HH02 - A Reclusive Heart (26 page)

woman made a play for her boyfriend, she was-

Utterly shocked that she thought of him as her boyfriend.

Even though he'd referred to her himself as her boyfriend a few times she hadn't given it much thought mostly because she

didn't want to get her hopes up, but she realized that it was true. For the first time in her life she had a boyfriend. She ignored

the fact that that little bit of information was kind of pathetic and focused on the here and now and right now there was another

woman interested in her man.

Although she wasn't the down and dirty cat fight over a guy kind of girl that didn't mean she was going to stand back while

another woman made a play for Nick. She'd simply take the woman aside and explain to her that-

"Miss. Harris and I will be sharing a room," Nick announced, shocking the woman and putting the matter to rest as far as

she was concerned, which was a good thing since she really didn't think she would have had much energy to explain anything to

the woman at the moment. "We'll see you in the morning. Have a good night, Holly," Nick said, grabbing Jamie's bag and

throwing it over his shoulder once he had all of his things.

"Wait! You can't do that!" Holly yelled after them.

"Goodnight," was all Nick said as he ushered her onto the elevator. Just before the elevator doors closed she saw the look

of fury on the woman's face and thanks to growing up with Caitlyn, knew the woman was going to make her life a living hell.

Great, she thought dryly as the elevator doors closed. That's all she needed to make her life perfect.

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wearing a pair of light pink flannel pajama pants and a tiny white tee shirt that had his blood simmering.

"They were sold out for the night," he lied. "It was either share a room with me or with Holy," he explained, noting the

pinched look on Jamie's face at the suggestion. Not that he could blame her. The woman was incredibly annoying and that

perfume of hers was strong enough to peel paint. She was also the last person that he wanted to tag along on this tour.

When he realized who Holly was he took Rick aside and told him to pick someone else. Unfortunately there was no one

else. Correction, he could have had her replaced for this tour if he'd been willing to wait another couple of days but he hadn't

been.

After seeing those letters he wanted to get his little recluse the hell out of there as soon as possible and for damn good

reason too. The reason of course was the death threats. It wasn't uncommon for celebrities and authors to receive death threats

from unhappy fans and psychos and he knew that she'd no doubt receive more over the years, but these letters were alarming.

Not only did they go into graphic detail about how the psycho wanted to kill Jamie, but the letters were all addressed to

Jamie, not J.L. Lewis. That probably wouldn't have been entirely alarming since her family took it upon themselves to give

away her real name, but that had only been a few days ago. The letters dated back a month ago before anyone knew her real

name. The other concern of course was that none of the letters had been sent through the mail.

There wasn't a single postage stamp on any of the death threat letters which meant that whoever wrote them had them hand

delivered to the building. Thankfully Jamie's landlord decided to throw her ass out otherwise he'd probably be having a hell of

a time convincing her to move out. All of her things, her personal items like her computer, clothes and toiletries were being

moved out of her place at that very moment. He'd convinced her to donate all of her furniture not because he really thought it

was a nice thing to do like he claimed, but because it allowed the movers under Rick's direction to get in and get the hell out

without tipping anyone off about what they were doing.

They had a month left of this tour and he hoped the police were able to find the sick fuck before it was time to go home. If

they didn't some things were going to have to change and he was afraid those changes were going to push Jamie back into a

corner and she'd go back to being afraid of her own shadow. It was only because they'd kept certain details from her that she

wasn't panicking right now. He'd just have to keep her distracted with work and other things in the meantime.

"Please tell me they have room service," she mumbled in a sexy little whiny voice that had him smiling.

"They do, but the kitchen closed down an hour ago," he explained as he grabbed his bag of toiletries and headed for the

bathroom.

"Of course it did," she said, dropping the menu back on the small rectangular coffee table and plopped down on the couch

with a sigh.

The knock at the door had him biting back a smile. He ignored Jamie's questioning look as he tossed her his small bag and

headed for the door. When he opened it and spotted the bellhop, he stepped to the side so the man could roll the cart into the

room.

With a polite smile the bellhop unloaded the two covered trays onto the coffee table and rolled the cart back towards the

door where he stood waiting. He slipped the kid a hundred before shutting the door. That was one thing he learned long ago, in

places like this money and position were everything. There wasn't anything that he couldn't get by greasing the wheels a little. It

also didn't hurt that the manager's wife was a huge fan of J.L. Lewis and Nick promised him a set of signed copies if he opened

the kitchen for his little recluse.

"What's all this?" Jamie asked, shooting the covered trays a curious look.

"This," he said, walking over to her and lifting the tray even as he bent to kiss her, "is dinner, sweetheart."

"Is that double fudge cake?" his little sugar addicted asked on a gasp.

He chuckled as he set the cover down. It figured that she'd focus on the cake instead of the large plate overfilled with

stuffed chicken breast, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, dressing and a few other things that were giving off a mouth watering

aroma that had his stomach growling and reminding him that he hadn't eaten since breakfast.

"It's actually triple fudge with real Belgium chocolate and chocolate mousse in the middle," he said, chuckling when she

let a little reverent gasp of pleasure.

When she picked up her fork and went for the cake he wasn't too surprised. "I'm going to grab a quick shower before I eat.

Try to eat some real food too, Jamie," he said as he stepped into the bathroom only to come to a halt and add, "and don't touch

my cake, woman!"

