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[IrishFire88]

Fixing a Broken Home
Pairing: Jasper “Jax” Jacks and Nadine Crowell (Jacks)
TV Show (s): General Hospital

A/N: When they discovered that Josslyn was going to be a big sister, they were elated. After the birth of Jillian Grace Crowell-Jacks, Jax’s and Nadine’s marriage began to unravel…This takes place when the handsome Australian businessman attempts to fix what he broke – and eventually succeeds. This will be divided into three parts, to make it easier on the readers! ENJOY!!

Part One: What Can I Say?

Piercing words, eyes are red
Watched your tail lights in the rain
Empty heart filled with regret
I know we were both to blame

“Hold your horses, I’m coming!” Nadine Crowell-Jacks called out as she hurried to answer the door.

When she opened the door, Nadine gasped upon seeing her ex-husband Jasper “Jax” Jacks on the other side. A very wet and shivering Jax.

“Jax, what are you doing here? You don’t have Josslyn & Jillian until Friday,” the blonde nurse said, still holding the door.

“Oh, I know,” he replied in his thick, sexy Australian accent, making Nadine shiver with excitement and desire. “May I come in, Nadine?”

Though she hesitated at first – and almost refused – Nadine finally moved aside & allowed her ex-husband to come inside.

After shutting the door behind him, Nadine heard Jillian wake up and ran up stairs to the nursery.

Picking up 16 month old Jillian, Nadine sat down with her in the rocker next to the crib, and began humming one of Jillian’s favorite songs, “Always There in You” by The Valli Girls: “Baby girl, close your eyes/You don’t know the strength you have inside/If I could, I’d shelter you from/All the pain that we all must go through/But its up to you”.

And I’m not sorry that its over
But for the way we let it end
So I said all I had to say
In letters that I threw away

Once Jillian had curled up with the stuffed gray & white rabbit she dubbed “Thumper”, Nadine looked up to see Jax standing in the doorway.

“She looks so much like you,” he said huskily.

Nadine smiled. “But she has your zest for the great unknown. And so does Josslyn.” Gesturing for him to head downstairs, she continued. “Yesterday, when I dropped the girls off at daycare, Josslyn looked up at me and said, “Naddy, I’m going to be a businessman like Daddy.” I couldn’t stop smiling all day.”

Jax laughed, a deep, rich sound that made Nadine even more turned on.

By then, the former married couple had reached the living room, where Jax made an unexpected move. He cupped Nadine’s face in his hands and asked huskily, “Nadine, what happened to us? Where did we go wrong?”

“I don’t know how to answer that, Jax,” she replied chokingly as she moved away from him.

He saw the tears flowing down her cheeks. “Then answer me this: can I – will you allow me to – come home? For good, this time?”

Chorus
And you should know, please believe me
I’ve picked up the phone a thousand times
And tried to dial your number
But its been so long, its never easy
Its like trying to spin the world the other way
What can I say?

“I made the mistake of not coming after you once, Naddy. I’m not going to do that again no matter how brave you are,” he said softly.

“And I suppose you just expect me to weak at the knees, and fall into your arms, and cry hysterically. And say we’ll just figure this whole thing out. A bi-continental relationship with your daughter & our daughter being raised here and there. And. And, you and I just picking up where we left off and growing old together. And…and…c’mon, Jax, what do you expect? To live happily ever after?”

“Yes, to all of the above. Except you don’t have to cry hysterically,” he replied as he turned her to look at him, framing her face in his hands once again.

“Oh, yes I do,” she said, tears free-falling down her cheeks.

Nadine should have known that she would be in no way prepared for his kiss. Jax’s strong arms came around her and he pulled her against him. She’d barely absorbed the feel of his rock-hard body, so unyielding against her own, when his lips claimed hers in a moment of possessive need that robbed her off all will.

He didn’t explore or ask or hesitate. Instead he pressed his mouth against hers as if his life depended on them kissing at that exact moment. His aggression should have frightened her, she thought hazily, except she felt that she needed him just as much. There wasn’t any air in her lungs and he was her only source of life.

She parted for him instantly, not needing to be seduced, but instead wanting to be taken. She wanted to experience possession at Jax’s hands.

