Chapter 27
HALLE
‘So, I’ll see you at dinner?’ Jake said as we got off the coach.
I paused.
It was now or never.
When we’d got off the Pacific Wheel, Jake had put his glasses back on, but despite that I still knew he was looking at me, a lot, because I was doing the same.
The pull between us was magnetic.
After surviving for years without sleeping with a man, suddenly all I wanted to do was feel Jake between my legs.
I didn’t just want him to kiss me for real. I wanted him to fuck me too.
But I was scared.
I was still scarred from what happened to me before.
And now that we were back at the hotel, my common sense was slowly creeping back and it was battling with my growing desire.
Whilst it agreed that it was time to sleep with another man, it was telling me that Jake wasn’t the best choice.
It was advising me to go with someone less sexually active. Not a guy who’d probably had sex with more women than the population of a small country.
It was warning me that I was on the verge of making a big mistake.
But the whole point of coming here was to push myself out of my comfort zone, right? And if I asked him to my room, I’d be making big progress.
‘Unless…’ Come on, Halle, you can do it. ‘You want to come back to my room?’ I swallowed the lump of concrete in my throat.
‘Sure,’ Jake’s eyes widened, ‘but only if you’re sure?’
‘I am,’ I said, hoping that I would be by the time we got there.
‘Okay.’
Jake followed me down the path and as I reached into my bag to get my keycard, my hand trembled. I couldn’t believe I was about to do this.
I opened the door and we stepped inside.
‘Nice room,’ Jake said.
‘Isn’t it the same as yours?’
‘The layout is different.’
‘Cool,’ I said, standing awkwardly in front of him. ‘Shall we sit on the bed? Should I take my clothes off? Sorry, I haven’t done this in a while.’
‘Let’s just sit and talk.’ Jake took my hand and sat down at the edge of the mattress. ‘I can tell you’re tense. We don’t have to do anything, okay?’
‘Okay.’ My shoulders loosened.
I was surprised. I thought that as soon as we got in my room our clothes would go flying in the air, like in a sexy film scene.
And given Jake’s reputation, I assumed that by now he’d be shoving me up against the wall and whipping out his dick. But I should’ve realised by now that the Jake I’d read about in the media wasn’t the Jake I’d gotten to know and like a lot this past week.
‘If it helps, it’s been a while for me too,’ Jake said.
My eyes flew so far out of my sockets they could’ve landed on the moon.
‘Really?’ My brows furrowed. ‘What do you classify as “a while” though. A week?’
‘Very funny.’ Jake rolled his eyes. ‘No. I haven’t been keeping count, but if I had to guess it’d be over a year.’
My jaw dropped. That did surprise me.
‘Oh,’ I said. ‘Well, I win. It’s been… let’s just say a lot longer than that.’
‘That surprises me,’ he said, still holding my hand. ‘I thought a woman like you would be inundated with offers.’
‘Yeah. Sometimes I can’t leave the house because the queue of men begging to get in my knickers is so long,’ I deadpanned. ‘And let’s not even talk about Valentine’s Day. I have to hire my own depot and delivery team to cope with the mountain of cards, flowers and chocolates I get sent.’
‘Well, I’d happily queue up for you. I don’t believe in the whole Valentine’s Day BS – I think that if you love someone, you should make them feel special every day.
But if you like flowers and chocolates, that could be arranged.
You’re special, Halle. You deserve the world.
And don’t let anyone tell you different. ’
I stared at Jake, stunned at his words. I knew from the look in his eyes that he meant what he said. It wasn’t just rubbish to get his wicked way with me.
And weirdly, knowing that he’d be happy just to get up and leave the room without fucking me if I asked him to made me want him even more.
‘Kiss me,’ I said, edging closer.
‘Sure?’
‘Yes.’
Jake leant forward and before I even had a chance to catch my breath, his lips collided with mine.
Bloody hell. He was right. This kiss really was different to the one on the Ferris wheel. It was hot, hungry, wild and urgent. Like this was the last thing he’d get to do before the world burned down and he needed to make it count.
As he slid his tongue inside my mouth, I moaned.
Fuck. This felt amazing.
I grabbed the back of his head and pushed my breasts into his chest.
Jake deepened the kiss and his hands wandered up my thighs.
As his warm hands made contact with my skin, I bucked against him.
‘Shit,’ he growled into my mouth.
Just when I wasn’t sure the sensations pulsing through my body could get any better, Jake started trailing kisses down my neck. I fell back onto the bed, unable to stay upright a second longer, then pulled Jake on top of me.
He straddled me and feeling his hard cock pressed between my legs made me groan like a wild animal.
Jake leant forward and peppered more kisses along my collarbone, then down to my chest.
‘Is it okay if I…’ He touched my bra and dress straps.
‘Yes,’ I panted.
He moved them down slowly, then reached behind my back. I lifted up a little to give him access and seconds later he’d unclipped my bra.
Jake rolled my dress down further, took off my bra and tossed it on the floor.
‘Holy shit,’ he said. ‘You’re a fucking goddess. Can I?’
‘Yes,’ I said. I liked that he kept asking permission. Most guys just…
I didn’t even get the chance to finish my train of thought because Jake took my nipple in his mouth and my brain short-circuited.
As he licked, sucked and lavished it with his talented tongue, I almost lost my mind.
I bucked against him, then gripped his arse, pushing him deeper into me. I needed more friction. More of everything.
I needed to do this quickly, before I changed my mind.
‘I want you,’ I whimpered.
Jake’s head whipped up.
‘Sure?’
‘Yes,’ I said. ‘Do you mind if I take this off?’ I gripped the top of his shorts.
‘No, I don’t mind. Go ahead.’
I tugged at them, expecting just his shorts to come down, but I did it with such haste that his boxer shorts rolled down too, causing his dick to spring free.
Jesus.
He was fucking huge.
‘W-wow,’ I gulped. ‘You’re… um. Can that actually… how do you even…? Sorry. I’m just… surprised.’
‘We’ll take it slow.’ He stroked my face as I still tried to work out how the hell he walked around with a weapon like that in his pants. Yeah, when he was pressed against me, I knew he felt big, but there was big and then there was B.I.G.
‘Can I take off your panties?’ he asked.
‘Yeah.’
Jake slid my dress and knickers down my legs before tossing them on the floor to join my bra.
I took in the sight of him. Sculpted chest and abs, plus the perfect washboard stomach that belonged on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine.
And his giant cock.
He was the most beautiful man I’d ever seen and I was about to have sex with him.
This was…
Terrifying.
As Jake edged forward and the reality of what was about to happen hit me, I froze.
‘I can’t.’ I bolted up, my heart leaping into my throat. My body temperature rose and my chest tightened. ‘I’m sorry.’
I jumped off the bed, raced into the bathroom and slammed the door behind me.