Page 85 of Heartless

Sienna settled beside Bianc, who took her hand and shifted to face her.“What do you think if I invite some of my friends on Saturday?”

“How many people?”

“Three, max.They’re all artists, and very nice.I think you’ll like them.”

“Like a real party?”At Bianc’s nod, she looked at me.“Would that be okay, Jake?”

Her luminous gaze shot straight to my chest, and my cock hardened.“Sure, baby.”

Bianc got up, taking Sienna with her.“It’s official, my bed is calling.”

While the women hugged, I pushed on my knees.After pecking my cheek, Bianc strolled to the guest room.

Sienna shuffled on her feet and tucked one of her long curls behind her ear.“I’m going to call it a night too.Goodnight, Jake.”

“Are you tired?”

She replied with a little shrug.“How was your trip?”

“No bears, but two Garretts.”

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Sienna

Sitting on the sofa beside Jake, I was laughing so hard that my forehead was almost touching Jake’s shoulder.He’d been telling me about his trip to Denver and ‘the Garrets.’Two bodies, one mind, he’d said about the people who sounded like characters in a sitcom.

When I could catch my breath enough to speak, I sat up.“My God, I would love to meet them.”

Jake hooked his muscular arm over the back of the sofa behind me.“Next time I go, you can come with me.”

He was unfairly gorgeous when he was relaxed.“Really?”

His gaze dropped to my mouth.“I’ll take you anywhere you want.”

That squashed the remnants of my laughter, and my heartbeat started to jog into a danger zone.“Jake, you promised.”

I wasn’t sure he’d leaned in, but his presence was enveloping me.“What did I promise, baby?”

“You said you’ll be what I need,” I whispered.

This time, he’d definitely moved closer because his eyes were all I could see.

The graze of his fingers traveled from my temple to pause at the corner of my lips.“What do you need, kitten?”

Since my brain had stopped working, my filters had vanished.“Right now, I really want a kiss.”The sizzle of his gaze licked my skin, and our breaths flirted, but I slanted back.“But what I need is to forget those words you said because they...cripple me.”

Locked in the fervency of the moment, I gasped when Jake sat me in his lap.His palm curved around my nape, and he gently pressed my face in the crook of his neck.Then, he wrapped his arms around me.His skin was warm.He smelled good, and his body was strong.Shuffling a little, I nestled deeper against his body and exhaled slowly.

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Jake

When Sienna nuzzled my neck, I tightened my hold and slouched back.Eventually, her body unlaxed with sleep, and I buried my mouth in her hair.I should put her to bed, but I liked having her like this.Trusting, warm and soft in my arms.I brushed a light kiss on her temple, set my feet on the coffee table, and the back of my neck on the backrest.

Movement in the room pulled my attention to the side where Bianc was tiptoeing across the room.When she clocked us, she threw a closed mouth smile at me before heading toward the kitchen.A few minutes later, she returned with a bottle of water in her hand.While retracing her steps back to her bedroom, she touched my shoulder.

Now she knew where I stood with the beautiful woman sleeping in my arms.