Only One (Ward Sisters Book 2) (13 page)

“I know. That's why I feel safe with you. Why I know you'll let me be aggressive without thinking that it means I'd like you to hurt me. I don't want that, just to be in charge a little. I don't like to lie there and be someone's live sex toy. I prefer to be a partner. A lover.”

“Good. I want that too. I don't enjoy sex when I'm the only one participating. If I wanted that, I'd jack off in the shower. My hand doesn't expect a phone call the next day.”

Jenna laughed. “I won't, either. We both enjoy this and you call me after, I'll answer the phone. But I won't expect you to act like my boyfriend, unless it's what we
both
choose. Right now, my goal is to take off those boxers and look at you, and then touch you, and then blow you. That okay?”

“I think we're good. I can wait to talk more until later.”

She smiled, pulled his boxers over his hips and his erection until she yanked them off his feet, and then tossed the clothes onto the floor.

With a sigh, she said, “Nice. Very nice,” then went to work.

**********

Jenna knew she was good at this. She'd very seldom refused and nearly always initiated it because she'd always liked it. Liam's skin tasted a little salty and felt like velvet against her mouth. She sucked hard, stroked him while she used her teeth and her tongue and her lips.

At one point, she said, “Don't bother to tell me to stop. If I didn't want to swallow, I wouldn't.” And then she continued.

That obviously aroused him more, because his dick swelled even further. Knowing she was driving him close to orgasm was heady. For some reason, this time was different, even better for her. His reaction said he loved it and that revved her engine. She responded by increasing her pace, sucking harder, and she knew it would be soon.

His fist curled into her hair. She grabbed his balls and gently squeezed as she sucked, and Jenna sensed his control over the urge to thrust his hips toward the back of her throat. He groaned as she pushed him over the edge and he exploded in her mouth. Waiting until his orgasm subsided, she withdrew and then licked the last little bit, making him flinch and her smile.

She lay beside him on the bed, smiled and gently caressed his chest. Tracing the ridges of his six-pack, she admitted, “You're hot. I thought you were sexy as soon as you opened the door.”

Liam had regained the power of speech. “I felt like a perv because I wanted you as soon as I saw you and I thought you were a teenager.”

Jenna was offended. “I don't look
that
young!”

“I'm sure in a skin tight dress and stilettos with your hair on top of your head you'd look above the age of consent, but in those cute little shorts and tank top, you look like a teenager. Sorry.”

“Are you glad I'm not?”

“Holy hell, are you kidding? I have standards. I wanted to take you to bed, but if you weren't old enough, I wouldn't have done it.”

“Technically, you still haven't.”

He rolled so that he was on top of her. “We can change that.”

**********

“Oh, please do,” she breathed.

“You had enough foreplay?”

“Unless there's something you wanted to do to me...”

“Jesus, woman, you're gonna give me a heart attack if you keep talking like that.”

“Why? Is there something you wanted to do to me?”

Christ, she kept pushing his buttons. He shook his head.
“
So
many things. We don't need to do them all now. How about if I taste you? You like that?”

“God, yes.”

First, he pulled the strings of the itty bitty bikini and dropped it to the floor. Lying completely naked on his bed, she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen and she smelled of coconuts, like suntan lotion from his childhood.

Delicious. Every inch.

“I take back what I said. Without clothes, you don't look like a teenager.” He had to put his mouth on her ripe tits, squeezing one while he sucked on the other. “Oh, God. They're real. You are so fucking beautiful, Jenna.” He switched sides and she moaned, arching her back. “You like that. What if I touch you while I do it? Will you like that even more?”

She whimpered as he slid his fingers between her thighs, two at once this time. The slick heat had increased with her arousal and he hardened again. He wanted her so much. Kissing his way to that pretty patch of hair, he spread her legs and nearly blew his load again. If he hadn't promised to give her all the foreplay she needed, he'd fuck her immediately. He'd never been so aroused looking at a woman in his life.

What was she doing to him?

Desperate to taste her juices on his lips, he licked, sucked, flicked her clit with his tongue, and fucked her with his fingers. She panted and he could feel her insides squeezing his digits.

