“A quickie?” She tilts her head, oh so cutely, her hair sashaying to the side.
I tug at her robe, ignoring her incredulous tone, reaching for that looped around fluffy belt because I know a true treasure lies beneath. “It’s possible, I’m sure. I can only try.” I shrug.
Peels of laughter tumble from her sweet little mouth, and I can’t help but laugh too. “You better be quick, Mister.”
My eyes pop in surprise, my eyebrows rising to the heavens. “Yeah?” I dip down to peck her on the lips.
She smiles as I successfully pull her robe apart and I glare down at that sexy little body that does so much for me without having to do anything at all. “Yeah, JJ. Do you darndest.”
My darndest turns out to be plundering my princess from behind while she hangs onto the headboard for dear life. So much for taking things a little on the slow side. But that ass facing me as I held onto her hips, my hard as fuck length sliding into her was like having my own slice of heaven on earth.
“I really hope I’m not going to be suffering for that later,” she giggles as she’s about to slip out to her cottage before any more disasters strike with her family and they send out a search party.
“Oh, Babe, I really hope you can feel everywhere I’ve been today.”
“I might need that massage today in the hotel spa to recover.”
“Best to, then I can do it all again later.”
“We’re playing with fire, you know that, right?” She nips my chin with her thumb and forefinger, her smile playful and carefree. She really doesn’t seem all that worried about it, and that makes me feel slightly better. But I’m still going over in my mind what I’m going to say to Tanner. I need to be the one to talk to him to break the news, it’s only right.
“Fire can befun, Baby. You seem to like that.”
She slaps me on the butt as I pull the front door back to check the coast is clear before she makes her escape. I return the favor, giving her a tap on her cute ass as she slips away, casting me a little wave as she totters back to her cottage quicker than lightning.
I watch her go, resting my palms on the edge of the patio rail. She turns once and gives me a smile over her shoulder, my eyes roam down her body in a matter of seconds as I watch that cute, sexy ass. She only has her robe that she came in last night, so I guess that’s why she’s trying to get back inside without being sprung. That would kinda be hard to explain.
I know I have a huge day today. First breakfast with the family that has been my landing board for the better part of ten years, after that there’s golf with the guys, then I head off to meet up with the team. Hopefully, I’m not going to choke on all the guilt now running through me with Jade leaving.
It’s kinda like cold water being splashed on my face watching her go. I want her close. I feel more alive than I have in such a long time when I’m around her.
I breathe in the mountain air for a sec before I head inside, making a mental note to appreciate it a little more down by the lake later when I return.
I whip out my phone as soon as I’m inside and type a message to the group chat Taylor, Ashton, Tyler and Jake recently started. Maybe they can offer me some advice on the timing of talking to my childhood best friend about screwing hissister behind his back. Not that I’d obviously word it that way, of course. I just don’t like keeping secrets, they’re like a fungus that just spreads and grows. And I don’t want that on my conscience. If Grandpa Ray taught me anything, it was to be good to the people who are good to me in return.
I sigh, flopping back on the bed. Knowing I should be showering and getting ready for the day, but I quickly type out a message.
Me
Boys, we gotta talk
CHAPTER 26
Jade
The second I get back to my room I quickly jump in the shower and wash away the remnants of last night, not that I want to, but I need to wash the sex off me if I’m going to show my face around my family this morning.
Little Luca has already been up looking for me for hours by now, bless his heart.
I towel dry my hair and whip out my phone because a girl conference is exactly what I need before I head to breakfast and try to act normal around Jay.
First, I send a message to Beth.
Me
Vegas agrees with me. I bit the bullet and went to Jay’s cottage late last night. We need to talk later
I place my phone down on the marble counter in the bathroom and stare at my reflection in the mirror while I wait for Beth’s reply. The same face stares back at me that Isaw yesterday, but somehow, so much has changed since I last looked in the mirror. My body sings happily when I think back to last night, but it’s going to take my mind a little getting used to.
