Oceans Submerged: Book Two, the Oceans Series (20 page)

I impatiently waited the complete twenty-four minutes it took for Liv to shut off the water.

The door cracked open just enough for Liv to poke her lips out between the crack. “Dulce, you finished yet?”

“No, she’s still in the bathroom.” Law answered, naturally not looking up from his phone.

“You need something Liv?”

It took her a while to respond to me but when she did, I was able to breathe again. I felt her growing cold again reminding me of what an asshole I was. I knew throwing that creep around wasn’t going to take away the pain I caused her, but it helped for that small window in time.

“Uh, ye…yeah I need my sleep clothes. They’re in the third drawer to the right.”

“Okay, I’ll grab them.”

I got up opened the drawer and found three of my shirts. I pulled them out turning to look at Law, who was staring at me.

“What man? I thought it would help her. You know, remind her of you and all that romantic shit. Just grab one and some cut off shorts and give it to her.”

“How the hell do you know what she wears to sleep asshole?” I whispered back.

He rolled his eyes.

Dulce’s bathroom door opened and she was covered in a huge towel.

Law’s head jerked back towards me looking at me all pissed. “Turn the fuck around Ocean. Take Sunshine her clothes.”

I smiled at Dulce, winking at her.

Law punched the mattress like a toddler throwing a tantrum. Shit, right now, he was a toddler throwing a tantrum.

Now he knows how that shit feels!

I grabbed the black t-shirt and a pair of pajama shorts from her top drawer that I was hella jealous of. I knocked on the door and she cracked it open a little, holding out her hand.

“Can I come in while you get dressed? Dulce just stepped out and Law wants me to get lost.”

She bit on her lip, slowly pulling back the door, hiding behind it so I could just barely slip in. I made sure to face away from her and the mirror as I stood facing the door.

“Ocean.”

“Yeah,” I said clearing my throat.

The scent of vanilla and her body was messing with my head. “Can you help me dry my hair and my back? I still don’t have great range of motion in my elbow.”

I cleared my throat again feeling the blood rush to my dick.  “Can I turn around now?”

“Yes,” her voice was low and shaky.

When I turned around, she was standing near the shower’s sliding door holding the towel with her good hand covering just the front of her body.

I slowly stepped toward her, closing our distance. I looked around the small space for another towel but there wasn’t one.

“Do you have a smaller towel to dry your hair?” I asked, looking at her in the eyes.

She shook her head slowly trying not to look at my neck but her will was too weak because she kept looking.

“Okay, no problem. I’ll dry your back first then dry your hair before you get dressed.”

She nodded as I stepped closer, taking her hand and pulling her to stand in front of the mirror. I reached around her with one hand placing it over hers. She slowly let go of the towel as I held it in place.

I looked in the mirror in front of us and her eyes were scattered everywhere trying to look at everything except for us. I let my ego win because her insecurity was killing it.

Knowing she wouldn’t back down I asked, “Baby, if you don’t want me to look at you just let me know.”

Her eyes stopped roaming the walls and counter top and settled on my face through the mirror. “You’ve seen it all already so it doesn’t matter.”

I held back the wicked grin that wanted to play on my face. Of course it mattered and it was going to really matter to her by the time I finished drying her off. I yanked the towel away from her and stared at her body in the mirror. I took in every detail and curve.

It looked like she lost some weight around the hips. Her breasts were perfect, high, bouncy, and flawless. Her nipples were in the stages of hardening from the cool air around us and she watched me as I looked at her. Taking the towel, I did as she asked.

I dried her back paying extreme detail to her hips and ass. She didn’t ask me to do her legs but I did it anyway. I gently nudged her knees apart and she complied. I dried her legs from all sides ending with her feet.

When I was done, her face was flushed and her breathing was deep and controlled. Her eyes were hooded as she looked at me standing behind her. She was naked and I had my shirt off with my belt and pants unbuttoned, the only thing holding them up was my zipper.

I grabbed her by her shoulders, turning her around so I could dry her hair while she was facing me. I looked into her eyes the entire time and she was ‘fuck me’ ready. I wanted to, god knows I did but I wasn’t desperate enough to force myself on her, not today.

Her hair was nearly dry when I started so it didn’t take long. When I was done, I grabbed the pair of cut off shorts, knelt down and she placed each foot in them as I slid them up her legs.

When they were on, I continued to run my hands up her back feeling her flesh break out in goose bumps. Her head fell forward onto my shoulder from the anticipation.

“Almost finished baby.” I grabbed the shirt next. “Arms up.” I whispered into her ear and she whimpered into my shoulder.

I was probably going to go to hell for teasing her like this, but her body was calling for it and I was providing it. I bunched up the shirt gliding it down her arms and when the shirt reached her shoulders I let go, moving my hand over her breasts rolling my palms over her hard nipples then down to her stomach, resting them on her hips.

I picked her up, placing her on the sink counter. She had three tells that I knew of when she wanted me to make love to her.

One was the way she dug her nails into my biceps, which she was doing now, I think without even noticing. Two, she would run her tongue along the inside of her top and bottom lip repeatedly like she was also doing while staring at my lips, and three, was the way she would tighten and pull in her stomach muscles as she breathed heavily.

It was like she was warming up her pussy for me contracting and releasing her muscles waiting for me. Her body was asking me to make love to her but now wasn’t the right time. I wasn’t that big of a douche to take advantage of her like this.

I leaned in close to her ear, pressing my body onto hers so she could feel me. I was ready for her too but it couldn’t happen tonight.

