“Yeah. She knows, and she’s happy for us.”
“My brothers are too, in their own way.”
I wanted to touch her as soon as she opened the door, but I somehow held back. As she stands there with her sleep shorts and a tank top with no bra, I can’t help myself. Gently wrapping one hand around her throat and using the other to touch her clavicle, feeling her heart race.
My lips meet hers, and she sighs in relief, her body language relaxing as she returns the kiss. I don’t make it too heated, we do have work tomorrow, and I just had to see her, touch her in the way I want and can’t at the office.
“I missed you,” I whisper to her between kisses.
“Aiden?” she says in a raspy voice.
“Yeah, kitten?”
“When are we going to have sex?”
I clear my throat and kiss her one more time. “Are you feeling impatient?”
She nods her head and kisses me again. “We need to do that before you bring me to Avalon.”
I’m surprised and back up a little from her, though I don’t remove my hands.
“What?”
She blinks at me. “I assumed that we would go together.”
“I mean I thought about it of course, but I just wasn’t sure if that was something you wanted.”
“Aiden?”
“Yeah,” I reply, and she smiles up at me.
“You can always ask me if I want something or need something. Just as I will for you. Like what do you need right now?” She tilts her head as she looks at me. What do I need right now? Of course I always want to be with Jessa sexually. But right now? All I want to do is sleep, preferably next to her.
“Can I spend the night?”
Her smile widens. “Come on.” She drags me by the hand to the master bedroom which now looks like it’s a woman’s bedroom. The only thing that still has lighthouses is the fan.
“I can replace the fan for you.”
“I’d like that.”
“We could paint the walls too.”
“Maybe.”
“If there’s any other work that you need, I can do that too.”
“Aiden?” I break my train of thought as I look at her. “Get in the bed.” Taking my shirt and shorts off, I get under the covers first and open my arms to her, and she immediately crawls in. Her scent engulfs me, and it’s centering as I kiss the top of her head.
“How are your brothers?” she asks softly in the dark.
“The twins are always wild, Lincoln seems a little sad, but other than that we had a good time.”
“You’re the oldest?”
“Yeah, then Lincoln and then the twins.” She rests her head in the crook of my shoulder. I have to ask her or it will eat away at me. “It’s about a month away, but my family always goes to The Bahamas for Labor Day weekend, I was wondering if you’d want to come.”
“You want me to meet your family?”
