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Chapter Eleven
Jackson tightened his hold on Isabel as he spooned her in his bed. Not that this was actually his bed. He didn’t own a bed. Or a house. Or a car. All those things were rented. Transient accommodations for the transient life of a transient guy.
Only he was starting to see the benefits of staying in one place. Staying in one place long enough to own things. To have a home base. To belong to someone.
Someone like Isabel.
He’d enjoyed every moment of his date with her tonight. Everything from when she’d opened the front door to him at her grandfather’s to this second right here where she’d snuggled up against him had been absolutely perfect. The fact that he had artifacts waiting for him and he’d rather be tangled up with Isabel instead said something. Something big.
Usually he’d be a crazed lunatic over new discoveries like the ones he’d found in the woods so far. He wouldn’t let anything stop him from figuring out what their stories were and how they fit into the overall historical picture. He’d be consumed with research, neck-deep in books and articles and note-taking. The hours would fly by and he’d only emerge when he had answers.
Or he got hungry.
Tonight, however, he’d only thought about the artifacts right this second. The rest of his night had been totally focused on Isabel and enjoying her company. It was as if she was his newest discovery and he needed to study her closely. Technically she was an artifact from the past. His past, and figuring out how she fit in the present was what consumed him now.
She shifted in front of him, her sweet ass rubbing against his dick and awakening the chap. Isabel glanced at him over her shoulder, a slow grin turning up her amazing lips.
“Somebody down there hoping for some action?” She turned to lie on her back, her silky blond hair pooling at her shoulders.
Jackson slid his palm onto her stomach, unable to resist the smooth, flat expanse presented to him. “He’s hoping you’ll stay the night.” Because sleeping alone didn’t appeal to Jackson at all. Normally he didn’t care about flying solo under the sheets. He liked sex and didn’t say no to it when the opportunity presented itself, but lying in bed alone never bothered him.
It was different with Isabel though. He didn’t want this night to end and though in terms of Earth spinning on its axis, the night had to end, he didn’t see why he couldn’t greet daylight with Isabel still in his bed and in his arms.
Isabel rolled to her side to face him. “I’ll stay.” She brushed her lips against his and lifted a hand to play in his hair. “Can we check on my grandfather though? Maybe grab Blaze?”
“I can agree to those terms.” He dropped a kiss on her nose then traced a path down her throat with his fingertip, stopping when he got to her breasts and teasing her nipples. The amethyst pendant was hidden between her breasts, the sliver chain sparkling against her bare skin.
Isabel leaned into his touch, a slight moan slipping out and making him instantly rock hard. Cupping his cheek, she leaned in for a kiss that jumpstarted a bonus round of lovemaking he hadn’t anticipated. That cottage bedroom was quickly becoming his favorite place in the world and he’d been to so many places around the globe.
But he hadn’t been with Isabel in any of those places. How much more wonderful would they have been with her there?
When they finished and were both lying on their backs, breathing heavily, he said, “I’ve never had sex twice in one night.”
Isabel pressed a kiss to his cheek. “I haven’t either. I never wanted to, but with you, I can’t seem to get enough.”
He nodded. “I’m satisfied for a few minutes, but then I crave you all over again.”
She smiled, but he put his hand over her lips, making her eyebrows lower.
“I can’t look at that smile right now,” he said, shaking his head. “That smile is like a butterfly net, snagging me every time.”
Her cheeks shifted under his palm and the corners of her eyes crinkled, letting him know she was smiling wider under his hand.
“Quit it, Whisabel. We’ll never check on your grandfather or get Blaze if you keep hooking me with that smile.”
After pressing a kiss to his palm, she tugged his hand off her mouth, her lips a straight line.
“Shit,” he said.
“What?” She pointed to her mouth. “I’m not smiling.”
He ripped the sheets off him and sat up. “I know, but even your serious expression is hot.”
She sat up as well, slinging an arm around his shoulders and giving him a little shake. “And your exasperated expression is sexy so we’re going to have to accept being turned on all the time around each other.”
“Fine.” He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood. “Let’s pop over to your grandfather’s then get your sweet ass back in my bed.”
“No reason we shouldn’t go for a record and have sex three times in one night.”
