Page 47 of Long Story Short

‘I’m so comfy,’ I agreed. ‘But I know we have to get ready.’

Jake leaned in and kissed me again. I let out a sigh but kissed him back, my fingers threading through his hair as he moved his to my waist. ‘I might be addicted to kissing you,’ he murmured into my ear.

‘Oh yeah?’ I purred back. ‘I might want you to be addicted to kissing me.’ I brushed my lips against his but then I sighed. ‘I really should have that shower,’ I said reluctantly.

Jake’s eyes twinkled then. ‘If you really don’t want us to let go of each other, we could have a shower together?’

The thought of Jake wet and naked with me was instantly appealing. ‘I think that’s a very good idea,’ I admitted, wanting to prolong us being together for as long as possible. I tried to think if I had ever done that with a previous partner but I definitely hadn’t. I probably would have been too worried at being so exposed but last night, Jake had made it very clear that he found me sexy and loved my body, and I hadn’t felt nervous or worried.

I extracted myself from his arms finally, my body instantly feeling the loss of his. I wondered if other couples also felt sad when they had to let go of each other and start their days like I did.

Not that we were a couple or anything.

Jake climbed out of bed with me and we stayed naked so that helped the loss of his embrace a lot.

Jake took hold of my hand and led me into the marbled bathroom. The shower was thankfully a large walk-in one so after he turned on the shower, we stepped in it easily together. The water was hot instantly, steaming the room up around us as we got under it.

Jake wrapped his arms around me and looked down at me as water washed over us. ‘This was a very good idea,’ he said, moving his hands up and down my arms. ‘Can I wash you?’

I bit my lip. ‘Um… okay.’

‘You can’t be nervous after everything we’ve done together?’ Jake asked with a smile at my hesitant reply.

‘This is all kind of new to me,’ I admitted.

‘I told you we don’t do anything you don’t want to do, right?’ Jake said, leaning in to kiss me gently.

‘I want you to,’ I said, more firmly as his kiss gave me a pleasant shiver down my spine.

Jake reached for the body wash in one of those cute hotel bottles and squeezed some out on his palms. Keeping his eyes on me, he started to lather up soap on my body as we stayed pressed together under the hot water. It was incredibly intimate as he washed my skin carefully. When his palms caressed my breasts, I had to lean back against the shower tiles, letting out a sigh. ‘What else needs cleaning?’ Jake murmured then. He ran one hand down my body towards my thighs. I gave an eager nod and he chuckled, reaching between my legs and stroking me there. ‘Do you like that, baby?’

‘Yes,’ I breathed, arching my back in pleasure at his touch. I looked down and saw he was just as turned on as me. I reached for him and started stroking too.

‘Mmm, you know exactly what I like,’ Jake said, propping up on hand one the tiles behind me as I clung on to his waist with my free hand. He kept his eyes on me and the eye contact was so erotic that coupled with his touch and our wet naked bodies being so close, I couldn’t hold back a loud moan.

‘Good girl,’ Jake encouraged and I moaned again. ‘I want to fuck you against these tiles so badly.’

God, Jake’s sex talk was so hot. ‘Please,’ I said instantly, desperate for him again even though we’d had sex last night. It felt like Jake knew exactly how to turn me on and I was putty in his hands.

‘Hang on.’ Jake let go of me and I closed my eyes, letting the shower ease the slight ache in my neck from our activities yesterday. Jake stepped out and returned with a condom, slipping it on and returning to me, kissing me with such passion, I felt breathless. He lifted me easily up against the tiles then, our height difference coming in extremely handy, and brushed back my wet hair so he could see my face. ‘Do you want me, Freya?’

‘So much,’ I said.

‘I want you so much too,’ he said huskily, sliding inside me. We both gasped, smiling at the friction as Jake moved, pressing me into the tiles, and I clung to him, desperate to be as close as possible. He kissed me, then moved his lips to my ears. ‘This is better than I could have even hoped.’

‘For me too,’ I replied, letting out another moan. This felt so good and naughty too. Jake was introducing me to a whole host of things I’d never done with a man. I really had been missing out. Not just in my years of not having any sex but before them when the sex I’d had was nothing like this.

‘I don’t want this to stop,’ Jake said so quietly, I wondered if I had heard him correctly or not but I shuddered against him, lost in pleasure so I couldn’t check. But I hoped he had said what I thought he said, and meant it, because I felt exactly the same way.

31

After our shower, Jake had pulled on a hotel robe and slippers, cracked my door and made sure the corridor was empty before giving me a quick kiss and darting into his hotel room next door. When he had gone, I sank down onto the edge of the bed in just my towel and took a few deep breaths. I glanced in the mirror. My skin was damp and flushed, my hair was starting to curl over my shoulders and there was a smile on my face. Talk about a nice way to wake up. I was clean from the shower but also felt slightly dirty in the best way. Jake had spun my world upside down.

How had I gone from not having sex for three years to hot shower sex with my favourite romance author?

My phone beeped with a message so I grabbed it and saw it was from Liv.

I’m heading to breakfast now, want to join me? I am of course in desperate need of knowing how last night went…

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