Chapter 98

Jack

The island looked different after the storm. I knew it would, but something about it didn't feel right anymore. The folks who had renovated everything and cleaned it up had done a good job. Even the new jetty to moor the boat was well done, especially considering how swiftly they'd done it.

Something didn't sit right, though. I couldn't stop thinking about the revelation Kai had given me that Juno had paid for it all. That she hadn't wanted me to lose out on her account. Considering I had a lot more money than her, it felt wrong that she'd paid for everything to be fixed. Especially now that she was gone from my life.

I wanted to message her, and almost had several times, to at least thank her, but the interview we'd had together kept coming back to mind as well. She'd been wary of me, as if she was deliberately keeping distance between us. I didn't want to push her for something she didn't want to give me.

And she'd also completely screwed the interview up. Put me on the spot. I hadn't been happy about it at the time, but I wasn't very good at interviews when I was first doing them, either. Not that I was great now.

I sighed as the friends I was with started talking about going back to the house. Part of me didn't want to, but I had no more of the island to show them.

The house was the worst part. I'd had it decorated differently. Partially for a change but partially to see if it helped me not see Juno everywhere. It didn't. I still thought of helping her up from the storm shelter. I still saw her naked on my bed, pinned beneath me and giving me whatever I wanted.

Just thinking about it made my crotch stir, and I had to hastily push the thought away and look for something else to focus on. Somehow, I found myself heading back to the house beside Kai, the familiar company helping despite the glances he kept giving me.

"Are you checking up on me?" I asked when he did it again.

"Sort of," he replied. "You've been brooding since we left the airport."

"I've been brooding since you told me Juno paid for those invoices."

Kai chuckled and nodded. "I wasn't going to say it."

"I don't understand it. And I'm tired of relationships not going well. I had just started daring to hope something deeper might happen with her. And now… I just want something to go right for a while. To get what I want without making it complicated."

Kai seemed to suppress a chuckle again, and I frowned. What was so funny?

"Give it time, Jack. Things will look up." Kai clapped me on the back as he spoke, and then Liam came closer, ending the conversation.

Part of me wanted to ask if Kai knew something I didn't, his responses a little off, but, given how I felt, I was pretty sure the problem was with me.

I let the others talk around me as we closed the distance to the house and went inside. Immediately, Kai suggested he stoke up the grill and called Liam and his new girlfriend out to help him.

The rest of the group agreed to bring chairs out as Alma approached me and asked me to show her where she could find a towel.

I lifted an eyebrow, pretty sure she knew where they were, but I made my way to the stairs anyway. Before we could climb them, she reached for my arm and held out an envelope.

I recognized the handwriting immediately. Juno had written my name on it.

"You're going to want to read this and then head up to your room," she said, fighting back a grin. "We'll save you some food."

My mouth fell open as I tried to find the words to ask her what was going on, but nothing came out. Before I knew it, I was alone. With nothing else to do, I opened the envelope, finding a small set of keys and a note.

Jack,

I know you have no reason to forgive me, but I wanted you to know I am so sorry for not trusting you when all you did was try to take care of me. I want you to know I'm completely yours if you ever want me, and if you'll give me the chance, I'd like to prove it.

I'm upstairs. At your mercy.

Juno

The last two sentences sent a thrill through my body, and for a moment, I could only read them again, not sure I believed it. Was Juno really upstairs? And what did she mean by at my mercy?

As I moved to fold the letter back up, I remembered the keys I was holding, and understanding dawned on me. Taking the steps two at a time, I made my way to my room.

I stopped at the doorway, not sure I could quite believe the note in my hands nor that Juno was here, and wondering if an elaborate prank was being played on me. After taking a deep breath, I pushed the door open and walked inside.

Juno knelt on the floor in front of the bed, her hair arranged around her shoulder and a white sheet draped around her body.

Entirely on autopilot and unable to speak, I shut the door. Almost immediately, Juno shifted, and the sheet fell to the floor, revealing her almost entirely naked body. Her breasts were out, her nipples quickly hardening in the cool air. And her arms were behind her.

She looked up at me with wide eyes, her chest rising and falling with each shallow, rapid breath she took. I could see the fear written all over her, but there she was, at my mercy, and she'd put herself there willingly. Her hands cuffed to the bed.

Her vulnerability made my cock hard in seconds, and I went to her, getting down on my knees until I had my arms around her, holding her against me.

Neither of us spoke, and I crushed my mouth upon hers, winding my hand through her hair to hold her head in place. She tasted so good, and for a moment, I lost myself in her, enjoying the way her body sculpted against mine, my leg between hers so close I could feel the wetness as she became more and more aroused.

It was all the consent I needed as I pushed her back against the bed and pulled her panties down, taking away the last scrap of modesty she had left.

"Are you mine?" I whispered in her ear as I did so.

"Completely," she replied, helpless to stop me.

I quickly pulled my own pants out of the way and pushed her legs apart. Within seconds I was deep inside her, the relief and pleasure immediate. She groaned and braced herself on the bed as I thrust hard into her for a second time.

Feeling as if I had everything I wanted and was truly having her and claiming her as mine for the first time, I screwed her rough and fast. Desperation drove me to push hard each time I was deep inside again, like the heaven I'd longed for.

She tilted her head back, growing tighter around me as my thrusts pleasured her as well. It took all my self-control not to blow my load inside her until I felt the pulsing of her pussy as she entered the throes of an orgasm.

Moaning deeply, she pulsated around me until I couldn't take it any longer and slammed myself into her one last time, filling her with my cum and groaning into her shoulder.

Slowly, we came down together, our mouths finding each other at some point along the way.

Juno was mine, and everything was finally right again.