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  “Mom, what I did has nothing to do with you,” Wayne admitted to her and himself. “I get so freaking mad and I can’t control my emotions. I turn into someone I didn’t know, but throughout the years I’ve come to accept it. That’s the only way McKenzie would listen to me.”

  “What’s that supposed to mean?”

  “I’m sorry…” He bowed his head. McKenzie was the best thing in his life. He’d tried, so many times, to do better by her. There were months that he hadn’t laid a finger on her. Wayne didn’t even push the fact that she didn’t want to have sex, assuming it was because she was feeling self-conscious of her body or the breastfeeding, and didn’t feel comfortable. Wayne loved her beyond anything physical.

  “Sorry that you didn’t break her?” She narrowed her eyes at him, making Wayne feel like a little child being scolded. “If I were your ex-wife, you would never see my child again, regardless of what the judge ordered. McKenzie has a big heart.” Tears continued rolling down her cheeks. “I begged her to let me see him, and I begged for you, but after hearing the hell you put her through, I want to keep him away from you myself.”

  “No!” Wayne lifted his head, “I’m ashamed of myself. I would never harm him.”

  “How dare you threaten my only grandson? How dare you?” She stomped her foot two times. “In the name of Jesus!” she yelled. “Please rebuke the devil out of my son.” His mom sat next to him and placed her hand on his back. “I will always love you because you’re my son…”

  “I love her.” Wayne rested his head on his mother’s legs.

  “That’s not love mi hijo,” she whispered. “You can’t love someone with your fist. Whatever happened in your life to make you think it’s love, I’m so sorry for.”

  “I need help…”

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Toby sat next to McKenzie with his arm over her shoulder on the booth. He couldn’t stop smiling; she was finally divorced. “How does it feel to be a free woman?”

  “I’ve been divorced in my heart for years, but it feels so liberating,” She gave one of her pretty smiles. “I can finally change my name, and Caleb is safe until Wayne gets the help he needs. Every time it was time to drop him off for his visitation, my heart cringed. I didn’t want to, but it was ordered and I didn’t want things worse.”

  “Caleb was safe.” Toby watched her. “A few times, I showed up unseen. He’s too innocent to know anything. Your little boy only sees his father, not the man that terrorized his mother and him in the end.”

  “You did that?” She took his hand.

  “I had to make sure he didn’t try to run off with him.” He gave her a half of smile, and gazed at her. He had something important to tell her. Toby had been going through the process for a few weeks, and he prayed she would understand. They’d known each other for almost a year, and what he felt for her months ago had multiplied.

  “What?” With her fingers, McKenzie combed up her stray hairs into a bun.

  Toby gazed at the woman who’d changed his whole outlook on life. He ogled her luscious pink-glossed lips, and button nose. He couldn’t understand how a man could treat a diamond so roughly, after it had been molded perfectly.

  Toby cupped her face, and inched forward, expecting her to lean back. Instead, she moved forward a bit. “I’ve been waiting to taste you.” He smiled. “I willed myself to respect you because you were still a married woman. I prayed that he would sign those darn divorce papers months ago…”

  He didn’t get to finish his sentence, McKenzie leaned forward and pressed her lips against his.

  “What are you waiting for?” Her lips parted, and instantly, he devoured her mouth.

  Toby leaned away. His heart raced. After all these months waiting, she tasted better than he’d ever imagined. His manhood was pressing against his zipper, fighting to be released in her warm body. He eased his forehead against hers.

  McKenzie’s chest heaved, her full lips yearning to be kissed over and over. She caressed his cheek. “I want you…I don’t know if this is the right time, and I don’t care. Take me home.”

  Without answering, Toby slid out of the booth and took her hand, helping her to her feet, and led her out of the restaurant. He’d never wanted anyone the way his whole body yearned for McKenzie’s. They were a few blocks from her apartment. She entwined their fingers and they power-walked to the building.

  Before she buzzed the metal door open, he asked the question. “Are you sure you’re ready?”