How did it come to this?
I think about you all the time
Its no excuse, but I wish
That I never made you cry

He was a man. She’d been with men before – she had his child to prove it. But no other man had kissed her in quite the same way. Maybe it was a businessman’s attention to detail; maybe it was just good luck on her part. Because instead of accepting her silent invitation to invade her mouth, he continued to kiss her lips. He was aggressive and demanding, yet his barely suppressed violence left her feeling feminine and tender. He slowly explored her lips, making her shiver with anticipation.

Mouth on mouth, hands on body. Their breath became one. Finally, when he’d discovered her to his satisfaction, he finally stroked her bottom lip with his tongue. The damp heat made her knees tremble. She clutched his shoulders, needing to anchor herself in a suddenly spinning universe.

Finally, when she was sure she couldn’t take it anymore, he slipped into her mouth.

She gasped. If she’d had the breath or strength, she would have screamed. At the first stroke of his tongue against hers, fire ripped through her body. Her breasts swelled, and between her legs a sensation of heaviness and desire made her squirm.

He tasted completely masculine and perfectly of himself. He stroked her, teased her, discovered her. He was completely in control and she found that made her relax. There was no reason to worry about being awkward. Jax wouldn’t let her misstep. Lack of fear allowed anticipation to build. She raised herself up on tiptoe so she could fit herself more fully to him, absorbing his strength. His large hands began to stroke up and down her back.

She arched into his touch. She wore a cotton nightshirt and a silk robe. Underneath both garments was a silk pair of panties. Suddenly the layers were heavy and unnecessary. She wanted to feel his fingers against her bare skin. She wanted the same attention to detail that he gave to their kiss brought to her breasts and other parts of her body.

He cupped her face and held her slightly away from him. His blue-gray eyes burned bright with need. His fingers trembled slightly, and she was aware of the hard ridge of his desire pressing against her belly.

I’m not sorry that it’s over
But for the way we let it end
I couldn’t find the words to say

“Nadine, I –“ His voice was low and hoarse, as if it was difficult for him to speak. “I need you to be sure.”

She managed a shaky smile. “I’m very sure,” she whispered. “I know its crazy for a thousand reasons, but I want you.”

She blushed as she spoke, not used to being so bold. But she didn’t call the words back. She did want Jax again more than she wanted anyone in her past. Even the man standing before her, who she’d been married to.

He ran his fingers through her mussed hair, then dropped a quick kiss to her mouth. “I don’t have any protection with me.” He shrugged. “I haven’t been with anyone since the separation and I don’t want to risk getting you pregnant again.”

She couldn’t help smiling. How like Jax to reassure her that she was safe with him.

She leaned forward and pressed her ear against his open-shirted chest. She could feel his heart racing, similar to an erotic drumbeat. “Did you think I would want you to stop?”

He didn’t answer with words. Instead he pressed his mouth to hers and hauled her up against him. They kissed deeply and she felt herself disappearing into the experience. Perhaps later she would think that she was crazy for giving in. Perhaps after they’d crossed the line that would change everything, she would have regrets, but not now. Not this night. She sensed that as much as Jax wanted her again, he needed her even more. And it was that need that made him impossible to deny. Well, that and her own aching body that longed for the release his body promised.

Chorus
And you should know, please believe me
I’ve picked up the phone a thousand times
And tried to dial your number
But its been so long, its never easy
Its like trying to spin the world the other way
What can I say?

He moved his head slightly so that he could kiss her cheek, then her jaw. Damp kisses tickled her skin and made her gasp. He moved lower, down her neck to the collar of her robe. Once there, he exchanged hands lips for hands and continued his journey. She sucked in a breath as his hands found and cupped her breasts. Before she could beg him to never, ever stop, he slipped to her waist and her hips. His thumbs brushed the jutting bones there.

Nadine had a moment of feeling self-conscious. She knew that since giving birth to Jillian she’d lost at least ten or fifteen pounds. At one time she’d been a tad more lush, but between long work days, not to mention keeping up with her stepdaughter & daughter, providing for them, had changed that. Still, Jax didn’t seem to be complaining.

Instead he dropped to his knees. Once there, he pushed at her robe and nightshirt, shoving them up to her waist, then moving her hands so that she would hold the fabric. He tugged on her panties, pulling them down. Without thinking, she stepped out of them.

Nadine felt heat climbing her face. He couldn’t possibly be going to – It was too soon and he was…Well, he just couldn’t.

But he could and he did. Before she’d figured out a way to act casual about the whole thing, he pressed his mouth to her belly. The kiss touched her down to her soul and made her gasp his name.

