“Mmm, Holly, I’ve been waiting for a kiss like that my whole life,” he said, pulling away to look down into my love drunk eyes. He stroked my hair away from my face, tucking the strands behind my ears, and then lowered his face back down and captured my lips again in a kiss that was even more breathtaking than the first.
Jack’s hands wandered down the sides of my neck, over my shoulders, and down my arms. One of his hands linked with mine and when the kiss broke off, he tugged on my arm gently.
He sat on the edge of the pull-out bed and I straddled him. I paused to stroke the sides of his face, drinking in every detail and thinking back to those terror-filled days when I’d wondered if I’d ever see him again. Then, as my eyes filled with tears, I leaned down and kissed him before the tears could spill over.
When we parted, Jack swiped at my lower lashes. “Hey, hey, what’s the matter?” I shook my head and looked past him. He guided my chin back to look at him. “Holly, tell me what’s wrong.”
“I’m just getting over everything, I guess. Hearing you tell the story of what happened, it’s so much more real than the vision I’d had in my head when Aaron first told me. It was scary.”
He wrapped his arms around my waist and smiled softly up at me. “But I’m okay. I’m here.”
“I know. But it scares me. Why did you take a risk like that? You said it yourself, you knew the rescue team would find you soon. So, why put yourself in such danger? I mean, those guys, they could have killed you or taken you hostage and done…well, God only knows what…to you.” I bit my lip to keep it from trembling. “What if I’d lost you?”
“Holly,” Jack paused to wipe away more tears. “You gotta understand that I was doing my job. Sure, it was a little risky. I could have waited to be rescued and then a team could have gone and taken out the camp, but I saw an opportunity and I took advantage of it. My job is full of risks and uncertainty. That’s part of why I’ve stayed single for so long. I didn’t want to have to put anyone through what you just went through these past few days. I know it wasn’t easy for you and if I could have changed it, I would have.”
I nodded, trying to understand.
“You wanna know what I was thinking when I went down the mountain side toward that plane?” He smiled again. “I was thinking that I was gonna get back here, to be with you, just like this.”
He kissed me again, slow and deep, and made it impossible for me to hold onto my fear. I dissolved into Jack, letting myself go and the haunting memories and questions finally started to fade. He ran his strong hands down my back and when they reached the waist of my jeans, he slipped them under the fabric of my shirt and peeled it from me in slow motion. Our mouths parting only long enough for him to pull it off over my head. His fingers went to work on the hooks for my bra and I freed him from his shirt.
When my bra dropped to the side of the bed, Jack stopped kissing me long enough to lean back and stare at my bare skin. He palmed my breasts and watched as I writhed on his lap, my hips moving in slow, rhythmic circles as my pleasure built between my thighs. He didn’t even have me completely stripped down and I was ready to explode.
He pulled on my lower back and brought me to him and sucked one of my nipples into his mouth. I gasped as a lightning bolt of heat sparked in my chest and ran straight down to my pussy. I gripped Jack’s hips tighter and ground against his hard cock that was pressing through his jeans.
“Holly, you’re so sweet,” Jack said, nuzzling my bare breasts with his stubble coated jaw. The mix of sensations of his soft skin, and the rough hair on his cheek, was intoxicating. I closed my eyes and prayed he’d never stop. He stroked my hair and twisted the long strands around his fingers. When he got a handful gathered around his hand, he tugged back, forcing my head back so he could lick and kiss up the side of my neck.
His mouth went to my earlobe. “You’re mine, Holly,” he growled. His words took me to new heights and I squirmed on his lap, feeling myself getting wetter and hotter with each moment.
With a sudden burst of impatience, he flipped me off his lap and tossed me back onto the bed. I gasped when he unclasped my jeans and slid them and my panties right off my legs, leaving me naked before him. He buried his face between my thighs and licked up the juices between my lips. I moaned and dug my hands into his short hair, holding on for dear life as he sucked my clit. His fingers were soaked and he fingered me soft and slow, keeping the rhythm of his tongue on my clit. He moaned against me, and the vibrations spread a new wave of flames over my body.