Page 70 of Love Is…?

“You’ve told me that already,” Tessa whispered.

Jayde slid her hands down Tessa’s bare arms, stopping to hold her hands. “It needed repeating.”

“Because…?”

Jayde gave a gentle tug and Tessa stepped into Jayde’s space.

“Because I like saying it,” she replied, and a crooked smile lifted her lips.

“I like hearing it.” Tessa felt the skin on her chest heating, the moisture gathering between her legs, her pulse beating in her veins.

Jayde stared into her eyes. “What was that line you tried tonight?”

Tessa blinked. “You look like you need rescuing?”

“It is a good line,” Jayde murmured.

Tessa contemplated Jayde. “Would it work on you?”

Jayde’s eyes darkened. She slipped Tessa’s little bag and keys from her hand, placed them against the wall, then returned to stand close.

“Probably not.” Jayde placed her hands on Tessa’s hips, thumbs lightly stroking her hip bones through the fabric of the dress.

Deciding that she couldn’t possibly leave her hands free, what with Jayde melting her bones and other wonderful things, Tessa kicked off her shoes, then raised her arms and wound them about Jayde’s neck.

“Really?” she purred, and thrilled in Jayde’s hard swallow.

“I…”

Tessa gently angled Jayde’s head down, raising her chin so that their lips ghosted against each other. “How about this? Would this work?”

Before Jayde could answer, Tessa closed the infinitesimal gap, and pressed her lips to Jayde’s, sucking in her bottom lip. Jayde’s small gasp was exquisitely sexy. Tessa drew back.

“Yeah, it would,” Jayde croaked, her eyes sparkling. “Since kisses and hands and things aren’t pretend anymore, can we do that again?”

Tessa grinned, pushed up on the balls of her feet, and kissed Jayde’s mouth confidently with a soft flick of her tongue, which drew another gasp, and Tessa’s arousal hit the ceiling.

Jayde pulled away, darted her gaze about, then fixed it on Tessa. A sensual, hopeful, needy gaze. “Tess, I want to…It’s your call…but would you like to?—”

“Yes.” Tessa slid her hands to Jayde’s cheekbones. “I would like to.”

“I’m, you know, tested and clear,” Jayde said earnestly.

At the very moment she’d found out about Olna’s infidelity, Tessa had promptly taken one of those tests as well.

“So am I.”

Pausingto kiss again at the door—Tessa’s hands on either side of Jayde’s face—then against the wall near the door—Jayde’s pelvis pressing against Tessa’s—then at the kitchen counter—Jayde’s legs parted so Tessa could step closer and devour Jayde’s mouth and cup Jayde’s breasts—then against the wall in the hallway—Jayde’s hand pressed flat against the wall so she could grind against Tessa who nearly combusted—then at the bedroom doorway—Tessa holding Jayde’s wrists which caused both to whimper—they ended up standing, embracing, both breathing haphazardly at the foot of the bed.

Tessa ran her fingers through Jayde’s slightly dishevelled hair.

“You have a thing for my hair,” Jayde said huskily, and grinned.

Tessa giggled. “It’s a crush.”

Jayde held Tessa’s face, kissed her soundly, and brought their bodies together. While Tessa was aware that she didn’t have a great deal going on in the breast department, her nipples were still incredibly sensitive. All of which meant that, even through layers of clothing, when her breasts pressed againstJayde’s body, she inhaled sharply as a jolt of electricity went from her nipples to her core.

Jayde drifted away from Tessa’s lips to place open mouth kisses across her jawline and down the column of her throat, licking the skin after each one. Tessa threw her head back.

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