Zack almost slid off the bike while it was still running when he got to Nicole’s apartment. The sun had just gone down and the apartment parking lot was dim. He didn’t even see Hashtag standing by the door until he was a few feet away. “Shit! You scared the hell out of me.”

Hash chuckled. “Sorry. You can take a breath before you go in there. The baby is home.”

“What? How did that happen?” Zack was relieved, but confused. The fact that he hadn’t slept in nearly thirty hours wasn’t helping things.

Hash shook his head and said, “I’m as confused about that as you are, and Nicole too. Spider showed up here about an hour ago with the baby. The kid looked fine and of course Nicole was over the moon to get him back. Spider was accompanied by the club’s sergeant at arms and three other guys. They kept me out here while he went in.” That was when Zack really looked at his friend. Hashtag had a black eye and his lip was split in the corner. Zack almost smiled. He knew Hashtag was the best man to leave to watch Nicole, and he’d be willing to bet that even though Hash had been outnumbered at least five to one, the other guys looked worse than he did.

“Thank you, Hash. I’m sorry for all the shit.”

Hash shook his head. “Don’t be sorry. Provide me with a hotel room and two busty hookers…and an open bar…and we’ll call it even.” Zack laughed.

“You got it.”

“Come to think of it…Nicole’s friend just left a few minutes ago for work. Damn, she’s hot. You have any problems with me hitting that?”

Zack raised an eyebrow. “You just plan on hitting it and moving on?”

Hashtag chuckled. “Fuck, yeah. We haven’t all found the love of our life.”

“Shut the fuck up. And no. If you’re gonna bang her and never see her again, that’ll make me look bad to Nicole.”

“Damn, I never thought I’d see the day.”

“Get out of here. Find a sweet piece at the club for now – I’ll hook you up with that hotel room soon.”

Hash turned to walk toward his bike, muttering something about Zack being “pussy whipped.” In the past, Zack would have denied it until he was blue in the face, but the fact was that as much as he hated that term being directed toward Nicole, Hash was more right than he wanted to admit.

Zack waited until Hash was on his bike before knocking on Nicole’s door. He was happy as hell that Liam was home, but there was a part of him that was ashamed he wasn’t the one that made that happen. He wouldn’t blame her if she was still pissed at him for not being there and letting Spider get his hands on Liam in the first place. He took in a deep breath, let it out slowly, and raised his hand to knock. He tapped quietly, in case the baby was asleep, but Nicole’s voice floated through the door right away:

“Hash?”

“No, baby, it’s Zack.” There was no hesitation. He heard the locks being disengaged and as soon as the door was pulled open, she was in his arms.

“He’s home!”

Zack smiled. He loved seeing her so happy. He stepped into the apartment with her in his arms and then held her back so that he could see her face. “I heard. I’m so happy. He’s okay, I’m assuming?”

“He’s perfect,” she said, wiping a tear out of her eye. “I’m sorry. My emotions are just all over the place.”

“It’s okay, baby. I’m so glad you have your boy back.” She hugged him again and said:

“Thank you, Zack!”

Still confused, Zack muttered a “Welcome,” and then took her hand and led her over to the couch. Once they both sat down he said, “What happened? Why did Spider bring him back?”

“Because of you,” she said. “Spider said that I had you to thank.”

It had to have something to do with whomever Stone talked to and whatever he said, but Zack knew he had nothing more to do with that than the phone call he’d made earlier. He felt guilty again but before he could protest, Nicole had wiggled up into his lap and covered his mouth with hers. The feel of her warm, pliable body in his hands and her soft, full lips on his caused all the blood in his head to race down south and at that second, there was only one thing on his mind…everything else could wait. He snaked his tongue into her mouth and tasted her. He loved the way she tasted, and the way she smelled, and how she felt underneath his palms and in his arms. He let his hands roam across her body while they kissed. The kiss was slow and sweet at first, their tongues dancing in a slow, sexy rhythm. But, his senses were quickly overwhelmed as his hands ran over her body and he was touching and tasting and smelling her subtle, sexy perfume, all at once. Zack let his hands run up her back and he took her head in both hands, holding her where he wanted her to be, while he kissed the breath out of her. She was squirming in his lap and his cock was already as hard as a rock. He couldn’t think of anything but how badly he wanted to fuck her.

It was Nicole that pulled out of the kiss first, sucking in a big breath of air when she did, but then smiling brightly at him and standing up and taking his hand. She led him down the hall, into the room across from hers and Liam’s.

“Isn’t Stacey staying here?”

“Yeah, but she won’t be home until three or four a.m. I’ll change the sheets, I promise.”

Zack laughed and said, “Honestly, I don’t know why I asked. I don’t care.”

