It's All Relative (51 page)

She helped him push down his slacks and Kai kicked them away. Jessie automatically slipped her fingers into his boxer-briefs and gently pulled them off too. Sinking to her knees, she lifted each foot in turn, removing the last piece of Kai’s clothing. Still on her knees, she gazed up at his face. Kai’s breath caught at the captivating look in her eye. He’d never had anyone look at him like that before. There was so much love, adoration, and friendship there, that it stirred his soul. But underneath that well of love, there was a passion smoldering in her eyes that ignited his body to a breaking point. He felt on fire. He needed her.

Bending down to her, he gently pulled her back up his body. Her fingers ran up his chest as their lips melded together. Kai made short work of the scant scraps of clothing still left on her, and once her body was as bare as his was, he led her to the bed.

Jessie sat down on the edge, then seductively crawled into the middle of the mattress and waited for him. Kai smiled down at her, loving how free and comfortable they were with each other. There was nothing that he couldn’t imagine telling her, nothing he couldn’t imagine doing with her. And now that he was allowed to think the thoughts that he’d held back for so long, he found there were quite a few things he wanted to do with her.

But there would be time for that. If it were up to him, there would be a lifetime of exploring, a lifetime of learning different ways to touch each other. They had endless nights to be together now. Or he hoped so, anyway.

Running his hands up her thighs, making her squirm, he kissed her knee. “I love your legs.” He smiled wider. “And I really love it when you wear those boots that go all the way up them.”

Laughing, she tilted her head as she smiled down at him. Kai ran his fingers along the outside of her hips. Pausing to place a kiss along the edge of her hip-bone, he muttered, “I love how you sway your hips when you walk, when you’re feeling sexy.” Peeking up at her, he gave her a crooked grin. “You should always feel sexy.”

Noting that her breath was faster, he ran his hands over the curves of her hips, and his mouth over the softness of her belly. His body was screaming at him to plunge inside her already, but he wasn’t listening to that part of himself yet. He’d wanted her for too long…he wanted this to last. He ran his tongue up her stomach to her belly button, dipping inside for a quick second. “I love when your shirt lifts just enough for me to see this. I love seeing your skin, it drives me crazy.”

Jessie shifted her body under him. Reaching down, she grabbed his shoulders and tried to pull him up to her. “Oh God, Kai,
you’re
driving me crazy.”

Chuckling, Kai resisted her impatience. He would have to be patient enough for the both of them…for now. Keeping his lower body well away from her, he grazed his fingers over her ribs. She sucked in a breath, laughing a little when he tickled her. Smiling, Kai kissed one rib and then another, working his way up her chest. Her breath grew even heavier the farther up he traveled, and her fingers abandoned his shoulder to tighten in his hair. Kai exhaled as a chill washed through him.

“I love the heart hiding under here,” he said, kissing the underside of her breast. “I love how you care about people.” He ran his tongue between her full breasts. “I love the way you care about me.” He kissed above her breast, over the wonderful heart he loved and adored, and wanted near him, always.

Jessie squirmed, moaning as he teased her. Raising her hips to find him, she pulled down on his hair, trying to alter the position of his mouth. “Kai…please…”

Grinning, he closed his mouth over her nipple. Tilting his head, he watched as she gasped and dropped her head back. Letting out an erotic groan that made him quiver, her hands traveled to his hips. Tugging, she tried in vain to get him to connect with her; his knee propped between her legs easily kept him just out of reach though.

Letting go of her nipple, he moved his mouth to her exposed neck, and lightly ran his tongue up the salty curve. Once he reached her jaw, he laid a soft kiss there. “I love the sound of your voice. Even over the phone, you affect me.” He ran his mouth over to her ear, grazing her skin along the way. Jessie shivered but he knew she wasn’t cold. Into her ear, he breathed, “I dream about hearing you climax. Nothing…compares to that sound. Just thinking about it makes me hard.”

