Chapter Sixteen

Jess

Ithrew my arm overmy face and groaned as sunlight fought to pierce through my eyes to my brain. How did the light make it past the fucking blackout curtains? It was usually a soft glow coming from the top of the curtains or around the sides if I didn’t close it tight enough, but not this caught up in the glare of the lighthouse bringing ships in shit.

I groaned and buried my head under the covers until a deep, raspy laugh filled my ears. I burrowed my way into a hard chest. Alden’s arms wrapped around me and yanked me up so I laid sprawled across his chest.

“Mmm.” These moments with him were the ones I used to love the most. The quiet before the day started, the way our bodies fit perfectly together, how easy it was to lay there in silence or talk.

Back then we also had Lexi in our daily lives. At first, I’d to sneak out so she didn’t know I spent the night. When she finally admitted I wasn’t as stealthy as we thought, the three of us would often share breakfast together. We were our own little family.

Will we last this time?My stupid subconscious whispered to me. I wanted to tell her to fuck herself and shut up, but regardless of the secrets revealed last night, there were no promises made. What if last night wasn’t the beginning of a forever together as I hoped?

Alden’s fingers trailed up and down my arm, making me shiver, allowing me to forget all the doubts my subconscious wanted to throw at me. Alden was, well, Alden. We’d figure this out and make it work.

I’d missed him so damn much and didn’t want to lose another minute regardless of where it went. I drew in a deep breath, wanting his scent to settle in my lungs, to imprint the memory of it there forever.

A chuckle rumbled through him. “Still hate the morning sun, my little vampire?”

“Maybe,” I mumbled, with a little yawn.

His fingers dancing along my arms and spine made me forget I hated the sun just a tiny little bit. I wanted to stay wrapped in his arms all day long. The hardness of his body called to me.

In a faint, unhurried S pattern I ran the palm of my hand lightly over and around his pecs, down his abdomen and back up. His hips lifted each time I moved further down his abs, pressing into my thigh, his very evident erection against my leg, making me want to rub my core over him until I screamed my release.

Instead I smiled and scraped my teeth down his closest pec.

“Mm ...” His body leaned forward the tiniest bit.

“Do you like that?” My voice sounded raspy.

My tongue darted out and flicked over his nipple. With his answering groan I circled his other one with the pad of my finger before I gave it a light pinch.

“Yes,” he grunted, sounding surprised.

The morning was starting to get so much better.

Intent on relearning his body, I eased my lips down, kissing the ridge of his abs, my tongue lapping at the grooves before I licked my way back up to toy with his nipples. He moved restlessly under my hands. His hips twisting, my gaze immediately shifted to his cock, my mouth watered at the thought of taking it between my lips.

Now that’s all I could picture. I wanted to lick and suck him until his legs trembled and he came inside my mouth and I drank him dry.

“You are so fucking hot, Alden. You make me want to come just looking at you.”

His breathing grew heavier, and his hips pushed into my chest. His naked cock rubbed in between, the friction feeling naughty. If I didn’t already have plans for Alden’s body, I’d have cupped my ample mounds and had him fuck them until he was massaging his cum onto my chest.