LOGINThe door was shut behind them, and the sound was loud in the quiet guest room. Emily’s breath was trembling in the dark, and her silhouette, a soft curve was glowing against the faint light from the hallway.
Jacob gently placed her on the bed, but her hands were trailing up his chest immediately, pulling him down with her before he could even straighten himself. Her legs were parted, welcoming him into the warm cradle of her body. “Come here,” she whispered, hungry, and breathless. “Don’t make me wait.” And, he didn’t. Their mouths collided together in a way that meant everything they have been denied of, months of glances, lingering touches, and stolen moments that is thick with unspoken desire. Emily’s fingers curled into his hair, tugging it softly, and pulling him deeper. His weight settled between her thighs, and she gasped when she felt the hard length of him pressing against her. Her hips were raised, and she was rubbing it eagerly against the bulge beneath his sweatpants. “God, Jacob…” she moaned softly. He shivered. The sound of his name coming from her lips was needy, and pleading which sent heat tearing through his control. “You are driving me insane,” he whispered against her mouth. “Do you know that?” She nodded, her eyes wide and dark. “Then don’t fight it anymore.” His hands were drifted down her sides—slow enough to make her arch, and firm enough to make her legs tremble. He traced the soft curve of her hips, the dip of her waist, and the warm line of her stomach. When he reached her breasts, he paused, watching her reaction. Emily’s breath faltered. Her nipples were already hard, and tight with anticipation. She wanted him and she was not hiding it. He cupped one breast, and his thumb was circling it slowly, and deliberately, until she bit her lip to smother a moan. “Don’t,” he murmured. “I want to hear from you.” Her lips parted. Then he replaced his hand with his mouth. Emily cried out softly as he sucked her nipple between his lips, his tongue trailing in slow, and torturous strokes. Her back were arching off the mattress, offering more, and begging for more without words. Jacob’s hand moved to her other breast, kneading it gently while his mouth worshipped the first. “Yes… Jacob…” Her fingers were gripping on his shoulders and her thighs were tightened around him. “I have wanted this for so long.” He pulled back, enough to meet her eyes. “Tell me.” He wasn’t teasing, he needed to hear it. And her voice were shivering with truth. “I thought about you every night when he was working late,” she whispered. “I thought about your hands. Your mouth and your body over mine.” Then, his control gave way. He kissed her again… hard, and a groan hummed in his chest as his hand traveled down, until his fingers brushed against the heat between her thighs. Emily gasped. He stroked her slowly through the thin fabric of her panties, feeling how warm… how wet… she already was. “You are soaked,” he growled softly. “For you,” she breathed. His pulse quickened. He pushed the fabric aside and trailed his fingers over her bare skin. She was slick, impossibly soft, and was opening for him like she had been waiting for this moment, for him, all along. And when he slided one finger between her folds, Emily’s head fell back against the pillow with a broken moan. “Jacob—” Then, he added another. Her hips were pulled up off the mattress, and her thighs were shaking around him as he moved inside her—slow at first, exploring her, learning her rhythm, her breath, and the way she gasped when his thumb found her clit. “You feel incredible,” he murmured, kissing her neck. “So damn warm.” “Please don’t stop,” she whispered, her voice trembling. He didn’t. His fingers curled just right, stroking the sensitive spot that is deep inside her while his thumb circled her clit in slow, and devastating patterns. Emily clung to him, her nails digging into his skin, breath ragged and uneven. “I can’t—” she gasped. “I’m… I’m already—” “Let go,” he whispered. “I want to feel you cum on my hand.” Her body tightened. Every muscle was straining. Every breath was catching and every sound was trembling out of her like she had been holding it in for years. Then she broke. Her climax hit hard—an uncontrollable rush that ripped a loud, and desperate moan from her throat as her body clenched around his fingers. Her thighs were trembling, and her hips were grinding helplessly as he guided her through it, kissing her softly. “That’s it,” he murmured, holding her as her body shook lightly. “Good girl…” Emily trembled at the praise. He felt it. He felt her pulse quicken