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“Yes….Yes, I am,” I stammered.
Eagle got in the car, and let out a huge sigh before asking, “What the hell happened?”
“I am fine, just take me home please,” was all I could reply. I knew I could never tell him what Germain had done to me. Not now, not ever. All I could hope for was that these welts would heal quickly.
“So we aren’t going to talk about this?” he asked looking in the rearview mirror, trying to see me the best he could in the dim light that was coming from the back door of the club.
“I would rather not. Please….Just….Take...Me….Home,” I once again insisted.
To my astonishment, Eagle just sighed again, and started the car, driving away as fast, yet careful as he could.
Chapter Thirteen
Eagle
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Once home and the car was stopped, neither of us moved to exit the vehicle. There was a lot that needed to be said, but for the life of me, I couldn’t think of the words to say.
“I’m gonna head to bed, talk to you to in the morning,” Jorden told me and then quietly exited the car before I could respond.
I guess I just needed time to process all that had happened tonight, so I parked the car, then proceeded to my room where I changed into my work out attire, which consisted of just my favorite pair of shorts. The girl I was dating five years ago had bought this particular pair of shorts. I know most people would throw away or give away anything that was given to them by an ex, but these shorts were so comfortable, and breathable that I just couldn’t part with them.
Once dressed, I hurried downstairs to the gym. I had just put my earbuds in and turned on my music to start running on the treadmill when I looked up into the mirror in front of me and saw him. Our eyes locked and I swear I thought I had seen a look of lust fill Jorden’s eyes, but when I went to say something, that look was gone.
“Jorden, I didn’t wake you, did I?” I asked gently.
“No, I was too restless to sleep, so I thought I would come down here and expend some of this unneeded energy I have,” came his response.
“Don’t let me stop you then,” I replied and went back to figuring out the treadmill mechanisms.
Jorden
I knew that I would not be able to sleep after what had just happened, so I had decided to go down to the gym. To my surprise, though I wouldn’t have it to myself. Walking in and seeing him in just those loose blue shorts, that hung off his hips just so, I had to stop in my tracks and watch him. When he moved the muscles in his back would ripple leaving nothing to the imagination. He had just looked up when I was licking my lips, and his intense look caused me to gulp.
Then he spoke, and I thought I detected a bit of huskiness in his tone of voice. That sound thought sent my body into a multitude of reactions that I thought I would never feel for anyone but Germain. Our conversation was a brief one, but it had me frustrated beyond belief. Why couldn’t he just look at me as someone more than a client?
Since he had gone back to what he was doing when I had walked in, and basically dismissed me, I had to decide if I was going to continue on with what I had come down here to do, or go back to my room and ruminate over the suckiness of my life. Decisions decisions. I walked over to the set of weights I had been working with earlier in the day and set down my towel. Reaching down towards the rack where the weights laid, I carefully chose the twenty-five-pound dumbbell for each of my hands. Breathing like I had been taught all those years ago when my dad had first taught me how to lift weights, I began the reps that I would need to do with these. I couldn’t help but steal glances every now and then towards Eagle, running methodically on the treadmill, his head bobbing to whatever music was playing in his ears. How this man did not know how much of a god he was, I have no idea, but it didn’t take me long for my body to start reacting just him running. At one point, I had to put down the weights because if I didn’t they would have dropped on my feet, and made me look like a fool in front of him.
I gave up the pretense of working out because now all I wanted to do was watch him, and the way his body was moving, dreaming of what it would feel like to kiss his luxurious lips, run my hands down his taut abs, and oh the dreams I was having. I’m not sure when he had stopped and was looking in my direction, at least until he spoke to me.
“Jorden are you alright?” were the words that pulled me out of the revelry I was in.
“Um...what?” I stammered.
“Are you okay? You looked like you were deep in thought,” was his response.
“Oh, yeah, sorry. I hope I didn’t bother you,” was all I could reply.
“No, you didn’t. Could you use some help?” he asked me.
I had no idea how to respond to that. There was no way I was going to let him know what I had been really thinking about, so I responded with, “Didn’t you say something about helping me learn to protect myself?”
“Yeah, I did. Did you want to work on that?” he replied.
“Sure. I mean if you don’t think it’s too late,” I answered back.
“It’s not too late for me,” he replied with a smile. Oh My that smile, I had to gulp again as I was really salivating at this point.
“Okay great, where do we start?” I asked him.
“Let’s get out of here, and go somewhere where we have a bit more room,” he suggested.
“Yeah, there is a room down the hall. I believe my dad had some rubber mats put in there a few months back. I haven’t yet gone in there, but I think it has the room you are looking for,” I replied with eagerness.
“Lead the way,” he answered, once again smiling at me, which just about made me weak in the knees. I smiled back at him, grabbing my towel, and heading out the door and to the right. I could tell he was right behind me slightly to the right of me because I could feel his breath lightly on the back of my neck.
