by Anna Santos
“It’s still day time. My body feels it. We slept late. We spent a lot of time talking, but there’s still light outside. Do you remember what happened last night?”
“Not everything down to the finest detail. Did I do something I might regret?”
“Other than almost taking your clothes off so everybody could see your sexy lingerie, no, not that I know of. But I wasn’t here when the party started. Do I need to know anything in particular?”
“I don’t think so,” she said timidly. She noted the amused tone in his voice. He wasn’t censoring her, but she was feeling ashamed for acting like a reckless person.
“Oh, and you also told me you love me,” he added.
“You are lying!”
“No, I’m not. You said it.”
“You’re such a liar!” she declared, sitting on the bed and staring at him with an annoyed expression.
He smirked and sat against the headboard.
“Well, it’s about time you admit it.”
She picked up a pillow and threw it at his face.
He chuckled and grabbed the pillow. “No need to get violent about it.”
“Oh, I’m feeling sick,” she complained, falling on the bed and curling her knees until they touched her belly.
“It’s okay, darling,” Daniel whispered, stroking her hair and kissing her eyelids. “Just take a bath, and I’ll order some food. After eating, we can sleep a bit more.”
Jade opened her eyes to stare at him and smiled.
Frowning at her, he asked, “What?”
“What are you doing in my bedroom?”
“Sleeping with you.”
“So why are you dressed?”
“I didn’t want to take advantage of your drunken state. Do you remember anything that happened last night?”
“Yes, I don’t lose my memory from a couple of drinks. That’s why I know you were lying when you said that I said that I love you.”
“You could have said it,” Daniel retorted.
“No, not really.”
He pouted. “So, you don’t like me a bit more than when we first met?”
“Maybe a little more. Doesn’t mean that I love you.”
“I need to try harder then,” he said.
“Daniel,” she sighed, stretching her hand to grab his shirt, “just shut up and kiss me.”
He leaned down to kiss her lips. “You like to boss me around.”
“And you talk too much,” she complained, pulling him lower and wrapping her arms around his neck. “I’m not drunk now. You can take all the advantage you want.”
Daniel laughed at her teasing suggestion and kissed her forehead. “No, you need to eat.”
“And then you’ll take advantage of me?” she questioned, batting her eyelashes.
“Then, I’ll kiss you.”
“Okay,” she agreed. “I’m going downstairs to take care of my breakfast, check the time, and I’ll be right back. Are you staying here?”
“I’ll wait for you,” he replied, laying down on his side of the bed and closing his eyes.
Jade got up and fixed her hair to go downstairs. When she was in the corridor, she was grateful for the quietness in the house, but when she arrived at the stairs, a door opened. Emma sneaked out of a bedroom, wrapped in a bed sheet and with her clothes and shoes in one of her hands.
There was an awkward moment of silence between the both of them. Then Emma continued her way to her bedroom, and Jade watched her disappear in the hallway. She was sleeping around with someone and it wasn’t Daniel. She didn’t like the smug smile on Emma’s face when she passed by her. If she was trying to imply that she had spent her night with Daniel, Emma was in for a rude awakening. He had spent the night with Jade, and they had talked until they fell asleep together. Now she just needed a nice breakfast and to get back to her bedroom to play with Daniel. Emma might have had fun that night, but Jade was going to have fun for the rest of the day. There was no way that she was going to miss spending time with Daniel.
Jade walked down the stairs and ran to the fridge. She opened it and started to prepare some scrambled eggs and black coffee. Then she noticed that there was someone else on the upper floor, sneaking away.
“Jenna,” she called.
Her best friend stared at her, startled. “Oh, it’s you! What are you doing down there?”
“Breakfast. And what are you doing up there?”
“Well, uh, wild night,” she explained with a goofy smile. “I’m starving. Can I join you?”
“Sure. I’ll make you some eggs, too.”
“What are you doing with the blood powder?” Jenna asked, sitting on a stool.
“Trying to figure out how to prepare this stuff.”
