Accepting His Terms (18 page)

Slowly, sensuously, he unbuttoned his white dress shirt, tossing it aside. He rolled her over and unzipped her dress, pulling it down over her hips, legs, and feet slowly. She was wearing a pink lace bra and panty set. He rolled her back over, bent down and kissed the cleavage that peeked out of the top of her bra. As he stood next to the bed, he slipped his feet out of his expensive leather loafers and took his socks off. He stood before her in nothing but his black dress slacks and his belt. He looked powerful, sexy, and domineering, just the way she liked him.

“Jarrod…” she whispered.

“Yes, baby, just enjoy the show, it’s going to be a long, slow afternoon for us. We have all the time in the world.”

Very slowly, he unbuckled his belt and slid it through the loops. Doubling it, he teasingly slapped it in the air. As she let out a deep, ragged breath, she rolled over.

“Jill? You’re not serious?”

“I trust you.”

Very lightly, very seductively, he lightly slapped the belt across her pink lace clad bottom. Then he leaned over the bed and kissed the small of her back. He pulled her panties down over her legs and feet. Rubbing her pink cheeks with his hand softly, he said, “I can’t do that. I’m sorry, baby, but I just can’t do that.”

She rolled back over and smiled, “It’s okay, I just thought it seemed sexy at the moment. Going into this, we said the basic rule was we would only do what both of us were comfortable with.”

“Spanking you with my hand is one thing, but I can’t do that. Please don’t ever ask again.”

“It’s fine. Now are you going to leave those pants on? I’m not really in a position to take them off for you at the moment.” She giggled as she held her silk-bound arms up.

He grinned. “You want a show? Now that I can do,” he said as he slowly unzipped his pants. He unhooked the hook and eye holding them together and sexily pulled them down. He stepped out of them, revealing to her he was wearing silk bikinis instead of boxers.

“Bikinis?” she asked.

“You know I don’t always wear boxers. Lucky for me I picked today to decide to wear the sexy ones.”

“Lucky for me, you mean,” she replied with a purr. She could see the bulge in his briefs and it made her already wet pussy even wetter.

He lay on the bed and swiftly reached around to unhook her bra. He threw it on the floor and turned back to her. Gently caressing her face with his hand, he leaned in and kissed her gently, before devouring her lips and mouth in a kiss so seductive, she nearly fainted.

She took her foot and seductively began rubbing it up and down the length of his calf.  He removed his bikinis and as she felt his hard, throbbing cock on her leg, she said, “Oh, I’ve missed this so much.”

“You have no idea, baby, no idea,” he replied as he bent his head to kiss her again. He nuzzled her neck and gently bit her earlobes before moving down to her long-neglected breasts. Taking them in his mouth, one at a time, he suckled gently, bringing her to a heightened frenzy. As he moved down her belly, he teased her with circular movements of his tongue, driving her even further into a white-hot need for him. As his touch sizzled and scorched her skin, each nerve ending was alive and tingling.

Taking his own sweet time with her, he finally moved further down her body. But instead of his tongue finding the location she anticipated, it moved on down, as he kissed her right thigh, her calf, and when he reached her foot, he gently sucked on her toes, sending her into a desperate and greedy state of desire. He chuckled as he moved to the other foot and made his way back up her left calf and thigh. Just as she was ready to scream in frustration, his talented tongue found her clit and began circling it with rapid, heated strokes.

“Oh… oh…” she said softly as her hips bucked to meet his mouth. He continued what he was doing as he grabbed her ass with both hands, allowing her to move her body even closer.

“Baby, go on, rock the house…” he said as he raised his head to look at her.

And she did. As a low, throaty moan escaped her lips, it was followed by a series of ecstatic screams, and finally by the word, “Jarrod.”

“Oh, that is the sweetest sound in the world. When you do that, I’m the happiest man alive.” He gently untied the silk tie that bound her wrists and threw the tie on the floor.

She looked at him questioningly.

“I want your hands all over me,” he explained as he slid his body up so he could kiss her lips. “Touch me, baby, let me feel your hands on my body.”

As her hands glided over his muscular biceps, she gently moved to his chest. As she felt the muscles underneath the wisps of black hair, she moaned. “You’ve been going to the gym, haven’t you?”

