around his neck. “But you’ve done so much work here. It’s beyond perfect. Free lessons hardly seem like enough.”
“You haven’t even seen the rest of it.”
“I don’t need to. I can already see you’ve thought of things I wouldn’t have dreamed of.”
Her right hand drifted down and ran along his chest to his abdomen. Paired with the heated look in her eyes, it kicked his heart straight into a sprint.
“I think you deserve a nice, big bonus for all this work,” she said.
And that sent his libido into overdrive.
“Why don’t we continue our tour in the storage closet without any windows?” he suggested.
“I certainly enjoyed the last time you did me in a storage area,” she said in a husky voice, her hand gripping him through his shorts.
Jesus.
He led her at a fast clip into the adjoining dressing room. The door to the storage area was currently open because there had been a few recent deliveries. There were no windows in the dressing area either, so he left the storage room door open for light.
Then he pressed Jasmine up against the closest wall and claimed her mouth. She immediately opened for him. He groaned as the taste of her set his blood on fire. She had him hard and hurting in seconds.
Their hands soon got involved, tugging at clothes, buttons, and zippers that became obstacles between them and the pleasure they sought. They parted long enough to rid each other of those obstacles before coming together again. Without the clothing hindering their sensitivity, both of them used the knowledge they had gained of each other’s bodies to drive each other wild with need.
“Take me, Will,” she demanded, much as she had the first time they’d been together.
He started to lean down to find his wallet among the discarded clothes. She stopped him.
“I’ve been on the pill since we first agreed to the sex-only relationship,” she said.
Understanding what she was saying, he issued a low growl and lifted her legs so they encircled his waist. When he entered her, he did it slowly, savoring the intimate connection without a condom. She held his gaze until they were fully joined, then guided his head closer so she could kiss him again.
His hands knew just where to stroke. His lips knew just where to caress.
He used both to torment her.
He refused to move until she begged him. Even then, he kept the pace slow and tortuous.
“That’s right, baby,” he murmured into her ear as he slowly withdrew, slowly sank back home. “You’re going to take it just like this, and you’re going to fucking love it.”
He knew from the sound she made that she remembered how he had said much the same their first time together, but this time the words were spoken with tenderness.
With love.
The first time she came, it was with a soft cry of wonder, as though it caught her by surprise. The second time was on a low, appreciative moan.
The third time, when she had driven him beyond all control and he finally took her hard against the wall, she gave him the words his heart craved most.
“I love you.”
Chapter Thirty-Two
“You might want to add a few staff lockers to the break room,” Alima suggested as she walked through the dance studio with Jasmine later that week.
They were there with Jasmine’s father, Frank, and Katie. Jasmine had been to the studio every day since her first visit with Will. She’d shown it to May, Danny and Tobias, and Everly and Sierra. Then she’d taken some time to go through every inch by herself. Each visit, she found something more to love.
The studio filled her with joy and purpose, something she’d been missing in her life until Will and Katie became a part of it. There were still hurdles to overcome before this new dream became a reality, but it was a challenge she welcomed.
That was why she was there now. Frank wanted to create what he called a punch list of items she wanted done to make the place exactly how she envisioned it. Will had told her not to skimp on anything, insisting that the studio needed to be set up for success from the beginning. While she hesitated to spend his money, she also wanted the studio to flourish. She opted to put her pride aside and do her best to anticipate anything her new business might need before opening its doors.
Alima was thrilled to help. Jasmine valued her friend’s insight. She had already pointed out a