Page 16 of Tempting Tessa

I release her and turn on the water. As it warms up I take care of disposing the condom and we both get in the shower. I grab the shampoo and start to wash her hair. Next comes the body wash and I make sure to do a thorough job and don’t miss a spot. I drop the washcloth and slip my hand between her legs and my fingers find their way to her opening. I slip two fingers inside and rub my thumb around her clit. While she is riding my hand, she reaches down and starts stroking my cock. I didn’t think I could be ready to go again so soon, but I’m ready to blow already. We both ride out our orgasms and finish washing up.

Tessa dresses in the clothes that I had originally set out for her last night and we head out to the kitchen. I pull out some eggs, bacon, and potatoes for hash browns. I am prepping breakfast and thinking about what we could possibly do today. “Do you want coffee with your breakfast?” I ask her as she is sitting on a bar stool watching me get breakfast ready.

“No, water or juice would be nice.”

“There is some OJ in the fridge, help yourself, beautiful. Breakfast will be done in just a few more minutes. Once you get yourself some juice, can you pop some toast in the toaster for me, please?” I ask her as I wrap my arm around her so I can pull her in for a quick kiss.

“Sure, would you like a glass of juice? And what cabinet are your glasses in?” she asks after she deepens the kiss.

“Glasses are in the cabinet to the left of the sink and a glass of OJ sounds great. Thanks, babe.”

I realize how easy I have slipped into calling her babe or baby. It just feels so natural to me. Maybe over breakfast we can talk about where this is going and what she wants, because I fucking want everything with this woman.

Breakfast is ready and I bring the plates to the table as Tessa carries the glasses of OJ. We are both starving, so we both dig in and chow down. Once I am finished I bring up what I was thinking about earlier.

“What are your plans for today? Did you have anything you need to get done? Maybe we could go get Ty and go do something fun with him?”

“I didn’t have anything planned for today knowing that I would need to recover after last night. I do need to get Ty from my parents’ house sooner rather than later.”

Knowing I need to feel her out on where she stands with us, I decide I just need to pull the band-aid off and ask her. “And how are you feeling about you and me? Willing to see where this goes between the two of us?” I ask her, while catching her beautiful blue eyes.

“I won’t lie and tell you I’m not nervous about dating again, but what I am feeling between us is something that I have not felt since I was a teenager dating Matt and it is something I want to explore. I need you to be ok with moving slowly. I know last night and this morning was anything but slow, and I don’t regret any of what we shared together. I just need you to be okay with things going at my pace.”

“I understand you wanting to move slow, and I agree with you that we have some amazing chemistry together. I would like to continue to explore it together. What are you comfortable with when we are around Ty?”

I can tell that I have shocked her by asking her this. I can read this woman and know that Ty is the number one priority in her life. Because of that, I need to make Ty and Tessa my number one priority as well.

“Um, I guess I haven’t really thought about that yet. Let’s just see how things go when he is around. I don’t think I would be comfortable with you sleeping over yet as he ends up snuggling with me in my bed most mornings, and I think that would be a little much for him right away.”

“How about this? I will follow your lead when we are around him. If I do something you are not comfortable with, just tell me and I will back off a bit. Just make sure to let me know so I don’t make you or him uncomfortable.”

“You, Jake Richards, are an amazing man,” she says as she leans in and kisses me. I pull her onto my lap and just enjoy being surrounded by her.

Tessa

Yesterday and last night were so amazing. Between the pampering at the spa with Caroline, dinner with so many of my friends and family and then our smaller group that headed out last night, my birthday was perfect. Ending the night in Jake’s arms just made it even more amazing. I feel so lucky with him in my life. If you had asked me 3 months ago if I would be dating again by my birthday I would have told you no way. Just 3 months ago, I didn’t think I was fully past the guilt of moving on from Matt.

After cleaning up from breakfast, Jake and I head to my house so that I can get dressed and we can go get Ty.

“Have you thought about what we should do today, babe?” Jake asks me after I am done getting changed.

“Since it’s so nice out today, I was thinking something outdoors. Ty’s favorite places to be are outside, so he is easy to please. Let’s head to my parents’ to pick him up and we can make a plan after that.”

I grab Ty’s booster seat from my car and toss it in the back seat of Jake’s truck before we head out. I tell Jake where my parents’ house is and he tells me that it is just a couple of streets over from the house his parents just moved into! We get to my parents’ house a few minutes later and head inside. Jake met my parents last night at the restaurant and I know they were able to chat a little bit so it isn’t like I am showing up with someone they haven’t met before. Plus, Ty has really taken to Jake after he let him help when he was installing the flooring.

“Hey, we are here!” I yell as we walk into their house.

“We are in the kitchen,” my mom yells back to us.

We head into the kitchen and it smells amazing. I bet she is baking something with Ty. He loves baking and, of course, my mom fills him with sugar when they bake!

“What smells so good in here?” I ask as I walk into the kitchen. Ty is sitting on the counter stirring something.

“We’re making cookies!” Ty says excitedly. He finally looks up from the bowl and notices that Jake is with me.

“Jake!” Ty yells as he jumps from the counter and runs over to him to give him a hug.

“Hey, buddy! How are you today?” he says as he hugs Ty.

---