Текст книги "Porn Star "

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Chapter Five

“I’d gladly lick your pussy all day long,” Jason said, leaning back. He wiped her cream off his face and licked up the excess. She tasted amazing. The women he licked out on set were rarely aroused, so they had to use saliva or lubrication to give the appearance that they were in fact turned on.

It had been a long time since he had a woman who wanted him beneath him. Everything about her was refreshing, at least to him it was.

“Be careful. You’re every woman’s wet dream.”

You’re lying to her. She doesn’t know the truth.

“For the time being I’m your wet dream.” He sat back giving her some space.

Sydney followed him, reaching out to stroke his rock hard cock. What was it about this woman that had him harder than anything he’d ever been in his life?

“How about I take care of that for you?”

He shook his head. “I’ve got something else in mind.” Taking her hand, he led her back to his bedroom. The curtains were open, but no one could see in to his bedroom as there weren’t any buildings close to his. The sunlight shone down into the room, and he took her to the bed. Pressing her down, Jason kissed her passionately. This was by far the most intense experience of his life.

Being in the porn business had taken something away from sex. With Sydney he had the chance to be natural. There wasn’t a guy in the background telling him to hold it still as they got the camera angle steady. They didn’t have an audience watching as he fucked the woman beneath him. There were no fake sounds or voice commands behind the scenes. This was all natural, and he fucking loved it.

Taking his time to kiss her, he ran his hands up and down her body, bringing her to life beneath his touch.

If he’d been on set they’d be telling him to stop, to rub her pussy, and for Sydney to start sucking his cock.

Everything about foreplay was rushed, and it all got down to the big finish.

He’d once heard a couple of the women admitting they thought about what they had to buy that day in the grocery department.

Sydney wasn’t fake in her responses to him. This was all her.

Jason loved the way her pussy was slick with cream, the way she writhed underneath him.

You love everything about her.

He didn’t pause in his kisses. Throughout his life he’d never once been in love with anyone, and he wasn’t about to think after a couple of encounters with the woman underneath him that he was in love with her now.

“Please, Jason, I need you.”

Reaching toward the drawer unit beside his bed, he took out a foil packet, and handed it to her. “Is this what you want?”

She took the condom from his fingers and gave him a huge smile. “You know it is.”

Using her teeth, which had to be the hottest thing he’d ever seen, she tore into the condom. He sat back giving her enough room to roll the condom over his length. Jason couldn’t take his gaze away from her. Each of her movements was sure. She wasn’t playing up to the camera asking him shit. He’d grown so used to women lying to his face.

Touching Sydney’s cheek, Jason couldn’t resist, and he wanted to make sure she was real. He’d been wanting something like this for so long.

A couple of months ago he’d been at a party with a friend. He’d seen a couple who weren’t part of the business, and he’d sat drinking a beer while watching them. They’d been so focused on each other that the rest of the party could have faded away for all they cared. The intensity, the lust had been like a slap in the face. He’d never witnessed anything like it before.

His movies up until that moment hadn’t been anything other than actions, not really. Where he thought he’d put his all in his scenes, he’d had a wakeup call.

With the condom rolled on, he pushed her back to the bed. He pushed all of his other thoughts about the life he’d created for himself to the back of his mind.

This moment was about the two of them, no one else, and he wasn’t going to allow it to destroy what he wanted.

Jason gripped the base of his cock and pressed the tip to her soaking core.

“I’m going to take it easy,” he said.

“I can take it.”

“Not my ten inches.”

“Ten inches? Have you measured it?” she asked, tilting her head to the side.

Shit.

“All guys measure their member.” Several brands of dildos were made from the mold of his cock. He wasn’t about to admit that to her though. He doubted she’d be impressed.

The money from the sales was good though.

Stop fucking thinking about it.

Jason needed to stop thinking about what he did. Richard’s words of cheating kept repeating in his mind. They weren’t dating. They weren’t together.

