Blinded By Love by Reana Malori

Chapter 19

Cade

Leaning down, I inhaled Norah’s unique scent. I would do whatever was needed for her to understand that what we had was real. From the moment Sylvia made that snide comment earlier, I knew shit was going to hit the fan. I hadn’t seen her in years, but we ran in the same circles. She’d been to our house when Norah had been there. She’d attended Rebecca’s funeral. I’m surprised Norah didn’t remember her.

I didn’t have to answer to her, or anyone else. My decisions were mine to make. My life was mine to live. Who I chose to live it with was no one’s business but my own. If given a choice, I would choose Norah every single time. It didn’t mean I forgot the life I’d had before, but this is the one I want now. She is the woman I want with me in the future. She may need a little help getting caught up, but I had no doubt she wanted this life with me.

“Now, get your ass in that bed so I can fuck you to sleep.” Smacking her on the ass, I smiled when she jumped.

“That hurt.” Her bottom lip poked out and she rubbed her backside.

“That’s for continuing to doubt me. To doubt us. If I have to fuck you so hard every night that you can’t think straight the next day, that’s what I’ll do. I’m happy with what we have. I want to build a future with you, Norah. Stop letting other people make you question what we have. What we’re building.”

Since she wasn’t moving fast enough for me, I bent down, scooping her up in my arms and placing her down on the bed.

“Cade, I’m trying.”

“Fucking try harder.” Her eyes went wide at my tone. I stood up from the bed, closed my eyes, and took a few deep breaths. I wasn’t angry at her, but I also didn’t appreciate how much she pulled back from the idea of us. Looking down at her, I felt the question bubble up to the surface. “Are you ashamed to be with me?”

“No,” she practically yelled. Getting up on her knees, she placed her hands on my chest. “I would never be ashamed of you. Everything about you is perfect. You’re a good man. A great father. An amazing lover. I couldn’t ask for anyone better.”

Running a finger down her jaw, I couldn’t help the feeling inside me. “I’m so lucky to have you.”

She shook her head. Of course, even in this moment, she had to be stubborn. “I’m the lucky one. You look at me every day and tell me I’m beautiful. Even when I wake up with my bonnet all twisted and sleep in my eyes.” She paused, laughing. “Trust me, every woman wants to hear that in the morning. You’ve opened your life to me and allowed me to step inside. You share your child with me, even though you don’t have to.”

Gripping her around the waist, I interrupted her speech. “I didn’t have a choice. You are Lilly’s second mother. You’re the one who brought laughter into this house again. You brought me back from the brink of turning into the type of man I don’t ever want to be.” Hooking my hands in her underwear, I began to shift them down her body. “Now, as I said, I need you naked and ready for me, because I need to be inside you.”

I’d already removed my briefs, so my thick cock was hard and ready to join the party. She allowed me to remove her panties by lifting each leg as I slid the material down her body. She had on a t-shirt, which I removed just as quickly. Once she was bare, I pressed her back on the bed. “I want to touch and taste and lick every part of your body tonight.”

“I’m all yours,” she whispered.

Pausing, I leaned up on my elbows and stared at her. “Are you, Norah? Because I’m tired of playing these games. I want you all in with me. I know who I want and that’s you, but I need you with me.” Nodding, she lifted her head to kiss me, but I pulled back. “I need you to use your words. I don’t want there to be any confusion. I thought we were done questioning what we mean to each other.”

“We are, Cade. I’m done questioning if you want me. I know where I belong.”

Bumping her entrance with my dick, I dipped my head and took her beaded nipple into my mouth. “And where is that?”

“Right here. With you,” she murmured as I trailed one hand down her body. My fingers met her wet folds and I toyed with the hardened nub between her thighs. Her scent increased as she squirmed beneath me. The tip of one finger pressed inside her hot sheath. “Cade,” she moaned in response to my touch.

“What?” I watched her legs widen as my thick finger slid further inside her body. Looking between her legs, I watched my digit as it exited her body, the skin slick and wet from her fluids. It was a beautiful sight.

“Please.”

I pressed my fingers deeper as her legs widened. Using my thumb, I rubbed it against her clit. Norah’s body seized in pleasure, her breathing sped up, and her fingers clawed at my bare skin. My baby was about to explode. Just as she was about to fall off the cliff, I shifted, placing my mouth against her pussy. Diving face first into her pussy, my tongue leading the way, nothing else mattered but tasting her.

Ambrosia.

Spreading her toned legs as wide as they could go, all I cared about was giving her pleasure. I wanted her to scream my name, grab my head, pull me closer, and force me to give her what she needed. This was my woman and everything I did was for her.

