“Sure. Sure!” I cried out.

“I nonetheless have a couple of extra surprises for you,” Jason mentioned as he sat up.

He moved so his entrance was to my again and he bent his knees up, taking mine together with his. As he did, it moved him even deeper inside me and I cried out on the new sensation and the way unimaginable it was.

It was all an excessive amount of for me and my physique tightened round him as I went over. “Ja! Jason!” I cried as I did.

“Natalie!” Jason cried out as he adopted me over the sting. He wrapped his arms tightly round me as we each went over. Once we have been spent, he collapsed down on the mattress, taking me with him. I rolled away from him after which went subsequent to him, placing my head on his shoulder.

I took a second to consider what had simply occurred and who I had finished it with. There have been instances that I checked out Jason and thought he was simply Jason, this man that I had spent the final week with and was slowly falling for. Then I’d have a look at him and keep in mind that he was my stepbrother and my co-worker.

I rolled away from Jason, he didn’t let me go however rolled with me and put his arms round me. Holding me shut. I might really feel him beginning to answer me once more and it might have been really easy to roll over, kiss him, and be with him once more, however I wanted solutions.

“What are we doing right here?” I requested.

I felt Jason tense up earlier than he nuzzled his nostril alongside my neck. “In case you aren’t certain what we simply did, perhaps I want to indicate you once more.”

He was teasing me, one thing I liked and was nonetheless shocked about when it got here to him. It solely jogged my memory that he wasn’t in any respect who I believed he was, I had a lot to find out about him.

“Not that. Us. This. What is that this?”

Jason didn’t reply me for a couple of moments and I tensed up as I waited to see what he would say. I wasn’t certain what I needed him to say. I wasn’t certain what I needed out of this. The attraction had change into so intense one thing needed to give sooner or later, however was this something that we might have long run? Was it something that I needed long run? Wouldn’t it even work for us to try this if we have been working collectively? Or if we weren’t working collectively? It was virtually an excessive amount of to even take into consideration and I didn’t wish to however there was nonetheless part of me that wanted to know what he was pondering.

“I don’t know. Do you?”

My shoulders sagged in reduction. It one way or the other made me really feel higher to know that he was as confused as I used to be about every little thing.

“No.” I answered actually and it felt good to confess it.

Jason kissed my shoulders and mentioned, “All I do know is that I like being with you. I like being round you, the final week has been unimaginable, I don’t suppose I might have gotten by means of my grief with out having you and this escape. However this right here, being with you, holding you, it’s great and it doesn’t really feel like simply an escape. It feels prefer it could possibly be one thing extra, however I don’t know what that’s. I wasn’t anticipating this. I wasn’t anticipating you. I don’t know what it is going to imply with every little thing else occurring, I’m undecided how sensible it’s to be doing this. However I don’t care. I wish to be with you, I wish to have this time with you. Can we simply get pleasure from what it’s for the second and determine all of it out later?”

I turned in direction of him to see him taking a look at me with a smile on his face that didn’t attain his eyes. I might see he was nervous about what he mentioned and the way I’d react. He had at all times been trustworthy with me and I knew I wanted to do the identical.

“That sounds excellent. However we must always get away from bed and work out the following clue.”

“Can we maintain off on that for at present? Can we simply take a break, take a breath. I wish to get pleasure from this for a bit bit longer. The clue, the hunt, every little thing, will likely be there tomorrow, however I’ve some place that I wish to see on the town and I would love you to come back with me.”

I had thought he would wish to get the following clue, or determine it out as quickly as doable. It was good being in mattress with him, taking a look at his bare physique, and mendacity subsequent to him. However I used to be nervous that I’d get too comfy with him and I wasn’t certain if I might deal with that. But, as Jason checked out me, I knew he wanted the day and at that second too. Plus, I couldn’t deny him something.

“Positive. The place do you wish to take me?”

Chapter 18

Jason

I had seen and heard about Nitwit Ridge for years. It was thought of a really completely different fort on a hill than Hearst Fort. It was began by a person who purchased the 2 and a half-acre of land within the late 1920’s. He then began accumulating issues from his work as a rubbish collector and used them round his home together with pure components. It grew to become an eclectic website and ultimately a historic landmark.

It appeared like an fascinating place to go and after I had learn the clue for Hearst Fort, I believed it might need been for Nitwit Ridge as an alternative. But it surely didn’t have a view of the ocean or elephant seals so I dismissed it. I used to be nonetheless curious what it seemed like and thought it might be a enjoyable little facet tour for Natalie and me to do.

I additionally simply needed to spend a while with Natalie, simply us. In conditions the place we weren’t on the hunt or eager about my father or what we have been going to do after we bought again. I needed us to see what we could possibly be with out all of that. I needed her to get to know me higher, as we had over the past week. However not as her stepbrother, then producer, after which her buddy, however as her lover. I felt one of the best ways to try this was by us getting away from all of it for a day.

She had been hesitant; I might see her wariness of what we have been doing and what all of it meant. I might see she wasn’t able to suppose that this was extra than simply some enjoyable we have been having, one thing that we would have liked to get out of our system so we might transfer on. I needed to indicate her that we could possibly be one thing particular, one thing nice. However I couldn’t try this if all we have been eager about was the hunt.

It was a lot later that we left the lodge and headed into the city of Cambria and Nitwit Ridge. I needed to achieve over and take her hand as we walked to the automobile however I held off. I had gotten her to sleep with me, I had satisfied her to spend the day with me, and I needed to take the small victories whereas I had them. I’d work my manner as much as holding her hand and different extra public shows of affection ultimately.

“What is that this place and why are you so enthusiastic about seeing it?” Natalie requested as we bought into the automobile.

“I’d heard about it years in the past. Some man had a home and he collected issues and used them to assist construct the home. It bought greater and greater and type of bought out of hand however as an alternative of wanting gaudy or excessive, it apparently is extra creative. Or a minimum of it is thought of a historic artist landmark by the state of California.”

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