When You Knew by Jamie Beck

Author:Jamie Beck [Beck, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503902503
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Orgasm

According to Merriam-Webster: intense or paroxysmal excitement; especially : the rapid pleasurable release of neuromuscular tensions at the height of sexual arousal that is usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen in the male and by vaginal contractions in the female

According to me: something long overdue, and so much better than I remember

Gentry couldn’t read Ian. Perhaps that accounted for some of his appeal.

Reading men had never before presented a challenge. Pretty much all of them wanted sex, however, and whenever they could get it and with whoever was willing.

They didn’t have to like you or even find you pretty, a fact that had been underscored when she’d overheard high school boys’ crude jokes about how “all girls look the same between their legs.” In her experience, guys rarely cared if you liked them much, either. In fact, given how often guys complained about girls becoming clingy, she guessed some men preferred to have sex with women who had no real interest in them whatsoever—as long as they could fake an orgasm well.

By the age of eighteen, she’d adapted to these realities by keeping her heart on lockdown while enjoying the powerful pleasures of flirtation and sex. That way of life worked for her until Colt came along. Until her heart had been thunderstruck with a love so vast and protective that she couldn’t be bothered with lusty games and stupid men.

But Ian wasn’t stupid. Stubborn, perhaps, but not stupid. Not heartless. Not cocky. Not governed by the head between his legs.

She wanted his affection, respect, and belonging. A terrifying reality, because, until recently, she’d successfully avoided the pain of dashed hope where men were concerned.

Romantic hope, the great destroyer of rational women. There should be a T-shirt or a mug.

When they returned to her house after picking up Colt, she transferred her sleepy son to his bassinet. Sara and Ty must’ve worn him out. Not that Sara had seemed the least bit tired. Even her blouse still looked freshly pressed when handing over Colt, who’d been recently fed and changed into a clean diaper.

Gratitude and annoyance wrestled in her chest like pigs in a trough. Sara never even complained about Colt’s colic. Did she have special ears that didn’t hear it? Or was Sara’s heart that pure, and her patience that remarkable?

One benefit of her son’s colic was that it stopped Hunter from keeping her there to discuss work. He’d practically shoved her out the door, wincing as Colt wailed.

Last night she’d started to work on the Snapchat campaign but then gotten invested in replying to one young single mom’s blog comment where she’d lamented her choice to be a single parent, worrying it would scar her child. Gentry identified with that fear, especially because she’d heard nothing on the search for Smith. But Ian almost had her convinced that Colt could thrive as long as he had her unconditional love, and as long as she didn’t let herself get so overwhelmed that she’d wear down. She knew she’d been handling motherhood better these past weeks because of his help.

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