her every desire, content to see her appetites appeased. Spoiled, that’s what she was. And so help her,
she was beginning to like it a little too much.
“I can see those wheels turning again, Haley.”
Jay sounded amused, but there was the unmistakable note of arousal as well. As he spoke, he continued
to press his large palm against her mound. Such a tender gesture, but also dominant. So much like Jay.
Loving and gentle but quite selfishly male, as if he were saying mine .
“I suppose I just can’t seem to believe how many times I’ve been able to…” She stuttered to a stop and
waited, but he wasn’t about to let her off the hook so easily, so she forged on. “You know, how often
I’ve been able to come this weekend.” She lifted her head from the back of the couch and forced herself
to look at him through her embarrassment. There was no laughter in his expression. Only affection and
need. They mixed and mingled and he appeared more potent than ever.
“You deserved it.” He winked at her and smiled, lightening the mood the tiniest bit. “Hell, you needed
it.”
She laughed at that. “You’re right, I did need it.”
“I’m just glad I was the one here with you, sweetheart.”
Her laughter died away as she whispered, “Me too, Jay.”
He touched her hair, smoothing it lovingly away from her face. “Such a simple statement, but I get the
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feeling there’s a lot more you want to say to me.”
“Yes. There’s a lot more, but I need time to pull myself together.” She straightened and pressed her
thighs together, forcing him to remove his hand from between them. “Do you mind if I go back to my
cabin? I need a few hours to think.”
The fierce way he looked at her made Haley feel cornered. As if he were hesitant about letting her go,
even for a short while.
In the end, he complied. “I could stand a few hours of downtime myself.”
She breathed, relieved and yet sad he’d agreed so easily. Then he turned her heart to mush all over
again when he grumbled, “But only for a few hours. Don’t skip out on me, baby.”
Shocked he would even think such a thing, she jumped up from the couch and came back down onto
Jay’s lap. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him. His arms crushed her against his chest and
an odd thought occurred to her. It was the first time she’d kissed him. She’d let him do all the work