by D. Camille
Sean raised an eyebrow. “The hell you don't Jordan.”
Jordan laughed. “You know me too well.”
“I'll handle my business with Lily,” Sean said definitively.
“So you are feeling her?” Jordan asked.
Sean scanned the restaurant. “Lily is a beautiful, smart, talented woman. Any man would want to share her company. I'm no different.” He shrugged.
“You've slept with her,” Jordan said knowingly reading his friend.
Sean looked back at Jordan. “Did I need your permission?” he asked.
Their food arrived and both men ate in silence for a while.
“How are things with you and Ray?” Sean asked.
Jordan shrugged. “The same, but since Sage and I have been back together he's been minding his own business.”
Sean smiled. “You should do the same.”
Jordan laughed. “Touché.”
Jordan left from lunch and headed over to Sage's apartment. Lily had left a while ago and so he had Sage all to himself. They were sitting on her sofa and she was watching a documentary on the Amazon.
“I swear you have to be the smartest woman in the world watching all these documentaries.” Jordan said playing in her hair. He was sitting on the sofa and she had her head in his lap.
She laughed. “I've always had an inquisitive mind,” she explained.
“So what do you want for your birthday pretty girl?” he asked.
She sat up. “Jordan Black. You'd better not buy me anything for my birthday.”
“Right.”
“Jordan really. I don't want anything. You've helped me so much with the gallery opening and being there to support me. I don't want anything else. You've given me everything that matters.”
“Sage, helping you with the gallery and supporting you is not a gift. It's a given.”
She smiled at him. “Nothing Jordan. I mean it.”
“I'll think of something,” he commented.
“So you just didn't hear me.”
He drew her back to him. “Come use those lips for what they were intended.”
He kissed her gently.
“You're breaking your promise Jordan,” she reminded him.
He looked at her confused. “I never promised not to buy you a birthday gift.”
She gave him a pointed look and he kissed her again pulling her down into is arms. When he stopped kissing her she asked, “Did you know that Sean and Lily had a...a...thing?”
“A thing?” he asked.
She shook her head. “A thing,” she emphasized the word.
“Are you trying to say they slept together?” he clarified.
“Yes Jordan,” she exclaimed. “Can you believe that?”
“What's so amazing about that?”
She sat up. “They just met,” she said as if in explanation. “She just got here!”
Jordan shrugged. “Sometimes when two people meet, they know what they want and they get to it.”
She studied him. “Is that how you operated? Just meet a woman and share physical love with her?” she asked.
“No. I met a woman and had sex with her. There was no love involved,” he said simply.
“It's that the type of woman that you want?” she asked looking at him.
“Sage, I have the woman that I want. The woman that I've always wanted,” he said softly looking into her eyes.
“Sometimes you can be so sweet Jordan,” she whispered.
He looked shocked. “Sometimes?”
“Yeah. When you're not plotting and scheming and trying to control everything you're irresistible,” she said wrapping her arms around his neck.
He kissed her. “See, that's why I love you. You say the sweetest things to me.”
When Sage awoke the next morning she lay in bed pondering what Lily had said to her about physical love. She knew that Jordan was waiting for her and to his credit he was waiting patiently. If you called waiting patiently doing all the naughty things he did to her in place of physical love. She closed her eyes and imagined physical love with Jordan. She imagined his naked body touching hers. His mouth kissing her all over and then his...manhood. She moaned and squeezed her legs together. Opening her eyes she sat up quickly. A wicked smile came to her lips and she jumped out of bed. She had a plan!
Later Jordan was in his car on his way over to Sage's apartment. She'd called earlier saying that she wanted to serve him a special treat. He loved Sage's cooking. She could make the best exotic dishes he'd ever tasted. He wondered what she was serving tonight.
When Sage answered the door she was wearing a short silk robe. Jordan didn't mind because it showed her beautiful legs and thighs.
“Hi Jordan,” she smiled at him.
“Hi Sage,” he said coming inside. Jordan was wearing jeans and yet another Jordan shirt. He reached out and touched her hair that was hanging down her face.
“Your hair's damp. Did you just get out of the shower?” he asked.
She took his hand and led him to the sofa. “Yes. I didn't cover it all the way.” Sage didn't say that she was so nervous that she had been doing things backwards all day. Jordan leaned over and nuzzled her neck. “You smell so good,” he said against her skin.
“Thank you,” Sage said popping up from the sofa. She walked over to her shelf containing her cameras. She had many of them. So many that they filled up an entire bookshelf. She picked one up and turned towards Jordan.
“I'd like to take your picture Jordan.”
Jordan leaned back on the sofa. “Okay.”
She lifted the camera to her face and began snapping shots.
“Can you take off your shirt?” she asked still clicking photos.
He looked at her. “Take off my shirt?” he asked.
“Yes.”
Slowly Jordan removed his shirt and placed it on the back of the sofa amused. “Okay. My shirt's off.” Sage clicked more photos.
“Now your pants.”
Jordan looked confused. “My pants?”
“Yes. Your pants.”