Slamming his lips down on hers, he silenced all of his inner concerns by focusing purely on the woman in his arms. Her soft body beneath him was enough to distract him from the chaos that was in his mind.

“Oh, my,” she said, as he slowly began to push his dick into her pussy.

Gritting his teeth, Jason was blown away by how tight she actually was. Resting his head against the crook of her neck, he bit down onto her pulse, moaning as her pussy quivered around his cock.

“Fuck, baby, I can’t find the words.” He was taken completely by surprise by the pleasure of her pussy.

She blew him out of the water with how she was affecting him.

Sydney was undoing him in ways that he didn’t think were possible.

Unable to control himself, he slammed inside her to the hilt. She screamed his name, and he paused, giving her time to grow used to the length of his dick.

“Wow, you weren’t lying were you?” she asked.

He leaned back enough to stare into her mesmerizing brown eyes. “I wasn’t lying.”

Stroking her cheek, he pressed little kisses to her lips. Something was happening between them. Her eyes were soft as she stared back at him. Sydney was totally focused on him, no one else.

“Do you feel that?” he asked.

She bit her lip and didn’t say anything.

“You do, don’t you, and I’m not talking about my dick.”

“Yes.”

He didn’t break eye contact as he pulled out of her body, and she gasped, arching up. Jason slammed within her pussy. Together they both moaned, and she scored her nails down his back, whimpering.

“Am I too big for you?”

“No. I’ll get used to you.” She went back to biting her lip.

Kissing her again, he bit her lip. “That lip belongs to me, baby, no one else.” Sucking the lip into his mouth, he moaned as she glided her tongue over his.

He went from slowly thrusting inside her, to fucking her with a passion that surprised him. Jason completely let go, holding her, kissing her, and simply being himself.

No cameras, no expectations, no fake words, and he was fucking loving it.

Sydney arched up, thrusting up to meet him with each slam of his hips. When he glanced down to see his latex covered cock sliding inside her, he couldn’t contain the orgasm that had been building. He didn’t need to hold off for the cum shot.

“I’m not going to last, baby,” he said.

In response, Sydney only moaned. He fucked her hard so that the headboard slammed against the wall with the force of his thrusts.

“Fuck,” he said, yelling the world out.

She cried out, and he filled the condom with his orgasm. When it was over, he collapsed over her.

In his mind he only saw the comparison with his other life. He’d been missing out on everything he’d been craving.

Kissing her neck, he moved away from her, aware of his weight. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it. I liked it. I like you being here with me.”

“You did feel it then?” he asked.

“Yes, I did.” She cupped his cheek. “This is the strangest thing in the world. I wasn’t even looking for a man the other night, and here we are.”

“I’ve never had this either,” he said, cupping her cheek. Fuck, he was falling in love with her. Jason couldn’t think of another word to describe what was going on between them.

“We’ll take it slow,” she said.

“Yes. We’re not in a rush to change anything.”

“I love my life the way that it is.”

He didn’t want to tell her what he did. “I take it you don’t want an invite to one of the sets?” he asked, trying to put it out there for her. He didn’t know what he’d do if she wanted to be part of that life.

“I’m not going to comment on what you do, but I really don’t want to know.” She held her hand up, smiling.

“Okay. I won’t force you.” He was so fucking relieved. Jason didn’t know how long he could keep this falseness up, but he was going to try for a little longer. “Stay right where you are. I’m not done with you yet.” He pressed another kiss to her lips before leaving to dispose of the condom. Staring at his reflection in the mirror, he was sure he could see the guilt reflected in his eyes.

“I’m not doing anything wrong,” he said, whispering the words. He just wished his gut could tell him the same.

****

At the end of the week, Sydney was whistling as she assembled the latest hamper. She’d spent every night with Jason ever since Saturday. It was now Friday, and she didn’t know if she’d be seeing him tonight.

“Syd, telephone for you,” Tricia said.

