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“I sent Kieran home, but there are some leftovers in the fridge,” I shouted, coming down the stairs. I’d been coming down here to see if Jade was home yet when I’d heard noise in the kitchen. I knew it had to be her.

As I joined her, Jade shut the fridge, holding nothing more than a cheese stick in her hand. “It’s okay,” she replied, pulling the wrapper back and taking a bite off the top. “I’m not even that hungry anyway. I’m more so tired.”

I ran a hand through my hair. “Are you sure you don’t want me to make you anything? If you don’t want leftovers, then at least let me make you something quick and easy.”

“Pasta?” She quirked a brow but continued eating her child food.

I didn’t even know why those were in the fridge. Kieran did all the shopping, and unless he was having his kid over, I wasn’t sure why they were there. Maybe he snacked on them.

“No, thanks, that’ll give me indigestion at this late hour,” Jade said, pointing to the clock on the stove.

It was late, I’d give her that. “Fine, well, how was it with Sherrilyn today?”

Jade’s head popped up so fast I feared it might disconnect from her body. “Wait, what?” She blinked. “You want to know how my day went?”

Was I talking to myself? I looked around, trying to make a show of it, like I didn’t know who she was talking to, because I was pretty sure we both knew I asked how her day went. “That’s what I said.”

She walked around the counter, stepped on the trash can to open it, and tossed the wrapper inside.

Then she did something that had me wondering if she was hearing different words than what was actually coming out of my mouth.

She slid her hands behind my neck and pulled me down to her, slamming her lips on mine and immediately moving to plunge her tongue in my mouth.

I caught up quickly, opening my mouth to tussle with her tongue. I couldn’t seem to get enough of my tongue inside of her mouth, and she clearly felt the same way.

The pleasure in my body felt reminiscent of electricity, the heat shooting straight to my cock.

With each slide of her tongue along mine, my pulse sped up.

My whole body felt like fire ants were crawling all over it.

Okay, that wasn’t the best way to describe it.

I felt alive and heated everywhere, like even a cold shower wouldn’t do anything to put out the fire burning inside me and threatening to burn me from the inside out.

I lifted her up and onto the marble countertop, our lips never leaving each other. I didn’t think we could figure out a way to even if we tried.

The moaning sounds she was making deep in her throat.

The way she hooked her legs around me, her heels pushing into my back.

The feeling of my cock growing impossibly hard.

It was all making my goddamn head spin.

How did asking about her day lead to this? I just genuinely wanted to make sure everything went well with Sherrilyn.

When we finally broke apart, we were both so out of breath, I was tempted to ask her if she needed water since the huffing and puffing made it sound like we had run a marathon.

What the hell? Could you die from lack of oxygen from kissing for so long?

In this very moment, I could hardly think straight, so it was a legit question.

Jade slipped off the counter. “My day went well.” She smiled and took her pants off, tossing them on the floor. “Yours?”

I blinked and cocked a brow, watching her take her thong off next and jump back up to sit on my countertop half naked, her pussy on full display and already swollen and glistening.

“Good,” I answered, sounding confused. Which I was, just so we were clear.

But, again, I wasn’t going to ask questions.

A man who would in this situation would be a moron.

She was literally willing and waiting for me.

“Eat me out,” Jade demanded, leaning back on her palms, her eyes on me.

Didn’t have to tell me twice. “I could sustain myself on your pussy alone, you know that. Kieran would be fired so fucking fast. All I need is you and this pussy.” Gripping her ankles, I pulled her closer to the edge, but not so much that she might slip off if she writhed too much.

She parted her legs for me.

But not enough. “Come on, Jade. I’m going to need them parted a lot more than that. I want you to open yourself nice and wide for me. You think you can do that?”

“It doesn’t seem like brain surgery, so yeah.”

Bending down, I placed my mouth between her legs and my hands on the inside of her inner thighs, spreading her even more.

Immediately wetness pooled on the counter, and I tsked.

“Do I do this to you?” I asked even though I was fully enjoying knowing I did.

“You really shouldn’t have waited this long.

You’re not wet, Jade, you’re fucking soaked and aching, I’m sure. ”

She nodded and licked her lips in response. “Just help me.”

