A Love Like This (11 page)

She stopped in front of a closed white door.
“He should be in here. If he’s not in the lounge, there are a
couple of sleeping rooms near the back.”

Jane turned to leave.

“Wait. I’m sorry. How will I know which one?
I’d hate to barge in on someone.”

“Ryan’s the only one in there. Everyone else
is in the department.”

My heart pounded in my chest. We would be
completely alone and I couldn’t wait a minute longer. “Thank you,
Jane. He’ll be very surprised.” I pushed the door open and my eyes
quickly scanned the room, entering as she turned to leave.

A television was on but no one was watching
it, all of the chairs and couches vacant. I walked to the back of
the room and leaned my ear to first one door and then the other.
There was no sound coming from either one. Ryan was probably
getting some much needed sleep.

I turned the knob carefully on the door to
my right and pushed it open just enough to see inside. The light
was very low, almost dark, and the room was very small. He was
lying on the small cot with one arm thrown over his eyes and one
leg hanging off of the edge, his foot flat on the floor. I couldn’t
help my smile. I was so damn happy to see him and now I could hear
him breathing.

I let the door close but held it with the
knob turned so I could latch it without a sound, and then tiptoed
the few feet to the cot and slid down the wall opposite Ryan. His
scent surrounded me and I saw the 24 hours worth of stubble that
had accumulated on his jaw and chin. My body quickened. It still
amazed me how moved I was just looking at him. I ran a finger along
his forearm to see if a tickle would make him move it. He moaned
softly and like magic, his arm moved to his side and his head
turned in my direction. I wanted to touch him. I scooted closer to
the edge of the bed and leaned on it so I could look into his face,
brushing his unruly hair off of his forehead. My eyes drank him in.
Jesus, he was so gorgeous. Exhausted and unshaven but still
beautiful.

Ryan drew in a deep breath. “Julia…” he
whispered softly but his eyes were still closed. “Baby, you smell
so good.”

My breath stopped and my features softened,
biting my lower lip. I felt like he’d reached right inside my chest
and squeezed my heart. I pushed the parka from my shoulders and
left it on the floor where it fell, sitting up on my knees so that
I could lean over him. I let my lower lip nudge his upper one and
then my open mouth hovered over his, breathing in his delicious
breath, and then I used my teeth to gently tug on his lower lip. My
hand roamed lower, under the hem of his shirt, tracing the happy
trail down to the tied band of his pants. He was so fucking
sexy.

Instantly, his mouth came to life beneath
mine and his arms closed around me, one hand sliding into the hair
at the back of my head. “Julia… Am I dreaming?”

His tongue slid inside my mouth in a
desperate kiss and he pulled me on top of his body. When I pulled
my mouth from his, his eyes were open. His mouth split into a big
smile and his arms tightened in a huge bear hug. “Oh, my God! I
missed you, babe! What are you doing here? Did you sneak in?” He
pushed my hair off of the left side of my face and kissed my lips
gently. “Hmmm?” He kissed me again and then the side of my face at
the temple.

“No sneaking, yet. Jane and Caleb showed me
where to find you.”

“Mmmm…” His nose nuzzled the side of my
cheek and his tongue licked at the corner of my mouth and I moaned.
“Remind me to thank them later. Jesus, Julia. You feel so
good.”

I straddled his hips and his hands were wild
as they roamed over my body on top of my clothes and then under the
hem of his sweater that I wore. When they encountered the bare skin
of my back and found no bra strap he paused and then sat up beneath
me.

“You naughty, naughty girl,” he said softly
as his mouth came back to mine for some slow, sucking kisses and
his hands moved around the front to cup my breasts. Both of my
nipples puckered beneath his palms and I felt his erection, steel
hard and pressing against me. I arched into him and he groaned
before his hands moved down to the waistband of the leggings I
wore.

“Ugh… Why?” He pulled on the stretchy
material in exaggeration. “Get rid of this shit. I want you naked.”
He laughed quietly, but his hands slid into the offending garment
and cupped my bare ass cheeks. “Mmm… more naked Julia.” His hands
moved lower and he slid a finger into me. “You’re so hot and wet.
Uhh… honey, I want to taste you.”

