Chapter 23
LUKE
When we arrive in Australia, I insist that Jessica stays with me for at least the first couple of days, which she agrees to, at least until the media team arrives in a few days.
She’s tired after our travels, so I let her rest in our room before calling Sebastian.
With the time difference, I have no clue if he’s going to answer me, but he picks up the call.
“Hey man,” I greet him, and he groans at the other end.
“Do you know what time it is?” Sebastian asks me.
“No, but if you didn’t want to talk to your best mate, then you could have just ignored the call.” I chuckle at him.
“Whatever, what’s up?” he mumbles into the phone. I tell him I’ve made it to Australia with Jessica by my side, and he wakes up at that.
“No way, have you actually gotten her back?” he asks me, and I fill him in on our amazing weekend together in Japan—the dinners, our trip to the city, and the comfortable routine we’ve fallen into.
Falling asleep with her in my arms and waking up with her legs tangled with mine has been incredible.
“And the sex?” he asks me, being the guy that he is.
“Perfect,” I tell him simply, and he just whistles at that.
We’ve been going at it every chance we’ve had, and each time, it just gets better.
She matches me in every way and continues to surprise me in the best ways. I didn’t think it was possible to burn even hotter for each other, but with Jessica, everything is enhanced.
“That good, huh?”
Getting to know both her mind and her body these last few days in privacy has been incredible.
Having her away from the paddock makes it easier to peel back those layers of doubt and insecurity that she carries whenever someone is watching.
I fully intend to help her through every worry, no matter how long it’ll take.
One day, she will be mine both in private and in public.
I tell Sebastian that Lily is also coming to Australia this week.
We all used to hang out together when we were younger, and I always teased Lily about having a crush on Sebastian.
Whenever I mentioned it to Sebastian, he’d shrug it off, saying she’s just a kid.
It’s been a while since the three of us were together, and I’m excited for them to meet Jessica.
“You think Lily and Jessica will team up on me?” I ask him, and he laughs.
“Probably. Lily is always up to no good, and it sounds like Jessica will fit right into her schemes,” he says. I sigh, thinking about the beauty sleeping in the room next door.
“Yeah, probably. I’m excited for them to meet, though,” I tell him, and Sebastian turns serious.
“You’re falling for her, aren’t you?” he asks me, and even though it feels terrifying to say it out loud, Sebastian sees right through my shit, so there’s no point in denying it.
“Yeah, man, I totally am,”