"Oh, god, yes."

The phone on her desk rang with the shrill tone that indicated an intra-office call. She pressed her forehead to his chest. "That would be my boss."

He tugged on the hair at the back of her head. "You should answer it, then." Fire danced in his dark eyes.

She slipped the headset on over her head. "Hailey here."

"I see you've got a visitor. Why don't you take the rest of the afternoon off?" Amusement laced her director's voice.

"Thank you, Sir." Hailey took the device off, then repeated what was said.

"How long before you can leave?" His fingers traced the seam of her panties.

Her hand covered his. "Right now."

He took a step back, helping her get off her desk and ease the dress back into place. "Let's go, then."

After shutting down her computer, she opened a drawer on her desk and pulled out her crossbody bag.

"Where's your backpack?" he asked looking at her with a curious expression.

"I only carry it when I ride my bike." She touched his arm at the look of pain that crossed his face.

Maddox screwed his eyes shut, a shudder wracked him. "Don't remind me. How did you get to work today?" Moving around the desk, he loved watching the way she glided around the small space, like a graceful ballerina. Damn, he had it bad.

"I caught a ride with JoJo and Blake. Did you drive here?" She came to stand in front of him.

"Does a bear shit in the woods?" He smiled.

Shaking her head, she tapped a message into her phone. "Alright, they are informed."

"Good," he said then scooped her into his arms, making her gasp.

"What are you doing?" she asked, her head turning toward the door as they stepped into the hall.

He laughed at the shocked expression on her face. "I believe it's romantic for a man to sweep his woman off her feet and carry her off. There's even a movie where the hero does it, and everyone cheers as he carts her off to the stunned disbelief of all those around."

Her laughter had many standing up to see what was happening. "That was An Officer and a Gentleman, and he was the Navy pilot, while she was a local girl out to catch herself a husband."

He looked down. "Same concept, Hales. Only I hope to catch myself a Navy girl to be with me."

Hailey's arms around his neck, and then her head nuzzling his throat had him sporting wood as he carried her through the building, but as the saying goes, he gave no fucks. With the woman in his arms, he truly would make an ass of himself every day if it meant she'd be with him.

"Take me away, Maddox, I'm yours to do with as you please," she said into his ear.

"Wait till I get you to my hotel suite, and I'll have you repeat that." He licked the shell of her ear.

The ride to his hotel was the longest he'd ever made, but with Hailey's hand securely in his, he made it in less than ten minutes. He handed the valet the keys, then walked swiftly to the bank of elevators, barely saying a word to Hailey. If he stopped to look at her, he feared he'd kiss her. If he began kissing, then they might end up getting arrested for public indecency. The one thing he did do was hold her hand in his. If he could, he'd have her handcuffed to him for the next fifty years or so.

"You know, Maddox, if I didn't feel your love so strongly, I'd be worried at your silence," Hailey murmured from beside him at the door to his suite.

The light turned green, and then he was ushering them inside. As soon as the door shut behind them, he had her against the wall. "Fuck, that was the longest fourteen minutes of my life," he groaned against her mouth.

His fingers found the zip on the side of the dress, and worked it down. "Need you, Hales."

Her breath was ragged, but she nodded. The dress slithered to the floor, leaving her in a cream colored bra and white panties.

"Hey, only women planning to get laid wear matching bra and panties every day." She put her hands on slim hips.

Maddox shook his head. "I love you. These need to go. They offend me."

A quick flick of his fingers and the bra was added to the pile of clothes, followed closely by the scrap of silk and lace. Standing in nothing but the spiked heels, he let his gaze eat her up. For over a month he'd done nothing but think of her, wishing she was next to him, day in and day out.

"You are even more gorgeous than I remember." His index finger traced one pink nipple, watching it harden under his ministrations.

"You're a little overdressed."

Needing to kiss and lick every inch of her, he brought his mouth down over hers; his hands smoothed down her back, then lifted her. He began walking into the suite, past the living area into the bedroom. He heard two thuds and knew she'd kicked off the shoes. "We'll rectify my state of dress shortly."

He felt like a teenage boy with his first woman, ready to come in his jeans at any moment. Her slight weight was nothing to him, but he needed his hands free to do all the things he wanted.

"Show me what you got, big boy."

Her impish grin made his entire body come alive even more. "Oh, I think you know what I got." Maddox put her on the bed and had his shirt over his head in a heartbeat. He pushed his jeans and shoes off seconds later, naked as she was, standing with his hands on his hips next to the bed. "How is that for what I got, Hales?" His voice sounded a couple of octaves lower to his own ears.

She licked her lips, getting up onto her knees, one hand reaching for him. "Beautiful," she said, her voice smooth and sweet like the finest whiskey he'd ever drunk, pouring over him like a warm blanket.

"Touch me," he ordered.

Hailey didn't hesitate, her fingers encircling his shaft. With a sweet little smile, she swept her thumb over the slit and the small bead of come on the tip.

He held still under her intense gaze, waiting to see what she'd do. Hailey was by far the most complex woman he'd ever known. She was gorgeous, smart, kinky, sexy as all get out, and the most loyal woman he'd ever met. She'd take a bullet for her friends, and wouldn't think twice about offering the shirt off her back to someone in need. Maddox needed to let her know he would be right there with her, making sure all her wants and needs were satisfied.

