Page 28 of Drax (Iron Thunder MC 3)
I pulled the sheets up around myself and stayed snuggled in bed. Across the apartment, I watched him at the kitchen sink, filling up two glasses.
He was so fit. So muscular. It made me drool just staring at him, even though I’d just had him. I couldn’t believe we were together again. Were we, though? I wasn’t a hundred percent clear on the specifics.
He returned to the bed with the water and we both drank in silence.
“Drax, I want to ask you a serious question. Even though I know you’re not a big fan of serious questions.”
He put the glass down on the bedside table and stared at me. I gulped.
The last time we were together, every time I wanted to discuss the nitty-gritty of our relationship with him, he’d close off. He was the kind of man who wanted to go with the flow and just have fun.
“What are we doing? Are we just together…here…right now…in bed because of Crash? Because you’re trying to keep me safe?”
He ran a hand through his hair and let out a deep sigh.
“I thought I made it clear to you, MB.”
“Maybe I want to hear it again.”
I was afraid I was walking on thin ice. I was afraid of saying the wrong thing and then falling through that ice. What if we got into another major argument? Would we end up breaking up again?
“Okay. I am going to try being as clear and black and white as I possibly can. I want you in my bed every night. I want you to be my old’ lady. I want to come back home to you. Not this secret home, but the home we both will share out in the open. Together. Crystal?”
My heart slammed in my chest. I wanted him to keep talking. I wanted to hear more. But Drax had already said too much. He’d said enough. This was what I wanted to hear. I nodded.
I knew he could see the big smile spreading on my face.
He pulled me back in his arms again.
“I want us to try harder this time, Drax. I don’t want us to be a couple of immature idiots. I want us to solve our problems together.”
“Yeah, me too,” he said.
We sat up in bed like that, with our arms around each other.
Outside, the sun was rising. A new day was beginning. Neither of us had slept a wink.
It had been a long night. A life-changing night. I hadn’t expected this outcome, but I couldn’t be happier. I’d spent the past year fantasizing about what would happen if we did get back together and now it was actually happening. Now I was really here in his arms. There was the possibility of a future together.
As he held me close to his chest, I could feel myself drifting off. I was going to sleep peacefully.11DraxWe fell asleep in each other’s arms. When I woke up, Mary-Beth was snuggled up in my lap and I was leaning back in the bed. The sun filtered in through the white curtains on the window. The little secret apartment was bright and sunny. Perfect day to start a new life.
It did feel like a new life now that I had Mary-Beth back in it. I couldn’t wait for her to wake up so I could kiss her again. I watched her sleeping, refusing to move because she looked so peaceful now.
There was no going back. No regrets. No second guessing.
She was my woman and I was going to do whatever I needed to do to keep her safe.
In the bright light of the apartment, her golden hair shone like the sun, spread over my chest like a gold blanket. She was keeping me warm. We were both stark naked. Just the way I liked it.
I knew I was getting fuckin’ soppy. That was the effect this woman had on me. Every time she was around me, I felt weak.
The last time we were together, I’d resisted that feeling. I didn’t want to feel weak. I didn’t want to feel like I didn’t have everything under control. I hated having a liability.
But the past year had taught me a lesson.
I needed her. She kept me grounded. Without her, I was lost. I was willing to feel as weak as she made me, just so I could wake up like this with her every day.
I moved a little and she stirred. I stared at her while she blinked her eyes open.
“Morning sleepy head,” I said in a low voice. She was smiling at me. That beautiful gorgeous smile that brightened my world.
“Were you staring at me?” she asked and lifted herself up so she could kiss the bottom of my chin.
“I literally have nothing else to do.”
“What time is it?” she asked, dragging herself away, pulling the sheets with her so that I was left completely exposed.
