Authors: Lydia Michaels
Breaking Perfect (43 page)
“Liberty?
That okay with you?”
“Makes
no difference to me.”
Mason
shut his eyes and allowed her words to seep through him.
Makes no
difference.
A sigh of pure contented happiness left him as he held his
husband and wife close.
Perfect.
* * * *
Later
that night as Sean put away the last of the dishes and tossed the damp dishrag
on the counter, he wondered when he had started considering this house his
home. He couldn’t think of an exact moment in time. He then realized it had
nothing to do with the house, but the people inside it. Where ever Liberty and
Mason were was his home.
He
shut off the lights, leaving the rest of the mess until morning. He locked the
front door and nudged Liberty’s shoes out of the way so no one tripped over
them. As he climbed the steps he heard them laughing and grew eager to join
them.
Liberty’s
compulsions began to wane one tiny obsession at a time. After the first time he
had helped her exercise some of her demons, there was an obvious difference. He
never thought much about spanking her again, but also never made any decisions
not to do it.
One
night Mason had to work later than usual and Libby was having a difficult time
waiting for him. They’d watched a movie and she seemed restless. She stood and
came to kneel beside him and then with such courage, she calmly confessed she
didn’t like what she was feeling and asked if he would mind helping her work
through it. When he realized what she was asking he asked if she was sure. She
was certain.
He
kissed her for a while, slowly removing little bits of clothing. Once she was
naked she laid herself over his knees in such a graceful display of surrender
he almost found it hard to breathe.
It
had taken fifteen that night. He always counted them out in threes because he
knew that somehow made it easier for her. Five sets of three.
When
the last mark was made he knew she had escaped that dark place and reached a
euphoric plane where there was no fear. They had made love afterward and Mason,
having come home, found them on the floor and joined them.
Mason
understood what was happening. He couldn’t deny how much more at peace Liberty
seemed after Sean would help her exercise some of her demons, yet he was
reluctant to use such force with her in the beginning.
As
her OCD slowly became less and less obvious he began to envy the gift Sean
could give her. One night Mason had offered and Liberty had eagerly accepted.
It
was difficult for Mason at first, but then he too felt the transformation in
his wife, saw the moment she transcended to that place of peace and let go of
it all. After that it had just been something they did. It was never on a
schedule, sometimes never discussed. Liberty learned to ask for help when she
needed it and him and Mase had made a point never to let her go too long
without such attention. Tense incidents became farther and farther apart.
Sean
would never forget the day Mason came home early and found Liberty’s tiny shoes
piled one on top of the other right where she’d kicked them off in the hall. He
had broken down and cried that day and Sean held him, completely understanding.
Mason hadn’t been crying because
his
burden had eased, but because
his
wife’s
had.
They
all felt the relief as Sean’s father’s hold and Liberty’s disorder eased. Bound
in ways no predestined mold could have designed. Like trying to swim upstream,
they had each been chasing other people’s ideals their entire lives. It wasn’t
until they realized that even the definition of perfect was broken, a geometric
ray with no end, that they finally stopped trying to be something other than
themselves and embraced who they truly were.
Three
separate people, neither one perfect, each a little broken, melded so tightly
together they had eventually become one.
*THE END*
About the Author
Award winning author, Lydia Michaels, writes all forms of hot romance.
She presses the bounds of love and surprises readers just when they assume they
have her stories figured out. From Amish
vampyres
, to
wild Irishmen, to broken heroes, and heroines no man can match, Lydia takes
readers on an emotional journey of the heart, mind, and soul with every story
she pens. Her books are intellectual, erotic, haunting, and always centered on
love.
Lydia Michaels loves to here from readers! She can be found of Facebook
or contacted by email at
[email protected]
Also by Lydia Michaels
The New Castle Series
White Chocolate
All 4 You
To Catch a Wolfe
Chasing Feathers
Secret Cravings Publishing
www.secretcravingspublishing.com
