Page 81 of A Night To Remember

Jake stroked her cheek. “Charlie, why couldn’t you tell me this before? We could have worked through this together. I thought you hated me.”

“I never hated you, Jake. I hated myself at times for being such a coward, but never you. I love you. I was just too scared to tell you. To my way of thinking, I just couldn’t put my heart on the line like that again. When I lost Paul it nearly destroyed my life, but in the back of my mind, I knew you posed a much bigger threat to my heart than Paul ever had. Besides, in the beginning, I thought you only wanted me for sex.”

“Of course you know now, that that isn’t true. Yes, when we make love, it’s like magic, but that’s only a small part of what I feel for you. I didn’t realize it then but I believe I fell in love with you on the night we first met.”

“After a one-night stand?”

“It was more than that and you know it. Love is a funny thing. Sometimes it grows with time, but sometimes, as in our case, it’s instant. You felt it too but you weren’t ready to accept it yet. I never got over you leaving me the way you did. I tried to forget about you by dating other women, but when I was with them, all I could think about was you.” Jake tilted her chin and planted a gentle kiss on her lips.

“You did?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, Jake. I’m so sorry for running off like that. I was so confused. I was still caught up in my grief and I had all these feelings that were surfacing for you, I didn’t know what to do so I took the coward’s way out. I ran,” she recounted, ashamed of her actions.

Jake kissed her as if to say all was forgiven. “Everything is okay, now that we’re together.” He lowered his head once more, deepening the kiss. “Do you have any idea how intoxicating you are, Charlie? From the moment I laid eyes on you, I wanted to taste your sexy lips, and when I finally did, I didn’t want to stop.”

Charlie touched his face. How she loved this man. “You always say the most wonderful things. I don’t think I deserve you,” she said humbly.

“If anything, I don’t deserve you. I don’t think I really started to live until you came into my life.” He paused to laugh. “I should write greeting cards, shouldn’t I?”

“Umm, don’t give up your day job. God, I’m horny,” she admitted. Being so close to him like this was wreaking havoc on her body.

Charlie felt Jake’s erection pressing against the back of her thighs. “Let me help you with that.” Charlie smiled wickedly. Charlie rolled over and gently pushed Jake back against his pillows.

She slid down to his side until she was eye level with his throbbing shaft. She gently took it into hand and began to pump gently. Jake moaned loudly, thrashing his head back and forth.

Charlie leaned over to stroke the velvety tip with her tongue. His body tensed under her mouth as he released an impassioned groan. “Do you like that, Jake?”

“You know I do,” he answered through gritted teeth. She smiled, lifting her head and seeing his passion-glazed eyes. It pleased her to know she had this effect on him. She could tell he was fighting for control to remain completely still by the way beads of sweat broke out along his forehead. His control was really tested when she lowered her head once more, wrapping her mouth around his cock and slowly beginning to bob her head up and down.

“Oh God, Charlie. I want to fuck you so badly.” He spoke the words through clenched teeth.

“When you heal, I’ll hold you to that.” She smirked before devouring his cock. She sucked him into her greedy mouth, enjoying the feel and the taste of him. Her cunt was damp with desire. Just knowing she was responsible for making him so hard was nearly enough to get her off. The sense of her sexual power was heady.

Every so often Jake would make small sounds of pleasure in the back of his throat as Charlie continued to suck his cock. “Oh baby,” he muttered over and over again. Feeling daring, she began to take more and more of his cock into her mouth, practically swallowing it whole down her throat.

He screamed out, “Oh God, Charlie, I’m going to come!”

Charlie continued to suck his cock in and out of her mouth until he stilled, and spurted come down her thirsty throat. She slurped his essence down, drunk off the high of his flavor.

She released him before sliding next to him. Charlie then kissed him on the neck. “That was amazing, Charlie.” Jake returned the kiss.

“You’re amazing.” She smiled at him.

They lay, side by side, not saying a word for several moments until Jake broke the silence. “Charlie, when I was unconscious in the hospital, I heard your voice.”

“Really? You never said anything. And you scared me to death when you flatlined.”

“I remember exactly what happened, but at the time, I thought it was just a dream. It was as if I was in limbo, but I saw a light. The light was so warm and welcoming I started walking toward it. That’s when I heard your voice, but by then, I think I was too far away to hear what you were saying. I thought maybe I had imagined it so I kept walking toward the light. But then I was pulled back by a man in a Carolina Tar Heels T-shirt. I don’t know why that particular detail sticks out in my mind, but it just does.”

He paused briefly, looking as though he was trying to remember what happened next. “He told me it wasn’t my time, and I had to keep his peanut happy. I’m not sure what he meant by that, but I started to walk away from the light. When I turned to ask him who he was, he was gone. I don’t remember anything after that except waking up in the hospital.”

Tears began to stream down Charlie’s face. It seemed she had been doing a lot of crying lately. “What’s wrong, baby?” he asked, alarmed by her tears.

“It was Paul. He saved you. He brought you back to me.”

A puzzled expression crossed his face, so Charlie explained all the events in the hospital and what Kristy had told her.

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