“Jesus, baby,” I groan. “You got to stop.”

“Mm...” she moans around my cock.

“Baby, I can’t hold back much longer.”

She slides her mouth off me with a grin. “I don’t want you to.”

“When I give you my cum, I want inside of you,” I growl, and I lift her, pulling her up my body until she straddles my cock. “Take me in, Toi. Please, honey,” I growl, knowing I’m about to blow and needing in her when I do. I don’t care if I am begging. Her body is the sweetest heaven I’ve ever known.

She reaches down between us and guides me inside. She’s wet and ready, just like I knew she would be. That’s a gift I never fail to give thanks for.

“It just gets better and better,” she moans, her voice soft and loving.

I reach up and grab her breasts, squeezing each in my hands, her hardened nipple pushing against my palm. She’s right. It does get better and better.

“I’m not going to be able to hold back long, Dragonfly.”

“I’m almost there,” she gasps and I can feel it. It doesn’t matter that I’ve only been inside of her mere minutes. She gets that worked up sucking on my cock. She likes going down on me almost as much as I like it—and that’s a fucking lot.

“Then ride your man, honey. Ride me hard and take me with you,” I order her, but I didn’t need to worry.

Her head goes back, her long blond hair cascades down her back, her eyes are closed in passion and she’s magnificent. Her body tightens on me, she slides up and down on me, rolling her hips, and I can feel my cock scrape against her inside walls. My balls begin to tighten. I’m coming, but I don’t want to go without her. I reach down and pinch her clit, grabbing her hip and grinding her down against me.

“Marcum,” she cries right before shattering. I follow her, when she’s like that I can’t help it. I close my eyes and groan as I empty myself deep inside of her.

She falls down against me and I cradle her to me, our bodies still joined. We stay like that while our breathing calms and this might be my favorite time with Toi. I wrap my hand in her hair, thinking about how my life has changed since meeting Toi.

“What was that?” she asks.

“What, honey?”

Her head raises slowly and she looks toward the door, the frowns.

“I thought I heard a noise.”

“It was probably my damn heart. I’m too old for the workouts you’ve been giving me,” I joke.

“Yeah, right,” she laughs. “Can we just stay in bed today?”

“I wish we could sweetheart, but I’m meeting with some men today. I got to try and clear this shit up.”

“You haven’t told me what you’re clearing up.”

“I don’t want you worrying. Just know I’m handling it.”

“You have to stop trying to protect me, Marcum.”

“Not possible, sweetheart.”

“Can you at least tell me why this is happening?”

“Let’s just say your father left a mess and I’m trying to clean it up,” I tell her reluctantly. I didn’t want to tell her, but I know she won’t just let this drop. I feel her body tense and if it were possible I’d kill her father all over again.

“What did he do?”

“You don’t need to worry about that, Toi. I’m dealing with it.”

“It’s my father, don’t you think I have the right to know?”

“No.”

“No?!”

“That’s what I said, Toi.”

“How can you say no?” she huffs. She pushes against my chest to get up, but I hold her tighter, not letting her. I flip us, so that now she’s lying on the bed and I’m over her, I’ve pulled out of her, and I should be limp as a fucking ragdoll, but I don’t think that’s possible when I’m near Toi.

“I can say no because it’s my job to protect you,” I tell her, capturing her wrists with my hands and pinning them to the mattress.

“I don’t need protecting!”

“Dragonfly, you have nightmares almost every night.”

“You know about that?” she asks. She goes completely still with shock. I could almost smile.

“Honey, I sleep beside you every night. Of course I know.”

“I could be having a nightmare about anything,” she hedges.

“You also talk in your sleep.”

“That doesn’t mean I can’t know what’s going on. Your need to constantly protect me is unnerving me.”

“Then think of it as me protecting my family.”

“What?”

I pull myself off the bed, sitting beside her and putting my hand on her, gently. I splay my fingers out and hold her stomach.

“You could be carrying my child, Toi,” I tell her, holding her gaze with mine.

“But…we don’t know that, Marcum.”

“Sweetheart, you’re going to have my son or daughter. You need to get that in your head. And it’s my job to protect you both.”

“Marcum…”

“I promise to tell you about it all—”

“Finally.”

“After I make sure you and our child are protected.”

“Will you please—”

“Toi,” I respond with a sigh. I hook my hand along the side of her neck and pull her close to me. “You’ve changed my life sweetheart. I need you and our child to be safe. Without you, I couldn’t make it.”

“Marcum…”

“I’m serious, Dragonfly. If something happened to you, I’d lose it.”

“You can be really romantic sometimes, Marcum Kincaid.”

“Don’t spread that shit around, it will ruin my cred,” I smirk.

“Kiss me before I find another reason to get pissed at you,” she whispers, and I kiss her.

And I do it smiling…