Stepping away from the hamper, Sydney moved toward the back and picked up the phone. “Hello,” she said.

“Hello, little sis, you missed me?” Dawn asked, sounding particularly chipper on the phone.

“Wow, stranger, do I even know you?”

“Ha ha ha,” Dawn said. “You’re so funny. You should have been a comedian.”

“Whatever, so tell me what has given you the need to call me now?” she asked.

“What? I need a reason to call my loving sister?”

Staring out at the shop, Sydney answered. “Usually you do, yes. What’s up?”

“You’re not going to see me for a while.”

“Why?” Sydney moved out of the way so Ben passed without trouble.

“I’ve got to assist the boss on his trip to Europe. It sucks, but it seems my knowledge on the whole tax system has turned him on. He says he needs me, whatever that means. I can’t get out of it. I’ve tried.”

“You’re not coming around to my place then?” Sydney asked, thinking about talking with Jason. She had warned him that her sister liked to visit, and he hadn’t liked the thought of that.

“Don’t you want me around?” Dawn asked, sounding a little put out.

“You know I love you, dear sister, but you’re driving me crazy.” She ran a hand down her face as she thought about the truth.

“Are you picking a guy over me?”

“I met someone.” She admitted the truth to Dawn. If she didn’t, her sister would only find a way to find her anyway.

“Oh, you met someone. Tell me more? Was it a hunky guy in a need of a hamper? Maybe someone has come to taste more than your cake.”

Closing her eyes, she shook her head at Dawn’s enthusiasm.

“It’s that guy’s PA I was dancing with last Friday,” she said. “Jason.”

“Really? Wow, you are growing up with picking men in bars.”

“Shut up,” Sydney said, smiling at Tricia as she passed.

“I take it you’ve been alone with him.”

“We’ve been together, yes.”

“Have you used protection?”

“Ew, Dawn, you’re my sister, not my mother.”

“I’m concerned about you. Without protection there can be consequences that stick with you for life, that grow up with either a penis or a vagin—”

“Again, you don’t need to go on talking about what could happen. Nothing is going to happen. I’m safe. I’m safer than you.”

“Please, I’m the walking talking advert for condoms. Actually, I probably shouldn’t say that. I sound like a slut.”

“But a safe one.”

“Screw you.” Dawn started laughing. “Look, I’ll call regularly while I’m away. Please don’t do anything crazy, and I’ll see you when I get back.”

“Love you, too, Dawn.”

“Love you.”

Her sister cut off and Sydney hung up the phone.

“Your sister worried about you?” Tricia asked.

“Yeah, she’s always worried. She tries not to be, but it’s hard for her.” Sydney went back to fixing up her hamper. At five she was tired, exhausted, and just wanted to go home. Leaving the shop, she was surprised to find Jason leaning against his car. Her feet were killing her for wearing pumps and not sneakers that day.

“Hello, beautiful,” he said. “Can I interest you in a lift?”

“Depends.”

“On what?”

“Where are we going?”

“My place, where I’m going to spend the rest of the night fucking you.”

His offer was too tempting to resist. Without blinking an eye, she walked toward him, climbing into the passenger side.

“I expected a bit of a challenge,” he said, once he was inside the car.

“You’ve got no chance. My feet are killing me. The only other option I had was walking home,” she said, resting her head against the car seat.

“Maybe I should take you home,” he said.

“Don’t you dare! You promised me some hot sex.”

“What about your sister?” he asked.

She turned toward him and smiled. “Actually, Dawn called me this morning. She is having to leave the country with her boss. She won’t be back for a month. We’ve got no worries about being invaded by my evil sister, which I say with all the love in the world.”

Jason laughed. She loved hearing him laugh.

“Aren’t you worried about her?”

“Dawn? No, she can take care of herself. She has promised to call every week, and she will. I know Dawn. She can’t help but check in.”

“She sounds like an awesome sister.”