He watched her for a minute before standing to unloosen his belt and then unsnapping his jeans and letting them drop to the floor. He bent and picked them up folding them and placing them next to his shirt.
He turned and stood before her in black boxer briefs and clearly he was enjoying this little game if the bulge in his underwear was any indication.
“Sit back on the sofa,” Sage instructed.
Jordan sat down watching her even more closely. She continued to click photo after photo. Then she sat the camera down on the table and walked over to where he sat on the sofa. She straddled his lap looping her arms around his neck and kissed him longingly. Jordan pulled back after a few minutes.
“What's going on Sage?”
Sage reached into her robe pocket and produced a foil package. She held it up for him to see.
Jordan's eyes went from the package back to Sage.
“What's this?” he asked.
She panicked. “Is this not the right thing?”
Jordan smiled. “The right thing for what Sage?”
She looked into his eyes. “The right thing for you to make physical love to me,” she answered.
His hands went into her hair pulling her face to his. “Is that what you want?” he whispered.
She shook her head slowly. “Yes,” she said softly.
“Why?” he asked.
She looked directly at him. “Because...I love you Jordan,” she said clearly.
Something snapped inside of him. Hearing Sage say she wanted to make love to him was one thing. Hearing her say she loved him was an entirely different ball game. He felt like his heart would burst.
“I love you Sage. I think I have since the first moment I saw you,” he said before kissing her to the point she almost passed out. He stood and picked her up heading towards her bedroom. When he entered he found candles all over the room with flower petals on the floor and bed.
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sp; “You did all this?” he asked still holding her.
She nodded. “I wanted you to remember our first time together,” she explained.
He looked down at her in his arms. “I will never forget my first time with you Sage. It's my first time making love.” She placed a kiss on his lips.
“I should have been the one doing this for you. Not the other way around,” he complained.
“It's not like you knew.”
He carried her over to the bed and laid her down. “May I take a shower first?” he asked. She nodded watching him. “Don't move,” he said pinning her with that gaze. She nodded again.
He turned and headed towards the bathroom. “The towels are in the closet,” she shouted.
“I know!” he shouted back.
She laughed and shook her head. Knowing Jordan he probably knew where everything was in her apartment. Sage sat back against the pillows. Now that it was actually going to happen she was more anxious than nervous. She wanted Jordan. She loved him and now she was going to share physical love with him. Sage grabbed a pillow and squeezed it to keep from screaming out loud.
Jordan stood under the ice cold spray of Sage's shower. He'd had to cool down before he lost complete control. Sage had a way of doing that. Making him lose control but it no longer made him feel vulnerable, it made him love her even more. He knew he could trust Sage. The thought of making love to her had kept him up many nights but now he would get to possess her completely. No need in wasting time.
He finished showering and headed back to the bedroom. When he entered the room Sage was on the bed lying back with her eyes closed. She was so beautiful. His erection grew just watching her. Sage opened her eyes, turned and saw Jordan standing next to the bed. She held out her hand to him and he took it pulling her up on her knees to him. She looked up into his eyes then down to chest and finally the tent in his towel.
“May I touch you?” she whispered.
“Yes. Please.”
She reached out and touched his chest running her hands over the smooth contours. She loved the color and texture of his skin. It was warm beneath her touch as though there was a fire burning inside of him. Her hand moved to the towel wrapped around his waist. She asked with her eyes and he nodded. She loosened the towel and let it fall to the floor. Sage was no stranger to the human body. Although she may seem like a prude on some things, she was not afraid of what was natural; and what was naturally Jordan was awesome.
“Your turn,” he said watching her. “I get to see you completely now right?”
“Yes,” she said smiling shyly at him.
Jordan wasn't sure what she expected him to see tonight that he hadn't already seen but as long as he got to see it, he didn't care. He watched as she slowly removed the short robe and dropped it onto the bed. He gave her a slow perusal then he pulled her to him until their bodies were flush against one another.
“You do have more than one of those condoms right?” he asked.
“I bought a whole box.”
He smiled. “You should probably get those out now,” he suggested.
Sage reached over to her nightstand and pulled out the box of condoms she had bought earlier that day. She handed them to Jordan and watched as he removed one from the box and quickly applied it. Jordan had never in his life trusted a woman to provide the protection. He wasn’t about to get caught in that trap. With his wealth women would try anything, but his trust in Sage was implicit; and to be honest there was not another woman in the world he could even imagine producing his heir.
“Now, let's get you ready,” he said against her ear.
“I am,” she said eagerly.
She wrapped her arms around his neck as he gently laid her down on the bed. This part she was familiar with. This gentle assault of her body. This lighting of the fire within her. When his fingers worked his magic on her and brought her to her first completion of the night he announced she was ready.
Jordan positioned himself at her core awaiting entrance and began to slowly allow her body to accept him. She was hot, slick and tight inside. He mentally prepared himself to go slow. This was her first time and he wanted her to always remember it. Gently he eased deeper and when encountered resistance, he whispered to her, “Relax baby. Open for me.” Sage responded by loosening her legs and Jordan continued to ease inside until he was at the hilt. Sage froze.
