Chapter Fourteen

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Hayden cracked her eyes open as she felt the morning sun blindingly shining through her balcony window and ducked inside her covers, groaning into Ju's chest. With a jolt, she pulled back and blinked the sleep from her eyes as the memories of last night flooded her mind. She'd made love to Ju just as she desired, yet it had been so much more than she ever anticipated. She'd held her in her arms and now, not only could she not recall the sensation of anyone else she'd been with, but she wanted to overwrite all those pesky instances with the woman in her arms.

Ju's nose twitched as her top-long, silken hair fell along it with the gentle breeze from the overhead fan and Hayden lazily grinned. She was so lovely last night and even more so this morning. Ju slept none the wiser as Hayden took the chance to commit every one of her features to mind. She was on her belly with her arms tucked under herself and her head turned toward Hayden.

As she peeked over her shoulder and read the time on her alarm clock as eight-twenty-two, she was thankful for the weekend ahead. Hayden knew she was beaming and didn't care to hide it. She hadn't ever felt this open, this bare with another person in her life and she never wanted it to stop. She only desired it to grow, which would have scared her in the past, yet now filled her with such pleasure.

Hayden pulled the covers back from Ju far enough to expose her back and rested them along her buttocks as her eyes caught sight of something she hadn't seen the night prior. There on the back of Ju's right hip was a birthmark in the shape of Louisiana and begging for a caress. She traced the arch of Ju's back as she rested her head in her hand and her elbow along the bed. Ju softly moaned and turned onto her side, exposing her breasts. She began rubbing along the bed until she met Hayden's stomach, then shifted toward her.

Ju cradled her hands between her breasts and nestled her face into the crook of her shoulder, releasing a long, content sigh. With a joyous grin, Hayden relaxed against the pillow and took in her sleeping features. Ju was so uninhibited and encompassing. She was everything she ever wanted and more, but the strife of ever losing it due to her own shortcomings was still there. Although, unlike with everyone else she'd dated, Hayden yearned to move past it. She wanted to overcome that ever present fear and do her best to never let this woman go.

She reached out and ran a single finger along her lips, making them part with the small huffs of her exhales tickling their tips. Ju stirred, rubbing her face into the pillow beneath her head for a handful of moments, then groaned. Carefully, she lifted her head and groggily opened her eyes. As the sun hit them, she groaned again and buried her face back within the crook of Hayden's shoulder.

She giggled, then ran her fingers through her hair and let it drop back along the pillow, exposing the shaved side of her head. "Not a morning person, I see." When all Ju did was moan into her pillow, Hayden chuckled again and leaned down, kissing her temple. "Well, maybe I can change that."

Ju suddenly jolted and pulled her head back, peeking up at her past one dreary lid. "I don't do early mornings on the weekend...and I'm sore."

"Is it bad or...?" Hayden didn't finish as Ju closed her singular open eye and let out a cheesy smirk. "Okay, it's good then."

After a few moments of quiet, Ju finally replied, "Yes..."

Hayden couldn't fight the giddiness that took her over and gathered her in, trailing her fingers up and down her spine. "I can work with that." She pecked her way down Ju's cheek, eventually landing on her mouth where she nipped her bottom lip. Ju immediately opened her eyes and arched her brow as she intently stared into her eyes. "What is it?"

"Last night was... Well, I'm not sure how to describe it." She turned over onto her back and covered her face with the back of her arm, but Hayden wasn't ready to part from that demure expression she bore. She gently pulled her arm back from her face and leaned over her, pinning her arm to the bed. Ju turned her face away, trying to hide it inside of her pillow as a dark flush raced across it and down her neck. "Don't look at me right now! Come on!"

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