again, and felt how her body responded. She wasn’t done. Not even close. When she finally caught her breath, she reached for the waistband of his sweatpants. “Take these off,” she whispered. “I want you inside of me.” “Emily…” His voice cracked. “Once we do this, there is no going back.” She trailed her hand inside the fabric, her fingers wrapped around him—hot, thick, and pulsing hard in her grip. “There is no going back,” she whispered. “I don’t want to.” His breath stopped. He stripped off his sweatpants, and Emily’s eyes widened when she saw him—thick, swollen, and the tip was already slick from how badly he wanted her. “God…” she breathed. “Jacob…” He crawled over her, guiding himself to her entrance. The heat of her was overwhelming—wet, open, and was inviting him deeper. “You’re sure?” he murmured, his voice low with barely controlled need. She lifted up her hips, rubbing herself along the length of him, and coating him in her warmth. “Yes,” she whispered. “I need you. Please.” He pushed forward—slow, and steady—feeling her stretch around him inch by inch. Emily gasped, clutching on to his shoulders. “Jacob—oh my God—” He groaned into her neck. She was tight. So warm and so perfect. He pressed himself deeper until their bodies met, until he was fully buried inside of her, and until the both of them were shaking with the force of holding back. “Emily…” he breathed. “You feel—God, you feel unbelievable.” She wrapped her legs around him, pulling him closer. “Move,” she whispered. “Please.” And he did. At first, it was slow, long, and deep strokes that made her breath hitch with every thrust. She clung to him, moaning softly into his ear as her body welcomed him, surrounded him, and tightened around him in ways that made him lose his mind. “You’re mine tonight,” he said against her throat. “Yes,” she whispered, her hips meeting his. “Yes—Jacob, yes—” He moved faster. Their bodies met with a rhythm that was desperate, hungry, and months of unspoken desire finally unleashed. Her moans filled the room, breathy and uncontrollable, the sound of a woman finally getting exactly what she wanted. “Harder,” she gasped. “I can take it—Jacob, please—” He gripped her hips and thrust deeper…. harder… drawing a sharp cry from her lips as her body tightened around him again. “I’m close,” she moaned. “Don’t stop—don’t stop—” He kissed her hard. “Come for me again.” She broke beneath him—shaking, gasping, and her orgasm came crashing through her as she clung to him like he was the only thing holding her on earth. Feeling her pulse around him, hearing her moan his name, was enough to push him over the edge. He buried himself inside of her, and their body were tensed as pleasure tore through him. “Emily—” he groaned, his voice were cracking as he came inside her, his pulse was deep, and filling her up until she trembled from the warmth of it. For a long moment, neither of them moved. Their bodies were tangled. Their breaths were unsteady and their hearts were racing in sync. Emily whispered, “Jacob… what do we do now?” He lowered his forehead against hers. “Whatever happens,” he murmured softly, “But I am not letting tonight be the last time.” She smiled—slow, satisfied, and wicked. “Good,” she whispered. “Because I don’t want it to be.”There were moments when Jacob Matthews wished he had believed in omens. It would have been easier to blame the heavy sky that morning, or the way the house felt quiet, as if it already knew something he didn’t. But he knew better—silence did not predict trouble, people did. And today, every person in the house seemed to be carrying their own storm.Emily had barely slept and he could tell from the moment he saw her during breakfast. Her eyes were haunted and her hair was loosely tied but was falling in tired waves around her face, and she moved like someone trying not to think too much.But, Alex did not notice any of it. Or maybe he did—or maybe he noticed the worst out of it.“Morning,” Alex said, pushing a mug toward her without looking up. “You are up early.”Emily murmured ‘thanks’ and forced a smile Jacob knew was fake. It was the same smile he had seen on her whenever Alex’s mother visited–polite, brittle and a little too bright.Jacob stood by the counter, pretending to read
