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While I talked, Jade slipped out of bed and padded out of the room. I watched her naked form, her perfect ass swinging from side to side before she disappeared down the hallway. I wish she would stay. I wanted a repeat of last night. I wanted to shower together, and then I wanted her on every surface in this house––the house hada lotof surfaces. But right now, I had more pressing matters and turned my focus to the conversation.
“Everything is okay over here,” Carol said. “You don’t have to worry about a thing. The boys think being stranded is a big adventure, and we have everything we need.”
“I was sure that Ben would enjoy something like this. I just feel bad that you’re saddled with them now.”
“Nonsense,” Carol said. “We love having him, and he’s an absolute pleasure. Don’t worry. We’ll keep in touch, and you know I’ll call if anything goes wrong.”
We ended the call, and my heart was at peace. I knew that Carol would take good care of Ben, and I had to admit, having a bit of time to myself was a treat.
I got out of bed and put on a pair of boxers before I walked down the hallway. When I reached Jade’s room, I heard her shower running. She was showering alone––I had hoped to ask her to join me, but we still had the rest of the week together. I turned around, walked back to the main bedroom, and got into the shower.
We spent the rest of the day lounging in front of the fire, getting to know each other better. We talked about serious things, and shallow things, and I loved spending time with Jade. She was a ray of sunshine, always upbeat. She was a little scattered and a little clumsy, but it made me like her that much more. She wasn’t like anyone I’d ever been with––she was unapologetically herself. She had no idea how great she was. She didn’t believe in herself and it was a pity.
I wished she could see herself through my eyes.
Every night, Jade slept in my bed. I loved having her warm body next to mine. Every night, the snow stormed outside, and it didn’t look like it was going to let up any time soon. By the fourth day, the snow finally started to melt. The summer was still here, and the Sun had come out, bringing enough warmth with it so that the snow melted fast enough to be gone by the end of the week.
Soon, it would be as if this had never happened.
“What do you have planned for today?” Jade asked when she came to my office. “Do you have a lot of work left?”
I nodded, stretching my arms up until my back popped. “I have a lot of work to do, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. What do you have in mind?”
Her eyes sparkled, and for a moment, I hoped she wouldn’t drag me back to the bedroom. She had spent as much time with me in my bed the last couple of days as we had finished doing other things. I love to be this close and connected to her––I had never slept with one woman as often as I slept with her in the past couple of days.
“I was thinking we could bake something,” Jade said with a smile. “Maybe we can make cookies and decorate them to give Ben when he comes back.” She looked at me, looking a little embarrassed. “If you don’t want to, we don’t have to.”
“It sounds great,” I said with a grin. “And I’m sure Ben will love it. He might just be upset that he couldn’t join us for the baking fun.”
Jade’s face split into a wider smile now that I’d agreed. “I think he’s having a ton of fun right now.”
I nodded. Over the past couple of days, I talked to Carol often. She told me that Ben was happy. She’d also put him on the phone a couple of times, and he sounded like he was having a blast. I had to admit, so was I.
Jade and I walked to the kitchen, and she started taking out ingredients for cookies from the different cupboards. I liked that she’d made herself at home in my holiday home.
“Where did you learn to bake?” I asked.
She shrugged. “It’s something we always did as kids,” she said. “My mom taught me, and my aunt Hannah always joined in. She is closer to my age than my mum, so it was like having a sister rather than an aunt. She’s the one I work for now, at the offices––”
“My ex used to bake all the time,” I said, my mind drifting back to Sabrina. “I don’t know why I just told you that.” I glanced up at Jade.
“You can talk about it, you know.”
“Can I?” I asked and chuckled bitterly. “I pushed everything about her away for so long…I’m still pissed off at her, if I’m honest.”
“She put a lot on your shoulders and disappeared,” Jade said softly. “You have every right to be upset.”
“I am upset because it still bothers me,” I admitted. “She didn’t only fuck things up between us and dump a baby on my doorstep, but after so many years, it still bugs me, and I think that’s the worst part of it. I wish I could just forget.”
Jade nodded, listening, and I kept talking because she created a silence for me to fill. Even though I didn’t know why I was pouring my heart and soul out to Jade, she was so easy to talk to and good at listening.
I scratched the back of my head, feeling stupid for unloading so much on Jade, but now that the topic had been breached, it was like a dam wall had broken. “Now and then, I think I’m done. I’ve managed to move on, and I’m over it. And then, out of the blue…she comes back and fucks me over again. Not physically, of course, but mentally. Emotionally.”
I pressed my lips together and flattened my hands on the kitchen counter. Jade continued baking, adding the wet ingredients first. Eggs, sugar, butter, milk.
“Do you want to mix this while I do the dry ingredients?” she asked.
I nodded, and she handed me the bowl with a whisk. I went to town, whisking the living shit out of the batter, taking out my anger on it.
