Free Twice Tempted by Elizabeth Kelly Page B

and he kissed her
again before hugging her hard.
    “Lucy?”  Penny’s soft whisper cut through
the sirens that were growing steadily louder.  She was staring at them with
shock.  “You and – and Jason?”
    Lucy opened her mouth but nothing came
out.  She looked to her left, a small moan of dismay squeaking out of her
throat when she realized that the entire group from the office was staring at
her and Jason.
    Jason picked her up and cradled her against
his chest before starting across the parking lot, Penny trailing after them.
    “Jason…”  She gave him a look of panic and
he shook his head.
    “It doesn’t matter little Lucy.  I thought
– I thought I had lost you.  You’re alive and that’s all that matters, not what
anyone thinks of us.  Do you understand?”
    She stared into his warm blue eyes and
nodded.  “Yes.  I love you Jason.”
    “I love you too Lucy.”
    * * *
    “How’s your ankle?”  Jason shifted the ice
pack more firmly on to her foot before sitting on the bed beside her.
    “It’s fine.”  She smiled reassuringly at
him and stroked his face.  “Stop worrying.”
    Lenny jumped on to the bed and head butted
her arm.  She petted his head, wincing a little when he began to knead her
thigh with his sharp claws.
    “Go on Lenny.”  Jason frowned and pushed
lightly at the cat.
    “I don’t mind.”  She took his hand and
squeezed it. 
    He stared at her in silence for a moment
and then said, “Move in with me Lucy.”
    “What?”  She blinked at him.
    “Move in with me.  I love you and Lenny
loves you.”
    She smiled a little and he hurried on. 
“You practically live here anyway.  Why pay rent on an apartment that you’re
never in?  I want to go to bed every night next to you and I want to wake up
every morning with you beside me.”
    “Jason – “
    “The place is small I know.  Too small
probably, but we can buy a larger place.  It doesn’t even have to be on the
beach.  I don’t care, I just – “
    “Jason stop.”  She said gently.
    She squeezed his hand again.  “I love this
place and I love Lenny, and I love you.  Of course I’ll move in with you.”
    He smiled with relief.  “Good.  We’ll start
moving your things in tomorrow.”
    She laughed.  “Maybe we’ll let my ankle
heal first.  What do you say?”
    “Right, your ankle.”  He shifted the ice
pack again and she reached out and cupped his face, turning it towards her. 
She leaned forward and kissed him, brushing her tongue across his lips until he
opened his mouth.
    She took her hand and pressed it to her
breast and he groaned into her mouth.  “We can’t little Lucy.  Your ankle.”
    “I don’t need my ankle for what I’m going
to do to you.”  She grinned.
    She lay back on the pillows and pulled him
on top of her.  As he trailed a path of blazing hot kisses down her neck, she
stared up at the ceiling.  Her fear about being caught by the others, her worry
about what they would think of her and Jason, had disappeared.  She knew what
she had to do and first thing Monday morning she would speak to Jerry.  Her job
didn’t matter.  What mattered was how she felt about Jason.
    * * *
    Jason knocked lightly on Jerry’s office
door.  At his answer, he opened it and sat down in the leather chair across
from the desk.
    It was Monday morning; Lucy had slipped out
early, waking him up with a soft kiss and a whispered goodbye.  She must have
had a deadline for Jerry, he thought.  Normally they left at the same time,
kissing goodbye before leaving for the office in their separate vehicles. 
    “Good morning Jason.”  Jerry sat back in
his chair and crossed his arms over his trim stomach.  “How was the rest of
your weekend?  I’m assuming a lot quieter than Friday night?”
    “Yeah.”  Jason nodded.  “How’s everyone
else?”
    “They seem okay.  I’m going to call a
meeting in an hour or so with everyone who was there.  I want to see how
they’re doing.