113. Loving you
“How long are we staying here?” Cody asked while his mouth was full of his favorite cereal. Marjorie was in front of the stove, making breakfast for the rest of us minding her task and trying to give us privacy.
“A couple of more weeks, or at least until I’m better and get things sorted with our old place.”
“Oh… I thought we were going back to Keegan’s home.”
Mara really didn’t want to bother Cody with their future plans and she didn’t like seeing the disappointment on his face. Honestly, she still hadn’t figured out everything. Last night she was up late thinking about it. Well, part of her brain was trying to think while another was wondering why Keegan was not back. Or did he come back to his place instead?
Mara was still in the middle of thinking about it when the man himself joined them in the kitchen. He greeted Cody, tousling his hair and making her little brother giggle.
“How are you this morning, Cody? Sorry, I didn’t see you last night. I had to work late.” He said then eyed Mara like he was going to say something but then Cody beamed and started babbling his morning away.
“I woke up starving! then Marjorie was ready with my cereal! But um… I miss my friends.” Cody being like kids his age, easily moved to another topic before he looks at Mara and she puts her hand on his shoulder giving her brother an affectionate caress.
“I’ll call your school later and see if we can fit you back into your previous class. If I have time I’ll call my friends and see if we can set up your usual playdate.” Mara explained and watched how Cody’s smile grew wider from her plans alone.
“Thanks, Mara!”
“You’re welcome!” she laughed and got up to plant her sickening sweet kiss on her brother’s head. “I love you,”
“I love you too!” then he was back on telling Keegan about what Seamus had bought him yesterday and how Charlotte get him the ice cream flavor which in his words was ‘out of this world’.
Marjorie had finished preparing breakfast when she ushered Cody to the living room for his morning cartoons before she was back to finish the rest of her morning errands. Mara was left alone with Keegan and it didn’t take long for him to invade her personal space and cupped her cheek asking her about her arm.
“It’s better, the pain meds help, and Marjorie assisted me with the bandage. As long as it’s not moving, I barely feel pain.”
“Keep the sling secure then, so… uh, you want to take a walk with me before I have to work?” Keegan finished his coffee and move to her side casually resting his hand on her waist.
“Okay,” Mara replied, instinctively she leaned to his chest and feel his warmth. She missed him. She let him hold her hand as he led her to the backyard. Seamus’s house is big and has a beautiful garden where Keegan took her and they enjoyed the morning sun. The air was still cool and crisp and Mara was feeling a sort of bliss when he entwined his fingers with hers and his thumb rubbed her knuckles mindlessly.
“I want you to consider going back to my place after your arm is healed.”
“Keegan…”
“No, Mara, listen to me, please,” She said nothing and the man continued. “I care about you, and I want to take care of you. I think it’s time for you to stop worrying about tomorrow, about Cody, and let me be there for both of you.”
“If this is your guilt talking…”
“I think I’m falling for you,” he blurted before he pressed a kiss on her lips. A light peck, perfect for his beautiful wonderful Mara. “You were too young for me back then. My sweet innocent Mara. But no, this is not my guilt talking. Mara, tell me that you don’t have feelings for me.” Keegan’s eyes were on her when he moved to her front, taking her healthy hand and kissing it softly.
“I do, but…”
“Is there any chance that you might fall for me in the future?”
Mara gazed at him, her heart squeezed with a familiar ache. She had fallen for him a long long time ago, and he had broken her heart once. “I think the question that you should ask is if I might fall for you for the second time.” She finally replied. Her voice was soft, when she glanced away, already feeling the burn in the back of her eyes.
“S-second time? you’re saying…” his hand was on her jaw, lifting her gaze. He could see the pair of glassy eyes that were looking back at him.
“I loved you back then, back when you left and broke my heart. I don’t know if I can do it for the second time and I’m not your sweet innocent Mara anymore. I danced, stripped, and gave my body to strangers for money. You deserved better.” Her tears fell and he kissed them away. Keegan held her in his arms and her emotions flooded instantly. His hold on her was strong yet gentle at the same time, and when Mara’s sob subsided he cradled her jaw and kissed her lips, longer and more intense.
