RED

Chapter 3

She knew she shouldn’t feel this way. It was wrong, oh so wrong…but at the same time she had never been so alive like now – she was blindfolded but she saw the essence of everything that mattered, her wrists were captured by a black silk scarf in front of her however she felt herself totally free. Liz wore nothing but a beautiful black underwear with fitting garter belt although she didn’t think she was exposed, and in spite of the fact that she was sitting on her knees on the soft carpet, close to the fireplace where the flames gave comfort and warm feeling, she shivered and goose-bumps appeared on her skin.

The up was down, the down was up. Everything was irrational and yet it made sense.

How could that happen?

…15 hours earlier…

In spite of the lot of bad things sometimes Liz had very good mornings, like today. She got up five minutes earlier than her alarm would have woken her up. She hadn’t had any bad dreams which could be a miracle and she had had peaceful and relaxing night. She turned on the radio as she started running her usual morning cycles; brushing her teeth, going to the toilet, choosing the actual dress. Then there would be the next which would be cleaning up after Hudson but luckily he hadn’t done anything inappropriate.

It was really a good morning, she thought.

But it didn’t take too long; as she stepped out of the shower and went to the mirror she realized a big purple hickey was on her neck.

“Damn you, Redmill.” she hissed and mentally noted that they should talk about the rules.

Rule #01: No hickeys!

She tried to hide it with a lot of powder but it didn’t work and, of course, she couldn’t hide the hickey with her blouse either because it was high above her pulse point.

“Great” she groaned.

During the way to the Post Office she had time to create a story about her hickey and Liz could pay attention every little detail because she was stuck in middle of the morning jam. At the end her hand cramped because she pushed the honk almost hysterically in every second minutes.

She had been late for half an hour when finally she reached the Blacksite. Maybe she would have luck and she wouldn’t meet with Cooper. Liz almost entered to her office when her boss appeared behind her.

“Agent Kol, you’re late!” he sounded angry.

“Sorry sir, but I was in the…” she started explain but he interrupted.

“I don’t care even if the Armageddon hit you. This was the third time in this week.”

“I’m really sorry, sir.”

“I hope you’re. And one more thing; I don’t care what you do after work but I expect you to behave and look like a real agent when you’re working. I appreciate that you apparently wanted to hide the mark on your neck but next time tell your partner to put marks on you where you can really hide it. Understood?”

“I’m going to kill him.” She nodded then Cooper continued.

“I wanted to give you some paperwork but you had luck this time; Redmill called me, he will be…”

“I’m already here. Good morning agent Cooper” Red greeted him with a light pat on his upper arm and Red turned his attention to Liz who tried not to blush nor smash him. “Agent Kol, you look a bit messy today. Rough night?” he smirked and his eyes travelled down to the hickey.

Son of a b***h.

She didn’t have time to answer because Aram, Ressler and Samar joined. Red was talking about the new case but somehow Liz didn’t pay attention especially when he turned around and put photos to the board. She just couldn’t stop looking at his ass; it was made for grabbing and squeezing. For biting. As the memories made their way to her mind she mentally dragged him to her hotel room and tried out almost every position with him.

They had made love nearly ten hours ago but Liz felt the desire again. This wasn’t a good sign, she noted. Wanting someone was a step away from loving. Liz knew she couldn’t fall in love with him because he didn’t love her in romantically way either.

She stood the furthest from Redmill so nobody noticed her predatory gaze as she shamelessly stared him from toes to head but Red. She noticed the slightest embarrassment on him and she licked her lips.

As they finished everybody went to do their task. Liz had to go with Ressler to interrogate some witness; they were at the elevator when suddenly Red grabbed her by the elbow and pushed Liz to her office.

“What the hell are you do…” as the door was closed Red pushed her against it and kissed her forcefully and she opened her mouth to deepen the kiss.

Thank god, the curtains were down so nobody could see them but she was sure that Ressler heard the small sound as he had pushed her.

He picked her up and put Liz on her desk and Red started kissing her neck. When he reached the hickey she yelped a bit which brought her back to the reality and pushed him back.

“No, we can’t do this here.” she whispered and collected herself.

“Oh, we can definitely do this here” it wasn’t a full second and his hands roamed around her inner-thighs again which made Lizzie moan, but she bit his shoulder so the voice never left her mouth.

“No!” she stepped out of his embrace. “I think we need some rules; first…”

“You can’t wear anything in my presence.” he interrupted her and started undoing her blouse but this time she didn’t stop him.

Hell, she needed him to touch her just a bit and she was sure she could make through this horrible day.

“You’d like that, huh?” she grinned and bit her lip as Liz felt his hot lips on her breasts. No she had been wrong; Liz couldn’t have let him touch her because they would end up naked again, but the whole building was full of agents who could enter to her office in any minute. And probably Ressler was still waiting for her. She took a deep breath and pushed him away with a nowewon’thavesexinmyoffice look on her face and he understood.

