Haley’s moans echoed off the walls as Jason fought for control. His body screamed for him to move back and slam into her, but Haley wanted to go slow. He would do anything for her, even torture himself with being this close to heaven and not being able to have it.
She grabbed onto his shoulders as she licked and sucked his neck. He groaned loudly as he pressed himself more firmly against her and thrust harder. Haley’s grip on his shoulders tightened seconds before she started screaming his name. It triggered his own violent release.
“Haley...oh, Haley...I…oh, God, Haley!” he yelled while his mind shouted, “I love you” over and over again until he released her legs and lay bonelessly on top of her.
As he was gasping for air, he realized something. He was in deep shit. Haley was his life now. His woman. His heart.
He was so screwed.
Chapter 16
“Oh, my God, stop eating that!” Haley said, trying not to laugh and failing miserably.
Jason popped the fudge brownie that he’d managed to steal in his mouth with a wink. With an exasperated sigh, she reached into the backseat to fix the plastic wrap on the plates of brownies, cookies, and cupcakes that he’d somehow managed to get his hands on.
“If you keep stealing food, there won’t be any left for your family’s cookout,” she said, knowing that wasn’t a good enough reason to stop him from eating everything. She was willing to bet there wasn’t much that could come between him and food.
“But I love your cooking,” he mumbled sadly.
She rolled her eyes at his lame attempt. “Uh-huh.”
“Well, at least I’m not touching the potato salad. You really should appreciate the little things in life, my little grasshopper.”
Haley scoffed in disbelief. “The only reason you’re not scarfing that down is because it’s in a cooler safely locked away in the trunk with the macaroni salad.”
His brows shot up. “There’s macaroni salad? Why was I not informed of this?”
“Probably because I didn’t trust you not to devour it?”
He shook his head, sighing, “So little trust.”
“You ate an entire bowl of cookie dough yesterday when I made the mistake of running out to the store without hiding it first. Seriously, I thought it would be safe.”
“You were wrong.”
“Your obsession with food is starting to scare me,” she said, nodding solemnly.
“It’s not an obsession. I’m a growing boy, damn it.”
She raised one brow in disbelief.
“Thank God we’re here. I’m starving,” Jason grumbled as he parked in the only empty spot on the street, which just happened to be in front of a large white Victorian house with black trim where a party was clearly being held.
They loaded their arms up with the food Haley made and headed for the front door. Once they made it to the front door, Jason moved to knock only to rethink his plan since his hands were full and lightly kicked the door instead. A few seconds later, the door was opened by an older woman with black hair. She took one look at Jason and smiled.
“It’s my baby boy!” she announced loudly to the crowd in the house behind her as she cupped his face and pulled him down to give him a sound kiss on the cheek. She stepped back only to notice Haley standing there. Her expression went from excited to stunned in a matter of seconds.
Jason smiled sheepishly. “Mom, this is my girlfriend, Haley Blaine,” he said, gesturing towards her with the plate of brownies in his hand. “Haley, this is my mother, Megan Bradford.”
“It’s very nice to meet you, Mrs. Bradford,” Haley said, feeling a little awkward with his mother standing there gaping at her. Not that his mother seemed to be capable of responding or anything at the moment. Actually, Haley was starting to become a little concerned.
Was she breathing?
“Girlfriend?” Megan finally choked out.
“Yeah, why do you sound so-” Jason started to say only to be cut off by his mother when she yelled, “Jared!”
Haley shot a nervous look at Jason, who was muttering something about putting his mother in a nursing home that only served green Jell-O. She looked back at the door in time to see an older man, who was clearly Jason’s father judging by the almost identical features, step into the doorway. He smiled when he saw Jason.
