pChapter 5/p
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pRed dropped his head forward until it hit off the fridge door./p
p"Lizzie, what you do to me. You have no idea." Rocking his forehead back and forth along the door./p
p"That should't have happened, I should have kicked you out earlier. We can't do this." Liz still hadn't looked at him./p
pOh no she wasn't going to back track here, he wasn't going to let he go without one hell of a fight. Straightening his shoulders he moved off the fridge door towards her./p
p"Lizzie look at me." He practically whispered afraid that anything more and she would bolt./p
p"We need to talk, I need to explain, to tell you.." He continued./p
p"Don't Red, please don't say another word. I can't be a part of ... a fling. I can't be like the other women that have been in your life. I can't do it, not after everything thats happened, at one point I thought I could." He could hear the tears threatening./p
p"I tried to convinced myself that I could just have "a little fun" but I can't, not with you. I can't act as if it wouldn't mean anything." She met his eyes./p
p"Lizzie ... In the last 20 years I've been all over the world, seen the sun rise while standing at the top of isolated mountains, seen it set while sitting on the deck of boat in the middle of the ocean. People would say it was breathtakingly beautiful and I would have agreed until the day you walked down those steps in the Post Office." He moved beside her./p
p"You were and still are the most beautiful sight these eyes have ever seen. I've warred with myself since that day. I've tried to quench my thirst for you, I've distanced myself emotionally and physically, but just the sound of your voice and I'm lost." He reached out delicately tracing patterns along her forearm to her finger tips./p
p"I beg for my breath when I'm near you." Linking her fingers with his, he turned her until they face each other./p
p"I've never felt for anyone the way I feel for you, I need you, I adore you, I want you... I love you Lizzie." Caressing her face./p
p"Are you sure... Dembe isn't waiting outside." She finally speaks./p
p"Well that I wasn't expecting. I declare my love for you and you are more concerned that Dembe might be outside. Should I be jealous of my friend... I know you and he have become ..." Red doesn't get a chance to finish due to Liz capturing his lips in a passionate kiss./p
pIt takes him a second but he responds by lifting her onto the kitchen island, stepping between her legs he slides one hand under her tank top then up her back. This time its Liz who break the kiss. Placing her hand either side of his face, she trails her finger tips over the faint stubble,/p
p"First and most importantly, I love you Raymond Reddington and I want only you. Secondly I asked about Dembe because I didn't want him sitting outside in the street all night." she finished with a knowing grin./p
p"All night you say. Why Elizabeth Keen are you suggesting that I shall be staying the night. What will the neighbours think?" Red had already helped her down and was now leading her through the house towards the stairs./p
p"Red I didn't say anything about you staying in my bed." Dragging him to a halt at the stair case./p
p"I think we both can agree however much fun it would be, those stair would be a bitch to sleep on. But we could always start here and work our way up to the bedroom." he made to push her back onto the steps while he nuzzled her neck./p
p"Second door on the right Red... oh god." She wrapped her legs around his waist./p
p"Yes ma'am." In one swift move he was carrying her toward the bedroom./p
p_/p
pAs she stood waiting for the coffee to finish, she couldn't stop smiling. Last night was without a shadow of a doubt amazing, she may have had just a few hours sleep but she'd gladly have those types of sleepless nights every night and never complain. Waking beside him this morning she was the happiest she felt in years./p
pShe was broken from her daydreaming by his arms encircling her and pulling back against his chest./p
p"Good morning sweetheart." He kissed from her shoulder to her ear. "You should have woke me, I wanted to cook you breakfast." He voice still ladened with sleep./p
p"I figured you needed a sleep in after last night." She laughed as he growled into her neck./p
p"I can't get enough of you my love. Also, I haven't given you your morning kiss yet." He spun her around, kissed her gently at first then deepened it as he felt the tip of her tongue against his teeth./p
pShe wrapped her arms around his waist then leaned back to get his attention./p
p"Red... mmm ... Red honey, you're not wearing any pants." God this man could kiss she thought./p
p"I know darling." He continued to kiss any exposed skin he could find./p
p"No honey, I mean you're naked." She giggled as she slapped his naked butt./p
p"Yes I know and just so you are aware I plan on you being naked on that island there any minute now." He reached for the hem of her tank top but was stop in his tracks by a noise behind him./p
p"I know I said I hoped to see a lot more of you soon Raymond, but I certainly didn't meaning this." Andi backed out of the room and shut the door./p
p"Lizzie, what time is it?" He asked with his head on her shoulder./p
p"A little... after... noon." She got out between laughs while running her finger over his scalp./p
p"Ah yes you're lunch date. Damn it." Lifting his head to see her face./p
p"Be grateful it was Andi and not Nessa. Dembe is on his way over as well. So you better go get dressed." She kissed him quickly./p
p"I'm enjoying this bossy side of you Lizzie, it very titillating." He pulled her back against him./p
p"Red if you're a good boy I'll let you help me soak in my tub tonight." She kissed his chest./p
pTilting her chin up he softly kissed her./p
p"I love you Lizzie." Now that he could tell her, he intended on doing so every opportunity he got./p
p"I love you too." She smiled back at him. "Now go before Nessa gets in here."/p
p"Alright, alright you win, I'll go shower and get dressed." Wandering out of the kitchen he said. "Yes I'm very fond of this room."/p
p"Yeah its got a hell of a view." She called after him, all she could hear was his deep laughter./p
pOh how she loved that view and looked forward to seeing it everyday. She spotted the infamous pictures on the counter. Laughing to herself as she looked though them. Finding the one Red was admiring she removed it from the batch walked out to her hall table where he left his suit jacket last night./p
pShe could hear the shower running so she had a little time. Taking a pen she wrote a note on the back of it, then with one last look she placed it into his inside pocket./p
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p(Later that day in Red's hotel)/p
pClean suit and tie on he checked the pockets on yesterdays suit before sending it to be cleaned. Reaching into the inside pocket he found Lizzie's gift./p
pTurning the picture over he read the note./p
p"To get you through those days and nights when we're apart./p
pI love you honey./p
pLBee xxx."/p
p"Oh my little saucy minx, you'll be the death of me." He turned it around again to look at his Lizzie in all her glory. A red LB painted on her bare abdomen, she was wearing a red pair of panties, red bra, a silver mask over her eyes and red heels./p
p"Oh but what a way to go." He kissed the picture and safely tucked it into his breast pocket, close to his heart./p