Chapter 20
CHAPTER 20
J ACK
She loves me, too. Holy hell, Annie Brooks loves me.
When I shared my feelings in my letter to her, I never expected she would tell me she feels the same already. I hoped that someday she would, but had no idea that she did already. Fuck, I’m a lucky bastard and I don’t deserve her.
Why does this drive home feel like fifteen hours instead of fifteen minutes?
We’re mostly quiet as we drive but can’t keep our hands off each other.
Annie runs her nails softly over my neck and right shoulder and I’ve got my hand on her thigh.
It kills me to stop myself from letting my hand creep higher, but I manage it. When I get her home though, I’m not holding back. The woman I love is going to have no doubts that I’m hers when I’m done loving her with my body.
Finally, we pull up to the house, rush out of the car, and unlock the door to the bottom landing. As soon as we’re inside and the door is shut, Annie whirls around and her mouth and hands are on me.
“You love me,” she breathes out between her kisses, her hands already under my shirt and running up my sides. “Show me, Jack.”
I wrap my arms around her and spin us so her back is against the wall, turning her head to the side so I have access to her neck.
“I do love you, baby. Let’s go up and I’ll show you just how much.”
“No, here. Now,” she pants, swiveling her head back to face me again. She lifts her leg up onto my thigh, and I instinctively support her weight with my hand on her ass… her very bare ass that feels so tight and smooth.
She stills and looks me dead in the eye.
“Bend me over these stairs and fuck me from behind, Jack. Hard. Please, don’t make me wait another minute.”
I won’t deny this woman anything, so I move her to the stairs and she bends over. When she looks at me over her shoulder with anticipation and desire in her eyes, she’s so hot. She has no idea how damned sexy she is.
I hike up her dress and moan loudly as I see her bare ass and her soaking wet pussy glistening for me.
She’s watching me stare at her and wiggles her gorgeous ass. “Please, hurry. I need this now,” she begs. “No condom this time. I’m on the pill.”
That gets my full fucking attention and I tear my gaze off her pussy and look into her eyes. We’ve never not used a condom. This would be the first time.
She licks her lower lip and nods, and I swear my erection grows another inch.
Within seconds, I’ve got my cock out and we both moan together as I slide into her waiting pussy. We fuck hard and desperate. I’m able to get so deep inside her at this angle and I’m wondering why we never thought of using these stairs before.
When she fucks me back, pushing her body back against my dick, I know we aren’t going to last long.
I reach around her front, planning to bring her to orgasm by fingering her clit, but I don’t make it there before her orgasm explodes around my cock as I fuck her hard. I was already so close but seeing her come and knowing all she needed was my hard cock to get there, I follow her over the edge and spill my cum inside her greedy pussy.
When both of our bodies settle, I lean over her back, needing our bodies to be touching in as many places as they can.
“Fuck, Jack, that was… It was… So. Fucking. Good,” she pants.
“Agreed,” I mumble into her hair. After a few more seconds, when we’ve caught our breaths, I stand, pulling her up with me.
“You go ahead inside, and I’ll let the dogs out. But leave the dress on,” I command. “I want to be the one to take it off you.”
ANNIE
The morning sun beaming brilliantly through my bedroom window eases me from my sleep and I stretch like a cat to limber up my muscles before I try to get out of bed. As I roll my body away from the window, a soreness between my legs reminds me of the events of last night. Well, technically also of early this morning.
After Jack fucked me senseless on the stairs, he spent hours loving my body and letting me love his back until we both gave in to sleep. We told each other over and over that we love each other, and we showed each other with our bodies as well. This man fucked me hard and made love to me sweetly, all in the same night.
Rolling away from the window was definitely the right choice as this view is much more enticing—Jack lying here next to me in nothing but his boxer briefs. He really is a beautiful specimen of a man. It’s easy to overlook that because he’s so sculpted and all sexy, honorable fireman hot most of the time. But, when he’s sleeping peacefully like this, he’s also stunningly magnificent to look at.
Christ, how did he get those abs so chiseled? I’d love to just lick ? —
“What are you thinking, sweetness?”
I nearly jump out of my skin and can’t stop the surprised squeak from escaping my lips.
He chuckles at my response.
Getting over my startle, I look up at him. “Just that you’re beautiful.” I smile.