Jenna’s curiosity spiked as her eyes grew bigger. “For Daniel? You want to serve him breakfast, too. Did you guys sleep together?”
“He’s in my bedroom,” Jade stated mildly.
Jenna squealed with enthusiasm. “Holy shit! You both danced the horizontal mambo!”
“Calm down. Don’t get so excited. We just slept. I was drunk but… Well, we have been getting closer,” she confessed with a timid, dreamy smile.
“I’ll help you with that. I’ve plenty of experience,” Jenna said, helping Jade prepare the blood beverage.
Jade watched carefully how Jenna was doing it, so she could do it on some other occasion. Then she shared a plate of scrambled eggs and toasts with her best friend while drinking hot coffee. They talked about random stuff, and Jade was curious to know where Jenna slept and with whom.
“I saw Emma leaving a bedroom upstairs. And I know that Seth is just one, so umm… What the hell happened?” Jade asked, bursting with curiosity.
Jenna started coughing, choking on the eggs. After drinking her coffee, she stared at Jade with a guilty face.
“Well,…you can only imagine.” Her best friend smiled wickedly.
“No!” Jade placed her hands on her face with her mouth agape.
“Oh yes! It was…wow, amazing! Seth talks a lot but when he actually shuts up, he’s just…wow!”
“And Emma, too? Seriously?”
“You should try it. Do you want to share Daniel with me?”
“Hell no!”
Jenna laughed at her expression and stood up. “This was fun, but I need a bath and some rest before the new night starts. There will be another contest, and I want to look my best. Go have some fun with your vampire lover to see if he can loosen up your crankiness.”
Jenna ran before Jade could complain about her mean words or throw something at her head.
Moments later, Jade entered her bedroom, and Daniel was leaving the bathroom with wet hair and a towel hugging his waist. Jade stood there, taking in his gorgeous figure. She was beginning to melt at the sight of him. It was a nice sensation but, at the same time, her brain was warning her about the danger of letting her guard down around a vampire.
“Is that for me?” he asked, going to get the glass of blood. “Thank you, I appreciate you taking care of me.”
“Yes. Is it good?” She watched him drink it. It didn’t repulse her like she thought it would. “Is it too hot?”
“No, it’s perfect. Thank you.”
Jade offered him a timid smile while staring at his abs and creamy skin. She needed to stop thinking of assaulting him with her mouth and hands every time she was in front of him.
“I’m going to take a bath,” she said, walking to the bathroom.
She was a bit disappointed because she was hoping that they could take a bath together like the day before. It had been fun, exciting, sensual, and amazing.
Getting rid of her clothes, she entered the hot water. She washed her body, tensing under the sponge with the awareness of how aroused she was. Her breasts were hurting and she couldn’t stop thinking about Daniel inside that tub with her.
Wrapping a towel around her body, she dried her hair as she walked to the mirror. She cleaned the fog with one hand and stared a
t the reflection of her pale expression. She didn’t look well.
“Do you need some help?” Daniel asked, coming in.
Spinning around, she noticed that he was still wearing his towel around his waist. She bit her lower lip when her eyes landed on his ripped torso.
“I’m good,” she stated, narrowing her eyes when he stood in front of her.
He caressed the hair away from her face. “Are you sure? I could help you get dry.”
She smiled and leaned her face closer to his hand. He touched her cheek and placed a kiss on her lips. Heat coiled in her stomach as she placed her hands on his bare chest, molding his muscles and grabbing his neck. She pulled his head down to kiss him savagely, becoming lost in his mouth, tangling, and dueling with his tongue. The adrenaline rushed to her heart and she never felt so aroused by any other man. In that moment, she was craving his touch and his mouth on every square inch of her skin. It didn’t help that she knew how much pleasure his mouth could give her. Her core was aching, and she was feeling breathless and stirred.
“I want you,” she murmured against his lips, engulfing his lower lip and leaning her body against his. “And I really need you to—kiss me everywhere,” she whispered, needy, taking one hand from his neck to untie her towel and let it fall at her feet.
