Only Her Heart (The Jaded Hearts Club)

by Olivia Linden

  After a short round of introductions since we all met Friday night, we pulled out our menus to order. To my surprise, the conversation was light, and no one made any mention of my media fiasco. Dane was even cool, no flirting or awkwardness at all. The waiter arrived with our drinks and was just about to take our order when I heard a slight girly commotion coming from Lana and Angel who were gawking at someone behind me.

  “Sweet baby Jesus, who is that?” Lana whispered so that the guys wouldn’t hear.

  “I don’t know, but damn! It just got mad hot up in here!” Angel said, nearly drooling on herself.

  I laughed to myself, but I was curious to see the fine specimen of a man they were talking about. Trying to be as subtle as possible, I slowly turned around. Damn! At first glance, my stomach did a little flip at the tanned, lean, and toned guy who was approaching our table. His tight white tee was hugging his chest, his canvas of lean muscles barely restrained. At second glance I gasped in shock when I realized it was Julian. I was frozen in place, my mouth still agape, until he came right up to me.

  “Oh.My.God.” Was all I could manage to say.

  “Nah, it’s just me,” Julian said with a sexy little wink as he bent down level with my face, and kissed me lightly on the lips. I felt like I was sucked into a vortex when his lips touched mine. The rest of the world just slipped away, and I held onto his shoulders for balance. His kiss was meant to be light, but once we connected I couldn’t stop, and neither could he. I heard a slight cough, and someone clearing their throat. Julian pulled away gently, his eyes ablaze with fire. I hated to pull my eyes away, but Drew was introducing Julian, since I was incapable, and I realized we were being rude. Donna shifted down a seat so that Julian could sit next to me. I laughed at the wide eyed stares I was receiving from Angel and Lana. Once things settled down, I turned to him.

  “What are you doing here?”

  “Are you not happy to see me?” He poked out his lips in a pretend pout.

  “Stop it. I’m just surprised. I didn’t know when I was gonna see you again.” My heart was pounding so loud that I almost held my chest to keep it from popping out.

  “I wanted to surprise you,” he said with a smile, and quick kiss to the cheek. Sliding his hand into mine, under the table he gave me a light squeeze.

  “Let’s just enjoy the day, and your friends. You know?” He did a quick little nod towards the girls, reminding me not to ignore them. I couldn’t contain my smile.

  “So Jules, what are your plans for today?” Drew asked across the table. Jules?

  “Well, I’ve got a boat for the day. So, like jet-skiing, snorkeling, or whatever. I just wanna chill.”

  A resounding chorus of ooh’s, and aww shit’s circulated the table. I looked across at Lana who had the biggest grin on her face as she shot me a wink. Angel was just bouncing in her seat with excitement. Drew and his boys were pumped, asking Julian a million questions about how far we could go out on the boat, and what kind of ‘libations’ he had on board. I could already tell today was going to be crazy.

  Finished with brunch, we all headed towards the dock. I don’t know what I was expecting when Julian said he had a boat. This wasn’t just a boat. It was gorgeous. I don’t really know boat lingo, but it was over 20ft, with shiny mahogany deck, and two luxurious cabins. This was nicer than our condo. I felt someone tugging on my side, snapping me out of my wide-eyed appraisal of the yacht.

  “Jade, you didn’t warn me! I wasn’t prepared to meet the most interesting man in the world today. Is this Mr. Phone Hottie?” Lana pulled me to the side so she could interrogate me.

  “Yes, it is, and I wasn’t prepared for this either!”

  “I could see the surprise written all over your face. This was really sweet. Like really f’n sweet!” She left me just as swiftly as she came, bounding up on deck.

  “So, you like?” Julian purred against my ears.

  “Um, hmmm. I love it,” I replied, closing my eyes to the feel of him so close to me.

  “C’mon let’s go have some fun.” Julian led me out to join the others.