He climbs on top of me, and his morning erection presses against my belly. My center stirs, awakening a bit more.
“Beautiful? What? How about studly, sexy, manly…” he teases, nuzzling my neck.
We spend the next half hour in bed snuggling each other and just enjoying being together. He laughs when my stomach growls loudly and very unladylike.
“What? I need carbs! I used a lot of my energy last night.” I grin widely at him.
“I think I have a cure for that,” he says. “Pancakes. How do you feel about walking the dogs and then heading out to Pat’s Diner for some cereal-filled pancakes with milk over them?”
I smile up at him. “You had me at pancakes.”
An hour later, we arrive at Pat’s after we’ve walked the dogs around the block, had a quick shower together. Okay, not a quick shower because we got distracted enjoying each other’s bodies a bit more, but we showered, and now we’re ready for pancakes.
I smile as Jack orders the same pancakes I do. When they arrive at the table, the server also brings us over extra whipped cream for them and winks at Jack.
The homeless man Jack bought dinner for the night of Teddy’s wedding is outside and Jack asks the server to bring him in and let him order whatever he wants on our bill.
“What’s the story with him?” I gesture with my head toward the man. “Do you know him?”
“I do, actually,” Jack answers. “His name’s Jim and he’s an old friend of my Uncle Griffin. Griffin and Jim are only about fifteen years older than me, so they were around a lot when we were kids. He was always nice to Ben and me, would throw the football to us for a few minutes when he was over, that kind of stuff.” He pauses for a few moments and takes several bites of his pancakes.
I wait patiently, feeling like there is more to the story but not wanting to rush Jack.
“So, he served in the military, and I guess he saw some pretty bad things. Came back home with a pretty severe case of PTSD. He ended up coping through alcohol and eventually lost his wife and children because of it… and ended up on the streets. He’s a proud man, still,” Jack says. “He’s never been willing to take help from Uncle Griffin or his family, but he lets me buy him a meal once in a while.” Jack smiles sadly.
We take our time eating and enjoying each other’s company.
On our way out, Jack stops and introduces me to Jim.
I smile at him and shake his hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you. I hope I’ll see you around again.”
Jim beams, and Jack kisses my temple before saying goodbye to him and leading me out of the door by the hand.
I sip on one of the frozen margaritas I ordered for Janie and me while I wait for her in a booth at our favorite Mexican restaurant. I entertain myself while I wait by admiring the brightly colored art adorning the walls. When she walks in, I smile at her and wave her over to our booth.
“Happy ‘Taco Tuesday,’ love.” She slides into the booth opposite me and grins. “Thank God you had a margarita waiting for me. You’re the best.”
Janie smiles at me and asks, “So, how are things with Mr. Wonderful? It’s been three weeks since you two dropped the L-bomb on each other. Still going strong?”
Of course, Janie was the first person I told about Jack and me saying “I love you” to each other after our winery date a few weeks ago. I held back most of the other details of that night. Most, but not all.
“They’re good… fantastic,” I say. I literally can’t stop myself from smiling thinking about it. “We usually get along pretty well, but we have enough small spats that I know we can work through minor disagreements. He’s always quick to apologize when he’s in the wrong… Me, not as quick.” I laugh.
“You seem really happy. I’m glad for you. You deserve it, Annie.”
“You know, I am happy… really happy.” I hesitate, biting the inside of my cheek. “The thing is I’m also kind of freaked out about how strongly I feel for him. I mean, I almost married someone else, and I now know what a mistake that would have been. Not just because he couldn’t keep his dick in his pants, but because I didn’t feel half as strong for him after four years as I do for Jack in just a few months.”
“That’s a good thing, Annie. Why does that freak you out? ”
“Well…”
“Just spit it out. I’m not gonna tell him. I pinky promise,” she says. She grins while holding up her pinky and lightening the mood.
I take a deep breath and release it slowly.
“As devastated as I was when I found out Jason cheated—and I didn’t love him like this—I’m afraid it would absolutely destroy me if Jack ever… if he ever cheated.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake, is that all?” She laughs. Laughs right at me. “Have you ever met the man? Jack Donley is absolutely smitten with you, Annie. Even if he wasn’t, he’s not the cheating type.”