Jessie whimpered as she wriggled beneath him, restless, her hips desperate for attention. “Kai, quit teasing…touch me.” Kai sucked on her ear lobe for a moment, loving the words that traveled right down his throbbing body. He wondered how wet she was for him…pictured it in his mind. Just the image of it almost made him lose control. Pulling back his focus, he quickly found her mouth.

He let the desire and passion he’d been stoking consume him. Their kisses turned frantic and needy, and he felt himself getting lost in her. “Jessie…” Stopping them, he looked down on her. He had one more thing he wanted to say. The most important thing. “I love you…so much.”

Jessie’s dark eyes were overflowing with emotion. “I love you too, Kai.”

With those words, he readjusted, and lowered his entire body over hers. Jessie gasped in his mouth when his erection slid against her. Kai groaned when her desire coated him. They were both so ready to be together, guilt and remorse free…finally. Jessie’s legs wrapped around him as her hips rocked him into place. As Kai felt the tip of himself press against her entrance, he heard her groan, “I want you buried in me, I want to be consumed by you.”

His words echoed back to him—by her—had to be one of the most erotic things a girl had ever said to him. “God, that’s hot, Jessie.” He barely got the breathy words out before he could no longer contain the need to be inside her. Adjusting his position, he pushed into her warm, wet body, as far as he could go.

Dropping his head to her neck, he paused a moment to pant into her skin. Oh…God. She felt so good wrapped around him; it was like finally coming home. Jessie moaned in his ear. Her legs clenched him tight, and her hands on his hips held him still, held them together. “Kai…you feel…you’re…so perfect.”

He lifted his head to look at her face. Her eyes were closed in bliss as she enjoyed the sensation of him filling her. Kai started to ache with the need to move, and slowly rocked his hips back. Dropping her mouth open, Jessie exhaled in a quick pant. The erotic look on her face was almost more than Kai could bear. Biting his lip, he almost pulled all the way out of her, then he plunged in again. The cry she let out was pure ecstasy, and Kai reveled in the fact that
he
had made her feel that.

Kai maintained long, smooth strokes, nearly pulling out before plunging back in. He felt the tingling sensation along the entire length of himself; it was exquisite bliss. Jessie apparently felt the same way. Her groans and pleas for more had him hovering near the brink. He fought through the pleasure, wanting to savor the moment for as long as he could, wanting to give Jessie as much joy as he could.

Moaning in his ear, she clenched his tattooed shoulder blade. Her fingers lightly scratched the skin, and the jolts of electricity it gave Kai made a satisfied noise escape his throat. At hearing him, she dug her nails into his flesh, intense, but careful to not hurt him. Hissing in a quick breath, Kai grasped her hip and dropped his head into the crook of her neck again.
God yes, more.

Jessie’s legs wrapped around him tighter, pulling him deeper inside her. Kai pressed his lips against the heat of her skin, the slight taste of sweat on his tongue. Jessie tilted her hips to meet his, in perfect unison with him pushing down to meet hers. Their pace naturally began to increase as they both felt the rapture building into something…uncontainable. Pure pleasure ran all the way through Kai’s body, making his legs shake as he sped toward the edge.

Panting and groaning underneath him, Jessie grabbed a fistful of his hair and held him to her. Muttering her name, Kai ran his lips along her jaw to her mouth. Jessie’s back arched with every centimeter he got closer, and when he found her lips, she drove her tongue inside him.

The need surging through his body as he thrust deep inside her, faster and faster, built to a point that made him cringe. He was so close. He hoped she was close, too. He wasn’t sure he could hold out much longer. Then he heard her bite back a whimper of frustration, and he pulled back to look at her. Eyes closed, her expression was a mixture of elation and concentration. It almost seemed like she was willing herself to not come. Was she really holding off, so they could release together?

Lifting himself up, so he could stare down at her, he murmured her name. She opened her eyes, and he cupped her cheek. His movements slowed as he took in the look of barely controlled passion on her face. Groaning, he whispered, “Don’t hold back…let go.”

