She did her best to ignore the desire running through her as she took in his muscular chest and back. He was very fit, and she wanted to touch him, but not like this.
Once she had his arm wrapped, she unsnapped his pants and lowered the zipper. Jump let out a loud groan that vibrated straight through her. She had to ignore the bulge in his pants, or she might just lose her resolve.
He told her he had to use the restroom first, so she stepped out into the hall and waited to hear him flush or the water to start running.
The minutes stretched on and she was about to step in when the water started running in the shower. She cracked open the door, keeping her eyes averted.
“You ready.”
He grunted. “This isn’t going to be pretty.”
“Why don’t you let me decide what I think is pretty?”
“Jesus, Blakely, you’re killing me.”
“You’ve survived being shot at, I’m sure you’ll survive me touching you.”
He grunted again, and she stepped in, her eyes raking over his backside. His butt was muscular, rounded, but the sides dipped in a little, like he had way too much muscle to let his butt curve out.
She had never really seen a man fully naked in person. Of course, once she escaped her parents and had access to the internet, she’d looked at naked men because she’d been curious, but seeing Jump naked was much more intense.
“Wow, you’re very…”
He glanced over his shoulder. “What?”
She looked up and met his gaze. “I really like the way you look. Maybe I shouldn’t say that, but you look amazing.”
“My cock is hard. I can’t do anything about that. And when you touch me, I’m probably going to come.”
“I don’t want to?—”
“Listen, Blakely, you aren’t taking advantage of me. I’m clearheaded enough to know that I want you. I’ve wanted you for a while. You’ve been through a lot, though, and I don’t want to screw you over.”
“How would you be screwing me over?”
“One, I don’t know where you want to end up. I know you’re only here because your place burned down and Grayson is after you.”
She shook her head, wanting him to understand it wasn’t like that. “That’s not the only reason I’m here. I’m here with you because I want to be with you. If I didn’t want to be with you, there isn’t anything you could do to make me stay.”
“Where would you go?”
He turned to face her, and she closed her eyes, wishing they were having this conversation at a later time, and when he had his clothes on. After she took a few deep breaths she opened her eyes, forcing herself to focus on his face and not his body.
“I have the money. I could have lived in a nicer place, but I don’t want to spend everything. I need it to last just in case I can’t get a good enough job. If I didn’t want to be with you, I wouldn’t be here.”
“So you want to be with me?”
She’d fought her desire to take in his body with all of her will but lost the battle and let her gaze rake down his very good-looking chest and torso then lower. She swallowed over the sudden lump in her throat.
His chuckle made her gaze flash to his. For her answer she reached out and touched his chest, thinking he looked too good to be true. But he really was there in front of her.
“I’m not experienced, and I don’t know what I’m doing in life.”
“I don’t need you to be experienced, and you can take as long as you need to figure yourself out.”
“I’m serious about never having kids.”
He nodded. “I’m okay with that. I want a partner in life. I don’t have to pass on my genes to be happy.”
