Second Chance at Forever (Forever Book 2) (17 page)

Walker stretched my hands over my head, as he continued to lap his tongue over me. I was ready to make love to him. Walker owned my body and soul since the day we met. I was ready to return to him, and be his. We could taste ourselves as we kissed each other.

Walker climbed on top of me and plunged himself inside of me. I winced from pleasure as he buried himself deeper. Walker waited for me to get used to him again. His dick was huge and could rip me in two. I took him all in, and our movements were matched, thrust for thrust. My body remembered his, every last inch of him. Walker was amorous and had the same amount of intensity he always showed me when we made love years ago. Anywhere from hard fucking to sweet love making, he always knew how to make our bodies fall into a rhythm with each other.

Walker consumed me and stripped me bare of all of my demons that held me back since we parted. Our bodies quivered as we climaxed together. My legs were still wrapped around his waist, as Walker began to take calming breaths and pelt my forehead with gentle kisses. Our bodies were still connected. He always stayed in me for a few minutes after we came together. I was in no rush to let him go. He looked into my eyes, and I was catapulted back to our last night together, when we forever sealed the promises we had made to each other.

I was home…again.

Tears were beginning to fall down my cheeks. After everything his father had put us through, to be here right now with Walker is something I never imagined would ever be possible again. He has returned back into the gentle lover I remember, holding my face, wiping away my tears. Staring back at me with his blazing eyes, I’m already consumed with him, and I never want to let go of this feeling.

“Reese, I love you. I always have, and I always will. You have to know that this changes everything in both our lives. I can’t send you back to him. You…Are…Mine. Reese, you were always my…forever.”

He rolled me over and pulled me onto his chest of corded muscles. Our naked bodies were tangled together under the covers. He was holding me tightly as he kissed the top of my head.

He wanted my answer. I wanted out of my marriage, that much is clear, but I had failed in the past, never making it out the door. I was determined this time to leave my marriage once and for all, but I still had to deal with Samuel, as if he would ever allow me to leave freely. I already tried explaining to Samuel how I felt…He didn’t take it well.

“Walker, we need to talk.” I tried to wrestle out from his hold, but his strong arms pulled me back down. He answered me with his lips. Walker was making it clear to me that he didn’t want to discuss anything at the moment, and we made love again until I was screaming his name and we were well sated. We finally collapsed against each other and drifted off into a deep sleep.

When I awakened, I sat up to see a sleeping Walker stretched out before me. The sheet was barely covering his naked waist. His lips were parted and forming the perfect O shape. I smiled, grateful that my Walker was not a loud snorer, like Samuel.
Listen to me, “my Walker”? Get a grip!
Is he truly mine again? I want to believe that he is. We were always perfectly in sync together. It pained me a great deal when I had to deny that irrefutable fact in my goodbye letter. And now he’s in my bed. As if we had turned back the hands of time to our past. I wanted to run my fingers through his hair and make love with him again, but I knew I needed to come up for air. His body was a work of art. I always loved to watch him sleep. Rare and precious moments that were forever sealed in my heart.

I gently slid off the bed and padded off into the bathroom. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. Walker had marked my body, clearly showing who I belonged to. The roughness from his cheek stubble was evident all over my neck. I had bite marks and red strawberries along my breast, and more scratches. The only thing missing was “Property of Walker Reed” tattooed on the back of my ass. It’s not like I didn’t know what Walker was doing. This was his way of owning my body, inside and out. I closed my eyes, remembering every detail of today, committing it to memory.
How could I hide this from Samuel?
I began to shake when I felt Walker’s arms encase me.

“Are you okay?”

I nodded and struggled to find my voice. Walker turned me around to face him.

“It’s going to be okay, Reese. We will work this out together, but you need to trust me. And this time when I ask you to trust me…please mean it. Baby, do you trust me?”

I wanted to say yes. I wanted to scream it, but it was so hard to actually say the words when he was looking right through me.

“Talk to me. Do…You…Trust…Me?”

I whispered, “Yes.”

“Thank you, baby. I’ll take it from here. I love you. Say it, Reese.”

“I love you, Walker.”

Hearing my words reignited the hot flame within him. He kissed me so hard on my lips, plunging his tongue deep inside. I was completely wrapped up into him again. I closed my eyes and allowed Walker to help me forget the fact that I have betrayed Samuel and our marriage. We walked into the shower and we again made love. He lifted me up against the tile wall, with me wrapping my legs around his body.

I never felt this way when making love with Samuel. We were awkward at best with each other. I never shared the same feelings Samuel had for me, and many times I doubted his love and intentions. Now I had betrayed him in the most defying manner. I couldn’t sheath my body from him. How would Samuel react to seeing another man’s mark on my body? Samuel always had to be in control, and he had a dominating side to him. Samuel proved that to me when I asked him for a divorce. If I told Walker what Samuel did to me, I knew he would go insane.

Walker and I held each other as the hot water began to run cold. We quickly washed each other and stepped out of the now cold shower. Just then I heard the door open to my suite, and to our horror, we heard Jackson and Riley’s voices.

Riley was calling out for me. I was frozen in Walker’s arms. He calmed me and told me to answer her. I responded and told her that I would be out in a minute.

