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“You’ve been the best surprise in Magnolia Point in a long time, Nina.”
CHAPTER 16
JAY
The library is hosting another romance book club tonight. I’d love more than anything to show up, sit in the back and just watch her read. She doesn’t realize it, but she commands the room just by being in it. Her sweet girl-next-door aura welcomes everyone into the room. She says she's a nervous wreck speaking in front of others, but it never shows.
And I’m just glad I’m able to be there for her once it's over. To bring her down from the anxiety, hold her and love on her, tell her how well she did. She doesn't believe it yet, but she will.
Just like I know she would do for me. If I was to out myself for being a romance reader, I honestly don't know how the town would take it. They wouldn’t shun me for it. It would probably be the opposite. And I don't want that. I don’t want them building me into something I’m not.
They already do that. I love to be available to everyone and I’ll never complain or tell someone no when they need my help, but I need my time as well. And now that I’m spending my free time with Nina, I crave it even more.
So instead, I work downstairs in the basement where I can hear her read through the pipes.
I hear Nina begin to welcome everyone to tonight's reading.
“Good evening, everyone! I’m excited to be back here with you all again. Isn't the library so fun at night?”
I grin, remembering our first night here in the library after dark. She opened up to me and it made me feel like it was right. We both complement each other well. The transition from just meeting into something more was quick yet not as scary as it sounds. It doesn’t feel forced and that’s how I know, for me at least, I’m okay with where we’re going.
I’ve been waiting to meet someone who made me feel alive. Who made me question where she’s been my whole life and also let me know that the nights alone were because I was waiting for her to enter them.
“I hope everyone came prepared with a cold drink tonight because tonight's chapters are oooh! Fire!” The crowd laughs and I hear her melodic giggle float over it. “Bella Valentino sure knows how to make you melt, doesn’t she?”
A resounding yes carries through the room and it makes me smile.
“Chapter seven of The Road Home starts now. Here we go”!
The lull of her voice reading the opening paragraphs soothes me. I quickly work while I continue to hear her read. A question here and there is asked about the book. An opinion is given. The interaction is nice. I pack up my tools, tidying them for tomorrow's job and flip a bucket to sit for a moment. Cracking a water bottle, I listen.
“She stands before me in only a lace nighty. Her nipples at full attention, begging for my tongue, her pussy dripping wet with desire for me.
“Have you touched yourself thinking of me today?”
She nods, biting her bottom lip, her hand drifting up her body and cupping her breast, all the while she never takes her eyes from mine.
“Do you want me to touch you now?”
She nods again and takes a few steps forward when I motion her to me. I slip the silky straps of her nighty down both arms, exposing her breasts. I cup them, squeezing and giving her nipples a slight tug, and she moans, her head dropping back at my touch.
“Oh, pretty girl, this is a picture I’ll never erase from my mind…”
I can hear the need in her voice, and her moans and quiet yes’s from our night together flood my mind and I have to fight the urge to pull my dick out right here and jack off while listening to her. I smirk to myself. I’ll have to remember to tell her that later. I can already see the scandalized look on her face.
I love that I’m the first who gets to give her that intimate language that only two lovers know.
“ …I lay her down, rising above her and teasing her clit with the head of my cock. She writhes under me, grabbing her tits.
“Please, baby. I need all of you.”
“I love to hear you beg.” I slide inside in one thrust and begin to work my hips at a steady pace. With every strike, her tits bounce and her eyes become more wild with lust. She reaches down, playing with herself, alternating between touching my dick that slides in and out before going back to rubbing her clit.
“Show me, baby. Show me how you’re going to get off on my cock.”
I continue to thrust, holding her thighs for leverage. “I can feel you’re close. Your pussy is squeezing me so tight...”
By the time the hour is up, I’m about ready to combust. I wait impatiently for the last reader to leave the room before I dash up to the Read Me, Baby room. When I enter, she’s at the shelves, restocking some leftover books. Her back to me, I quietly sneak up behind her, capturing her around the waist and pulling her flat against me.