promised myself that I’d never get rough with you. That I would love you and worship you for the rest of our lives, and I just broke that promise.”
“Peter,” she said as she tried to roll over, but he held her still. She lay in his arms for a moment wondering what to say to alleviate his guilt. Because it was obviously guilt driving him at this moment. “I didn’t ask you to make that promise,” she whispered finally.
“But I wanted to honor you as my wife not take you like a common whore.” She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Taken the wrong way that could be considered an insult. She tried to roll over again to face him, and after a moment’s resistance he let her.
Touching his face softly, she said, “Peter, I love that you love me enough to lose control. You didn’t hurt me, in fact I loved every moment, so please stop beating yourself up. I love you. Everything about you. The gentle, the rough, the wild, I’ll take it all and love you forever.”
He looked slightly relieved by her little speech, but he still had a haunted look in his eyes. Hopefully, time would prove to him that she was serious. He leaned forward, kissed her gently, and gave her a goofy grin. “Can I make love to you properly now?”
She smiled at the touch of humor. “Of course.”
Hours later every muscle and bone in Mikayla’s body felt melted and pliant, and she fell into a deep sleep beside her husband.
* * * *
Mikayla wandered through the empty lab wondering what on Earth to do next. She’d finished inputting all of Ryan and Ty’s notes into the computer, but with them still out collecting samples, there was no more work coming in.
She checked that the live specimens were properly housed, watered, and fed, watched the little furry critter clean itself for a few minutes, and finally sat back in her chair. She supposed that she could go see if John or Matt had some filing they needed done, or maybe get an early start on dinner, but she felt restless without Ryan and Ty here.
She still didn’t understand their sudden withdrawal. It had literally taken months after her miscarriage for them to return to the energetic, athletic, and demanding lovers she’d known, but now, after some of the most incredible sex the three of them had shared, Ryan and Ty had disappeared from her life completely. Mikayla growled silently at her own overdramatization of the problem, but it really did feel like they were gone for good. They hadn’t even said good-bye.
“Ah, there you are,” John said happily as he entered the lab. “I’ve got a spare afternoon as soon as I feed and water the critters.”
“Already done,” she said, taking his hand and showing him the various cages and their unusual inhabitants.
“Well then,” he said with a brilliant smile. “Would you care to join me for a stroll in the gardens?” He held his elbow out for her to take, and she laughed at his impersonation of a proper gentleman. He was the one who’d taught her how to suck cock, so she knew he was anything but.
“Why certainly, kind sir,” she managed to say between giggles.
The garden was really just a small clearing that was still part of the research facility’s compound, but it was full of interesting plants and strange colored flowers that practically defied description. The preliminary reports had identified that most of the plant life on this planet was poisonous and, therefore, explained the lack of animal life. Considering what they’d found so far, it seemed a poorly researched idea.
As they walked further, Mikayla noticed that John didn’t seem to be walking quite so naturally as he’d been before. A quick glance at his crotch answered the question as to why. She stepped in front of him, stopping his forward momentum with a hand over his hard erection.
“Is there something I can help you with?” she asked with a wide grin on her face. John returned her grin, but his eyes had the same wild look as Peter’s had last
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