“So, the first rule; you can’t mark me where other people notice.” she whispered.

“Maybe I can live with that.” he sighed.

“Two; no s*x during work”

“No way!” he shouted and Lizzie hushed him.

“Take it or leave it, Red.” she grinned.

He shut his eyes painfully for a moment and looked at her.

“Fine.”

“Three; you won’t sleep with other women and I won’t sleep with other men. I know we’re not a couple but I’m not a sharing type; if you find somebody we’ll stop playing with each other.”

“How can I think about other women when I have you, sweetheart?”

“Okay. That’s it?”

“Yeah.” she stepped closer and straightened his tie.

“Will you come tonight?” he asked as his hands sneaked around her waist.

“Maybe” she said playfully and kissed his neck softly.

“Mmmm, you already want to break your rule, sweetheart?” he gasped to her ear.

“There isn’t any rule about teasing the other.” she whispered back seductively and slapped his ass then she walked out.

Ressler was waiting for her in front of the elevator and when he saw them he furrowed his brows.

“What have you been doing in the office?”

“We just…” Red started to explain but Liz interrupted.

“Foreplay and wild s*x, what else?” Liz shrugged and Red froze for a moment but his unreadable face saved him.

“Yeah, right. Next time you should say nothing.” Ressler murmured. “Of course they had a fight again” Ressler thought.

“Then don’t ask i***t questions.” she mumbled.

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[at Red’s safe house]

Her day had been a whole mess so she had wanted nothing more than go home and sleep. But of course she hadn’t found peace at home because her biological cycle was at the ‘horny’ mood.

And that’s how she ended up here.

Her thoughts were disturbed by a finger on her jaw and felt the heat came from the proximity of his body; he was surely stood in front of her as he studied her.

At that moment Liz felt herself vulnerable but it was so good because she knew Red would never do anything which would turn this into a bad feeling.

“You know what is the biggest problem with our society?” he spoke an octave lower than usually. She called it as the sexy voice.

“No.”

“They desperately try to hide the sexuality like it would be a bad thing. Especially in the case of women; they grow up with the sure knowledge that she shouldn’t enjoy the s****l pleasures as much as men do.” as he was speaking to her he kneeled behind her and stroked her side with his hands while he kissed her neck up to her ear. “Just think about it for a moment, Lizzie; when a man talks about s*x, they say it’s normal, but if a woman’d do the same most of people would be shocked. That’s why a lot of woman are prude and doesn’t capable of the o****m. But luckily you’re not one of them.” he lifted her from sitting position so she was kneeling as him; Red pulled her against his chest and caressed her torso. “You can let yourself drown into one of the most beautiful things and it’s a big gift for you.” he slowly slipped his hand into her panties and started rubbing her with painful slowness “And for me” he growled to her ear. “Because I have the pleasure to give you the satisfaction and make all of your fantasies come true. I have to tell you I was a bit surprised when I heard your honest answer about what do you want to do tonight.”

Yes, she had told him that she wanted him to do anything with her but the rest of the work was Red’s.

She moaned and pressed her cheek against his.

“Then the second surprising moment came when you allowed me to blindfold you and restrain you. But then I realized; you’re that kind of woman who is strong every day, at home, at work and yet she wants to be the vulnerable sometimes. She wants someone who could dominate her in bed. This is how you showed up here tonight, am I right Lizzie?” when she didn’t answer he stopped his fingers.

“Yes” she gasped. Yes, he was damn right.

“That’s my girl.” Red whispered into her ear and sucked the lobe. He released her wrists and slowly pushed her back away from him as he kept his other hand on her belly so she landed gently on big, long and quiet comfortable pillows.

His chesthair tickled her back as he started kissing her spine-line. Liz wasn’t sure how long she would be able to stand this sweet torture but then she felt as he slid down her panties with the garter belt and kissed her neck again.

“If I do something that you don’t like just tell me to stop.” he said gently as he cupped her left breast.

“You talk too much.” she moaned and pressed her ass to his now freed hard-on.

Ha made really slow and gentle love to her from behind and when she was close to her edge he suddenly took off scarf and she found themselves in front of a large mirror; his eyes were locked with hers in the mirror while he kissed her shoulder.

“I saw at the toilet…that you liked…mirrors” he had hard time to speak “Just look our reflections…how beautiful you are…” he moaned quietly because he was close too.

With the last thrust they came together.

They were lying on the pillows in each other’s arms for hours. Liz was too tired to protest and Red just enjoyed every moment with her. Red had brought a blanket earlier so they weren’t in hurry; they were just talking about everyday things; books, movies, music etc.

It was strange but also it felt good; their minds turned off, for a few hours they didn’t think about Berlin, nor the Blacklist, nor the agent-criminal roles. They were lovers after a wonderful lovemaking.

Because it wasn’t just s*x anymore – maybe it had never been.