“Will you lie here with me?” Jessie asks as I sit and stare at her. She is so fucking beautiful and I can’t believe that we almost lost her. How can I resist her? Besides, none of us got much sleep last night with her escapades. I crawl onto the bed and wrap my arms around her and she buries her head against my chest. “Is Shane going to punish me for sneaking out?” she breathes.
“No,” I brush her hair back from her face. “Shane is dealing with his own demons right now. He’s angrier at himself than he is at you.”
“You’re not angry with him, are you?” she asks as she looks up and stares into my eyes.
“No. I understand why he didn’t tell anyone, but I can see why Liam and Mikey are so pissed at him.”
“I’m glad he still has you in his corner,” she sighs as she snuggles against me again.
“If you ever put yourself in danger like that again, you won’t have to worry about Shane punishing you, because I’ll do it myself,” I warn her and she shivers in my arms and it’s not from fear. Fuck me, this woman terrifies me. Ever since that night in New York when I spanked her ass with Shane’s belt I have been thinking about exploring that side of myself with her. It’s not something I’ve wanted to do before because we have something much deeper than that. What’s been stopping me most is the fact that she is capable of handling so much pain that I’m truly worried that I’d go too far and hurt her. I’m not sure I can wait much longer, though, because she has a dark side too and I know that going there with her would be fucking incredible.
The two of us must have fallen asleep because it’s getting dark when we wake. Jessie rubs her eyes and looks at me. “You think the twins are back yet?”
“I doubt it.”
“You think Shane’s okay?” She bites her bottom lip and I have to stop myself from biting it too.
“Why don’t you go and check on him and I’ll wait up for the twins?” I plant a kiss on her forehead and then climb out of bed.
“You sure you don’t want me to wait up with you?”
“No. Go get some sleep, and try and make sure Shane gets some too, okay?”
“I will.” She gives me one of her beautiful smiles and I wonder how this woman just went through what she did and still radiates so much goodness.