He tenderly nibbled along the sensitive skin there, pausing only to tease her belly button. Her legs began to tremble. She had to brace herself to keep upright. He moved lower and lower still until he reached the most secret part of her. Once there, he gently parted the protective folds of her feminine place and licked her.

Nadine bit her lip to keep from screaming. Inside her head, a thousand voices echoed with a single cry of pleasure. It was as if he knew her better than she knew herself, she thought hazily, barely able to remain upright as he kissed her over and over.

What can I say?

He urged her to shift so that she could part her legs. She tried to do as he requested, but it was too difficult to maintain her balance. Suddenly she stumbled and was falling, only to be caught in his strong embrace.

Jax smiled as he lowered her to the carpet in the living room. He settled her on her rear, then carefully drew her robe off her shoulders and pulled her nightshirt over her head. She was naked and found that she didn’t much mind. It felt right with him. Maybe a sensible woman would have been nervous or even scared, but all she could think was that she wanted him to pick up exactly where he left off.

Unfortunately he didn’t read her mind. However, what he did instead turned out to be just as wonderful. He bent over her breast and drew one tight nipple into his mouth. The other received attention from his fingers. He licked, he nibbled, he teased until she was writhing on the floor and desperate for more.

After he switched so that her other breast had equal attention, he shifted so that he knelt between her legs and kissed his way down her stomach. Her breath caught as she stiffened in anticipation. Finally he bent low enough to give her the most intimate kiss of all. The one that made her cry out his name as she drew back her knees and dug her heels into the carpet.

His hands cupped her hips. His breath was hot, his tongue insistent. She couldn’t stand what he was doing to her. Not for another second.

“Don’t stop,” she gasped. “Please.”

She felt more than heard a low, throaty sound of laughter as he continued his ministrations. Then suddenly the world titled and flew out of control. Before she could prepare herself, a powerful wave of release crashed through her. She was caught up and carried away, drowning in the most amazing sensations she’d ever experienced.

I hate to think all you had of me
(I said all I had to say)
Is a memory I left you
The space between what was meant to be
(In letters that I threw away)
And the mess that it turned into

Once again Jax caught her in his strong arms. Caught her and held her as she slowly, very slowly, returned to normal.

When she finally surfaced enough to close her eyes, she found herself staring into his face. He smiled down at her. She felt her own lips curve in response.

“Mission accomplished,” she murmured. “They teach you that in Australia?”

“No. Here in the US. With all my exes, not including you.”

Her own smile turned into a grin. “You better not be including me, Jax.”

He touched her face, then smoothed back her hair. “I wanted it to be good for you,” he told her. “I’m glad you were pleased.”

“Pleased doesn’t begin to describe it.”

Chorus
And you should know, please believe me
I’ve picked up the phone a thousand times
And tried to dial your number
But its been so long, its never easy
Its like trying to spin the world the other way

He was so gentle, she thought. Despite the fire still raging inside of him. She felt the insistent pressure of his arousal. He was as she had been just a few moments before. Yet he’d taken the time to satisfy her very thoroughly. This from a man who vowed to never stop loving her, and broke that vow.

She wanted to ask what it meant that they were doing this. But even more, she wanted to feel his bare skin against hers as he entered her.

She stroked his back, then slid her hands around to his chest. “I think its time for the second act,” she said and brought his mouth to hers.

As they kissed, he moved his fingers against her breasts, then slipped them lower. She was still slick and swollen and it didn’t take much to get her blood boiling all through her. In a matter of minutes she was writhing against him, as hungry as she’d been before.

He shifted so that he could pull off his shirt & jeans, then returned to kneel between her legs. The only light in the room came from the streetlights’ glow in the damp night. His face was in shadows and she couldn’t see his eyes. Yet she wasn’t afraid. Not even when she felt his arousal pressing against her.

She slipped a hand between them to guide him inside. With one smooth thrust, he filled her completely. She gasped as her muscles relaxed to admit, then immediately tightened around his width.

He braced himself on his hands, and stared into her eyes. She kept her gaze on him. Even as he entered her again and again, even as her own body began to react to the tension filling her, she refused to look away.

Its like trying to spin the world the other way
What can I say?

Jax knew he wasn’t going to be able to last much longer. His lack of control wasn’t about not having been with a woman in a while, although that was true enough. Instead his legendary self-control was being destroyed by a wide-eyed gaze and the feel of slick walls contracting in pleasure.