“And now you just made me fall for you, Mara. I love you. I love every bit of you. You will and always be my sweet innocent Mara. I have every intention to care for you and Cody. I want you to go back with me when you’re ready. I want to be there for you now if you let me.” She felt him kiss her forehead and wrapped her in his arms before he was back to fussing Mara about her arm.
“Let me get you back to your room, you should rest. Seamus is waiting for me. I need to work, but I’ll come and see you later tonight.” Keegan laid another kiss on her head before taking her healthy hand back in his and they silently walk back to the house.
The rest of the day was fairly boring for Mara. She took a quick nap, then spent time talking and playing with Cody. Charlotte talked to her and Mara told her about Keegan’s offer for her to stay at his.
“He loves you, doesn’t he?” Charlotte smiled at her and Mara smiled back telling her about their conversation and about her fears.
“Oh… dear, but answer me this… will you let your future self regret it if you don’t try? I mean you loved him once, and I suspect that you still have feelings for him.”Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
“I do, Charlotte, but I don’t know if I could…”
“Well, you know what they say… the bigger the risk, the bigger the rewards, right? it’s all or nothing. And I know Keegan is a very dependable guy, he wouldn’t be Seamus’s right-hand man if he wasn’t. You know that right?” Charlotte sighed, but she gave Mara another hug before she needed to go with Seamus to her doctor’s appointment.
When night came and Cody was tucked away, sleeping, Mara was reading in bed. There was a knock at her bedroom door and she slowly got up and was surprised seeing Keegan holding a box of chocolate and a single red rose. Instantly, her mind was taken back to all those years ago when Keegan would surprise her with a bar of chocolate when they meet up.
“I have always wanted to give you flowers with those chocolates. So here, sorry if it’s years overdue.” Mara stepped back and let him into her room. He kissed her temple and then closed the door behind him.
“Thank you, so… how was your day?” She took the single flower and smelled it, she smiled and took the big box of chocolate and unwrapped the package before plucking one and biting into the little sweet delicacy.
“Oh.. maw gawd… this is so gooood.” She said as she plopped down onto the bed and patted the space beside her before plucking another piece of chocolate and put in his mouth.
Mara had missed him and she had been thinking about him all day. Charlotte’s words had been simmering making her wonder and finally decided to take the plunge. She kissed him, and let him lay her down to the bed. Keegan placed the box of chocolate by her nightstand and continue to devour her lips, careful not to touch her wounded arm.
“Keegan, I need you.”
“I need you too, I missed you so much.”
“Mmmh… please, I need to touch you,” Mara begged when she realized that she couldn’t unbutton his shirt with just one hand. And her cheeks were warming up when she basically told him that she needed him naked. Like Yesterday. “Clothes… off… mine too,”
Mara could feel the smile on his lips when he was peppering his kisses on her neck, shoulder, and down her clavicle bones. His hands were quick to help her with her pajama buttons and her shorts joined the rest of their clothes in seconds. Their kisses became urgent along with their need to get close to each other.
When Keegan’s lips teased her nipples Mara was beyond horny for him. It hadn’t been that long, but it felt like they were apart for years. Her legs instinctively open up for him and his cock slides and rubbed her wet pussy. They both moaned louder and he hurriedly struggled with the condom wrapper. His hands were suddenly too uncoordinated until he sexily tore the wrapper with his teeth.
They both groaned when he pushed inside her, the friction was so good that she let out a needy moan telling him to go harder and faster. Keegan groaned, willing his load not to burst any time soon, because he was almost there. Their eyes connected and he pulled out before abruptly thrusting deep inside her and her legs move higher up to his shoulder, angling her to take his length deeper as he thrusts harder inside her.
“Keegan, so… close, too damn… close,”
“With me baby, come for me…” he leaned down and sucked the crook of her neck, while they pressed tight against each other. “Now… Mara,”
She screamed his name in a breathless strangled voice when she climax. He followed with loud sexy moans when he emptied himself into the condom. Loads after load, until it was no more and he slumped on top of her.
Mara never felt so relaxed in another man’s arms aside from Keegan. Her heart beats for him and she knew it. “I love you, Keegan. I need you to take care of my heart because I know I can’t keep it from falling for you.”
“I love you too and I’ll take good care of you, both you and Cody.”