RED

Chapter 8

Lizzie woke up first later in the morning; she was lying on her belly facing to the window. For a few seconds she could live in that happy emptiness where she didn’t remember anything, her mind was foggy from the sleep but then the thoughts started working and a complete traffic jam was in her head because of the nasty and unsettled thoughts.

Suddenly every memory came to visit her in this floating statement and only her soul could separate them as good and bad, wonderful and horrific. Everything was in front of her; the past five months, the past five days, the past five hours. She smiled and took a deep breath, preparing herself to the awe-inspiring sight; because she knew if she turned around she would see her man sleeping next to her. But she waited for a few second and drowned into sweet anticipation when finally she slowly twisted her body and saw one of the most beautiful wonders.

He was lying on his back, arms next to him while the blanket hardly covered him at his belly. He wasn’t perfect. He had imperfections – scars, little tubby, soft snoring. But he was just simply the human art-piece itself. She rarely had time to admire him without got caught so she took her time on him.

His face was much relaxed than five hours before but she still saw the heavy circles around his eyes. His lips slightly parted which screamed for kissing them but she didn’t. Not yet. The pillow was little so his throat arched a bit as he lay; she clearly saw his Adam’s apple and that lovely little swale which the medical science called jugular notch. Liz shook her head at the mere thought of name this endearing creature on human body such a cold way. From there little salt and pepper hairs led her eyes to his chest; it was mesmerizing how the morning light broke on the surface of the skin and hairs…as his belly rise and fell…one moment later Liz caught herself in the deep desire.

Last night she hadn’t let the she-devil in her came into the surface but now this beast drove her closer. Her pupils now delated, her breaths quickened; a complete smorgasbord was lying in front of her and she couldn’t decide where to start.

She licked her lips and tasted her favourite swale while her fingers ran through his sideburn down to his neck. The next destination was his chest as she treated his skin with open-mouthed kisses and breathed-in the lavender, mixed with that masculine and unmistakably Red-scent.

When Liz was at his belly she could tell by the deep breaths that he started waking up but this wasn’t enough so she continued her trip on his body.

“Mmm…Lizzie…” Red groaned, still half asleep as she kissed him through the boxers and grinned as he responded almost immediately but, again, she wanted more. First she freed herself from her own underwear then with agonizing slowness she slipped his boxer down and took his hardening c**k into her mouth, sucking it sensually.

“God…” he breathed wide awake as he thrust his hips up but Liz was faster and held him in place. She continued until she felt him hot and hard – and a little bit longer. Then Liz lifted her head and sneaked up to kiss him as she rubbed herself against him. Their lips touched when suddenly she sat up on his belly avoiding his throbbing groin.

“I think I’m going to make some coffee for myself.” she said, patting his chest playfully then wanted to get up but Red’s reflexes were faster and held her thighs.

“Kiddin’, right?” he asked her with disbelief.

“Why?” she asked innocently.

“I think we have some…work to do.” he smirked with his predatory gaze.

“Really? Business in the morning?” she played dumb while her hands couldn’t stop caressing his torso.

“Oh, yes, I always love starting the day with…” he slipped his hand up on her thigh and soon his thumb found her c**t “business.” and started circling around. She threw her head back and moaned softly.

God, it always turned her on when he behaved like this; his voice, his smug gaze, those talented hands…the devil himself laid between her legs and he had no idea how much power he gave to her.

“Really?” she breathed while slowly she undid her buttons and parted the shirt a bit so the features of her breasts were visible but she knew it wasn’t enough for Red.

How she loved teasing him!

Liz clearly saw how the hungry eyes wanted to rip off the shirt, also he didn’t do anything because he wanted her to take the next step and she did it happily; with a devilish smile she closed her eyes and slipped her left hand under the shirt and kneaded her right breast the way that drove him crazy. As she expected it was the last push on him and Red totally lost the control. A blink of an eye and she found herself under him, wrists above her head.

“You’re quiet naughty this morning, my dear.” he groaned into her ear.

“Then you should s***k me.” she whispered seductively.

One more push on him and he almost buried himself deep in her, the way she wouldn’t have liked. Here was this beautiful woman under him, desperate for his touch, for his love…what hot blooded male couldn’t lose his mind?

“Mmm, you’d like that, huh? But I don’t think Dembe would appreciate your loving screams.” murmured against her n****e and sucked it little harder.

“I can be really quie…aahhhw.” she gasped as he pushed only the head into her without any warn and withdrew.

“What was that? Something you’d like to share?” he grinned mischievously as he rubbed his c**k against her c**t.

“Pleeeease…” now she was the one who lost the upper hand. She pressed herself tight against him and clenched her legs around his waist.

“Please what? Want some coffee? Or something else?” he continued the sweet torture while the only thing she could do was nodding violently.

“Tell me Lizzie...” he dropped his voice an octave lower, just as she loved. “What do you want?”

“You!” she breathed but he only could hear was a confused ‘yyyyyhhh’.

“Yyyhhh? What is that Lizzie?” he chuckled throatily while he collected his power to continue this torture because he wouldn’t last long either.

“Sonofabitch” she cried out as he repeated his earlier movements and left her again.

“It’s my middle name.” he smirked again. “So what do you want, Agent Kol?”

She took a deep breath and whispered into the heated air.

“You.”

“What do you want me to do?” he leaned closer and placed a gently kiss to her swollen lips then she opened her eyes and smiled at him.

“Love me.”

He expected something dirty, like ‘f**k me’ or ‘r****h me’ but his sweet Lizzie never ceased to amaze him. The sudden change of tension took him aback but a second later as his heart melted he slipped home and held her still for a minute.

