Page 83 of Second Chance for Mr. Alden

“I miss her too. You have to give her extra snuggles for me and remind her every hour I’m coming back.”

“I will. And guess what? I have the most amazing news, but you can’t tell Jamie.”

“Sure.” Typically a ‘don’t tell Alden’ request was not much of a big deal so I didn’t feel too guilty promising Lexi.

Alden stared at me. I could see the challenge in his eyes even before he grabbed the edge of his shirt and lifted it over his head.

I sucked in a quick gasp.

Lexi paused. “You okay?”

I cleared my throat. “Oh, yeah. Sorry, I’d just gotten up and stubbed my toe.” He wanted to play that game? I unbuttoned my shorts and undid the zipper.

Alden grinned and ran his hand around my ankle.

While Lexi launched into telling me how a potential investor reached out to her to discuss funding her next location, I tuned out our conversation. I was a terrible friend.

Although, the only consolation was that she’d be thrilled to know about me and Alden. I hesitated to say anything because I didn’t want to get her hopes up until we knew it was going somewhere. Lexi had been just as devastated as the two of us when our relationship fell apart.

Alden grinned and ran his knuckles up my calf, slowly digging in and massaging the muscles. I bit my lip to keep from moaning out loud. With each swipe of his hand, he went a little higher on my leg.

This time I barely bit back a moan. I needed to end this call. Now. “Lexi, I’m so sorry, the battery is really low. Can I call you back later?”

“Sure. Okay. Don’t forget I really want to get your advice about this, Jess. I’ll call you on my way to meeting them tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Can you make sure Jamie’s not around so he doesn’t guess what I’m doing?”

“I promise and I won’t.” I hung up and tossed the phone away from us, not caring where it landed.

When I reached down and threaded my fingers through Alden’s hair, he leaned over and ran his tongue up my calf, behind my knee, and halfway up my thigh. He was so damn good with that tongue I swear he needed to get it trademarked or something.

I tugged on his hair, forcing his eyes to meet mine. “Come here.”

A devilish smirk tilted the corner of his lips as he crawled up my body. He pressed a kiss to my soft stomach when my shirt rode up, then he ran his hand up and under my bra, cupping my breasts, before he crushed his lips to mine.

With my own quick grin, I pulled my lips away and rolled him to his side before I pushed him onto his back.

“My turn.” I scratched my nails lightly down the front zipper of his shorts. Tonight I was in control and James Alden was going to be the one brought to his knees.

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