18. Helen
Chapter 18
Helen
Jax pressed his hand to my lower back and walked me toward where the other people were dancing. “This is the thing I wanted to come here for. I wanted to dance with you.”
Turning me, he took my hand and pulled me against him. He winked and suddenly I was dancing, my feet moving around the dancefloor, his body guiding me with ease. Excitement lit up my face as we moved. I’d never danced before, but he led me with such confidence it was like my feet knew what they were doing.
He eased me away from him, twirling me under his arm and then snapping me back into his hold.
“You’re so good,” I told him, unable to hide my surprise. “Have you had lessons?”
Jax’s thumb circled on my back as we moved around the small space, somehow managing to avoid the other couples.
“No. My mum loved to dance, but Dad hated it, so I used to practise with her in the kitchen. It used to make her smile so much. It’s one of my best memories of her before she got ill.”
I could see the hint of sadness in his expression.
“She’d be so proud of you, you know. The man you’ve become, Jax, it’s pretty impressive.” He turned us and I felt like we were gliding around the space. “What else do you remember about her?”
“She used to tell me that I had an old soul. She thought I’d been here before.”
“I can see why she’d say that.”
He shook his head, and I wasn’t sure if he was disagreeing or trying to shake off his memories. “Enough about my sad past. Are you enjoying our date?”
I giggled as he spun me again, and when the music slowed in tempo, he pulled me closer to his chest, his lips ghosting my ear. “I was going for a Beauty and the Beast vibe. Did I pull it off?” He buried his fingers in the hair at the nape of my neck, making my skin prickle with anticipation.
I glanced up at him. “You are not calling yourself the beast, are you… although, I have to be honest. He was my favourite Disney prince, and I much preferred him before he turned back human.”
Jax chuckled. “Well, I wasn’t thinking you were the beast, beautiful. And I like that you have a thing for the beast because when we get home, I plan to do beastly things to you.”
I rolled my eyes, loving his cheesy lines, but then he pushed his hips to mine, letting me feel the outline of his thick erection, and my eye roll stopped as my lids fluttered closed and a silent moan fell from my lips.
The pace of the music increased again, and Jax had me floating around the room. I couldn’t deny that I felt things in his arms I’d never felt before; safe, adored, beautiful… like the leading lady in the story of my life.
There was one more feeling that I couldn’t deny. I could feel it in every pore of my body.
Jax Cartwright made me feel loved.