Maze (The Ballerina Series #2) Read Free

They’d be out for my blood if I ever
tried to fight pro again. They still might despite the fact I’d retired.
    I
knew Tsang and his bodyguards hustled us out of the arena in order to prevent
any immediate retaliation. Even now Tsang and Joe had taken steps to protect me
as well as the Tong, the legitimate business association Joe had built. I
wasn’t stupid. All of this I understood they’d do. It was the reason we had
come back to the condo. Tsang owned the entire building, and most of the businesses
on the block owed him. No one could touch us here. I was floored when he
offered me ownership of his gym outright. No strings attached. I could build
the place as I saw fit. He had the paperwork ready to go. Everything was
already filled out. They just needed my signature. I didn’t know Joe had a
small interest in the gym too until I saw the names on the document. His
signature written next to Uncle Tsang. They signed all of their interest over
to me. Both the deed and gym were placed in my name. I just had to stop
fighting. It was a difficult decision for me to step down. Even though I really
had little choice, I did it willingly. There was also Ivy to consider. My
heart. My soul. My reason for being. And right now she was hurting.
    I
understood why and I knew how to relieve her fears.
    I
turned her over. She couldn’t hide those tears from me. I told her what she
needed to hear, to finally get everything out in the open. Well, the parts that
mattered to her. The look on her face, when I told her I was giving up
fighting, was worth everything to me.
    My
heart damned near wanted to explode when she told me she loved me. Shit. If I
didn’t know I already loved her I would have known at that moment. She was
mine. Always had been. Always would be. And God help any sonofabitch who tried
to take her away from me.
    I
set out to prove to her just how very much I loved her. We’d already made love
once tonight. But that was hard and fast, too fast, but at the time it was what
we both needed. I understood she had to make sure I was still in this world
with her and I needed to be inside her, claim her, brand her like I’ve never
wanted to another. But this time right now was about us. Belonging together,
pledging ourselves to each other, truly making love because nothing stood
between us now. When she parted her thighs for me and I entered her slick
wetness, a sigh of utter pleasure escaped from me. I filled her, wanting to go
deeper inside of her. Wanting her to take all of me, as I wanted to become
everything to her. I took both of her soft hands into my calloused ones and
raised them until they rested beside her head. She threaded her fingers through
my own and we stared at each other. I continued to rock in and out of her.
Feeling every inch of her upon my skin and letting her into my heart.
    She
raised her legs and wrapped them around my waist, drowning me. I wanted to make
this last for us both. I needed her to know I would always be there for her. I
would never leave her or hurt her. “I love you. I will never hurt you again.
You are my balance. My light and my heart.”
    Then
I lowered my lips to hers because I couldn’t resist joining us there, too. My
mouth covered hers and her tongue greeted mine as it entered. I moaned into her
and we made love there, too. Blood rushed to my dick swelling it even more, and
my balls tightened. Not yet. No. I wanted to stay inside her forever. Ivy. Mine.
    I
pulled away slightly and rolled until she lay on top of me. I yearned to make
it last and so I needed to slow down. She sat up on me and lifted herself up
and down on my cock. I held her hips loosely letting her set the rhythm. But
then her sex muscles clapped around me and I instinctually surged up into her
in response.
    A
strangled curse escaped my lips at her sudden tightness. I must have been crazy
to think this position would slow us down. Bullshit! As long as we were joined
there was no slowing down. Despite that cast on