Chapter Fourteen Jake #3
Although I’m desperate to make him come, I’m so turned on that the moment I part my knees the small amount I can in the bath, it’s enough to let the cool air hit my clit.
The erotic feeling of being told to pleasure myself while he watches and gets off is enough to take me to the edge of an orgasm, even before I’ve touched myself.
So, the moment I move my fingers and start circling my hard clit, I’m moaning on his cock.
Both of us are now frantically racing toward our orgasms, and Jake can’t hold it any longer.
“Shit! Ash, I’m coming,” he mumbles as I taste the first shot of cum hitting the back of my throat and then swallow it down.
I rub my finger faster and harder now as I reach my climax, moaning louder around his cock. He continues to unload inside my mouth, and I lap up every last drop while I continue to ride through the high.
I did this. Made him lose his mind so much he couldn’t hold back, coming before me. He’s never done that before, and I feel proud that I managed to unravel him like that.
I slide slowly off him, licking him clean as I do, and the moment I look up into his eyes, it’s like something has changed. I don’t know what it is, but he’s seeing me differently.
“Jake,” I gush.
It’s as though the sound of my voice has snapped him out of the place his mind had taken him to. He quickly reaches his hands down under my arms and lifts me to my feet. Thankfully he doesn’t let me go, because my legs are still weak from the explosive orgasm that just wracked through my body.
His foot shifts to let the water run down the drain, and he spins us to the side so that we’re now both in the warm spray of the water.
Whatever thoughts are in his mind, he starts expressing what he’s feeling by letting loose in the kiss he’s now devouring me with.
It’s hard but sweet at the same time. Like he’s trying to tell me how he feels but can’t say it in words, and I feel every part of that same feeling too.
We are past the stage of keeping things simple between us.
Simple is the first step to complicated, and we’re already there. But what comes after complicated?
Right in this moment, in the deepness of a desperate kiss, complicated feels like it is racing toward love.
“Ash.” He calls my name in such a breathy, desperate way.
“I know,” I whimper, trying not to cry at the thought of the pain I know is going to come later, when he leaves. Because he will leave, they always do, no matter what he says, and I can’t make him stay, I won’t.
I drop my head onto his chest to find comfort and conceal my face. We’re standing together with the water falling around us, hiding my tears.
Our breathing starts to slow, and I pull myself together because I don’t want to waste the time I do have with Jake by feeling sad. There will be plenty of time for that after he has gone.
I smack my hand playfully on his tight ass. “Are you taking me hiking or what? It’s my first proper weekend off in over three years. Let’s not waste it.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t call blowing my mind a waste of time.” His smile is back, and before I have time to reply, he pulls me into the shower stream that is starting to get cold.
“Shit, we need to hurry, the hot water is about to run out.” We scramble for the soap, then lather up and rinse off, panting as the water becomes icy.
“Well, that’s one way to kill a boner,” Jake grumbles as he shuts off the water. Climbing out of the tub, he reaches for the towels and hands me one as he says, “We need to fix that problem.”
“What, the boner or the shower?” I laugh as I step out of the bath to dry off.
“Both,” he complains.
I finish drying the water off my body, then wrap the towel around my wet hair before walking toward my bedroom to find some clothes.
And then it hits me: I would never have done this with Jeremy.
We were never comfortable enough to walk around naked together in any of the places we lived.
Yet Jake is different; he gives me this inner confidence with my body that I didn’t know was missing.
It’s the feeling of allowing myself to be beautiful in my own skin.
If I learn one thing from this relationship that I will keep forever, that’s it.
“On second thought, scrap fixing the shower if I get to see this view every time we finish.” He chuckles as he follows behind me.
Turning to face him, I walk slowly backward, with my hand up in front of me.
“Stop with that thought, right now. You are taking me hiking, remember?” Stopping at my bedroom door, he’s two feet away from me, stark naked too. It’s a sight I will never get sick of seeing.
“Oh, I will be taking you, alright.” The glimmer in his eye has me running into the bedroom, squealing as he chases me until we both fall onto the bed together, laughing.
I could love a life like this.
Days filled with happiness and love.
I’m falling in love with Jake Davis, and there is nothing I can do to stop it, so I tell myself that the pain of losing him will be worth the bliss and fall deeper.
Jake
I’m torn between whether I should be walking in front of Ash to protect her from any danger or walking behind her so I can catch her if she falls. But I must admit, the choice to walk behind her is giving me an amazing view of her ass climbing up the trail.
