Loving Her (12 page)

I woke to the most wonderful
feeling of warmth completely wrapped around me.  I turned to see Rylan’s
handsome face staring at me. 

“Hi, beautiful.”  His gruff
morning voice was sexy as hell.

“Morning.”  I leaned in to
snuggle against his chest.

“Waking up with your sexy body
next to me is pretty wonderful.”  Rylan said.

I grinned and said, “I was just
thinking the same thing about you.”

Ry leaned in and kissed me,
heating up my naked body.  “I might need a little more of you before we go to
work.”

“Hmm….I think I’ve got time.”  I
said with a wink.

Rylan smirked and lightly pinched
my naked breast.  When I jumped, he pulled my body closer to his and completely
devoured my mouth. 

We took our time with each
other’s bodies before we showered and dressed for work. 

Rylan was going to drop me off at
my office and told me he would come back for me at the end of the day, but I
decided I’d take a cab so that I could go home to get ready for our night out
with his brother and sister-in-law. 

“Jen, I can pick you up after
work.  I’d like to.”

“No.  I’ll take a cab and see you
tonight.”  I kissed him, holding his face in mine and said, “But, thank you for
offering.”  I opened the door and climbed out quickly before Rylan could say
anything else.  I looked back after shutting the door and he was smiling and
shaking his head.

The task of calling Jack to
cancel our date was pressing down on me. Rylan wanted me to do it last night
with him sitting right there, but I told him no.  I’d handle it.  I was
noticing a trend with this new man of mine.  He was possessive or protective or
something. 

I decided to make the call to
Jack first thing and get it over with.  Or maybe I should just text.  Yeah,
that was the coward’s way of handling it, but didn’t he ask me out over text? 
Yep, texting was definitely the way to go.

Jack:

Hey.  I need to cancel our plans

for tonight.  Sorry. 

I probably should give him some
excuse, but I didn’t know what to say.

Jack:

What?  Why, Jen?

You at least owe me a reason.

Crap. 

Jen:

Truthfully, I don’t think it’s a good

idea.  Also, I am sort of seeing someone

right now.

Jack:

What do you mean ‘sort of?’

Jen:

It’s just someone that I had gone out with

before and he is wanting to
try again.

Okay, that was ‘sort of’ the
truth. 

Jack:

I don’t appreciate being led on, Jen.

Fuck you and your game!

Whoa!  Harsh.  I expected him to
be upset or disappointment, but not a ‘fuck you.’ 

I shook my head and got busy
working.  I had tons to do before I could leave and go home to get ready for my
night with Rylan.  I was excited to spend more time with him, but the thought
of meeting people in his family freaked me out a little.

I hadn’t been busy long when I
got a text.  I was almost afraid to look in case it was Jack with more nasty
words.  Fortunately, it wasn’t him.  It was Ry.

Rylan:

Hi.  Just got into the office.

Funny how much I miss you

already. 

I don’t want you taking a cab.

I’ll be there at 5 and take you

to your house.  Don’t worry.

I’ll just drop you at the door.

See you soon.

I just shook my head and smiled.

Jen:

You’ve got some ‘crazy’ going on.  You

know that, right?  Fine.  I’ll be ready

at 5.

BTW, I miss you too.  Funny,
huh.

I got back to work without any
more interruptions.  I tried not to be distracted by all the thoughts running
through my head about Rylan and a few about Jack.  The feelings I had for Rylan
were insane, but pretty incredible.  We’d only known each other for a few weeks
after all, but he seemed to be going through the same thing.  I needed to make
sure I kept my head about me during
this
…..whatever
this
thing is
with Ry….because he still had a whole host of shit buried deep in him that he
wasn’t ready to share.  And, although I hadn’t brought it up again, I knew it
was always there in him and didn’t know if it was something that could affect
what was happening with us.

Around lunchtime, I got another
text from Rylan, but this one was not good.

Ry:

Jen, what did you say to

Jack when you called him?

He’s pissed and spouting shit.

Jen:

I actually texted him and told him

I couldn’t go out.  He was
upset.

Ry:

What else did you say, Jen?

