Wholly Apart

Chapter 36

LOREN KENSINGTON

I stalked out of our bedroom, needing to get to Madelyn and comfort her.

I had no idea how to make this better. How to make her feel better.

"I'm sorry," I told her, walking to the sofa, seeing Emma's arms around her and Madelyn fucking shaking because of that bastard, "I'll take care of it, Mads. I never should have let him do it. I'm so fucking sorry"

I would take care of it. I had to. I wouldn't let her stay scared that he was going to come knocking at our door. Or worse.

"What happened?" Warren asked, but I wasn't in the mood one bit to answer any questions.

Madelyn let go of Emma and then sat up on her knees on the couch to wrap her arms and legs around me. I held her thighs and picked her up against myself, wanting to keep her in my arms all night.

"I'm scared," she whispered, pressing her face into my neck.

I had one hand in the back of her head, the other arm under her ass, "I know, love"

I knew she was terrified, and I hated that I couldn't do anything about it right now.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" Warren repeated, but I ignored him again.

I walked over to the front door and locked it, because I knew there was no way she was going to sleep if I didn't lock it. And then I made my way to our bedroom, "We're going to bed. Can you do me a favour and sleep in the guest bedroom tonight?"

It would make me feel better if they were here just in case.

"No," Madelyn said desperately, "I can't sleep, Lo"

I needed to distract her from this. Needed to make sure she didn't have a panic attack that I wouldn't be able to pull her out of.

"I didn't say sleep, Maddy," I told her, "I said bed. You and me"

Sex was a good distraction. If I fucked her until she was exhausted, she'd fall asleep. Not too much, not to the point of passing out. But just to exhaustion.

At least then she wouldn't be shaking and crying in my arms all night, not being able to fall asleep.

"Of course," Emma told me.

"Oh," Madelyn breathed and pulled away from my neck, looking excited, "No sleeping now?"

"No," I whispered, kissing the side of her mouth, "No sleeping right now, baby"

I walked us to the bedroom and then put her down on the bed, making her sit on the edge. I tugged my shirt off my body and watched her watch me. Her eyes were running up and down my body, settling on my abs and bringing her tongue to her bottom lip.

I loved the way she always looked at me, as if she were seeing me for the first time. As if she couldn't believe that I was the one standing in front of her.

That's exactly how I looked at her as well.

"Lose the shirt," I told her, wanting to eye her up as well.

Madelyn hesitantly gripped the sides of her shirt and pulled it over her head, leaving her in a sexy light blue bralette. I'd seen it on her before obviously, but it had always come off very quickly.

Right now I wanted it to stay on for a bit.

I bit down on my bottom lip and watched her light blond curled hair on the front of her chest, covering a little bit of the bralette.

I went over to her and crouched between her thighs, kissing her stomach softly, popping through the button of her jeans.

"You wanna know what we're gonna do now, love?" I whispered, kissing to her hipbone, giving it a gentle nip.