Chapter 24 Say the Words #2
“So tight,” he grunted.
“I told you the other night, it’s been awhile since I’ve—” Julia started to explain.
“I don’t want to hear about anyone else, Julia. I want you to only think of me when I’m inside you.” Tae didn’t recognize
his own voice and the demands it made.
“Tae,” she sighed, “I only think of you, period.”
Fuck.
And then he started to move.
“Baby, I don’t think this is gonna last long,” he grunted as he thrust himself into her. “You feel too good.”
“Is this a challenge to see who comes faster?” Julia giggled and then squeezed her walls around him.
Tae watched Julia’s eyes sparkle with delight.
He bent a little closer to her. He pulled her shirt up and moved her bra to the side, revealing her gorgeous breast. Tae wrapped his mouth around her nipple, first circling it with his tongue and then sucking on it, mirroring what he’d done to her clit.
“I may be close, but I’m not coming without you,” he said.
She gasped.
He smiled. And moved his hips faster.
“Harder, Tae. Please, harder,” she moaned. She was not playing fair. Listening to her beg him was too much.
Tae pumped harder, deeper. His thighs, his lungs, his cock, everything burned from the exertion. But all that mattered was
the gorgeous, incredible woman under him. Making her feel good, confident. Bringing her pleasure.
Julia cried out, arching her back, begging for more.
Tae picked up the pace and knew he was close. He looked down to where the two of them were connected, and the sight was almost
too much for him to handle. He fucking loved her so much. And maybe saying those words in the heat of passion was the wrong
call. But it was all he could think of as he watched himself slide in and out of her at a brutal pace, her taking every inch,
every single thrust.
He was here with Julia, and everything felt like it was going to be okay, that they’d figure the future out together. It was
the first time Tae didn’t feel guilty or overwhelmed by choosing something for himself. He swallowed back the overwhelming
emotion.
He felt the fire build inside him. The emotions ignited and fanned the flame his body was feeling. He reached his hand down
and pressed his thumb on her clit, rubbing once, twice . . .
“Oh my God,” he heard Julia say as she started to come again.
He threw his head back pumping a few more times as he rode his own release, the two of them coming together exactly as it had been written in every fucking erotic fairy tale between two people meant to be together forever.
Tae was exhausted. They’d had sex one more time in the shower while they were supposed to be cleaning themselves up. But Julia’s
ass proved too tempting, and Tae had to watch it, hold it, as he bent her over and took from her and gave himself to her again.
After, Tae and Julia collapsed into her bed, naked, where they now were, her arm and leg draped over him.
The great Julia Song was a cuddler. Excellent.
Tae rubbed circles on her back, chanting to himself I love you, Julia as he made the motions. But he wasn’t ready to say it aloud. He didn’t have all the answers yet. And he needed them before
he could confess his feelings to Julia.
“Tae, have you thought of what’s next for you, now that you’re committed to staying?” And of course, leave it to Jules to
not let the million-dollar question go unasked. His hand stopped moving, and his body tensed.
Julia raised her head to look at him, sensing the change in his disposition immediately.
Tae swallowed back the sense of dread creeping up his throat over this topic.
“Now that my dad’s okay, I’m not really sure what’s next. What kind of asshole am I that I’m worried about what my dad’s clean
bill of health means for me?” Tae shook his head. He was afraid to meet Julia’s gaze and see whatever expression was waiting
for him in response. “I guess I gotta figure it out, though. Because the medical bills are not going away, and, well, there’s
my future too. I guess I gotta think about that.”
Julia lowered her head back onto his shoulder and didn’t respond. Great, surefire way to turn a successful woman off was confessing
what a loser you were. Julia had never made Tae feel less-than, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t fighting the thoughts himself.
And there was still that one thing he wanted to come clean to Julia about: the job offer between him and her grandmother.
He had to tell her now. He couldn’t risk there being any misunderstanding or hurt feelings. Julia and Tae were probably two
people who knew best how families and their best intentions got all up in your business. It was something they would likely
laugh about . . . as long as it was out in the open.
“Julia, there’s something I need to tell you, about your grandma,” Tae said.
She snuggled herself a little closer to his chest. “Oh, I know. I suspected it the moment she asked to speak to the doctor
on her own. She didn’t want him to tell me she was okay, right? She needed to make sure I stuck around till the end of all
three dates, huh? How did you hear? I know she has the best intentions, but I don’t exactly agree with her methods. I was
really scared when she first thought she was sick. It’s kinda cruel to let me continue to worry. But damn, it’s hard to be
mad at the woman.”
“Yeah, uh, speaking of your grandma’s best intentions, and, I guess, her questionable methods—”
Julia’s phone rang out in the other room. She raised her head, looking out the door toward the sound, and then down at Tae.
She sighed as she pushed herself up. “I should get that. It could be a work emergency.”
She grabbed a silk robe off the back of her bedroom door and tied it around her, hustling out to grab her phone and answer
the call.
Tae crossed his arms behind his head and leaned back in bed. Tonight he had to tie all the loose ends. Make a plan to sever
ties with Chicago. Talk to Julia about her grandmother. And then tell Julia how he was feeling. Say the three words to her
that had been on repeat in his head all night. He wouldn’t let self-doubt get the best of him when it came to Julia.
“Tae?” Julia stood in the doorway, looking down at her screen. “It’s Min.”
“My brother, Min?”
She nodded as she walked to the bed and swiped to answer the call. What the fuck was Min doing calling Julia?
“Hello?” she answered.
“Julia, are you with Tae?” Tae could hear his brother’s voice through the phone. Something didn’t sound right.
“Yeah, hold on . . .” Julia passed the phone to Tae. Tae realized he’d turned his phone to Silent before Julia got home.
“Min, what’s up?”
“Tae, it’s Mom and Dad. There’s been an accident . . .”