His eyes nearly rolled to the back of his head as she bent and took the head of his cock into her warm mouth. She pulled back, giving the tip an oddly innocent kiss. He brushed her lips with the head, the pushed back inside.

Her hands shook while she ran her tongue along the length of him, a little moan of pleasure adding to his own came from her throat.

"That feels good, Hellion." His voice interrupted the quiet of the room, but there was no mistaking the husky truth.

His heart filled as she peered up at him. He could see she loved him as much as he loved her.

"Suck me harder, love."

She leaned forward, taking him back inside and sucked on the head of his dick. Watching her take him inside her mouth was a thing of true beauty. Her graceful back with her hair hanging loose, and the sight of her gorgeous ass, all combined to have him close to coming.

He felt a drop of pearly fluid pulse out, and her tongue lick at the slit, a hum of approval at his salty taste had him gripping her by the back of her head.

"Damn, Hales."

Hailey sucked, drawing his cock all the way to the back of her throat. Her right hand cupped his balls while she worked him with her lips, tongue and teeth.

The last thing he wanted was for their first time in over a month to end with him coming down her throat. He eased back with a groan she echoed.

His cock stood straight out, begging for her attention.

Hailey's eyes roamed over him from head to cock and back. "You okay, Mad?"

He climbed onto the bed, pushing her to the middle as he went. "More than okay. I'm with the woman of my dreams." He kissed her neck, then moved down to her perfect pink and brown nipples, making sure to be gentle with them. He licked each, then sucked on them softly. His fingers trailed down her stomach, finding her wet and soft. Kneeling between her thighs, he sank two fingers inside. "I've missed this. Missed you." He curled his fingers, finding her G-spot.

"God, yes, right there." Hailey worked her hips back and forth.

Maddox couldn't stand waiting another minute. He pulled his fingers out, licking them clean, watching her eyes flare as she tracked his movements. He ripped open a condom he'd left on the end table next to the bed. Years of practice had him rolling the latex on in record time, and then he was lining his cock up next to her entrance.

She took his breath away, raising her arms in welcome, her body made perfectly for him.

He stared down, fully focusing on the place where their bodies were joining. "Now, that is a pretty sight," he gritted out. He loved watching his dick stretch her, filling her paler flesh with his hard darker one, making himself a part of her. "You're so fucking tight." The words were ground out.

She sank her nails into his back. "You feel amazing." She breathed out as he fucked back into her.

In a low guttural voice, he told her how good she felt stretched around him. Each time he pushed back in, she pressed up to meet his thrusts. They found a perfect rhythm that had them both racing for that magic place.

Every movement of her tight body brought him closer as she fucked him with total abandon, seeking her own pleasure with as much need and passion as him. "Need you to come with me, Hales." Maddox couldn't contain the hunger rising to the surface. He pushed up onto his hands, his pelvis hitting her clit on each downward thrust. The orgasm just out of reach rushed closer.

She cried out, her body stiffened beneath his, then she shook as she came, crying out his name. Without hesitation, he followed her into bliss, allowing the orgasm he'd held at bay to flow out of him.

"Fucking love you, Hales. I'll cuff you and claim you as mine, so you might as well agree to marry me," he muttered against her neck.

Hailey had to take a moment to catch her breath. Her heart pounded in her ears, satisfaction invaded her languorous body. Maddox lay half on her, half off. His declaration hung in the air. Was she dreaming, or had he just proposed to her?

His hands flexed on her stomach, his head came up, and she stared into his gorgeous eyes. "Did you just ask me to marry you?"

"If you want to consider it me asking instead of me telling?" He gave a lazy grin.

She smoothed her hand over his head. "Maddox Lopez, you are the only man who could make a proposal sound like a demand." Only it was one she could totally get on board with. "Since you are no longer gainfully employed, how are you going to do that?" she asked. A smile of love and pure pleasure raced over her.

"Sweetheart, I said I no longer worked for the alphabet company, I didn't say I was unemployed. That is what took me so long to come back. I needed to make sure it was ready to roll."

Maddox groaned then rolled out of the bed. "Let me get rid of this and I'll be right back."

She watched him disappear, then realized she wouldn't have to do that ever again. Well, not the way she had.

"What's put that smile on your face?" he asked walking back in uncaring of his nudity.

Shaking her head, she held her hand out. "I was just enjoying the view of you leaving and coming back."

He let his hands wander down her body. "You have the most deliciously curvy ass, and a brain to boot. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life worshipping it."

"Care to tell me about what you'll be doing and where?"

Hailey listened to him explain how he and Royce had opened a private security firm a couple years back with a partner who had been running things in Texas. She narrowed her eyes at him. "So, you're moving to Texas?"

"I was hoping we'd move to Texas after your term, if you wanted. Or I'd go wherever you went. I'm pretty mobile. Royce has already taken up residence down at the home office, but we will take on clients all over the States who need help with security."

Listening to him talk about his new venture, her mind raced with how she could help. With her computer skills, and his, along with their other knowledge in the field, she could easily see them having a great future. "I'm all in. That still doesn't explain how you can cuff me to your side."

A wicked gleam lit his brown eyes. Reaching over her body, he pulled the drawer out and showed her a badge and held up a pair of handcuffs. "Every private detective has to have a set of these, baby."

She laughed at his outrageousness. Being cuffed and claimed by Maddox Lopez was truly the best thing to ever happen to her.

The End.

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