I thought this would be fun, and even with the sexy view in front of me it’s the most stressful hike I’ve ever been on. Normally it’s just me and I don’t have to look out for anyone else. But Ash isn’t just anybody.
That feeling that slammed into my chest this morning is something I can’t ignore.
Since the first day I met Ash, it’s a feeling that’s been building gently, and I’ve been happily letting it.
But this morning, it felt like a tidal wave of emotion swamping me, and there was no chance to run from it.
I couldn’t breathe when the realization hit me.
I’ve crossed the line of just falling, and I’m now firmly on the ground in the land of love.
If I’m honest with myself, I always knew where things were heading with Ashley. Now, I need to dig deep and do some serious thinking on where my life is heading and how I can deal with some of the ghosts of my past. Or not so much ghosts, more very alive and persistent problems . . .
But that’s not what today is about, so I push those thoughts aside and try to concentrate on showing Ash the beauty of the woods. I want her to see that connecting with nature can take away the pressure and stress that builds up in our everyday. I want her to love it as much as I do.
“When you get to that fork in the path ahead of us, we go to the right so we can head for the waterfall, but just stop for a minute so we can take a breather.” I reach for the water bottle on the side of my backpack, getting it ready for Ash, and then I’ll take a drink too.
We have been hiking for just over an hour, and it’s been on a steady incline.
Once we turn this corner it’s going to get steeper for a bit, but the reward of the view when we get there makes it all worthwhile.
I offer her the water as I set the pack down and let my eyes rake over her to make sure she’s doing okay and not feeling too fatigued. I don’t doubt how fit she is with the hard work she does every day, but hiking like this requires a different type of fitness.
“How do you feel?” I ask, kissing her on the forehead as she finishes her drink and then passes me the bottle.
“I feel good, surprisingly. The only thing that feels sore are my eyes from focusing on watching out for snakes.”
Her reply has me spitting out half my water with laughter.
“Hey, don’t waste that water. We might need that later. You never know when you might get stuck in the woods.” She starts patting me on the back as I begin choking on the other half of the water that went down the wrong way.
“You’re ridiculous, you know that?” It feels like I’ve almost coughed up a lung, but I finally get my breathing under control.
“The stomping of our feet through the woods will be enough to scare the snakes away. Yes, you still need to pay attention, but there is not going to be a snake every four feet. I know you have a fear of them, but really, the only snake you should be scared of today is mine.” I thrust my hips at her and watch as she leans forward, holding her sides with laughter.
“Should I be worried that you find my trouser snake that funny, offended even? If I remember rightly you were gagging for it this morning.” My smirk gets her attention straight away.
“You did not just say that.” She gasps at me.
“What, you don’t like to hear the truth?” I’m waiting for her to bite, and she has no idea I’m doing this to take her mind off the fear of what is crawling around in the woods.
But what I didn’t count on was for her to outwit me.
Throwing the bottle of water at me, she walks up beside me and picks up the pack, shoving it at me to put on my back and then pushes me to go first.
“I was gagging on it actually,” she whispers in my ear from behind me. “Now move so you can be the one that the snake attacks, since you are so confident that we are safe.”
With another push in the back from Ash, I start up the trail and can’t stop smiling.
“Where have you been all my life? I’ve never met anyone who could take a joke like you and give it back just as quick.”
“Hiding away in Abbey Falls, waiting for someone to bring out my humor,” she cheerily replies. “And I kind of like having this sort of fun. I think I’ve been taking life too seriously.”
“Yeah, me too. Maybe we both deserve this kind of relationship. The last few years have been heavy for us, and it’s time to start living again.”
“I like that plan.”
Her words stop me in my tracks, and I turn to face her before taking her face between my hands.
“Me too, beautiful. Damn, there is so much I need to tell you.” Emotions are flooding forward, and the words are on the tip of my tongue.
Her finger lands on my lips and shushes me. “Shhh. I know, but not now. Today is just about having fun. Save it for later when the time is right.”
Her words throw me off guard.
Maybe she doesn’t feel the same. And that’s okay, but I don’t know how much longer I can hold it in.
I love you, Ashley Alleyne, and if you aren’t ready to hear it yet, that’s okay. I’ll just show you instead.
If it means picking up my life, moving here, and burying all my past mistakes, I’ll do it. He might not have picked you, but I’m not that stupid.
I’ll pick you first every single time.
Now I just need to work out how.