Page 55 of To Crave Madly
My body shook with an aftershock. There were no words to describe how amazing that was. I opened my eyes and found Jasper looking at me with a genuine smile curling his beautiful mouth. His eyes were no longer black, and the electric blue shone brightly in the dim light. He kissed me softly, tenderly, like I was the most precious thing in the world. There was a coppery taste to his kiss, but I found I didn’t seem to mind.
“I hope you don’t need any more,” I laughed. “I don’t think I’d survive another round.”
“As much as I would love to take more, it would only be for sexual needs now.” I could live with that. “And besides, you are going to need your strength for tomorrow.”
Ah, yes. Elissa and her exploration into my magic. That thought left a sour taste in my mouth.
“You must be hungry. Let me feed you.”
“No. I’m fine—”
“Nonsense,” Jasper chided. “I want to.”
He looked at me with such hope in his eyes that I couldn’t refuse him.
“Fine. I suppose I should eat something.”
With my legs still wrapped around his waist, he walked me over to the island in the centre of the kitchen and set me down. He then set to work making me something delicious to eat. I enjoyed watching him working in the kitchen. I’d never really seen him do anything other than work, so to see him do something so mundane as cooking a meal felt wonderfully normal. Would this be how a relationship between us would look? Him feeding from me then seeing to my needs?
I knew one thing. If I let him feed from me during sex, it would be mind-blowing. The juncture between my thighs throbbed at the thought. I bet sex with him would be delicious and wicked.
Jasper paused in the middle of plating up my meal. I could see the taut muscles in his back as he picked up on my thoughts. He took a deep shaky breath before continuing his task and I couldn’t help the little giggle that surfaced at his discomfort. My eyes trailed the length of him, drinking in the way his torso tapered to his hips, his firm butt and those powerful thighs. I remembered the feel of him from when my legs were wrapped around him and I knew he was hiding a monster in –
“Lori…” Jasper groaned.
Oops. Think I got a bit carried away there.
He turned back to face me, and I couldn’t miss the bulge tenting those tight-fitting trousers. I dragged my bottom lip through my teeth as I watched him stalk closer to me. He stopped and held out the most beautiful smelling plate of food I’d ever seen. Fresh pasta with a tomato sauce hovered right in front of me and my mouth watered. Wow. I really was hungry.
And not just for food.
I went to take the dish from Jasper, but he pulled it away.
“Uh-uh,” he grinned. “I said I’d feed you.”
Oh, God.
He took the fork and loaded it up with some pasta. He blew softly on it before holding it out in front of me.
“Open wide,” he said huskily.
I obediently opened my mouth while holding his gaze. His eyes darkened as he watched my mouth wrap around the fork. Flavour exploded along my tongue. It was divine. The sauce was rich and creamy with a zing that had me moaning in delight.
“God, that’s good,” I said around my mouthful of food.
Jasper smiled and held out more food for me. I wolfed it down. It was so good. He kept feeding me until there was nothing left. On my last mouthful, a drop of sauce fell onto my chin. Jasper wiped it with his thumb and then held his hand in front of me, waiting for me to lick it clean. I opened my mouth as I had done with the fork and Jasper pushed his thumb into my mouth. I wrapped my tongue around his thumb and licked off all the sauce. A soft hiss escaped his clenched teeth as I sucked the digit before releasing it with a pop.
“Holy hell, Lori.”
I grinned. I loved winding this man up. I seemed to get a perverse enjoyment out of tormenting him. I just enjoyed watching him get closer to the edge knowing that any one thing would finally make him snap.
His hands settled on my waist and he pulled my hips to the edge of the counter.
“Lori, I—”
“Oh my god, what is that heavenly smell?” Saskia’s boundless energy came straight into the kitchen and Jasper let out a groan of frustration as she walked over to the stove, completely oblivious to the fact that we were about to make out on the countertop.
“Is this your cooking, Lori?” she asked, stirring the sauce, and relighting the cooker.
