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painful. I just get so pissed off when I talk about it, my voice shakes. Anyway, that night we went back to the house and I thought it was so romantic because he couldn’t wait to get me to bed. But he didn’t even try to make it special,” she said, still totally disgusted with her first experience. “It didn’t last five minutes and then two minutes after that, Shane was asleep. He…he wasn’t gentle and I was hurt both physically and emotionally so I got up and walked through the house, wondering what in the hell I’d gotten myself into.”
“You thought it was a mistake?”
“No, I knew it was a mistake. I ended up in one of the guest bedrooms and sat down on the edge of the bed. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so lonely in my life. When I got up, something sharp jabbed me in the foot. It was an earring I’d given my best friend the year before for her birthday.”
“Let me guess, she’d never slept in the guest bedroom before?”
"Slept, no. But apparently she and my husband had been testing out the bed springs. Since we’d just bought the house, I knew it had to have happened within a few months of our wedding. I sat there for a long time, alternating between crying jags and thinking up all the ways I could kill him in his sleep and get away with it. Finally, I decided that since my bags were already packed I was good to go, so I left.”
“Didn’t you wake him up and tell him why you were leaving?”
“No,” Abby said with a giggle. “But I made sure he wouldn’t come around again. I went home and told my parents what happened. It was only a matter of time before Shane showed up, which he did the following morning. Dad answered the door, dropped the earring in Shane’s hand and told him which body parts would be missing if he ever bothered me again. Shane was more than willing to sign the annulment papers.”
“I’ve met your Dad, he’s a big guy. Tough too, I assume?
“Daddy wouldn’t lift a finger to any of us, but hurt anyone he loves and he’ll crush you like a bug. He’s about the same size you are, but he’s also very powerful with a lot of influential friends. People don’t often come up against my Dad voluntarily and if they do, they regret it.”
“So your wedding night was the first and last time you made love to a man?”
Abby lifted her eyes to his and slowly shook her head. “No,” she said softly, “that was just sex. Last night was the first time I’ve ever made love to a man.”
The impact her words had on his heart was almost overwhelming. Jack drew her closer, kissing her for so long she was drawing air in short, ragged gasps when he finally lifted his head. He’d never really thought about it before, the difference between having sex and making love, and it was the first time he realized there really was a difference. Sex involved all the body parts except the one that mattered.
He looked at the beautiful woman in his arms and knew Abby would never take less than his heart when they made love. As Jack settled himself between the silkiness of her thighs, the man who didn’t believe in love suddenly felt his heart surging with it.
Chapter 3
Jack helped Abby out of bed and ushered her into the bathroom. She wasn’t sure whether the wobbly legs were due to the fact she hadn’t eaten much the night before or simply the effect of Jack’s amorous love-making. But as he held her hands to inspect the partially healed blisters, she felt a rush of heat migrate through her entire body and concluded it was most definitely Jack.
“You need to leave the bandages off so the blisters can dry up,” Jack told her. “Your fingers will be stiff for a few more days but they should be fine after that.”
They showered together; an erotic experience that involved a soapy wash cloth and a pair of warm hands that seemed intent on cleansing every inch of her body with an eager thoroughness that left her tingling all over. Having her hair
“You thought it was a mistake?”
“No, I knew it was a mistake. I ended up in one of the guest bedrooms and sat down on the edge of the bed. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so lonely in my life. When I got up, something sharp jabbed me in the foot. It was an earring I’d given my best friend the year before for her birthday.”
“Let me guess, she’d never slept in the guest bedroom before?”
"Slept, no. But apparently she and my husband had been testing out the bed springs. Since we’d just bought the house, I knew it had to have happened within a few months of our wedding. I sat there for a long time, alternating between crying jags and thinking up all the ways I could kill him in his sleep and get away with it. Finally, I decided that since my bags were already packed I was good to go, so I left.”
“Didn’t you wake him up and tell him why you were leaving?”
“No,” Abby said with a giggle. “But I made sure he wouldn’t come around again. I went home and told my parents what happened. It was only a matter of time before Shane showed up, which he did the following morning. Dad answered the door, dropped the earring in Shane’s hand and told him which body parts would be missing if he ever bothered me again. Shane was more than willing to sign the annulment papers.”
“I’ve met your Dad, he’s a big guy. Tough too, I assume?
“Daddy wouldn’t lift a finger to any of us, but hurt anyone he loves and he’ll crush you like a bug. He’s about the same size you are, but he’s also very powerful with a lot of influential friends. People don’t often come up against my Dad voluntarily and if they do, they regret it.”
“So your wedding night was the first and last time you made love to a man?”
Abby lifted her eyes to his and slowly shook her head. “No,” she said softly, “that was just sex. Last night was the first time I’ve ever made love to a man.”
The impact her words had on his heart was almost overwhelming. Jack drew her closer, kissing her for so long she was drawing air in short, ragged gasps when he finally lifted his head. He’d never really thought about it before, the difference between having sex and making love, and it was the first time he realized there really was a difference. Sex involved all the body parts except the one that mattered.
He looked at the beautiful woman in his arms and knew Abby would never take less than his heart when they made love. As Jack settled himself between the silkiness of her thighs, the man who didn’t believe in love suddenly felt his heart surging with it.
Chapter 3
Jack helped Abby out of bed and ushered her into the bathroom. She wasn’t sure whether the wobbly legs were due to the fact she hadn’t eaten much the night before or simply the effect of Jack’s amorous love-making. But as he held her hands to inspect the partially healed blisters, she felt a rush of heat migrate through her entire body and concluded it was most definitely Jack.
“You need to leave the bandages off so the blisters can dry up,” Jack told her. “Your fingers will be stiff for a few more days but they should be fine after that.”
They showered together; an erotic experience that involved a soapy wash cloth and a pair of warm hands that seemed intent on cleansing every inch of her body with an eager thoroughness that left her tingling all over. Having her hair
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