FOUR
The next morning work was the same as usual. The coffee brewed. I stared at the mountains outside the window. I had a pile of paperwork stacked on my desk. Boring. Same old, same old. That was until the door dinged.
Blake was already at the front. When she greeted the customer, I heard a voice that made my heart jump and my panties bunch.
“I’m here to see Ali,” Josh said.
My head snapped up from the computer, and I met Josh’s gaze. If the sound of his voice wasn’t enough, seeing him standing there in a buttoned-down collar made my panties wet. Moving from my desk to the front counter, I couldn’t help but smile. This boy didn’t give up easily, and I didn’t want him to.
“I want to book you for skydiving,” he said.
I shook my head. “We don’t book skydiving here. You’ll have to go down a block to—”
“Oh,” he said, cutting me off and making me frown deeper which only made him smirk. “I’ve already booked the skydiving at the other place. I’m here to book you to come with me.”
“I don’t do skydiving.”
He raised a brow and chuckled. “I thought you were the girl who liked everything in the sky.”
“Flying,” I said. “Not falling.”
“I thought you were bored,” he said. “Think of it as an exciting new adventure.”
“No, thanks.”
He reached out for my hand, but I pulled it from the counter. This time I was the one to smirk. “Come on,” he whispered. “Let me show you a good time.”
“Like I said.” I started backing away from the counter with every intention of returning to my desk. “I don’t do falling.”
“I’ll pay double your wage,” he begged. I kept smiling and stepping further away, “No—triple then.”
I stopped. The extra money would be nice. Biting my lip, I contemplated his offer. “And you buy me supper?” I offered.
He nodded his head. “Definitely.”
“I don’t know. Falling?”
Josh leaned forward, his lips touching the edge of my face. A fiery sensation ran down my spine. His hot breath warmed against my cheek as he whispered. “It’s going to be mind-blowing, I promise. And I’m not talking about the skydiving.”
“Okay,” I whispered back, my voice barely audible.
His hand slipped into mine, leaving a slender object in my palm. “I need you to slip this inside of you before we leave.”
Cher’s chuckle from behind me snapped me back to the present. I stepped back from Josh, clutching the object in my hand, and cleared my throat. “What time do you need me?”
He looked down at his watch. “We jump in half an hour. I’ll be waiting for you outside in my car.”
Before I could answer, he slipped out the door, and I was left with the dinging ringing in my ears. Skydiving? Seriously? But the possibility of a mind-blowing orgasm was enough to make me try.
I turned from the front counter and found both of my coworkers staring at me wide-eyed and confused.
“What are you two gawking at?” I tossed up my arm and moving past them into the locker room. Unfortunately, they followed me.
“What the heck was that?” Blake asked. “Are you into him?”
I shook my head without meeting her gaze. “He’s a client. That’s all.”
“For real,” Cher piped in. “You like him! Ohmygod, you never like anybody.”
“I said he’s a client!” I slammed my locker door and disappeared into the washroom. Why could those two not get it, I didn’t want them prying into my private life.
I changed out of my work clothes, into my own. Before pulling up my pants, I stared at the object Josh had given me. It looked like nothing more than a small wand-shaped vibrator. But I couldn’t find a button or seam anywhere. What was it supposed to do? Slipping it inside of me, I cringed at the thought of walking past my coworkers with it inside of me.
When I exited the washroom, I was alone. Good. I took a deep breath and walked back into the office. Both Blake and Cher were keeping themselves busy with their paperwork. I moved toward the front door, pausing before opening it.
“Okay, fine,” I said, not looking at either of them. “I might like him, a little bit.” I winced as they squealed. “So let’s not jinx it.” I pulled the door open, leaving them chattering like birds behind me. Seriously. They acted as though I’d never been with a guy before.
***
After a boring lecture on skydiving safety, we geared up and took to the skies. Josh had booked a private plane for our jump, and I had to say I was grateful not to have anyone see how scared I was.
“Hey, aren’t you Ali?” The pilot called back to me. I leaned forward, and though he looked familiar I didn’t know his name. “I saw you last time you were here at the airport. I think you were putting in some hours towards a commercial license?”
“Oh, yeah,” I blushed. “That was me.”
“That’s pretty cool,” he said. “If you ever need some extra time, give me a call.”
Josh tensed beside me and possessively took my hand in his. I looked at him and frowned. What was the big deal?
“Okay, thanks,” I shouted back.
We took the rest of the ride in silence. I wasn’t sure what to say to Josh; he seemed distracted since I spoke to the pilot. In fact, no one spoke again until we were high enough and the pilot shouted back. “It’s go time.”
This time I was the one that tensed. Josh stood up next to me as if it was nothing—as if we weren’t about to thrust ourselves out of a flying plane and drop to the ground like dead weight. When he turned to me, I must have looked like I was freaking out, because his eyebrows instantly shot up.
“Are you okay?”
I shook my head. “I don’t know.”
He nodded slowly, then leaned forward and put an arm on each of my shoulders. “We’ll be falling together,” he said. “Don’t worry.”
He reached out a hand, and I took it. My throat was so dry I couldn’t speak if I wanted to. I didn’t want to freak out. I didn’t want to be the girl who gave up. But I also didn’t want to crash to the ground and have to explain having a vibrator stuffed inside of me.
At the door of the plane, Josh attached himself to me. I had to say the security of having him close was calming, although I would never admit it to anyone. But it was nice he was completely relaxed. Now I just needed it to rub off on me.
“Ready?” he asked.
I shook my head, but said, “Yes.” A smile broke across my face. “Mind-blowing, right?”
A wicked smirk crossed his lips. “You bet.”
“Let’s do this.”
And before I knew it, we jumped.
And then we were falling.
I managed to keep a scream from escaping my throat as Josh and I spun together through the sky. At first, I had my eyes closed, but the sensation of falling was too much to bear. When the parachute opened, I took a peak and found we weren’t spinning, but rather in a free fall with Josh pressed against my back.
Around us were the mountains, forests, and lakes. We were higher than I’d even been before. It was all amazing to experience once I was able to calm down. It really was mind-blowing.
And then my vibrator started.
It was slow at first, a pulsating sensation coming from the center between my legs. Had I not calmed down I may not have noticed it. For a moment I dismissed it as a silly idea—but then the wand began to burst into a sequence of rapid vibrations. Fast and then slow. Fast and then slow.
I leaned my head back, knowing that Josh knew exactly what was happening. I wished I could feel his hands on me, his cock pressed against my back, but we had too much gear on. Suddenly I want the dive to be over. I wanted to be back on the ground with him, naked. I wanted him inside of me.
The thought of Josh inside of me was enough to push me over the edge. I moaned in excitement until we finally reached the ground.
When Josh unhooked us, the vibrator also stopped. I spun around, my face flushed from both experience and pleasure, jamming my finger against his chest. “I can’t believe you did that!”
“What?” he asked, making an innocent face at me. “You didn’t like it?”
“Of course I did. But—”
“Oh, come on,” he said, laughing. “You have to admit it—I am not boring.”
“What I have to admit is that you have some amazing products,” I said, putting my hands on my hips. “And all that means is that you’ve shown me that I don’t need you.”
“Oh, really,” Josh said, raising an eyebrow. “What if I told you we’re not done yet?”
“What more could there be?”
Josh laughed as he pointed to a line of trees. “See that path over there?” I nodded. “On the other side is my cabin, and it’s got its own personal hot spring. Let’s go have some fun.”