Chapter 25
“What the hell?” Danny asked, stumbling across the small bathroom floor after the little bully shoved him out of the shower.
Tinkerbelle’s beautifully smug face peeked out from behind the curtain. “I believe that you wanted to take this slow,” Jodi said, clearly biting back a smile as she reached out and grabbed a clean hand towel off the rack and threw it at him.
He didn’t bother trying to catch it. Instead, he focused all of his energy on glaring at the woman that was driving him out of his fucking mind. “We were having a conversation.”
She shrugged as she stepped back and disappeared behind the semi-clear curtain, leaving him with a tantalizing view that left him fighting the urge to rip the curtain off the rod and get right back in there with her.
God, she was sexy, he thought, licking his lips hungrily as he followed the outline of her curvy, little body with his eyes.
“Which we finished,” Jodi said, loud enough to be heard over the shower.
“But I had many more valid points to make,” Danny said absently with a groan as he watched her pick up a loofah sponge and run it over her breasts and down her stomach.
She chuckled as she ran the sponge back up over her breasts and over her shoulder. “I already agreed to ask if I can have some time off. What else did we need to discuss?”
“Umm, many things…many, many things,” Danny murmured, shifting anxiously as he watched her bend over and ran the sponge up and down her little legs.
“Well?” she said, switching to the other leg.
“Well, what?”
She chuckled, shaking her head ruefully. “What else did you want to talk about?”
“Things?” Danny struggled to say as he watched her place the loofah sponge down and pick up a bottle of body wash and pour some into her hand.
When she slowly reached down between her legs, he was forced to slap his hand on the sink counter when his legs threatened to give out and drop him on his ass.
“Like?”
He opened his mouth only to release a loud, pained groan as he watched her hand move up and down as she washed between her legs.
“So, you understand?” Jodi said, breaking through his rather inappropriate thoughts and making him realize that she’d been talking the entire time he’d been watching.
“Yes?” he asked, having absolutely no idea what she’d just said.
“So, you won’t be mad?”
“Ummm…” his thoughts dissolved as she turned around and began running her hands over her back and ass.
“They’re probably going to say no.”
“Who will?”
“My boss.”
“Say no about what?” Danny asked, watching as her hands moved back to her breasts as she used her hands to help wash away the soap.
“Taking time off,” she replied, tilting her head back to get her hair wet.
“What about it?”
“They’re probably going to say no,” Jodi explained, reaching up to push her hair back, causing her back to arch and her breasts to-
“Huh?”
“I haven’t been there that long, Danny. They’re probably going to say no.”
“Doesn’t hurt to try,” Danny mumbled, licking his lips as he reached out and grabbed a fistful of the curtain.
“It doesn’t, but they’re probably going to say no.”
She was going, he’d already decided that.
She’d been working as a librarian for less than a year, and although there were great benefits to working for the city, they usually didn’t kick in until after a year.
She’d ask, they’d say no and then, he’d have to step in.
He didn’t want to disappoint his mother, but he didn’t think he could handle a trip to the happiest place on earth without his Tinkerbelle.
Then again, he didn’t think that he could handle two weeks with his father with or without Tinkerbelle by his side.
He loved his mother, adored her really, but he didn’t think that he could handle this trip alone, even for her.
He’d make sure that Jodi got the time off, and then, he’d use it to his advantage for his game plan.
“They might surprise you,” Danny said off-handedly, pushing the curtain out of the way and stepping back inside the shower where he was going to test his control for the next twenty minutes.
“Didn’t I just kick you out?” Jodi asked, biting back a smile when she felt his arms wrap around her.
“Yes, but I came back,” Danny said softly as he kissed her neck.
“Yes, I can see that,” Jodi said, smiling as she reached over and shut the water off.
“Don’t you want to finish your shower?” he murmured, pressing another kiss against her neck.
“Already finished,” Jodi said with a careless shrug as she pulled the curtain aside and stepped out, not at all surprised when he followed her.
“I’d be more than willing to make sure that you didn’t miss any spots,” Danny offered, tracing his fingers down her arm, making her shiver.
“That’s very considerate of you,” she murmured, shooting him a glance over her shoulder only to have to turn her head right back around and bite her lip to stop herself from smiling, laughing or groaning, she wasn’t sure which one at the moment.