“She really is. Don’t get me wrong, she can be annoying as hell, but her heart is all in the right place.” Turning toward him, she saw Jason was looking straight ahead. “What about you? Do you have any family?”

“No, none. I’ve got Richard, and he’s like a brother to me.”

“The porn star?”

“There’s more to him than being a porn star. There’s a man inside him.”

“I didn’t say there wasn’t. I’m sorry if I offended you. It must be hard for him.”

“What do you mean?” he asked.

She smiled. “Well, it can’t always be fun performing for a camera. I imagine there’s a lot of men and women backstage, shouting at you, telling you what you need to do. Must be quite the turn off.” Since meeting Jason, and discovering what he did, she’d taken the time to really think about the adult industry. She hadn’t gone hunting for videos online, but she’d thought about it.

“No, it’s not always great performing for a camera. I mean, Richard has told me about it,” he said. “It can be hard having people watching, ordering you around.”

She reached over, touching his thigh, trying to offer him support. “You talk as if you’ve got some idea what it’s like.”

“I’ve seen how hard it is on Richard. He wants to leave the business but doesn’t actually know what the hell to do with his time.”

“He can be anything. The world is not closed off to him,” she said.

“I don’t know what he expects to do. Maybe he doesn’t know what to do with his time?”

She chuckled. “What would you do with your time, Jason?”

“I don’t know.”

“Does Richard want a family?”

“I don’t think he’d ever considered it until now.”

“Why? What has happened now?”

“Nothing. Nothing has happened now. No, I was just talking. Maybe he’ll meet a woman who’ll make him feel like more than a piece of meat. He’ll start to want things he could never have before.”

“Who are we talking about here?” she asked, confused. She was sure that he was talking about himself and not his friend.

“Forget it.”

The rest of the journey was in silence, but he held her hand throughout.

By the time they got to his studio apartment, she was happy to be out of the car. There were times when Jason talked she was sure he wasn’t talking about Richard, but his own personal experience.

Forget about it, Sydney. He’s not a porn star, and doesn’t have a clue what it’s like.

Jason closed and locked the door behind him. Turning toward him, Sydney froze as she watched him remove his shirt. His gaze was on hers the moment he dropped his shirt to the floor.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“What does it look like I’m doing? I’m getting ready to fuck you like you want me to.”

Her pussy grew slick from his words.

“Tell me, baby, do you want me to fuck you?”

“Yes, I want you to.”

“Then get naked. I want you completely bare so I can sink my dick into your pussy.”

Sydney couldn’t do anything more than give him exactly what he wanted. She removed her clothes, rushing in her need to get naked for him.

The moment she kicked her panties away, Jason pressed her against the wall. There was no waiting as he slammed his lips down on hers, plunging his tongue into her mouth. He lifted her arms above her head, keeping them locked together, while he delved his other hand between her thighs.

She gasped, crying out, needing his touch more than she needed anything else.

“You’re so fucking wet for me, baby. I love how wet you are for me. Do you want my dick?”

“Yes.”

He kissed down to her breasts, sucking each of her nipples into his mouth. Jason fucked two fingers inside her pussy, pressing a thumb to her clit.

“I’m addicted to your pussy, Sydney. I’m addicted to you. I don’t want to ever give you up.”

“You don’t need to give me up. Please, Jason, don’t stop.”

“I can’t stop. I don’t want to stop.”

He took her down to the floor, and Sydney went with him, going to her knees.

“I’ve got to have you now.”

Sydney screamed in pleasure as he slammed the entire length of his cock inside her.

“So fucking tight, and perfect, and all mine.” He pulled out of her, only to slam all the way back inside.

Crying out, she felt his fingers digging into her hips, and the force of his thrusts shocked her to the core.

“Tell me you want me, Sydney.”

“I want you, Jason. I’ll always want you.” And it scared her a little. They barely knew each other, and yet she was falling for him. It was insane, crazy, but he called to her in ways no other man had ever done before.

