seconds. He kissed all over
her, turning her to one side and making love to her once more, the
way she liked. After he was finished and he knew she’d
climaxed, he held her tight and kissed her hard back. Jada had tight
muscles under her flesh and a very small amount of fat. She had just
enough fat on her body to give it tone, but not so much as to slow
down her dancing ability. He stayed inside her as long as he could,
enjoying the sensations of her body. She pulled his hands over her
breasts and pressed his fingers over her nipples, letting him feel
them the best she could.
David
kissed her hair and braids. He loved the way her natural hair felt on
his face. He admired the patterns of the braids and finally risked
touching her soft hair. Jada didn’t complain when he stroked
her head, so David felt he was in safe territory. He brought one hand
over her face and felt her sharp teeth on his finger as he gently bit
her neck. He wanted to taste and experience all of her. David had
loved her for so long it was difficult for him to experience reality.
“ David,”
she said to him. “You are going to have to stop. I’m not
used to being treated so good.”
“ That
isn’t good enough of a reason,” he said to her, nipping
her back again. She was wet again, very wet. He would need to show
her the Jacuzzi he had in the solarium later. It would be nice to
take a bath with her in it.
He found
her one of his shirts to wear around the condominium later. They
sipped coffee and had some breakfast on the table in the kitchen
while looking at each other. Neither could believe what was
happening. David was with the woman he’d longed for the better
part of his life, Jada with a man who was ready to do anything he
could to make her happy. It was the start of a story book romance and
those always ended badly. But neither one of them wanted it to go
anywhere but up.
He spent
the morning on the couch with her in his arms. David had his robe on
and Jada was curled in his embrace in a button-down shirt that was
much too big for her. He looked at her braids again and wondered how
long it took to make them. He asked her and she told him a long time
and plenty of hours in the beautician’s chair. She had them
done special just for the evening.
“ I’d
like to braid your hair,” he told her, kissing her neck again.
“Naked in the bedroom. I’d do it just so I could kiss
your head each time I finished the braid. Then I’d take you
from behind again just to know your head was tossing the braids I
made.”
“ You’re
going to have to stop doing that, David,” she told him again,
bring over his hand to kiss it. “We will never leave this
condo.”
“ That
wouldn’t be a bad thing,” he replied, sliding his hand
between her legs. “I don’t think I can be any happier
than today, having you all to myself.”
He felt
her tears on his hands and rocked her gently. Jada drifted off to
sleep in his arms again. She hadn’t had much sleep the evening
before. It was good she got some in the daytime. David looked up from
her at the keyboard on the end table. He really needed to see how the
numbers were doing today. There was so much meaningless data running
through these reports that it was next to impossible to find
something that had value. But he knew he’d have to let her go
if he reached over to retrieve it.
Here he
was, one of the most successful men in the history of computer web
sites and he was scared to disturb the women napping with him. All he
wanted was to see her smile, to make her happy. It should be so easy
to do, but he knew women were far too complex to take for granted.
And there was so much to be done with that business. An hour
massaging her back and making love to her was an hour gone he
could’ve used to increase his revenue stream. But what good was
it to have a valuable company when you went home to a cold can of
beans and an empty bed? His bed had been empty for a long time and he
wanted to see her
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