Page 19 of Muse (Fighting Fate)

He ripped the packet open and quickly rolled it on. “Thank you, Mr. Roberts.”

If I didn’t need him so badly I would’ve laughed. All I knew was that I had an ache in my belly that only Jace could fix. When he positioned himself between my legs again, I didn’t wait. I grabbed hold of his ass and I pulled him into me. Hard.

“Fuck!”

Jace’s growl made me wild. I hooked my legs around his hips and dug my heels into his ass, grinding my hips against his.

“Jesus, Mia-”

I was so close. I clenched my muscles harder, needing to reach my release. I was frantic with it. And then suddenly, I was there. “Oh shit.” I dug my fingers into his back and held on for dear life as my orgasm ripped through me. It was like a freaking tornado.

Jace breathed hard against my ear then groaned, his body going rigid against mine. Slowly, I released my death grip on him and my body started to relax. Jace dropped his forehead to my shoulder and exhaled. “Fuck, Mia. You’re going to be the death of me.”

My head was a whirl of emotions and I was seriously mute. He lifted his head to look at me before pulling out.

“Holy shit that was quick.” I think I was in shock.

Jace cringed a little. “Yeah, sorry about that.”

My eyes widened. “I wasn’t complaining. I’m just surprised. I didn’t think I could climax so quickly.”

A cocky little smirk appeared on his lips.

“Yeah, yeah. We both know you’re good…”

“You think I’m good?” He wasn’t even bothering to try and hide his grin now.

“Well, with everything I’ve heard, most girls don’t orgasm their first time, so the fact that I had two my first time makes me think you’re maybe a little bit good.”

He laughed. “Is that true? That most girls don’t come their first time?”

I shrugged. “I overheard a couple of girls talking about it in the bathroom once, and one was telling her not to worry, that it gets better.”

Jace laughed a full belly laugh then. “That can be my line to you. Don’t worry, it gets better.”

I widened my eyes dramatically. “It gets better than that? Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with you.”

It was out my mouth before I knew what I was saying. Damn it. He hadn’t even said he wanted to do what I suggested. What was I thinking?

But then again, he did just say it gets better. Was that just a joke, or was he saying there would be more times? The fact that we just had sex had to be some kind of unspoken agreement to my proposal didn’t it?

He must’ve caught something in my expression because he pulled back and went about taking care of the condom. When he’d finished disposing of it, he put his boxers back on and came to sit beside me. “I guess we should talk about where we’re heading with this.”

Chapter 10

Jace

I left Mia’s room in a slight daze. I think I was still in shock that she’d asked me for a no strings attached relationship. I knew that was like every guy’s ultimate fantasy, but it wasn’t something I thought I’d ever go for. I’d never, ever been interested in having a girl more than once. If I was to be honest with myself, which I don’t think I really wanted to be, I only went for it because it was Mia.

I had no fucking idea what she was doing to me. Not only had I agreed to her no-strings suggestion, I also agreed to keep it monogamous. What the fuck?!

The weird thing was that it wasn’t even my agreeance to her suggestion that was fucking with my mind. It was the fact that she was the one to suggest the idea to begin with. That I couldn’t understand in the slightest. Yeah, I got that she couldn’t do crowds, but just wanting sex and nothing else? That just didn’t seem to fit with the Mia I’d seen so far.

What was even more disturbing was the realization that I wanted to figure out why she thought she couldn’t have a relationship. I’d wanted to push her more to tell me back in her room, but I could tell it was making her uncomfortable, so I let it slide. I knew it couldn’t just be the crowd thing. I was as sure as shit confident that she’d be able to find someone who’d be happy to just be with her. Hell, most guys would probably be willing to ditch everyone they knew and go live in a cave just to be with her.

Taking advantage of the vacant bathroom, I grabbed a quick shower and threw on a clean pair of jeans and a shirt. By the time I made it out to the kitchen, Aiden was already up and making a pot of coffee.

I looked over his rumpled clothes, hair all fucked up, and red eyes. “You look like shit, man.”

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