Page 44 of Desire
Chapter Fifteen
The alarm on my phone buzzed, and I woke up instantly. Before I turned it off, I twisted to look behind me. My heart was filled with glee. Jasper was still there with me, curled up on his side, sleeping. I turned off my alarm, smiling at how different he was. Everytime I slept with him, he either held me or lay beside me, straight on his back with his hands together, fingers enfolded above his groin as if he were a vampire sleeping in a casket.
Finally, he stirred and reached up to pull me to him.
“What time is it?” he whispered as he spooned me.
“It’s seven.”
“Shit, I have to get to the office,” he said. “But stay put.” Jaspertiredly rolled out of bed.
“Stay put?” I asked, feeling as if I had a million things to do before my meeting with Rachel and Kylie.
He pointed at me as he jogged in front of the bed. “Don’t get out of that bed.”
I didn’t want to stay where I was, but I did anyway. Jasper went into the bathroom, and I could hear his urine hit the water in the toilet. I had woken up a few hoursago to pee, so I didn’t have to go. Before we went to sleep, Jasper and I had eaten every morsel of food on the platter, drunk half the bottle of wine as we discussed religion and politics like the centrists we were, made love some more, and then fell asleep.
But I was already feeling the void that would occur once we parted ways to sojourn through our day. I had no idea where we wouldgo from there. The problems we’d had before last night still existed. Not only that, but I still had to talk to the mystery woman who’d warned me to leave her alone.
Once Jasper appeared, his cock steadily ticking upward as it discovered its thickness, I was struck by illumination. My beautiful lover lay on top of me, guided his blossoming erection into my slippery wetness. Once again,we were making love, only this time Jasper insisted that I come before he did.
While JasperandI showered together, I told him about Alexia, the strange phone calls I’d received from the mystery woman, and how I couldn’t reach Alexia anymore.
“Then heed her warning, and leave it alone. I don’t want you putting yourself in unnecessary danger. I’ll have my people look into it.”
I rolled my eyes, suddenly regretting telling him.
“Did you just roll your eyes at me, babe?”
I smirked. “Maybe. Yes.”
The water made our kiss slippery. Then something quite surprising happened. Jasper wrapped his arms around me and held me. The warm water spraying from above pelted us as we remained stuck together, falling deeper into the feelings of new love.
Finally, with one last kiss, we turned off the shower, dried, and dressed. While I was readying my face forthe day, Jasper had his assistant bring us breakfast.
“I could’ve just called room service,” I said after hotel staff dropped off the order.
“Go take a look,” he said as he confidently stood straightening his cuff link.
I opened the fancy frosted-glass containers and saw succulent shrimp on grits with poached eggs on top. There were fluffy biscuits with an assortment of jelliesand a handwritten note that read,Glad to serve you again, Bart.
I gasped as I pressed a hand over my lips. “You didn’t.”
He winked, wearing a cocky smile. “Of course I did. Bart will be making all your meals while you’re here.”
“But…” I frowned, terribly confused. Even though our feelings were strong for each other, we were still sneaking around.
“You don’t want Bartto serve you?” he asked with an expression that said he already knew my answer to that question.
“Are you worried about Arthur Valentine finding out that you and I are still involved?”
“Not as of this morning.”
I frowned. “Why not?”
Jasper collected me, wrapping his arms around me. “Let me worry about Valentine.”
“How about we worry about him together?”
