Until Jake

“Oh, God, yes!”

Okay, so much for fighting the lure.

Her head whipped back on her shoulders. Her eyes closed. She wanted him to come with her.

“Now, Jake. Now.”

“Ah, fuck!”

He pumped a few more times and then his hips jerked and his body quaked.

“Kate!”

His cock surged and pulsed within her. Sparking her own climax. Making Kate scream.

And then there was nothing but searing sensations and labored breathing.

Endless moments stretched between them.

Eventually Jake moved. Only slightly, as though he wasn’t quite ready to withdraw from her.

“Goddamn,” he mumbled as his palm flattened against the mattress, alongside her hip. His chest pressed to her back. His lips whisked over her shoulder in feathery kisses. “I don’t think I’ve ever come so hard. Christ, you feel better than anything I’ve ever known.”

Kate’s heart fluttered. Her stud had all the right moves and the right words.

It took a while for semi-steady breathing to return to both of them. Then Jake eased away from her and ducked into the adjacent bathroom.

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Kate frowned. She instantly felt an acute emptiness. A dark void. A familiar hollowness straight to the depths of her soul.

She rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling fan, the large, bronze-leaf blades slowly rotating.

She’d gotten what she’d wanted.

So why the hell hadn’t the loneliness abated for good?

She glanced over at the vacant side of her queen-sized bed and got the answer to her question.

Because tonight was just about sex.

Remember, Kate?

Not a date. Not a relationship. Not anything meaningful.

Just sex.

Per her request.

She sighed.

Sure, tomorrow she wouldn’t be wound nearly as tight as she’d been the past two years. But she’d still be alone.

And that made Kate’s heart hurt.

Chapter Three

Kate wasn’t one for sweeping anything under the rug. But she made a split decision when Jake returned, choosing to ignore the lonesomeness. She’d play Scarlett O’Hara for once in her life—and not think about the repercussions of having a hot and hunky man in her bed tonight when he’d be long gone tomorrow.