The next day, I wake up hot and sweaty, buried under Zach. His body is laying half on top of mine, and his head rests on my belly. Our legs are tangled and his hand rests on my upper arm.

I smile involuntarily at our closely intertwined position and try to free myself from the weight and heat of his body, but Zach groans unwillingly and tightens his grip around me.

"Go back to sleep!" he orders without opening his eyes, and I can't help but chuckle.

"I'm hot and I want to shower," I whisper and make another attempt to roll out of his embrace, but Zach's body doesn't move an inch. Instead, he pulls the cover over his head.

"Not happening!" he mutters hoarsely, his voice thick of sleep.

"Zach!" I protest but stop as I feel the weight of his head getting lifted, and light kisses being placed on my belly where it just rested.

Zach moves his body, so he's lying between my legs now. When I realize what his intentions are, I immediately pull the cover aside.

Zach smirks up at me and traces little kisses from my hipbone down to my pubic bone. Only the thin material of my panties separates his hot lips from my at least as hot skin.

"Remember yesterday when you gave me head? I told you I wanted to return the favor," he says and then places a light kiss on my center.

I inhale sharply as he slowly pulls down my lacy panties, leaving me completely exposed in front of his face.

Zach eyes me down there for a second and licks his lips.

"Beautiful," he mumbles, and looks up to me again before starting to kiss me there.

A loud moan escapes my throat at the feeling of his tongue skillfully working on me. He shoves one finger into my slick opening and starts thrusting it in and out teasingly slow.

The feeling of his tongue mixed with his fingers is overwhelmingly pleasuring, and I grab his tousled dark hair, losing myself in the sparkling sensation which runs through every inch of my body.

Zach adds another finger and quickens his movements, making me wince and writhe. I tighten my grip in his hair and tug hard on it, which elicits a desperate moan from Zach's throat.

"I wanna hear you, baby," he groans.

I tilt my hips to meet his thrusts and arch my back as he hits the perfect spot with his fingers.

"Right there," I pant and press down his head with my hand. I quickly feel my pleasure building as Zach applies more pressure with his tongue.

"Fuck...I'm going to come, Zach," I moan and close my eyes as I tighten around his fingers. The tingling feeling of my orgasm flows through my body and leaves me shaking and moaning as Zach lets me ride out my high.

When I open my eyes again Zach is lying next to me and watches my face with his lips slightly swollen and glistening.

"I nearly got off by just watching you come," he states hoarsely. "I need to finish, or I won't be able to think clearly for the rest of the day!"

My eyes follow his hand which slides down to the bulge of his boxers. I swallow as I watch him pulling down his underwear and wrapping his long fingers around his length.

I never watched someone else pleasuring himself, and I must admit it's the hottest thing I've ever seen.

I bite my bottom lip and look up to meet Zach's eyes again.

"Do you want me to help you?" I croak out.

Zach chuckles and shakes his head.

I look down to his pumping hand again and, as by itself, my hand wanders down to my own center.

"I might join you here," I whisper shakily as I start circling my own fingers. I'm way more sensitive down there after Zach's touches and kisses, which makes it easy to build my pleasure really quick.

"Fuck, Liv," Zach groans, his eyes widened as he stares at my circling hand. "Don't stop!"

We both moan in sync as we watch each other pleasuring ourselves.

Suddenly Zach grabs my neck with his unoccupied hand and pulls me into a heated kiss. His hot mouth against mine gives me the rest, and I come undone for the second time, closely followed by Zach who moans deeply into my mouth and spills his warm load onto my belly. We both pant with closed eyes, our foreheads tightly pressed together, and try to catch our breaths again.

After a moment, Zach opens his eyes and looks down to my stomach.

"Fuck, sorry," he mutters when he spots his cum on my belly.

"Oh, screw it," I say honestly and give him a soft kiss.

Zach faces me again and smirks at me.

"That was hot," he states with raised eyebrows, and then rolls out of bed.