Jacob had always believed that before a house snapped, it always made a sound like a creak in the walls, a shift in the foundation, and a quiet groan that said the structure wants to give up.He heard that same sound in himself, the moment he walked into the kitchen that afternoon and saw Emily standing at the counter.She turned at the noise of his steps.Her hair was slightly tousled in a way he recognized—not the messy bun she makes whenever she is cooking, but the restless sleep kind.Her oversized shirt, which was clearly borrowed from Alex’s drawer, was dipped low enough to tease the faint valley between her breasts. It clung to her hips in a way that made his breath freeze.She smiled, small and startled, like she had not expected him home early.“Jacob—hey. You’re back sooner than I expected.”He forced a nod. “Traffic was light.”Traffic.What a pathetic lie. He had practically sped home and was shaken by a feeling he couldn’t explain—some instinct telling him that he need
Jacob had always been an early morning person, but that morning he woke up before the sunrise, long before he should have. He had to pretend like nothing happened, like nothing had changed, and nothing between him and his daughter-in-law crossing a line they shouldn’t have crossed.He lay in the guest room staring at the ceiling, his pulse still betraying him whenever he recalled about the night before. The softness of her lips, the warmth of her body pressed against his, her breath against his throat and the way she whispered his name like a secret she had been keeping for months.He rubbed a hand over his face.He should have left the moment it happened. He should have gone home. He should have done anything except stay under the same roof with her.But the moment he had witnessed how tightly she wrapped her arms around herself after pulling away—fear, guilt, and want were all clashing in her eyes, so he couldn’t bring himself to leave her alone with it.And, now he wasn’t sure if
Jacob has always imagined that guilt would hit him like a brick that is loud, violent, and impossible to ignore. But when he woke the next morning, sunlight was stretching across the guest room carpet, and the first thing he felt was not guilt. It was the ghost of her. Emily’s scent clung faintly on to him, soft and warm, a reminder that he did not dare breathe in, too deeply. Her touch was still lingering on his skin, and it was impossible to shake it even as he sat up and raked a hand through his hair. And the memory of how she had looked when she kissed him was even worse. It was only when he heard the movement downstairs that he came to reality. His son was awake, and Emily was with him. Jacob closed his eyes, his breathing was slow, steady, and controlled. He needed to be calm and to pretend that last night had been some hallucination, a spark of madness. But he knew the truth. He had crossed the line he wasn't supposed to, so did she. And nothing suggested that she regre
The door was shut behind them, and the sound was loud in the quiet guest room. Emily’s breath was trembling in the dark, and her silhouette, a soft curve was glowing against the faint light from the hallway.Jacob gently placed her on the bed, but her hands were trailing up his chest immediately, pulling him down with her before he could even straighten himself. Her legs were parted, welcoming him into the warm cradle of her body.“Come here,” she whispered, hungry, and breathless. “Don’t make me wait.”And, he didn’t.Their mouths collided together in a way that meant everything they have been denied of, months of glances, lingering touches, and stolen moments that is thick with unspoken desire. Emily’s fingers curled into his hair, tugging it softly, and pulling him deeper.His weight settled between her thighs, and she gasped when she felt the hard length of him pressing against her. Her hips were raised, and she was rubbing it eagerly against the bulge beneath his sweatpants.“G
He heard the soft pad of bare foot against the hardwood, and the quiet exhale of someone wandering in the dark at the late hour of the night when people are either sleeping or doing something else.Jacob raised his head from the glass of water he had been nursing, his pulse was steady until she stepped into the kitchen.Emily.His daughter-in-law.Her hair was messy in a way that he had learned, meant that she had been tossing under the sheets for hours. Her shirt was thin, and oversized, clearly stolen from his son’s drawer which clung to her hips and was dipped low enough to tease the soft valley between her breasts.She paused when she saw him.Then she smiled. Soft. Coy. A little too relieved.“You’re awake too,” she whispered.“I could not sleep,” Jacob murmured.It was not a lie.Not when she had been in the guest room down the hall, breathing, moving, and wearing his son’s name but also holding a piece of Jacob’s sanity hostage.Emily moved closer, and the hem of her sleep







