“Dad’s watching her.”
A smile lit up Sydney’s face. She must have been reading my mind.
“What are you waiting for, Officer Murphy?”
I carried Sydney up the steps, two at a time. Neither of us wanted slow. I needed her. Wanted her like I had never wanted any other woman.
With fumbling hands, we quickly undressed each other. Sydney sat down on her bed and scooted back, begging me with her eyes to hurry.
I put a knee on the bed and stopped in my tracks.
“What? What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Condom. I need a condom.”
Sydney narrowed her eyes at me. “If you say you forgot them—”
“They’re in my bag. Be right back!”
I quickly made my way out of the room, raced down the steps, grabbed my bag, and got back upstairs in record time.
“Good thing I run every day!” I took a condom out and joined Sydney by the bed.
“Let me,” she said, eying my cock with hungry eyes.
I handed it to her and stood perfectly still as she ripped it open and ever so slowly rolled it on.
“Syd, are you trying to make me come?”
Her eyes lifted, and she met my gaze. She pulled her bottom lip in between her teeth and moved to the middle of the bed. I followed her.
I moved over her body, and she opened her legs so I could settle between them. Framing her face with my hands, I looked into those beautiful blue eyes.
For a few moments, neither of us said a word. Inch by inch, I slowly started to work my way into her. When I was fully seated, Sydney closed her eyes and let out a breathy sigh.
“Syd.”
Her eyes opened.
“I’m falling in love with you.”
When her eyes widened, I wasn’t sure if it was shock, excitement, or fear that I saw.
Before she had a chance to speak, I kissed her and then slowly made love to her. The way her fingers intertwined in my hair and her legs wrapped around me, drawing me deeper to her—it all felt so right. I didn’t need to hear the words yet. I had probably said them too soon. All I knew was it had felt like the right time.
Mike
After seeing my parents off to Boston, Sydney and I both headed to work. The rest of the week had been a giant clusterfuck. Sydney had an increase in emergencies, with two calling her into the clinic in the middle of the night. She’d had to euthanize the two dogs that had cancer. On Monday, we attended Vickie’s memorial service, which had been emotionally draining on everyone.