Page 26 of Medusa

“See the doc, rest up. You need to work on your footwork, man,” Jaden said.

The response was muffled to Maddie’s ears, but Jaden chuckled.

“When you can beat me consistently, then you’ll know you’re good enough.” Jaden backed out of the doorway, closing the solid wooden door behind him, and started walking down the hallway at a pace that had Maddie jogging to keep up. Finally, he reached another door and opened it.

Maddie ran the last few steps and followed him into the room. “You have a lot of explaining to do, Mister McKellen,” she said sternly, startling him into a yelp and a quick turn on his heel to face her.

The guilty look on his face made her even angrier. She kept walking, backing him up against the wall beside the shower. When he had nowhere else to go, she stopped and poked him in the chest with one finger. “What do you have to say for yourself?”

Jaden’s mouth opened and closed.

She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms under her breasts.

His gaze dropped from her face to her chest and he groaned. “Gods, Maddie. You look amazing.”

Her heart rate picked up and she blushed. “No, that’s not—” She cut herself off when he lifted a large hand, so warm she could feel over her skin it even without contact. He held it between them, hovering, not touching. Her breaths were coming faster now, her chest heaving with each intake, getting closer to him.

“Maddie,” he murmured. “What do you want?”

Questions ran through her mind in a split second.

Why did you leave?

Why didn’t you brag about our night together?

Why did you treat me the way you did at the station?

Only to be crowded out by one thought:

He’s still waiting for consent to touch me.

That decided it.

“You,” she whispered.

Jaden groaned, his hand shaking. “Say it.”

It took her a moment. “Please, touch me, Jaden.”

He immediately closed the distance between his hand and her breast, palming the small mound. “Fuck, Maddie,” he rasped. “Your body is so beautiful.”

Her only response was a whimper as he teased at her already hard nipples.

When did that happen?

Then he bent and suckled her breast through the thin material and she didn’t care about timing any more. All she cared about was getting this man inside her as fast as possible.

He pulled back, running his thumb over the wet splotch he’d made on her shirt. “Maddie, what you do to me, baby.”

“Lock the door. I need you,” Maddie barked in reply.

Jaden’s eyebrows rose along with the corner of his mouth. “I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind. Are you sure this isn’t just another fantasy?”

“Do you want me to slap you?” Maddie asked.

“Isn’t it usually a pinch?”

“Not when the guy in question left in the middle of the night.”

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