Page 31 of The Billionaire's Special Relationship

Stuart stood up. “I’ll leave you to it then,” he said. He didn’t want to go. He was still worried about her mental health after such a traumatic event. But he made his way to the door and was about to close it.

“Don’t close the door,” Tabby said suddenly, and with such an edge of desperation in her voice that he turned and looked at her. She looked terrified of being alone even for a second. And they were in a bathroom too, where the source of her nightmare unfolded. He wanted to kick himself again for not realizing that. Or for being the selfish bastard he was accustomed to being. One of the two.

“I’ll join you,” he said as he stepped further into the bathroom and began removing his clothes.He didn’t ask for her permission because he wasn’t going to put her on the spot. He didn’t give her a choice.

Tabby wasn’t used to anybody taking charge the way Stuart did, but she was glad he did. She would constantly think that somebody was coming into that bathroom to hurt her if he left her alone. She hated feeling that way, but that was how she felt. And that was why she removed her bathroom, revealing her nakedness to Stuart, and got into the tub.

She tried not to look at him as he undressed, but by the time he was naked and stepping into the tub, how could she not look? Especially when she saw the size of him dangling right in front of her? But what she loved about Stuart was the way he nudged her toward the center of the tub and sat behind her, with his back against the tub and her back against his chest. She was effectively seated between his muscular legs.

For the longest time they just sat there. She laid all the way back against him and rested her arms on his thighs. And although she could feel his penis getting aroused against her, it was a fact that Stuart couldn’t help it. Her body felt so good against his body that he found himself in a sweet, drowsy state just sitting with her.

Tabby felt a drowsy calmness, too, as Stuart’s big body was wrapped around her as if he was her protective cocoon.

Theylasted that way for several minutes. Until Tabby began to bathe, which meant her body was moving around, and just that movement stirred up Stuart’s body to such an extent that by the time she had finished, he was fully aroused. And wanted her so badly he could hardly contain himself.

When she finished bathing and was getting out of the tub, and he got a full view of her tight ass, he knew he couldn’t hold out a moment longer. He pulled her back down and sat her sideways on top of him. He was going to devour her mouth and then her whole body.

But when he looked into her eyes and saw that pain, that sadness, and even still that terror she couldn’t just bathe away, he couldn’t do it. For the first time in his life, his needs took a backseat to someone else’s. And instead of devouring her, he pulled her into his arms and held her.

Tabby knew he wanted more. She knew he needed more. But when he didn’t give in to his monster urges and just held her, she knew for certain, in that moment, that she had a very special man on her hands. Somebody who truly saw her, and saw her needs, too, and not just his own.

She’d never experienced anybody like Stuart before ever. She was so touched and so pleased, but so uncertain about where did she go from here, that she sobbed in his arms.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

After Tabby finally got out of the tub, Stuart remained and took his time bathing himself. She was bathing those intruders off. He was bathing Larkin off. He still hated that place.

Then he got out and dried off. But by the time he made it into the main room, he was pleased to see that Tabby was in bed asleep. Exhaustion had won the night.

But his penis reacted fiercely to that small pajama t-shirt she slept in that barely covered her butt. That was, in fact, revealing half of her butt. Feeling guilty that he got a rise out of just seeing her nakedness again, he quickly went over to her bed andcovered her up. She trusted him. He was never going to throw that away.

But he hadn’t packed any clothes of his own in a psychological stance that he wouldn’t be in this town any longer than an hour at best. Now he’d been in town all afternoon and into the night: for hours on end. And wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. At least not until he knew Tabby was going to be okay. That was why he removed his towel and got in his bed nude. And then exhaustion won the night with him too. Within minutes he had drifted off to sleep too.

Until he woke up to the sound of Tabitha squirming around in her bed. When he opened his eyes, it looked as if she was reliving the nightmare that unfolded at her own home.

The first mistake he made was allowing her to go through the motions and try to get through it. He didn’t wake her up.

But the second mistake was when she woke up on her own. She was still in the throes of that terror to such an extent that when he asked if she was alright, she looked at him as if she was a long way from alright. With her covers already thrown off of her from her squirming, she quickly got out of her bed and went and got into his bed.

He allowed it. Which was his ultimate mistake.

Because when he held her in his arms as he knew she needed him to hold her, he knew it wasn’t enough. Her whole body was trembling. That was why he pulled her on top of him and held her even tighter. And his instincts were right: sheseemed to need that even more.

But then she felt his erection. Which wasn’t something he planned for her to feel, or for him to have, at a time like this. But his body betrayed him and there it was. He was greatly aroused.

But Tabby didn’t realize he was naked until he laid her on top and she felt the contours of his body, first, and then his steadily-growing arousal. And that was when she reached the same conclusion he had: That she needed more than just his arms around her.

When he laid her on top of him, and he felt her soft, supple body against his hard body, he knew he wanted to do more to her than just hug her this time. But he resisted it with all the power he had within him. Had it been any other woman, he hated to admit, he would have taken full advantage no question about it. He’d always been a selfish lover and a selfish man in general. But not with Tabby. He wasn’t doing that to Tabby. There was no way he could be that callous with her.

But it was a hard night for both of them as they fought back the feelings that were engulfing them. Especially Stuart. He was fully aroused as she laid on top of him. He was so aroused that he found his hands moving down, to her butt, and gently rubbing it beneath her small t-shirt. He was so aroused that he found himself moving her butt up and down in an almost simulation that turned into a stimulation. The kind that almost broke him.

Until Tabby, feeling just how stimulated he was, leanedher head up and looked at him. Her body wanted him just as badly as his body wanted her. Even he could feel that. But when he saw that look in her eyes, as if it was all too much for her to handle, he knew to pull all the way back and stop the madness. This girl had just experienced night terrors for crying out loud, and a real live terror earlier that night. And he was already pouncing?

He took her chin in his hand and lifted her face up to his face. Then he gave her a sweet, lingering kiss of reassurance that he didn’t want to end. As if his lips were telling her, without saying a word, that she could trust him to be a gentleman with her. He wasn’t a gentleman ordinarily with anybody. But he was with her.

And the message got through. Because, when he pulled back from kissing her, she did something remarkable. She leaned in and kissed him! It meant so much to him that she would consider his needs, too, and at a time like this, that he knew that was going to be all the permission he needed. He wrapped her in his arms and returned her kiss with such vigor that both of them were moaning and groaning as they made love with their lips.

But that wasn’t nearly enough for either one of them. Stuart laid her on her back, and then got between her legs and began kissing her neck and then squeezing and kissing her breasts. And kissing her flat stomach. And then he moved further down.