She was rewarded with a hiss through his teeth, so she continued biting and nipping at every part of his amazingly sculpted chest. Since he had been gone, he had been working out more so the muscles of his chest and the tightness of his abdomen were so pronounced that Elli was dripping with need at the sight. Not even the scars could keep her from wanting him.

“Okay, I need you in me,” she said against his chest as she grabbed a hold of his shaft. He let out a harsh rush of breath, closing his eyes as she moved her hand up and down his hot, swollen flesh.

“I forgot to grab a condom. I’ll be right back,” he said, but didn’t move as she moved her hand up and down him, cupping his heavy balls with her other hand. She smiled, watching his face as he enjoyed the things she was doing with her hands. His hands came up, rolling her dripping wet ni**les with his fingers as she moved faster up and down his shaft.

When his eyes finally opened, his eyes were so dark, it almost made her come at the sight of his arousal. He pulled away from her, dropping to his knee, burying his face between her legs, running his tongue up and down her folds, slowly flicking his tongue across her swollen nub. She thought since she had came not ten minutes ago, she would have last longer, but nope, he only flicked his tongue maybe three times before she was coming loudly for him.

“Condom, gotta get a condom. Now.”

He went to leave, but Elli grabbed his arm, stopping him. “I’m on the pill.”

“Oh,” he looked down at her with worry in his eyes, arousal nowhere to be seen. What the hell just happened?

“Yeah, I forgot about that.”

“Do you not want to do it without a condom?”

He shook his head no, then smiled sheepishly.

“This is gonna sound stupid,” he began.

“What?”

“I’ve never done it without a condom, ever.”

They stood there staring at each other as moments passed.

“Ok, I’m clean.”

“Oh, I know. It’s not that, I’m just worried…performance wise.”

Elli had to smile.

“Well I’m pretty sure you’ll get an A, Mr. Adler. Now come here, I want you inside me, nothing between us.”

It only took a second for him to have her against the hard, hot marble, lifting her leg and burying himself deep within her. They both groaned loudly at the feeling of nothing between them. He was so hot, so big, and Elli wasn’t sure how long she was going to last, because she felt another orgasm building.

“Oh God,” Shea muttered against her neck as he drove into her. He drove into her only two more times before he exploded inside her, leaving her withering beneath him. He leaned his head down into her shoulder, breathing extremely hard as Elli tried to catch her breath.

“I don’t even think I lasted a minute,” he muttered against her shoulder, embarrassed.

“Probably not,” she answered, he looked up at her, glaring, “but it was the best damn minute of my life.”

A slow grin went across his face, before he kissed her long and hard. By the time they got out of the shower, there was no hot water, and Elli never did get to finish washing her hair.

Not that she cared though.

Chapter 23

Elli was packing when Grace called.

“Hey girl! I need a huge favor.”

“Sure,” Elli said, as she threw the new bathing suit she had just bought into her carry-on bag, “What’s up?”

“I have a party coming up and the girl ordered matching dresses for her and her friends, but one of the friends is in um, somewhere, I don’t know. Anyway, she is the exact body type as you. So I was wondering, actually, going to beg, if you could come over and have this dress altered to you,” she said.

Elli raised her eye brows at Grace’s request. Why didn’t the girl have the dress shipped to her friend, so her friend could have it altered?

Who was she to ask?

“Sure, when do you need it done?”

“Tomorrow?”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Grace. I’m leaving for Florida to go see Shea today.”

“Oh, hell. When are you leaving?”

“I think my uncle’s jet is leaving at 3:00,” Elli said as she moved around Shea’s condo, picking up random things she needed as she went through. She had dropped off Adler to Harper that morning, so she didn’t fill Adler’s bowls like usual as she passed by them.

“Okay, it‘s 12:00 now. Can I meet you at the dress shop by 1:00?”

“Sure.”

“Cool,” Grace said before giving Elli the dress shop’s information.

They said their goodbyes and Elli hung up the phone before unloading the dishwasher. Elli had been in such a good mood since Sunday. Even with Shea leaving Monday, she had been doing fine. She hadn’t really been crying or anything, just enjoying the last few days before flying out for the game in Tampa. Elli was so full of excitement about her mini-vacation with Shea, it was hard to contain.

Harper and Alice would be running the studio and the three weddings they had that weekend while Elli was gone, so Elli had nothing to worry about, which was good since this was the first time Elli would be leaving for a vacation. Lord knew it was much needed. Elli was ready for the days to come, five days in Florida with her hunky boyfriend?

Hell, yes.

The only thing bringing Elli down was her health. It always happened around this time of year with the winter air; she always felt run down. That was probably another reason why she was so excited to be leaving. Getting away from the cold would be good for her, since it was so easy for her to get sick. Elli really didn’t want to get sick either. She just knew Shea was planning something for her birthday. He had been crazy secretive when she would call him, and when he was home, he was always calling Grace. So Elli knew he had something up his sleeve.