My head fell back as he moved his fingers
deeper until I was gasping. The sweater wasn’t a great choice after
all since the collar was interfering with Ryan’s mouth on the skin
of my neck and chest. I raised my arms and threw it off, finally
rewarded with his low groan and that glorious mouth sucking and
kissing along the cord of my neck. He was frantic in his movements,
yet somehow measured and deliberate. Slow and deep.

Ryan pulled his hand free and put his
fingers in my mouth. “God, Julia, let me…” he rasped out. “Fuck… I
need more. I want you to come in my mouth.” His hands started to
peel off the leggings, baring my stomach and hip bones, which he
clasped and stood me up next to the cot, pulling at the material as
his mouth moved over my rib cage and lower, his tongue leaving a
hot trail in its wake.

Jesus, that was hot and I felt the wetness
rush between my thighs, my body opening internally in
anticipation.

“As much as I want that right now, you can’t
go back to work smelling like sex.”

“I don’t care…”

“Ryan,” I groaned and his hand forced me
down so he could capture my willing mouth with his. He kissed me
hungrily, again and again, our breathing along with our moans
getting louder. I wanted to get him off, but we needed to be quiet
about it.

“Baby… Remember where we are. What if they
page you in the middle of all this,” I gasped softly, before
sucking his earlobe into my mouth. “I can’t be completely naked and
neither can you.”

“Okay, not completely… but I want you. I’ll
apologize in advance in case I get paged and we have to end in a
hurry, my love.”

I pushed him down and then moved lower on
his body, one hand sliding up his chest under his shirt and the
other working the tie of his pants free. His cock was engorged,
huge and hard. Ryan was panting as I pushed the material down just
enough so it sprung free and then ran my tongue up the length of
it.

“Uhhh…” His breath left him. “Julia, are you
sure?”

“Completely. I want this inside of me. In
any way I can get it.” I said before I took him fully into my
mouth. I moaned, letting the vibrations on my lips and tongue,
pleasure him.

Ryan tried to watch me as I worked over him,
but eventually his head fell back against the pillows at the same
time as his hips surged forward, pushing himself further into my
mouth. “Baby… you’re so good. God, it feels amazing, Julia.” Love
surged through me like a river. I wanted and needed to give him
everything within my power. I wanted him to let go, proof of how
much he wanted me and the depth of our love. I raked my nails down
over his hips and the tops of his thighs, concentrating on keeping
my teeth from hurting him. My hand closed around the base as my
tongue circled, sucked and bobbed on him, the head was enough to
fill my mouth. He was breathing hard in a short time and I could
tell by the sour and salty taste of pre-cum that he was close.

“Julia, don’t make me come yet. If you make
me come like this, I won’t be able to walk, let alone work.”

“I want to. I want you to come.”

“Uhh… uhhh… Juliaaaa… please. Not yet.”

I sat up and looked at him, unable to deny
him, but I knew he was left aching, as was I. My body was screaming
for his. His blue eyes were on fire and intent as they roamed over
me. “You are so fucking beautiful. Come here.”

He sat up and threw his legs over the side,
leaning the short distance back against the wall. I stood up and he
turned me around, yanking the offending material that covered me
down to my knees and reaching around to slide his fingers down over
my stomach, through my pubic hair until his fingers were parting
the slick flesh. “Ugnnnn…” Ryan moaned softly in response, his
mouth beginning to burn trails over my back and shoulder, his other
hand grasping my left hip and pulling me backward toward him.
“Baby, Julia… I want to feel you around me. Sit on my lap; take me
inside.”

The leggings around my knees prevented me
from turning to straddle him. I knew what he wanted and I gave it
to him by reaching behind me and guiding his cock to my entrance. I
rubbed the head in the wetness and he moaned, thrusting his hips in
need. He used both hands to lift me until I was sitting on his lap
and then he was pulling me down and filling me inch by delicious
inch.

“Ah, yeah. God, that’s it.”