Sucking her clit, I listened for that sound I loved so much. That keening wail that told me she was mine. The one that told me my actions brought her to this place. I grabbed the back of her thighs, pushed her legs back, devouring her with my lips and tongue. I could do this every single night. Hell, I’d done it every night since the first. Something about her taste made me lose my fucking mind. Nothing would ever take her away from me. More. I wanted more of her. I needed it.

“Cade. Please. Cade. Yes. Fuck,” she chanted above me.

My dick was throbbing with need. I lifted my head at the sound of her plea and wiped my mouth with one hand, quickly shifting my body so that my dick was pressed against her. Norah’s hands reached out to me.

“Please, Cade. I need you.”

“Damn, baby. I love to hear you beg,” I growled, pressing inside her. She was always such a tight fit. No matter how many times I claimed her this way, each time felt like the first. Her body always squeezed me so good, pulling me inside as if she never wanted to let me go. A hiss escaped my lips as I thrust inside her slowly. “Look at me,” I demanded when she closed her eyes. “I need you to see me. I need you to be here with me.”

She nodded. “Yes. I’m here. I see you, Cade.”

When I reached as deep as I could, I stopped before leaning down to kiss her softly. “Don’t leave me,” I begged.

“Never.”

I pulled back and thrust inside again, reveling in the sensation of being with her again. Tonight started out amazing, then almost turned to shit, but was ending in the best way possible. With me inside my woman as she writhed underneath me.

This is what I’d been dreaming about all night, being inside her. No matter what happened, even if the event had been a bust, sliding inside her slick channel was the only thing I needed. Norah’s body accepted me like it was welcoming me home. Maybe because this is where I belonged. Her hands played in my hair before rubbing along my back, my sides, and my arms.

“Yes, Cade.”

Thrusting harder, I pressed her legs up higher, bringing her knees almost to her ears. I couldn’t get deep enough. I wanted to imprint on her body, so that she knew that she belonged to me, that I belonged to her. Staring down at her, I wanted to share with her how I truly felt, but I didn’t think she was ready just yet. It felt like she was sucking me inside, tightening around me, molding around me.

She was a perfect fucking fit.

Nothing had ever felt this good, and I meant that shit. Nothing.

To think, she would have tried to go to bed without letting me have her like this. “Don’t ever hold back from me. We don’t go to bed upset. We talk it out or we fuck it out. Whatever it takes. Do you hear me?” Her eyes were glazed over in ecstasy, which is what I wanted to see. I needed to see. But I still needed her to understand what the fuck I was saying. “We work our shit out, Norah. I can’t take it when you’re upset with me. I can’t accept that,” I could hear myself almost pleading with her and got angry all over again. I needed her to believe in me, in us.

“Yes. Okay. I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” she whimpered.

Every stroke inside her body was a promise. Every time I tapped her cervix was a vow to build a future together. Lilly would not be an only child. I wanted to give her a little brother and a little sister. Every kiss was letting her know what was in my heart, even if she didn’t hear the message. Every time I came inside her, I recommitted myself to her and the life we were building with each other.

I could feel her channel clenching around me as I pounded inside her body even harder. Folding her body almost in half, I reached underneath her, grabbing her lush ass in my palms. Squeezing her flesh, I focused on hitting the spot that made my baby gush. She was perfect for me. When we were in bed together, Norah gave me everything she had. Her body was mine. The breathy moans she released were mine. Even the tears that fell from her eyes as her orgasm rushed through her body belonged to me.

As her body began to shake, I moved one hand from her ass and braced it against the headboard. “That’s it, baby. Come for me. Give Daddy what he needs.”

“Mmmm hmmmm. Yes. I’m—I’m…”

“Fuck, Norah. You’re squeezing me so tight. That right there is what I need,” I said as her back arched and she let out that beautiful sound I loved to hear.

That was all the motivation I needed. Grinding harder and deeper, I wanted to prolong her orgasm because I knew it would make mine even better. Releasing inside her every night like this, I was surprised we hadn’t already made a miracle. I smiled down at her as I felt her explode around me. I had no doubt that I would be getting my wish soon.

Norah James was going to be wife one day soon, she just didn’t know it yet.

At that thought, I felt my body seize up as I allowed myself to let go. My hips jerked a few times as I focused on getting every bit of my release inside her. I didn’t want any to escape. Primal need filled me as I pictured her pregnant with my child.

Fuck, it was a beautiful sight.

Rolling to the side, I pulled her tight against me. When Norah came back, I had no idea things would be like this between the two of us, but this feeling, the happiness, the peace I felt, was unlike anything I’d anticipated.

Now that we’d had our first fight as a couple, and the best make-up sex on this side of the Mississippi, I only hoped nothing else would happen to make her doubt what we had. Even if it did, I would fight every single day to hold on to her and the life we’d built.