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Because this story is all mapped out in my head, nothing happens without a purpose. Not even the semi-dramatic stabbing in the last chapter. Here we go again...
Please note that this chapter is
M-rated, which means
Adult Content.
Don't read the marked parts if you are under 18. Thank you!
Chapter 17It was hard letting Eva go, harder than they had thought. Her father seemed happy to have her back, although he was still visibly shaken by the death of his wife. He thanked them both for their work and especially for taking his daughter in, and assured them that they could see her any time they wanted. Still, they were sad and so was the whole constabulary.
Julia finally managed to convince William to go home and rest while she went with Mr. Macintyre to pick up Eva's things at her house. Looking around her living room she realized that it seemed so much emptier once Eva and all traces of her were gone. She had had tea with Eva's father and had learned more about their life and it gave her time to say goodbye to the girl.
"Dawson?" she called for her housekeeper and went into the kitchen to look for her.
"Yes Miss?" Dawson replied.
"Could you prepare a meal for Detective Murdoch which I can bring him? He was stabbed today and I need to check on him and make sure he eats. His landlord isn't really a cook," she told her.
"Oh Julia, is he alright?" the elder woman asked worried and even forgot to use the title to address her employer.
"Yes. The attacker missed and stabbed him in the arm. Last time he was injured however, he got an infection and I can't be sure that it was only because of the poison he was given back then. I will need to keep an eye on him," Julia replied and stole a piece of tomato Miss Dawson was cutting.
"Will he stay over tonight?" the housekeeper asked and seemed uncomfortable asking the question.
"Hopefully he is asleep now. However if there are any complications he might need the guestroom once again and your delicious food," Julia answered the question with a smile.
"Whatever you need, child," Dawson smiled and seemed alright with the information she was given.
"I intend to leave in about an hour. Can you have something ready for him then?"
"Of course," the housekeeper nodded and Julia left the kitchen to get changed.
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"William, it would go much faster if you would just hold still," Julia lectured him when she dabbed disinfectant on his wound and he kept flinching away.
"It stings," he complained and flinched again when she continued.
"You're whining like a little child," she rolled her eyes and smiled. Her smile, however, left her face a second later when the word child reminded her of Eva. Seeing William's sad expression she knew that he was thing the same and so she let her forehead come to rest against his shoulder, above the wound, and took comfort in the close contact.
"I already miss her so," she admitted.
"Me too," he nodded and rubbed her shoulders with his uninjured arm. "Do you ever find yourself wishing that you could have a child one day?" he asked her quietly and knew that he most likely opened old wounds with that question. It had been bugging him ever since he had seen her with Eva though. There had been moments when he had imagined that she was their child and would stay with them. She didn't reply immediately, but turned her head so she could look at him. She fiddled with the swab, dabbing at his wound again.
"Yes, William, I do. I wish I could have a child with you. A little boy with your beautiful eyes," she admitted while she looked into them. "And your smile," she went on, touching the corner of his mouth with her thumb. "And this adorable little crease you get between your eyes when you're thinking," she smiled sadly and touched the spot with her finger.
"Or a girl with your eyes, your smile and your red-blonde hair," he replied and pulled the hair-band out of her hair so her braid became undone. He combed through her stands with his free hand. "And your wit," he then went on and kissed her lips. "Your brilliant mind," he kissed her again. "Your courage," followed by another kiss. "Your sense of humor, as strange as it might be at times." He reached out for her. She did not pull back as one arm went around her waist as he pulled her closer, though she did lick her lips with the tip of her tongue in anticipation of the next kiss.
"You said you would kiss it better once we're alone," he pointed out in a whisper.
"I think you're correct detective," she smiled and the serious talk of a moment ago seemed forgotten. He lowered his mouth to hers and instantly their kiss deepened as he pulled her fully against him. He felt her hands come up to grasp his shirt and he opened his mouth as he kissed her even deeper, pressing harder against her soft lips. There was no feeling in the world just like the one of kissing her and he knew that no matter how long they would be together, this would never get old. He leaned back and intended to lie down on his pillow and pull Julia with him, but she stopped him.