“Walker, what are we going to do? If our kids find us together, they won’t understand.” I was nearly hyperventilating. I felt like I’d just been caught with my pants down, but this was way worse. I’m completely naked and in the arms of my former lover!

“Reese, you have to calm down. Tell Riley that you were set to go to the luncheon and you suddenly felt ill and have been here resting.”

“What about you? How will you explain to Jackson why you missed today’s events?”

“Reese, Jackson thinks I am still out in the Hamptons with his grandmother. I told him not to look for me today, and I would see him tonight.”

“Walker, it is tonight.” We were both shocked to see the time. The nightstand clock read six o’clock; we spent the entire day together.

“Go out, and calm your daughter. I will remain in here. Reese, if you behave as if nothing is wrong, your daughter will believe you.”

I had no time to search for another outfit to put on, so I pulled my hair back and wore the fluffy, white robe the hotel provided. The collar conveniently covered up my neck and the scratches that were still visible.

“Mom, thank god! Are you are alright? I have been calling you for most of the afternoon. What happened to you today? You missed the alumni luncheon. So many people were asking about you, and I didn’t know what to tell them about your absence.”

“Riley, please calm down and allow me to explain. After reading your note this morning, I was in no hurry to leave. I was about to order breakfast and suddenly came down with a debilitating migraine. I was in no shape to go anywhere and decided to go back to bed. I guess I didn’t realize my phone was off.”
Liar! I have never lied to my daughter, and now after my day of transgressions, the lies easily slip off my tongue.

“Now it all makes sense to me. I’m so sorry you were sick today, and I wasn’t here for you when you needed me, mom.”

“It’s perfectly fine, Riley. Please don’t feel guilty about it. I took some medicine and feel much better. I apologize, Jackson, if you were worried. I hope my daughter didn’t drive you too crazy today.”

“It’s totally fine, Mrs. Briggs. My dad wasn’t there either, but hopefully he will arrive home soon.”

“Okay you two, make yourself comfortable. The mini bar is fully stocked. I will just excuse myself and get ready for us to go to dinner.”

“Mom, if you don’t mind, would it be okay if Jackson and I went out tonight? We have theatre tickets to see
Wicked
. Dinner reservations down in Little Italy, and then we’ll be meeting up with friends.”

“Riley, you could have asked me before now.”

“I did, mom, check your voicemails. Please, say I can go? We spent all day around professors, and our brains are on overload with academics.”

“Okay, twist my arm. I do remember what it was like being your age. Go out and have fun, but not too much fun.” Riley laughed and hugged me. Jackson thanked me, and they exited the suite hand in hand. Once I knew they were gone, I called out to Walker to come out.

I glanced down at my phone to check my messages. I had several texts from Riley, and one from a friend here in the city. I completely forgot to phone Marsha with Walker’s sudden arrival. I prayed I hadn’t missed my chance with Freddy. I looked back to my phone, and of course…not one text or voicemail from Samuel. Why didn’t that surprise me?

Walker, now dressed, was looking handsome as ever. I couldn’t help but stare at him. I was taking a mental photograph of our time spent here together. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me on my forehead. “I think we broke your vanity mirror while making love. I’m going to have to replace that. I’ll have housekeeping take care of that for you.”

“Walker, can I ask you a favor?” He replied with more kisses and began to tickle me. “Walker, I’m serious.”

“Okay, I’m sorry. What’s the favor, Reese?”

“I’m starving. Will you please take me to dinner?”

Walker laughed and turned me back toward the bedroom for me to get dressed. “I will take you anywhere you wish to go. Take your time getting ready, I’ll wait out here and make some calls, the first one will be to Jackson.”

I quickly kissed him again and ran off into the bedroom to get ready. My room smelled of sex and Walker. It was intoxicating to me. I removed my robe and wrapped my body around the sheets that we had made love in all day. I clutched the pillow to my chest which had the faint smell of his cologne still on it.

I don’t know what came over me, but I began to cry and release what I had held in all day long. Our time together was coming to a close and in a few days, we would be apart again. The pain in my chest was crippling me. How could I return to Samuel after being reunited with Walker? I asked Samuel for a divorce before I left. He hadn’t called me or given me any sign that he cared.

Why should I return to a home that I am not happy in?
I had spent the better part of our marriage alone, and if it weren’t for Riley, I would have left Samuel years ago. Walker had made it very clear that he was not willing to let me go and return back to my marriage. I had so many questions for Walker. I had to imagine he wanted to know all about my life as well. We have been apart for nearly eighteen years now. How is it, after all that time, we still have what we had back then? I feel the same connection with Walker as I did the first time we made love. He is as attentive and in tune with every part of my body, just as he always was.

I had to stop all this thinking. Whatever was going to happen, I couldn’t worry about it right now. He’s here with me now, and that’s what matters. Whatever time we had together, I just wanted to hold onto. I ran my fingers across my neck where he had marked me. How could a few love bites make me feel whole again? He put me back together again with his need to stake his claim on what was always his.

AS I WAITED for Reese to join me, my mind was taking me back to the minute she opened the door to me. Her beauty beguiled me, and it made me hard just thinking about her. All of our time apart, and this woman could easily awaken feelings I had concealed deep within my soul. The way we had parted before left us never having any closure, and now we finally did.