chill in the air that I knew would fade quickly as the sun rose in the sky. My steps were quick, but my heart was heavy. Everything was more unsettled than before Zeke and I had sex.

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