Page 191 of Under Her Skin
She walked silently backto the bedroom and lay down beside him. In sleep, the harsh angles of his beautiful face softened, his full mouth curved up slightly in a smile. She pressed her lips gently to kiss and then stroked his face. She studied him for a long minute before closing her owneyes.
Before she fell back to sleep, she kissed him once more and whispered ‘I loveyou’.
Amoment later,Theo opened his eyes and smiled. ‘I love you too, beautiful one.’ But she was alreadyasleep.
Neither of themheard the door to the apartment door creak open. Jules Gachet sneaked through the room until he stood at her bedroom door, staring down at them. The way Jessica was curved around the big man’s body, the protective arm he had wrapped around her. Jules’ gut churned with jealousy, with anger. Fucking whore. He fantasised about having this bastard wake up to find her dead beside him, covered in her blood. Jules grinned nastily to himself. If he could have gotten away with it… but no. Not yet, at least. He moved silently to her side and brushed a fingertip down her soft cheek, pushing a lock of dark brown hair away from her lovely face. If he ended up killing her, he wanted it to be an intimate, unrushed time. He wanted her to die slowly, painfully, looking into his eyes and begging him to spare herlife.
He turnedhis attention to the man sleepily beside her. He was vaguely familiar but Jules couldn’t place him. Never mind, he didn’t matter. Just the thought of this man inside his Jessica made him want to roar, rage and to implode withmalevolence.
An idea cameto him then and he smiled to himself. If Jessica thought she could be happy with this man… Jules almost laughed aloud. Yes, he was going to enjoy destroying her piece of mind, her security, her newlove.
He’d consider it an appetiser to hermurder.
Theo Storm glancedup as Max came into his office, grinning. ‘Where have you been and what is her name?’ His best friend had raised eyebrows and amused look on his chubbyface.
Theo smiled. ‘Max, buddy…you’ve already lost your dumb bet and you don’t even knowit.’
Max started to scoff then, as he saw how serious Theowas.
‘Really?’ He looked sceptical. ‘No. No way, I know you too well. You’re yankingme.’
Theo barked out a laugh. ‘Projecting as usual. No, I’m serious, Max.Here…’
He pulled out his cell phone which already had a ton of photos of Jess. He flicked to them and handed it toMax.
‘Her name is Jessica – Jess. She’s a Ph.D. graduate at UW. Artrestoration.’
Max whistled. ‘She’s a beauty, alright. Where’d you meether?’
Theo told him about the commencement speech then gave him a cleaned up version of the last few days. ‘I really want you to meet her. She’s going to be around a longtime.’
Max blinked. ‘Wow. Never seen you like thisbefore. ‘
Theo grinned a little smugly. ‘Now about thatbet…’
Max scoffed. ‘Bet schmet. When am I going to meether?’
Jess choked on her drink– which was a shame because the cocktail was utterly delicious and very expensive – but Theo’s best friend Max was just too funny. He was in the middle of regaling her with stories of his and Theo’s childhood, growing up together, going to an exclusive private school for boys and not behaving as ‘young gentlemen should’ in any way orform.
Max grinnedas she wiped her mouth and tried to stop laughing. Theo was shaking his head good-naturedly, pretending to be disgusted with Max’s loosetongue.
‘Seriously,dude, stop trying to kill my girlfriend. Breathe,Jess.’
Jess sucked in a few deep breaths, trying not to be over-excited about the fact Theo had just called her his girlfriend. She felt like a freakin’ teenager but there was no denying the warmth flooding her every nerve and cell when he called her that. Theo chuckled at her and leaned over to kiss herbriefly.
‘That’smy cue to get more drinks,’ Max disappeared off to the bar. Theo kissed her again, slower, deeper, his hands cradling her face, his tongue caressing hers. Jess melted into the embrace, sliding her hands around his waist, feeling his muscular body under her fingers. God, she had never wanted anyone this much in her life, wanting to be naked with him all day and all night. Well, she thought a little smugly, she had been for the past few days but tomorrow, she had to get back to work, back to reality. Theo had gone into the office today for an hour or so but had returned just after lunch. She’d been naked and ready for him when he walked into the door – they hadn’t made it to the bedroom before they were tangled in each other andsweating.
After an afternoon of screwing,she could still feel the ache of him, her vagina pulsed with a pleasant soreness, her thighs stretched and her hips felt like liquid still. His lips were on her throat now and she closed her eyes, concentrating on thesensation.
‘At the end of this evening,’Theo spoke in a low, deep murmur, ’we’ll say goodnight to Max and then I’m going to take you into the alley around the back of this place and fuck you so hard, Jessie, so very hard. Then we’ll go back to my place and do it all over again until you’re helpless in myarms.’
Jess suppressedher moan of desire but her body trembled and she heard him laugh softly. She buried her face in hisneck.
‘Iwant you now.’She whispered and, moving quickly, he pulled her onto his lap so she was straddling him. Their eyes locked and a silent assent passed between them. Theo reached down and unzipped his fly, freed his already stiffening cock, and pushing her panties to one side, slid into her. She nearly gave them away as she felt his cock fill her, giving a moan which he quickly smothered with a kiss. Rocking gently as if only moving with the kiss, she felt his free hand caressing her sensitive clit, sending shivers of delight through her body. His lips moved against hers as they kissed, tender but firm and Jess wondered how she ever lived before this kind of pleasure. She was glad that they were sitting in a private, secluded booth, that the rest of the club couldn’t see that they were screwing and when Theo started to move in and out of her, the fact they had to be discreet, had to keep the frenzy within was so incredibly erotic, she came quickly. He followed her and for a moment, they stayed connected, breathing hard, gaze locked on the others. Theo looked aroundthen.
‘Max is comingback.’
She slid from his lap and sat, shoving her legs together as Theo tidiedhimself.
