He blinked at the woman who filled the doorway. It couldn’t be.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” It took everything he had in him not to launch himself at Selena Thorpe and demand some serious apologies. He wanted to spank the woman, but not in a good way.
“Oh boy.” Dex angled himself between Jack and the doorway. No doubt he’d seen the murder in Jack’s eyes.
Selena frowned. “Are you mad at me? I came out here because someone told me you were looking for me.” She smiled at him in invitation. “Heard I’m single again? I am. And, honey, you are even better looking than you were in high school. Hel-lo, handsome.” She ignored Dex.
Jack said to Dex, “If she’s not out of here in five seconds, woman or not, I’m going to kick her ass back to Portland.”
Selena gaped like a fish.
Dex quickly walked the woman out of the back room into his studio. Jack swore he heard Maya’s voice along with Dex’s, but then someone else was at the door, and he lost his ability to speak.
Ann closed and locked the door behind her. She wore the blue dress he’d bought her. It clung to her figure, leaving no question to the fact she wasn’t wearing a bra. Her legs looked impossibly long, especially in those heels that added a few inches to her.
Her long wine-red hair curled around her shoulders and kissed her breasts. Jesus, she was breathtaking.
“Hello, Jack.” Her smoky voice matched her smoky eyes. Her makeup was heavier, richer, and made her look like a siren out to tempt a man.
He had to clear his throat to answer her. “Ann.”
She sauntered—no other word for it—toward him. He didn’t know where to look. Her slender thighs, full breasts, that mouth glistening with a slick shine? Her eyes narrowed in concentration as she stalked him like the predator he believed her to be.
“What the fuck.Ann?”
He backed up until she pushed him down into the folding chair behind him.
“I’ve given you time.” She put her hands on his shoulders and straddled him on the chair. “I’ve given you space.” She squirmed over his erection, so he knew she felt him hard and hot beneath her. “But enough is enough.”
He didn’t understand. A ruckus outside drew his attention, as did the sound of a woman’s scream. “We—”
Ann cut him off with a brutal kiss. She brought his hands up to cup her breasts, and he gave in to his desire. An entire week without her, harder to bear because he couldn’t be sure if he was looking at more than a week, maybe an eternity.
She sucked on his tongue and moaned as she ground over him. He kneaded her breasts, wanting to taste more of her. She ran her lips over his cheek to his ear, kissing along the way. “I’m not wearing any panties,” she whispered.
“My five favorite words.” So naughty, his angel. But she didn’t look all that angelic. Nor did she feel ethereal in his arms.
“Fuck me, Jack. Put that big fat cock inside me.”
Caught in lust and love without reason, he had to obey. She moved back, stood and raised her dress. Nothing but a smooth, bare pussy.
He gripped her hips and shoved his face between her legs. He licked her, loving her with his tongue while he freed himself from his jeans and underwear. Then she was over him, taking him inside her and riding him as if she couldn’t wait.
“Ann. Fuck. Come, baby. All over me.”
“Jack. I love you.” She kissed him and gripped him tight inside her, the pressure too much to bear.
It had been too long and he wanted her too much. He came hard, the jet of ecstasy rushing through him as he spent inside the woman he loved. She moaned his name, planting kisses on his lips, his cheeks, his neck. Trembling over him, she sat in silence and caressed his scalp.
When he could function again, he blew out a breath. “Ann, I—”
She slapped a hand over his mouth.“No more. We love each other. The past is done. Gone. We’re over it. Say it with me.” She lifted her hand.
“Ann, I don’t—”
She muffled him again. The mean glint in her gaze enthralled him, because she looked honestly enraged. His angel waspissed off. “I saidit’s over. Deep down it was never about revenge. What I really wanted was closure. I couldn’t have you, so I’d settle for getting you out of my system for good. Except you wouldn’t go. From the first, I was hooked. You blew my mind. You charmed me into forgiving and forgetting. And then to learn you’ve always been the boy I fell in love with…” She pulled her hand away again and kissed him.
Damn if he didn’t start to get hard all over again. He broke the kiss, panting. “Are you sure? Really sure?”