"William, we need to bandage your arm first. I don't want you feverish and sick like the last time," Julia pointed out and chuckled when she saw his disappointed expression. "Also you need to eat something or I will call Mrs. Kitchen so she can cook for you again," she threatened him jokingly.
"That wouldn't work as Mrs. Kitchen is currently visiting her son in Montreal," he replied and flinched again when she started wrapping the bandage around his upper arm.
"Does that mean you're unsupervised?" She raised her eyebrows.
"I guess I am. I fear this means you have to stay and look after me," he knew in which direction her thoughts were going. They looked at each other and tried to keep straight faces, but then Julia started laughing and he had to laugh with her.
"Thank god for that. I got used to you sleeping beside me," she laughed relieved and finished bandaging his wound. "You want to eat something?" she asked him then.
"Yes, I haven't had anything since breakfast," he nodded and leaned back against the headboard of his bed. Julia picked up the basket she had brought along and then placed it in his lap.
"I'm not exactly sure what Dawson has packed but I know it should be enough to feed a small army," Julia commented when he opened it.
"Aren't you gonna join me?" he asked her and patted the free spot beside him on the bed.
"I could eat," she shrugged and took the offered spot. They each took something to eat out of the basket and started their meal in companionable silence, until William broke it.
"Julia, about what you said before… about getting used to sleeping next to me. I think it won't stay as easy as it was to be together like this, now that Eva is gone," he voiced his concern.
"I know," she sighed and placed the rest of her cake on the night-table, suddenly not hungry anymore.
"Julia, a while ago Brackenreid said something to me and ever since then I've been thinking about his words… And I've come to the conclusion that he might be right after all," William replied and put the basket on the ground with some effort, so he could take her hand in his.
"What did he tell you?" Julia asked intrigued. Usually Brackenreid wasn't one William took advice from.
"He made some uncalled for comments and we all obviously underestimated his observation skills, but what it comes down to is that he asked me what we are waiting for and why we are so afraid of what people might think," he said.
"I know it is important to you what people think of you and if you ever want to make it to become Inspector your reputation would have to be impeccable," Julia pointed out.
"You are seriously worried about me and my career? Julia, as long as this chief constable is in place I will rather end up as a constable in Antarctica than becoming inspector," he said somewhat bitterly. "And I'm only worried about you and your reputation. Everything else I can deal with, if it means I can be with you," he insisted.
"William, sometimes I wonder if you ever pay attention to what's going on around you," Julia laughed softly and cupped his cheek when he gave her a confused look. "People have always been talking about me. Do you have any idea what my parents have to listen to because of my sister and me? One is a doctor, the other travelling the world with married men as a journalist, both unmarried and child-less. There are not many people who have the respect for me or my work as you do," she spelled it out for him.
"You are an astounding woman, the strongest I have ever met and I love you. A soon as you see fit I want everyone to know that you're mine and that we will get married," William pronounced every word carefully and looked her in the eyes the whole time while he spoke.
"I have to tell my father first about our engagement, I owe it to him," she smiled with tears in her eyes.
"No pressure Julia. You decide when and where. I just want to be with you and not compromise our relationship any further by spending the nights together while keeping the engagement a secret."
"You really are the sweetest man," Julia told him, her voice full of wonder. Then she raised her arms and put them around his neck, pulling him down to her. He felt her shudder as his tongue slipped into her open mouth and she urged him on with hers. "I think I should reward you by continuing the 'kissing it better' part," she said seductively and her breath tickled his lips because she didn't pull back.
"You won't hear me complain," William replied before he kissed her again. She melted into him as they kissed. She started nibbling his lower lip with her own lips and tongue and made him shudder in pleasure this time. Her hands carefully took his shirt off and his undershirt followed a second later, so he found himself shirtless on his bed. He didn't have much time to contemplate the unequal clothing situation, because Julia kept her word and kissed him, every patch of exposed skin she could reach. His face, his neck, his chest and stomach- her lips fluttered over his skin and made him experience a totally different kind of pain.
