Her legs shook as her pleasure grew more intense. Jake slid his hand beneath her hips and lifted her slightly, the new angle allowing his cock to press against her clit. It was all she needed.
Olivia soared, as wave after wave of sweet pleasure engulfed her. She nearly missed Jake’s release, which would have been an absolute travesty.
Throwing his head back, Jake closed his eyes. His body stiffened, the muscles in his neck and shoulders becoming tense and corded. He growled out her name as he gave one, final thrust. It was the most breathtaking scene she’d ever witnessed.
Watching him climax...seeing him achieve the ultimate physical pleasure with her—because of her—filled Olivia with such elation, it was almost too much to bear.
She quickly blinked back tears for fear he’d misunderstand them. She was a second too late.
Still inside her, Jake dropped himself onto his elbows to keep from crushing her. “Hey.” He spoke quickly between heaving breaths. “You okay? Did I hurt you?”
It took Olivia a second to find her voice. Lifting her hand, she ran her fingertips across his jaw. “No...exact opposite. That was...you made me feel...wow.”
She hoped he could decipher her babbling because, honest to God, she was physically incapable of speaking in complete sentences.
Olivia felt the tension in Jake’s shoulders ease just before an ear-to-ear grin spread across his face. “Yeah. That was definitely wow.”
He kissed her again before easing off her, separating them. Olivia immediately felt the loss to her bones, but knew he couldn’t stay in there forever. She smiled, imagining the possibility.
“Happy?” he asked, still grinning.
“Very.”
“Good,” he kissed her temple. “I’ll be right back.”
Jake rose from the bed and walked unabashedly to the bathroom, presumably to clean himself up. When he came back, he was carrying a wet washcloth with him.
Before she could tell him it wasn’t necessary, since he’d used the condom, he placed it between her legs, the warmth and his gentleness soothing.
When he was done, he tossed the cloth back through the bathroom doorway and lay down beside her. Pulling the covers up over them both, Jake positioned himself behind her, his arm encircling her waste. He then pulled her toward him until her back was flush with his front.
Kissing her temple again, he asked, “Any regrets?”
Is he serious? “Not one.” Olivia had never experience anything like what she’d just shared with Jake. “What about you?”
He turned her just enough to tip her chin up and press his lips to hers. She expected a short, chaste kiss, but he took it deeper. Longer. When he pulled back, she was surprised to see his eyes darkened with arousal again.
“That was the most incredible experience of my life.”
Damn, if she wasn’t fighting back tears, again. Despite her efforts, one escaped the corner of her eye. Jake kissed it away before finding her lips again. God, how she loved this man.
The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn’t say them. Not yet. Everything was too raw. Too new.
She would tell him eventually. Olivia just wanted things to be a little more settled between them first.
When the kiss ended, Jake smiled and said, “We need to stop doing that or neither of us are going to get any sleep tonight. You’ll need your strength for tomorrow. It’s going to be a long day, between the transport back to the States and our debriefing with Ryker.”
A smidge of Olivia’s bliss rescinded as she thought of what her near future held. She imagined it wouldn’t be easy to officially arise from the dead.
She shoved those thoughts aside for now. Tonight was all about them. Everything else could wait.
With the most serious face she could muster, Olivia said, “Fine. We’ll stop, on one condition.”
His eyes narrowed in on hers. “Depends. What’s the condition?”
She ran her fingernails down his bare arm. “You promise to give me a repeat performance after we’re home.”
Jake leaned his forehead against hers. “Sweetheart, I plan on giving you as many encores as you can handle. Now, get to sleep before I decide not to wait until we’re back home.”
“Promises, promises.”
Unable to keep the smile from crossing her face, Olivia settled back onto her pillow. Within minutes, she was in the deepest, most relaxing sleep she’d had in ages. And she stayed that way...until the nightmares came.
Chapter 18
The early stirrings of dawn’s light seeped in through the hotel’s cheap curtains. Sitting at the little wooden table by the door, Jake did his best to ignore it.
If he acknowledged the new day, he’d have to think about what was to come. His mind would run through all the questions Olivia would face once they were back home, and in Ryker’s domain. It tore Jake apart when he thought about what she’d be forced to endure.
In addition to questions they’d all have to answer, there was the fact that the entire world still thought she was dead. The paperwork for that alone would be a nightmare, not to mention the toll it would take on Olivia, emotionally.
Jake wasn’t sure if she’d want to go back to the same hospital where she’d worked before she left. After everything that had happened, she may choose to take some time off from nursing altogether.
He didn’t know what she would end up deciding. The one thing he was certain of was that he planned to be there to support her through it all.
His gut twisted, knowing once all this shit was behind them, he’d have to confess his biggest secret of all. Not wanting to go there, Jake focused on Olivia’s sleeping form, thankful she’d finally found some peace.
She’d fallen asleep quickly that first time. He hadn’t. Instead, he’d held her close, breathing in her intoxicating scent while he thanked God over and over for bringing her back to him.
Even now, it was still so hard to believe. Despite all of the danger, not only was Olivia alive and well, she was sleeping peacefully in a bed not more than