She squirmed as he slowed even more. “Let go…” The ache of restraint nearly killing him, he added, “I’m right there with you, Jessie, let go…”

Then he dropped his hand to the mattress and thrust harshly into her. “Oh, God…Kai…” was all she got out before she started verbally letting him know that she was indeed letting go.

Kai dropped his chest to hers. Driving into her with abandon, his body stiffened and the building tension grew so profound that he couldn’t speak anymore, only groan. Jessie let out a long, satisfying cry as her walls tightened around the length of him. The ecstasy in her voice rang through his head, barreling him over the edge.

His stomach clenched, his body jerked, and he felt the tension building to an apex. Knowing that she liked hearing it, he sucked in a quick breath and, just as he started releasing, he groaned into her ear that he was coming. Her body tightened harder around him as the warmth rushed from him to her. As he cried out with the perfect, intense burst of rapture exploding from him, he felt her grab his face to make him look at her. They locked gazes, and the sounds of their mutual satisfaction filled the quiet room as they watched each other experience a moment that neither one of them thought they’d ever get to have together again.

J
essie let out a content sigh as Kai slid over to her side, and wrapped his arms and legs around her like he never wanted to let go. Her body tingled with the aftereffects of outstanding sex, and Jessie thought she’d never been so completely satisfied in all her life. Running her hands ran around his back, she pulled him even closer, and with a soft exhale, he buried his head in her neck. Making some sort of content grumbling noise deep in his chest, Jessie thought he was probably just as satisfied as she was. Feeling her wildly beating heart begin to slow, she tenderly kissed his head.

“We just made love,” he murmured into her skin.

Jessie laughed, and Kai adjusted his position to look at her; the peace on his face matched hers. “I know,” she said with a smile as their heads rested side-by-side on the pillow.

His grin was wide as he brushed away a curl resting over Jessie’s cheek. “And I don’t feel ill.”

Relief and happiness flowed through Jessie like a steady river. “Me either,” she said, gently pressing her lips to his.

Kai was smiling as their lips separated. “And you’re not running away.”

Thinking of the times before this that they’d had sex made Jessie giggle—an amazing testament to just how much things had changed. She’d rushed out the door to meet up with Harmony and April after the first time, and then she’d rushed out the door to be alone after the second time. She
had
run away from him after both instances, just for completely different reasons. Kissing him a few times as they snuggled close together, she vowed to never run away from him again. “Hmmm…” she murmured into the warmth of his lips, “is this what I was missing?”

A laugh rumbled Kai’s chest. “I can be quite cuddly, if you give me a chance.”

They languidly kissed, and the euphoria of lovemaking slowly started mixing with the heavy emotion of the past few days, making Jessie long for slumber. As she closed her eyes, Kai whispered between their lips, “A part of me is inside you again.”

Grinning against his mouth, she murmured, “I know.”

He kissed her jaw, then her cheek. “And you’re sure that doesn’t bother you, even a little?”

Jessie pulled back to look over his face. He didn’t seem bothered by the idea, only curious about how she felt. Brushing the backs of her fingers over his cheek, she shook her head. “No, not at all. You’re not family, not by blood anyway, and I’m…completely okay with this.” She smiled. “And you still being with me…it makes me feel closer to you.”

Kai grinned and Jessie covered her face with her hand. “God, I sound like a lovesick idiot, don’t I?”

He gently removed the fingers covering her eyes. “No…you sound…” he laughed, “just like me actually. I was just thinking almost the exact same thing.” He shrugged. “Just…that I feel closer to you.”

Fighting back a tired yawn, Jessie smiled, and continued kissing him. “Well, I love that a piece of you is inside of me.” With a sultry laugh, she added, “I could use all of you inside me.”

Kai rumbled an approval and shifted his body to lean over the top of hers. Their gentle kissing switched to a connection full of passion and promise, and Jessie felt her body start to reawaken. It amazed her that being with Kai could do that to her; no other guy she’d been with had been able to arouse her so soon after sex. Kai might just be the kind of guy she could make love to all day. She’d heard women talk about days like that, but she’d never encountered any guy she’d
want
to do that with. Until now.