Radiance (26 page)

Breathing raggedly, Elijah took a moment to calm his mind before walking to the studio Harper created for Brie. 

It was an unbelievable gift, selfless and kind. 

The men had loved each other forever and though they’d have to rebuild much of their relationship, Elijah knew it was possible. 

So much was finally possible again. 

Standing in the partially open door, he watched Brie sketch the small garden outside her window.  Directly above Harper’s office, they shared the same view. 

It was incredible to see her standing on her own two feet.  Her hair was haphazardly contained in the clip as her hand flew over the canvas. 

He’d never wanted a woman with such desperation in his life. 

Approaching her silently, he watched as she paused mid-stroke.  Sighing, she murmured, “Elijah.” 

“You’re remarkable.” 

Setting down the charcoal on the small table beside her easel, she turned to him with a smile. 

“Were you worried about me?”  He nodded.  “I’m better now.  I felt funny in my skin.  Drawing helped.”  Twisting her hands, she added, “I didn’t mean to get melancholy.”

“You’re human.  You adjust faster than most.  I love the person you are in any mood, whatever you’re wearing – or not, and no matter what you’re doing.  You fascinate me.” 

Approaching him, she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her face on his chest.  “Thank you.  I love you, too.” 

Tightening his arms around her, he said quietly, “I need you, Brie.  I ache for you.” 

Lifting her face, she stared up at him.  “I ache for
you
…I don’t want to hurt Harper.”

“He told me to come to you.” 

“He’s trying to accept me, to share you.  It isn’t easy for him.”  She lifted one shoulder in a slight shrug.  “I’d be the same in his place.  I understand.” 

“How do you see things so clearly?” 

She shook her head.  “For a man as strong as Harper to love you the way he does, that runs to the
bone
.  You’re the
reason
he gets up in the morning.  He doesn’t show that but…I know it’s the truth.  I’ve caused so much damage between you already, Elijah.” 

“You haven’t.  You
saved
me, Brie.” 

Kissing her was similar to taking a breath after holding it for a long time underwater.  It filled him up, made him feel whole, and gave him a glimpse of true beauty. 

Breaking it, she sighed his name with her eyes closed.  He took another and loved the way she opened herself in every way.

Distracted, she let him back her across the room.  He supported her as he laid her down on the plush sofa covered in heavy white linen.  The moment they were reclined, she wrapped her entire body around him. 

“Brie.”  Her eyes fluttered open and she focused on his.  “Do you trust me?”  She nodded.  “I had a vasectomy when I was twenty and I’d
never
touch your body unless I was clean.” 

Her fingers traced his brow to his jaw.  “One day, will you tell me why you did that so young?” 

She was the most perceptive person he knew.  “Yes.” 

Arms and legs tightening around him, she whispered, “I don’t want anything between us.  I trust you with all of me, Elijah.  Take what you need.” 

He took his time undressing her, baring her to his eyes and touch.  He took the clip from her hair and watched the curls tumble around her.  Arms over her head, she waited for him to undress.  The way she followed his movements made him feel fucking powerful. 

Crouching over her, she smiled as she stroked her palms over his shoulders and chest.  “Looking at you is a feast for the eyes.” 

His slid his palm along her side, pausing at the bend of her hip and upper thigh.  It was the area of her body that had sustained the most trauma.  The scars showed the surface damage but the breaks in the bones of her pelvis and upper leg were what worried him. 

“I’m okay.” 

“The slightest pain and you
say something
, Brie.  Do you understand?”

Lifting at the waist, she wrapped her arms around his upper body.  “You won’t hurt me.  I made them do additional stress tests to be sure.”  His eyes widened.  “I had to know.”

Pushing her back to the couch, he followed her down.  One hand between her legs, he growled when he confirmed how wet she was.  “Thank god.” 

“
Please
, Elijah.” 

Notching his cock at the entrance of her, he held her gaze as he pressed forward.  She tugged her full lower lip between bright white teeth and moaned.  He worked his way into the body of the only woman he’d
ever
taken bare and worried about being able to last. 

Finally seated, balls flush to her skin and her cervix cupping the head of his cock, she trembled in his arms.  Her snug walls clenched around him and he held her tightly. 

Resting his forehead beside her, he inhaled deeply several times.  She hugged him as hard as she could, the sole of her foot stroking the back of his leg. 

“I’m not empty anymore.  I love you, Elijah.” 

Raising his head, he stared into magnificent eyes that shimmered with unshed tears.  He stroked her hair away from her cheek and kissed her gently. 

Holding her gaze, he started to move.  She never stopped touching him, connecting to him,
loving
him.  He knew even if he lived to a hundred, her complete trust and acceptance of him as a man would have the same ability to move him. 

He took her up slowly, steadily, watching her take every thrust and hold her breath each time he withdrew.  Watching her face, staring into her eyes, he saw the first climax climb until she embraced it with a gasp. 

Never slowing, he loved her through it, clamping down on every ounce of control he had not to join her.  Only when she stopped shaking did he go harder. 

Her slow smile almost made him lose it. 

Bending his knee, he spread her wider and stroked his hand over her skin.  Trailing up her side, he cupped her breast and squeezed the nipple firmly. 

Her nails pressed into his skin.  “More.  I’m okay, Elijah.  Take what you want.  Don’t be afraid.  You won’t hurt me.” 

Inhaling carefully, he raised his upper body on his hands and stared down at her. 

“Stunning.”  She followed the word by stroking her palms over his torso to either side of his groin.  “I want all of you.  Fuck me, Elijah.” 

