Chapter 23 #2
Once back on the bed, he sat against the headboard and pulled her to straddle him. “Are you okay, baby?” he asked. Pecking her lips as he lined himself up.
“I’m better than okay,” she responded with a cute little smile, and he chuckled.
“Good,” he responded before pulling her down at the same time he thrust up to bury himself deep.
“Shit, baby!” Jalen exclaimed.
Rohan placed his hands on her hips and nipped her bottom lip. “Round two, gorgeous.” With that said, he bounced her on his dick.
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Jalen sank deeper into the hot water. The Epsom bubble bath joined it in helping relieve her sore muscles. She’d been sitting in it for about ten minutes now, and she was grateful to Rohan for running it for her.
They’d had a long night, as well as a long morning, and when he’d woken her up fifteen minutes ago at a quarter after two, she was shocked at how late it was.
Her legs had felt like weights, and she was relieved when he’d picked her up, carried her into the bathroom, and sat her gently into the bathtub.
She hadn’t realized, aside from her legs, how sore her entire body was until he’d placed her into the bathtub. Closing her eyes, she hummed to herself as she relaxed. Rohan suggested she stay in as long as she wanted while he fixed lunch.
As she swayed her arms back and forth in the water, she made a mental note to call Kodi to check in and make sure her sisters were behaving. She didn’t want them giving Vivian issues when the older woman had been nice enough to have them over.
Jalen refrained from checking in the night before. However, that was because she’d ended up getting occupied for several long hours.
She wasn’t sure how long she’d been relaxing, but after a while, she washed herself. She didn’t want to keep him waiting if lunch was finished, and if it wasn’t, she would help him with it.
Once she’d bathed, she pulled the plug on the drain and stepped out. Grabbing the towel he’d placed beside the sink for her before he’d walked out.
Jalen dried off and wrapped the towel around herself before going into the bedroom. Going through her bag, she pulled out a pair of panties, her moisturizer, a tank top, and a pair of shorts she’d planned on sleeping in the night before.
When she was moisturized and dressed, Jalen took out her brush and comb, along with a hair tie, and returned to the bathroom. She pulled her hair up into a bun, brushed her teeth, and then went down the hall to the kitchen. The aroma that filled the room made her mouth water and her stomach growl.
Rohan was standing at the counter with his back to her. Jalen walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around him.
“Thank you for running me a bath. It was definitely needed and relaxing.” She told him, placing her head on his back.
“You don’t have to thank me. Was I too rough?” he asked, and she shook her head against his back. She’d given him the same answer before drifting off last night.
“No, I enjoyed every minute of last night.”
She released him and went to the refrigerator to take out the lemonade. She grabbed two glasses and poured one for each of them before she placed it back into the refrigerator.
Jalen went to the island and placed each drink in front of a bar stool, sliding into one. Rohan joined her a minute later. Sitting a bowl of chicken pasta in front of her. She thanked him, blessed her food, and the two of them dug in.
“So, what’s the plan for today?” she questioned after taking a few bites.
“We can do whatever you want to do, baby,” he responded.
Jalen thought about it for a moment. She seldom had time to just sit and do nothing. She was usually taking care of her sisters, working, doing homework, or studying. She thought it would be nice to spend the day in, vegging on the couch.
“Can we stay in, maybe make brownies or cookies, and just watch movies?”
“We sure can, babe. I think I have everything we need to make both. We can even make homemade hot chocolate.”
“That sounds good,” Jalen responded.
“I want you to open your gifts when we finish eating,” he told her.
Jalen nodded. “I have yours too.”
The two of them finished eating and cleaned the kitchen together before she went to his bedroom.
She pulled her clothes out of it before grabbing the presents she’d packed under them.
She returned to the living room and found Rohan sitting on the couch with two gift boxes and a bag sitting on top of the coffee table.
Jalen set the ones she was holding beside them.
He picked up the box and handed it to her. Jalen placed it on her lap and pulled the bow on top of it. She removed the lid and smiled as she pulled out the stethoscope that sat on top of the tissue paper. It was mint green and had her name on the bell and chest piece.
“This is amazing, and it has my name on it.”
“I remember you telling me you were using your backup since your other one went missing. Did the nurse who took it ever fess up to it?”
Jalen sucked her teeth. “No, and we all knew she took it.”
“Well, she can’t take this one.”
She leaned over and kissed him. “Thank you.” He held out the other box to her, and Jalen shook her head. “No, open one of mine,” she told him, picking up one of them and handing it to him.
She watched as he opened it, biting her lower lip. They’d been dating for several months, and she’d learned so much about him, but she’d been nervous picking out his presents because she wanted to give him something he liked.
As he unwrapped the comic books, Jalen watched him smile. She’d seen his collection twice when she’d come over, so she knew he didn’t have those yet. She’d bought the first five issues of the series to start him out with.
“Thank you, baby. I’ve wanted to read these for a while.”
Rohan placed the comics on the table and handed her the bag he’d been attempting to give her before. She took it from him, pulled the bow, and removed the top; inside, she found a gift card. It was for a spa. Jalen looked at the amount written on it, and she turned to her boyfriend.
“You deserve to relax. So, I want you to do that a few times when you have the chance. Full packages,” he told her before she could say anything.
Jalen picked up the other gift she’d brought for him and handed it to him.
Rohan opened it and pulled out the mini projector inside.
She knew he liked to watch movies more than television shows, and she figured he could set it up in his bedroom and watch them on the ceiling or against the empty wall in the living room.
“I’m going to use this often, baby. Thank you.” He leaned over and kissed her. “We should hook this up and use it while we relax today.”
“I like that idea.”
She took the small gift bag he was holding out to her and peeked inside before opening it.
She took out the small box inside and opened it, finding a pair of earrings.
They were emerald, and the luminosity was hard to miss.
They were beautiful. She didn’t know how much he’d spent on them, but she knew it was too much.
“Thank you,” she told him, placing the earrings on the table along with the bag, and climbing into his lap.
She kissed him softly, sliding her tongue into his mouth. They kissed for several long minutes, and he wrapped his arm around her waist. Nipping her bottom lip as they pulled apart.
“I love each gift you got me. I wish I’d gotten you another one,” she told him with a slight pout.
“I don’t need anything else. I appreciate what you got me, and if you want to be technical, you got me six.” He kissed her pouting lips. “Now, I’ll set up the projector if you want to put the other things away, and we can watch a movie.”
Jalen nodded, sliding off his lap and gathering everything. She placed his comics on the bookshelf with the others before going to the bedroom and placing her gifts into her bag.
When she returned to the living room, Rohan was finishing setting up the projector and its stand on the table before connecting some cables from the television. It could also be used via Bluetooth. Jalen hadn’t watched a movie on a projector before, so she was excited.
When he sat on the couch, she moved to sit in front of him, settling against his chest as they scanned through movies to watch.