He felt the first release ripple through Nadine’s slender body. She clutched his arms and arched back her head, all the while gasping for breath and pleading with him to follow. He told himself to hold back. That his waiting would make it better for her. But suddenly he didn’t have a choice. He couldn’t wait, couldn’t do anything but fill her again and again, shifted back on his haunches as he grabbed her hips and pulled her closer.

And then he was at the point of no return. He thrust into her deeply, making them both cry out. He surrendered to the release, losing himself in a perfect moment of paradise.

What can I say?

[IrishFire88]

Fixing a Broken Home
Pairing: Jasper “Jax” Jacks and Nadine Crowell (Jacks)
TV Show (s): General Hospital

Part Two: Angel of Mine

When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of mine

Jax rolled over and pulled Nadine into his arms. The night was still except for the sound of their breathing. She cuddled against him, her head on his shoulder, her breath tickling his chest.

“When was the last time we did it on our living room floor?” she asked.

“Never.”

He thought about telling her more. That he’d never stopped loving her. He’d never stop loving her.

Never stopped.

The words stopped him, but he couldn’t deny them. Nadine was the best thing that ever happened to him – and Josslyn.

“What about you?” he asked.

I look at you, looking at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
I’m gonna love you boy you are so fine
Angel of mine

She propped herself up on her elbow and grinned down at him. “I’ve never made love on our living room floor before, either.”

Her humor made him wrap his arms around her and pull her against him. He liked the feel of her naked body pressing into his.

“How do you feel?” he asked as he stroked her from shoulders to rear.

“Good. Better than good.” She sighed. “You were pretty amazing. All that ability to focus on the task at hand. I should have guessed how well it would translate. Now only if my rug burn will fade by morning."

“Rug burn?”

He started to sit up to look at her back, but she laughed and pushed him back onto the carpet.

“I’m kidding. My back is completely unscathed.”

How you changed my world you’ll never know
I’m different now, you helped me grow
You came into my life sent from above
When I lost all home you showed me love
I’m checking for you boy you’re right on time
Angel of mine

“Good.”

She turned onto her side. He slid his hands over her hip and felt the prominent bone. “You’ve lost weight since Jillian’s birth,” he told her.

She glared. “I take back all those nice things I just said. Its incredibly tacky to criticize a woman’s body at any time, but never more so than after you’d just done the wild thing and while she’s still naked.”

She was being playful, but he didn’t smile. “I’m not being critical. I’m stating a fact. You’ve been keeping up with two little girls. Why do I know that its more about being single than going out and having fun?”

She sat up and turned so that she was facing away from him. “Don’t, Jax. I don’t want to talk about that. Please don’t spoil the mood.”

Her request answered his question. He hated that taking care of Josslyn & Jillian was cutting into her personal life. He wanted her to have fun once in a while. He thought she deserved it. Except his daughters (with Carly & with her) weren’t making it easy. Carly had been right when she’d pointed out that he didn’t know how to be like other men. At least he’d given Nadine a good life. As long as she was with him, she would be safe.

“You’re supposed to say something reassuring,” she muttered.

Nothing means more to me than what we share
No one in this whole world can ever compare
Last night the way you moved is still on my mind
Angel of mine

“I’m sorry.” He touched her bare skin. “I don’t want to spoil the mood. Please come back her and let me hold you.”

She turned toward him. The lamplight filtered through the partially open drapes, illuminating her body. Her breasts were surprisingly full for her petite frame. The nipples were tight. As she moved, her breasts swayed slightly. She was an erotic image brought to life by the night.

Unable to stop himself, he leaned over and took her right nipple in his mouth. She grasped his head and moaned. Suddenly he was touching her everywhere, needing her, desperate for her. He told himself that it was too soon.

“I don’t want to hurt you,” he murmured.

“Don’t worry about it.”

She pressed herself against him as they kissed.

He was hard in a heartbeat. Hard and hungry, as if they hadn’t made love less than an hour before. He cupped her breasts and teased her nipples. She ran her fingers through his hair and down his back. He put his hands on her hips and urged her to straddle him. She did so; then in one easy, sexy movement she settled on top of him and let him find his way home.

