Chapter 25

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(Karmen) 

    “Mmm.” I moaned as I rolled over in bed. The dream that I’d had about me and Jason had been amazing, so amazing that I was a little upset that it wasn’t real. A little upset? Who was I kidding, I was hella mad that the sex from that dream hadn’t happened in real life. It was amazing and it had felt so real, I was almost surprised that my dream had been so vivid in the first place. Unless... I opened my eyes to see Jason laying next to me, eyes still closed, still very naked and I screamed. His eyes flew open and he was up in an instant pillow in hand and ready to swing. 
    “What happened? What’s wrong?” He asked as he inspected the room again. When he saw that there was no danger, he looked at me confused. 
    “Did you have a bad dream or something?” He asked. I stared at him, confused. Why was he acting so normal? We had just had sex last night and he was acting so normal, like nothing had happened at all. He climbed back onto the bed and pulled me to him. 
    “What happened? Why did you scream?” He asked, concern lacing his tone. I didn’t know what to say. He seemed okay with what happened last night. Was I okay with it? Would our friendship be okay? Was I overthinking?
    “Karmen?” I looked away from him and began to climb out of bed, but he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me to him again. My body wanted so badly to relax into him, to just fall against him and get comfortable and just be okay with everything that had happened, but the contract and I still wasn’t even sure what any of this meant for him. 
    “Jason, I should just go, before we regret everything that’s happened.” I moved to leave again, but his grip remained. 
    “Regret what Karmen? What happened last night? There’s nothing to regret.” He said. I nodded, so it didn’t mean anything to him at all, if there was nothing to regret. I felt my heart sink in my chest. 
    “Okay, then I’ll go shower and meet you downstairs for breakfast.” This time he turned me to face him and sighed when he saw the look on my face. He used his thumb to wipe a tear that I hadn’t even known was falling. 
    “Karmen, if this is about the sex, we can forget it happened. I don’t want to make things uncomfortable between the two of us.” I shook my head, it was a little late for that. I already didn’t know how I should act around him, nevermind the fact that I was already naked in his room and feeling him pressed against me, wasn’t helping the situation either. 
    “Jason, the contract wh-” He shook his head and put a finger up to my lip to shush me. 
    “Let’s not bring the contract into this and make it even more complicated than this has to be. Do you regret what happened last night?” I took a deep breath and thought about it, if the contract wasn’t involved then I knew I wouldn’t have regretted it at all. It was amazing, not just the sex but yesterday overall had been wonderful and if the contract hadn’t been involved then I would have woken up, saw Jason there and probably given him a very satisfying wake up call. I shook my head, I didn’t regret last night at all. 
    “Okay then, if you want, this can be a one time thing. We can never do this again, or we can not think too hard about it and just do what feels right. Like this,” He said as he pulled me in for a kiss. I returned the kiss and soon found him on top of me, I couldn’t deny that I loved the way he felt against me, that each and every kiss that he placed on my body didn’t send shivers down my spine. I let my hands run across his back and through his hair, when I finally felt him harden against me. His lips came back and found mine and after a couple of seconds he looked me in the eyes, a silent question there. I  nodded and for the second time I got to enjoy this moment with him, and just like the first...it was amazing. 

(Jason) 
    I kissed her forehead and watched as she slept. We had cuddled for a bit after we finished and by the time I got ready to ask her if she wanted to eat anything, she was out. I shook my head and caressed her shoulder. I couldn’t believe I was here watching her sleep like this, hell I was surprised I had even offered to cuddle after, that was something that I had always struggled with, but it came so easily with Karmen. 
    She readjusted in her sleep and I smiled as she turned away from me and snuggled deeper into her pillow. I leaned over and kissed her cheek before heading downstairs to fix us both something to eat, I knew she would be starving when she woke up. 
    I grabbed some sweatpants and threw them on before heading downstairs and finding something to cook. 

(Karmen) 
    I woke up to find that Jason was gone and I found myself pouting. He just left me here? I got up and looked around the room for something to wear, I didn’t want to put my dress from last night back on, that was too fancy for something as simple as breakfast. I found one of Jason’s t-shirts and threw it on before making my way downstairs. 
    I walked into the kitchen and found him standing at the stove making eggs. Unlike me he had decided to put pants on and wasn’t wearing a shirt. I found myself walking up to him and wrapping my arms around his waist and laid my head against his back. He didn’t say anything, just continued cooking, but he did put one of his hands over mine, acknowledging my presence. I placed a kiss on his back and he tensed. 
    “Karmen, you can’t do that while I’m cooking.” I giggled. 
    “And why not?” He finished with the eggs on the stove and moved to put them on a plate, before turning to me. 
    “Because, then I might burn myself or even worse...the food.” I rolled my eyes. I didn’t want him to burn himself, but I needed him to understand that him burning himself was worse than burning the food. 
    “Okay, Okay, I’ll be good.” I said as I went to sit at the table and watched as he cooked some bacon and waffles. 
    “No one said you had to be good all the way over there Karebear, I just want you to be more careful, the last thing I want is to get too riled up in the kitchen and have one of us get hurt.” I walked back over to him and stood next to him as he waited for the waffles to finish cooking. 
    “I doubt you’d want to have sex in the kitchen, you’re a chef wouldn’t that be against the health code.” Jason laughed, but grabbed the shirt I was wearing and pulled me to him. 
    “Yeah, but with you looking like that, you think I’m worried about some health code.” I blushed and started to look away, but before I could his lips were finding mine. I smiled against his lips, but pulled away before things got too rowdy. 
    “Don’t want to burn the waffles.” I said. He nodded and pulled away, before removing the waffles from the waffle maker. 

    The next couple of days were like that as well. I had completely stopped sleeping in my room opting to sleep with Jason and there were nights where we had sex, but others where we just laid there and talked until we fell asleep, sometimes both. Tonight was one of those nights. We had finished having sex and I was currently laying in his arms. He was currently caressing my arms and playing with my fingers, when he asked me his next question. 
    “What did you want to do before your mom got sick?” I thought this one through, I knew the answer instantly, but wanted to figure out how to answer it. 
    “I wanted to be a singer.” I said a small smile playing on my lips. “I wanted to get on stage and perform for people and I had a good chance at doing so too until mom got sick and then I had to put it all to the side to make sure she was okay and to pay her hospital bills.” He nodded. 
    “Would you still do it now if you had the chance?” I had thought about that for a minute now. If I had the chance to perform and become famous, would I? I shrugged. 
    “I don’t know. I hadn’t really thought about it anymore up until now. “ He nodded and pulled me closer to him before kissing me on the cheek. 
    “Well, whatever you decide to do. I’ll support you.” I nodded and kissed him on the lips before shifting to get comfortable. Jason released a big yawn before closing his own eyes and falling asleep. I thought about it for a little bit longer, Would I still be able to follow my own dreams when all of this was said and done? I shook my head, I would have to worry about that when I got there. I flipped over and snuggled closer to Jason before falling asleep.

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