“You want it now?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“You sure you're ready?” Fuck, he hoped so. He needed to be inside her like nothing else.

“Now. Now, Liam. Hurry.”

Grabbing a condom from the bedside drawer, he ripped the wrapper and rolled it down. When he turned back, Jenna's fingers were circling her clit.
Shit.
This girl might be the death of him.

She spread her legs and he eased inside her. As he did, Jenna cried, “Oh, Liam, that feels
so
good.” He groaned at how tight and wet she was. Good didn't begin to describe it.

Her feet anchored on his hips and she met him, thrust for thrust, dug her nails into his back, and kissed him hard and deep. He picked up the pace, and when she clamped his cock with her pussy like a vice, Liam hoped she wanted him to pummel her.

He sure as hell needed to do that. “You want me to fuck you?” he asked.

“Yes,” she panted. “Fuck me hard. Give me everything you have.” He loved the demanding tone, so he gave it all to her, fast and deep, until she climaxed hard and screamed his name.

It pushed Liam over the edge. He let out a strangled cry and collapsed on top of her. Then he propped himself on his forearms and kissed her, smiling at her satisfied expression. Pulling out, he flopped onto the bed, panting. After a minute, he laughed.

“Jesus, Jenna, if you tell me you never want to see me again, I think I'll cry.”

She laughed and rolled toward him, propping her head on her hand. “You do that to me every time, I'll see you as much as we can manage.”

“I can't promise anything, but I'll sure as hell try. That was fucking amazing.”

She kissed him. “Yes. You did
not
disappoint. Let's get under the covers and you can hold me for a little while. I'll wake you for more again later.”

Liam disposed of the condom, shut off the lights and crawled into bed with her. They fit well together, and it felt good having her next to him. He let out a big sigh.

He wasn't ready for something this intense all the time. Was he? Not that she said she wanted that, but he had no idea if he could let go and commit to one person. Letting someone into his heart, the way he once had with Mia, terrified him.

**********

Jenna was getting under Liam's skin. She guessed that he didn't realize he was fidgety, and suspected that he liked her more than he'd anticipated.

That was equally true of her, she of arms-length relationships. Though she understood his anxious feelings, she was convinced this time was different. Whether he was Catie's brother or not, she knew he was unlike any man she'd ever been with before. The last thing she wanted to do was scare him away.

“Stop over-thinking it,” she whispered. “I told you it doesn't have to be more than this. I don't need declarations to sleep with you. I like you. Let's just see where it goes from here, okay?”

“Okay.”

They lay there for a few minutes while she lazily traced her fingers on his chest and he played with her hair.

Before long, her core ached. “I want you,” she murmured.

“Already?”

“Yes. Can I?” She wanted to be on top this time.

“Can you what?”

She rolled until her knees landed on either side of his hips. The wetness between her thighs rubbed against him and he grew instantly. Rapid breathing said he wanted her, too.

“Yes. Condoms in that drawer.” He gestured to where she'd seen him retrieve the last one, and when she stroked as she rolled it down his length, he hisssed.

“Like that, do you?” she teased.

“Just get over here.” He tugged until she straddled him again.

As she eased him into her opening, he groaned. She sighed, the fullness somehow satisfying more than her physical need.

“So good,” she breathed, riding him slow and steady.

“I can't believe you're real. You're incredible.”

“Give me enough foreplay, we'll both come every time.”

**********

Jenna picked up speed and rotated her hips as Liam cupped her perfect tits and pinched her nipples. Her quickening breath and moans told him she was close. His thumb stroked her clit and she screamed his name again as she clenched her muscles around him.

The surge pushed through him all the way from his head to his toes and he groaned. “Oh Jenna, you're so fucking good.”

She collapsed onto his chest and he held her, caressing her back. “What am I gonna do with you?” he said.

She chuckled. “I don't know. That, over and over again until you're sick of me?”

“Christ, I don't know if I could ever be sick of you. This is the best sex I've ever had.”

She lay on the pillow by his side. “Best ever, huh?”