Eagle
I couldn’t help but feel like someone was watching me, so it came to no surprise that when I had stopped and looked in Jorden’s direction, to see him watching me intently. Though it did take him a minute or two to respond to me when I first spoke to him. When he did finally respond though I could tell he had been a million miles away. I was surprised, yet ecstatic at the same time when he had asked me about helping him learn to protect himself.
Following along behind him, my mind started drifting to thoughts of having him underneath me, and what that would feel like. I was so lost in my own thoughts, that when he had stopped I almost walked right into him.
“When we enter this room, you have to agree to follow everything I tell you to do,” I told him. If he was going to start acting like that brat he was acting like when I first met him, I wasn’t going to waste my time, at least not yet anyway.
He just shook his head agreeing with what I had just said. For some reason, at this time, he looked like a little boy who was eager to please.
I kinda felt sorry for him but couldn’t help but feel that surge of pride that it was me that he wanted to please. Letting him enter the room before me, I entered the room and was blown away at how enormous this room actually was compared to all the other rooms in this house. Looking more closely, I could tell the room was actually an indoor basketball court, which explained the enormity of the room.
“Where are those mats you told me about?” I asked. I didn’t want either of us getting hurt in the process.
“Over there in the storeroom, I think,” came his reply.
“Let’s go look together, so we can get started,” I suggested. I walked over to the bleachers and laid my towel, and radio down, then walked back over to where he was standing. “Ready?” I asked when I was done.
“Yes, I am. Can I ask how long you have been doing the particular job that you do?” he asked as we walked towards the back of the room.
“Yeah, I got into private security after I got out of the Marines. I really wanted to be my own boss, after all those years of being a Yes, sir, type of guy. A friend of mine was starting his own Security Firm and asked me to be a part of it, and as the saying goes, the rest is history,” was my reply.
“Do you ever wish that you could do anything else?” he asked as he reached out to turn the doorknob of the storeroom.
“There have been one or two incidences where I wanted to quit, but I had to come to the realization if I did that, I would always be looking towards the past and wondering ‘what if” and completely miss things happening in my present,” I answered and allowed him to once again walk in ahead of me. It was really dark inside, so I searched along the wall closest to us, and flipped on the light.
“Wow, that light is super bright,” came Jorden’s response when the light came on. He was right, it was brighter than normal, so even I had to shield my eyes.
“Let’s just look quickly so we can get out of here,” I told him and moved a bit closer to where he was standing.
“I think they are over there near the wall where the light doesn’t reach all the way,” he suggested pointing towards the back of the room, or more like the closet we were in.
“Okay stay here, and I will go and find out,” I told him starting to move around him. I must have jostled him because the next thing I know, he is falling towards me. I had to quickly catch him before he landed on the hard concrete floor. Electric shockwaves ran up my arms and then down my spine as soon as my arms and hands made contact with his taunt athletic body. He looked up at me, I looked down at him, and in that instant, I knew I was a total goner. I could no longer resist the urge I felt to taste his lips on mine. Leaning ever so slightly, I gently touched my lips to his, and then the need became a hunger, as I deepened the kiss.
Chapter Fourteen
Jorden
The kiss, all I can say about that, is WOW!! When he caught me, I felt the electric connection, and I’m sure he felt it too. The next thing I know he was kissing me with his velvety lips, and the hunger I felt in it was unmistakable. He didn’t have to wait long for me to give his tongue the access it was requesting. I swear the world melted away and it was just him and me.
Then just like that, the kiss was over, and he was helping me to stand back on my own two feet. What was I thinking? A man like Eagle could and never want someone like me. As soon as I could I turned away from him. I could feel the heat rising up in my cheeks faster than blood was drawn from my arm at my check-ups.
“Jorden, I um…” Eagle stammered. This was the first time I had ever heard him quite so at a loss for words. The only problem was I didn’t know what to say to him either. I wanted him….god I wanted him, but to hear his rejection now would absolutely kill me.
“Not now Eagle, I think it’s just best if I head up to bed now. Thanks anyway,” I spoke quickly and then practically ran out of the storeroom, and out the other door.
Eagle
What in the hell just happened? Did I read his signals wrong? I had no idea what to think now as I ran my hand through my thick head of hair, but damn that kiss was hotter than the sun in Puerto Rico. However, since Jorden high tailed it out of here so fast he could be part roadrunner, I guess that was that.
I guess I had nothing better to do than to head up to my own room and try to get some sleep. The operative word being try. If my subconscious had anything to say about I will be dreaming about that succulent kiss for years to come.
Jorden
Oh man, I am so stupid! The best thing for me to do now is to take the coldest shower than I ever have before. I slammed my bedroom door shut, so hard that I know it vibrated down the hallway, then quickly locked the deadbolt that I had convinced my mother that I needed. The sound of it sliding into place kinda had my heart resuming its normal rhythm.
I took a few deep breaths, trying to settle it more, though all it did was to get me to replay the kiss. As often as Germain had kissed me since he had become my dom, his kisses never felt like Eagle’s. When Eagle kissed me it felt like I was finally home. I no longer had to look for where I belonged, because where I belonged was in Eagle’s arms forever.