"I'll be right back!" He walks towards the bathroom, and returns a short moment later with a tissue in his hand. He sits down on the edge of the bed and starts wiping my belly.

"All clean again," he informs me after finishing, and throws the tissue into the dustbin in the corner next to my bed.

I give him a quick smile and sit up. My eyes wander to my alarm clock, and I gasp as it's already 10am. Nora!

"I'll text Nora to invite her for lunch," I say, and grab my phone from the bedside table.

I quickly send her a text to which she replies almost immediately with an acceptance.

"She'll be here at twelve thirty," I tell Zach.

"Alright. I take a quick shower, and then I'll leave to give you some privacy," he retorts, and stands up again.

"Actually, I thought you could stay for my mental support," I state quietly, and sheepishly smile up to him.

"Okay, sure," he says with a shrug, and vanishes into the bathroom after brushing a gentle kiss onto my forehead.

~

"Thanks for the invitation, honey. The chili was delicious," Nora states, and places her spoon onto the empty plate in front of her.

"Zach made it," I retort with a smile in Zach's direction.

Nora raises her eyebrows and shoots Zach an impressed glance.

"Oh. Well, then thanks for the delicious meal, Zach," she says in an amused tone.

"Don't mention it!" Zach gets up and piles our empty plates.

"Thanks," I shoot him a warm smile as he carries the plates over to the kitchen unit and starts loading the dishwasher.

Nora who has watched our tender little exchange smiles happily at me. My heart aches when I think of the bad news I have to tell her, but there's no way I can avoid it.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes for a second.

"Nora," I start hesitatingly. "I need to tell you something."

Nora tilts her head and smiles.

"You're not pregnant, are you?" she jokes.

From the corner of my eye, I see Zach leaning against the countertop. I don't need to look at his face to know he's suppressing a laugh.

"No, of course I'm not pregnant," I chuckle.

"What is it then? Hit me!" Nora challenges me.

"I saw Jackson yesterday." I blink a few times to muster the strength to speak on.

"He was at a friend's party yesterday," Nora says with a frown. She tucks a strand of her ebony black, shiny hair behind her ear.

"Zach and I were at the same party, and I caught him cheating on you!" I blurt out and look down to my lap. I don't want to see the pain and disappointment in her captivating blue eyes right now.

Nora stays silent. When I look up again, she absentmindedly looks out of the window.

I turn around to face Zach. He has his arms crossed and shrugs his shoulders, shooting me a puzzled glance.

"Nora?" I cautiously ask.

Nora sighs deeply and then looks at me.

"I have been waiting for this to happen for a while now, but it hurts more than I thought to actually hear he was unfaithful," she admits with sadness in her beautiful eyes.

"I'm so sorry, love," I say, and place my hand on hers.

"Thanks for telling me," she sighs with a sad smile.

Zach who stayed silent until now clears his throat.

"He's an ass. I'm sure you'll find a better man than one who tries to-" he stops in mid-sentence.

"Who tries what?" Nora questions him with a deep frown.

"Uh..." Zach shoots me an apologizing look.

I sigh and pull my hand away.

"When I caught him with that other woman, he was furious and tried to rape me," I mutter quietly.

I didn't actually plan on telling her about his attempt to rape me. But now that Zach has mentioned it, I had no other choice, and to be honest, maybe it's for the better if she knows. Then she won't be tempted to forgive him.

"What?" Nora looks at me in complete shock.

"I'm so sorry, Nora," I whisper.

"Bullshit! You have nothing to apologize for. Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" she asks frantically and stands up to pull me into a tight hug.

"I'm fine. Somebody came in time to stop him." I shudder as I think back to the moment Caleb interrupted Jackson's harsh assault.

"I swear to god, that motherfucker is dead!" Nora mutters through gritted teeth. "He will pay for what he did to you!"

I look at Zach and back to Nora again.

"Trust me, Zach already let him pay for it," I tell her with raised eyebrows.

Nora gives me a questioning look.

"He really smashed him up," I explain, and earn something similar to a laugh from Nora.

