Jack In The Box

I woke up in the morning to find myself nestled between Jack’s arms. I brought my hand to his face and brushed the locks of dark silky hair and sighed. His caramel colored skin glistened in the sunlight that streamed from the open drapes.

When Jack opened his eyes, I was still staring at him. Amusement was clear on his features. In a sleepy, husky voice, he said. “I want to be inside you again.”

My heart thudded against my chest rapidly. “Shower first.”

He chuckled. “You didn’t even pretend to decline this time.”

I gathered the bedsheet around my naked body and started walking towards the bathroom when one end of the cloth got stuck somewhere, I glanced back to see Jack holding it.

“Let go.” I said.

He grinned. “What’s the point of hiding something that I’ve already seen?”

My cheeks caught fire. I was blushing a lot this morning for someone who was encouraging and moaning his name. Last night was different, the room was dark. Now it was daytime and Jack seeing me fully naked this time made me a little nervous.

“Let me have the shower first.”

He grasped my body and pulled me possessively against him, smiling. “Not unless you let me come in with you. I’m a bath specialist. I can scrub your body with precision.”

I couldn’t help but giggle. “I’m sure you can.”

And he did follow me in the bathroom. His mouth came crashing down on mine as his hands moved to my breasts and then to my hips. He picked me up with an easy grace and I was stranding him in the shower with the warm spray of the water sprinkling over us. We didn’t finish in the shower, instead we bathed together and crashed back in bed.

He took a while to watch my body, tracing his fingers over every curve and then his mouth was everywhere. A few minutes later Jack was thrusting into me relentlessly.

“Oh, Riley.” Jack growled my name in such anguish that I thought he was in pain at first.

He pulled a bit out and slid inside again and I groaned. “Jack...”

It felt too good. I had tears at the corner of my eyes, I was pretty sure I’d drove my nails into his back. It was so wrong and it still felt so right. I was in bed with a criminal and I didn’t have any guilt left inside me anymore.

I’d betrayed everyone I knew by sleeping with the devil.

I could hear Jack moaning and grunting and then the warm spill of his seed inside me. Just when he came down from the frenzy he realized what had happened.

“I’m sorry, Riley. I didn’t realize when I....”

I put my finger on his lips. “It’s okay.” He was still inside me when I brought his mouth to mine.

with a delicious slowness, taking his time to lick every corner of my mouth. He kissed my forehead and rolled

expressions changed. His usual goofiness was masked with

mixed with sweat and all male.

away together.” I couldn’t even believe I was saying

and

my

a sarcastic come back for that but I noticed that even though he’d cracked a joke, there was no humor

“I’m serious.”

turned to face me, this time his expressions were vehement.

I want to go with

mouth twitched upward. “Why do women have to get so fucking emotional every time

hell does

the sunlight. “You told me your desire

shocked by his words. I shook my head. “You asked me to marry

That

Don’t shut me

was still sore from all the love-making and Jack was acting like he didn’t care. His eyes had been filled with so much compassion before and now they were just vacant, the kind that he usually had when

the other day, Riley. If we were to marry, what would you tell our kids? Why am I

you’re afraid to

stared at me, his gaze

feelings.

hand on my mouth and stopped me from completing the sentence. He shook his head. “It’s best you don’t say it. We’d rather pretend there’s

can’t just break down my walls, make me feel this and now turn your back! You’re

coward then, Cotton-Candy.”

my hands. “Talk to me,

me like I was his life-line, as if he could chase the sun and bring it down to me

“There was just myself to protect until this day, now I have you.” His long

my fingers through his. “So you’re just going

gave a nod. “That’s what we are going to do. I was stupid to think I could protect you, and now the killer has tracked us down. You need to stay away

he was using that authoritative tone with me, like I

loud knock at the door. Jack picked the covers and tossed it towards

the drawer and pulled out a handgun. Pulling on his shorts, he made his way

the response from the

door only partly. I couldn’t see the person at the door, but it seemed like someone who knew Jack. His words weren’t clear, but Jack was commanding the man on the other side of the door. He

the door behind him and ordered. “Get dressed. We are