  “Yes.” She pulled open the door and ran up the stairs with him following in tow. “Last one up is a rotten egg!” She giggled and stopped as he passed her. “Cheater!” McKenzie said, out of breath, holding on to the banister.

  Toby paused mid-stride, and returned to her. He placed his arms around her waist and lifted McKenzie over his shoulders. “I will never leave you behind.”

  She laughed out loud. “You’re going to drop me.”

  “Never. I got you, beautiful.” He took the steps with caution, but in a hurry. Toby slowly placed McKenzie on her feet in front of her doorstep. He positioned his hand behind her neck, and his lips descended upon hers. Their lips met hungrily, Toby’s seeking entrance, and their tongues danced to the beat of his heartbeat. McKenzie followed his lead. Her fingers worked their way through his hair as the kiss grew deeper with each stroke of his tongue. Toby’s manhood grew as his heart rate increased.

  He regrettably inched away, catching his breath, caressing her cheeks. “Are you sure you’re ready? I can wait—”

  “I can’t.” She dug in her purse and pulled out her key, opening the door. His cell phone rang.

  “Answer. It might be important.” McKenzie stepped over the threshold. “It will give me a few minutes.”

  She walked to her bedroom and eased the door closed. McKenzie leaned her head against the barrier. Was she ready for the next step? What did she have to lose? Toby had stood by her side at her worst. He could’ve run the other direction but instead, he’d run straight to her.

  McKenzie strolled over to her dresser and looked for the red lingerie she’d purchased a week earlier, with Toby in mind. She lifted the skimpy material and giggled. “You’re a grown woman. Have some fun.” She walked in her bathroom, and then turned on the shower.

  She combed her hair up in a high ponytail. McKenzie stepped in to the shower, and closed her eyes. Her whole body yearned for Toby.

  Toby glanced at the screen on his phone. It was a private number, he swiped.

  “Hello?”

  “Toby Wheeler.”

  “Yes.” He’d wanted to follow McKenzie. Instead, he was standing in her hall as she slipped off her clothing. “Who’s this?”

  “Conwell. I have some good and bad news. I got you in.”

  Toby made a fist and pumped it the air. He’d been waiting for weeks for Conwell to call him. First her divorce, and now this. He’d signed the documents and done all the prerequisites for this opportunity. “What’s the bad news?”

  “You leave tomorrow.”

  Toby’s eyebrows met in frustration. “What? I can’t just up and leave that soon.”

  “I moved mountains for you, man. It’s now or never.”

  Toby closed his eyes, thinking of the woman in the next room. How was he going to tell her that he was leaving for months? Would she wait for him? “I’ll be at your office.”

  “Great! See you tomorrow morning.”

  His grip on his cell became tighter. He couldn’t make love to her without telling her his intentions of leaving her behind. Everything he was doing was to secure their future. Toby was enough for McKenzie and Caleb. He would prove to her parents that he had a lot to offer.

  ***

  He unbuckled his belt and pulled off his polo shirt. McKenzie had become his world. He would do anything he could to make her happy. Toby took off his working boots and his jeans followed next. He walked down the hall to her bathroom, and knocked.

  “Yes?”

  He would never get tired of hearing her sweet voice, a voice that had been hidden from him for months. “Can I come in?” Toby waited for her response. He prayed they weren’t moving too fast.

  “Come in.”

  He slowly opened the door. His boxers tented from his arousal. The bathroom was steamy as he entered and closed the door behind him. “I couldn’t wait.”

  McKenzie wiped the shower stall with her hands in a circle, and smiled. “Are you going to join me?”

  Toby’s lips curled into a naughty grin. “Do you want me to?”

  She pushed the glass barrier open. “What do you think?” McKenzie poked her head out the door.

  Toby took a couple strides leading him to the stall, and stepped into the shower behind her. McKenzie’s body was everything he’d envisioned. She had a full, Coke-bottle figure, from her red-painted toes up her toned calves and thighs to her round and firm ass, leading up to her waist to her full breasts. He wrapped his arms around her waist, nipping at her neck, and then kissed his way up to her earlobe, making her moan. McKenzie had a little pooch as he held her tighter, and he prayed that one day that little pooch would carry his seed.

