One Long Embrace (Eternal Bachelors Club #5)

“I only went back to the Gilberts’ house to get my things. Nobody saw me. They were too busy fighting because of Holly. It’s a right mess. But I’m sure they’ll work it out.”


Jay nodded. Paul was a smart man. He would do the right thing, whatever that turned out to be. “Frankly, I wasn’t expecting you to come back. I thought you’d snuck out not wanting to see me again after last night.”

She took a few steps closer and placed her bag next to the bed. “I was thinking…”

“Yeah?”

Tara dropped her gaze lower, sending a tingling sensation through his body. Despite the fact that he’d climaxed less than half an hour earlier, he felt his cock swell again.

“You were really nice to me last night…”

He tried to swallow away the lust that her words conjured up—with little success. “Which part?”

Her cheeks flushed a little, attesting to the fact that she understood very clearly where his mind was heading—back to the shower with him kneeling in front of her.

Tara’s lips parted, hesitating. “I wasn’t talking about… I mean, I wanted to say it was nice that you let me stay after everything, you know. Another man would have tossed me out on my ass for what I tried to do.”

He wasn’t quite sure yet where she was going with this, but he was definitely curious. “Uh-huh.”

Another step brought her even closer. She was within his reach now. If he stretched out his arm, he could touch her, pull her to him.

“I wanted to make it up to you.” She dropped her gaze to his groin.

Her gesture was unmistakable. She was offering to suck his cock. Instinctively, Jay took a step back. “You can’t be serious. Don’t you remember what we talked about yesterday?”

She met his eyes then and gave a tentative smile. “That’s why I’m back. Because of what you said. And what you did. Because you stopped me from doing something stupid. Even though it meant you didn’t get what you wanted. And even though we slept in the same bed last night, you didn’t try to seduce me. Although I know you wanted to. You put my wishes ahead of yours. Nobody’s ever done that for me.”

“And that’s why you’ve decided to suck my cock?”

Tara shook her head. “No.”

Had he misunderstood her completely? “So you haven’t come to…?” He made a motion to his cock, which hung heavy between his legs, ready to rise at a moment’s notice.

She smiled and closed the distance between them. “Oh, I’ve come to suck your gorgeous cock. But not because you were a friend last night. If that were the only thing, then I would have bought you a nice bottle of wine and thanked you.”

He lifted one side of his mouth. “Somehow I don’t think there’s wine in that bag of yours.”

“No wine for you, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. But don’t let me interrupt you. You were saying…”

“Ah, yes, I was just trying to explain why I’ve decided to come back and suck your cock.”

He felt said appendage twitch in anticipation.

“You see, when you kissed and touched me last night, I realized that I didn’t care what anybody thought. I just wanted to be with you and enjoy the moment.”

Jay put his palm on her nape and drew her head closer. “What about your parents? Aren’t you doing this so you can get back at them?”

“Not anymore. Besides, I’d never tell my parents that I just tossed an utterly gorgeous naked man on his bed and sucked his cock until he came.”

Tossed? Sucked? Past tense?

Before the last word was out, Tara pushed against his chest and made him lose his balance. He landed with his back on the bed.

She smiled down at him. “What you and I do is nobody else’s business.” She hesitated. “Now, do you want me to take my clothes off or not?”

“Off,” Jay uttered and watched her follow his hoarse command.





7


Jay looked at her with raw hunger in his eyes, while Tara took her time to pull her tank top over her head and toss it to the foot of the bed. This time she wasn’t wearing a bra. She had to smile involuntarily when she saw Jay’s reaction to her little striptease. His cock twitched and filled with more blood, getting harder with every second.

“Tara?”

She met his inquisitive gaze. “Yes?”

“You sure about this?”

She popped the button of her shorts open and lowered the zipper. “Don’t you want me anymore?” She already knew the answer to the question, because it now curved against Jay’s belly.

He followed her gaze and smirked. “You know I do.” Then he looked at her, searched her eyes. “Just to get this straight: so you’re willing to date a guy who’s got nothing to offer you.”

Tara shimmied out of her shorts and stepped out of the flip-flops. “I wouldn’t say that.” She gave his cock a pointed look. “You’ve got quite a lot to offer from what I can see.”

“Darlin’,” he murmured thickly. “I had pegged you for the innocent kind. Guess I’ll have to revise my opinion of you.”