Chapter 84

Jesse

Jesse barely managed to contain herself as Hal hastily led her into his bedroom. She wasted no time in roughly pushing Hal back onto the bed and then undoing the button of his shorts. She jerked them down his thighs to gather around his knees, and her eyes locked onto his cock as it sprang free of them. Jesse’s mouth watered, and she eagerly took him between her lips, dipping her head and taking him fully into her.

She heard Hal groan as she worked at him, and her body delighted in the sound, a shudder rolling through every limb and wetness pooling between her thighs. She did not get to stay there long, though, before Hal gathered her up under her arms and dragged her up his body.

Hal’s hands easily found the hem of her dress, and he yanked it up over her hips. She saw his eyes lock onto her panties, and she gasped as he took hold of them and tore them off of her as if they were made of spider webs. His hands then gripped her hips, and she released a sharp cry as he pierced her with his erection, his thickness stretching her in just the right way.

Jesse groaned and gasped as Hal held her hips tightly, thrusting up into her with fervor. Jesse braced her hands on his chest and fought against his grip so that she could ride him at her own pace, which at the time was a demanding one.

Hal groaned beneath her, and he shifted his grip on her hips to instead caress her breasts through the material of her bra and her dress. Jesse released a long moan at the sensation, feeling whole and complete as he buried himself inside of her and manipulated her swollen flesh.

Jesse’s eyes drifted closed, and she released a soft cry as Hal suddenly flipped Jesse over onto her back and pinned her down to the bed. He gripped her ankles and stretched them up over her head to give himself a better angle.

Hal set up a furious pace pumping in and out of her, and Jesse slipped a hand between their bodies and circled her clit.

Jesse let out a sob as she came hard around Hal’s cock, and she murmured incoherently as Hal continued to pound into her, and she shuddered at the sound of the grunts he was releasing.

Finally, he too found his release, and Jesse whimpered at the intimate sensation of his seed filling her up. She heard Hal release a long sigh, and after a moment, he gently lowered himself on top of her, rolling to the side and gathering her up to his chest.

They stayed that way for a long moment, content to hold each other close in the aftermath of their impromptu lovemaking.

“I missed you,” Jesse heard Hal murmur, and she smiled a little.

Her smile quickly faded, though, as she remembered why she had come over here in such a frenzy in the first place. She knew that she would have to tell him the details of what had happened between him and Elaine, but she had to admit that she was worried about how he would react.

“How was your meeting?” Hal spoke again, and Jesse felt a twinge of anxiety in her stomach.

“It was fine,” Jesse said and then felt guilty for the incorrect abbreviation.

“Fine?” Hal responded, his voice rough and a little scratchy. “What does that mean? I was a little surprised that you called so early. What happened?”

Jesse suddenly found herself too nervous to really answer the question, and she looked around for anything that would provide her some distraction. In the process of doing so, Jesse was alarmed to see that Hal had a bandage wrapped around his hand and that it was even a little soaked through with blood.

“Oh, my God,” Jesse murmured and gingerly took up his hand in hers. She had no idea how she had missed it before, and she felt more than a little guilty that it had somehow escaped her notice.

“What happened?” she asked, looking up at his face in alarm. It was then that she noticed it wasn’t just his hands that were in bad shape.

Hal’s eyes seemed sunken deep into his face, and there were dark bags under them. His face was not shaven clean as it usually was.

“Nothing,” Hal responded, stiffening a little. “I cut my hand on a glass I was trying to wash. Don’t worry, I already cleaned it and put some antibacterial on it.”

As Hal spoke, his breath washed over Jesse’s face and past the layer of mint that surely came from his toothpaste, she detected the stench of alcohol. Jesse frowned at him, suddenly very worried. More than that, she felt guilty that in her haze of lust she hadn’t noticed it before.

“Have you been drinking?” Jesse asked him, though she already knew the answer.

Hal released a sigh, and he ran his uninjured hand over his face.

“Yes,” he answered. “I just … I had a lot on my mind. And I couldn’t even fall asleep either.”

Jesse frowned, and she gently laid his hand in her lap, gently stroking his face. He smiled and turned his face to press a kiss into her palm.

“Don’t worry about me,” Hal said, waving a hand in dismissal, an easy smile on his face. “I feel much better now that you’re here.”

Jesse couldn’t help feeling a little flattered at the admission. Still, she knew that Hal needed to recover from his hangover and that he was in no position to do it himself.

“You must feel awful,” Jesse said softly, looking over Hal’s body. He shrugged and grinned, though his eyes dropped considerably, and he yawned widely.

“Sorry,” Hal said with a chuckle.

“Don’t apologize,” Jesse said softly and ran her fingernails through his hair, pleased at the way his eyes drifted shut. “Here, let me go get you some painkillers and water.”

Jesse made to get up out of the bed, but Hal placed his injured hand on her thigh to halt her. Jesse was surprised at the tightness of his grip, and she knew it must be hurting him. She made to loosen his grip and looked up into his tired eyes, surprised at the hint of anxiety she saw gleaming there.

“Don’t go,” he said, and his tired, rough voice was clearly tense. “Just stay here with me.”

Jesse considered it for a moment, but her resolve hardened when she realized how much his head must be hurting, not to mention his hand.

“I’ll be right back, I promise,” Jesse assured him. “Where do you keep your medicine? The bathroom.”

Jesse could see Hal’s jaw tighten, but he nodded.

“Are there glasses in there,” she asked him gently, hoping to coax out at least a few responses from him.

“There is a tumbler,” Hal offered. Jesse nodded. It would certainly do the job.

“I’ll be right back,” Jesse repeated and finally managed to remove his hand from her thigh, being careful not to irritate his injury.

Jesse hurried into the bathroom and opened up the large cabinet that was situated over the toilet. She soon found a bottle of painkillers and opened it up, putting a few of the pills in her hand. She found the tumbler and turned on the water, filling it up with as much water as it would hold.

With the pills and the water in hand, Jesse returned to the bedside. Hal sat up in the bed, and Jesse handed him first the pills, which he quickly tossed into his mouth, and then the water, which he soon polished off. He set the tumbler on his nightstand and then turned to Jesse, looking over at her expectantly.

“You need to eat something,” Jesse said, and Hal frowned. “It will make you feel better.”

Hal grumbled.

“You stay here,” Jesse said. “I’ll just go make you some toast or something, okay? I’ll bring it right back here.”

Jesse didn’t allow Hal any time to protest, and she headed into the kitchen.

As she rushed over there, Jesse’s mind spun, and she wondered why on earth he had decided to drink so much last night. She couldn’t help feeling a little guilty. She was sure that if she had been there with him, he wouldn’t have done anything like that.

Jesse felt darkness in the pit of her stomach. She felt foolish for putting stock into anything that Elaine ever said, but she was reminded of what she had said about her suspicions about Hal’s past and the possibility that he was suffering from mental illness. Jesse was taken back to the first time they had eaten lunch together and the story he had told her about his past.

She wondered if he had left anything out, and if so, what exactly those details might be.