Free Training Rain by A. S. Fenichel Page A

disdain.
    She’d made the final bet, time to lay out his cards and face
the consequences. “I won’t lie to you. I wanted to have sex with Tessa. She and
I were partners. We worked under stressful situations and I liked her. I
thought we could have had something together and sex would have been a great
stress reliever.”
    If Rain retreated any further, she’d fall on the floor.
    “But she kept saying no and eventually I saw the wisdom of
her choice. We became great friends and our working relationship was successful
for a long time. In fact it still is.”
    “Thank you for explaining. You should go back to the couch
now.”
    “You don’t understand.”
    She sat up and threw her legs over the end of the bed. “Sure
I do. I agreed to fuck you, Tessa didn’t. Got it. If you’re not going to go, I
will.”
    She was almost too fast for him, but he headed her off
before she reached the door. Yas sat up and whined his confusion at all the
late-night activity.
    Jess had to really work hard to keep his temper from rising.
He grabbed her arms and hoped she didn’t tell Yas to attack him before he had
the chance to explain. She didn’t fight him but she also didn’t look him in the
eyes. He wanted to shake her. “First of all, we did not fuck. When I fuck you,
Rain, you’ll know it and I will fuck you.”
    She tried to pull away, but he held her firmly. Yas growled,
she looked at the dog and he settled back down. At least she wasn’t going to
have him mauled. When she turned from the animal, her gaze met Jess’. He saw
anger, but he also saw arousal. He would store that information away for later.
    “I don’t just want you for sex. With Tessa that was all it
would have been. I want you, Rain. I want all of you. I have since the
first time I saw you and if we hadn’t had to stop Banta and you hadn’t saved my
life that day, I would have pursued you.”
    “It doesn’t matter.” She jerked out of his grip. “You’re
leaving tomorrow and I’ll get another instructor.”
    His gut tightened. “It matters to me. It matters that you
know my feelings for you go beyond one night in bed.”
    “What makes you think I want more than one night?
Relationships are not really my thing.”
    Damn, she knew right where to hit him. His stomach roiled.
“You think I wanted this to happen? Do you think it’s convenient for me to have
feelings for a woman, let alone one whom I’ll have to work with and watch walk
into danger?”
    “If you are trying to win me over here, you’re doing a shit
job.” Still, she didn’t walk out.
    He took that as a good sign and he took a deep breath. “I’m
trying to be honest.”
    “Maybe you should just fuck me. You can get it out of both
of our systems and we can move on separately.”
    He hated what she was saying, though his cock thought it was
a pretty good idea. And since they were both standing in the middle of the room
completely naked, it wouldn’t take much to comply. “I’m pretty sure it will
never be enough.”
    He heard the words coming out of his mouth, but he could
hardly believe he was saying them. His fists clenched and released and it took
a major effort not to grab hold of her and make her see how much he needed her.
    Rain walked into the living room. She didn’t put any clothes
on and he watched her as she stepped stunningly naked into the light of the
fireplace embers that still burned from when he’d last fed the fire. She ran
her hands through her tangle of hair. Her round ass faced him along with the
tattoo that so intrigued him. He wanted to know what it meant, to know more
about the mysterious woman who’d twice saved him. Even after spending several
days in her constant company, Jess knew only bits and pieces about her.
    He watched as she turned toward him. There was a blanket on
the couch, but she didn’t cover herself. He stepped into the living room, picked
up the blanket as he went and wrapped it around her slim shoulders.
    “I don’t know what to