Chapter 10: The Real Number

We got back to the suite on the top floor at midnight.

Pickle took one look at the leather sofa, climbed onto it with great effort, and fell asleep with his three legs sticking out.

I stood at the window with my arms wrapped around myself.

The whole city lay below, gold and red and endless.

Behind me, Jasper shut the door, and the lock clicked.

"You were magnificent," he said.

"I was shaking."

"You were magnificent while shaking."

"Leopold knew I skipped it," I said. "He called the hospital. He knew things about my body before I told you."

"I know."

"And I'm standing here wearing your grandmother's ring, and he's right about one thing."

"Which one?"

"I don't have a report. I don't have a diagnosis. I have a resident and a number."

My voice cracked on the last word.

I turned around to say something steady.

He was already there, close enough that I could see the pulse in his throat.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore," I said.

"Then we won't."

"I want you to take me."

He went very still.

"Dinah..."

"Not like at the lake. I led that one."

"I want you to lead. I want you to not be careful, and to make me stop thinking."

His breath left him in a rush.

"Say it again," he said, very low.

"Take me."

He crossed the last foot between us and kissed me.

It wasn't gentle, and I didn't want it to be.

His hand closed in my hair.

His other arm went around my waist and hauled me up against him until my feet barely touched the carpet.

I moaned into his mouth.

He walked me backward until my shoulder blades met the glass.

It was cold, and he was hot, and I gasped.

"Turn around," he said.

I turned.

I put my palms flat on the window, and the city shone through my fingers.

He stood behind me and unzipped the blue dress in one long pull, and it fell off my hips.

His hands slid around my waist and up, cupping my breasts through the lace, thumbs circling until I arched into them.

"You like that."

"Yes."

"Say what you want."

"Your cock," I said, and I felt him shudder against my back. "I want your cock, Jasper. Please."

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