My hands on his knees allowed me to move
over him and his hands roamed the front of my body as I rode him.
The room was silent except for the heavy breathing and soft moans
we brought from each other. I was moving on him in long, slow
strokes, not wanting it to end too soon, but feeling the tension
building in my own body. I clenched on him involuntarily. He moved
his hand down and touched my clitoris, applying pressure in slow
pulses that matched the rhythm in which we were moving together and
I knew I was gone.

“Uhhhh…” I gasped for breath as my orgasm
rocked me and my insides hugged around him as spasm after spasm of
pleasure washed through me.

“Jesus…” Ryan groaned and his arms tightened
around me to hold me down on his lap as he released deep inside me.
“Fuck, Julia.” His forehead rested between my shoulder blades and
his breath rushed hotly over my skin as he jerked again and again
against me. “I love you.”

When he was kissing my back and his
breathing regulated slightly, I pulled off of him and turned in his
arms in my need to hold him. Instantly, his hungry mouth was on
mine in a series of deep kisses. “I love you, more,” I whispered
against his mouth.

Ryan leaned his forehead in the curve of my
neck and I could feel the light sheen of perspiration there. “This
was the best damn break I’ve ever had, Jules. If I don’t get fired,
we’ll have to do this again.”

“I wasn’t planning on seducing you. Only
seeing you. I couldn’t wait another minute.”

He pushed the hair off the side of my face
and placed a kiss on my temple and then one on my cheekbone.
“You’re my baby. Right?”

“Mmmm… always. I want more.” I pushed my
fingers through his hair and he leaned into my hand.

“Me, too, but I should get back before they
send a search party.” Ryan’s hands rubbed circles on my back.

“Okay,” I said reluctantly. “Should I take a
cab home or wait for you?”

“Get a cab. It will be a couple of hours,
probably.”

“Ugh. I don’t want to let go of you now that
I have you.”

I got up off of his lap and pulled up the
leggings and retrieved the sweater from the floor and quickly got
redressed while he adjusted his clothes and checked for telltale
wet spots.

I laughed softly as I watched him. “Don’t
worry; I think I got most of the glop.”

“Do I smell like sex?” he asked, a grin
spreading out on his face.

I leaned in and sniffed. “Nope.”

“You can’t tell because it’s on you too,
silly.” He gathered me up and lifted me off the floor so he could
kiss me hard on the mouth. “Thank you for
coming
to see
me.”

I giggled and kissed him back.

*****

The sun was coming up when I heard the door
open. Finally, Ryan was home. I had showered and tried to sleep but
all I could do was lay awake and wait for him, reliving the
glorious half hour in the doctor’s lounge. I pretended to sleep so
that he would shower and climb into bed with the intention to sleep
and not make love.

He didn’t take long and was soon sliding his
muscled, naked self in bed behind me. He curled up next to me and
pulled me back against him. I was naked as well and he murmured a
soft sigh. His strong hand closed around my forearm and his face
settled in the curve of my neck.

“I know you’re awake, Julia. You aren’t
breathing hard enough to be sleeping. You can’t fake me out,” he
whispered.

“I guess next time I’ll breathe heavier,
then.”

“Jesus, I’m tired,” he sighed against
me.

I felt content. Safe. Whole.

“I know.” I looked over my shoulder toward
him. “Sleep, my love.”

“You feel so good against me like this. My
whole world exists right here in this bed.”

My hand traced over his forearm that was
wrapped around me. Over and over I lightly traced his warm skin,
the muscles and sinew strong beneath my fingers “It’s nice to have
you home. You work too hard.”

“I’m sorry you have to work tomorrow,
sweets. It’s too bad we can’t goof off all day, but thank you for
asking me to come along. Can I ask for something?”

“Anything.”

“Will you make lemon muffins for breakfast?
Before my day shift?”

I smiled and pulled his hand up to kiss it,
dragging my mouth over it lightly. I loved this man so much. I’d
give him the world and all he wanted was lemon muffins. “Of course.
Anything you want.”

“I knew you would. I don’t care about
anything else. Take my job. Take it all. I just want you. I want to
hold you forever and never let go,” his voice was starting to slur
as he drifted quickly to sleep.

I snuggled in closer and breathed in his
breath as my eyes closed. “Okay, then don’t. Don’t let go.”

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