Free An Unfinished Life by Mary Wasowski

worse. He did his best to calm my nerves, but I was heated and needed to find a way to let off some steam. Zoey Steele would be exactly what I need to accomplish that. Please let her be waiting for me.
    My suite was dimly lit when I entered. Hopefully this was a good sign that Zoey was still here. I called out for her, but there was no reply. My heart sunk deeper down into my chest. She left again, probably leaving just a note with a few lines of her sassy attitude. Fuck!
    I stomped into the bedroom, throwing my suit jacket onto the bed.
    “Hey, what gives?”
    What? I turned the light on and there she was half asleep on my bed.
    “Zoey! You’re here!?!” I exclaimed.
    “You seem so surprised! Why is that? Isn’t my word good enough, Agent Paulson, or do you need more assurance?”
    Fuck me, she was sexy, and mine for the taking. I didn’t answer her question…I showed her. She gave me the naughtiest striptease ever last night, so why not return the favor? I removed the rest of my clothing, but she sprang up when I went for my tie.
    “Leave the tie. Take off the rest.”
    “Do you want to play?”
    “Hasn’t it been a great game so far?”
    She was now on her knees with one hand on my tie, pulling me closer to her.
    “Is that what this is, a game to you?” I asked, but I was beginning to get angry.
    I wasn’t some guy that just bedded women, took what I needed, and discarded them without a second thought. And Zoey was different, not like anyone I’d known before, and I hoped to get to know her better.
    There was no answer in return, just her lips on mine. I let our bodies speak for us, and for now, the conversation was over.
    I ended up taking off my tie and using it on Zoey’s wrists. She didn’t complain and just played the naughty submissive. Everything in me was screaming to take her, own her, and possess every inch of her. She screamed out rather loudly when I took her nipple into my mouth, biting down just enough without causing her pain, but pure pleasure. I repeated the attention on the other, and it was the same reaction, which only excited me more.
    “I want you so much,” I said.
    “You have me, Jake. I’m right here.”
    I left her wrists tethered together but wrapped her arms around my neck as I entered her wet folds. I never had sex bare with anyone other than Minela, but I was clean, and Zoey told me she was too. Another strong emotion I easily felt when I was with her: trust. I had given it to her so easily, never once questioning it. After we were both sated, I finally untied her and just held her in my arms.
    “Where did you come from, Zoey Steele?” I asked.
    Her naked back was facing me. As I ran my fingers down her spine, I could see faint goosebumps rising on her soft skin. She turned to face me and smiled.
    “I could ask you the same question. Maybe when the stars aligned for Tenley and Jagger, the universe had a few to spare for us. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a silly, starry-eyed blonde that wishes for her prince before she goes to sleep at night. I’m a realist and pretty much take things at face value, but you, Agent Paulson, proved that theory wrong for me. From the moment I met you, I felt this intense attraction towards you, and I was drawn to get to know you better. At first I didn’t think you even liked me, but then Tenley explained your tough exterior.”
    “Oh yeah? How so?”
    “Keep your testosterone down, Paulson. She only meant tough because of your profession and how you have to be because of it.”
    “I guess so when you summarize it like that, but Zoey, it’s so much more than just coming off like a tough guy. This job requires one hundred percent focus, discipline, and no margin of error, not ever. It can be very rewarding, but it can also destroy all that’s good in your life and replace it with feelings no person should ever have to experience.”
    The expressive look in Zoey’s eyes just about made my heart split in two. This was the same look