His body was warm and firm against mine and it reminded me of the night we'd spent together.
I shifted against him as heat bloomed in my belly and spread through my limbs. His arm pulled me closer to his body and he turned toward me. As his body shifted, my thigh ended up resting on his hips. One of his arms was beneath my body at waist level. The other wrapped around me from above and slid down to cup my butt, pulling my body completely against his.
I looked at him through the screen of my eyelashes and saw that his eyes were closed. He was still asleep.
His hand kneaded my butt and I arched into him. I couldn't help it. His touch set me on fire our first night together, but now that I was in love with him...it was so much more.
My fingers flexed, digging into the muscles of his shoulder. "Jay," I whispered.
His eyes opened at the sound of my voice. "Hey," he murmured, his voice rough with sleep.
The hand on my butt slid down to my thigh, lifting my leg higher against his hip. I could feel his erection pressing between my thighs, exactly where a low throb began to build.
"Jay." My hand moved from his shoulder to cup the back of his head. "Kiss me."
His lips touched mine—soft, gentle, yet earth-shattering.
When the kiss ended, I opened my eyes and found him watching me. "Lee—"
I kissed him again, harder and deeper this time. "I know what I'm doing," I said when I pulled back, panting. "And I want this. All I need to know is if you want it, too."
His answer was to kiss me again and roll over so that he hovered over me. I twined my legs around his hips and rocked against him.
My fingers slipped beneath the back of his t-shirt, running up the hot skin of his back.
Just as I was getting ready to yank it over his head, I heard the Klaxon on my phone blowing up in the kitchen.
"Oh, no!" I gasped. "That's my alarm."
J.J. lifted his head and stared down at me. "Alarm for what?"
"It's my fifteen-minute warning before I have to leave for work."
He dropped his forehead on the pillow next to my head. After a moment, he lifted it again. "I could do a passable job in fifteen minutes."
I seriously considered it until he laughed down at me.
"I'm kidding, Lee." He kissed me soundly. "Although it makes me happy that you'd be satisfied with a passable job."
"It wouldn't take much," I muttered.
"Do not say things like that when you have to get up and get ready for work," he demanded.
It was my turn to laugh.
He stared down at me, brushing a hank of hair away from my cheek. "Can we pick this up when you get home?" he asked.
"Definitely," I answered.
"Are you taking your dinner tonight?" he asked.
I huffed and shook my head. "No, your sister is ordering pizza. She said that I deserve a treat for putting up with you for nearly a month."
"Ouch, that hurts," he joked, smiling back at me.
"I'm only working a five-hour shift tonight," I said. "So I'm not technically required a dinner break. According to the law."
"Maybe not, but Cam is too excited about her niece or nephew to let you skip a meal."
"Probably because you called her and told her I was skipping meals," I grumbled.
J.J. laughed, kissed the tip of my nose, and rolled off me. "You were."
"Only because your child was making me sick," I argued.
He'd just gotten to his feet next to the bed when I said it, but he stopped and stared down at me.
"What?" I asked, pushing myself up on my elbows. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good," he answered. "Get up and get ready for work. I'll get you a drink for the road."
I sat up the rest of the way on the bed and watched him leave the room. I bit back a smile when he stopped just in the doorway to reach down and adjust himself.
When he was gone, I got off the bed and hurried into the bathroom to get ready. I needed to leave in ten minutes or I'd be late.
Five minutes later, I walked into the kitchen to find J.J. leaning over the sink, his hands resting on the edge. His eyes were focused on the backyard through the window over the sink.
He turned toward me when he heard my footsteps on the