“I worry about hurting you.”

She lifted and held the back of his head.  “How will I know if I can handle
two
cocks pounding into my body if I’m not sure I can handle
one
?”  The imagery made his blood boil and he drove deep and hard.  Brie nodded.  “Yes, god
yes
.” 

Then he let her have who he really was. 

Fiercely driving his cock into her willing pussy, he watched her breasts bounce with the impact and listened to the small moans from her throat. 

“How desperate I’ve been for you.  Every second of agony, of want, was worth it, Brie.”  So quickly, she was on the cusp of another climax and he growled, “Cream all over my dick.  Then I’ll fill you up.” 

Breath stumbling, her body locked and she let it take her.  He enjoyed the way her skin flushed, the tightness of her nipples, and the way her pussy spasmed around his length as he continued to thrust brutally hard and deep. 

It held her captive for a long time.

She murmured his name like a prayer.  “Give it to me.  Every drop.” 

Coming harder than ever in her life, she wrapped herself around him, holding him as close as she could while he pumped his semen directly into a woman for the first time.

“So hot.  I didn’t expect it to be so hot.  That feels amazing.” 

Understanding that he was the first man to ever have access to her skin-to-skin made him hug her too hard, still stroking as he gave her all of him, inside and out. 

“Loving you makes my heart so fucking happy, Elijah.  Don’t let me go.” 

He couldn’t.  He wouldn’t.  She made him want to keep waking up.

* * *

Brie dozed for a few minutes and woke to Elijah staring down at her with a smile.  He pressed his hips against her and she realized he was hard again…or
still
…she wasn’t certain. 

Then he was fucking her and she didn’t care about details.  “You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known, Brie.”  His fingers played with a strand of her hair.  “Being inside you, part of you, helps me understand your need to be closer.” 

The kiss he gave her went on for a long time.  “I’d like to mention that you have an outstanding cock and it should be inside me often.”  He chuckled and took her harder.  “Before we get completely carried away, the moment you give me another dose of you, I have an idea.” 

Outlining her plan made him fuck her even harder and it made her grin. 

When she fell apart in his arms and he emptied his balls, Elijah left her long enough to retrieve the robe she requested and then carried her downstairs to Harper’s office.

Also at her request. 

Setting her on her feet just inside the door, Brie depended on him to close and lock the door while she approached the dark man who watched her in surprise.  Elijah sat in a chair on the other side of the room, silent and watchful. 

Pausing beside the desk, she carefully moved everything out of the way and sat on the surface in front of Harper. 

Opening the robe to reveal her nakedness, she leaned back on her hands and spread her thighs.  She watched him take her in, his nostrils flaring in a combination of shock and lust. 

His eyes tracked over her while the rest of him remained perfectly still.  Then he focused on her pussy.  Reaching out, he rubbed his fingers over folds slick with her release as well as Elijah’s. 

“He came inside you.”  His eyes flicked up to hers.  “You let him fuck you without a condom?”  She nodded.  “He fucked you
hard
.  It eases from your pretty swollen pussy like fresh cream.”  His fingers played over skin that was already sensitive and she whimpered. 

“How many times did he come?” 

“Twice,” she replied breathlessly.

“Filled you up so nice.  How many times did you come?” 

Thinking carefully, she told him, “Four.”

Using both hands, he spread the entrance with his fingers.  He was mesmerized by the way Elijah’s come seeped from her body.  “Look at you.  That’s beautiful.”  Scooting closer, she watched him inhale the scent of her.  “You smell so fucking good.” 

Pushing three fingers inside her, she could feel the wetness sliding from her body.  “Harper.”  Silver eyes glazed with passion met hers.  “Let me have your hand.”  He held out his slick fingers.  While he watched, she sat up enough to suck them clean.  Returning to her original position, she murmured, “I needed to know how I tasted
before…
” 

“Before what?” 

“You add
your
flavor.” 

Harper vibrated with need.  Voice barely audible, he asked, “You’d let me pump my come inside you bare?”  She nodded.  “I want to fuck you until you scream for me.”  He pulled her roughly to the edge of the desk and placed her feet on the arms of his chair.  “I’ll do that…
after
I eat this succulent pussy.” 

He buried his face between her legs and she didn’t know if she’d be able to keep from screaming as he growled against her flesh.  Watching him lick away the evidence of their combined release made her want so many things. 

Lifting away slightly, he reinserted three fingers and stroked deep several times.  They shimmered as he took them out and rubbed them on her clit. 

Sucking the little bundle of nerves hard, she inhaled sharply. 

Pushing his tongue as deep as he could, he returned to suckling her clit.  “Come for me so I can bury my cock in this soaking wet pussy, Gabriella.  I want to soak it more.” 

From the other side of the room, she knew Elijah watched them and it added another layer of the forbidden.  Then she was coming apart and watched as Harper stood, still fucking her with his fingers as he tore at his pants with his other hand. 

Covering his shaft with her fluids, he held her knee in the crook of his arm and wasted no time driving deep. 

Head thrown back on his shoulders, he took several deep breaths before he lowered his eyes to look at her.  “What a fantastic pussy you have, Miss Hernandez.” 

Sitting up, she wrapped the tie he still wore around her fist and brought him closer.  “Then I suggest you
fuck it
immediately, Delkin.”  She kissed him and moaned.  “Elijah is delicious.  I can’t wait to taste the three of us on your cock.” 

Leaning back on her hands again, she murmured, “Fuck me
hard
, Harper.”