Page 4 of Hooked On Seth (Hooked #5)

Things were becoming more habit than Jenna liked.

She was usually an early riser and made a point to be one of the first ones in her office.

Her secretary was a loyal employee and arrived just after her every day.

She believed in the phrase, the early bird gets the worm.

All her best work was done in the morning hours.

This week though, she was thrown all out of whack, as far from her comfort zone as she could be.

As she laid awake in bed, in the semi-dark, she noticed every single crack in the ceiling.

They’d probably always been there but never once had she noticed them before.

At some point in the last few days, she’d unplugged her alarm clock because the numbers were too bright and hurt her head so she had no clue what time it was.

Jenna had never had such a reaction to cold medicine before that it made her sleep all day, but she also couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so sick.

She could tell her bladder had come back to life because it was begging her to find her way to the bathroom. Carefully crawling out of bed, her legs carried her small frame across the non-squeaky parts of her floor, closing the bathroom door quietly so as not to alert him that she was awake.

After washing her hands, she realized there was no more dried toothpaste sticking to the basin and the hand towel was hanging from the rack instead of where she left it on the sink.

He wasn’t lying when he said he cleaned.

She was shocked. It sounded petty even as she thought it but no one had ever cleaned for her.

She pitied him for the mess he’d had to tackle, especially the shower.

Jenna turned the door handle ever-so-slowly, careful not to open it too far that it would creak, and she tiptoed toward her bed.

“Glad to see you’re awake.”

“Ahh, shit. Seth don’t sneak up on me.”

She crawled into her bed, sank low and covered her head with the comforter. She felt the bed give on the opposite side then his face appeared under the covers.

“I never moved, you just don’t sneak very well.”

“Well you should have let me know you were there when I came out of the bathroom.” She closed her eyes and turned away from him, embarrassed that she was caught, because she was trying to sneak.

“My apologies ma’am. From now on when I walk into a room, I will announce myself so you know I am there and I don’t scare you.”

She couldn’t help but laugh.

“Did you get work done?”

“Yeah I did. The coffee shop was quiet so I got through my entire inbox, even sent several messages out and worked on a few cases for Monday.”

Seth was a partner in a private investigation firm in town with one of his buddies from the military. He was the king of sneak, except he did it for a living.

“So…”

“Needle and thread.”

“Very funny.”

“I thought it was.”

She had no clue why Seth put up with her dry sense of humor.

She was only glad he did. She’d be lost without him.

No one that she worked with ever understood her.

Good thing she didn’t need to be friends with any of them.

The only exception was her secretary, and she was probably just too scared of getting fired so she laughed at all Jenna’s jokes.

She could fully admit they were usually dumb and corny.

It was also probably the reason Jenna never had any dates anymore.

She wasn’t very personable and unless she was working, she hated to be social.

Hard to meet anybody when one only frequents two places, home and work.

“Are you feeling any better?”

His hand reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her eye, tucking it behind her ear like she always did.

“I actually think I am. My head doesn’t seem to have as much pressure as before and it doesn’t hurt.”

“Well that’s a start. You don’t sound as stuffy either.”

“I think the vaporizer was a good choice. I’m glad you went and talked to the pharmacist. Thanks for taking care of me.”

Jenna looked at him then, flashing a caring smile his way. Her hand reached out and rested on his chest.

“So, if that’s true, will you answer a question for me, honestly?”

“Sure.”

“Why have you been avoiding me since we woke up earlier?”

“I haven’t been.”

“I knew you’d say that but yes, you have. You aren’t getting close, you’re hanging on the door frame just waiting to duck from the room. What changed in the last twenty-four hours because you never act like that?”

“Do I really have to spell it out for you?”

He didn’t need to but she wanted to hear it from him directly. Assuming anything always got her in trouble. She’d learned the hard way, several times that she needn’t move forward until she had all the facts the old-fashioned way.

He hesitated which meant he had a lot to say but was afraid to say it. She nudged him with her fingers on his chest. He covered her hand with his and stared into her eyes. There was barely a hair between them.

“I have feelings for you.”

“What kind of feelings?”

“The good kind, you know, like the ones where I like you as more than a friend and want to sleep with you and stuff.”

