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Chapter 22

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Nia

I wake up still completely on top of Jake. It never occurred to me that a person might sleep on top of another person, but there is a lot about desire and intimacy I am learning.

I told him my deepest, darkest secret last night and my worst fear…

And here I am, still in his arms.

I knew I would lose this war, but I'm not even sure what I was fighting. Why was I fighting?

His strength is holding me up and taking my burdens one by one. I lay my head back down on his chest, my hair spilling over his collarbone and shoulder.

"You're awake," he rumbles, I feel it on my cheek.

"Sorry if I woke you."

"Not at all," he murmurs low, combing his fingers through my hair. "I'm glad you did. I like being up with you."

"Who said anything about getting up," I sigh rubbing my cheek through his chest hair. "I say we stay right here. "

He chuckles as he lifts my hand, now sporting a very large diamond, bringing my palm to his lips. "I like that plan."

I look at the ring sparkling on my finger, my eyes going wide.

In the dark I had no idea it was so stunning. It's ridiculously big and the sparkle is off the charts.

My lips part as I stare. This is the kind of ring Jess and her friends would froth over.

Jess.

My breath hitches. "Jake?"

"What?" I feel him tense under me.

"If Toni is going to prison, where is my sister?" My eyes lift to meet his.

He picks up his phone from nightstand as he types in what can I only assume is a text. "I'll find out," he answers.

He stares at the screen, waiting for a response and then types something back.

I haven't seen any electronics since we arrive, and for a moment, I look at it blankly, knowing I should be plotting to get that phone. This is the moment I've been waiting for.

And yet, I don't care. I don't want to leave. I think I've made my decision. I'll stay, and let Jake's very large shadow protect me. And I'll try to heal those wounds I've been carrying for so long instead of running from them.

I never wanted to trust a man with my heart but for the first time in actual years, I'm ready to give myself to someone else. Him.

I take a breath, folding my hands on his chest.

"Jess is fine," he answers.

"How do you know?"

"The guard who let you out…" He winces as I lift my head.

"The one she was blowing?"

His brows lift. "No wonder he was so quick to act," he mutters, with a shake of his head. "Anyway. The moment Toni set off that bomb, Mike left with her."

My eyes go wide. "Wait. She got kidnapped too?"

Jake shakes his head. "Kidnapped? He's my cousin and not actually a guard, though he is in security directly under my leadership. And while he's not one of the five shareholders, he does very well as the head of security for the Kincaid casinos. You tell me how much convincing your sister needed."

A smile breaks out on my face. "You're telling me that my sister is also being protected by a Kincaid?"

"Well, technically his name is Mike Brody. But yes, she's under Kincaid protection. Like I said, we don't hurt women."

I surge forward, kissing his lips hard and fast because it's more than I ever imagined. In my perfect world, I'd have my sister and my scumbag father would be in prison.

My legs naturally fall to either side of his, cradling his hips as my fingers twine into his hair.

I don't even know how to thank him, but I do know a few things I want to do to show my affection.

His hands come to my ass, taking both cheeks in his hands and squeezing, pulling me tighter into his already rock-hard cock.

There is no part of me that wants to hold back in this moment, and I rock into him, the head of his cock slipping through my still wet folds.

We both groan because this time the press of his head doesn't hurt like it did yesterday. Not that I'm worried about the pain.

I want to be Jake's and I don't care how much it costs.

But he's still got his hands on my ass, and he stops me from taking more of him. "Are you sure, baby?"

"I'm sure," I whisper against his lips. "So sure."

"Nice and slow then. We don't want to hurt you." And then he slowly loosens his grip allowing me to slowly sink down on him.

It burns, his hardness almost shocking as he fills me. But I also feel so connected to him in this moment. Like we're joined together in a way that can't be broken apart.

I let out a breath that sounds a bit like a cry.

He instantly stills, his hands cradling my hips.

"It's all right," I say, lifting up just high enough to look him in the eye. "I'm not hurt. I just… "

"What, baby?"

"It just feels really emotional. I've needed you for so long."

He kisses me then. Long and slow and soft. It makes my eyes prick with tears.

"I've needed you too, Nia. We were meant to be here, meant to be together."

I don't say anything, but I feel everything. The rightness of those words, the strength in his body, the fullness of him being inside me.

It's wonderful, and frightening, and fulfilling.

The stretching and burning crests as he completely fills me. My clit presses to his pubic bone, the first bit of pleasure dulling the pain and my eyes go wide. "Oh."

