Jojo still wasn't doing better in the sleep department, so the gentle knock on her door was a welcomed distraction. She checked to make sure the sound hadn't disturbed Riley's new found sleep, Mr polar bear Alfie tucked under her small hand in a cuddle, before she made her way to the door.She pushed it open to reveal Jordan standing right outside her door.Her body hummed its satiation from the ministrations that only he was master of and slowly but surely, it was beginning to stirr again at the sight of him and their close proximity.She doubted they were at the stage where she had the right to close that small distance separating her from all that glorious lean muscles, loop her hands around his neck and kiss him until his lips were nicely swollen.No! No!!"I'm sorry I woke you." He apologised, his eyes going slowly over her, taking her in, without the usual heat that accompanied his gaze.It felt like he was appreciating the woman she was rather than making a meal of her with hi
She lay in the protective circle of his arms, still reeling from his words.It might not be much to anyone else but to her, it was a big step.She took the opportunity of being with his like to drill him about himself.She wanted to know what made him tick, his past, future, anything that he was willing to offer that let her see past the man behind his 'I'm always control persona'.He didn't hold back or shush her questions like the little doubting minx that has taken permanent residence inside her head had expected.He listened and then, his swoon worthy drawl droned on in answer.Though his answers about his family had been vague and the ones about his childhood even more so, it had been something.He was the second of three sons.He has an elder brother whose name he'd skillfully omitted and a younger brother who ran their family business now.He didn't sound so thrilled about her incessant probing for snippets of his personal details about his life and family and younger days.An
Jordan has never felt the crippling amount of guilt like he did listening to her.And neither have he ever felt more jealous than he did now too.And it was absurdly funny because the said jealousy was directed at himself.Well, the younger him that had been Jordan Carmichael.She'd been in love with that guy and even now, she talked about him like she still was.And damn him to hell if he wasn't legit jealous of that boy, even though he'd been an obtuse fool by choice then.She has no idea he was that boy and here he was feeling cheated with that knowledge.It had been something though, to see the boy he'd been through her eyes.To know that while he'd been fighting to find his place in this life, family, world, someone had actually seen through it enough to love him.She humbled him.'The most important person to her', holy God.No wonder they'd clicked almost immediately, she made him feel good, like the best and all those years they'd been friends, he only hoped he made her feel th
As she made toast and fried bacon, the sweet aroma diffusing around the kitchen, she knew she'd be lucky if it even tasted like cardboard to her.She wasn't even sure why she was doing this to herself.Because this wasn't how she'd envisioned herself after the progress she'd made with the object of her every desires.But the nagging reminder that she'd let that said object of desire and the pleasure that only him can bring her cloud her priorities was a high crashing.She'd left Riley all alone too, to be in his arms.That shouldn't count as much since the girl had slept through every minute of it like a log but it served to prove just how much she'd let pleasure mess with her responsibilities.'But it had felt so good' her subconscious whined only serving to conflict her.She let out a string of colorful curses as the heat from the pan she'd just picked up si
But she didn't.The days crawled by but she didn't come to to him, didn't offer him any explanation for her sudden change.There were no excuses, he got nothing. If anything, she was making a perfection of the art of avoiding him and it was frustrating as fuck. And so was giving her space and waiting for her to come to him at her own pace.This is the reason he didn't do commitment in the first place.Every time their eyes met, he could practically taste the palpable guilt swimming in them.But then she'd look away and block him out- again.Recently he's been hell to work with.He growled at everyone and got hellishly angry at everything and everyone.She was in his head and she was fucking it up.He'd come so close to firing a staff just yesterday over a trival issue.He was that close to the end of his patience rope.And he might have been able to compartmentalise the frustrated anger coursing through him if he was just dealing with Jojol and her sudden need to avoid him alone but
"Sometimes, you know, I just wish you can get her to stop hiding so much in mama's room and stop fussing over me, then maybe you two can get married and have those Alfies we talked about."She'd looked up at him with soulful brown eyes, giving him an innocent toothy grin."It gets lonely sometimes."He echoed her sentiments.It did get lonely for him too even though it was for different reasons for them and he'd wanted to grant her that wish so badly.Too bad you can't force someone to love you, too.He'd just let her adorable self lie in his arms, holding her until she gave in to the whims of sleep, sitting in his favorite window couch.His eyes involuntarily darted to her and she looked away from him almost immediately as their eyes met, as if she couldn't bear to be caught staring at him...Screw this stupid game they were playing.He was getting his damn answers now.She was messing his head up and if this is the end for them, he needed to hear her say the words- and why.He needed
Herman Parker was a certified pain in the ass.The man, for all the money he has, was as undecisive as a four year old thrown in a candy store with all her favorite candy and asked to pick only one.He suddenly wasn't sure what he wanted from the project he was proposing.And Jordan felt about seconds away from reconstructing his fucking face for him.The only good the man's presence in his damn office has caused him in the over an hour since he waltzed in here, was getting rid of pesky Fayre Carson.And right after they moved down to his usual conference room for client negotiations, the man had turned pretty useless to him.What's so difficult in deciding of you fucking want an ultra modern building complex that screams tech and money or something more mundane and holding a bit of history, or something in between?Anything the man chooses now would be fine i
The elevator ride back to the office was short but to Jojo it felt excruciatingly long.And she spent the whole time trying not to chicken out of her plan to take charge of her life and for once allow herself a chance at real happiness.She didn't want to remain that woman that Cal had accused her of being, she wanted to be different for this man that's stuck in this confining space with her.She turned slightly and quietly took him in.Looking at him like this made her thighs clamp and her body ache for him.He looked so tall, leaning against the wall of the climbing elevator like he had that one time at Morgan Inc. And damn, he looked yummy, incredibly hot and sinfully delicious.His eyes were shut close, hiding his beautifully green and very alluring orbs from her, but for one, it allowed her the liberty of feeding her starved body on the sheer sight of him.His nostrils were slightly flared, betraying the anger he was keeping tame inside him, and his sinfully red, pouty lips, with