Lex (Unexpected, #5)

by Cora Rose

“Who said I’d marry you?” I ask, arching an eyebrow at him. He glances up at me, those blue eyes of his so endearing, and I just melt. “Fine. If you insist. We will discuss details later.”

don’t care at the moment because my heart is exploding in my chest. He just said I was a part of this family.

“You did that on purpose,” I whisper to him, and he smiles softly at me. “Yes, but only because it’s true.”

I didn’t know living with someone like this could make me so happy.

But he’s mine. So without hesitation, I grab onto William’s hand, pulling him toward a free chair. I push him down onto it and crawl onto his lap, staking my claim. I have turned into a caveman…one with impeccable style, but still. Mine. He’s mine.

I’d walk through fire to get to him.

“And I’ll make some more space for you in the closet.”

My glovebox has all sorts of things inside of it, like lube. A whole container of it for emergencies like this.

Take a good look, dick, this is your home now.

“Motherfucker,” I groan, buried balls deep inside of him. “What was that? What the fuck was that?” I gasp, feeling how snug he is around me. William claws at my back, his mouth open in a gasp because his hole just sucked up my dick like a vacuum inhaling a Cheerio.

“It’s just been a while since my dick’s been aggressively hoovered by an asshole.”

William is way too distracting when naked. I just want to stare at him, like he’s some piece of fine art. I’d hang him up on my wall and admire him. Creepy? Yes. But do I fucking care? No. Not in the least.

I want him to have this kind of love for as long as he can.

“He loves you,” she says, her gaze meeting mine. “I can tell by how he looks at you. And you deserve it, Lex. You deserve him.”

I made him forgive me with my mouth.

What if he leaves me too? What if I lose William? I’d never recover. Never.

“Who’s going to love me now that she’s gone?” I whisper. William reaches over and clasps my hand. “Me, Lexington. Me. I will love you.”

Brenda was one of them. William will be another. My William.

Promise me you two will take care of each other. Fuck.

“I forgot to ask, are you okay, love?” Lex asks, his voice hoarse.

“No, I’m not but I’m strong for you, Lex. I’ll be strong for you.”

“Are those my pajamas you’ve been working on?” Lex asks. “You betcha.” He runs his hand over the fabric of the adult-sized footie pajamas and meets her gaze. “There are dicks on this. You used a dick pattern?” “Yeah, so? You like cock.”

I can feel him all the way to my soul.

But grief is a funny thing. It hits you so unexpectedly, in the moments you least expect it.

I know it’s fast, but I want to do it. I’ve lived thirty years of my life without him. I don’t want to spend another day away from him.

But he’s not Lex. Lex is in a league of his own. I will never set my eyes on another.

“I love you, Lexington. I know I don’t say a lot, and voicing my feelings is not something I’m particularly used to. But I promise I’ll work on saying it as often as you need. Just know that even when I don’t say it, I feel it. All the time, every day.”

“Of course I do. I don’t take this lightly. I’ve loved like a handful of people in my life, but I’ve never felt this way about another person.”

“More like a creepy necromancer. I guarantee you that man is older than he looks. He probably brought himself back from the dead,”

“I don’t think that rug is fake,” I whisper to William. “He probably skinned it alive back when he was a caveman.”