“By a mile. Where have you been hiding?”

“Just lurking in the bushes, waiting to pounce on you,” she teased. “Too bad we haven't crossed paths before this. Think of all the years we could have been having great sex.”

“Somehow, I think you were always having great sex.”

“Nah. Not every guy is good at taking orders,” she said with a laugh. “Get rid of that thing and let's go to sleep.”

Liam disposed of the condom and then he climbed under the blankets.

“Lay on your side and face me,” she instructed. He did as she said. She touched his face and scooted closer to him. “Now we can be close without being uncomfortable.”

Liam laughed. “You have all the answers, don't you?”

“Not all, but most.” She kissed his lips. “Good night,” she said, and within minutes, she was asleep.

As Liam gently brushed her hair from her face, he was left to think about what had happened. Earlier today, he was a single guy with a few lovers and no commitments to any of them. How could he be like that with Jenna? From the moment they met, he wanted to be around her.

Now that he'd spent some time with her, had made love to her – and despite what they'd said, it was more than sex that made this connection so intense – he couldn't imagine not spending as much time as possible with her. He wasn't ready to profess any love to her, but damned if he didn't feel something other than lust.

And that was scary as hell.

Chapter 7

Liam had been having this fantastic dream about a hot blonde doing all sorts of sexual favors for him. When he woke to the sensation of someone stroking him, he was sure it must be a wet dream. Then he felt a condom being rolled on and his eyes popped open. He shifted so that Jenna was under him.

“Now I know I'm not dreaming,” he croaked.

“Oh? How is that?” she breathed.

“Because I never use condoms in my dreams.” He eased her thighs apart.

She laughed for a moment until he pushed inside her, then she moaned. “Maybe someday you can stop using them in reality.”

He began moving in and out. “Not anytime soon. That's how babies are made.”

“I'm on the pill...”

“That's no guarantee. Just ask my sister who got pregnant at sixteen. Let's stop talking about this before it kills the mood. I like being woken by the girl who was doing exactly the same thing in my dreams.”

“Dreaming about me already, are you?” she groaned.

“Yes, but you're better when you're real,” Liam whispered into her ear as he nipped her neck.

“Am I?”

“Yes. So much better. I like being inside you.”

“I like it, too,” she whispered. She kissed him, hard and deep. Liam responded by thrusting harder and deeper, but he kept his pace slow. He wanted it to last a little longer this time. The other two times in the middle of the night had been great, but they were quick because she got him off easily. Her fingers ran up and down his back, light as a feather, then she grabbed his ass and pulled him to her forcefully.

“Keep doing that and it's going to be over soon. You get me worked up every time.”

“I know. I like that I can turn you on so easily.”

“Oh, you definitely turn me on. No one has ever done it for me the way you do.”

“No one?” she asked grabbing his ass more roughly.

“Uh uh.”

“Good,” she declared.

She drove her hips toward him, picking up the pace as she kissed him, sensually, riding him from below, meeting him thrust for thrust, rotating her hips. “Come with me,” she demanded, and she screamed and thrashed. He followed, groaning his pleasure into her mouth as he kissed her while she came.

Liam's lips gently grazed Jenna's and he flopped to his back, lying beside her on the bed. “You're amazing,” he panted.

“You're not so bad yourself,” she said, breathless.

He got rid of the condom and lay back down, rolling toward her. She faced him and he smiled at her, brushed her hair from her face and caressed her cheek. “I don't think I've ever had that much sex in one night before.”

“Oh? The other girls you sleep with not up to the challenge?” Jenna joked.

“I don't know. I don't usually spend the night with them.”

“You asked me to spend the night,” she reminded him.

“I know. I wanted you to spend the night so we could do this over and over again.”
God, am I glad I did.

“Did you?” Liam nodded. “Good. I did too. Am I going to see you again after I leave here?”

“I was hoping you'd come back tonight.”

“Were you?” She grinned. Liam nodded again. “Liked it that much, did you?”

“Like
you
that much.”
Shit
. He shouldn't have admitted that.

Jenna took it in stride and smiled at him. “I can come back tonight. Are you stuck here every night?”

