Satisfaction by M.L. Rhodes

Author:M.L. Rhodes [Rhodes, M.L.]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

Jesse came awake in a slow stretch, feeling more rested than he had in a long while. He lay still for a few seconds, not yet opening his eyes, savoring the sensation, and wondering why he felt so good. He wasn’t a morning person, and most mornings were more beast than beauty for him.

And then he realized…no phone call to wake him this morning, no crushing sense of loneliness.

He opened his eyes and smiled as he recognized the warm weight of one of Robert’s thighs wedged between his. Robert lay on his side facing Jesse, the sheet tangled around his waist, an arm tucked under his head, and his free hand resting on Jesse’s hip. His face in sleep made him seem younger than he 64

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was. Aside from the few strands of gray that were just beginning to highlight his temples amidst the light brown, and the faint crow’s feet around his eyes that added a sexy ruggedness to his appearance, Robert looked like he could easily still be in his mid-thirties. But peaceful sleep stole a couple more years off even that.

As Jesse watched, though, a frown suddenly furrowed Robert’s brow and he let out a soft, stuttered sigh that sounded part exhausted and part emotionally raw.

What was that about? Jesse wondered if maybe Robert was having a bad dream…except now that he looked more closely, dark smudges marred the skin under his eyes. And his breathing sounded light and troubled as if he hadn’t been asleep long, or had been sleeping restlessly.

Jesse hated the idea that something might have been bothering Robert and Robert had suffered through it alone without waking him. But then memories of last night came back in a rush—the sights, sounds, and intensity of the emotions—and a sudden jolt of worry hit him that Robert’s angst could have sprung from what had happened between them. God, maybe Robert was regretting it, in spite of his words to the contrary.

The thought made Jesse’s heart falter. He didn’t want Robert to regret it. Any of it. He wanted them both to be able to hold that experience close and savor it, wanted them to be able to walk through the door it had opened to a closer and stronger relationship.

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been mind-blowing for Jesse. He’d thought it had been for Robert as well. The way Robert had responded to him, stripped bare of inhibitions, letting Jesse see him at his most vulnerable, trusting him in ways Jesse had never dreamed he might. For the first time since Jesse had known him, it felt like Robert had allowed him to get truly close to him, the real him, buried under the layers of business-like control and professional charm he presented to the world. Jesse’s eyes had been opened to the fact that the Robert he’d come to know on an intimate level—the gentle, giving lover—was only the outer surface. Buried deep within him lay much more complexity than he’d ever imagined.

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