  She turned around in his arms, ready to cover herself and he took her hands in his. “McKenzie, to me you’re fucking beautiful. Nothing, I mean nothing, about you is wrong. When you’re with me I don’t ever want you to doubt yourself. You are beautiful, baby,” He cupped her face, hoping his eyes conveyed exactly what he was feeling. Wayne had done a number on her self-esteem, but every chance Toby got, he would build her up. “Every single curve on your body was meant to be loved and cherished.” He twisted her back around his fingers crawled up her stomach to her breast, and began pinching her already hard, sensitive left nipple.

  “Oh that feels so goo
d.” she closed her eyes, biting on her lower lip, making his shaft even harder, pressing against her ass.

  Toby inched closer, leaving no space in between them. His cock was trapped against her ass as he gently twisted her head to the side, capturing her luscious lips. The warm water splattered on their bodies, flowing over every beautiful curve. Suddenly, he remembered what she’d said about her hair. “Where’s your hair thing?” Toby glanced around the enclosed area.

  McKenzie giggled, grabbing her shower cap. “Thanks for reminding me.” He helped her place it over her head.

  “I don’t want you to have a bad hair day tomorrow, beautiful.” Toby gently grasped her full breast with his left hand and the other, he slid in between her thighs, softly caressing her mound. She placed her soft hands over his, pressing his fingers harder against her mound. “You’re so sexy…”

  McKenzie threw her head back against his chest, “It’s been so long…”

  He nudged his fingertips in her warm pussy lips.

  “How long, baby?” He hissed in her ear, causing more goose bumps.

  “Over a year,” McKenzie whimpered as he slowly split her juicy bottom lips apart, and gently glided his digits in to her warm cavern.

  Toby’s dick jerked every time he slipped in and out of her. “You’re so fucking wet,” he said between gritted teeth. “I want you so fucking bad.”

  “More…that feels so good.” She moaned in pleasure, pushing up on her tiptoes and grinding her hips back, trying to hump on his cock. Toby bent down slightly, giving her what she wanted. He rubbed her yearning pussy on his rock-hard dick.

  Her pussy was warm and so fucking wet. His fingers played her nether lips like a violin. Toby stroked his throbbing cock on her ass as his digits continued their assault in and out of her core. He pressed her into the cold tiles, using his thighs to spread hers as farther apart, as far as she could go. His index finger fondled her swollen pearl.

  “Please don’t stop doing that.”

  McKenzie pushed away from the wall as she ground herself on his cock and fingers. The sensation was causing her breathing to come out short. She couldn’t take it any longer. Her pussy walls began contracting around his digits, and she could feel her cream on his manhood, causing a heavenly stimulation.

  “Before we cross the line,” he breathed in her ear, “I have something to tell you.”

  Toby’s index finger plunged in deeper as his thumb caressed over swollen clit. She was about to come; her whole body was tingling. The friction of the wall against her nipples was causing a ripple effect in her body.

  “Not now!” McKenzie placed her forehead against the wet wall. “Take me now… I need you inside me.” She cried out as her pussy walls squeezed his finger, trapping his escape. Her whole body froze.

  “McKenzie!” In a sudden movement, Toby collapsed to his knees, bending her slightly down, and nipped her ass cheeks, one at a time.

  “Oh shit…” She groaned through her teeth, slapping the wet wall. Her orgasm hit her like a ton of bricks as without warning, Toby licked her velvet core. McKenzie’s moans got louder. “I can’t take it…don’t…stop…oh God…yes!” She placed her palms against the wall for support. “Oh God!”

  His tongue licked, twirled, and sucked on her clit. Toby moved his head back and forth, making her cries of passion more intense.

  “Toby! Yes! I’m coming again!” McKenzie’s face was now touching the cool wall.

  He slurped at her juices, the five o’clock shadow on his cheeks tickling her.

