"I didn't bring anything unmentionable with me." I walk over to where he's placed my suitcase on the bed. "Just these panties and things." I hold them up and he takes them, tucking them neatly away in the top drawer.
My confrontation with Mark keeps ringing through my ears but after he left I spent time saying goodbye to Mrs. Adams. She had convinced me that Mark was just being petty and throwing random names at me to try to jar me into distrusting Jax. She pointed out that Mark had lost and had always been a sore loser. Besides, I didn't want to begin my new life with Jax with a barrage of questions about some woman I wasn't even sure existed. If Mark ever gave me any real, concrete proof of this Brooke person and her involvement with Jax, I'd bring it up.
"Ivy, are you listening?" He's bent his knees so his gaze directly aligns with mine.
"Yes. Well, actually no." I giggle. "I was daydreaming."
"About all the fun we're going to have in this bed when I get back from my meeting?" He adjusts the necklace so the pendant is dangling loosely between my breasts.
"Can't we have fun before your meeting?" I suggestively pull on the sash of my dress causing it to fall open. "I bought these new unmentionables just for you."
His gaze slowly runs the length of my body, stopping to drink in the sight of the new black bra and panties I ordered a few weeks ago. He pulls me to him and I shrug the dress from my shoulders. His lips claim mine and I feel his tongue expertly caress mine just as his hand reaches my breast. "I can't," he whimpers into my mouth.
I pull back and unhook the clasp at the front of my bar causing my full breasts to rub against his shirt. "My nipples are so hard. Just look." I lean back slightly so he can get a full view of me running my hands over my breasts. I stop to pull on both nipples.
"Fuck." He falls to his knees and takes both breasts into his hands. His mouth clamps down on the left and I flinch when I feel his teeth pull at my nipple. "I have to go. I can't miss this."
I lean back until my knees hit the bed. I let myself fall backwards while he's still settled on the floor. "I'll have to take care of this myself then." I push my hand into my panties and across my very wet cleft. "I'll think of you." I close my eyes as I hear him rustling.
"Hell," he growls as I feel the panties being ripped from me. His mouth finds my clit immediately and he hungrily licks and bites it. He pushes his hands under my ass, pulling my center into him. He knows how close I am. He knows I need this.
"Come for me," he whispers and his breath pushes me over the edge. I reach my climax instantly and intensely. My entire body shudders and he holds me as I slowly push myself back into the bedding.
"I'll never get enough of you." He kisses me tenderly on the forehead as he pulls a light blanket from the foot of the bed to cover me. "Sleep now. I'll be back as soon as I can. I love you, Ivy."
"I love you, Jax," I tell him softly as I drift off, his footsteps lulling me to sleep.
Chapter 16
I awaken to the sound of my phone ringing. The moment I open my eyes I realize I'm in unchartered territory. I'm in Jax's bed, naked. I scramble from the bed to search for my smartphone. I find it resting on top of my clothing in my still unpacked suitcase.
"Hello," I mutter into it.
"Ivy?" Jax sounds concerned. "Are you alright?"
I hold the phone away from me so I can clear my throat. "I'm okay. I just woke up."
"Just now," he chuckles.
I scan the room looking for a clock but I don’t find one. I realize that the sun is setting so I must have been asleep for much of the afternoon. "I've been asleep for hours, haven't I?"
"You have." He sighs. "I like that. It means you're comfortable in our place."
I smile when he says 'our.' My mind may still be questioning whether this is moving too fast after everything we've been through but my heart is winning that battle. This bed, this man's heart and this life are where I belong now.
"I'm going to be another hour or so," he says it with resignation. "I'm doing my best to get out of here as quickly as possible."
"That's okay." I try to veil my disappointment. "I'll take a shower and wait for you."
"No." He says it boldly. "You'll wait for me to shower. I want to shower with you every day."
"I'd love that. I'll make myself something to eat."
He laughs. "That's impossible. There's no food in the house."
"Nothing?"
"Stale cheese and bread would be all that's on the menu." There's definite amusement in his voice.