He gives me that grin. The one that pulls at one side of his mouth, making him look sexy, and mysterious, and a little dangerous.

Then he pulls my hips up so that he's sliding out of me before he pushes slowly back in.

With each thrust the pain recedes, the pleasure building until I'm pushing down on him, chasing pleasure that's even deeper and fuller than what he gave last night.

He finally releases my hips and instead twines our fingers together, joining our hands, our bodies moving to a shared rhythm that steals my words, my breath.

The only thing I can feel is him.

I'm making these noises…evolving from mewls of pain to pleasure as they turn into moans.

He thrusts harder, stronger up into me, as I climb. "Oh God," I moan, finally making words. "That's so…"

"You like that?" he grunts before he takes my mouth in a fierce kiss, our tongues tangling together.

The kiss only makes the pleasure more intense, my body tightening as an orgasm threatens to pull me under.

I try to hold out. I've waited for this moment for so long, but the pleasure grows so intense, everything pulls as tight as a drum and then I break, the first crashing wave of pleasure washing over me.

I cry out, my body spasming around his thick length .

Which sets off his finish, his chorus of groans joining mine.

He keeps pumping in and out of me, even as the orgasms finish, our muscles relaxing into each other.

Our hands are joined, our arms touching. Chest to chest, hip to hip, he kisses me again.

It feels like we're completely tangled up, our bodies like some elaborate knot, too tied together to ever come apart.

We stay like that for a long time, neither wanting to break the contact until Jake finally slides his hands from mine. "What do you say I put you in the shower while I make you coffee?"

It sounds like heaven. "I've got a better idea. What if we first shower and then coffee?"

"Together?" His lips tug into a smile again. "I like it."

He's up with me in his arms, carrying me into the bathroom. Lightly he sets me on my feet and then pulls back the curtain. "All clear."

I laugh a little, kind of loving that we have this routine where he checks the shower for me. It feels personal in this small way that he's looking out for me. "Thank you."

He turns on the water, putting his hand in to check the temperature and then he reaches for my hand, helping me over the lip.

The warm spray hits my body and I groan at how good it feels. He gives my hand a squeeze as he steps in too.

Reaching for the soap, he lathers his hands and then works the suds all over my body, until my skin is shiny clean and I'm ready to get it dirty again.

But he only chuckles into my hair. "Let's give you a bit of a rest, no?"

It feels a bit like a rejection and my lip juts out. He nips at it with his teeth a moment before he straightens up. "Don't be hurt, sweetheart. Trust me when I say, I'm abstaining for your benefit." And then he points down at his cock.

I laugh because, yeah, he's clearly ready. I take the soap in hand and lather my palms up too, a moment before I run one wet slippery hand down his chest, over his rippling abdominal muscles and through the dark swath of hair above his cock before I slide my hand down the long, thick length of him.

His teeth grit together. "Don't ask me how I could be this hard after what we just did."

"I like it," I whisper, pumping his raging erection in my small hand. His much-larger hand covers mine, helping me as he wraps his other arm around my body, cupping my ass to pull me close.

"It's going to take me a long time to get enough of you."

"I hope so. I'm thinking about taking you up on your offer."

His hand pauses, making mine pause too. "Marriage?"

I give a little nod before he kisses me, his hand moving again, up and down his cock. It only takes four, five more pumps and he's cumming.

I still love seeing it, my gaze glued to him as his cum spills on the shower floor and then washes away.

Wrapping me in his arms, he gives me a long tender hug. Then he grabs the soap and finishes the washing I was supposed to give him. "You take your time," he says as he rinses off. "I'm going to make you that coffee."

I nod as he steps out of the shower. I'm mostly done, so with a final rinse off, I step out too.

Wrapping myself in a towel, I blow out my hair and then put on a bit of makeup. I know it's just me and Jake but today…I agreed to be his wife.

A pulse of warm energy rushes through me. I can't believe it!

Still in just a towel, I make my way into the bedroom to dress.

"Your coffee's ready," he calls from the kitchen.

"Be right there," I answer, opening a drawer to pull out underwear and a bra.

Reaching in the closet for a dress, I step into the silky fabric and zip it up. Just as I finish, I hear a ding.

His phone is on the nightstand.

Looking over, I pick it up to bring it to him, but the message makes me stop. It's from Roman …

It's time to finish this and dump the girl, Jake. She'll be the Carcettis' problem to toss or clean up.

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