  “You taste so fucking good,” he hummed, opening her pussy wider with his fingers.

  McKenzie couldn’t think straight. He’d given her two of the most powerful climaxes in less than five minutes. Her pussy was still recovering from the first one when he’d attacked her sensitive spot. His tongue circled her throbbing clit and he sucked and licked every drop of her juices.

  He smacked her ass. Toby slowly began kissing the arch of her back, up to her shoulders, “You taste divine.” He sucked on her neck, and nibbled. McKenzie would have a passion mark. It wouldn’t be too noticeable because of her skin tone, but she didn’t care if it was. Toby could cover her entire body in passion marks, as far as she cared: she was his.

  Wait, did I just think that?

  ***

  He slowly turned her around, facing her with passion-filled eyes. “You’re so fucking beautiful.” He had to tell her the truth before they made love. Toby rushed the words. “I’m leaving tomorrow.”

  Her eyes widened. “What do you mean?” McKenzie’s chest heaved.

  Toby gave her a feather kiss on her lips.

  “Don’t.” She stepped back. “Don’t… You tell me you want me and now you’re telling me you’re leaving. Why?” McKenzie raised her voice. “Is it because I’m no longer a challenge?”

  Her words were hurtful. Toby thought she knew him better than that. “Do you really believe that about me?” He watched her through hooded eyes. “Do you?”

  “No!” McKenzie cried. “I don’t think you would intentionally hurt me.” She gazed back at him, and then rubbed her chest. “But those words that just came out of your mouth after you gave me the best—”

  He inched forward his manhood at full attention. Toby wanted to say, “I love you, McKenzie,” but she wasn’t ready. She still wasn’t ready for those words, or a commitment. She needed time to see that she wanted him in her life. Toby needed her in his life like it was his last breath. “I understand that you lived the last years in a terrible marriage.”

  “I don’t want to talk about him or even mention him.” McKenzie glanced at his rod, and smirked. “Today is about us. Why are you leaving?”

  “I received an opportunity at work and I couldn’t pass it up. They said if I wanted the promotion, I have to leave tomorrow.” With regret, Toby took a step back, gazing into her dark brown eyes. “If you don’t want to wait until I get back, I understand…”

  “How long will you be gone?” She took his hand in hers and entwined their fingers.

  “About four months.” He kissed her knuckles as they stood under the spray of water.

  “That’s a long time,” she whispered.

  “It will go by fast. Before you know it, I’ll be back.” He circled her neck with his other hand. “You need this time alone. To contemplate on you and only you.” Toby smiled. “Find yourself, but don’t forget about me. Will you wait for me?”

  “It’s only four months.” She pushed up on her tiptoes and kissed his lips. “I waited for my Craigslist lover for some time now. What’s a few more months?” McKenzie nipped his bottom lip. “Tonight will seal our promise to each other.”

  “And what is that?” He kissed her nose, then her cheek, and down her neck to her shoulder.

  “Us.” she moaned. “I want us. I’ll wait for you just like you’ve waited for me.”

  McKenzie licked her lips in a seductive manner, turning him on further.

  Toby pinched her nipple. “I’m doing this for you.”

  “For me?” she whispered, placing her hands over his as he pleasured her sensitive nub.

  “Yes, for you and your son.” He placed his hand gently around her neck. “I want to do better. In the past, I just did what I had to, but I really didn’t fucking care about anything, and now, every time I think of the future I see you in it, and I want to make you happy. I wouldn’t just up and leave you without a good reason.” He caressed her chin. “Take this time away from me to think about what you really want, beautiful. Your new goals.” Toby wrapped his arms under her ass and she circled her legs around his waist. He gently slammed her against the shower wall. “Promise that you won’t forget me,” he said, squeezing her ass.

  “I’ll never forget you…Tee.” McKenzie started grinding on his manhood, and he moved his hips, following her lead.

  They moved in sync, with passion. Her fingertips ruffled through his hair, causing a tingling sensation all the way down to his already tight balls.