  Ch 11 Sex Therapy

  While I got my sun on, I was entertained by a competition between Julian and Louis to see who could do the most outrageous back flip off the boat. The other ladies acted as cheerleaders, while Drew and the rest of the guys engaged in another water sport. It was really silly, but I hadn’t had this much fun in a long time. Feeling satisfied with his obvious acrobatic superiority, Julian joined me on the deck. Laying on his side, facing me, he asked me if I was having a good time. I smiled, trying to formulate an answer and ignore the fingers that were drawing a light trail up and down my bare torso. His touch was igniting a hunger that sat dormant, but was always there. Our eyes met and I registered the same hunger in his. Oh no!

  “Come. I want to show you something.” He whispered, like it was a secret just for us. I followed him as he led me through the main cabin and into the smaller sleeping room, pulling the door closed behind me. Before I could even blink, Julian had turned to face me. Instinctively, I moved back meeting resistance from the door behind me. He just moved in closer, pressing his chest against mine as he softly kissed my cheek. His fingers intertwined with mine and then he raised them up behind my head, pinning me. My body trembled at the heat of his bare skin against mine, barely covered by my bikini. I arched into his embrace, turning my head to give him full access to my neck. All day my body had been hyper aware of his. Watching him master his serve in water polo, or diving effortlessly of the side of the boat had been contributors.

  “God, I’ve missed you so much,” he breathed against my ear. I shivered at the sensation of his warm breath tickling me. I whimpered when he began to nibble and suck his way towards my lips. The soft touch of his lips felt so good, causing my breathing to increase to a near pant.

  “Ah, Julian!” My hoarse whisper mingled with his low crooning as he began to caress me, trailing his fingertips up and down my spine. All the memories of the intense passion that we shared came crashing into my awareness of him. He was here. A part of me had been silently begging for him since the night that he walked out of that party all those months ago, and now that hunger was a beast taking over my body. I clung to him, wrapping my arms around his shoulders and pressing my hips into his, my pelvis grinding against his growing erection. Julian groaned into my neck, his hands gripping my waist, fingers digging into me before he moved them upwards to cradle my face. His thumb caressed my full, bottom lip.

  “Kiss me, bella. I need to taste you,” he ordered.

  And of course I obeyed. I slowly slid my lips across his chest, up his neck, and nibbled at his chin before I met his hungry mouth. God, his lips were so soft! Twisting one hand into my mass of curls, he urged me closer, angling his face just right as he eagerly ate at my mouth. I parted my lips allowing his long tongue to slip inside and ravage mine. The world around us began to disappear as my senses heightened to his touch. The taste of him, the grip of his hand in my hair, the throbbing pressure from his hardness pressing against my cleft, his muscles flexing and constricting underneath my wandering fingertips. All of those things left me wanting and longing. I gasped under the urgency of his kiss, engulfed by his scent until he became my air.

  “I missed you too, Julian,” I whimpered against his lips.

  “Yes, talk to me, chica. Tell me how you feel,” he whispered as he lifted me and laid me on the bed. He hovered over me, his eyes taking inventory of my almost naked form. I watched him as his hands followed his eyes, touching a possessive trail down my body. When his gaze met mine it was like an emerald storm of emotions. Julian was on fire for me and for the first time, I wasn’t afraid.

  “I want you,” I said softly, sliding my fingers through his hair. Julian smiled before planting one gentle kiss to the center of my chest and another one to my lips.

  “Want doesn’t begin to cover what I feel right now. I want you. I want to devour you. I need you so bad it hurts. Estoy loco por t
i,” Julian whispered against my ear. His deep husky voice drove me damn near insane and I could feel the wetness of my desire increasing with every word. My back arched slightly when his tongue trailed the tip of my ear. I bowed up when he began to suck the sensitive spot on my neck, and one finger simultaneously edged into my bikini bottom, sliding into my wet heat. His finger massaged just the right spot while his thumb pressed against my clit. I cried out in agony, being brought to ecstasy so quickly. Julian touched me with such delicate precision, using just the right pressure exactly where I needed it.

  “Oh, God, yes! Oh yeah. Oh please,” I cried against his mouth as he sucked my lips with the same rhythm as his fingers. Sweet Jesus!

