“We took her in. Questioned her. The only thing we were able to get her on was a violation of her restraining order. She’ll serve a maximum of twenty days in jail and/or have a fine of two thousand dollars. That’s the worst of it, too. She could get off scott free, which is more than likely since it’s her first offense,” I explained, blinking when she turned the light on to look at me.

My breath caught as I caught sight of what she was wearing.

One of my SWAT shirts.

The one I’d given her to wear when she’d stayed the night at my place a week ago.

It swamped her five foot two frame, hanging off one shoulder and covering her all the way to her thighs.

“What happened to all the times she vandalized my property?” She asked, hurt evident in her voice.

I smiled at her sadly.

“Circumstantial. He says she says. It can’t be proven,” I explained.

She frowned and looked down at her hands. “She won’t stop. It’s going to keep happening. Had I not walked home today, I would’ve never known.”

I leaned forward and pulled her into my arms, grabbing her wrist and wrapping my hands around her back.

“I’ll find something. After the week she’s given me, she’s going down. Had I put two and two together sooner, I would’ve figured something out to make sure she wasn’t able to do it anymore. I can’t believe I hadn’t realized that was her fucking married name. How stupid can I be?” I growled against her neck.

Closing my eyes, I breathed deep, taking in the smell of her hair, and the sweet scent of her lotion.

Then I noted her stillness.

Leaning back, I looked at her.

Her eyes were wide, and lips tight.

“What?” I asked.

“You never told me she made your last week horrible,” she whispered softly.

I winced.

“Yeah, apparently the state finally collected on some back child support as a result of some state sweep that collected money from over a hundred and fifty thousand back child support parents. Corrinne being one of them,” I cleared my throat. “When I wouldn’t put the money back into her account immediately, she told me I’d be sorry. And I sure as fuck was.”

“What’d she do?” She whispered, leaning forward until her forehead was pressed against mine.

“She filed for partial custody, and the judge that’s overseeing it expedited it. I’ll have to see her in court next week to discuss it,” I explained.

My head was pounding, and all I wanted to do was sleep. Wrap my arms around her, and sleep for a solid twelve hours.

Which wouldn’t happen since I had to go pick Reagan up at her friend’s house by nine in the morning, and have her at her softball game by nine forty five.

And seeing as it was nearly two, I didn’t have high hopes of getting twelve hours.

“Bennett?” Lennox asked softly into the dark.

I turned my head until I was facing her.

My beard tickled her mouth and chin as we came face to face, mouth to mouth.

“Yeah, Nox?” I whispered tiredly.

“I fucking love you,” she whispered fiercely.

I blinked, all tiredness leaving my pores as I said, “What?”

“You heard me, you big bastard. You made me fucking love you,” she spat.

I laughed.

She sounded so irritated by the fact that I had no other recourse but to laugh.

“You don’t have to sound so outraged by it,” I laughed.

She made a sound in the back of her throat, then threw herself at me.

I landed on my back, and laughed, pulling her until she was straddling my body.

Her sweet ass was pressed against my hips, and my cock, which was more than a little out of control, was pillowed in between the cheeks.

She leaned down, pressing her mouth against mine.

“If you break me, I’ll never let you forget it,” she whispered.

Suddenly serious, I moved my hands up her arms, past her neck, and up to her head.

Cupping it with both hands, I did a half curl until I was mouth to mouth with her once again.

“I’ll never let anything hurt you. I can’t see the future. I can’t tell you how tomorrow will look for us. All I can tell you is that I’ll never treat you with anything but respect. I’ll never let you down, and I’ll never be unfaithful. If we are happy, then I’ll be here. But if it does go bad, which I don’t see happening, then I’ll leave you with a piece of me. You’ll forever have me. My support. My caring. And I want the same promise from you. Because Reagan loves you already. She asks about you every day. And I want her to know you without you holding back. You’re mine, and I’m yours until we both decide differently. I’ll never leave you without talking it out with you first. We’ll both have to be on the same page. But honey,” I said, a promise in my voice. “I don’t see this going bad, because I fucking love you, too.”

I felt a tear meet my lips right before I smashed my mouth against hers.

Her lips tasted of salty tears, but I didn’t care.

Neither did she.

My tongue swept into her mouth, rubbing sensually along hers as we both fell to the bed.

“Motherfucker,” I breathed when she started to undulate her hips, rocking the globes of her ass, and the heat of her pussy along the hard ridge of my cock.

My hands left her face and traveled down to rest on her hips as I urged her to move faster.

She ignored my hints and, in fact, stopped completely.

I groaned as she let me up for air, her mouth traveling down to my neck, and then further down to my chest.

She sucked gently, nipping the skin of my collarbone before going further down.

She found my nipple with that perfect mouth of hers, and gently circled the diameter of it with her tongue, flicking it lightly and driving me wild.

“God,” I said, bucking my hips when she sucked it fully into her mouth.

My hands went to her hair, and suddenly she let my nipple go and started to dip even further until her mouth was hovering over my erection.

I could feel her hot breath through the fabric of my underwear, and I strained upwards to urge her to act. To take my cock into her mouth like I wanted her to.

She giggled when it bumped her face, and I breathed a sigh of relief when she hooked her fingers in the waistband of my boxer briefs and started to lower them slowly.

I lifted my hips once again to help her along as she tugged the underwear down.

Once the band was free of my erection, my cock popped out of its confines and reared up to smack her on the chin, causing her to burst out into giggles.

I, on the other hand, wasn’t laughing when she took me into her mouth.

That hot, sweet, beautiful mouth.

My knees widened to allow her more room to fit between my legs, and inadvertently allowing her complete access to my balls.

She cupped them delicately in her hand while she started to suck on the tip of my cock.

The dual pleasure was enough to send my orgasm from not there, to there, all in a span of seconds.

“Goddammit,” I said, urging her up. “I’ve not had you in nearly a week and my control is shot. Get up here and ride my cock so I can come inside you.”

She giggled around my cock, took one long suck, and let it fall free from her mouth with a loud pop.

“Oh, fuck,” I breathed as I felt her breasts trail against the wet tip of my dick before she climbed up my body, positioned my cock at her entrance, and slowly sank down.

She felt like heaven.

Like taking a long drink after being outside for hours in the hot sun.

It was bliss. Pure, unadulterated bliss.

Her pussy walls clung to my cock as she started to lift up, and she clenched as she slammed back down.

The backs of her thighs slapped against the top of mine in an erotic pattern as she plunged down, then lifted back up.

My hands went down to her ankles so as not to hinder her in any way.

The fact that I couldn’t see her was getting to me, too.