Eagle
Once in my room, I stripped out of my shorts and walked purposely into the bathroom, and turned on the shower faucet to the coldest temperature that I could. I had to do something to turn down this hot temperature I had going for Jorden. He made it perfectly clear that he wanted nothing to do with me, and I had to deal with that the best way I knew how. Starting tomorrow, I will have to treat Jorden as just another client and nothing else.
Stepping into the shower and under the cold spray of water I shouted out, “HOLY MOTHER OF MARY!” and jumped back out of the shower. Okay, maybe not quite so cold. Quickly I adjusted the water temperature, to something I could deal with better, and got back into the shower. Now that I could stand the water temp, I quickly showered and grabbed the towel that was hanging on the hook just outside the shower. Letting my hair air dry, I wrapped the towel around my waist and walked back into the room that was mine while I was here.
An insistent knocking could be heard as soon as entered the bedroom, so I went to open it. I was totally not expecting who was on the other side.
“Jorden, what are….,” I let my question die before I finished it. When I really took a look at him, I realized he was completely naked.
“Are you okay?” he asked me, obvious to my gawking.
“Uh, yeah. I mean what are you doing here?” I asked him.
“I heard you shouting, so I had to come and make sure you were okay,” he continued.
“Oh, yeah, the water was just a bit cold for my liking,” I added with a smile, thinking it was sweet of him to come and check on me.
“Oh yeah, Carter should have warned you about how cold the water can get,” he replied with a smile of his own.
“That would have been good before I just tried to freeze my nuts off,” I joked.
“Yeah, I guess it would have been. I guess if you are okay I will just go back to my room,” he answered looking down at the floor of the hallway.
I looked back into my room before asking, “Um…. Jorden, would you like to come in?”
He looked a bit taken aback at my question and took a few minutes, okay more than a few minutes to respond, and I started to get a bit nervous that he would say no.
Jorden
When I heard Eagle shout out, I didn’t have to think about it, I ran out of my room and over to his and started knocking. I had to make sure he was alright. Then the door opened, and there he was standing in all of his gloriousness in just a towel around his waist. Oh if I could be that towel right now.
Then he asked me to come in, and my mind went into overtime trying to figure out what I should say. It was at that moment that I really realized that for the first time in like, well forever, I was standing completely naked in front of anyone, let alone someone I was completely infatuated with.
“I….uh….I...um,” I stammered. How in holy hell can I stop stammering in front of him? He is just a human like I am
“Jorden all I did was ask you to come in so we could talk,” he replied. “But I will understand if you decide not to,” he added.
“Give me a few minutes would you,” I asked him, and then without waiting for his answer, rushed back over to my room, and dressed quickly. The heat in my cheeks felt as though my face was on fire. I was amazed that he didn’t comment on it.
Eagle
Okay, that was weird, but he looked awfully cute when he blushed as he did. I left the door open and walked towards my suitcases that were displayed openly on the bed. I found my silk sleep pants and put them on. Moving my suitcases off the bed and onto the floor next to the closet, I figured I would have time to unpack tomorrow, I then went and laid comfortably on the bed. It was a bit harder than I was used to, but the spaciousness of this king-size bed left a lot of room for some exercise if one would want to partake in that.
When Jorden came back, he knocked lightly on the doorframe, letting me know he was there. “Come on in, you didn’t have to knock you know,” I told him.
“I was just being considerate like my mother taught me,” he replied, blushing even more.
I patted the bed next to me, and he sauntered over, but I could tell he was a little more than uncomfortable. “Jorden, what’s wrong?” I asked.
“Nothing, why would you think that anything was wrong?” he responded back to me as he sat down on the bed, as far away from me as he could.
“Well, first of all, you are a bright red as Ron Weasley’s hair was in the Harry Potter movies. Secondly, you don’t have to sit so far away. I’m not going to bite…,” I trailed off, and then added quietly, “Much,” with my signature smile.
I had to chuckle when he blushed a brighter red at my mention of his red cheeks, but he said, “Oh, I um….,” he started to say.
“Jorden, there is nothing to be scared of,” I explained trying to put him a little more at ease.
“Eagle, it’s not that. I just haven’t…,” once again he started to say and then trailed off.
“Jorden, please tell me,” I urged him gently.
Jorden
Okay, this was it. I had to use the balls that the surgeon had created for me and man up. How else would Eagle ever know how I felt about him. Before I could utter another word, Eagle pulled me gently to him and kissed me gently yet again. This time the kiss was slow and sensual, nothing at all like the hungry and demanding kiss from before. I instantly felt my body start to relax and melt into his. If he kissed me like this forever, I know I will be one happy man.
The End….or is it?
(Please keep your eyes out for Part II coming to an Amazon site near you in the near future)
Acknowledgments
Rhyann Hunter: I would like to thank first and foremost my Co-Writer Ethan Dax. Writing this book with you has been one hell of a ride, and I can’t wait to write more with you.
