Chapter 48 FORBIDDEN COMFORT
Ava's POV
I couldn't sleep again and it was three in the morning when I finally gave up trying, the penthouse was dark and quiet as I walked through it wearing just one of Dominic's t-shirts that hung to my thighs.
He was in his office working like he always did when he couldn't sleep either and I didn't want to disturb him so I went to the gym instead.
The lights were already on when I got there and I found Adrian on the weight bench shirtless and covered in sweat like he'd been working out for hours.
"Can't sleep either?" he asked when he saw me, sitting up and grabbing a towel to wipe his face.
"Not really," I said, walking over to the treadmill.
"How are you feeling, with everything?" he asked carefully like he wasn't sure if I wanted to talk about it.
"Empty," I said honestly because what was the point of lying anymore, "like someone scooped out everything inside me and left nothing."
He stood up and came over to where I was standing.
"I'm sorry Ava," he said and his voice was soft in a way I'd never heard before.
"Everyone keeps saying sorry but it doesn't change anything, the baby is still gone and I still feel broken."
"You're not broken."
"How would you know?"
He reached out and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and his fingers lingered on my jaw.
"Because I see you," he said quietly, "really see you, and you're the strongest person I know."
Something about the way he was looking at me made my breath catch and before I could think about what I was doing I closed the distance between us and kissed him.
He froze for half a second before kissing me back and his hands found my waist pulling me flush against his bare chest, I could feel his heart pounding as fast as mine.
"Ava," he said against my mouth, "are you sure about this?"
"I don't want to think anymore," I said, pulling his head back down, "I just want to feel something other than pain."
He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me over to the weight bench and sat down with me straddling his lap, we kissed desperately like we were both trying to drown out everything else.
His hands slid under the t-shirt I was wearing and found nothing underneath and he groaned.
"You're not wearing anything," he said.
"I wasn't planning on running into anyone."
His hands moved up my sides slowly exploring and when his thumbs brushed over my nipples I gasped into his mouth, he did it again watching my face as I reacted.
"Tell me what you need," he said.
"You, I need you to make me forget."
He stood up with me still wrapped around him and laid me down on the mat on the floor then pulled the t-shirt over my head leaving me completely naked under the gym's bright lights.
"You're so beautiful," he said, his eyes moving over me.
"Stop talking and touch me."
He smiled and lowered himself between my legs and his mouth found my breast taking my nipple between his teeth gently while his hand worked the other one, I arched into him and my fingers tangled in his hair.
He kissed down my stomach slowly taking his time even though I was squirming with impatience and when he finally settled between my thighs I was already so ready for him.
His tongue moved over me in slow deliberate strokes and I had to bite my hand to keep from crying out because Dominic was just down the hall and might hear us, the danger of that made everything feel more intense.
Adrian added his fingers and worked me with his mouth and hands until I was shaking and right on the edge.
"Please," I begged.
"Not yet," he said, pulling back just enough to make me whimper.
"Adrian please."
"I want you to remember this," he said, looking up at me with dark eyes, "remember how I made you feel."
Then his mouth was on me again and he didn't stop until I came so hard I saw stars, my whole body shaking as waves of pleasure rolled through me.
He moved up my body kissing as he went and when he got to my mouth I could taste myself on his tongue, he was still wearing his gym shorts and I could feel how hard he was through the fabric.
"Your turn," I said, reaching for his waistband.
He helped me push them down and when I wrapped my hand around him he groaned and his hips jerked forward, I stroked him slowly watching his face as he struggled to keep control.
"I want you inside me," I said.
"I don't have protection," he said through gritted teeth.
"I don't care."
"Ava we should..."
"I said I don't care," I pulled him down on top of me, "please Adrian, I need this."
He positioned himself and pushed in slowly and we both made sounds of pleasure, he felt different than Dominic, not better or worse just different, and right now different was exactly what I needed.
He moved slowly at first letting me adjust and then faster when I urged him on with my hips and my hands on his back, the gym floor was hard beneath me but I didn't care about anything except the feeling of him inside me.
"You feel amazing," he said, his forehead pressed to mine.
"Harder."
He thrust harder and deeper and I wrapped my legs around his waist to take him even further, my nails dragged down his back hard enough to leave marks.
"I'm close," I told him.
"Me too."
A few more thrusts and I came again calling out his name and not caring anymore who heard, he followed seconds after and I felt him pulse inside me as he emptied himself.
We stayed like that for a moment both trying to catch our breath and then I heard it, footsteps in the doorway.
I looked over Adrian's shoulder and my blood went cold.
Dominic was standing there watching us with an expression I couldn't read, I had no idea how long he'd been there or how much he'd seen.
"Dominic," I started but he held up his hand.
"Don't," he said quietly, "don't say anything."
Adrian rolled off me quickly and reached for his shorts while I grabbed the t-shirt to cover myself but Dominic didn't look away.
"How long have you been standing there?" Adrian asked.
"Long enough," Dominic said and his voice was completely calm which somehow made it worse than if he'd been angry.
"I can explain," I said.
"Can you? Because from where I'm standing it looks pretty self-explanatory."
"You said we could explore, you said you wanted me to be happy."
"I did say that and I meant it," he walked into the gym and I noticed his hands were clenched into fists at his sides, "but I didn't expect to actually see it."
"I'm sorry," Adrian said, standing up.
"Are you? Because you don't look sorry, you look satisfied."
"Dominic don't do this," I said, getting to my feet with the t-shirt held against me.
He finally looked directly at me and what I saw in his eyes made me step back, it wasn't anger or jealousy it was something else, something almost hungry.
"Did he make you feel good Ava?" he asked.
"What?"
"Did Adrian make you feel good, did he make you forget about the baby and everything else?"
"Yes," I said because lying seemed pointless now.
"Good," he said and started unbuttoning his shirt, "then let's see if I can make you feel even better."
He walked toward me and I stood frozen as he pulled off his shirt and reached for his belt, Adrian was still standing there looking confused.
"What are you doing?" I asked Dominic.
"What does it look like I'm doing," he said, "I'm joining."
"You want to...?"
"I've been standing in that doorway for ten minutes watching another man fuck my girlfriend and you know what I realized?" he stepped closer, "it turned me on more than anything ever has."
Before I could process what he was saying he grabbed me and kissed me hard, his hands were everywhere possessive and demanding, when he pulled back my lips felt bruised.
"On your knees," he said.
"Dominic."
"Now Ava."
I dropped to my knees and he freed himself from his pants, he was already hard and when he pushed into my mouth I took him as deep as I could, his hand tangled in my hair guiding me.
"That's it," he groaned.
Behind me I felt Adrian's hands on my hips and I realized what was about to happen and my whole body responded, this was insane and wrong and exactly what I needed.
Adrian positioned himself and pushed back inside me from behind while I continued working Dominic with my mouth and the dual sensation was overwhelming.
They found a rhythm both of them moving and I was caught between them taking everything they gave, Dominic's hand tightened in my hair while Adrian's grip on my hips would definitely leave bruises.
I came first unable to hold back and then Adrian followed and finally Dominic finished in my mouth and I swallowed everything.
We all collapsed in a tangle of limbs on the gym mat and nobody spoke for a long time, just the sound of heavy breathing filling the space.
That's when we heard the scream.
It came from somewhere in the penthouse high and terrified and we all jumped up grabbing for clothes, Dominic reached the hallway first and I was right behind him.
Isabella was standing in the living room completely naked and covered in blood with a knife in her hand and at her feet was a man I'd never seen before lying in a growing pool of red.
"He tried to kill me," she said in a shaky voice, "he broke in and tried to kill me.”