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this weekend.”
“It’s not the same thing. When I’m with you, there’s a more than just a connection of our bodies.” Jagger stopped and nodded at the waiter when the food came. But he seemed frustrated like he thought I was laughing at him. I understood what he meant, to a point. Sex with him was insane. “You take me to a place I didn’t know existed. But the rest of it was this raw, physical, almost selfish need to get off. Don’t worry, you more than get me off. I can see it on your face, but what I’m trying to say is it’s two different things.”
I swallowed my food and thought about what he said. Jagger was right, my lunch was out of this world. I’d ordered Mahi Mahi on a bed or rice with vegetables, but it had been cooked and seasoned to perfection. Maybe I didn’t want to cook. No, I did. For completely different reasons. “So it’s something purely physical instead of caring about what the other person needs, is that what you mean?”
“Yeah.” He pushed his food around on his plate. “It’s not what we have.”
“We can try it.” My mouth went dry when our gazes locked. There was something different there than I’d ever seen before. Primal, but it was more than that. Jagger was scared. “Maybe it doesn’t have to be two separate things. Maybe if you put them both together, it will be even better.”
Now it was purely primal. “You’re willing to play around a little bit?”
“I want to make you happy.” My heart thundered in my chest. “And yeah, I’m willing to experiment. I haven’t had the chance to do any of that.” Rich and I had sex so infrequently at the end there was no need to mix things up. Any other guy between him and Jagger was a one shot deal. For a reason.
“I know. We need to figure out what you like.” His tone changed. I recognized it from the first night we met, when I brought him into my bedroom and he somehow convinced me to get myself off in front of him. At the time, it had been a giant leap. Just thinking about it gave me some ideas. “This isn’t all about me, Leah. If you want to try something, this is the time. Raven’s not here, and your job is a thousand miles away. In fact, give me your phone.” He held his hand out.
“What?”
“Did you bring your laptop?” He grinned, his hand still out. I nodded. “I’m confiscating them. No sneaking off to work while you’re here.”
“I’ll agree to the laptop, but I keep the phone.” This scared me more than the sex. “No work. But just in case something comes up with my family.”
“One of the reasons I wanted you to come to me was I wanted you to get away from everything. Yeah, you moved from Boston to DC when you got divorced. But when was the last time you just let go?”
He was right. I’d been working so hard, making up for lost time in the last few years, I barely took time to relax. Time slowed down when I was with Jagger, to something lush and luxurious. Forbidden. There were so many reasons I’d fallen for him. “Only when I’m with you.”
Jagger reached across the table and touched my hand. I laced my fingers in his and squeezed them. “I’m so glad you came.”
“Me too.” I’d forgotten to breathe. “So, tell me what a typical client was like. What she wanted. And what you liked about it.”
I could barely get the last sentence out. I’d asked him this before, but never let him finish. I braced myself for the details.
Jagger relaxed. Now we were truly on his turf. “There wasn’t one type. Everyone needed something different. There were plenty of women like you, who wanted a date without the bullshit. And honestly, they bored me, until I met you. I didn’t get many of them because I’m not exactly the guy who gets chosen for a black tie event. The other guys get a lot more of that stuff, and that was fine with me. The longer I did it, the more I needed something different, too. Barry set me up with the clients who asked for certain things.”
I took
“It’s not the same thing. When I’m with you, there’s a more than just a connection of our bodies.” Jagger stopped and nodded at the waiter when the food came. But he seemed frustrated like he thought I was laughing at him. I understood what he meant, to a point. Sex with him was insane. “You take me to a place I didn’t know existed. But the rest of it was this raw, physical, almost selfish need to get off. Don’t worry, you more than get me off. I can see it on your face, but what I’m trying to say is it’s two different things.”
I swallowed my food and thought about what he said. Jagger was right, my lunch was out of this world. I’d ordered Mahi Mahi on a bed or rice with vegetables, but it had been cooked and seasoned to perfection. Maybe I didn’t want to cook. No, I did. For completely different reasons. “So it’s something purely physical instead of caring about what the other person needs, is that what you mean?”
“Yeah.” He pushed his food around on his plate. “It’s not what we have.”
“We can try it.” My mouth went dry when our gazes locked. There was something different there than I’d ever seen before. Primal, but it was more than that. Jagger was scared. “Maybe it doesn’t have to be two separate things. Maybe if you put them both together, it will be even better.”
Now it was purely primal. “You’re willing to play around a little bit?”
“I want to make you happy.” My heart thundered in my chest. “And yeah, I’m willing to experiment. I haven’t had the chance to do any of that.” Rich and I had sex so infrequently at the end there was no need to mix things up. Any other guy between him and Jagger was a one shot deal. For a reason.
“I know. We need to figure out what you like.” His tone changed. I recognized it from the first night we met, when I brought him into my bedroom and he somehow convinced me to get myself off in front of him. At the time, it had been a giant leap. Just thinking about it gave me some ideas. “This isn’t all about me, Leah. If you want to try something, this is the time. Raven’s not here, and your job is a thousand miles away. In fact, give me your phone.” He held his hand out.
“What?”
“Did you bring your laptop?” He grinned, his hand still out. I nodded. “I’m confiscating them. No sneaking off to work while you’re here.”
“I’ll agree to the laptop, but I keep the phone.” This scared me more than the sex. “No work. But just in case something comes up with my family.”
“One of the reasons I wanted you to come to me was I wanted you to get away from everything. Yeah, you moved from Boston to DC when you got divorced. But when was the last time you just let go?”
He was right. I’d been working so hard, making up for lost time in the last few years, I barely took time to relax. Time slowed down when I was with Jagger, to something lush and luxurious. Forbidden. There were so many reasons I’d fallen for him. “Only when I’m with you.”
Jagger reached across the table and touched my hand. I laced my fingers in his and squeezed them. “I’m so glad you came.”
“Me too.” I’d forgotten to breathe. “So, tell me what a typical client was like. What she wanted. And what you liked about it.”
I could barely get the last sentence out. I’d asked him this before, but never let him finish. I braced myself for the details.
Jagger relaxed. Now we were truly on his turf. “There wasn’t one type. Everyone needed something different. There were plenty of women like you, who wanted a date without the bullshit. And honestly, they bored me, until I met you. I didn’t get many of them because I’m not exactly the guy who gets chosen for a black tie event. The other guys get a lot more of that stuff, and that was fine with me. The longer I did it, the more I needed something different, too. Barry set me up with the clients who asked for certain things.”
I took
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