I just nodded my head, and by the time we arrived at his apartment, my tears had dried up, but I was left feeling angry that my parents would do what they had done. Leading the way inside, Jacob glanced around. Probably checking to make sure it was tidy.

The apartment was small but nice and clean. The living room had a kitchen attached with a separate eating area. There were two doors off from the hall, which I presumed led to a bathroom and bedroom.

Jacob led me directly to the bathroom to wash my face. Afterwards, I felt ten times better and went looking for him.

I found him in the kitchen, warming some milk. I just stood and watched him, unobserved. He was gorgeous. My heart thumped in my chest. It felt so right being together in his apartment.

He turned and caught me watching him. His whole face lit up. “Are you feeling better?” He walked over to me and took my face between his hands before he kissed me.

I wrapped myself around him and just held on. After a few minutes, I looked up into his eyes. “Make love to me, Jacob. Show me how much you love me.”

He just stared at me for the longest time, then took me by the hand and led me to his bedroom. He stood in front of me and started to unbutton my dress while keeping eye contact with me. I lifted my hands and unbuttoned his shirt, smoothing my hands over his naked chest. He groaned and leaned down to take my lips in a passionate kiss. Goose bumps erupted all over my skin.

I left his shirt and slid my arms around his neck. My fingers ran through the hair at the nape of his neck while we continued to kiss.

Jacob removed my clothes and laid me down on his bed. He stood to the side of me and very slowly removed his own clothes.

He was stunning and hard. Oh my. Climbing onto the bed, he lay down beside me, pulling me into his arms, and caressing my naked back with his hand. He landed on my bottom and squeezed, pulling me even closer to him.

I felt his penis against my thigh. Hard and swollen. Hot.

He kissed me and slipped his tongue into my mouth. He moved to lie on top of me. Chest to chest. Stomach to stomach. Thigh to thigh. He nudged my legs apart and slipped between them. He was inside of me and I moaned. He groaned.

All the time he was moving so slowly in and out of me, he was placing small kisses all over my face. He finally came back to my lips where he slipped his tongue inside my mouth again, and imitated what he was doing to me with his penis. I started to shake.

He pulled away from my mouth and sucked one of my nipples into his mouth. Ah. I shattered into a million pieces. Jacob swelled and twitched inside me. Our lovemaking brought tears to my eyes.

He withdrew from me and pulled me back into his arms, then just held me against him.

Making love on the beach had been wonderful, but in Jacob’s bed had been beyond wonderful, and it was without the pain of him breaking through my womanhood.

“Rose?”

I lifted my head from his chest to look at him. “Yes?”

“If I manage to get an apprenticeship in Boston, will you really go with me? And be my wife?”

I burst into tears. “Yes, yes, yes!” I kissed him all over his face as my tears continued to flow. I was so excited that his feelings for me were the same as mine for him.

Jacob helped me to mop up, laughing at my enthusiasm.

I laughed. “You only want to go to Boston because of the Boston Braves,” I teased.

“That does have its advantages.”

Chapter 14

After reading about the love between Rose and Jacob last night, Mack woke up feeling refreshed and light-hearted.

If only to have a love like they had. To know, once in a lifetime, what it would be like to love someone so much and for it to be returned.

Since Lucas had been spending time with Thomas, he’d been falling asleep pretty soon after going to bed and waking up after Mack, much to her delight.

After her morning shower, she dressed in her favorite shorts and headed downstairs only to find Lucas already sitting at the kitchen table reading.

“How long have you been up, Lucas? I thought you were in bed,” she asked, ruffling his hair as she walked past him to start the coffee.

“Just now. Thomas said he’s going to come for breakfast again so I didn’t want to miss him.”

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