“Liv, I’m sorry about today. I hurt you in a way that I can never take back and for that I’m truly sorry. I can’t promise you that I’ll do better or be better the next time I see you. What I can tell you is that I will be here every Tuesday and Sunday on time. I will be here for you and only you.

She gave me a half smile as she listened.

“I can also tell you that you will never see a hickey on my flesh if not made by you. You reminded me today what it feels like to love you and I can’t risk losing that. In the meantime, I’m leaving my truck here. The keys are under your pillow. If you or Dulce get into any trouble while we’re not here grab the keys and run. Don’t be brave. Don’t get anyone for help. Just get the keys and run. Got it?”

“I got it.” she whispered back.

“I’m going to carry you out, put you into bed and then I’m leaving, okay.”

She closed her eyes holding her breath.

“Baby, look at me please.”

When she opened her eyes they were tired and worried.

“I love you Livie Marie Hawthorne.”

She sat up straighter, sucking in air through her mouth.

“Yes, Livie that’s who you are to me. Don’t forget that. I might let you hyphenate your last name but don’t count on it.”

I kissed her for the last time tonight and did as I promised. I carried her out, snuggled her in bed, and left with Law.

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Lawrence

When Ocean went into the bathroom with Sunshine, I felt a hundred times better. I looked back at Blue who looked like she was going to pass out. I followed her gaze and she was looking at my chest. I reached next to me, grabbed my shirt and slipped it on.

“Do you want me to step outside while you get dressed?”

She looked toward the door and then back at me. “No stay,” she said so quick it sounded like one word.

I looked at her and wished I could take her home with me tonight. She needed to get out of here and I wanted to be the one to rescue her.

From where I was sitting, I could see the scar Sunshine mentioned under her chin. It was a perfectly straight scar running from ear to ear.

I stood up from the bed, walking my way slowly to her. I think all the self-restraint I had vanished because I needed to touch her, possibly kiss her tonight.

When I stood in front of her she didn’t shy away. Instead, she looked up into my eyes. I took in her beautiful face as her sandy brown-blonde long hair curled around her face as it air-dried.

Her lips were pink and I wanted to run my tongue and something else along those lips. Before I knew what I was doing, my thumb was running along the scar she had on her eyebrow. I heard her whistle out a breath as she braced a hand on my chest. I took her hand and slipped it under my shirt, resting it over my heart.

My heart was racing and punching my chest like the pistons of my truck.

“Blue, I’m sorry for whatever it was you went through. If you had to go through it alone, I’m even sorrier for not finding you first. You don’t have to tell me everything, but…I want to be the man that makes it better. I want to pick up the pieces of you and love you. Can you let me do that for you? I promise I won’t rush you or do anything you don’t want me to.”

Her face was strained as she processed what I’d just said. When she finally made her decision, she pulled her hand from underneath my shirt. Placing her hand on my shoulder, she stretched up on her toes planting a sweet kiss on my cheek.

I felt like a sixteen year old girl that just got her first cheek kiss from the boy of her dreams. I’m pretty sure it was written all over my face because she smiled as she let my shoulder go.

“Can you turn around Lawre--,” I cut her off.

“Blue, call me Law please.”

She smiled tiredly at me. “Law, can you please turn around?”

I sat down on the edge of her bed, turning my back to her as she got dressed. I really needed to get started on making plans for her and Sunshine’s release.

I also wanted to give them work to do for the studio while they were here to keep them busy. I had the idea of using their homecoming day as the open house party for the studio and I needed to get my shit together ASAP!

I felt the bed dip a little next to me and when I looked over, Dulce was sitting next to me in a pair of baby blue matching pajamas. It was a lace tank top with matching shorts that showed all of her legs and thighs.

She watched as my eyes roamed over her body. Then she took me by surprise resting her hand over mine. “Thank you for what you did today.” She was entering the danger zone and she didn’t even know it.

I turned to face her. “Blue, do me a favor and get under your covers because I don’t think I can keep my promise much longer.”

Her eyes bulged as they moved from my face to the zipper of my jeans. Her breath hitched and her nipples hardened through the thin fabric of her top.

I raised an eyebrow at her, moving in slowly.

When she finally processed me coming in close she flipped her body over, crawling on her hands and knees towards her pillow. I froze from the view she was giving me. What was killing me, my heart, and my hard on was that she was clawing her way towards her pillows as she watched me from over her shoulder.

I’m pretty sure she was testing me to see if I really was any different from the assholes that hurt her before. I sat still, grabbing my dick through the fabric of my pants.

I watched as she crawled up her bed towards her pillow with her ass in the air. I could see the outline of her pussy lips taunting me. I pushed down on my zipper harder.

When she slipped under her blankets pulling them up covering most of her body, I stood up with my hand still gripping my dick.

I made my way over to her, bent down, and kissed her on the forehead. “Good night Blue.”

She smiled as she recognized the strain in my voice and breathing.

“Buena noche papi.”

I always thought it corny when I heard Hispanic woman calling their men papi. When I heard the words come out of her sexy ass mouth, all my blood drained into my dick and I swayed on my feet as I stood up.

She giggled and turned sideways, hugging onto her pillow.

Ocean opened the door with Sunshine is his arms, placed her in her bed covering her up, and kissed her goodnight. It looked like he was rocking a hard on too by his unbuckled belt and similar bulge.

I fell into step behind Ocean as he opened the door and I closed it behind me. As we were leaving, Trevor and Joseph were rounding the corner with two folding chairs ready for their night shift on guard duty.