“I already love you.” he whispered and clenched their fingers as he started moving slowly and kissed her sensually.

It wasn’t their first time together but somehow it seemed so; this time not just their bodies but their souls united and held each other. For a first time they let their hearts shouting all the feelings and emotions into the air - and it was a wonderful experience for them.

He kept this slow pace as long as he could and when her moans were more frequent and more vocal he pumped faster and they fell apart together.

“I love you, too.” she whispered with overwhelmed tone and hugged him tight, enjoying the warmth of his body.

After a minute or two he rolled down next to her but didn’t intend to release her completely so Red pulled Liz against him then she rested her head against his chest. A few minutes later they fell asleep.

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When she woke up later Red was nowhere to be found. Liz put on her panties then fastened the buttons on her shirt and went to the kitchen. Thankfully the house was not too big so she easily found it where Red was leaning against the kitchen counter with a mug and newspaper in his hands. He was wearing grey dress pants with white shirt and grey vest, sleeves rolled up. She leaned against the doorframe for a moment and folded her arms in front of her chest.

“Do you want to stare me all day or can I get a good morning kiss?” he asked without looking up.

She rolled her eyes while couldn’t stop grinning and approached him. She stood on her toes to give him a kiss but when their lips almost touched she simple took the mug from his hand and stepped next to him, smirking.

“Nice.” he murmured and poured an other mug of coffee for himself.

“Where is Dembe?”

“He went to the airport to pick up Mr. Kaplan. She may help us to find that bastard.”

“Sooo…we’re alone…” she sighed and looked around dramatically. “All alone…no one around here…”

He chuckled and put down the newspaper then Red boxed her with his hands against the kitchen counter.

“Are you that horny every morning or just today?” he smiled and nibbled her neck up to her ear.

“It’s afternoon and what can I say…my needs have been neglected since last week.” she turned to his lips and sucked his lower lip into her mouth “So when we’ll find the man who did this to us I think I’ll play interrogation with him.” she whispered and kissed him properly. When Red undid the four buttons on her shirt the door opened and Mr. Kaplan stormed into the living room which was in the same area with the kitchen.

She didn’t notice them at first because she was too busy to put down her bags to the couch so Liz had enough time to fasten her buttons while Red stood in front of her to cover her bare chest.

“I don’t want to interrupt the romantic scene but you should send your lady friend home, dearie.” Mr. Kaplan said to Red like a mother who had just caught his teenage son with his girlfriend on the couch.

Red stepped aside Mr. Kaplan looked at Liz who couldn’t stop the blushing and stared the floor but Red witnessed the sudden relief which ran through the older lady’s face.

“Thank God!” Mr. Kaplan said and Lizzie raised her eyes to the older woman “I already thought…you two have been just dancing around each other for months…” when Mr. Kaplan realized what she had just said she cleared her throat and stopped talking.

Red chuckled at the old woman and turned to Lizzie.

“You should put on some clothes; Dembe brought you some in the morning. We’ll wait here for you.”

“Do you want me to join?” she arched her brow.

“You said you…” he started explaining but she grabbed his upper arm and smiled at him.

“It wasn’t a reproach…I’m just surprised that you don’t want to shut me out. Give me five minutes and I’ll be here.” with that she went to the bedroom.

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Two hours and three pizzas later they found out that Francesco Lottie owned one of the biggest companies which had been ruined when they had caught The Broker from the Blacklist and now Francesco wanted his revenge; to destroy their life as they had destroyed his.

“We have to find out where he is before his associates find us.” Red said.

“We could tell to Cooper, too, maybe our sources will help with some information.”

“You should call Manzoni.” when Red rolled his eyes Mr. Kaplan protested. “I know you don’t like him but he’s really talented and you have to find Lottie as soon as possible.”

“I’ll make a few calls. Dembe will take you to the town, I booked a nice room for you.” he stood up and hugged Mr. Kaplan.

“Thank you, dearie.” when Red went to the bedroom Mr. Kaplan turned to Liz and smiled at her. “I know it’s not my business but I’m really happy that you finally see the real Red behind the criminal. He’s a good man who made bad decisions in his life but he deserves the happiness and I hope you know it because I really don’t want to see him miserable or heartbroken again.” Liz was about to say something when Mr. Kaplan continued. “And I would also hate to kill you.” she said like they would have been talking about the weather. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” she patted Liz’s hand and left her there.

Liz couldn’t decide what to do; laugh or take it as a serious threat? She was still lost in her thoughts when Red returned and sat next to her.

“What?”

“I think Mr. Kaplan just threatened me.” she chuckled. “She said she would kill me if I break your heart.”

“Please, forgive her. We’re really close to each other and sometimes she just treats me like I’d be his son and I let her. In my personal life, of course.”

“No, no. It was quite… adorable.” she smiled.

“I talked with Harold and the task force will help but Manzoni is dead so for now our only hope is the FBI. Aram is trying to locate Lottie.”

“Looks like we can’t do anything today.” she sighed.

“No. The whole evening is ours, so…” he lowered his voice and caressed her neck with his index finger. “We could go and buy something for dinner and watch a movie. What do you think?”

“Mmm, that would be the best.” she smiled and kissed him lovingly. “But Dembe took the car.”

“Not to worry, there is a small grocery store, fifteen minutes with walk.” he said still concentrating on her soft lips.

“Okay, let’s go.” she picked up her coat and Red opened the door for her with a predatory gaze then he followed her.

Five minutes heavy silent later the door burst open as Red carried Lizzie in his arms, her legs clenched around his waist.

“Food can wait.” he murmured and pressed his mouth against her lips as he took her to the bedroom.

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They didn’t know that their enemy was closer than they had thought…