“Jordan...”
“Now baby...” he whispered in her ear before taking her mouth. Then he began the sweet rhythm of love. Sage tightened her arms around him as her body joined the melody. As the pace was set Sage became an eager participant. Jordan's mouth and hands were everywhere on her body and everywhere her body welcomed and encouraged him. As the storm grew inside them both, the pace increased and Sage's volcano erupted first. She held Jordan tightly as he buried his face in her neck sucking and gently biting. When he erupted, she screamed his name again as he growled, “I love you Sage,” and collapsed on top of her.
When her breathing returned to normal, Jordan moved off of her and pulled her to his side. She looked into his eyes and touched her hand to his face. “I love you Jordan,” she whispered. Jordan ran his hands through her hair.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
She smiled happily. “I'm perfect.”
Yes, she was perfect Jordan thought and she was his. He smiled.
“You know, that's what made me fall for you,” she whispered.
“What?” he asked looking at her.
“That smile. You smiled at me before you tried to brush me off at the airport,” she recalled.
He smiled again at the memory. “I was trying to brush you off because I was scared as hell of you. Everything in me told me you were going to be trouble.”
“Am I?” she asked rubbing her leg against his.
“Hell yeah.” He stroked her hip. “The best trouble in my life.”
She leaned in and kissed him passionately.
Jordan brook off the kiss. “I'm going to the bathroom and when I come back we're going to switch this up a little bit.”
Sage licked her lips. “Switch it up?” she asked.
Those dark eyes mesmerized her. “Yeah. I'm going to teach you how to ride a Black stallion.”
She bit her lip, then leaned back and said, “Okay.”
The next morning Sage awakened in bed alone. Jordan had left earlier this morning to go home to run and attend some early morning meetings. He'd kissed her goodbye and left her in bed since she'd been too exhausted to move. Now awake she recalled last night. Her body still hummed. Physical love with Jordan had been beyond anything she could have ever imagined. If she had not already been in love in with him she surely would be after last night. She was already looking forward to the next time she could be with him.
Sage heard her doorbell ring and wondered if Jordan had come back. She grabbed her robe and headed to the door. She looked through the peephole and saw Ray. Sage opened the door smiling.
“Hey Sun God,” she said letting him in.
“Baby Goddess. What's going on? I'm glad I caught you before you went to the gallery.”
She led him into the kitchen and went to the fridge to get some juice.
“Why? What's up?” she asked.
She grabbed two glasses and went to the table where he'd taken a seat. She poured the juice and sat down as Ray studied her.
“Well I came to talk to you about your gallery opening but I guess I need to talk to you about Jay,” he said in a hard voice.
Sage sighed. “What now Ray? Jordan and I are fine. Why are you always on his ass?” she questioned.
Ray stared at her. “Because apparently he's all on yours,” he shot back.
Sage looked confused. “What are you talking about?”
“I'm talking about all those damn marks on your neck and your legs!” Ray roared.
Sage's hand went to her neck. “What?” She jumped up and ran into the bathroom. Sure as Ray had said her golden complexion had red
marks large and small on her neck. She checked her legs under the short robe and there they were. She opened her robe and even found some on her breasts and stomach. She smiled. “Oh Jordan Black,” she sighed.
Sage closed her robe and belted it tightly before rejoining her brother. She took a seat at the table and looked at her seething brother. Quietly she said, “What Jordan and I do is not anyone's business.”
“Then he needs to tighten that up and nobody would know your business,” he snapped. “I don't want my sister walking around looking like she's been nearly mauled to damn death.” He jumped up from the table and headed to the door.
“Ray! Where are you going? I thought you wanted to talk?” she said to his retreating back.
“I'll talk to you later,” he said opening the door and exiting. On the other side he yelled. “Lock the door Sage!”
Sage ran to the door and locked it.
“Damn! I better let Jordan know he's coming,” she said out loud before she ran to find her phone.
Chapter 15
Jordan was waiting in his office when Ray arrived. Sage had sent him a text explaining what had happened with her brother. Of all the days for Ray to visit Sage it would be the morning after Jordan had made love to her all night long! He’d left marks on her. He hadn’t noticed them when he’d left this morning. He shook his head. Not a good look. Sage was a very passionate woman and an eager student in the bedroom. Although she made him lose control, he had to be gentler with her. The marks were definitely not a good look.
Jordan sat behind his desk as Ray entered. Ray gave the appearance of calm as he walked over to the chairs, but Jordan knew that was a tactic to catch him off guard. He also knew this was probably going to get real ugly, real fast.
“What's up Ray?” Jordan asked.
Ray ran a hand down his face. “I just left my sister’s place.”
Jordan waited.
Ray stared at him hard. “My sister is a Goddess and I’m not going to let you treat her like a piece of ass!”
Jordan’s eyes narrowed. “I have never disrespected Sage!” he snapped.
“Dammit Jay, she has marks all over her damn body!” Ray said standing coming around Jordan’s desk. Jordan stood too and met him halfway. The two men stood eye to eye without a desk between them.
