pulled the condom off.
“No baby. That is all you.”
“What?”
“Let me get you a towel and I’ll explain.”
Shawn walked back from her bathroom with a damp wash cloth in his one hand a small towel one in the other.
“Lay back baby,” Shawn carefully pushed down on her shoulders. He used the wash cloth to clean her, grinning a little as she twitched from the touch on her sensitive parts. Then he took the towel and gently dried her.
“So, what was that all about?” Lacey said in a shaky voice.
“I hit your g-spot babe and apparently you are a squirter.” He set the cloths aside and laid next to her.
“Oh.” Her panic has subsided and she rested on the pillow. Lacey recalled Lex’s vivid discussions about the g-spot and squirting. Although she had thought it was all made up, even when Lex pulled out the DVDs to show her. She blushed at the thought of being so aroused.
“You are so beautiful and sexy,” Shawn murmured as he ran a finger down her cheek.
“Is that why you asked me out?” Lacey couldn’t hide the quiver in her voice. Was she just his weekend toy?
“Well, it is why I noticed you, that’s for sure. But, baby, I’ve wanted to ask you out for over a year.”
“Serious?” Lacey tried to read the emotion in his eyes.
“Absolutely.” He continued to caress her naked body as he spoke. “I saw you in the park one day and I wanted to ask you out right then. But, by the time I got up the nerve, you had jogged off.”
“You couldn’t have been nervous to talk to me!” Lacey found it impossible. This man was gorgeous and successful.
He rolled on to his back, looking up at the ceiling for a few minutes before he spoke again.
“I was. Things have been difficult for me this past year. My mom’s been sick for awhile. So, when I saw you, I wondered about you, but I had heard you were a widow. To be honest, my life was such a mess that I couldn’t pull you in to it all.” Shawn turned to look her in the eyes. “I didn’t just want to get you in bed, you know. I wanted to date you. Get to know you. I had no idea we’d have this kind of chemistry between us.”
Lacey felt her tummy flip-flop at his words. He really wanted to get to know her. Was it possible he actually was a relationship kind of guy?
“I didn’t know how long you’d been a widow and the last thing I wanted to do was jump in to your life, while I was trying to take care of my mom, dealing with the different weekend nurses and of course, trying to maintain my job. I wasn’t sure I had much to offer you, to be honest.” Shawn’s face scrunched up, worry lines creasing his forehead. His lips were in a tight line and Lacey sensed the pain in his words.
“Ah, so your weekend girls are actually nurses for your mom?” Lacey tried to ease him away from his painful thoughts.
Shawn chuckled. “Yes, I know the rumors around the development. ‘The ladies man that has a new girl every weekend.’” He chuckled again, but there was no humor in his eyes. “I couldn’t be bothered to set the record straight. I don’t want people to pity me, or my mom either. She’s strong, but if her friends knew how sick she was, they’d flock to the house with their sympathy cards, flowers and food and I was afraid she’d give up at that point.”
“That must be hard for you.” Lacey cupped his jaw with her hand, staring in to the deep blue pools of his eyes.
“It has been. She is in remission now and we hope it stays that way.” Shawn smiled briefly and then looked serious again. “How long have you been widowed?”
It was Lacey’s turn to face the painful thoughts. She rolled in to his shoulder, leaning against his chest as she spoke.
“It’s been a long time, honestly. Bobby and I married young, at eighteen. We were trying to make the
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