Chapter Thirteen
“Hey, you.” Jack gave her a beautiful smile as she walked into his office. She had planned on getting here soon, but it snowed on her way. “This is a surprise.”
“Yeah, I was going to head over to your apartment, but I remembered you mentioning you had a shift tonight.”
“I do, but it’s over. Actually, almost everyone has gone home for the night. Do you want to head out?”
“Before we do, I need to talk to you.”
Jack gestured for her to continue. “Sure, what’s on your mind.”
“First of all, I want to apologize for yesterday. I should not have thrown myself at you that way while we’re still trying to figure things out. It’s a tentative process, and it requires delicacy.”
“We’re not crocheting, Car. You do realize that, right?”
Cara smiled in spite of herself. “The thought occurred to me. Anyways, I realized I can’t talk about self-worth and self-respect then do something like that when I haven’t even made a decision yet.”
Jack brought his finger up to her lips. “Cara, I don’t respect you any less because of what happened last night. I want you, and I know you want me too. There’s no shame in that.”
Cara smiled at him as he removed his finger. “I know. I just didn’t want to confuse things by maybe leading you on.”
Jack’s expression fell as he crossed his arms over his chest. “Oh.”
“No, I don’t mean it like that.” Cara ran her hands through her hair. “I just wanted to be sure before I make my decision.”
“Of course.” Jack leaned back against his desk, his expression carefully neutral. “Ask me anything you like.”
“Why do you love me, Jack?”
He looked surprised for a second. “What?”
“I said, why do you love me?”
“I’m not sure I can articulate it,” Jack admitted.
“Don’t do that, please. Not after how far we’ve come.”
Jack watched her carefully before he took both her hands in his and began to rub them. “I freaking love you, Cara Tyler. You are a pain in the ass, and you cry over the weirdest crap-fictional or real, you hoard books, and you make obscure references to old movies no one has ever seen. You steal food off my plate especially if its fries although I ask you if you want some, but you always say no. You always look to me for strength when in reality you’ve always been stronger than I am.”
Cara placed her hand on his shoulders and leaned her forehead against his. “What else?” she whispered.
“You make me want to shield you from the world because of how good you are, but at the same time, I want to knock some sense into you and tell you to grow thicker skin because I don’t want you to have a hard time. I wouldn’t have it any other way because you are both strong and soft.”
Jack chuckled as he tweaked her nose. “I hate that you correct my grammar, and that you love healthy food that everyone else is forced to eat. I love the way your eyes light up when you see a little puppy, and the way you laugh like a child whenever I tickle you. Every time you’re too hard on yourself, I want to make you look into a mirror and see what I see.”
Cara trembled as she brought her hands up to his face and traced his eyebrows. “That’s all I’ve ever wanted to hear you say, Jack. To let down your guard, and let me in. All those times, I pushed you to talk about how you feel. It’s because I knew it was bubbling close to the surface, but for some reason, you were afraid to let it out.”
“I was, but I’m not anymore.”
“I freaking love you too. You know exactly how to get under my skin, and it irritates me to no end how logical you always are, even when the situation is emotional. It really bugs me that you think that fries, pasta and any type of meat is all you need to survive in this world.”
Cara shook her head. “Half the time when you’re rattling off statistics, I’m not sure if I want to throw something at you, or kiss you senseless. Sometimes, it’s both. You can be insufferable, and overbearing, but I love the way your eyes sparkle when you’re around your niece, or how your entire face becomes animated when you’re talking about something you love.”
Cara took a deep breath before she continued. “I hate that your pride gets in the way sometimes when I’m right, and you’re wrong, but you make me want to hold you and never let go when your curl up next to me afterwards and apologize.”
“I wouldn’t have it any other way, Jack Frost. You’re stuck with me for good.”
“Aw, damn. What am I supposed to do now?” Jack joked.
“There’s only one thing to do.”
“What’s that?”
“Kiss me properly.”
Jack kissed the tips of her fingers before he brought her hand to his face and placed a kiss on the palm of her hand. Cara pressed herself closer to him and pressed her lips to his for a sweet kiss. Soon, the kiss deepened, and their tongues were battling for dominance.
Jack moaned in the back of his mouth, and pulled Cara forward, so they were moving towards his desk. He broke away from the kiss for a second to sweep away everything on his desk to the floor before he reattached his lips to hers.
His hands reached down, and hoisted her up onto the desk before he kicked her legs apart and stood between them. Cara moaned as her hands began to claw at his back trying to remove his scrubs. She finally managed to do that, and she chucked them to the side of the room, then she took off his shirt as his hands began to rub her chest over her shirt.
She pushed herself closer into his hands as he smiled against her lips, and allowed his hands to travel down. He placed one hand on the crotch of her jeans while the other snaked its way under her shirt until it made contact with her bra.
Cara gasped as his hands moved under her bra and began to play with her nipple. The other hand began to rub her over her jeans until she began to grin against his hand. She fumbled with the button on his pants, and she made a noise in the back of her throat when she was finally able to undo it.
His erection sprang free, and once it did, Jack quickly helped Cara kick off her jeans and remove her shirt. He murmured appreciatively as he undid the clasp of her bra, and her breasts sprang free.