What you mean to me you’ll never know
Deep inside I need to show
You came into my life sent from above (sent from above)
When I lost all hope, you showed me love (Boy you showed me love)
I’m checking for you, boy you’re right on time (Right on time)
Angel of mine (angel of mine)

Nadine couldn’t believe they were making love again. She was generally a once-every-three-or-four-days kind of girl. But with Jax she couldn’t seem to get enough. The second he began to fill her, she felt herself contracting around him. The first release made her arch her head back in an attempt to catch her breath. The second made her frantic to have him fill her more and more and more.

She raised and lowered herself with a pace she thought might be too fast until she realized that his hands guided her hips, keeping her in place and her rhythm steady for both of them. Every few seconds another contraction filled her. She hadn’t known it could be like this.

Suddenly tension spiraled through her. Tension and need. It consumed her until she had no choice but to shudder with the glory of it all. Just as she reached her pinnacle, she felt Jax stiffen and cry out. Together they clung to each other as their bodies reveled in the moment of being one.

I never knew I could feel each moment
As if it were new,
Every breath that I take, the love that we make
I only share it with you (you, you, you, you)
When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I though that I would never find
Angel of mine

[IrishFire88]

Fixing a Broken Home
Pairing: Jasper “Jax” Jacks and Nadine Crowell (Jacks)
TV Show (s): General Hospital

A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update this! I’ve battled the flu, and the muse wanted to write other stuff, so APOLOGIES to everyone!

Part Three: Completely

Oooh
I’ll give my all
Or not at all
There’s no in-between
I’ll give my best
Won’t second guess
This feeling in me

Nearly a week later she was still on his mind, which didn’t make sense. Jax tapped his pen against the pad of paper in front of him. He had retreated to his office after dinner, supposedly to work. Instead all he could think about was Nadine and how he planned to keep winning her back.

She’d cried when he took off the engagement ring he’d given her the first time around before getting down on one knee and proposed all over again. As far as he could tell, everything between them had changed since he moved back in. She was still sharing his bed, trusting him with her heart. He’d wanted to believe that everything was all right between them, but he wasn’t sure. He had a sense of impending doom. He knew he was waiting for her to get angry, come after him or kick him out again.

Hadn’t she gotten it? She’d spent the weekend with him, let him have alone time with his “girls”. If that hadn’t been enough to her, his unexpected proposal should have. Hell, he’d been scared she might turn him down, but she accepted without hesitation. Didn’t Nadine understand? Didn’t she know that she meant the world to him?

He knew she did. He’d poured his heart out into the proposal and didn’t want to break Nadine’s heart again. He couldn’t help but love all of Nadine. He wasn’t like the other men in her past. He was—

The door to his office flew open. Nadine stepped inside and planted her hands on her hips. She glared at him.

Despite her obvious temper, he drank in the sight of her. She was beautiful, with her flashing eyes and flushed skin. Her sweater hugged her slender torso and her worn jeans outlined narrow hips. He couldn’t stop smiling when he saw the fluffy cow socks on her feet.

“Oh, sure, go ahead and laugh,” she announced. “But you, mister, are in so much trouble.”

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely
Ooooh

His humor faded as if it had never been. This was it. She knew the truth and she was leaving him.

He didn’t speak. What was he supposed to say? He’d always known it was going to end like this.

She walked toward the desk. “You’re avoiding me. You’ve been avoiding me all week, and don’t even think about telling me you’re busy with work. What’s going on?”

“I do have work,” he insisted. “I have a hotel to run. It needs my attention.”

Nadine didn’t even blink. “Sell it somewhere else. What’s wrong? I’ve been thinking about the sequence of events in recent days. As near as I can figure it, you started acting weird last Monday. Which means it was after the proposal you gave me. The most unexpected yet still romantic one. What’s the problem, Jax? Did you worry I would say no? Are you concerned because my heart might get broken again?”

That wasn’t going to happen, because it was for keeps this time. He was waiting for her to figure out the truth about him and then run.

She sighed. “What is it? Are you mad at me?”

You fill me up
With your love
Oh I just overflow
When we touch
I can’t get enough
And I want you to know

“No. Of course not.”

“Oooh, he speaks.” She glared. “Okay, you’re not mad. What about having Morgan and Michael here. Are you changing your mind about that?”

Her question stunned him. He half rose to his feet before settling back in his leather chair. “I don’t want them to leave because of us. I enjoy having you here.”

She took another step closer to the desk. “Finally we’re getting somewhere. Okay, so you’re not mad and you want us all here. Are you happy?”