He slammed inside her, over and over again, going to the hilt within her body.

Slipping her fingers between her thighs, she started to tease her clit.

“That’s it, baby. Come with me. Come all over my cock.”

She rested her head on her arm, which lay on the floor while she brought herself to the peak of orgasm. He pounded inside her, and when her orgasm hit, Jason held onto her hips tighter than ever before. She was going to be bruised from his touch, but she didn’t care. All she cared about was having his cock deep inside her.

He grunted out as she was coming all over his cock. They both screamed, crying out their need for each other. The sounds echoed off the walls.

When it was over, he kissed her back, pulling out of her.

“Shit, baby, I forgot to wear a condom.”

Spinning around on the floor, she smiled up at him. “I’m clean, and I’m on the pill.”

“I’m clean as well, baby, I promise.” He cupped her cheek, pressing a kiss to her lips.

Sydney didn’t doubt him. He’d never lied to her.

Chapter Six

“What’s going on?” Richard asked.

Jason sat at the diner across from the set that he’d gone to visit Richard. Sydney was working, and he needed to clear his mind. The lies were adding up, or at least they were to him. He was finding it harder not to tell her the truth. So many times it was on the tip of his tongue to tell her the truth.

“Why does there have to be anything wrong?” he asked, pouring some sugar into his coffee.

“You’re sitting at a diner instead of trying to find a reason to get on set.”

He wasn’t due on set until next week, and the thought of being there actually made him sick to his stomach. The thought of keeping up a relationship with Sydney was starting to wear thin.

“I’m not interested in getting to work any quicker.” Jason didn’t know what was happening to him. Actually, he did¸ and it was all built on lies and that alone terrified him. What the hell was he going to do?

“Are you in love with her?” Richard asked.

“It’s ridiculous. I can’t be in love with a woman I’ve only known for two weeks.” He snorted even as his heart beat a little faster.

“God built the world in seven days.”

“What the fuck has that got to do with anything?” Jason asked, getting angrier by the second.

“If God can create the world or Earth in seven days, or whatever he built in seven days, a guy can fall in love with a woman in two weeks.”

“It’s the twenty-first century. There’s no way it can happen.”

He looked across the table as Richard frowned. “I’m sure men from the past had the exact same parts as a man from the present. Yeah, sorry, it’s not going to be any different. We can all fall in love the exact same way, past, present, or future.”

Jason stared at his friend, really not liking him in that moment.

“I didn’t call you over here to give me a history lesson.”

“Look, why don’t you just quit this business?” Richard asked.

“What?”

“Quit, I’ll hire you as my PA, and you’d never have to tell her the truth.”

“Until one day it gets out that I’m Bone Harder. Shit, my life is becoming way more complicated than it needs to be.” Jason rubbed at his temples, trying to find a way to get out of the sticky situation he’d put himself in. So far, he couldn’t see any kind of white light.

“I’m not telling you what you should do, Jason. You don’t need to do this anymore. You’ve invested your money well, and you’ve got a shitload of royalties and endorsements coming in. You don’t need to stick with this life if it’s not what you want.”

“This is all I’ve ever done. It’s all I’ve ever known.”

“Well, maybe it’s time for you to start thinking about looking for something else.”

“Are you trying to take out the competition?” Jason asked, teasing.

“No. You’re my best friend. You helped me when I needed it most, and I’m not going to watch you fuck over yourself. You’re the brother I never had, Jason. Yeah, you helped me out by getting me into porn, but you saved me.”

He’d found Richard on the street almost dying. Jason had taken him to the nearest hospital, sat by his side, paid for him to go to rehab, and been a constant thorn in Richard’s side ever since. He’d been clean for well over eight years, and Jason saw him more as a brother than a friend.

“I love you, too, man.”

“So admit it. You’ve got feelings for Sydney. It’s not going to do you any harm admitting the truth. It’ll free you.”

