Chapter Ten
Alexander
I jerked inside of Soledad, knowing how hard I was going to come. This feeling that came along with protecting her and Lindsay was settling deep inside of me as it moved into various emotions. I knew that it was coming out as I fucked her but the way she was moving with me told me that she needed it as well. I felt her tightening around me as she moaned my name, coming over my cock. I grabbed her feet and lifted them to my chest before I started fucking her hard and deep. She was tight and wet as I moved, feeling something deep inside of me.
I came, filling her with one rough jerk. I’d been sleeping with Soledad for a few months now and every time it got better. She was it for me as much as Brent teased me and I loved making her mine. I knew that I loved her, and it made this worse. I wanted to murder the mother fucker for messing with her, regardless of how much it was to stress her out.
I let her legs drop as I allowed the waves to take me over, my cock aching from the hard release. Soledad was breathing heavily underneath, and I took a moment to look at her in the moonlight. She was beautiful as her skin flushed from her own release and I pulled out of her and dropped to my side. I pulled her into my arms, considering my thoughts as I kissed her hair. “You feel so good,” Soledad murmured, sounding sated and tired.
“Move in with me,” I said as she froze.
“What? I thought I was just staying here for a while. What about Rosie?” My heart heated at the concern for her friend and second mother.
“I can get her into a place nearby. I’ll always take care of her since she helps so much with Lindsay.” I watched as she seemed to consider my offer.
“Will that affect work?”
“No more than it isn’t already. We’re keeping that separate well now and work comes first. I just want you close to me when we’re not working.” I couldn’t believe that I was saying this to a woman. I didn’t consider the idea seriously but now that she was here, I wanted them both to stay.
“I signed a lease at the apartment. What are we going to do about that?” She asked as I shrugged.
“She can rent it out to someone else at an astronomical rate. Carly will like that.” I said it sarcastically as Soledad took me in. I regretted sleeping with Carly the few times that I did but it was done. She knew how much I cared for Soledad from that first night and seemed to accept it. I heard her laugh and pulled her closer to me.
“Is this because of the situation? I can stay with other people for a while until things settle down.” She offered as I considered her words. It was based on the situation to a degree, but I wanted her here. Were the few close friends that she had here able to put her and Lindsay up comfortable and make it convenient for Rosie to watch her? Probably not
. “Millie lives close to the office.
“I don’t think your young, single friend have enough room for the both of you.” I reminded her as Soledad rolled her eyes. “This made me think of the idea but seeing you both here makes me know what I want. You both mean the world to me.”
“Alex,” she murmured, leaning over to kiss me. “I feel like I should transfer at the office or something. Dating is one thing but living together is different.” She let out a breath. “Living together. Wow.” I knew what she was saying because I’d never thought about this as anything else than an event in the far future. The loft seemed huge when I bought it but now I had to make a room for Lindsay and figure out the third. Would we have our own kids down the line?
“I know. Sleep on it and we’ll talk tomorrow.” I told her as I let my eyes drop closed. I was tired emotionally from everything going on and surprisingly didn’t want her again in lieu of sleep.
I woke up to the sound of voices and looked around my room. Blinking, I tried to place who it was. Soledad? Yes, but there was someone else and I smiled as I remembered that Lindsay was here. I rose to use the bathroom and slipped on some clothes to head out to the kitchen where Soledad was sipping coffee with her hair pulled into a messy bun. “Good morning, beautiful.” I told her, kissing her hair as I reached down to rumple Lindsay’s long hair. “You guys hungry?”
“Pancakes?” Lindsay asked as I grinned. I poured some coffee and mixed banana pancakes in a bowl as Soledad watched, seemingly deep in thought about something. Was she thinking about my question?
I cooked the flapjacks and served them up on three plates as Soledad brought them to the table. She had gotten a glass of orange juice for Lindsay and watched her take a long drink. “Did you sleep well?” I asked the little girl as she smiled at me and nodded.
“Your bed is so big in there. I woke up and got to see the sun come up over the water. So pretty.” The idea of that made me groan but it was gorgeous. I’d gotten the chance to do the same after coming home just in time for the sunrise.
“You do have a good view of it from there,” I agreed as Soledad chuckled. I wondered if there was a nap in Lindsay’s future. We finished the meal and I asked what they wanted to do, seeing Soledad’s eyes darken.
“Let’s go to a park.” Lindsay piped up as I gazed at her mom. “How close are we to the park by our house?”
We were a few blocks away and I searched my mind for parks nearby. I grabbed my phone and went to google it, seeing a message from the investigator I had on Keith. I paused to open the message and read it twice before the words sank in.
Keith was a monster. He had a record of domestic violence and petty crime but a wealthy father in California. That got him out of most long sentences to where he served little time and was free to terrorize the people of his choice. I blinked and forced myself back to reality as I felt Soledad staring at me. “There’s a big park around the corner that has everything. Want to go there?” I looked at Lindsay smiling back at me and then Soledad, gripping her cup tightly. “We’re going to get ourselves together, Lind. We’ll leave soon. Want to watch something?”
Soledad got her settled in front of the TV before we went back to my room to grab clothes. “What happened in there?” Her voice was terse, and I looked at her as I got shorts and a t-shirt for the unseasonably warmer day.
“I got a text from my PI. Keith has a lengthy record of abuse and small crime. There’s even a stalking charge in there that was dropped at some point.” I watched as she closed her eyes and dropped to the bed.
“I knew he did it to others.” Her words were soft, but they told me how hard it had been for her. “I felt so selfish because I was free of him. I didn’t let myself think about them.”
“He has a wealthy daddy that bought him out of everything and I don’t think the punishment is enough to begin with. You did the best you could.” I pulled her against me as I listened for the sound of laughter from the living room. I’d do anything to keep that little girl happy and safe. “You’re only twenty-three. You were so fucking young.”
“I want to stay here. I want us to be happy.” She whispered as she trembled in my arms.