“And stuff?”

“Come on Jenna, give a guy a break.

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Damn but she might as well have just busted his balls.

He was trying to tell her how he felt and she was up for a game of twenty questions?

Could he reiterate that women were frustrating?

He knew she was feeling the same way about him though because he saw the twitch in her eye.

She didn’t often hide her feelings about anything but he could tell whenever she did and he’d suspected for a long while.

He was just too chicken to act on it for fear he was wrong about her.

“Okay fine, sorry.”

“That’s it?”

“What do you want from me Seth?”

“I want you to admit you have feelings for me too damn it. I know you do. We’ve been pussy-footing around each other for a long time now and I can’t take it anymore. I want to be more involved.”

“How much is more involved?”

“Do you really have to know all the details?”

“Humor me okay, I’m not thinking on all cylinders right now.”

“Okay fine, I want to kiss you like every time is the first, each day I come home after a long day at work, and waking up to your sleeping face would be the cherry on top. But before you ask, because I know you need to know, I want much more.”

He didn’t want to talk any more however.

He wanted to show her how he felt and he didn’t care about getting sick.

He moved his hands to her face and held her still as he lowered his lips to hers.

He persisted, she returned his advances with vigor.

Their tongues tangled in a dance that he was anxious for their bodies to experience as well.

She never admitted she’d wanted him too but when her fingers dug into his back, she’d pretty much given it away.

She just needed someone to take charge and give her what she was afraid to ask for.

When they broke apart for air, Seth threw the comforter off them both and sat up on his knees to strip his shirt from his body.

Jenna’s beautiful green eyes bore into him like daggers piercing his skin and it made him crazy horny for her.

She watched with intensity as he threw his shirt and started on the buttons of his jeans.

Never before had he been so anxious to touch her.

He had to stand on the bed to get his pants off and the control slipped quickly when, as he lowered his pants to reveal skin, he witnessed her tongue slide out to moisten her lips.

He took a step closer then got down on his knees and reached for her night shirt as she sat up.

There were no words needed as she raised her arms above her head giving him permission to undress her.

He probably should have noticed before now but wondered if she’d been without her underwear all along.

He didn’t dare try to go there the night before or he wouldn’t have been able to stop.

As he worked the t-shirt over her tousled hair, he was hard-pressed to look away from the amazingly perfect breasts before him.

Her nipples were a taut with a light pink tint and his cock ached at the thought of sucking them into his mouth.

Seth moved above Jenna’s legs, essentially trapping her, not that she would try to escape.

His hands slid under her back side and slid her body closer to him so that she could lay back.

Then with one knee at a time, he separated her legs until he was situated between them.

His gazed lingered at her core until he noticed her body squirming.

He didn’t want to waste even one more precious second as he was already short on control.

He wanted her like there was no tomorrow.

With his head bent close, he took one peak into his mouth and suckled.

Running his tongue around the peak, he lightly pinched the pink skin between his teeth, pulling until it popped free.

As he tended to the other, his hand plucked at the tender nipple he’d recently left.

When he pulled his mouth from her chest, he raised both hands to knead her breasts together, kissing the beautifully malleable mounds.

Shifting himself to match her position, his heat hovered at the entrance and he could feel her shifting below him and rocking into him, silently begging for more.

He kissed her again like it was the first time. He imagined it would feel like that every time after as well.

With no preamble, he nudged until her luscious folds gave way and allowed him entrance.

He didn’t go slow; his body wouldn’t allow it.

He pushed into her in a slick second, seating him deep inside her warm core.

She moved before he, demanding a rhythm he was all too keen on matching.

With his hands steadfast on each side above her shoulders and his lips locked to hers, he drove into her with reckless abandon.

There was no need to be gentle, she wouldn’t want it. She had always been the strong one.

Her fingernails dug into his skin from shoulders to his hips, holding him close. The sight before him when she came was angelic and as her walls gripped him, he lost what little control he still possessed and plunged with her.

When her fingers finally relaxed, he moved to his side, pulling her with him to wrap her in his arms. With a free hand, he pulled the covers up over them and they both drifted off in peaceful silence.