“Yes, over the lunch hour. I had to relieve my frustrations somehow,” he replied in a low voice.

“And you don’t know how glad I am that’s how you chose to relieve those frustrations. I worried that you might have found another way.”

His gray-blue eyes met hers. “Never in a million years, would I betray our love. You have to know that.”

“But I gave you every reason,” she began. He stopped her with a finger to her lips.

“Don’t,” he said softly. “I’ve been true to you since the day I rescued you in that damn elevator with what’s his name. Even before that, since the day you first set foot in my office.”

Sighing in relief, she began to caress his chest again before moving to his hips. Finally, she moved her right hand around to the front of his body and touched his rock-hard cock.

He moaned. “Yes, baby.”

As she caressed, explored, and pumped, he closed his eyes. As she slid her body down, he moved to his side, and she began to kiss the throbbing erection sensuously. Circling the head with her tongue before taking in as much as she could, she began to suck gently.

“Oh, God, baby, stop….”

She moved her sensuous body up and he rolled her on her back.

As he gently entered her, he gasped, “I’m home.”

“Yes, home, where you belong.” She arched her back, moving her hips as she wrapped her legs around him. She urged him to move inside her.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“I’m not going to break,” she replied as she closed her eyes.

He moved slowly, in and out, until finally, unable to stand it, she cried out, “Jarrod, please, the way you used to.”

He grinned as he thrust hard and deep.

“Oh, yes, that’s it, baby,” she said as she began to move, urging him to thrust again.

He obliged her by pulling almost completely out and thrusting hard again. Moving at a faster pace, he pumped hard and fast.

She met his every thrust, moving her hips, caressing his back, his neck, and finally burying her hands in his thick, black hair.

He kept going, kept her on edge, as the friction grew and the tension mounted. Finally, she couldn’t hold back any longer, as she called out his name, she began to feel the first waves engulfing her, carrying her away to a place she’d longed to be for what seemed like an eternity.

As he joined her in paradise, he murmured in her ear. “I love you, my sweet.”

As they lay sated, arms and legs entwined, neither spoke for several minutes, as they basked in the afterglow of their glorious reunion.

She spoke first. “Do you think we made a baby?”

“I don’t know. Maybe we should try again later, just to make sure.” He gave her a sexy grin before he kissed her. “Welcome back, baby.”

Chapter Twenty-Two

Jill sat in the middle of the bed eating chicken. As she wiped her mouth with a napkin, she said, “This is good.”

“All I did was grill it on the barbeque. You need to eat if you plan on getting pregnant again right away. You’ve dropped a few pounds.”

She looked down in embarrassment. “I know. I didn’t feel much like eating. Besides, it’s no fun to eat alone.”

“You never had to eat alone. I thought you wanted to.”

“I did, but I didn’t. Does that make sense? I wanted you back but I just didn’t know how to tell you. I thought when you moved out of our bed, I’d driven you away for good. The past few months have been kind of a state of limbo, good, but not complete.”

“I only moved out to give you the space everyone told me you needed.”

“Can we ever put this behind us and move on?”

“We never have to talk about it again,” he said solemnly.

“Can we get back to where we were?” she asked next.

He chuckled. “I thought that was what we did earlier and what we were planning to do later.”

“Honey, do you really think we can just pick up where we left off? We were so good, almost perfect… before.”

“And we were pretty damn perfect a little while ago. I think we’re going to be okay. There may be some rough moments, but we’ll get through them, like we did before. And if we’re lucky enough for you to get pregnant again, you’re going to take care of yourself, eat right, rest, and exercise. You’re going to be the most spoiled pregnant woman in Tennessee.”

She giggled. “If you get your way about all that, I’ll be the fattest pregnant woman in Tennessee.”

“I highly doubt that, but you’ll be beautiful.”

As she finished her dinner and set her plate on the nightstand, she said, “Want to watch a movie all cuddled up under the covers?”

He laughed. “I’d much rather do something else with you all cuddled up under the covers, but yes, I’ll watch a movie with you.”

“Watch the movie and by the time it’s over, we’ll be so ready… it’ll make it even hotter than before.”

“I don’t know, baby, that was pretty damn hot before. Can we top that?”

