Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 89928 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 450(@200wpm)___ 360(@250wpm)___ 300(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 89928 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 450(@200wpm)___ 360(@250wpm)___ 300(@300wpm)
I Can’t Take Anymore
Green got up and turned off the movie he and his date watched after he’d cooked them dinner. She raved over his salmon and was even polite enough to help him clean the dinner dishes. She did look beautiful tonight and Green loved that she didn’t over-dress. She wore a nice pair of form-fitting jeans and a white, silky blouse. They ate dessert together on the couch and she had no problems kicking off her tan boots and settling in. He had to admit that the woman was definitely someone he wouldn’t mind seeing regularly. She was smart and could easily hold his interest in a conversation. She had a Masters in Forensic Science and Green found himself enjoying her animated descriptions of how she viewed a crime scene. But his thoughts kept going to Ruxs. Something was off about him. His partner was running hot and cold. He’d had fun at the park with them today, then when he’d dropped him off at home it was like he couldn’t get away from him fast enough.
Now with the television off, there was only the light from the kitchen, just barely lighting his living room. She’d smoothly inched her way to him and Green’s body reacted. She smelled heavenly. He leaned in and she smiled a sly grin, meeting him halfway. He lightly cupped her small jaw, as she brushed her soft lips against his. The kisses were delicate and teasing until Green cupped the back of her silky mane and pulled her in harder. She grunted in surprise but quickly caught on, opening her mouth for him. She tasted of pie and butter pecan ice-cream.
“Mmm. You taste good.” He moaned.
She smiled against his mouth and easily maneuvered her body over his, straddling him. He was so glad she wasn’t one of those females that believed in ridiculous dating rules. Only sleeping with a man after their five-hundredth date. He slouched down further on the couch, holding her thin hips as she just barely ground her body into his groin. He growled into her mouth, making her jerk back in surprise. He got a firm grasp on her hips and thrust up into her. Damn. He needed this. It’d been months since he’d had sex. Her head fell back and he wasted no time licking a slow path up her neck, biting at her cute, dimpled chin. He held her close to him, her round breast pressing back into his chest. Her soft moans spurring him on. Just when he went for the first button of her blouse his front door burst open, slamming into the small table behind it. The glass bowl that held his keys fell to the floor shattering in a vast array of pieces.
“What the fuck?” he asked, more so to himself.
His date startled at the noise. He quickly flipped her but was careful not to throw her. He settled her on the couch and ran towards the front door. Green’s eyes bugged at the sight of his bloodied partner stumbling into the room, just barely remaining upright. He grabbed at Ruxs’ shoulders steadying him, looking into his heavy-lidded eyes.
“Mark! What happened to you?” Green yelled.
Ruxs looked up at him in surprise as if he was just registering whose house he’d barged into. Ruxs’ eyes were dilated, his speech slurred when he spoke. “Green you’re home. That’s good. I have to tell you something really important. I’ve been having —” Ruxs halted his garbled confession, his eyes going to the woman that was righting her clothes on the couch.
Ruxs yanked out of Green’s hold, frowning angrily at him. “I didn’t think you’d be here.” Ruxs shook his head, grimacing like he was in pain.
“What are you talking about? I live here. Why wouldn’t I be here?” Green stepped in closer to his partner. Ruxs turned, running into the large stair railing, trying to make his way back to the door. “Where are you going? Wait! Ruxs what the hell happened to you? Your head is bleeding, your cheek is bruised. Did you get drunk and get into a fight?”
“Go back to your date,” Ruxs snarled. “I’ll call my cab back.”
Green pulled on Ruxs’ coat. Trying to turn him back to face him. He pushed him up against the wall, but Ruxs was determined to get away. “Where did you just come from? Talk to me. What happened tonight?”
Ruxs didn’t answer. He kept scrambling to get out of his hold, but Green couldn’t let him leave like this. “Ruxs stop it. Just wait. Who did this to you? Answer me damnit!”
Ruxs stopped struggling and yelled in his face, “My fuckin’ mother!”
Reality hit Green like a sledgehammer to his chest. Oh my god. He needed to care for his partner, he needed him, needed him way more than his date did.