  “Amo tus gemidos! You sound so sexy. You like the way I’m touching you? Touch me, bebe,” he growled. Grinding his erection into my thigh to show me where he needed to be touched. I shivered with desire, slowly sliding my hands across his thighs and then wrapping them around his throbbing, rock hard cock. His body tensed and his hips flexed as he thrust into my touch. He hissed out a string of Spanish curses when my thumb flicked over the swollen head, using his precum as lubrication.

  “Sssss! Ay, Jade! Me vuelves loco.”

  “Mmmm.. You drive me crazy too, Papi.” I smiled at the way his body convulsed when

  I called him Papi. His control seemed to snap and the Julian that I remembered made an appearance. He pulled a box of condoms out of the little bedside table.

  “Aye, bebe. I can’t wait to feel you. I hope you’re ready for me, mi amour.” He crashed his lips to mine in a kiss that took more than my breath away. He thrust a condom into my hands and I swiftly sheathed him while he undid my bikini strings, and pulled my trembling legs up around his waist. I was tense with anticipation and a burning need that surged through me.

  “Relax, mi carina. Let me in. Let me make love to you,” he pleaded. The tip of his cock rested at my entrance, slowly inching his way inside. A low moan rumbled out of my throat as he entered me. The feeling of total completion taking over my body like a drug. I couldn’t move, he was so big I felt him everywhere. I didn’t even realize I was murmuring incoherently into his kiss until he spoke.

  “Jade. Baby, look at me.”

  I opened my eyes and met his gaze. He kissed me once before he raised up to study my face, pushing my wild hair away from my eyes.

  “Did you miss me, mi corazon?” His voice was low but filled with tenderness and my body rippled around his shaft. Still unable, to speak, I ran my fingers through his hair and nodded yes. Julian moaned softly before planting another gentle kiss to my temple.

  “I missed you so much. I couldn’t stop thinking about you,” he confessed. His hips swayed, giving me one gentle thrust. I moaned as my body became accustomed to his size, grabbing his butt to encourage another thrust.

  “Sssss, aye! You’re so tight. Shit! Am I hurting you?”

  “No,” I moaned in return. Ready to take more of him. Ready for all of him. The tension in my thighs released and I yielded to him. This time when he moved against me, nothing but warm desire surged through me, and I moved my hips in time with his. Julian’s kiss absorbed all my cries and moans. His hands entwined with mine, pinning them next to my head while he methodically rolled his hips into me. Again and again. I gasped at the sheer pleasure of it. He touched every spot inside me with every thrust and I was slowly losing my grip on reality.

  “Dammit, Julian! Why.Does.It.Feel.So.Good?” He just continued to kiss me and work my body over until I was almost screaming against his mouth.

  “Yes, Jade, Yes! I feel it too,” he whispered huskily. His hands grasped my hips and his movements increased and intensified.

  “Yes! Harder Julian. Please!” I begged as I neared the peak of my climax. I felt like I was going blind, I doubt I was breathing, and all I could feel was the tension between my legs and him pulsing inside of me. The sweet agony, almost like pain without the hurt. That feeling that feels better and better until it’s almost unbearable was riding me, and I clawed into his skin in an attempt to hold on. Julian pushed my legs up over his shoulders and pushed up onto his forearms for balance as he began to jackknife his cock into me with sharp thrusts at just the right angle that his shaft grazed my clit. I shuddered with every stroke hoping that the next one would bring release, while I also wished it could last forever. Then I felt that wall shatter and heated ecstasy spread from my core.

  “Oh, I’m coming. Oh God,” I cried. Real tears slipping from my eyes as I gave myself over to the feeling.

  “Ah, yes. Give it to me,” Julian begged as if he needed it more than his next breath. I looked up to his face so I could see him crash too. His mouth was pulled tight, and his brows knitted in severe concentration as he stared into mine. I fell apart under his intensity, and moments later I watched as he threw his head back and gave my body on last deep grind.

  “Oh Jade! Baby!” He groaned as he released inside me.

  Finally able to open my eyes, I glance up at Julian who was still trying to recover from his intense orgasm. I studied his face, running my fingertips along the sweat dampened edge of his forehead. Inside me I could still feel him pulsing even as his erection lessened slightly. Releasing a deep breath, he lowered his face to mine and nuzzled his cheek against mine. I sighed deeply, wrapping my arms around him just as he was pulling me into a deeper hug.