So bossy. I wasn’t one to make my fiancée suffer, though, so I slid my tongue along her wet and delicious clit. Fuck, I loved the way she tasted, the way the sweet and bitter lingered on my tongue, making me absolutely feral.

I stroked her with my tongue, slow at first and then fast before slowing down again. I could tell the change in pace was driving her nuts.

“How do I taste?” she asked, her voice sounding strained.

Letting up for a second to answer, I growled. “You taste like you’re mine.”

“That’s so hot,” she replied, her chest heaving as I went back to doing what I was doing, this time sucking on her clit like it was a lollipop, and I wanted all of it. Nothing left behind.

She thrashed against me, and I could tell she was almost there, almost ready to unravel for me. “More,” she insisted, her breathing heavy. “More, more!” It became a chant that only amped me up.

I sucked and sucked and sucked, not letting up and, most importantly, not letting any of her wetness slip past me. I wanted it all. It was mine, and I wasn’t going to stop until I had it all.

“Red. I’m right there!” she shouted, her hands flying in my hair, her nails at my scalp.

Next thing I knew, her mouth was opening, one of the loudest moans I’d ever heard coming out of her, as she closed her eyes, tossed her head back, and shattered beneath me.

Son of a bitch, watching Jade orgasm was one of the hottest things I had ever witnessed in all my years on this earth.

And I was pretty sure it always would be.

Nothing would ever top this. This feeling of knowing that I did this to her.

It was because of me that her body was convulsing.

When she slowly started meeting me back here on Planet Earth, I got up, extended my tongue as far as it could go around my lips and licked every last bit of Jade off my face.

“I like it when you have my arousal on you,” she said, her eyes brightening.

“I like it, too.”

Getting down off the counter, she blew a strand of loose hair out of her face. “We’re going to have to clean this before Kieran gets back.”

I laughed. “He’d be pissed to know that we christened his kitchen in this way.”

Placing a finger in her mouth, she bit down on the tip of her nail. “How about we go upstairs then, and you make me orgasm again, but this time with your cock deep inside me.”

My cock stiffened in anticipation as she grabbed my hand and dragged me upstairs.

* * *

Jade

I couldn’t sleep. No, that was inaccurate. I didn’t want to.

I forced my eyes to stay open as I fought immense exhaustion so I could stare at the clock, watching the minutes tick by.

If there was ever a time I wanted a superpower, it was now, and it was to stop time because I knew in my heart nothing would ever come close to how good this was or how good I felt with Red.

There was no turning back, and I’d known what I’d signed up for.

The terms were clear—this would end after he got the investment he needed.

That time was coming. We both knew it. After the charity auction.

Mark couldn’t put Red off for much longer.

Red had done everything he’d asked. There were no more hoops.

The only question was, when this was all over, who could I blame for my feelings? Feelings I never in one million years thought I’d have for this man.

I turned over and watched for a moment as Red’s body rose and fell with his even breathing.

He was sleeping peacefully. His bare back was to me, and I couldn’t help myself, so I inched closer to him and wrapped my arms around him and pressed a light kiss on his shoulder.

I had to suck up every second because this could very well be our last night together.

Stirring, he groaned. “Something wrong?” he asked, lifting his head slightly.

I pressed the front of my body up against his back, my breasts on him as I continued to move my hands up and over his shoulders, then down the front of his chest. “Not a thing,” I answered earnestly.

He grabbed one of my hands and held it in his before bringing it to his lips.

My heart rate kicked up, and I didn’t even care that he could see the effect he had on me. “What was that thing you said to me the first time we slept together?” I knew the answer and had played it on repeat many times in my head, but I wanted to hear it come from him again.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he answered, “You’re beautiful.”

My cheeks burned with the fire of a thousand suns at his compliment. “Not that.”

“Then what?”

I licked my lips. “It’s silly. Forget it.”

“You’re so fucking special, Jade. And that’s something I’ll never forget.”

I chuckled. “I thought you forgot.”

“It’s just late. You had to give me a minute, but no truer words have ever been spoken, and I’ll repeat them for you as many times as you want.”

Every day for the rest of our lives. Even as the thought popped into my head, I knew it was crazy, but a part of me wanted it to not be.