Chapter 16
Declan
I thought about the night with Madeline for a couple of days. I went to her when I knew that she needed someone despite knowing that it would draw us closer. I couldn’t help myself. I knew that she probably needed some time alone and our schedules were different this week. Maybe that was best.
I almost had myself convinced that I was better alone but still sent Madeline a text asking her to have dinner with me on Friday night. I wanted to see her, and I cursed my willpower as she replied and told me that she was just leaving the hospital. I told her to get ready and come by my house, planning to take her to a restaurant just out of the city. I knew that I shouldn’t encourage this between us, but I couldn’t help it.
When she arrived wearing a soft pink dress and heels, I smiled and told her how beautiful she looked. She did. I led her to the car after locking the garage and drove her to the steak place far enough out of Chicago that we might not be recognized. “No diner this time?”
“I wanted to do something different. There’s this great place just a few miles down the road. It overlooks a river and brings me a lot of peace.” I smiled as I saw the sign just up ahead, pulling into the lot once we approached it.
“It’s cute,” Madeline told me as I opened her door for her, leading the way to the restaurant. They knew me here and sat us at a window overlooking the wide river with the boats floating on the waves in the marina. I ordered wine for us and we both ordered the combo plate before she gazed out of the window. “It is peaceful here.”
“How was the rest of your week? I didn’t call you because I was working insane hours and just sleeping on my time off. I knew that you had a hard time in the first part of the week as well. I thought you might need space.” I looked at her as she considered my words, sipping her wine.
“I did to a degree. Everyone helped at the hospital since they knew it was my first big tragedy and I spoke to my mom a lot. While that was nice, I also liked sleeping in your arms that night.” She spoke carefully and looked at me as I shuffled my feet under the table.
“I enjoyed that. It was different than before with us. Intimate.” I tried to form my thoughts as I reached for my wine.
“I thought that you might not call again,” Madeline pressed as I ran a hand through my hair. “I know that this isn’t forever with you, Declan. I just like the time that we spend together. I know that I could never replace your wife and I’d never want to.”
“You couldn’t. This is completely different than that was.” I pressed my lips together, trying to form words as our plates were set before us. “I was making my way through life with her, wondering what else it was I wanted. I loved Laura but all we had was our jobs. We spent great time together but there wasn’t enough of it. Then she was gone, and I was reeling, feeling so many different things inside. I stayed away from any women apart from that one night and focused on work. Then I bumped into you and something changed in me…something that I’m scared of. I know that I can’t rush this with you, but I don’t want to lose it.”
“I understand.” Madeline smiled and let out a breath. “I kind of feel the same way. I want to focus on work, but all of this is such a great escape from that. You’re a good man, Dec. I’m not asking for forever from you. I just feel strongly towards you.” She smiled shyly and took a bite of her lobster, moaning through it as my cock hardened. I needed to tone that down until we were at least back to my place.
We enjoyed some light chatter over the meal, moving away from the shop talk. I enjoyed that she liked to talk about her family and not just being a nurse. There was some depth to her that a lot of women didn’t possess. It made me want her even more.
We finished eating and picked up some dessert on the way home at a local bakery. I unlocked my door and followed her inside as she walked right up to my room with the cupcakes in her hand. I made a detour to the kitchen and grabbed water to take up with me, finding her standing barefoot at my window and looking over the landscape. “You okay?” I asked as she turned to look at me over her shoulder.
“I am. It’s so pretty here,” Madeline turned to walk towards me, meeting my lips with hers softly as I pulled her closer. We made our way to the bed slowly before undressing and kissing again. I pulled her over me and cupped my hand in her hair to hold her mouth over mine as she met my tongue. Her heat was pressing against my stomach with my cock resting against her ass as we made out, both getting more aroused with each moment. I turned her over to kiss her neck and down to her pert nipple, sucking lightly as she reached her hands into my hair. I drew her between my teeth as my tip slipped against her pussy, moving slightly inside. We both froze for a moment before she pulled me up for a kiss, whispering to take her. “I am on the pill. I have been for a while, but I didn’t want you to assume that.”
I drove myself inside, warmed by her gripping heat as I moaned. Madeline felt amazing this way and I stilled to memorize it for a moment before I looked into her eyes and started moving with earnest. We rocked together, sliding skin against skin as we searched for our release. Madeline let go first, clawing my back and shaking below me before I followed her, filling her with my heat as she gripped me. “Fuck, baby. That feels so good.”
“It does,” she agreed, clinging to me as we both exploded inside. We relaxed together before drinking some water and settling ourselves on the pillows to eat a cupcake. I turned on the TV and smeared some of my chocolate frosting over her nipple playfully as Madeline raised an eyebrow at me. I leaned in to suck it off as she giggled and licked some of the strawberry frosting from her own treat. I made slow work of cleaning her skin, sucking every bit of chocolate from her skin before lulling away and licking my lips. Madeline laughed and scooped some of her own frosting off the cake and smearing it over my chest before she set it down and pounced on me. She crawled over me to suck the cream from my chest, licking and sucking gently as I held her body still over mine, setting my cupcake down with a free hand before she looked into my eyes. Madeline kissed me again, moving closer to my body as she rubbed her slick heat against my hardening cock. Madeline moaned and lifted her body to impale herself over me, groaning with the feeling.
Madeline rocked over me slowly, angling herself to feel me deep inside of her. She dragged her nails down my chest as she found a particularly good angle and cried out my name. I started to slide up, meeting her movements until I watched her pinch her eyes closed as she came again. I followed as I fucked her trembling body and then dropped beside her. We stayed still for a while and then resumed eating our mutilated desserts, keeping our hands to ourselves this time as we exchanged long looks. Madeline finished hers and balled the wrapper up on my night stand before taking another drink of her water. “You have worn me out, sir.”
“Yeah,” I agreed vaguely as she curled up under the covers and smiled. I leaned over to kiss her hair and she reached out to touch me, making me want her again. I told myself to let her sleep and that I could wake her up in the morning as she closed her eyes and I watched the late show on television for a while until I shut the TV off and turned towards Madeline, yawning as I closed my eyes.