Chapter 17 #2
And he always treasured me. No matter what I did, even when I hurt his feelings. We could celebrate Valentine’s Day next month and get it right.
We could get it right a million more times as long as I never cried again and I understood that he had wanted me to understand I was special.
I cried out as he licked me where I needed most. My body gushed for him as I arched off his bed.
I felt Mason licking me in real life too while I was still asleep and it made everything so much extra for me.
I’d already given him permission anytime I was being dirty in the dream…
But it was probably also his way of apologizing for overstepping.
Fine, I’d been crying and yes, he’d felt something bothersome and was worried. But Evan wasn’t wrong that Mason needed to butt out of our relationship too.
I mean… Right? That had to be a rule or something.
Mason kept eating me while I flipped things on Evan and swallowed him down. I gave him a world-class blowjob that he came a bit too fast from.
But then another.
After the third time, he stopped me, saying Mason knew what was going on somehow and was trying to come back into the dream.
“Really? Even in here? It’s not like I can get an upset stomach from too much cum even,” I grumbled as I rolled to my knees.
Apparently, that was the exact right thing to say somehow because Evan burst out laughing and tackled me to the bed.
He said the fact I could make him care so much to be hurt over anything he built up in his head and yet make him laugh so hard over our fun and my antics proved I was the perfect woman for him.
I honestly had no idea how that could work… But also sort of did.
Wasn’t it the same for me? What made them the best fit for me didn’t really make logical sense? Or it wasn’t something I could explain well to others.
Not everything checked the boxes, but it made sense in my head.
He took me deeply while we stared at each other the whole time. It was overwhelming way beyond how good the sex was, but he wouldn’t let me turn away. He’d stop and wait for me to settle my emotions, my need to hide.
Evan waited patiently until I could come back to him and be on the same page as him.
The message wasn’t lost on me. I heard him loud and clear.
Which was why I didn’t push for a second round. He needed me on the same page as him.
The finish was beyond fantastic. How a dream could so effectively mimic real life and maybe even more was beyond me, but it was beyond bliss.
We cuddled for several minutes without even saying anything, but then I worried the dream might break before we actually talked. I didn’t want him to think… Valid things to think but weren’t true in this instance.
At least this time.
We sat up and I told him what had been going on, snuggling in closer when he comforted me at how I’d messed up.
“I really don’t want to sound like I’m echoing the others, but I think you probably did a lot of long-term good,” he said gently.
“I know, I know how disappointing it is when your plans fall flat. I’m like you that I get so excited and build it up in my head.
So sure that I’ve locked it in this time and I know exactly how it’s going to go and then… ”
“Yeah,” I whispered. “I was so ready to fix this for us.”
“Let them be petty and realign. If nothing else, that one woman sounds like a killer ally and can be the ancient others fear to work as a deterrent. You did that, Jasmine. Take the lesson you can’t go rogue and should work with the team more and move on.”
I snorted. I heard him. I’d gotten a bit big for my britches. I’d let the fact that I’d had so many wins and how many years of things going so well behind the scenes build my ego and I needed a reality check.
He wasn’t wrong. None of them were.
It just sucked.
Then again, it even happened to Superman and Batman, right?
Yeah, I didn’t really know comic book stuff, but everyone had their setbacks. It just hurt others when I did and I was used to carrying it all.
“But you shouldn’t have to, and that is what they keep trying to teach you,” he said as if knowing exactly where my head was.
“Just be Jasmine Stewart, VP of Heavenly Entertainment for a bit, love. That’s where you need to be right now.
That’s where your people need you to be right now.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Even Superwoman has to pay her taxes and clean up her closet. ”
That was maybe the best way to put the situation into Jasmine for me. It really was.
We talked a bit longer, but then it was time to go back to my own sleep. I was glad he was going to meet up with me at corporate later. He was excited to see my creative process and have that insight? Another side of me.
Fair enough. I wanted to learn more about him too.
It would be nice to have a month of nothing more than to just get to know the twins and Mason better. Really, it would be.
Speaking of Mason… He was sitting there looking worried when I woke up.
“I didn’t realize at first what was happening,” he said before I could open my mouth.
“I thought—it felt like it was just looping. Like the dream was almost stuck and I thought I’d done something with my magic by pushing in.
I’m sorry. I will apologize to Evan too.
He’s not wrong that I need to butt out more but… ”
“But it’s not easy when I’m with others.”
“No,” he sighed. “And like what is the line? Dylan was actually abusive at times and I tried to stay out, but then we let too much happen. Please hear me that what I was feeling from you was terrifying and that shouldn’t happen in a dream with him.”
“That’s fair and you’ve been—you accepted you can’t butt in.” I leaned in and kissed him. “We’re all trying. Yeah, you gotta apologize to him too.”
“I will. I was a bit worried I might hurt him, but fuck, he’s powerful and smacked me back. I mean, I deserved it but it was a wake-up call that I need to get back to practicing too.”
“I love a motivated man,” I purred before sneaking another kiss. Yeah, I really did, but it was also rooted in him wanting to protect me.
Just as I did him.
So yeah, I swooned.
I also rocked his world with some hot sex, not forgetting he’d been pleasing me while I’d been having sex dreams with another man in our bed.
My life really was great sometimes.