“No, but since Brian was on last night, tonight's my turn. No sleeping naked tonight.”

“Are you saying you want me to come back and spend the night again?” she teased.

“Only if you want to...”

“I want. Your next night off, stay at my place in L.A.”

Liam smiled and kissed her. “Deal.”

He'd agreed to something beyond today. What did this girl do to him? He never made plans beyond getting mutual gratification out of the experience.

Jenna turned in the other direction, got out of bed, and began putting on her clothes.

“What are you doing?”

“Girl's got to eat and I need my caffeine in the morning. I'm going to head home.”

“Stay. I'll make you breakfast.” Again with the treating her like a girlfriend. But he wanted so badly for her to say yes.

“That won't be awkward?” she asked as she tied her itty bitty bikini. God, she was hot.

“No. Rob was my roommate, remember. It's not like it's the first time he's seen me with a girl.”

Jenna laughed. “No, but I bet it's the first time the girl worked for him.”

Liam shrugged. It was true. He rarely spent the night with Reggie, and never here. No one had ever stayed here. “I don't think that really matters. He likes you, doesn't he?”

She stood there in her little red swimsuit, hand on her hips. “That he does. I only eat organic, and I'm a vegetarian.”

Liam sputtered, “Uh, okay.”

Jenna laughed. “I'm kidding, Liam. Didn't you pay attention to what I ate for dinner last night? Steak empanadas. I'm not a granola chick. Don't worry.”

He shook his head. “You're mean.”

She chuckled. “Sometimes. You can handle it.”

When she bent to retrieve her shorts and tank top, the view of her perfect ass sent blood to his dick. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down to the bed. She squeaked.

“We're not done yet,” he said, tugging the strings on the suit. He sucked on her nipples and slid his fingers inside her. “You can't bend over like that and expect me to keep your clothes on.”

“Take them off,” she breathed. “Take me to bed again.”

“With pleasure.”

**********

An hour later, they were downstairs in the outdoor dining room. Jenna sat at the table wearing Liam's Bruins t-shirt. Liam wasn't huge, but he was bigger than her, with broad shoulders for his smaller, athletic frame, so the tee fit like a dress. When he'd suggested she wear something under it, she'd teasingly laughed. Not wanting to invite questions as to why she'd parade in front of Rob half-naked, she'd pulled her board shorts over her hips.

Knees up, feet in her chair, she sipped coffee and munched on her toast. Liam thought she was working, and she had been. Some. He'd probably be pissed or at least annoyed if he knew what else she was doing on the computer this morning.

Rob and Brian jogged up the path. They had run, shirtless, on the beach and were both dripping with sweat. Jenna tried not to drool over Rob, since Liam was cooking nearby and she had no desire to make him jealous. She wasn't interested in comparing him to Rob. But her boss was always more beautiful in person and with fewer clothes, so it was a challenge to act unaffected. Brian waved and went inside.

“Morning,” Rob said as he caught his breath. “Any news?”

“Nothing new. A few repeats from the last two days. Want to see it when I take Twitter live later?”

“Can you stick around for a while?” Rob asked.

“For a couple hours. Then I have to head to my apartment and shower before I meet my dad for lunch. I'll be back later and we can live-Tweet then if you want.”

Rob grinned. “Sure,” he said and he cast a quick glance at Liam. He shook his head and said he'd be down after he showered.

Liam sat at the head of the table, next to Jenna. Without looking away from her screen, she slid her foot into his lap and rubbed his inner thigh with her toes.

“Keep doing that and I'm going to drag you back to bed,” he muttered around bites of egg.

She laughed. “Okay, Joseph.” She looked up and saw that her comment had the desired effect.

“Why'd you call me that?” he asked, fork poised in mid-air.

“Isn't it your name?” she asked with a playful expression.

“Yeah, but I didn't tell you that. So how do you know? No one calls me Joseph, except my sister when she yells at me. Where did
you
hear it?”

She blushed. “I didn't. I saw it in your personnel file.”

“And how did you see that?” he asked, sounding curious.

