I snuggle into him loving the feel of him silky and hot against me. “I’m sorry, Leo. I would never want to break your cock. It’s the best part.”
“The best part?”
“Well, your tongue is pretty important too.”
“Hmm, I will show you just how important. Sleep, sweetheart, you earned it.” Normally, it takes forever for me to fall asleep. In Leo’s arms sleep comes easily and completely.
28
Leo
“Sweetheart, please get off your knees. My cock cannot take it.”
“Ugh, Leo is everything about sex with you? I’m worried about this bite Felix gave you yesterday. I really want you to go get it checked out. A cat’s saliva is very toxic. I know it’s bigger today than it was yesterday.”
Shit, I look closer, it had been hurting today. “Fine, call my doctor. See if he can get me into today.”
Her relief is palpable. “I already did. Your appointment is in forty-five minutes, I called a car.”
I give her a look.
“Leo, I’m worried about you.”
“You should be worried about Felix. I think you should ask your vet about Xanax for him, as clearly the catnip isn’t cutting it.”
She sighs. I do not want to make her feel worse however I am a little tired of being used as a scratching post. It has only been a week, maybe Felix will still calm down. Except it does not seem like it.
I was actually considering going home tonight and spending the weekend in my condo. Only it’s not what I really want to do, it’s just another attempt at trying to keep Alexa at a distance and I’m done trying to do it when it doesn’t work anyway. I don’t want to go the weekend without Alexa. Last weekend went well, surprisingly enough. Saturday was a lazy day with Alexa going grocery shopping while I worked on the balcony and then inside when it got too muggy. She wrote then cooked lunch, she talked me into watching movies with her in the evening while we talked. Sunday was more of the same with her writing while I worked. It wasn’t about anything we did, it was about spending time with Alexa that made it the best weekend I’ve had in years.
My doctor takes one look at the bite and confirms Alexa’s fear that it’s infected. I share my troubles with the cat hating me as an invader. The nurse, K’areena pipes up with a suggestion that floors me.
As a multiple cat owner and a regular volunteer at the local PAWS she diagnosis Felix as lonely and recommends a kitten to calm him. I do not think it is fair to sacrifice a kitten to the demonic cat. She assures me that I won’t be and promises to help me pick out the perfect kitten. I agree to try because I’m pretty sure Alexa will not agree to putting Felix on a daily dose of sedatives. The time set to meet her at the Lincoln Park adoption center I go from the doctor’s office to lunch with Drake.
“I’m sorry to push you back to next weekend to plan updates. There is way more in the way of repairs than I thought there would be. Your architect and I are going over the necessary versus what can be done. We’ll have a better idea of everything next weekend.”
“I’m in no rush, don’t worry about it.”
“How are you doing at Alexa’s?”
“It has only been a week, there is not much to tell. It is a bit of a pain getting up early to go workout at home before going to work. My hours spent working have declined. I thought I would miss it, yet I find I do not. I am also sleeping better, all the way through the night six or seven hours.”
I grab my neck, not believing I am saying it out loud. “I thought it would feel small except it doesn’t. I can’t believe we are in this little condo, only it isn’t tight or claustrophobic, it feels just right.” The same way giving into Alexa’s demand to move beyond the hotel room felt right.
The space I had tried to keep between us by using the room was long gone, was never really there if I were being completely honest with myself. As much as Alexa’s lie angered me, still remained like a pebble in my shoe walking away from her wasn’t something I could do. Three days without her felt like an eternity.
My first night away from her, I drunk myself into oblivion swearing it was done and over. Until I saw her the next day. I had gone as far as writing the email to my new head of human resources to terminate Alexa until I imagined someone else at her desk. The thought turned me to ice, I knew then that is how life would be without her, cold and empty.
Still my fear clung to me, giving into her would give her the power I wasn’t sure I trusted her with. Until I realized she already had the power, I was empty without her. My hunger grew until it consumed my every waking minute. Giving in that night as I made love to her in angry desperation, Alexa soothed the savage in me with her willingness, her own need. Falling asleep with her in my arms I knew she was where she belonged, in my arms. Her place was in my arms and my home was holding her, it was where my mind stilled and my soul was soothed. For now, it was the only thing that mattered, the rest would come eventually.
Back at the office, Alexa is looking tired and stressed about the bite being infected. I tell her to go home early. I will be home after I get some clothes. My plan is to surprise her with the kitten and hope it works.
I check on the kitten often on the way to Alexa’s worried about how quiet she is. She is sleeping away unconcerned. When I open the door, Alexa is cooking something that smells delicious. I love her cooking, her father taught her well.
Her eyes go wide at the carrier. “What is that?”
“She is hopefully the answer for Felix treating me like his scratching post. I talked to my doctor, and his nurse overheard. Based on her two cents and the lady at the shelter place, I would like to introduce you to Maxi.”
I set the carrier down. Both Alexa and Felix edge closer slowly. Opening the carrier, Maxi peers out at Felix. She makes her way out of the carrier on unsteady legs.