She knew two things at the moment; the hand towel that she’d tossed him a few minutes ago hadn’t hit the floor and Danny was clearly enjoying this just as much as she was.
She’d never been playful, never teased a man like this and she was enjoying it almost as much as she was enjoying his reaction to her.
It was an incredible feeling having a man like this panting after her.
“I’m a considerate kind of guy,” Danny said, rubbing a towel down her back.
“Yes,” Jodi said, closing her eyes as she enjoyed his touch, “you are.”
“Mmmhmmm,” Danny said, moving closer until the towel rack that he was sporting between his legs was pressed against her back, the soft material caressing her back and making it difficult to focus on anything else.
“I thought you wanted to take things slow,” Jodi said, licking her lips not realizing until this moment just how nervous she really was.
“We can still take this slowly, sweetheart,” he promised, reaching around her with the towel.
She trembled as he ran the towel between her breasts. “How slowly?” Jodi found herself asking, licking her lips anxiously as he gently ran the towel over her stomach and back up between her breasts.
“Slow enough to help take the edge off, but not enough to take away from the moment when you and I make love for the first time, Jodi,” Danny said, emphasizing his words with a kiss, making her melt.
“We’ll wait to take this all the way, sweetheart, but if I don’t hear you moan my name soon, I’m going to lose my goddamn mind. ”
Shit, he’d pushed her too far, Danny realized as the last words slipped from his lips and his little Tinkerbelle turned around and took the towel away from him. He opened his mouth to backtrack, apologize, grovel, anything that would stop her from leaving him.
“I- oh, God!” the vicious growl ripped from his throat as his little Tinkerbelle took him by surprise.
“What if I want to hear you moan my name?” Jodi asked in a surprisingly sultry voice that had his cock jumping in her hand.
He opened his mouth, but the only sound that came out was a choked groan as she squeezed him through the towel hanging over his cock.
Licking his lips, Danny looked down and watched the small, tan hand holding the white towel wrapped around his cock move.
It had been so long since a woman touched him this way and it had never felt this good before.
He should stop her, take back control and show her how good it could feel when a man touched her.
He wanted to erase every bad memory that piece of shit before him had made.
He wanted to show her how pleasurable a man’s touch could be, should be.
He wanted to lay her down on the bed and kiss every inch of her body, but at the moment, he could barely stand as he watched that small hand move the towel over him.
With every stroke of her hand, the towel shifted until the head of his cock would disappear and reappear. The sight mesmerized him. Without thought, he shifted his legs apart and arched to give her better access.
“Is this okay?” Jodi whispered almost shyly, shooting him a questioning look as she continued to stroke him with the towel.
“Better than okay,” Danny growled, leaning down to kiss her. “Don’t stop, Jodi. Don’t stop.”
“Please, don’t stop.”
“I won’t,” Jodi whispered against his mouth as she tightened her grip around him, not sure if she was doing this right, but that loud groan that he released against her mouth had her smiling.
Whenever she did something like this with Jerry, he’d complained, made sounds of annoyance and glared at her because he couldn’t maintain an erection or even seem to enjoy it.
At first, she’d enjoyed experimenting with him, trying to figure out what he liked, until one day the thought of touching him left her feeling sick.
It hadn’t exactly helped that she never liked the way that he touched her.
He’d always left her feeling cold and worthless. When she didn’t come, and she never did when he touched her, he put her down, made her think that there was something wrong with her. He never hesitated in telling her that she didn’t know what she was doing in the most assholish way possible.
He’d made her feel worthless.
But Danny…
Danny made her feel beautiful, sexy and desirable.
He never complained about the way that she touched him or kissed him.
He welcomed her touch, seemed to crave it.
He made her feel whole. He never complained, never bitched, gave her a dirty look or made her feel like garbage.
No, not Danny. He murmured words of encouragement, kissed her, caressed her and had absolutely no problem with letting her know how much he enjoyed being with her.
“Wait,” he said, startling her as he placed his hand over hers, stopping her.
“Sorry,” Jodi said, shaking her head. “I’m sor-”
“Shhh, sweetheart,” Danny said soothingly, reaching down between them and yanked the hand towel away. “I just want to feel your hand wrapped around me.”
Hand over hers, he wrapped her hand back around his erection and kissed her. “Don’t stop, Jodi. Don’t stop.”