Jessie looked confused. “What? Why would you ask that?”
Brian finally looked up from his script. “You’re different. I mean you’re the same, but you’re different. I’m not used to seeing you….like this.”
Jessie moved her head to the side, “‘Like this’? What does that mean?”
“I mean you’re dressing sexier and your hair is different, among other things. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out it has something to do with a guy.”
Jessie wagged her finger at him, “Don’t project on me, Mr. Wright. You’re the one who is seeing someone and keeping secrets.”
Brian didn’t look at all surprised that Jessie knew about Brigitte. He was going to tell her himself, but he just wasn’t quite sure how to do it. He was actually relieved that Téa had told her.
“I’m not keeping secrets. I just hadn’t really had a chance to tell you myself.”
Jessie looked at him skeptically. “You’ve been dating her for the past couple of months. So don’t give me that you didn’t have a chance to tell me line. We talk on the phone almost every other day.”
“Well, Brigitte and I are not exclusive…yet. But, I like her.”
That confession threw Jessie for a loop. Either one of them being in a relationship was definitely going to have an effect on the time they spent together.
“Enough about me. You never answered my question. What’s his name?”
Jessie plastered on a fake smile and hoped that Brian bought it. “No one that I’m ready to discuss yet. Early stages.”
Brian nodded his understanding.
Jessie was always uncomfortable talking about her love life or lack thereof. As a distraction, she reached out and lifted the script from his lap and read it out loud. “The Empress of Zuru. When do you start filming that?”
“In two weeks.”
“Do you need help running lines?”
Brian could use a distraction, too. Anything to keep him from thinking about running his hands up and down her body.
“Yeah…why not. You’re Cecily, my royal wife, whom I’ve been married to for ten years. We’re going through a rough patch. She’s trying to convince me not to give up on our marriage and embarrass the crown. Got it?”
“Got it.”
He pointed out the part where she needed to read, “Just start at the top of the page.” Then, he closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the sofa.
Cecily: “Ross, ten years. We’ve been together ten years. Do you really want to throw it all away?”
Ross: “Cecily…I want a divorce. Our marriage hasn’t worked for years. I want to be happy. I want you to be happy, too.”
The script called for Cecily to try and seduce Ross but for Ross to reject her. “Am I supposed to follow this script to the letter?”
Brian was so focused on his lines that he really hadn’t put much thought into her question. He shrugged his shoulders. “Do whatever makes you comfortable, I just need to make sure I’ve got these lines right.”
Jessie was nervous but thought she’d go for it. He’d said him and Brigitte weren’t exclusive yet. “Okay…Let’s start over.”
Cecily: “Ross, ten years. We’ve been together ten years. Do you really want to throw it all away?”
Ross: “Cecily…I want a divorce. Our marriage hasn’t worked for years. I want to be happy. I want you to be happy, too.”
Jessie moved her legs from beneath her. Brian’s eyes were still closed, so he had no idea what she was about to do next. She crawled from her end of the sofa to his end, then slithered her body next to his. She needed to channel her alter ego, Exodus, or she would lose her nerve. This might be Jessie’s only chance to act on her secret feelings without embarrassing herself. She could always claim she was just acting.
Jessie slowly ran her hands up and down Brian’s chest as she began to nuzzle his ear and neck. Brian stiffened and immediately opened his eyes. He was barely breathing. Breathless he whispered, “Jessie, what are you doing?”
“Shhh…I’m following the script. It said for me to try to seduce you.”
Brian remained still and in disbelief that Jessie was caressing him in this way. The way her soft breasts pressed so intimately against him was titillating. He couldn’t help but close his eyes again and enjoy the feeling of her touch. It was incredible. This situation was almost impossible for him to wrap his mind around. My god this was Jessie!
Brian tried to keep his hands at his sides. He kept clenching them to keep from wrapping them around her. From the moment that she came down the stairs, he’d been curious to know if her skin was as soft as it looked. But when her tongue darted out and laved on that sensitive spot behind his ear, he almost lost it.
Was she really doing this and how far was she willing to go? Brian couldn’t hold back any longer. He reached out and pulled her lips close to his without actually touching them. They danced around each other before he felt the press of her lips against his. Jessie kissed and skimmed her tongue along the seam of his lips. Brian automatically pulled Jessie’s body even closer. She took it a step further by throwing her leg over his and straddling herself on top of him.
It was no longer possible for Brian to pretend they were just acting once she sat on his manhood. He was hard and there was no hiding that. Brian knew she was just as turned on as he was because he could feel her heat through those flimsy little yoga pants.
Brian glided his hands down her body and unconsciously rocked his hardness into Jessie’s sensitive flesh. When she let out a gasp, he slipped his tongue into the hot cavern of her mouth.
Jessie was burning up from the inside out as they
