Let Me Go (Owned 2)

After Eli picked me up, I fell right asleep. I hadn’t realized how utterly exhausted I was until I felt safe with him. Once with Eli, I was able to let my guard down and then sleep stole me away. I fell onto his bed and then it was lights out.

Now, I felt a hand slide up and down my back, the smooth ministrations pulling me out of slumber. Still tired, I grunted and tried to move away from the thing dragging me away from my nice, pillowy sleep. My bones creaked and my muscles ached, but my brain was able to function.

Unwilling to wake, I groaned, “What time is it?” I glanced at the clock on the wall: four in the morning. Why had Eli woken me so early?

“Time to get up,” Eli said against my back. Leaning forward, he placed soft kisses up and down my neck and shoulder.

“I don’t wanna,” I groaned. Rolling over, I planted my face firmly into the pillow. I was only wearing his shirt and no underwear. It was a blue V-neck that made his skin glow, and I loved wearing it now. Eli used that to his advantage, though. Ignoring me, he lifted up the shirt and planted a trail of kisses down my body until he reached the small of my back. I couldn’t help it; he was waking me up in the most delicious of ways.

“I have something to show you…” Eli murmured, sucking on the skin above my bum.

“It’s four in the morning,” I whined, though it came out as a moan. “What can you possibly show me at four in the morning?” I turned my head to the side to get a better look at Eli. He was wide awake, and I mean really awake. On his knees, I could see his length proudly at attention. I bit my lip, tryin

g to stay focused.

Eli grabbed me, pulling me out of the comfort of the pillows and into his chest. My mouth opened in protest but fell slack when he stretched the neck of his shirt out, exposing me. I melted like butter into his chest as he palmed my now exposed breasts.

“You’re fuckin’ gorgeous, Bug,” Eli hissed into my ear as he pinched a nipple.

“Eli…” I moaned, trying to find Eli’s mouth. He was teasing me, keeping his mouth just shy of mine, so I reached my tongue out and licked his lips. Eli’s eyes went dark and he furiously grabbed my skull, crushing his lips against mine. He ripped his V-neck off me, tearing the seams apart so it stretched off my shoulders and fell down my hips.

“That was my favorite shirt of yours,” I said in between his punishing kisses.

“It looks better this way,” Eli growled, removing his lips from mine and instead paying attention to my breasts. He grabbed them roughly yet gently with both palms and started kissing them equally. He lowered himself between my legs and gripped my thighs tightly between his arms. Eyes wide, I watched in fascination as Eli’s dark head disappeared between my creamy thighs.

I didn’t think I would ever get used to this, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to. The minute his tongue entered me my brain spazzed out in pleasure and my back arched high off the bed, but Eli held me tight. He kept my thighs locked between his arms as if I would run away and continued to feast on me. I wiggled and groaned; the feelings Eli set off in me were just too much to control. Occasionally I would find myself enough to glance down at him, but the intense, carnal look in his eyes only set me off again. Just as I was about to come, Eli pulled back. I sat up, hair a mess around my face, mind in a daze, wondering where he’d gone.

Eli grinned. “Are you ready to get up now?”

I blinked, not sure I’d heard him correctly. Was I ready to get up now? I throbbed almost painfully between my thighs. My nipples were still hard. I was more than up; I was ready to go.

“You did all of that to wake me up?” I asked, indignation lacing my voice. Bending over, Eli gave me a swift kiss on the lips before saying, “It worked, didn’t it?”

I reached for the pillow next to me and threw it at Eli’s head. “You jerk!”

“C’mon, I’ll finish when we get back.” Eli winked at me. As I was about to throw another pillow at his stupid, teasing head, he leaned over and kissed me hard, his tongue diving into my mouth and claiming me. I gripped his shoulders as he pushed me deep into the mattress. I was breathless and gasping when Eli slowly released my lips. “I promise, Bug. I will finish you the way you deserve to be finished. You will be screaming my name when I’m done. You will beg me to stop. But right now I want to watch the sunrise. Have you ever watched the sunrise?”

“No-o,” I conceded, my breathing rocky from Eli’s dirty talk. “I’ve only seen the sunset.”

Eli clasped my hand and pulled me out of bed. “It can be another first for us.”

After throwing on another one of Eli’s shirts and a pair of shorts, we left the apartment while it was still dark out. All the usual sounds I associated with Santa Barbara and the beach were absent. The seagulls were sleeping, the children weren’t playing, and the cars were off. Only the crash of the waves could be heard as we approached the beach. It was peaceful, that is until Eli stopped suddenly.

“What?” I asked, feeling uneasy. Eli was staring at me with a look in his eye that I couldn’t quite place.

“I want us to sit here,” Eli explained.

“Okay…” I said, still not sure why he was looking at me the way he was. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Do you see where we are, Bug?” I looked around, expecting something to pop up and give me clarity. All I saw was the beach. Sure it was beautiful and serene, but it didn’t explain why Eli was looking at me so strangely. I shrugged at him, indicating I didn’t know what I was supposed to have noticed.

“Look up,” Eli said.

I did as I was told and upon seeing it asked, “A palm tree?” Eli had stopped our path directly beneath a palm tree. I was even more confused now than before.

Eli nodded, excited. “I know it’s not our sugar maple tree, but maybe it’s time we move on. The other day I went for a walk and I found this tree. It’s unique because it’s the only one for miles. It’s on the beach but not too close to the shore that we’ll get wet. And, it’s nearly halfway between our apartments. I know nothing can make up for our tree but—”

I lunged at Eli, cutting him off, and covered him in kisses. Just when I thought Eli couldn’t get any sweeter, he went and did something like this.