Chapter 55 Jonah
JONAH
“Ineed to tell you something, Lexi.” The words came out rougher than I intended as I held her steady on my lap. I saw the concern flash in her eyes.
My eyes traveled from her face down to her hands, then back up, lingering a moment longer on her eyes. When I looked at her, my heart felt like it could explode.
How did a man do this? Confess his love to a woman who was so much younger than him?
“The first time I saw you at work, I saw red. I was so angry that the woman from my one night stand had shown up at my office. Ever since then, you’ve only surprised me.
From that fiery, mocking letter that you wrote to me, to challenging me every time I tried to dominate you.
You called me names, laughed at me, or plain disobeyed me, and it wasn’t until then that I knew what I’d been missing.
This was miles better than anything I ever dreamed of.
It was a breath of fresh air when I didn’t even know I’d been feeling jaded.
“And then you trusted me enough to introduce me to Evie, to your life. You opened up to me about every little thing in your life, holding nothing back, and ever since then, all I wanted was to make everything you and Evie wished for come true.
“I’m serious about you, Lexi,” I said at last.
“Too bad, because I wanted you just for fun.” She grinned.
I laughed. “Well, it’s not like I have an option,” I said, running my thumb over her cheek. “Because I’ve realized I’m in love with you, Lexi.”
Her mouth fell open. “Did you just say that?”
“I know I’ve pushed you away for so long in the beginning. I didn’t believe we could have a stable, long-term relationship because of how young you are. And look how wrong I was.”
“Because you thought I still had wild oats to sow?” she asked, looking hurt.
I truly considered that question for the first time. “Yes, sweetheart. It’s what I’d have expected of anyone your age. But I believe having Evie has pushed you to be responsible, and I don’t see you acting like a regular twenty-four-year-old.”
“So I’m asking you now … I’m going to be forty soon.
We’ve flirted, had a no-strings-attached relationship, and a relationship.
In the beginning, I tried so hard to pretend like my emotions weren’t involved.
To be honest, I didn’t know when my emotions came into the picture.
It’s gotten to a point where I can’t ignore them anymore, Lexi.
I’ve tried everything to stop myself from falling for you, and I realized I was a fool for stopping myself in the first place.
I can’t live like that. It’s too painful being away from you. I love you.”
I frowned while she just stared back at me, her mouth falling open. A moment passed, and another, and more.
“And now would be a good time—”
She laughed and shifted off my lap, moving across the seat as I tried to grab her waist and pull her to me.
“Oh, you’re not pulling that one out of me,” she said, but I could see the happiness on her face.
“I know you love me,” I said, finally grabbing hold of her and pulling her back to me while she squealed. “I see it in your eyes every day ever since that night we met Chloe and Sean.”
“I don’t,” she protested, laughter engulfing her while I kissed her face, her cheeks, her lips, and her neck.
“Say that again,” I challenged.
“I don’t—” she began just as I bit down on her neck, giving her a small bite enough to make her skin flush red.
She squealed and sighed as I let go.
“Say it,” I said.
She turned to face me fully, cupping my face in her hands. Her eyes were soft and full of tenderness.
“I love you, Jonah. I’ve loved you for a long time now,” she said.
I pulled her closer, kissing her senseless, and her head dropped back as my fingers pulled down the zip of her summer dress. Pulling it up and off her, my lips trailed down her neck, nuzzling to the dip between her breasts.
In a few moments, I had laid her down on the seat, while my tongue flicked and teased her sex.
Lexi’s fingers clutched at my hair, trying to adjust my head over her sex, but she didn’t need to show me.
We’d made love so many times that I now knew which parts drove her wild and which didn’t.
In a minute, she was screaming out my name before her hands fell limp and she sighed.
“Oh, Jonah,” she said, pulling me to her.
“I want to live my life with you, Lexi, and I don’t care about our ages anymore. Now that I know what being loved by you means, I can’t go back to the life I lived before.”
She looked so ecstatic and happy that I knew I’d been a fool to wait so long. This was it. We were perfect together.
“I love you, Lexi. Everything I have is yours. I want you and Evie to move in with me. I want to know that I’m coming home to you every night.”
Her mouth fell open. I lifted her onto me, legs on either side, and she instinctively rocked against the hard length in my pants. I brushed my thumb over her cheek as her eyes glistened with happy tears.
“I’d love to, Jonah,” she whispered, eyes soft. “I want that. I really do.”
She took a breath, steadying herself. “Just… give me a little time. I need to make sure Evie’s ready too. We can ease into it, and move in gradually. Maybe in a month?”
I nodded as she fumbled with my zipper. “A month sounds like torture, but I can wait.” She got the zipper down finally, and took my cock in her hand.
“Who else can know about this?” she asked, concern flitting across her eyes as she palmed my length.
“Well, apart from Sasha… no one.”
She bit her lower lip, looking thoughtful. “That makes sense. To be safe.”
Damn right I was going to be safe when it concerned her. “Promise me you won’t date again. That you won’t kiss or touch another man again. This is it. We’re it,” I said, and she nodded, getting down on her knees and licking my length. I was so sensitive that a loud groan slipped out of me.
“There’s no one else but you, Jack,” she said with a feigned innocent look on her face.
She widened her eyes. “Did I say Jack?” she asked while I growled and pulled her off her knees and onto me, nipping her ear.
“I meant John, of course,” she fake corrected with magnanimous effort while I moved my lips down her neck, biting down on her soft flesh.
“You’re going to remember my name and remember it well,” I said, settling her on top of me, positioning myself at her entrance.
God, she was delicious. I slipped into her, inch by inch, and took her nipple in my mouth, while my fingers worked her pussy, and when she came, she got the name right all right.