He wasn’t even sure what she meant, let alone figuring out the emotion itself.

“I can see from your face that you’re not,” she said with a sigh, and settled into the chair opposite his desk. “Okay. Not mad, not happy, yet you still want me here. Care to explain all this?”

She was trying. He could tell that he’d confused her, and he needed to make things more clear. The problem was he didn’t know how.

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely
Oooh yeah yeah ohh

“Its not about us,” he told her, staring at the desk, not wanting to see her expression. “And its not about the boys. I enjoy having them here.”

“You mean you’re uncomfortable about the past?”

“No.” He sucked in a breath. “You’re my weakness.”

When she didn’t say anything, he looked at her. She stared at him blankly. He nearly groaned. How much more was he supposed to take? Why didn’t she get it? Weakness meant surrender. Weakness meant downfall. He wanted to be with her and he was terrified of breaking her heart again. He was a businessman & father and he needed those detachments. When he was around her, he couldn’t stay detached. Not anymore.

For the first time in his life he was afraid. Of what was inside of him. Of losing something important.

She leaned toward him and rested her arms on his desk. “Was the weakness that you shared with me or was it what you talked about?”

“You will always be my weakness, Nadine.”

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely

She stared at him. “And you’ve always been mine, Jax. You, your daughter and our daughter are.”

He shifted in his seat. Was she torturing him on purpose? “So we’re agreed?”

“Are you afraid I’ll get my heart broken again or kick you out again?”

He sprang to his feet. “Dammit, what else can I do about it, Nadine?” he demanded.

She rose and glared at him. “Don’t you yell at me. I’m not the one who cheated. You did.” She circled around the desk and pushed in front of him.

“I’m not going to fall apart like last time,” she said as she poked a finger into his chest. “Stop treating me like I am. Stop hiding out because you act like a human being. It’s more than allowed. It’s the sort of behavior I would encourage.”

She placed her hands on his arms and tried to shake him. “Don’t you get it? I care about you.” She paused as if she wanted to say more, then continued. “I won’t break. I’m not fragile. I’ve had a baby – your baby. In fact, I want to give you more babies. Maybe not right away but in a year or two I would. But I don’t plan to fall apart, except for in your arms. I want to be able to trust you again the way you trust me.”

Oooh
I’ll give my all
Or not at all
There’s no in-between
I’ll give my best
Won’t second guess
This feeling in me

“You trust me?”

She threw up her hands. “Is that all you got out of what I said?”

“No.”

He’d heard every word; he just wasn’t sure if he believed it.

“Jax, here’s the news flash, so pay attention. I care about you more since we reunited. Knowing we’d been down that road before and decided to try again makes me feel close to you. It doesn’t make me want to run away. So if that was your goal, you failed.”

His throat was dry and it was difficult to speak. “What about the weekend? Did that change anything?”

“Carly got on my nerves a little, but aside from that, no, nothing is different.” She paused and looked up at him. “I take that back. I think I have a clearer understanding of the vows we made together. I respect that you’re friends with all your exes. But that’s it.”

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely
Ooooh

He felt as if someone had lifted the weight of the world off his shoulders. She wasn’t mad. She wasn’t running away.

“I’m glad,” he said simply.

She smiled. “Prove it.”

At first he wasn’t sure what she meant. Then he saw the passion flaring in her eyes. She wanted him. She wanted to make love and have him touch her everywhere.

He didn’t know how that was possible, but he wasn’t about to ask questions or turn her down. Instead he wrapped his arms around her and picked her up until he could set her on the edge of the desk. Then he dropped his mouth to hers and kissed her.

By now he was familiar with the taste of her mouth. He slipped between her lips, savoring the soft sweetness waiting there. They touched and circled, performing a dance that was uniquely their own. Need filled him – a growing heat and desire that made his blood throb and that most male part of him flex against her belly.

She was perfect for him, he thought hazily as he broke the kiss and pressed his mouth to her jaw, then her neck. Everything about her was exactly right. The texture of her skin, the scent of her body, the way her hands rubbed against his chest, igniting fires before fumbling with his shirt buttons.

You fill me up
With your love
Oh I just overflow
When we touch
I can’t get enough
And I want you to know

He grasped the hem of her sweater and tugged upward. She leaned back enough to allow him to pull the garment over her head and toss it to the floor. Her bra was next. He quickly unfastened the slender hook and slid the scrap of lace down her arms.