"I won't!"

Of course she lied, he thought with a chuckle as he raised the lid off his food ten minutes later and found his cake plate

empty. Thankfully his little addict seemed satisfied at the moment with her sugar intake and was now focused on her actual

dinner. Since he'd actually ordered the second slice for her he didn't say anything as he dug into his own food.

When they were done he placed the trays outside of his room just as Holly was opening her door across the hall. Her eyes

widened in pleasure when she saw him and then narrowed when they ran over his bare chest and unbuttoned jeans. Without a

word she slammed her door shut and he resigned himself to a call from Rick in the morning. Not that he cared what the man

said. With some sick fuck after Jamie he wasn't letting her out of his sight. Rick could bitch all he wanted and it wouldn't

change a damn thing.

He shut the door and walked back into the room as Jamie was climbing under the covers. He waited until she was settled

before shutting the lights off and dropping his jeans and underwear before joining her. Before his head hit the pillow she was

curling up next to him. It wasn't long before he realized that she'd ditched her pajamas and was naked, just the way he liked her.

Neither spoke as he found her mouth with his and gently rolled her onto her back. When he slipped a finger inside of her

he found her wet and ready which was a good thing because he was too tired to stretch this out tonight. He wanted it hard and

fast and he gave it to her.

The louder she screamed the harder he slammed into her and when she dug her nails into his ass he quickened his pace

until he thought the damn bed would break. After she came the first, second and third time he didn't slow down, but instead

gave her everything he had. When he couldn't hold back any longer he pulled back and turned Jamie onto her stomach before

covering her body from behind. He slammed into her as he wrapped his arms around her, gripping her breasts tightly in his

hands as she drenched him in her arousal. Her walls tightened impossibly further around him seconds before she was

screaming his name.

His balls tightened almost painfully as he felt himself harden further inside of her. As her walls clenched mercilessly

around him he pinched her hard nipples, forcing her into another screaming orgasm that robbed him of his own. He buried his

face in the pillow as he roared her name.

Afraid that he was hurting her, he rolled over onto his side and pulled her with him, still inside of her. Moments later they

were both falling into a deep satisfying sleep and he realized that he never wanted to let her go.

Chapter 24

"Oh god," Jamie muttered, panting hard as she slapped her hands on the tiled wall behind her and looked down.

Nick winked as he leaned forward and slowly ran the tip of his tongue between her slit. It felt so good, but it wasn't

enough. She needed more. She needed him.

Taking a deep breath, and praying that her legs didn't give out, she somehow managed to step away from Nick and moved

into the middle of the large bathroom. She looked over her shoulder to find him getting to his feet to come after her and that's

when she did the most brazen thing of her life.

She got down on her hands and knees and offered him up a view that she hoped he couldn't resist. It was funny how she'd

only been having sex for less than a week and she couldn't seem to get enough. Maybe she was playing catch up, she thought as

she felt him grip her hips and rub the tip of his penis over her bottom.

He slid a finger inside of her as he continued to tease her bottom with the large soft velvety tip of his erection. The

combined sensations had her panting harder and desperate for release as she pushed her hips back and rode his finger. He

released an approving growl that had her mumbling incoherently and begging him to take her. When she felt his finger slide free

and the tip of his erection take its place she nearly wept with joy.

Of course the loud banging at their door had her near frustrated tears. When the banging didn't stop after a minute, Nick

moved away from her, cursing up a storm that was pretty impressive. When he left the room she decided to stand up to make it

easier for her to attack him and have her dirty little way with him before someone else could interrupt them.

When Nick came back into the room, looking close to killing someone she knew their morning playtime was over. He

already had a pair of black pants on and was pulling on a light green shirt when he saw her. It was hard to miss the large bulge

in his pants or the way it jerked when he saw her. It was actually flattering, but unfortunately it turned her on even further.

"What's going on?" she asked, unable to tear her eyes away from that bulge.

"That was Holly," he said tightly. "Apparently someone in the office got the times mixed up and the convention starts in

fifteen minutes, not two hours."

"Oh," she said, unable to stop from pouting.

Nick closed the distance between them and cupped her face in his hands as he pressed a gentle kiss to her lips. "We will

finish this later, Jamie, but right now we have to haul ass so that we don't disappoint your fans."

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attention. This had been going on since they came here five hours ago. Every single time she needed to speak with Nick, Holly

intervened and whenever he finished with one problem and started to walk towards her, Holly would catch his attention and

point out another problem for him to handle.

Why exactly was the woman here if she needed Nick to do absolutely everything, Jamie wondered as she shot another

hopeful look towards the bathroom. She'd been desperate for the bathroom for the last two hours, but she could never seem to

get anyone's attention. Every time she tried to get Holly to manage the line of people waiting to speak to her so that she could

use the bathroom the woman got distracted.

By Nick.

The woman was constantly hovering around him and whenever he was alone Holly would rush over to him. She seemed

desperate to be around him. Unfortunately she didn't seem to realize that Nick looked rather annoyed with all the attention. If

she didn't have to pee so badly she'd probably find the whole thing entertaining.

Okay, the whole thing did amuse her but she really had to go and soon. Deciding that there was no way she could hold it

any longer she got to her feet and thankfully spotted Pat, the really nice even coordinator that she'd met earlier. After quickly