Shit.  I didn’t want to tell him
what I said and certainly not what Jack said back.  But, I might as well see
how he handles it.

Jen:

I told him I was ‘sort of’ seeing

someone and he got pretty pissed. 

He told me “fuck you.”

And….silence.  I didn’t get
another text from Rylan.  I tried to decide if I should call him to see if he
was upset about the ‘sort of’ thing.  Maybe for him, we were just having some
fun and didn’t want our
thing
to be anything else.  I really just said
it to save face with Jack for cancelling.  Really!

I had a heavy feeling deep in my
chest that I couldn’t quite explain or shake.  I tried to focus on my work and
the afternoon meeting I had with Michael, but it was difficult.  I had
convinced myself that I’d just take a cab home, since Rylan probably wasn’t
picking me up now, and barricade myself in my house with a rather large bottle
of wine.

I finished early and left in a
cab about four o’clock.  I was ready to start my weekend pity party all alone. 
I walked through my door, dropped my stuff on the bar, made myself a glass of
wine and went to run myself a nice hot bath. 

I heard my phone ring from the
bedroom as I soaked in the tub, but refused to get out and see who was
calling.  A few texts came through after the call and I started to wonder who
might be trying to get in touch with me.   Still, I sat in my tub. 

Within a few minutes of the
texts, my doorbell rang.  I was starting to get a little pissed at all the
interruptions, but decided I’d ignore the door and pretend I wasn’t home.  But,
the knocking and ringing persisted. 

I got out of the tub, grabbed my
short, black satin robe and padded my way to the door.  I gasped when I peeked
out and saw Rylan pacing and running his hands through his hair.  As I started
to open the door, Rylan yelled my name at the sound of me rattling the handle. 
He sounded panicked.  I jerked to door open at the same time he came barging
in.

He grabbed me around the waist
with both arms wrapped around me and picked me up off the floor, burying his
face into my neck.

“Jen!  Oh, God, babe.  Why didn’t
you wait for me?  Why haven’t you answered my calls or texts?”

He put me down on my feet and
cupped my face.  “Are you okay?  What’s wrong?”  He was throwing all these
questions at me in rapid fire succession.  When I looked right into his eyes, I
saw fear.

“Rylan.  I’m fine.  What are you
doing here?”

“What do you mean?  I was
supposed to pick you up and when you didn’t come out at five, I went in to find
you and some girl told me you left early.  I don’t understand.”

“Rylan, why didn’t you text or
call me after the conversation about Jack?”  Might as well get to the point.

“What?  I don’t know.  I guess I
got distracted with being completely pissed off.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought. 
Listen, thanks for coming by to check on me.  I made it home just fine.”  I
started walking toward the door, indicating that it was time for him to leave.

“Wait,” he said as he grabbed my
forearm forcing me to spin around and look at him.  “What’s going on?  Why are
you acting like this?”  He seemed confused.

“Look.  I shouldn’t have told
Jack that I was involved with someone.   Even though I didn’t tell him your
name, it’s obvious that it bothered you.  I didn’t mean for it to piss you off
and I had no intentions of telling him about us….you.”  I pulled my arm away
and said, “I’m sorry I upset you.”

I turned toward the door again
and suddenly felt my whole body lift off the floor.  Rylan was carrying me….into
the kitchen. 

“Rylan!  What the hell are you
doing?”  He plopped my bare ass on the cold granite countertop, stepped between
my legs and placed his hands next to my hips, pinning me where I was.

“Shut up, Jen!  We need to get a
few things straight, right fucking now!”

Shocked, I sat there wide-eyed,
staring at his beautiful face.

“First of all, I’m still a little
confused so let me see if I have this correct.  When I texted you about Jack,
you thought I was pissed….at you…about what you told him?”  I just shook my
head ‘yes.’

“Right.  And then, when I didn’t
call or text back you just assumed this….” He was waving his hand between us
“….was just
over
and that I would just walk away and not say a fucking
word to you?”

Again, I shook my head ‘yes.’

“Fuck.”  He said as he let out a
huge breath and closed his eyes for a second.  He placed his forehead on mine
and I just sat there.

