“Or my mouth,” she finishes, her face pink with embarrassment but her eyes full of need.
“If we do this, you have to promise to tell me if it hurts you and I’m talking the slightest pain.”
“Um…”
“I’m serious, Katie.”
Her hands pull away from mine. I watch as she slowly unties her belt again. The silk robe slides slowly from her shoulders and…I’m lost.
There’s no going back now.
CHAPTER 8
Katie
“I think it’s the best idea I’ve ever had. All I need from you is a little cooperation.”
“That’s it, huh?”
“Oh yeah.”
I can feel my face heat from the look in his eyes. It spreads through my entire body and seems to settle between my legs. I want to give this man pleasure more than I could ever explain. That said, I’m dying to have him inside me again. I know that’s not possible right now, but it’s going to be hell to hold back from taking what I need.
“What do you want from me, baby?”
“Well, in an ideal world, I’d love to undress you myself, but my legs won’t let me stand that long. Soo…”
“You want me to undress?”
“Please?”
My cheeks are bright pink. I don’t have to have a mirror to know that. Still, Jake doesn’t make me feel silly. He leans down and kisses me. His lips slide down to my chin, my neck, and dip lower as his hands cup my breasts. It makes me feel beautiful. It’s tantalizing, filling me with so much pleasure that it’s also bringing torment.
Torment because I need more and know I can’t have it.
I put my hands over his. “I don’t want you to take this wrong, but you have to stop.”
“Changing your mind, Sunshine?” The regret in his voice wars with understanding.
This man is so hard that I can see the rigid outline of his cock pressing against his jeans. He needs relief—I know that because I feel the same. Still, he’s willing to call a halt to everything just by my say so.
“I want your touch, but I’m afraid I still can’t… What’s that saying? The mind is willing but the body not so much?”
I watch as his beautiful lips spread into a smile. “I’m not sure that’s the correct wording, but I get it. What are we talking here? You want me to just enjoy the pleasure you give me, and you get nothing? How is that fair, baby?”
“Love isn’t about being fair. Love is just given, Jake.”
“I’d rather wait until we both can—”
I shake my head, stopping him from saying anything else. “I need this. We were barely finding our way back to one another before Jeff showed up.” Immediately, Jake’s body tenses. Even the mere mention of his brother upsets him. I force myself to push through this, though. “I doubted you when I shouldn’t have. Whatever else our problems were in the past, we didn’t lie to one another.”
“No, our biggest problem was not talking at all,” he admits, his hand moving to my hair, his fingers massaging me.
“I need this because I want to prove to both of us that we’re on the same page here.”
“A blow job is going to do that?” he asks with a smirk, the twinkle back in his eyes.
“Well, no, but I’m horny and haven’t had sex in a very long time. You do the math.”