She smiled and kissed him again. While they kissed that time, it was Nicole’s hands that roamed over Zack’s body. She started with his back and then slid her hands down to his ass, and she rubbed and massaged it through his jeans. Then, she slid her hands around to the front of his jeans, right where he wanted them. She rubbed him through them first, using her thumb and two fingers to map out where his hard cock lay, pressing against the prison it so desperately wanted out of. Zack was so hard that it hurt before he finally felt her undo his button and then his zipper, and when she reached through and into his shorts and grabbed him, he felt a sense of relief so deeply that he was afraid he’d do something he hadn’t done since he was fourteen…come in her hand, right then and there. She started stroking him, slowly. Zack groaned into her mouth as she gave him one last, long, deep kiss. This time when she pulled back, she slid down his body until she was on her knees and she had his jeans pulled down to his. She smiled up at him and Zack thought he might have never seen anything as sexy as watching her suck his thick, throbbing hard cock into her mouth.

“Oh fuck…baby…oh my God…”

Nicole sucked his cock all the way to the back of her throat and then she let it out slowly and licked around the head before sucking it back in. The room was a little cold and her mouth was hot, so the contrast as she began to bob up and down made his head want to explode…both of them. She brought up one of her hands and wrapped it around his shaft and while she stroked and sucked him at the same time, she used her thumb to gently graze his balls. He wanted to feel what he was feeling forever, but he knew that if he didn’t stop her he was going to come in her mouth. Most of the whores and club girls that Zack was used to wouldn’t mind that, but he wasn’t so sure about Nicole.

“Baby,” he said, in a breathless, raspy, voice. “You should stop…”

She smiled around his cock and looked up at him. Jesus, she looked so fucking sexy. She held onto his cock and let it slide out of her mouth, slowly licking the tip as it did. “You want me to stop?”

“Fuck no…but you should.”

She smiled and almost took him in her mouth again. He stopped her, pulling her back up to her feet. It was hot that she was willing to do that for him, but Zack wanted to touch her, to feel her. He kissed her as he slipped her shirt off over her head and then used one hand to unhook her bra. She stepped back and let her bra fall to the floor before she unbuttoned and unzipped her jeans and pulled them off, taking her panties down with her as she did. Meanwhile, Zack stripped his clothes off as well. Once they were both nude, they stood facing each other and he held out his hand and let his fingers trace along the top of her breast, around the outside of it and around her areolas, causing her nipples to stiffen and pucker. She shivered as he let them go and from there, ran his fingers down the smooth skin of her stomach until he reached the top of her soft mound. When he started tracing his fingers across that, she moaned and reached for his cock. Zack’s fingers slid down over her soaking-wet lips while she stroked him, and then up inside her hot, wet tunnel. He loved the feel of her wrapped around him in any way. He loved being inside of her. She whimpered as he moved two fingers in and out of her, and she stroked him to the same rhythm. Zack took a step forward and pulled his fingers out of her as he nudged her back on the bed. Then, he lay down next to her and for a long time, they lay there face to face, kissing, touching, and just exploring each other’s bodies. At one point, Nicole slid her soft hand between his legs and cupped his balls. Zack groaned as she played with them, massaged them, and even gently tugged and pulled at them before flattening her palm and sliding it all the way from the bottom of his shaft to the tip. That was as much as he could stand. He had to be inside of her; he was aching for it. He rolled her onto her back and climbed on top of her. Nicole spread her beautiful thighs open for him and he easily slid into her wet pussy. They both groaned as his cock filled her completely up and then he began to move. He started out slowly, using one hand to slip under her back and hold her up so that her breasts were crushed into his chest. He rocked them both together and while Nicole whimpered, Zack moaned. He moved his mouth around to her ear and sucked the lobe of it into his mouth while he picked up his pace. For some reason that was when it dawned on him that he wasn’t wearing a condom. He pressed his lips into her ear and said:

“You want me to cover up, baby?” Nicole shook her head and then whispered in a sexy voice:

“Don’t stop fucking me.”

Zack pushed up on his arms and let her back hit the bed. He lifted one of her legs and held it up in the air so that he could look down and watch each stroke. The sight of his cock gliding in and out of her sweet, soaked pussy was pure aphrodisiac. He heard her cry out and felt her dig her nails into him as she came. The look on her face of pure ecstasy and lust pushed him to the edge and he began to pound into her relentlessly. She gripped onto him as tightly as she could as he thrust her small body up toward the headboard with each thrust until he felt his balls tighten, and every muscle in his body tensed as he came, hard enough to make himself dizzy, and then he collapsed down on top of her, squishing her down into the mattress. He only lay there for a few seconds, fearing she couldn’t breathe, before rolling off her and gathering her in his arms. She mewed and cuddled into him and he knew at that moment he was done. He was done being a bachelor, he was finished fucking every pussy in sight. This was the only place he wanted to be, forever. Even when the silence of their heavy breaths was broken by the sound of Liam’s cries, he still knew. He was finally home.