He leaned back and looked into my
eyes.  “Baby, let me tell you a few things.  I’m not some douchebag guy that
just stops talking to someone I care about as a way to break it off….let’s just
get that straight right now.”

I shook my head.

“I was in no way pissed at you! 
I was pissed off because I heard him spouting shit around the office as soon as
he walked in this morning.  He was foul and rude to everyone and throwing
‘fuck’ around with every sentence he uttered.  I texted you because I wondered
if you were the cause of his mood….and not because I was upset about it.  Hell
no!  I was fucking ecstatic that you broke your date.”

I just stared at Rylan’s face and
didn’t say a word.

“I was just curious as to what
you told him.  That’s why I asked.  To know that you told him you were ‘sort
of’ seeing someone and that someone was me….even if he didn’t know it, you were
thinking it, and that made me so happy.  Then, the whole ‘fuck you’ from him
about you had me crazy pissed.  Baby, my emotions were all over the place.”

I just looked into his eyes and
listened.  “I should have called you back, but I needed to deal with something
and then I had a little chat with Jack.  By the time I realized I hadn’t
responded to you again, it was nearly five and I thought I’d be picking you
up.”

He cupped my face then continued.
“And, let’s get one thing perfectly clear….you are NOT ‘sort of’ seeing
someone!  Understand?  You are absolutely seeing someone and it’s me!  You are
my girl, Jen!  I knew you had to be mine the first time I saw you and even
though we’ve only known each other a short time, you are still absolutely
seeing ME!  So, Jack can go fuck himself.”

I grinned and leaned in to kiss
his lips and he attacked mine.  “I’m sorry.”  I whispered around our kiss.

“Baby, don’t be sorry.  I should
have been clearer with you.  But, please don’t scare me like that again.  I was
going nuts looking for you.  My heart can’t handle that.”  Oh, God. 

“Neither can mine.”  I said
softly.

“Jen, you’re mine.  Okay?  I
can’t stop thinking about you, can’t stop wanting you and I won’t share you.”

“Okay,” I answered and he gently
sucked my bottom lip into his mouth making me feel tingly. 

Rylan leaned his face back from
mine and said, “Jen, please tell me you are not completely naked under this
robe?”

“Maybe.”  I teased.

“I was so crazy coming in here
that my brain is just now catching up with what you’re wearing.  What were you
doing naked in the middle of the afternoon, babe?  And, why in the hell were
you answering your door dressed like this?”  He was trying to be a little
pissed, but his face was full of lust.

“Not what you think.  I was
taking a hot bath.  And, I did look through the peephole to see who it was. 
I’m not a dumbass.”  I grinned.

He smirked, raising one eyebrow
and said, “Bath huh?  That just put delicious visions in my head.”

I laughed, throwing my head back then
pulled his face to mine.  “I really am sorry for worrying you today.”

“I’m sorry too.  For being a
moron.”  He smiled and I reached down with one hand and untied my robe, letting
it hang open just enough to see my breasts peek out.

Rylan took a deep breath and
leaned down to take one of my nipples into his mouth.  “So beautiful.” 

I leaned back slightly and
stretched my arms behind me to support myself on the counter.  That made my
robe fall completely off my shoulders and pushed my breasts up to Rylan.

He continued his wonderful caress
of both breasts and moved his hand down to my core.  “Jen….”

I rubbed my foot across his
erection and he moaned.  He grabbed my hips and pulled them forward to the edge
of the counter.  He looked at me with hooded eyes before moving his face down
between my thighs.  I laid back further on my elbows and watched as Rylan began
to slowly lick between my folds.  He lifted my legs and put them over his
shoulders as he claimed me with his glorious mouth.  I wanted to grind against
his mouth, but couldn’t move in the position I was in.  It made his assault so
damn sexy and erotic.  I actually enjoyed being trapped like this by him. 

“Jen.  Watch me, baby.”  I looked
down at him and watched as he claimed me with his mouth.  I couldn’t take my eyes
off what he was doing.  Within minutes, I was pulsing around his tongue and he
moaned as he continued to suck on my clit and watch me come.