109- Peace of mind

“I heard you might be in love with me.”
I have a cigarette between my lips and at her words, it is quite easy to forget this fact. So it isn’t until I’m almost choking to death at the smoke, do I remember to take it out of my mouth.
“Grady,” she calls through the receiver. “Are you okay?”
I throw the butt across the counter and take deep breaths. “I’m fine,” I reply. “I’m fine.” “I’m at your front desk,” she says. “Can you tell them to let me in?”
My heart slams into my chest. “You’re here? Right now?” “Yeah, I-is that okay?”
Is she joking? “Of course. Sure. I’ll tell them to let you in right now.” I immediately place the call to the front desk, and hurry to my front door to wait for her. I pace in front of it a bit and then decide to just go to the elevator. A few minutes later, it dings its arrival and the double doors slide open.
“Hey,” she says “Hey,” I respond.
She then looks to the elevator’s control board. “I asked for a key.”
My brows furrow at her. A day ago, she was telling me that she would be quitting her job and now, she’s back here asking for a key?
She notices my surprised gaze and slips her hands into her pocket. “Your dad came over to see me and my sister today. He apologized... for everything and told me not to leave.”
I’m taken aback at her words. “You were going to leave town?” She nods.

My blood begins to simmer in anger. With a glare at her, I turn around and head back towards the apartment. I make sure to leave the door wide open so she isn’t locked out, and head over to the kitchen.
It smells like cigarettes and she immediately notice’s this the moment she comes in. “Have you been smoking?”
I retrieve a bottle of water from the refrigerator without responding, and just watch her as I down the water.
She however comes over without a care and sits on one of the island stools. “What are you angry about?” she asks. “That I was going to leave? I came to your office yesterday to quit.”
“But you didn’t mention anything about leaving,” I retort. “You were just going to disappear without a word?”
“Grady,” she says. “The kind of relationship we have is the kind where I don’t have to tell you the things I’m doing. No strings attached remember?”
Fuck, she’s right.
“Anyway, I’m here to tell you that I’ll still be leaving for a little while. Just to clear my head, away from here. But I’ll be back. So I don’t want you to think that I’m just completely disappearing as originally planned. But when I come back and if you’re still interested in me then I’d love to give us a chance. A real chance at truly being together and not just sleeping together. This is my offer, so think about it. You can let me know your response at any time.” With this, she sends a soft smile and gets up from the stool. She begins to come around the counter and when she reaches me, she places a hand on my arm and it seems to burn through the shirt that I have on.
“I used to be so intimidated by that look on your face,” she says. With a lift to the tip of her toes, she presses a kiss to the side of my face. “Bye Grady, and don’t be so harsh on your father. He already has a lot of demons to deal with.” With that, she turns around.
Before I can stop myself, my hand reaches out to grab her. “Don’t go,” I say, my voice quieter than I’ve ever heard.
“Why she asks,” and turns around.
My gaze is looking so directly into her eyes in this moment. “Why? Because I’m fucking in love with you Blair”

“Oh Grady, you have no idea how long I’ve wished to hear those words. I really thought that I didn’t mean enough for you to commit to me” she responds.
“I’m truly sorry Blair if I hurt you and I guess I’ve known it for some time but with the mess with my father and me being such a stubborn A-hole I couldn’t admit to myself the truth. ’
‘’ My bags were packed and I really thought that you would let me go Grady but I am so glad you haven’t because I truly love you. ’ I pull her into the tightest embrace and we just hold each other in complete silence. When we finally let go I see the tears of joy in her face and use my thumb to brush them away.
“I don’t smoke,” I tell her. “At least I haven't in a while. I needed it today to calm myself because... I have this assistant that drives me crazy.”
She looks at me. “She sounds like a tool.”
“She is, but I also don’t know how the fuck I could ever function without her now and that is the strangest thing I’ve ever heard myself say. I think she did something to me.”
She laughs softly. “I think she did.”
“Grady,” she breathes my name as I wrap my arms underneath her ass and lift her feet clear off the floor. In no time, her legs are wrapped around my waist, her arms around my shoulders and her lips are entangled with mine. I take her straight to my bedroom, and the moment she sinks into the soft mattress I begin to trace kisses across every inch of her skin.
I’m trembling with excitement at the impending bliss of once again being joined with her.
My lips suck hard on her beautiful breasts. It sends her hands digging into the mattress as she writhes beneath me. “Grady,” she gasps when my lips begin to trace down her stomach and in no time, is at the center of her desire. My tongue, fingers and lips devour her mercilessly and by the time the orgasm hits her, she nearly pulls my hair off my scalp.
My thrust into her is just as vicious and urgent as the other times but this time around, my motion is not the usual, and almost a frantic rhythm solely directed at the chase of a release. No, this time, I go slow, driving my cock with precision in and out of her, and it sends her eyes rolling into the back of her head. I find the spot inside of her that drives her wild and inclining my hips, send my cock grating through her slick sensitive walls, hitting that spot over and over again.