He began to suck on one breast, while he played with the other. Cara began stroking him over his boxers until she felt him shake beneath her hands.
He bit down on her nipple hard, causing her to dig her teeth into his shoulder to keep from crying out. His hips began to gyrate against her hands as one hand moved down and snaked underneath her panties. He began to rub her furiously as his tongue swirled around her nub.
He brought her face to his and kissed her deeply as she swallowed back her moans of ecstasy. Cara came with a shudder that vibrated throughout her entire body, causing Jack to smirk against her mouth.
He pulled away and smiled at her gently. “I’ve still got it, huh?”
A strangled laugh escaped her lips as she came down from her high and smacked his arm. “Modest, much?”
Jack laughed huskily. “For you, baby, always.”
Cara shook her head and placed a quick kiss on his lips. “I’m scared, Jack.”
Jack rubbed her back soothingly. “I know, but it’s going to be different this time, you’ll see. I won’t ever seek solace somewhere else, especially not in the arms of an ex. I’ll come to you with my problems, and I’ll let you in. I will do my best to deserve you, Car, because you deserve that.”
Cara kissed his neck. “That’s all I’ve ever wanted, Jack. Consistency and someone who will keep trying even when things get hard.”
Jack kissed her forehead. “That and someone who’s great in bed, right?”
Cara giggled. “Maybe, but what makes you think you fit the bill?”
One eyebrow shot up as Jack turned back to look at her. “Oh, I don’t, eh?”
He began to rub her breasts vigorously till Cara began panting with need. “How about now?”
“Maybe,” she choked out as she tried to ignore the sensations ricocheting throughout her body.
“Maybe?” he chuckled deeply as he grinded against her making sure to hit her sweet spot. Cara moaned as she dug her nails into his back. Her fingers trailed up and down his back causing a ripple of goosebumps to rise in their wake.
“Just a little,” she uttered as he began to rub her on top of her panties. He rubbed vigorously at first then all of a sudden, right as Cara was about to tumble over the edge, he stopped.
Cara frowned as her eyes flew open. “Why did you stop?”
“I’m not going to continue until you tell me how badly you want me,” Jack growled as he began peppering her neck with kisses.
“Jack,” she hissed as he bit her neck. “Come on, don’t be such a tease.”
He licked her neck and moved down to her breasts where he took one nipple between his teeth and began to suck hard.
He released the nipple and smiled at her innocently. “I’m a tease? Look, who’s talking.”
“Is that how it’s going to be?” Cara said, throatily. She let her hands travel down till she cupped him, and his eyes instantly rolled to the back of his head. “Two can play this game.”
“You’re a dirty little cheater,” he choked out as his eyes blackened with desire.
“So are you,” she retorted as she began to wriggle her hips against his. Jack grunted as he began to match her movement with a frenzy that had them both crying out softly.
“Hold that thought,” Jack said as he ran towards the door and locked it. He turned around to face her with a wicked grin on his face.
“Now, nobody can interrupt us while I have my wicked way with you.” He stalked towards her and captured her lips with his. In the middle of the kiss, he hoisted her up and laid her down on the desk. He began to kiss her stomach, her thighs, and all up and down her body making her writhe in pleasure.
Cara wrapped her legs around his waist and squeezed him. “Are you trying to drive me insane?”
Jack chuckled in between his kisses. “That depends. Is it working?”
“I would say yeah.” Cara shrugged as he began nibbling on the inside of her thigh. “Oh, God.” She pulled him up to her face for a sweet kiss while her hands traveled down and pushed his boxers down.
His erection sprang free, and Cara murmured appreciatively as he helped her out of her undies. He chucked them aside, and with one quick thrust, he was buried deep inside of her.
They both groaned as he began moving slowly at first, the sound of their bodies slapping against each other echoing throughout the office.
“Aren’t you worried that someone is going to hear us, and you’ll get in trouble?” Cara managed to pant out as she ran her hands across his chest.
“The office is sound proof because some of my patients tend to be very loud.”
Cara raised an eyebrow. “Is that so?”
“Not like that.” He gave her one quick thrust. “Not my kind of loud, anyway, but this.” He thrust into her again until he hit her sweet spot. “This I could listen to all day. God, your voice.”
Cara reached up to capture his lips with hers, and she began meeting his thrusts with equal fervor until she cried out a minute later, and Jack followed a while later.
They stood for a minute breathing heavily until Jack pulled out of her and pressed a sweet kiss on her forehead.
“Do you think I’ll get fired for this?”
Cara laughed. “I really hope not, but just in case, you’d better get behind me, I’ll distract them.”
Jack waggled his eyebrows suggestively. “Get behind you, huh? You don’t have to invent excuses for me to do that, Car. I can do that anyway.” He gave her a sweet kiss on the cheek as she slapped him on the arm.
“You have a one-track mind, doctor.”
“When it comes to you, yes, I do.”
Cara pretended to think. “I’m not sure I want a doctor who’s so single minded. Perhaps I should consider changing doctors.”
Jack threw his arms around her and hugged her tightly. “I don’t think so. I think you’ll find my set of skills can come in handy, and I can be very—” He paused and kissed her lips. “Very persuasive.”
The sound of their laughter echoed around the room as they held each other tight, basking in the promise of second chances.
THE END