“I hacked Deacon Security,” she admitted, eyes downcast as she sipped her coffee. She looked up at him from under her lashes, biting her lip, hoping the demure, sexy thing would work.

“Holy shit! Are you kidding? You have to tell Rick. If you did it, that means someone else could.”

Apparently, Liam didn't know she'd written the code that protected Deacon from hackers or that she hacked it monthly to make sure it still worked. CyTech no longer employed her, but when she left, she'd promised Rick that she'd personally continue to support his company.

“You're not mad?”

“If you'd wanted to know something about me, you could have just asked.”

She shrugged. What she didn't say was that she'd needed questions answered. Despite yesterday's effortless offering of bits of himself, she had a feeling Liam wouldn't divulge his history this soon, even if asked. Her regular hack of Deacon provided a simpler route than expecting him to offer some very personal details.

Instead, she said, “I know. But it's fun to hack sites and look for their vulnerabilities.”

“You do that for fun?” he asked, brows raised.

She grinned. “Why do you think Rob hired me?”

“I have
no
idea. I thought you ran his social media stuff.”

She laughed. “Among other things. Do you think a Masters in Computer Science is required for running a website?” Jenna had coded HTML in high school.

“Again, no idea. It's not my area of expertise.”

The fact that he would admit to his lack of knowledge melted her heart, further endearing him to her. Who cared if he wasn't as smart as her? At least he didn't try to pretend otherwise.

She smirked. “I'm an expert in cybersecurity. I met Pat in Boston at a conference. I've been doing this since high school.”

“For fun?”

“Yes. Now, I do it for a living and get paid well for it.”

He laughed. “Jesus. What can you possibly see in me?”

She leaned in, her lips close to his. What she wanted to say was,
My future
. That was too much, even if Liam wasn't skittish. They'd known each other only a few hours.

“Besides the fact that you had me all hot and bothered the moment you opened the door yesterday? I like you. You make me laugh and you make me smile, even before you made me come numerous times last night and this morning.”

She kissed him, sat back to the computer and grinned at him.

He swallowed hard, shook his head at her and smiled. If he knew what she knew or how she'd learned it, he might not smile. She'd stopped her search as soon as it revealed the first sliver of truth she sought – that Liam was Catie Neely Donati's elusive twin brother – knowing he'd tell her the rest in time.

Jenna knew a lot about Liam and his family that he obviously wanted to keep to himself for now. She knew of nothing that was shameful in this day and age, but he wasn't talking about it.

And the question was, why?

Regardless, every fantasy she'd had about Catie's specter of a brother had been blown to bits by the reality. Liam was everything she'd never thought to want. He might be the one guy who could push from her mind the vague ideas about her and Rob.

She'd been right the day before, that it would take very little to go from 'He's hot' to 'I'm in love with him' if Liam was only a portion of what she'd imagined. The fact that he'd fulfilled her dreams – and then some – meant her heart never had a chance.

Now, how the hell would she endure whatever it might take to convince him that they could be great together?

**********

Liam had attempted to entice Jenna to shower with him, but she'd refused, citing that she didn't have anything clean to wear, but he wondered if he was coming on too strong. He couldn't help it – he'd never felt so connected to someone before. The desire to touch her every second, be near her all the time, talk to her every chance he had, was scary as hell, and yet, he couldn't control it.

Jenna said she'd return later and would spend the night again. Liam hoped that meant she planned to stay for breakfast and shower with him the next day, but he'd have to wait and see.

That afternoon, Liam rode up the Pacific Coast Highway to L.A., where Rob had a meeting. Behind the wheel of the Lexus, Rob was noticeably quiet.

“Something on your mind?” Liam asked.

“Just wondering what's going on with you and Jenna.”

“All you had to do was ask.” Rob glanced at him, eyebrows poised in expectation. Liam laughed. “I have no fucking clue.”

“You like her.” Rob almost sounded...sad.

“Too much. She's like no one I've ever met before. That girl is
smart
. And funny. And sweet. And God, does she turn me on. It blew my mind just kissing her.”

“Oh yeah? The sex is good then?”