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-When he couldn't stand it anymore he pulled her back up to him and kissed her with all the passion and frustration he felt, and tried to unbutton the white blouse she wore at the same time. It wasn't as easy with one hand and he let out a frustrated groan. Julia giggled against his lips and took over the task from him. He had the satisfaction of untying her corset once her blouse was gone, because that was a task one could do with only one hand.
Soon they were more equally dressed- or undressed- and he could feel her skin under his fingertips again. When Julia straddled his lap he couldn't stand the tightness of his pants anymore, it was torture. Undressing Julia was an even higher priority and so he tried his luck with the button on the back of her skirt.
"William, why don't you just lean back, relax and let me do the work? This is about me making you feel better," Julia stopped his hand and moved down so she was sitting on his shins. He had no choice but to do as she told him, considering that he wasn't able to get her out of her clothes without causing himself pain by moving his injured arm. She smiled as she unbuttoned his pants and had the teasing look on her face once more. William was more focused on her naked chest though and wished he could leave another love bite right in the middle of her breasts.
His eyes fluttered shut when she touched him through his drawers and he raised his hips when she signalized him to do so. He felt her hands on him, just like the last time they had shared such a passionate encounter and the memories he had paled in comparison to the real thing.
His eyes were still squeezed tightly shut with pleasure and so he couldn't see it when she bend further over his hips and lightly kissed his proudly erect manhood. The effect on him was electric, as he almost jerked upright at the unexpected sensation of her soft lips on his manhood and his eyes shot open. She kissed the tip of his erection again and looked at him. Seeing her kissing him with her curls tumbling down around his private area and the ends of her hair tickling his skin, while she looked at him with a smile in her eyes, was the most erotic thing he had ever seen. He moaned loudly and his hips lifted off of the bed once more. Julia smiled, encouraged by the reactions she obtained, and added her hands. With one she stroked his shaft, while the other teased his balls. Her lips then followed her hand, placing kisses along the length of his manhood. His left hand twitched, aching to be buried in her hair or teasing her breasts, but even just flexing a muscle hurt him so much he knew he couldn't move the arm. So he grasped the sheets with both hands and tried to hold himself still while he watched her.
"Pain is getting better?" she had the guts to ask him and laughed at his blank expression when he wasn't able to reply. His silence didn't last for long, because after a few more strokes with her hand, she brought her mouth down to him again and this time took him in her mouth.
"Oh my god," he groaned loudly and his right hand flew to the back of her head without him having any control over it. He felt her soft laugh of amusement of the effect she was having on him, all around his swollen member. He was reduced to moans and groans and even the flash of a thought that it wasn't appropriate for her to pleasure him like this, she wasn't a prostitute after all, vanished from his mind and he couldn't think anymore. She slightly shifted position before she started to suck on him, never stilling her hands. The most delightful sensations gripped his body as she continued her ministrations, swirling her tongue around him, and he knew the end was near. He tried to warn her, give her some sort of sign as he was still not able to form words, but it didn't seem to work.
"Julia!" he finally pressed out, his own voice sounding strange to him, but it managed to fulfill its purpose. Her hand gave him a squeeze as she pulled her mouth from him. She then pumped harder and after only two more strokes she brought him to completion.
She massaged him softly until he was completely spent and lay breathless on the bed. Then she wiped her hand on a napkin that was still lying on the bed from their earlier meal, and came back up to him.
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"Julia, you shouldn't have…" he panted, but she silenced him with a kiss and lay down beside him.
"Did you enjoy it?" she asked him and giving her an honest answer he nodded. "That's all that matters. As we already said: This is ours, William. Just you and me," she pointed out what they had already talked about and kissed him again.
"Then let me at least return the favor," he said, interrupting the gentle lip lock.
"I am not in pain," she smiled.
"Doesn't matter," he whispered in her ear before he kissed southward to return the favor and leave some more love bites on her skin.
TBC
I warned you this would get dirty...