about my dress that is in shreds on the floor.”
She covered her face with her hands. After a deep breath she looked over at him
and must’ve seen his confusion.
“That dress cost almost double
what this entire trip cost, including four plane tickets and three hotel rooms.
I may be from a rich family, but I’m not wasteful.” Jess smiled.
Ah, Nathan understood now. He had
ruined one of her pricey items. Just another thing driving home how different
they were. She probably had a whole closet full of designer dresses. He was
never frivolous with money, even though he had six figures in his bank account
and his portfolio would make some men cry. He still drove his six-year-old
Mustang; it was something he splurged on and had worked for, so it was special.
Nathan understood the value of a dollar thanks to growing up with a
drug-addicted mother. He quickly shook those thoughts away and refocused on his
bedmate.
“I’m sorry about the dress, but I
couldn’t wait to get you naked. Looks like I did a bad job of that it seems,”
he said as he sat up and moved down the bed where he started to remove her
garter belt.
“I’m definitely not complaining,”
Jess mumbled as she stretched out like a sated kitten. Nathan ran his fingers
along the inside of the lace tops of her stockings before slowly sliding them
down and kissing every inch of newly bared skin. By the time he had both
stockings off, Jess was panting again and arching her back.
“In my haste to get you naked, I
neglected to worship your flawless skin. This, however, is a mistake I’m going
to rectify this very minute.” Jess laughed at the formal voice Nathan was
using. He spent the next several hours, however, doing just as he promised.
Chapter Six
Jess woke
as the room started to lighten with the morning sun. She took a mental note of
her sore spots while Nathan slept wrapped around her. His arm was over her
waist and cupping her breast while his legs were pressing against the back of
hers, their feet tangled. The previous evening flashed through her mind, the
man was a masterful lover, and she realized how very pitiful and lacking her
sex life had been prior to last night.
Along with the memories of
mind-blowing sex came the memories that Nathan had shared of his childhood.
He’d seemed surprised when she asked, but after some time he told her about his
single mother who loved self-medicating due to the loss of his father who had
died when Nathan was four. Being an only child made it was easy for him to do
his own thing. He managed to go to school every day on his own and make good
grades. He explained how he got into drama class at school and how he spent
time with the stage crew who taught him about computers. That would explain his
big setup back at the apartment in San Francisco when she first met him.
The glimpse Nathan had allowed
her of his painful past really helped change her view of his carefree, actor
personality. She realized it was all an act, something to use as a shield, but
it didn’t really matter anyway. This was just a fun thing, nothing serious. He
could still be using her for her family’s money, but the thought didn’t feel
right anymore. Either way, it was best to keep her distance from him.
Jess gently reached over and
grabbed her phone off the nightstand. She had resisted looking at it last
night, but wanted it within reach for the morning. Now an excited buzz ran
through her as she unlocked the screen and pulled up her email app. The icon
indicated she had over thirty emails! Trying to contain herself from wiggling
too much, she started to read.
A of couple hours later, she had
moved from the bed and was now sitting in a chair facing the window and looking
over her schedule. The emails she had received that morning had been fruitful,
and she had a whole list of things to talk about with Sadie. Jess knew she was
going to be as excited about the response to the show as she was.
“I’m glad to see you’re free
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