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Jamie got onto her knees and helped Tessa get situated beneath her. Once she was comfortable on the pillows, Jamie crawled up her body until her thighs were on either side of Tessa’s head. Tessa licked her lips.

“Bring that sweet cunt here, baby,” she said.

Biting her lip and gripping the headboard, Jamie lowered her hips until her center came into contact with Tessa’s mouth. She moaned as her knees went weak. Tessa’s own passionate sounds sent a shiver up Jamie’s spine. Tessa wrapped her arms around Jamie’s thighs and held her to her mouth. Using the headboard for leverage, Jamie ground down.

Tessa devoured her. Jamie’s voice reached an octave she’d never heard before. Pressure built in her lower belly as Tessa worked her clit. Her racing heartbeat pounded in her ears. She lost control of the rock of her hips as she wildly chased her pleasure on Tessa’s lips. Tessa, with surprising strength, held her steady.

“Tessa,” she whined. “Oh, God, Tessa.”

Tessa moaned against her, sending a thrilling vibration through her. Her whole body fluttered from her chest to her core. For a fleeting moment, she felt a little pathetic. Tessa had barely touched her and already she was on the brink of climax. But she was not ashamed to crave Tessa. She loved Tessa. She always had. She always would.

Her thighs quivered, and Jamie feared she would not be able to hold herself up. Her knuckles were white from holding the headboard so tightly.

“Tessa,” she sighed. “We can change positions. I don’t want to crush you.”

“If I go out between your legs, I go out a happy woman indeed.”

“But I—oh, fuck!”

Tessa shook her head and proceeded, her pace unrelenting.

Tessa’s expert mouth cleared Jamie’s mind of any other concerns. Nothing existed beyond the two of them, souls and bodies intertwined in exquisite harmony with one another. White exploded behind Jamie’s eyes. Waves of ecstasy rolled through her limbs and she shuddered through her peak. She murmured Tessa’s name as softly as a prayer, slowing her body down.

When she was utterly spent, she fell onto her side next to Tessa, who shot her a satisfied smirk. Jamie was too tired to even try to rebuke her for being cocky. How could she when Tessa was clearly skilled at what she did?

Catching her breath, she curled into Tessa’s side and rested her head on her girlfriend’s chest. Tessa wrapped her arm around Jamie’s shoulders and held her close. Jamie closed her eyes and listened to Tessa’s heartbeat. Contentment and peace flowed between them until they were breathing in time with one another.

Laying in the afterglow, a comfortable warmth spread through Jamie. The same she always felt being in Tessa’s arms. Tessa’s fingers lazily stroked Jamie’s shoulder, and her eyelids grew heavy. But now that Tessa was beside her, Jamie had some things she wanted to say.

“Tess?”

“Hm?”

“Can I tell you something?”

Tessa propped her head up with her elbow beneath her hand. “What about?”

“Back at your housewarming, you asked if something happened that made me want to leave Man City. I wasn’t completely honest with you.”

Tessa smirked and rolled her eyes. “Shocking.”

“Shut up,” Jamie replied with a teasing shove, earning a giggle from Tessa. “Seriously. I’m trying to be vulnerable here, which you know I’m not good at.”

Tessa stifled a giggle. “Alright, I’m listening.”

Jamie linked her fingers with Tessa’s free hand. “Did you see the news that they sacked their assistant coach for sexual harassment?”

The serene expression disappeared from Tessa’s face. “Aye.”

“I was one of the women it happened to,” Jamie said, swallowing hard. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. But now that we’re together and the information is out there, I’m more comfortable saying it.”

Tessa squeezed Jamie’s hand. “I’m so sorry that happened to you, Jamie.”

“It’s alright,” Jamie said with a shrug. “I think some good came of it.”

“Do you now?”

“It gave me the push I needed to come back to London. Back to you.”