Page 78 of Love Beyond the Illusion
My legs are raised and securely pushed into the soap holder and the handle of the door as Jack continues to devour me. My body hums, my pussy tingles, and I keep Jack in place with both hands, demanding this powerful orgasm. My body begins to stiffen, and my breathing shallows. I curve myself around him, closing my legs with him comfortably tucked between them.
The heat and steam from the hot shower surround us, so I can barely see our bodies anymore. Like the darkness from the blindfold, I feel everything. Right as my stomach clenches, an explosive orgasm shudders through me. I desperately attempt to grab anything on the wall, but his hands are glued to me, and he stays through the aftershocks.
When he releases, Jack uses the flat part of his tongue to lick from the inside of my pussy to the outside of my clit. I stay slumped into the corner of the shower with my legs spread wide while Jack presses slow kisses on my skin from my belly button to my breasts and over the hollow of my collarbone. “I want to fucking die down there,” he says darkly into my lips.
Panting and laughing uncontrollably, I kiss his lips, the ones that still have me on them. “I think I can arrange that.”
His laugh rumbles inside his chest and mine. “Now I can focus on getting ready for my meetings.”
I stand on shaky legs as Jack and I finish showering together.
We were both getting dressed when he asked me about my grandmother again. “Tell me about your grandmother,” he says, looping his leather belt through his pants.
I stand in the closet, fastening my bra. “What do you want to know?”
“Anything,” he says, walking over to me shirtless. How is he so fucking sexy? Those chiseled abs and that perfectly smooth skin.
“She studied the universe and astrology for most of her life and often refused to make decisions that weren’t based on the positions of the sun, moon, and other planets.”
Jack finishes clasping the last button on his collared shirt. “That’s fascinating.”
“It is, isn’t it? Her mother studied astrology as well. Most of the women in my family have celestial names.”
“Like their first names?” he asks, sitting on the side of the bed.
“No, our middle names. My great-grandmother was Nova, which meansnew,my grandmother was Celeste, which meansheavenly,andmy mother is Luna.”
“And what’s your middle name?”
“Moon,” I tell him, shuffling over in my slippers to sit beside him.
“Piper Moon.” Jack rubs my cheek with the back of his knuckles. “Illuminating the dark for all who are hidden behind the shadows. Very fitting for you.”
His words hit like a thick, heady emotion, growing more powerful the closer we become. My eyes bounce back and forth, searching for a sign that this could be real. Does Jack see me—for me?I cannot be falling for him. This is all so crazy and so fast. It’s lust. That’s all this is.
“Keep talking.” He encourages me to open up.
“When I was younger, I hated it. I thought it was lame that we all had themed middle names.” I uncomfortably chuckle. “Now, I’m incredibly grateful to have a piece of them with me.”
Jack smiles.
“When I was a kid, she gave me a gold crescent moon necklace. It had a tiny diamond in the middle. I loved it.”
He takes the spot next to me on the bed. “You’re talking about it in the past tense. Do you not have the necklace anymore?”
The back of my eyes sting as I slowly shake my head. I still remember the day that Roxy stole it. We had just moved into our new apartment. She had asked me for some of my grandmother’s jewelry for some time, but I kept telling her I didn’t have it. She knew better. One day after I returned home from school, I found her sitting on the floor in the living room, staring at four stacks of cash. When I asked her where she got it, she told me she’d sold some of Grandma’s jewelry, including the moon necklace.
He lies back, propping himself up on his forearms. “What happened to it?”
I force a smile but look away, not wanting to share something utterly embarrassing and hurtful with him.
“Tell me what happened to it,” his voice firmer this time.
I pull my eyes away from him and onto the light of dawn breaking over the hills.
“Roxy sold it.”
“What do you mean, shesoldit?”