Daniel shivered when he noticed her towel dropping on his feet and her skin touching his. Their legs became intertwined and her breasts were pressed against his chest. His erection was more than obvious against her lower stomach.
“Jade,” he complained, sucking on air while her mouth trailed kisses down his neck and chest. The softness of her lips drove him insane. Her fingers explored his body, burning a trail of heat across every cell of his anatomy from her touch.
“Kiss me,” she begged, offering her neck to him, pressing her breasts harder against him, and cupping his ass with urgency.
Daniel’s hands trailed down her smooth skin as he gripped her ass and lifted it to sit her on the bathroom sink. Her legs wrapped around his waist, and he continued to kiss her mouth and massage her back and sides. He just needed to let his towel fall down, and they would be naked against one another. It was enticing to know that she simply needed to spread her legs, so he could press the head of his cock against her core and gently push it inside, making his whole body quiver and shatter in pleasure.
He wanted her badly. It was easy for him to fulfill his fantasies, but he didn’t want her first time to be on a cold bathroom sink. He had to behave. She was so damn hot and spontaneous with him; it was unbelievable how a girl like her never had a guy to show her the pleasures of intercourse. Her innocence made him love her even more. She was his—just his—and he would make sure that she didn’t want anyone else.
Drowning his head between her breasts, he used his hands to mold and tease them. She was offering herself to him, arching her chest and moving her hips against his waist. He could melt against the hotness of her core and her moans of pleasure. Her nipples hardened with his touch. She was squirming with pleasure under his mouth. He sucked and massaged her breasts, watching how her stomach was contracting and her sex was ready to be tasted. She smelled aroused. He definitely was. The towel didn’t conceal it at all. It was sticking up, finding some comfort when she rubbed her stomach against it.
“We don’t have condoms here,” she whispered.
“Vampires can’t give you babies or diseases. We don’t need it,” Daniel informed her.
“Then take me to bed and do it,” she said, grabbing his neck and speaking huskily in his ear. “I’m burning up. I—can’t understand, I just want you badly, right now, right here if you want.”
“Yes, I do have that effect on women,” Daniel teased her, massaging her back and controlling his own urges.
“Don’t be the smart-ass, Daniel,” she mumbled out of breath, grinding him tighter against her pussy and gasping when she felt once again how hard he was.
“I really, really want to make love to you right now, but, Jade–” He growled when she nibbled on his neck and kept moving against him. “Please, Jade. Let’s—calm down a bit.”
“I don’t want to calm down,” she complained, kissing his neck and moving her hands to loosen his towel and take it off.
His towel was the only thing that was preventing them from touching completely. She wanted the same experience that she had inside of the shower, with him touching her everywhere and kissing her while using his fingers to give her another orgasm. And, this time, she wanted him to finish the job and show her what all the fuss was about with having sex.
The orgasms he had given her were better than any she had done to herself. His tongue was skilled, and she would get wet every time she thought about his performance between her thighs. Now, she wanted to have the total package, the complete experience.
“Just do it,” she begged, high on lust, feeling insatiable. “You were desperate to do it the other night. So why don’t you do it now?” Her voice came out shaky and sad.
Daniel cupped her face and stopped kissing her. She opened her eyes to watch him.
“If you want me to do it, I’ll do it. But not here. I would hurt you unnecessarily. I’ll make love to you in the bed where’s more comfortable.”
“Okay,” she agreed, breathing deep to control her drumming heart.
Daniel looked into her eyes for a few seconds, trying to understand if this was what she really wanted or not. He knew he wanted it. He was aroused beyond words, and it couldn’t hurt more than it already did.
“Damn it,” he cursed. “I can’t do this to you.”
“Why not?” she complained. “I’m asking you to. Don’t you like me?”
“I like you too much, that is the problem! Jade, you aren’t thinking straight.”
