Chapter 1
Aspyn
I watched him closely. As I had been for awhile now. There was something different and I just couldn't put my finger on it. I was in his arms right now. Listening to his heartbeat. I had listened to it for the last nine years. Even it sounded different to me. As if it was beating for someone else now. He stretched and opened those green eyes and they landed right on me.
"I've been waking up to this site for years now. It never gets old." He said, leaning down to kiss me.
I tilted my head up a bit to allow it. His full luscious lips encapsulated mine as he pulled me into him. Gosh, he could still make me melt after all of these years. Just the thought of anything changing between us was enough to send a pain through my heart. I knew that he was a catch. Everyone in our town knew this.
His caramel complexion played nicely off of those green of his eyes. His lashes were long and he kept his hair cut low. But the waves in his head were enough to make you seasick. He had a goatee that he kept neatly trimmed. His body was enough to keep a girl wet. Six foot two and a solid two hundred pounds of muscle.
He ate proteins and worked out religiously. It kept his muscles sculpted and I loved the feeling as my hands glided over the ripples of his stomach. The good morning kiss had now turned into one with more fire and passion. His hands were running up and down my body and I welcomed it.
He rolled me from my side onto my back and climbed on top of me. Never breaking the kiss that was keeping us in tune with one another.
"Your're going to be late." I whispered into his lips as they massaged mine.
"Good thing I'm the boss." He said back as he used his knee to open my legs.
I could feel his manhood pressing against my center and it only made me yearn for him more. I opened my legs and brought them up, bending them and giving him complete access to what we had promised before God belonged to him and him alone. He started to kiss my neck and then took my earlobe into his mouth as he pushed himself into me.
"Unnnnn..." I moaned. He reacted by giving me more inches.
"You feel like heaven first thing this morning..." he whispered into my ear as he began to move his hips against mine.
His face was back towards the ceiling as he moaned with me. I took his face in my hands and brought it back down to me so that I could feel his lips as he toured mine. Our lips locked together and we only released each other long enough to make it known that we were satisfying the other. He moved until his snake came into contact with my sensitive spot. I reached over my head and grabbed onto the headboard as my head fell to the side.
I could not stop the noises that were coming from deep within me as he worked on giving me the orgasm that only he could bring on. He knew what he was doing. That's for damn sure. I began to move my hips so that they danced in perfect step with him. Causing him to cuss out loud.
"Shit, girl. Come on baby. Don't hold back. Give me what I want." He said in his baritone voice. How could I deny him? Just then, I began to gush my love river all over him. This caused a chain reaction and he let loose the nut that he had no doubt been holding onto until I was satisfied.
He leaned down from his hands onto his elbows and whispered in my ear.
"You're nasty. You know that?" he teased.
"Who me?" I asked playfully.
"Yes. You. All I wanted to do was wake up and get ready for work. But you laying here, no panties on and a shirt that barely covers that phatty. What's a man supposed to do?" he asked.
"Ignore it and go to work. Obviously, there was another head thinking for you. You can't blame me for that." I told him.
"I can and I will." He informed me as he kissed me again. Just then the doorbell rang.
"Shit. I was supposed to go downstairs and unlock the door for Victoria. Something distracted me." I told him as he lifted himself out and off of me. He lie back on the bed to compose himself. I threw my robe on and tied it tightly, heading out the master suite and towards the stairs.
"Hey Vicky. I'm sorry. I forgot to come down and unlock the door." I told the nurse for our five- year old daughter, Asarae. Asa for short.
Asarae was our only child. She was born with her cord around her neck and received brain damage from lack of oxygen during the birthing process. She needed a nurse during the day and evening. She received twenty-four hour care. However, Mikai and I only allowed nurses a few nights a week if we needed one. We liked to spend time with and care for her ourselves.
She wasn't able to walk on her own. She could say a few words and she was learning to write letters. Things that the doctors said she would never do. God said, we'll see about that. He showed up and showed out. Our daughter had a feeding tube as she couldn't swallow very well on her own. She was allowed to have dietary supplements such as protein drinks by mouth. On holidays and when around other children, I allowed her to have soft foods like mashed potatoes. She loved them too.
Asarae was the sweetest thing. She laughed all the time. Her daddy's green eyes danced in her head when she was happy. She looked just like my husband.
We reached her downstairs suite together and began to do report. I walked over to my daughter who was still asleep, brushed her wild, curly hair back and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Girl, it's no problem. How did she do last night? Vicky asked.
See, we have a camera and alarm system set up in her room. It automatically shuts off at eight in the morning because the nurse is usually here for awhile by then. It then turns back on at six in the evening. That way we can see and hear what's going on with her during the night. Any alarms that go off or anything. We also check her at least once to see if she needs to be changed.
Once she starts to speak a little better, we'll see if potty training is in the cards. If not, that's okay. We love her anyway. And we are prepared to care for her no matter if she continues to progress or not. She's the joy of our lives. Vicky, her full-time nurse has been with us for three years. She knows her and us really well. We even invited her and her husband to a few dinners and double dates. It was a lot of fun. Except, now they're separated.
We've been allowing her to pick up extra hours because of it. She has two kids of her own and her husband has been laid off for months now. Which I'm sure affected their marriage as well. We loved her. She was really like family and took really good care of Asarae and us.
"Really well. She slept all night. She didn't need her oxygen at all. And we only had to change her brief twice. Kai did it once and I did it the second time. Oh, she didn't get a bath last night. She went right to sleep and I didn't want to wake her. You'll have to do that this morning." I instructed her.
"No problem. I can wash her hair and braid it up." She responded.
"Be my guest." I told her. "You know she gives me hell about her hair. She only let's you do it." I joked.
"I know, girl." She laughed.
"How's my favorite girl?" Kai's deep voice interrupted our reporting session as he made his way over to Asa. She opened her eyes as soon as she heard his voice and stretched her arms out towards him.
"Da." She said. Which was her way of calling for her daddy. He rushed over and peppered her face with kisses while she laughed uncontrollably.
"Hey Vicky.." he said over his shoulder as he began to tickle his babygirl.
"Oh, I was about to say. What am I, chopped liver?" she joked with him as he acknowledged her after playing with our daughter for awhile.
"Yup. That's exactly what you are." He said between blowing on Asa's stomach and making her laugh until she could barely catch her breath.
I watched him and it made me love him more. Except, I knew there was something missing with him. Different. Even with the amazing sex session and his unquestionable love for our child. I needed to know what it was.
"Okay lil girl. I have to get ready for work. Someone tried to make me late this morning." he said glancing in my direction. I threw my hands up in surrender.
"Oop. I know what that means." Vicky joked as she went over to start Asarae's daily routine.
"Ain't nothing wrong with a little coffee in the morning." I said.
"Oh, that's the real reason the door was still locked. And the truth shall set you free." She said. I just smiled as Kai grabbed my waist to bring me towards the door of the room with him. I had to get to work myself. I turned to look back at Asa before I left. I'm glad I did. If not, I may have missed the look that passed between the two of them.
She rolled her eyes as hard as she could at him and he shrugged his shoulders lightly. Maybe I was seeing things or they were still playing off of the joke that we had all just shared. That had to be it. I didn't mention it. I continued to let him lead me out of Asa's master suite and to the stairs. His arm stayed around me the whole way. His touch was enough to make a woman give him the benefit of the doubt. And so, I did.