Jason licked his lips, staring across the table at his best friend, he nodded. “I’m in love with Sydney.”

“Good, that’s great.” Richard sat back throwing his hands in the air, laughing. “Okay, we need pie.” He quickly ordered two large slices of Key lime pie.

Running fingers through his hair, Jason waited to be served before he continued.

“We now know you’re in love with Sydney. What’s the next step?”

“I’m going to have to tell her about my past at some point.”

“Why? You can be my PA, no lies.”

“Her sister knows exactly who Bone Harder is. Both women are close, and it would only be a matter of time before she discovered the truth. I can’t do that to her.” Jason had royally screwed up, and there wasn’t a way out of it, at least not for him, and not soon either.

“Look, it can’t be that bad. If her sister loves her, then I’m sure you can talk to the sister first.”

“I’ve got three weeks left with her until Dawn comes back,” Jason said.

“Then find a way between now and then to talk to her. You’ve got to give this a chance. If you don’t, you’d only regret it for the rest of your life.”

Jason took a bite of pie, moaning at the citrus flavor that exploded on his tongue. “Good pie.”

“Good friend,” Richard said, clinking for fork with Jason’s. “I’m going to have to start heading back.” Richard spoke up first after finishing up the pie.

“I’m going to come with you. Keep an eye on everything.” Jason paid for the lunch, and made his way over to the set.

Jason followed Richard into his small dressing room, while he prepared himself. It was something both men were used to. Richard, while in the room, began to stroke his cock to full arousal, before sliding his dick into his shorts.

“I play a pool guy this time,” Richard said, laughing.

Jason followed him out onto the set, in time to see Deep, one of the women, known for giving really good head. She could suck a dick like it was a lollipop, and was extremely popular in the business. Deep had made a good living on a DVD that literally had oral sex in it. She was in a bikini as she passed him.

“Are you coming to fuck me, too, Jason?” she asked.

“No. I’m here to watch.” His dick didn’t even get a rise out of him.

Sitting behind the camera, he watched the action unfold. Richard was pretending to clean the pool, glancing over at Deep as he did, giving her the fuck eye. Jason had seen many of these moments, the wait until the final fuck happened.

Deep moaned, placing the magazine she’d been reading beside the sun lounger before she started to caress and stroke her body. It was an amazing sight to behold, but again, his dick wasn’t interested in having any action.

Richard climbed out of the pool and moved to Deep’s side. She was moaning, looking at him with sensual eyes. Richard knelt by the side of the pool, rubbing his cock as he began to touch her body, stroking her.

Jason didn’t want to watch anymore, so he made his way out toward his car. He’d wait for Richard to get done.

Sitting in his car, he pulled his cell phone out, and dialed Sydney’s number.

She was working but had promised to start taking her cell phone with her.

“Hello,” she said, sounding breathless.

“Hey, beautiful.” From the sound of her voice he was hard as fucking rock.

“Jason, I missed you.”

He smiled, loving the teasing that came into her voice. “I missed you, too. I’m just out in my car waiting for Richard to get done.”

“You’re not standing watching?”

“No. I started to, and then I just missed you.”

“That’s incredibly sweet of you. Thinking about me even when you’ve got lots of sexy, naked women around you.”

“I’m in my car at the moment. No naked women I want in my bed other than you.”

“You’re a charmer, Jason.”

He chuckled.

Tell her.

“What’s going on?”

“I’m hamper packing. It seems teenagers are into hampers for graduation or something. They’re starting college I believe. Anyway, I’ve packed ten hampers this morning. No baking.”

He knew how much she loved baking.

“You’ll get the chance to bake.”

“I was going to ask if you wanted to come to my place tonight. I could cook, make a meal. You could invite Richard if you’d like. I’d like to get to know your boss.”

Tell her the truth.

“I’ll ask him. He’d love the chance to meet you.”

