Chapter 60 Morning Light

• ELARA
• I woke up slowly the next morning with warm sunlight coming through the big windows and touching my face gently. My body felt sore in all the good places from the night before with little aches between my legs and on my skin where Mateo had held me so tight. He was still sleeping deeply right beside me with his arm heavy across my waist like he did not want to let me go even in his dreams. I turned my head carefully and watched him for a long time without making any sound. His face looked peaceful and younger when he slept with no tight lines of worry showing around his eyes and mouth. His chest moved up and down in a slow steady rhythm and I could see the red marks my nails had left on his shoulder from how hard I grabbed him last night. A deep warm feeling spread through my whole chest as I looked at him lying there so close and real. He had seen the worst parts of me and still chose to stay and fuck me like I was everything he needed. That truth made the possessive part of me grow bigger and stronger like thick vines wrapping tight around my heart. I felt hungry for him again right now in the soft morning light where everything felt more honest and bare.
• I reached out slowly and traced my fingers over his bare chest feeling the warmth of his skin and the way his muscles stayed relaxed under my touch. My hand moved lower across his stomach and I felt him stir a little but he did not wake up yet. The sheets were tangled around our legs and the room smelled like sex from the night before which made heat start building again deep in my belly. I wanted him again right now. My fingers kept exploring gently until I wrapped my hand around his cock which was already half hard from sleep. I stroked it slowly up and down feeling it grow thicker and longer in my grip. Mateo made a low sound in his throat and his eyes finally opened halfway looking at me with that dark sleepy hunger.