Page 39 of Now and Forever

He raised one elegant brow before chuckling. “You married the best stalker in the world, babe.”

Babe.

He said babe…Steady, my idiot heart. Don’t fall for it!

“Well, as long as you’re not overstepping any boundaries like spying and masturbating to my naked body, then I’m all for making sure I’m safe and sound.”

He looked scandalized. “You wench!” He widely grinned. Then I saw his gaze flicker to the tray Reina brought in before dipping a finger and scooping a copious amount of whipped butter and hopping on the bed.

I screamed as I tried to block him with a pillow. But he was too strong. He swiftly yanked the pillow out of my hands before he used his buttered finger on my face, wiping it all over my face and neck.

“Jared!” I squealed with delight.

“Butter mask.” He licked his notorious finger. “Tastes good, too.”

My eyes grew like saucers, quite turned on and aghast that he licked his finger from the butter. “That was my breakfast!”

“There’s still jam…” he taunted, mischievous. “What do you want me to do with it?”

Smear it all over my body and lick it off of me slowly.

Jesus. What the hell? How was I always so horny when he was around? Blushing, I avoided his gaze. “Stop it,” I said unconvincingly.

It was as if he knew where my lurid thoughts were leading me to, so he dropped the subject.

“Wyatt…Are you guys dating?” His question caught me off guard.

Did he intend to hack into Wyatt’s electronics as well? I couldn’t be sure. With Jared, it was hard to decipher what his intentions were.

I glared at him, incredulous. “I have butter all over me, and you want to talk about Wyatt?”

His eyes gleamed as they lingered on my face, appreciating his damn artwork before he slid off the bed, strode into the bathroom, and ran the shower. Unexpectedly, he plucked me out of the bed and carried me towards the glass shower. The water began to steam the glass, and we both stepped in there, clothes and all.

“I’ll help you wash off,” he said with an innocent look about him. Then his hands grasped the end of my slip before lifting it off my body.

“Jared…What are you doing?” I cautiously asked, aroused beyond recognition. “Last night…You said a lot of things.”

“I did,” he responded, leveling his eyes with mine as if he was trying not to look below and ogle my heaving breasts so close to him. “I meant every word.”

“Then why are you doing this?” Maybe he liked to play with fire…or the simple fact that maybe I’m an easy target. None of which made me feel any less rotten.

“I’m taking care of you,” he stated as if it was a given. Without further addressing it, Jared simply got to business. He squeezed a facial scrub before he softly began to rub it all over my butter covered face. A massive grin spread across his face as he took in the sight before him. “Aww, you look like one of those people from children of the corn.”

I pinched his side.

He guffawed even more. “No, I swear you’re the most beautiful woman in the world.”

I couldn’t help but join in the laughter. “You tease me too much.”

“If you didn’t look so cute, maybe you wouldn’t be an easy target.” He scooped warm water from the running spray before carefully rinsing my cheeks then the rest of my face.

My eyes dropped to his blatant hardness. Even if his pants were still on, they hid nothing from me. Jared wasn’t unaffected, after all. My naked body aroused him, too. “Oh, look, your mini me is up.”

He snickered. “Please don’t insult it by calling it mini anything.”

The sight of his hardness made me delirious. But to keep the banter going, I had best not ponder how I could seduce him right this instant. We were having such a laugh that I didn’t want to ruin it. So, as much as I hated it, I had to steer to light fun.

“Aww, don’t tell me mini me has self-esteem issues, too? Poor thing. I recommend a visit to a psychologist. It’ll address whatever inadequacies it has.”

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