Her nipples were already tight buds, thrusting toward him in the faint coolness of the room. He cupped her breasts, absorbing their weight, their temperature and their silky smoothness. Need hummed hotter inside of him. He longed to rip the rest of her clothes from her body and thrust himself inside of her. But he held back. Giving Nadine pleasure first made his own release better. Not only was she slick and ready for him, he’d learned that once she climaxed, she would release again and again when he entered her. Those rapid contractions were the best part of making love with her.

He lowered his head and took her right nipple in his mouth. As he swirled his tongue around the beaded flesh, he settled his hands on her waist and began unfastening her jeans. Her fingers tangled themselves in his hair. She arched into his licking caresses, breathing heavily and murmuring his name.

With one quick tug, he shoved off her jeans and panties. She wore only socks scrunched around her ankles. The sight of her in them and nothing else was oddly erotic, so he left the socks in place. He shrugged out of his shirt and placed it on the desk behind her.

“Lie down,” he instructed. “Its time I went to work.”

She laughed even as she stretched out on the desk. He settled into his chair and pulled it close to her. She’d parted her legs and now he moved between them. He could already feel the heat of her arousal. She would be damp and ready for him. He knew exactly how sweet she would taste, how she would moan at the first stroke of his tongue, how her muscles would tense and her legs would draw back as she approached her climax.

Just thinking about how it would be made his own arousal tense painfully. Pressure throbbed at the base of his groin, but he ignored the sensation. There would be time for him later. Now he wanted to concentrate on Nadine.

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely
Oooh yeah yeah ohh

He rested his hands on her belly and slid them up her body as he moved closer. As his fingers tickled her ribs, he nibbled his way up her thighs. First one side, then the other. Licking, kissing, biting gently. She gasped and giggled and breathed his name. Her hands settled on top of his, urging him higher until his palms settled on her breasts.

She shifted so that she could rest her feet on the arms of his chair, opening herself for him. He accepted the silent invitation and slowly licked her most feminine place. She gasped in pleasure. Her thighs parted more. He explored all of her, the place he would enter later, the sweet mysteries of her desire, before kissing that one spot designed to make her moan.

He found it easily, and knew exactly what to do. As his fingers toyed with her tight nipples, his tongue circled her center, moving over and around, teasing, rubbing, kissing, licking. He moved fast, then slow. He made her moan and then he made her beg. Only when her legs were trembling and her body slick with sweat did he give in to her demands and move in the steady rhythm designed to make her fall into ecstasy.

It took less than ten seconds. He licked her over and over, guiding her to her release. Then she shuddered in his intimate embrace. Her body quivered as her insides spasmed.

He held back as long as he could, waiting until she had finally stilled. Only then did he stand and reach for his belt. He fumbled with the zipper before finally unfastening it. As he shoved down his pants, he pushed the chair out of the way and urged her to wrap her legs around his waist. Bracing his hands on the desk, he stared into her beautiful face and plunged into her.

One deep slow thrust that had them both gasping. She clamped her muscles around him and smiled. Her eyes were still glazed with the lingering aftershocks of her release. As he moved in and out of her, he watched her expression tighten. At the same time he felt her body convulse around his. She moaned. He swallowed hard and struggled for self-control.

She didn’t make it easy. He knew that as long as he moved in and out of her, she would climax, rippling against him, drawing him in deeper, forcing him over the edge. He pulsed his hips, then swore, knowing it wasn’t supposed to be this good and never wanting it to stop.

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely

Wait, he told himself. Hold back. But he couldn’t. Using her legs, she pulled him closer, sending him in deeper, then gave herself up to the release. As she breathed his name, he felt himself losing control. He grasped her hips and pumped hard and fast. The sound of his blood rushing through his body filled his ears. He couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t do anything but feel the intense release as he spilled himself into her.

When he’d recovered, he bent over her and kissed her mouth.

“Amazing as always,” she said with a sigh. “You are a man of many talents.”

He touched her cheeks, her nose, then her lower lip. “I aim to please.”

“You reduce me to a puddle. That’s more than pleasing.” Her green eyes darkened. “No more hiding away, okay?”

He couldn’t deny her anything. Even when it made sense to do so. “I promise.”

Chorus
You make me want to love you
With every breath I’ll love you
Endlessly
I’ll give my heart give my soul
I won’t hold back
I’ll give you everything
All of me
Completely