a very wealthy man.
With low expenses and travel tastes that happened to coincide with
cheap parts of the world, Jeremy didn’t spend nearly as much as he
earned, and when he reinvested it was in a mixture of index funds,
social programs and wild risks at the fringy edge of money—like
Bitcoin.
Massive
risks could pay off if enough of your life was secure, allowing for a
kind of freedom that gave you permission to fail.
Too
bad his heart wasn’t as easy to manage as his bank balance.
Accounts
were up about 5.2 percent, a gain he was happy to see, and one that
was more than the average American family made in a year. This kind
of wealth gave him the ability to drop $50,000 on an autism charity,
to spend $25,000 to send a hundred women in Asia to boarding high
school, to give freely when the whim struck him.
Whim.
It had been his compass all these years, guiding him in directions
unknown, yet always leading him to a conclusion that seemed to make
sense in retrospect.
Was
Lydia just a whim?
“ Hi!”
Speaking of her, Lydia bounded into the cabin, surprised by the
computer. “You’re…gaming? Surfing the web?”
He
shut the silver laptop quietly. “Something like that.” Funny how
she didn’t even think to mention business.
“ Anything
interesting?”
Nothing
more interesting than you. “Nope. What’s going on?”
“ Dad
won’t stop about the damn talent show.”
“ Maybe
you and I should try that marshmallow thing.”
“ I’ll
be the thrower, not the catcher.”
“ Hold
on, now…”
“ Then
again,” she said in that throaty voice that gave his cock a zing,
“I’ve put worse things in my mouth.”
“ You’re
comparing my cock to snot?”
She
shrugged. “You ever taste cum? It’s pretty close.” He stayed
silent as she became increasingly uncomfortable. “You’ve
never…tasted cum…have you?”
He
laughed. “No, Lydia. I’ve had some wild adventures, but
swallowing is one thing I haven’t done. Not on a man.”
“ How
could you swallow on a woman?” she asked rhetorically.
He
answered as if it were a real question. “When a woman ejaculates.”
“ Women…isn’t
that a myth?”
An
arched eyebrow was his reply.
“ You
mean…” she stumbled, clearly rattled.
“I
consider this a challenge.” Pulling her into his arms, he sank into
her with a long, slow kiss. They took their time, hands roaming and
appreciating, tongues dancing, his mouth reveling in the warm
softness of her. Those curves were abundant and strong, breasts
swollen, with pert nipples at attention for his attention. Their
bodies were so primed by having time together, the luxury of
open-ended days an invitation to enjoy each other’s bodies as much
as they explored getting to know each other.
It
was divine.
She
pulled away, wiping her mouth with a look of regret he wanted to take
away with a few hours naked under the sheets. “Can’t. Not now.
Dad and Mom want to talk to us.”
Alarm
spread through him. “They do?”
“ Jesus,
Jeremy, you look like I told you my dad found his shotgun and is
hunting you down.” Her laughter stung. She wasn’t far off.
“ Oh.”
“ I’m
sorry. You’ve only been here for two days. I should be more
sensitive. My family can be…overwhelming.”
“ They’re
wonderful, actually,” he said with a deep sense of truth.
“ Even
Miles?”
“ Even
Miles. And besides, so far all he really does is make snarky comments
and drive around in that little red thing of his, helping people. He
hasn’t set a single bathroom on fire since I’ve been here,
either.”
Ooof .
She elbowed him in the gut as she marched out, laughing.
What
the hell did Pete and Sandy want to talk to him about? Following that
luscious ass down the stairs and on the path to the office, he caught
up to Lydia and grabbed a handful. A yelp was his reward.
“ You’re
so grabby!”
“ Quit
making me want to grab!”
“ Do
I grab your crotch in public?”
“ Not
nearly enough.” He
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