Chapter 13
Jake
T he way her nails are digging into my shoulders while her lower half grinds against me tells me she wants this as much as I do. Her thighs clench my sides as my fingers tease and slide around her body.
“I like that.” She hums.
“I can see that. Me, too.” But the last thing I want is for her to wake up tomorrow with regrets. “You’re sure about this, right, Ace?” I ask, slowing my fingers to a gentle caress.
She props herself up on her elbows and lets out a frustrated groan. “For God’s sake. Take a hint, Jake. It’s a yes. Do you need it in writing or something?”
“Oh, there she is.” I smile down at her, glad to see her fiery side again. “I was wondering if Sassy Alice was coming back out to play tonight.”
She sighs, but I can tell she’s holding back a smile of her own. “Don’t worry. She never left.”
“Good. I like Sassy Alice.”
I see the question in her eyes before she voices it. “Really?”
I nod at her. “Don’t get me wrong. I’m also really enjoying getting to know Likes-Fooling-Around-in-Abandoned-Houses Alice, but Sassy Alice has always been my favorite.”
She laughs, and the sound makes my whole body feel lighter. “Ok, now I’m going to need that in writing, so I can frequently remind you of the time you admitted you like it when I’m snarky with you.”
I shrug. “Guilty.”
Leaning over Alice’s body, I grab a cupcake from the coffee table. I pinch off some cake from the bottom and bring it to her lips. She opens, and I alternate feeding her bites of cake and brushing the crumbs away with kisses until all we have left is the blue icing in my hand.
I use my free hand to tuck the fabric of her shirt up into her bra and expose her stomach.
“What are you doing?” She eyes the icing, curious.
“Improvising. You said you need to see it in writing. I aim to please. While we’re at it, we’re going to replace all those ugly words you said about yourself with new ones. I want you to see what I see.” I dip my index finger into the icing and use it to paint the word “sexy” on her belly. “Tell me what that says.”
She rolls her eyes, but I raise my eyebrows and wait until she finally says it.
“Good job,” I praise her, and she smiles. Then I trace over the word with my tongue, licking my canvas clean.
I don’t want them all to be physical, so I follow up with words like strong, fun , and feisty , making her read each word out loud before I lick it off. But because this is physical, I move on to marking all the parts of her I find attractive. Using my thumb, I smear a dot on her nose. “This is adorable,” I say, leaning in to kiss the icing away.
Her breath is heavy as she watches me.
“And looking at this makes me want to suck on it.” I add another dollop of icing to her collar bone and do exactly that. “These are cute, too.” I smear small blue streaks onto each of her earlobes before I kiss them away.
She giggles. Then she pulls her shirt over her head, and I’m transfixed as I watch her slowly peel off her bra.
The candlelight flickers and shadows pass over her smooth, pale skin. I’m not sure if I’ve ever called someone breathtaking, but there is no other word, because seeing her naked body in front of me steals all the air right out of my lungs.
Alice laughs as she swipes a smear of blue from her forearm with her finger. “What if I want to paint, too?” she asks as she brings the icing to my lips.
I suck it away. “You’re more than welcome.” I put out my arms and offer my chest as her canvas.
She peers up at me from under her lashes, then she trails her wet finger down my stomach to the top of my shorts. “Take those off for me?”
“Are you sure?”
She nods and whispers a very definitive, “Yes.”
I slide them off, along with my boxer briefs, and toss my clothes to the side of the mattress. I can’t help but smirk when her eyes widen. She uses two fingers to scrape some icing from my palm. It’s cold and sticky as she smears it on, and complete ecstasy as her warm mouth licks and sucks all of it away.
“I’m ready, Jake. I want you.” The best six words in the English language.
“Great. Little help?” I hold up my icing-covered hands and nod at the condom because she is going to have to be the one to put it on. She laughs and grabs it from the table, using her teeth to help her tear into the foil before she rolls it onto me.
Nothing has ever felt as good as Alice does when I sink into her.
“Jake.” She inhales a shaky gasp.
I lied. Hearing the need in her voice when she whispers my name is even better.
Time means nothing anymore. There is only her, and me, and this moment. I ignore the ache in my forearms as I drown in those eyes. She brings both hands to my face and pulls me down into another kiss. I can tell she’s almost there when she starts moving faster and her breathing changes.
“I…I need…oh…I’m going to…”
I lower myself to her ear.
“I know. I know what you need.” Those are the words that push her over the edge, and I feel her pulse and squeeze around me.
“Jake,” she says my name again, and a primal groan rips from the depths of my soul as I fall right behind her.