I can’t imagine ever being with anyone else—not after this.
Not afterher.
“Oh, god, yes,” Carlie cries out as I tip again. “Like that?—”
I do as she requests, rubbing myself against her as she seizes beneath me. Her body convulses and I can feel her orgasm as it rips through her. She clenches around me and I’m suddenly there, too. Falling right over that edge.
My balls tighten and a jolt of energy rushes up my spine—escaping through me as I spill everything that I am inside her.
Little electric shocks pulse through my shaft, as every ounce of me stays seated inside her. I can’t move—can’t eventhinkof moving right now.
Her fingers grope at my back and it takes all that I am not to collapse from the bliss overload.
“Holy shit. That was …” Carlie mutters quietly, bliss evident in the tone of her words.
“Incredible,” I finish for her.
“Incredible,” she repeats, a huge smile breaking out across her face, showing off her dimples.
We lie there, basking in the afterglow, our breaths slowly synchronizing. I trace lazy circles on her skin, feeling a contentment I’ve never known.
The world outside this room, with its complications and chaos, seems miles away.
Just as I’m about to suggest we might need a round two, considering the energy we both still seem to have, there’s a knock at the door. We freeze, our eyes locking in a mix of surprise and slight horror. The knock comes again, more insistent this time.
Carlie sits up, pulling the sheet up to cover herself, a flush of embarrassment crossing her cheeks. “Who on earth could that be?” she whispers, her voice a mix of amusement and apprehension.
I shrug, equally baffled, and watch as she slips out from under me, pulls on a robe, and tiptoes to the front door.
Then, I hear a muffled voice, unmistakably her grandmother’s, but I can’t hear what they’re discussing.
Carlie’s responses are hushed, tinged with a laughter she’s trying to suppress. There’s a brief exchange and then Carlie’s is back in the room, a hand covering her mouth to stifle her giggles.
“What did she want?” I ask, propping myself up on my elbows, now under the sheets.
Carlie closes the door gently and turns to me, her eyes dancing with suppressed laughter. “Grandma needed her reading glasses. She left them in the living room when she was reading my new manuscript.” Her voice breaks into a chuckle. “And then, as if an afterthought, she added, ‘And don’t worry dear, I didn’t hear some very loud moaning or headboard banging. But we might want to have the place inspected for ghosts.’”
I burst out laughing, the sound filling the room. It’s the kind of laughter that comes from deep within, born out of a mix of relief and the sheer absurdity of the situation.
Carlie jumps back onto the bed, her robe slipping off her shoulder as she crawls towards me.
“Which means she heard everything,” she whispers, brushing a hand across her forehead.
“Well, we weren’t very quiet,” I reply, pulling her into my arms.
“I know I wasn’t, my god.” She chuckles, scooting closer to me. “And we definitely need to change these sheets now. I can’t believe you made me—” Again, her cheeks turn a bright red.
“I said it before and I’ll say it again … That was sexy as fuck,” I say, brushing a strand of hair from her face.
She smiles sheepishly but relaxes into the crook of my arm. As we lay there, still entwined, the room once again fills with a comfortable silence. It’s a perfect end to a day that’s been anything but ordinary—one that’s solidified everything I feel about this incredible woman in my arms.
I kiss the top of her head, a sense of completeness washing over me. “You know, your grandma’s pretty cool.”
Carlie looks up at me, her eyes sparkling. “She’s one of a kind. Just like us.”
As we settle down, wrapped in each other’s arms, I think about how life has a funny way of throwing surprises at you—some in the form of unexpected encounters at a club, and others as a reminder from a grandmother that love, laughter, and a bit of embarrassment are all part of the journey.
This is our journey, Carlie’s and mine. And I wouldn’t change a single, absurd, beautiful part of it.