  “Jade,” he sighed into my hair. I felt him press another light kiss against the side of my head that started a trail towards my mouth.

  “You have no idea, what you do to me,” he spoke against my lips. I responded with a smile.

  “What ever do you mean?” I laughed at the skeptical look that flashed across his face.

  “I’m being serious here. Work with me.”

  “Ok, ok. I’m sorry. Tell me then,” I said in apology. Julian just smirked and shook his head as he slid his hand in between us to secure the condom before he pulled away from me. I enjoyed the view of his enticingly tanned body that had been driving me nuts all day. Watching him play water sports with the other guys and seeing his muscles in action had been the highlight of my day. A sliver of jealousy sliced through me at the thought of the other girls being able to see what I saw. That thought brought me back to reality and I remembered that my friends were probably wondering, no scratch that, they knew exactly what we were in here doing. I was just laughing to myself when Julian returned. He tried to return to bed with me, but I halted his advance by getting up onto my knees, my palms pushing into his chest.

  “No, sir. If you get back in bed, we’ll never get out of it.” Julian just groaned.

  “That sounds wonderful to me. What’s the problem?” He waggled his eyebrows at his own joke.

  “Ha ha, but we have to get back to the others,” I reminded him. With one quick swoop he had me wrapped against him, not quite laying me on the bed.

  “Like you really think you could deter me from having you again,” he teased.

  “Julian! Be good. For me.”

  “Only if you promise to spend the night with me,” he countered. I didn’t answer right away, so used to always making up an excuse of why I shouldn’t do something. In my hesitation, I noticed the slight flicker of uncertainty flash in his eyes, before he began to frown. There he is! I laughed openly as I attempted to smooth the crease out of his brows.

  “Ok.” I answered. This time his brows raise in disbelief.

  “Ok?” He repeated obviously shocked at my lack of resistance.

  “Yes, but no more sex. You said we were going to get to know each better.”

  “Do you really think that I can’t go without ‘sex’? For your information, I’m going to have the best sleep of my life tonight while your body wishes I was as much of a horny dog as you think I am.” With that he kissed my cheek, winked and jumped back off the bed. He gathered up our clothes, handing me my two-piece and watching me get dressed until I needed him to tie me up.

  “Thank you,” he whispered into my ear after he f
inished.

  Ch 12 Checkmate

  The others weren't the least bit surprised that I planned to stay with Julian. Drew was concerned about how safe it was, but a little pow wow with Julian seemed to work out that kink. My nervousness didn’t creep in until I watched them all head back to the hotel, and we raised the anchor, drifting out of the inter coastal. I reminded myself to enjoy the moment, and stop worrying about things I couldn’t control. I was here because I wanted to be.

  I watched Julian navigate the boat, adding another ridiculous mental image of his manliness, and another skill to the list of things I didn’t know about him. The way he manned the boat made me want to wrap my entire body around his. The various tattoos that covered his chest, arms and back helped tremendously. I never really got into all of that, but Julian’s looked so good, I contemplated getting one for myself. He turned to me then, seeming to sense my gaze, and squinted in mock suspicion before he returned his attention to the sea. I could see how the ocean had a calming affect on him, by the way his body relaxed while he steered the boat. Finding a spot that he liked, he dropped the anchor and came to join me.

  “So, finally I have you all to myself. Whatever shall we do?” He kissed my forehead before plopping into the deck chair next to mine.

  “Well I don’t know about you, but I need to be fed. Pronto. Can we order a pizza or something out here?” I laughed at the appalled expression on his face.

  “Psh! Pizza? I’ll whip something up real quick. Cmon,” he said as he lead me to the little kitchenette. I watched as he pulled out pre-measured ingredients; diced bell peppers and onions, boiled pasta, and tuna salad. He winked at me as he proceeded to make a light tuna salad with angel hair pasta and garlic toast. We ate out on the deck, sipping a chilled bottle of sauvignon blanc. The meal hit the spot and I felt complete when a light breeze swept over the boat.