“It’ll sure be fun trying.”

“Jill?” he asked gingerly.

“Is something wrong?”

“I just don’t want you to get upset if you happen not to get pregnant right away. It could happen, you know.”

“I’m really all right. I’m much stronger emotionally now and just think of all the fun we’ll have trying.”

“Hmmm… I’m glad to hear you say you’re stronger, but you might get so strong you won’t ever need… maintenance… again,” he teased.

She threw a pillow at him. “I’ll be sure and sass you regularly.”

“I love the sass,” he said as he leaned over to kiss her.

They spent the night alternating between movies, hot sex, and sleep. They slept in the next morning and when Jill awoke, he was not in bed beside her. She got up, found his discarded white shirt on the floor and slipped it over her nude body. As she buttoned it, she went in search of her husband. She found him on his way up the stairs, carrying a tray.

“What’s that?” she asked.

“Nice shirt,” he teased. “I was bringing you breakfast in bed, but you ruined the surprise.”

“You really don’t have to cook for me. I’m capable of fixing our meals, you know. You cooked dinner last night and now breakfast.”

“Okay, you’re in charge of lunch and we’re going out for dinner.”

“Let’s get back in bed and see what you fixed for us.” She ran back into the bedroom and jumped in bed.

He set the tray down and joined her. “Here you go: cheese omelets, English muffins, your favorite strawberry jam, and bacon.”

“And orange juice and coffee,” she added.

“Folic acid,” he said as he took a sip of coffee.

“What?”

“Women need folic acid when they’re pregnant or trying to conceive. I read that somewhere.”

“And I should start cutting back on caffeine and drinking more milk, ugh.”

“What would you like to do today?” he asked as he took a bite of his omelet.

“We could go to that winery again we went to when we were dating. That was fun. Or we could stay here.”

“Let’s go to the winery and get out for a while. We can come back home later and just relax and be together. We, or at least, I, need to get back to the office tomorrow. Maybe this weekend we can take a little trip. Would you like to drive over to Gatlinburg?”

“Oh, that’s so romantic. Can we stay in the same hotel we stayed in when we got married?”

“That’s what I had in mind. A fresh start, a renewal of sorts,” he suggested.

“I love it. You’re such a romantic devil.”

“Emphasis on devil at times,” he said with a grin.

“I’m sorry I spoiled the holidays for you,” she said suddenly.

“It wasn’t a good time for either of us, baby. Don’t dwell on it. Let’s think of this weekend as our second honeymoon, Christmas, and New Year’s all rolled into one.”

“Too bad we can only go for the weekend,” she said wistfully.

“We can leave on Friday afternoon and drive back on Monday, would that be better?” he asked.

“Perfect,” she replied with a smile.

When they both returned to work the next day, the atmosphere in the entire office was a cheery one. The staff had felt the anguish Jarrod and Jill experienced. Everyone was ecstatic to see them both smiling. When Jarrod informed Bryan he and Jill were taking a short trip, the other man encouraged him to stay longer.

“Susie and I can surely handle things for a week. We did fine for two weeks while you guys were in Florida.”

“I think you’ve got a point. I’ll make the reservations for a week. Jill wanted to stay longer, so I think I’ll surprise her and not tell her until we get there.”

“This is great, I’m so glad things are better. Jan and her family have been pretty concerned about Jill.”

“We all have, but she’s doing much better, now.”

The week spent in the mountains was perfect. It was just as Jarrod had said, a second honeymoon, Christmas, New Year’s, and even Valentine’s Day, all rolled into one. The couple gained a fresh perspective on their marriage, privately renewing their promises to each other. They talked about the future, their disciplinary rules, and how they wanted to raise their family.

By the end of that week, Jarrod and Jill were on their way to an even closer, more intimate relationship than ever before.

A few weeks after they returned home, Jill learned she was pregnant. She saw her doctor immediately, and he assured her things were progressing normally.

Jarrod was the doting husband, and he kept his promise to pamper her. When her hormones kicked in and her mood swings took over, he handled her like a pro. He was very careful with her, which caused her to complain at times. He found new ways to punish his wife during her pregnancy, new and delightful ways that proved to be pleasurable to both of them.