"Well done," she says directed to Zach who just nods and gives her a restrained smile.

"Livie, thanks for telling me. I'll head for the bar now. I need to be alone for some time!" Nora hugs me again and grabs her bag.

I hug her goodbye and she leaves with a sad face.

After the door fell in the lock, I sigh deeply and plop down onto the sofa. Zach sits down beside me and stares at the wall.

"Sorry that I mentioned his attempt to rape you," he says after a few minutes of silence.

"It's better if she knows," I simply reply. "I just feel so bad for her!"

Zach nods.

"Poor thing!" he sighs.

We sit like this for the next ten minutes. None of us talks. We just stare straight ahead.

The rest of the Sunday, we spend quietly. Zach looks for suitable places to rent, and I decide to clean my apartment until it's spotless. Later, we go for a little walk in the frosty winter air, and then spend the rest of the evening cuddling on the sofa watching three whole movies.

***

It's Friday morning, and I've got my last shift for this week ahead of me. The past few days went by without any special happening. On Monday, I talked to Abbey about our stupid argument, and I made it up with her again. She apologized for talking badly about Zach's and my relationship, and I apologized for storming off like a child. On Wednesday, Zach went to the casino and won a considerable amount of money which boosted him for the past days. He still is in a very good mood.

Right now, I'm standing in front of my dresser, naked, and rifle through my underwear to find suitable panties and a bra for work. I just returned from my early morning shower after I sneaked out of bed, careful not to wake up Zach.

"I could get used to this view!" Zach's husky morning voice makes me jump, and I quickly turn around.

"Zach! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" I playfully reprimand him, trying to catch my breath again.

Zach chuckles, and opens the cover for me to join him in bed again.

"I have to get to work, Zach!" I say but slide into bed next to him. "Fife minutes!"

"Mmh," Zach pulls me close and buries his face in the crook of my neck.

"I don't know if I can let you go again. Having you here in bed, naked, and still wet from the shower is just too tempting," he mutters, and starts kissing my neck.

"Stop!" I chuckle, and writhe under his kissing attack.

"Come on, I'll go really fast," he pouts, and sneaks his hand to my bare chest, groping my breasts.

It takes all the strength I can muster to break free from his grip and slide out of bed.

"Later, you needy boy," I say and slip into the black lacy set of underwear I picked out of the drawer.

Zach grunts, and pulls the blanket over his head.

After I got ready, I return to the bedroom to kiss Zach goodbye.

"Should I pick you up after work?" he asks me and gives me a sleepy smile.

"No, I'm going for an after-work drink with the girls tonight," I tell him, and he nods before snuggling into the sheets again.

~

When I arrive at Jack's, Abbey's not there yet, and Jack is grumpier than ever.

"Where is Abbey?" he snaps as I enter the Diner.

"I don't know, Jack," I mutter with a head-shake.

I'm so tired of all his moods, which are much worse lately.

I walk into the back office and store away my jacket and my bag. When I finish my disgusting coffee, Abbey's still not here.

I texted her, but she hasn't responded yet, so I set to work.

Two hours later, Abbey enters the Diner with a crimson face.

"Sorry, Jack! I overslept," she apologizes herself. Jack threatens her with a dismissal if she comes late again, and then makes his farewells for the rest of the day.

"What happened?" I ask her as she steps out of the back office. Her red hair is more tousled than ever, and she looks like she's wearing her makeup from the day before, and still, she's somehow glowing today.

"Well. Possibly, I wasn't alone last night," she mutters quietly. I don't think her cheeks can get more red by now.

"You were what?" I ask her in surprise. My voice comes out louder than I intended it. Luckily, were alone at the Diner. "But you never do one-night stands!"

"I know, but..." she pauses and buries her face in her hands.

"I met him at Nora's yesterday, and he was so nice and so hot on top." Although her voice is muffled because of her hands in front of her face, I've understood every single word.

"Tell me everything!" I demand and pull myself up to sit on the counter.

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