CHAPTER 28
SOPHIA
Eli was a man of few words and I couldn’t be more grateful about that. Everything was so confusing and uncertain, nobody really knew how this was all going to go down or what would be left after the dust settled. When I showed up at his hotel again the next night, he opened the door with a silent, smoldering smile that left me weak in the knees.
We made love for hours and for a little while, I forgot about Snake completely.
Eli’s cock and mouth were magic and he was the sexiest magician.
Opening myself up to him, I’d never felt so satisfied and complete. He moved on top of me, my thighs wrapped around his hips, my fingers splayed out on his muscular ass as I felt his hips rise and fall, his massive cock sliding in and out of me with expert precision. I spasmed around him, our bodies tangled together in a delightful dance of lust that sent shivers of pleasure ripping through my body.
I cried out, my moans echoing through the darkness as the world outside of the hotel room fell away from our consciousness.
Afterwards, we lay quietly in each other’s arms, my head spinning with fantasies of what might happen when this was all over. Would he still want me? Would there be anything left of me for him to want? Were these few stolen moments all we would be gifted with? Or was there more?
The possibilities seemed endless and the fact that his desire for me seemed unending made me open my mouth and bravely blurt out what I’d been thinking.
“What’s going to happen?” I asked.
“When?”
“After this is over. Once the girls are rescued and Snake’s taken down?”
He took a deep breath, as if he was about to speak, but instead, he swallowed his words, saying nothing at all.
“So, this is it? That’s all there is?”
“I’m not sure what you’re asking, Sophia.” His voice was deep and warm and soft in the darkness, his arms holding me tight. I wanted to melt into him forever, feel this happy, this safe, for the rest of my life.
“What happens to us?” I asked again, mustering all the courage I held inside of me to do so.
“I don’t know,” he said. “What do you want to happen?”
“I’ve never felt like this before.”
“Neither have I,” he growled.
“So, what do we do?” I asked again.
“I’m not sure,” he shrugged lightly.
I bristled at his answer, my slightly open heart slamming closed in my chest once again.
“Not sure?” I asked, my voice shaking.
“Well, yeah. There are rules, I think. I’m new to all this, Sophia. I just joined up with the Gods, this may all be temporary, it’s all up in the air right now.”
“Rules?” I asked, my voice lifting. “But you’re an outlaw.”
He laughed and shook his head.
“Not really. I’m not an outlaw anymore. Not like you think. Not anymore, at least.”
“Why not?” I asked, as I began to feel the anger trickling into my veins.
“Because I’ve lived that life already, Sophia. I don’t want to do anything to upset the Gods. In fact, I’m pretty sure they’d be pretty upset that I’m lying here with you right now, considering.”
“Well, don’t let me get in the way,” I said, suddenly hurt and furious, all at once. I jumped up out of bed, the cold hitting my naked skin like ice water.
“Sophia,” he said. “Come on. You gotta understand.”
“Do I?” I asked, pulling my dress roughly over my head.
“Well, yeah,” he replied, sitting up in bed and staring at me with exasperation. He looked fucking delicious, his hair tousled, his tattooed chest bare, his cock still wet and hard between his legs. I looked away quickly, unable to think about the pleasure I was walking away from. “Let’s just be patient. I never expected this, so I don’t know the rules, that’s all I'm saying.”
“Right,” I said, grabbing my purse and heading for the door. “Rules. Whatever.”
“Sophia, don’t leave,” he said, as I turned the doorknob.
“I gotta go. Snake’s gonna wake up soon.”
“Sophia,” he said again, his voice pleading with me.
It was too late. I’d stepped outside already, the cold rain slapping me in the face. Rain had been falling all day, and it matched my mood perfectly now.
“See you later,” I whispered, before closing the door.
His eyes wrecked me. I couldn’t take it, I couldn’t take all this unknown shit that I was drowning in. Desperately, I wished for a time machine so we could fast forward through these next few days and just get it all over with.
I just wanted to get on with my life.
I wanted Eli to be a part of that, and even though I’d taken a huge chance coming here again, hell, coming here in the first place — by his warm reception and willingness to fall into bed with me, I’d been sure he wanted the same things.
Now, all he could talk about were rules?
I felt like a fool. A stupid, blubbering, needy fool.
Heading back to the compound through the pounding rain, my heart in my throat, my hands trembling with fear, I wiped the tears from my face.
“You’re an idiot, Sophia,” I scolded myself in the empty car. “A complete and utter idiot.”