He heard her squeal. “Excellent. I can’t wait. I promise the food will be amazing, and I’ll whip up a dessert.”

Jason spoke with her for a few more minutes before ringing off. Resting his head back against the car seat, he closed his eyes, wondering what the hell he’d done once again. Why couldn’t he tell her the truth?

You don’t want her to cut you out of her life.

He was losing his mind with all of this deceit.

An hour later Richard climbed into the car, looking happy with himself.

“What’s got that smile on your face?” Jason asked, starting up his car.

“Job well done. Deep was brilliant as always.”

“Was she actually turned on?”

“No. I had to use plenty of lubrication. It just wasn’t the day.”

“I’ve got a favor to ask of you,” Jason said.

“What?”

“I need you to come with me to have dinner with Sydney.”

“Have you told her the truth?”

“No. She wants to meet my boss, and I don’t have the heart to tell her otherwise.”

Richard was silent for several minutes, and out of the corner of his eye, Jason knew he was watching him.

“What?” he asked, no longer able to take such scrutiny.

“You’re afraid of losing her.”

“Yes, I am.” He didn’t see any point in lying.

“Is she really worth all of this trouble?” Richard asked.

“You’re about to meet her. See for yourself.”

****

Sydney was nervous. Should she light the candles, or was that too intimate? If it was just her and Jason, she wouldn’t have any problem, but for her, Jason, and Richard, it seemed too much.

“No candles.”

The lasagna was baking in the oven, and she’d tossed the salad already. She’d changed into a figure hugging black dress, which she kept smoothing down her large thighs.

“It’s okay. Everything is going to be okay.”

She knew Jason, and Richard was like any other guy. She didn’t judge his work. Regardless of what other people would think, you had to earn money where you could. Her family had once owned a bakery, but she’d decided to work for someone else, even though she had the talent to open her own.

Richard had talent in the adult industry.

The doorbell sounded, and she decided it was too late to cancel any chance of canceling him.

Removing her apron, she walked down the short corridor, and opened her door. Jason was there, looking damn fine in jeans and a crisp white shirt.

“Hello,” she said.

Jason wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in close for a kiss. “Hey, beautiful,” he said.

She loved it when he paid her compliments.

“Be careful with the compliments, I could get used to them.” Her cheeks were on fire when she turned to Richard. He was a lighter blond with shorter hair than Jason. “It’s nice to finally meet you.”

“And you, Jason has told me so many good things about you.” Richard offered her some flowers, which she took, kissing his cheek.

“I’m pleased. Come on in. We can’t eat dinner on the porch.” She closed the door behind them, leading the way to her dining room. “Crap, I’m not really great at this. Are you both hungry?” she asked.

“Starved. I’ve not been allowed to eat,” Richard said, pointing at Jason. “He told me I wasn’t allowed.”

“You shouldn’t have been so mean.” She went up on her toes, and pressed another kiss to his lips. “Sit, and eat. Would you like wine or beer?”

“I’ll take a soda,” Richard said. “I’m not into drinking right now, and if I have to leave, I don’t want to be bundled into a cab.”

She turned to Jason, waiting for him. “I’ll take a beer.”

Nodding her head, she left them long enough to grab two cans of soda from the fridge, along with a beer. She wasn’t a big wine drinker, but she’d used some of the wine in the tomato sauce for the lasagna.

Returning to the table, she handed each man his drink, before disappearing again to grab the salad.

“I’m really bad at playing hostess,” she said. “I’m just grabbing the food.”

She returned the final time with some lasagna.

“This smells amazing, and don’t go worrying about your hostess skills,” Richard said.

“I don’t really do any entertaining for anyone.” She took a seat after serving them all a large slice of lasagna. “I only cook for my sister, and she’s away for a couple more weeks.”

“Have you heard from Dawn?” Jason asked.

“Not today. She’ll call tomorrow. I’m hoping you’ll meet her when she gets back from her trip to Europe.”