“Maybe not, but, Daniel, I don’t need to think straight. I need to feel you. And I want to feel you right now. All of you,” she whispered huskily.
His body became even more tense. He clenched his jaw and had a hard time breathing. Her argument was compelling.
“I trust you.” She kissed his lips softly. “I know you will be careful and this is going to be special for me. I know that it’ll be perfect.”
“We won’t have enough time,” he said
“It’s one o’clock. We have plenty of time.”
“Trust me, we don’t. I might not want to leave this bedroom for a couple of days.”
Jade giggled and leaned her forehead against his. “Come on, Daniel, make love to me.”
“What made you change your mind?”
“I realized that you aren’t evil. Not evil at all. You are different when you are with me. You are gentle and sweet to me. I like you, and we are kind of great together.” She offered her face for him to kiss. His stomach swirled with anticipation. “And you make me happy. When we touch, I’m happy.”
“You also make me happy,” he said as he ran his fingers down her chest and pressed them inside the folds of her pussy. She was wet and hot. He made her move against his hand, moaning with the contact. “I can make you come. And then we’ll try tonight.”
“No,” she protested. “I want everything now.”
“You aren’t ready yet. You are too tight,” he claimed, slipping his finger to her entrance and gently rubbing around it.
“Then make me ready.” She sighed, close to his ear. She moved her hips to fully take advantage of his fingers. “I know you want to do it. I know—please, just do it with me. I want to make love to you. I want you so bad.”
“Damn it! You are such a tease,” he cursed, fully aroused by how she asked him to take her between deep and husky moans of lust.
She kept moving against his hand, letting him go deeper and deeper. Jade offering her body for him to take was all he had ever dreamed of when he first saw her. He wanted to take her right there in the nightclub against the wall. He wanted to take her home and keep her there with him forever.
“Jade,” he moaned, feeling his body shiver in pleasure.
/> She was nibbling and sucking on his neck while gripping his back tight and digging her nails into his skin. She was out of control, and he was barely hanging on by a thread.
In a moment of clarity, he grabbed her under her butt and walked with her to the bedroom.
Chapter Nineteen: One and Only
Daniel kneeled on the king-sized bed and placed Jade, naked, on the sheets. His towel fell away when they both lay down. She was distracted, nibbling his shoulder. He caressed her thighs and moved his head to kiss her neck and shoulders.
She tilted her head back, gasping when he trailed his mouth to her breasts. His hands held her under her armpits, bringing her closer to his mouth and body.
Daniel was on top of her, kissing her exposed flesh and tasting the waves of heat leaving her skin. She was hot everywhere. Her breath was erratic as delicious moans left her throat. He loved the way she let herself go when they were touching and kissing. He could only imagine how good it would be when he finally pushed inside of her and felt her whole body tremble and shake with pleasure. His shaft was aching and, every time it touched her skin, shuddered with impatience.
Daniel kissed her thoroughly on her breasts, his tongue swirling around her areola as her nipples grew stiffer. Then he engulfed one and sucked on it until she quivered under his mouth. Giving the same attention to the other breast, his hand softly caressed her navel. She squirmed under him as her hands gripped his hair.
Swallowing and wetting his lips, Daniel parted her legs gently to nestle his head between her thighs. He relished the feeling of her soft waves of muscles as they tensed and softened with every lick of his tongue circling the soft spots of her pussy. She gasped and swayed her hips, opening herself up to him and encouraging him to keep stroking and lapping his tongue from her core to her clit. He pushed one finger inside to test the moisture of her entrance. Her inner thighs pressed against his face, and he stroked them, spreading them gently and trailing kisses back up her stomach until he reached her throat.
Jade opened her eyes, breathless and aroused beyond words. She almost came before he stopped kissing her and trailed kisses up to her neck. She felt unsatisfied. She wanted more. Yearning swirled around her body as she gasped and shivered under his lips. She needed him to keep touching her where she ached the most. Her clit was swollen and her insides were burning. Daniel’s skilled tongue felt like a cool breeze in the desert.