Free Becoming Three by Cameron Dane Page A

don't think just because we're together I can't help myself too?”
“Sweetheart, I don't assume anythin' with you.” Jasper looked her up and down boldly and shook his head. “I ain't— am not —stupid.”
“That”—she winked—“you are not.” She looked down at herself, shrugged, and removed her mussed panties and nightshirt. “I'm going to get a washcloth and towel.” She pecked a quick kiss on his shoulder and then grabbed her robe from the back of her door. “Be right back.”
“Okay.” Jasper watched Sarah slip out of her bedroom, and he knew he had a big, stupid smile on his face. One of the wonderful, unexpected benefits of going slow with Sarah: they trusted each other. She had been bold enough to ask him to go with her for testing before they had sex. She very matter-of-factly showed him her case of birth control pills, and together they agreed they were going to be exclusive and decided not to use condoms.
The second he saw Sarah so long ago, then still very much like a girl in many ways, Jasper knew in his gut she was the one. Every time he got near her, she only confirmed that feeling.
Holy shit. I told her I love her. Not so hard to do, once out. And she told you she loves you too.
Jasper shook his head and threw himself onto Sarah's bed. How did his sucky life, with a grandmother who threatened him with the vengeance of Jesus every single day until her death, and a brother who had no interest in finding a good path or clean living, lead him to the fortune of a fine woman to love, who loved him back?
The door creaked, and Sarah reappeared. “Here you go.” She handed him a wet cloth and a larger, dry towel. “I wasn't sure you wanted it, but just in case.” She took off her robe and hung it back on the hook in her door.
Jasper wiped his cock, balls, and inner thighs quickly with the warm washcloth and dried off just as fast. Sarah was right there, taking them and tossing them in her hamper, before he could utter a word. In the next breath, she climbed in bed beside him and pulled a blanket over them both.
“Thank you for lettin' me be with you tonight,” Jasper said softly. His thoughts slipped back to the events of the day, but his body remained loose this time, in place of the tension that had thrummed through him for so many hours. Thanks to Sarah . A picture of Jace flashed in Jasper's mind too, disturbing in its rough handsomeness, but even the weird pull Jasper felt to the man couldn't drag him back to that bad place he'd been such a short time ago.
Pulling Sarah against him, Jasper spooned her from behind. “I think I can maybe sleep now. I owe that to you.”
“No owing, just helping each other.” Sarah snuggled into him and took his hand. “I'll be right here when you wake up.”
Jasper tucked her head under his chin, holding the woman he loved as exhaustion finally caught up with him and he drifted to sleep.

Chapter Six
    Sarah sat at the table in her kitchen, holding Jasper's hand, but she had her attention on Jace's back where he stood at the refrigerator.
“What time did you finally get in?” she asked.
“Honestly?” Jace turned, facing the table as he scratched his bare chest. “I really can't remember. Maybe around three.”
Sarah was used to seeing Jace half-naked; right now, she focused on the red marring his eyes. “I suppose you're going to head right back out soon?”
“Yep.” Jace shifted his gaze and exchanged a glance with Jasper. He actually held there, as if he were answering a question Jasper hadn't asked. “That woman needs someone to figure out what happened to her, why, and who did it.” Finally, Jace brought his attention back to Sarah. “The boss has already called the State Bureau of Investigations, but that's just to see if something similar is already out there in the system. We're waiting for them to get back to us, but this is our case, and we have to be on top of it.”
Jasper hadn't spoken much last night about exactly what he and Ren