Jasper Vale (The Edens, #4)

by Devney Perry

“You’re extremely hot.”

“You’re kinda grumpy and brooding too. Also hot.” “Do you always say what’s on your mind?” “Only when I’m drunk, remember? I talk a lot.”

“What else?” Jasper asked.

“I’d kill to see you without your shirt on.” Jasper barked a laugh. It was hoarse too, like he didn’t laugh enough.

Sad. Should I give him a hug? Too busy contemplating that question, I didn’t realize what he was doing until it was too late. Jasper reached a hand behind his head, fisting his shirt. Whoosh. Shirt gone. “Holy. Freaking. Abs.” My jaw dropped. “Six. Definitely six.” “Eight,” he corrected. “Count again.” “Whoa.”

“Um, are you going to kiss me?” Jasper hummed. “Thinking about it.” For the first time tonight, I was speechless.

“I think perfect is overrated.” “Agreed.”

“I like perfect,” I murmured. “I like imperfect too. I like wild and reckless moments that you never forget.”

“I don’t know. You’re the one who used to live here. What’s something spontaneous to do in Vegas?” A man walking by answered for Jasper. “Get married.” I scoffed. “We can’t get married.” “Why not?” the guy asked, still walking, his arms raised. “Yeah,” Jasper said. “Why not?”

A cuddler. Of course I’d marry a woman who cuddled. I loathed cuddling.

We’d fucked. Hard. Bare. My cock stirred to life beneath the sheets. It had been a long, long time since I’d gone without a condom, but when Eloise had told me she was on birth control and it had been a while, well . . . I’d broken my own rule about protection. It had been a while for me too. Eloise had met my passion with her own. There’d been nothing soft or gentle. We’d clawed at each other, rough and wild. It was the best sex I’d had in, well . . . a long damn time.

I’d gotten married. To a stranger. In. A. Tube top. “What is wrong with me?”

Never in my life had sex been that good.

Because that man had made me scream.

When I licked the seam of her lips, she moaned. And this time when I kissed her, she sank into it, letting me slide inside. Damn, but she tasted good.

No man had ever commanded me so entirely during sex. Probably why no man had ever made me come as hard, as fast, as Jasper. He fucked like delivering pleasure was his sole purpose in life.

I craved him. Only one night, and Jasper Vale had become an addiction.

“The next time you talk about any other man inside this body, I’ll spank your ass so red you won’t sit for a week.”

“This body.” He nipped at the base of my neck as his finger slipped inside. “You think I didn’t like fucking you, Eloise?” Whether it was his skilled finger or the way he growled my name, I wasn’t sure, but my toes curled into the carpet. “I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this pussy.” His finger eased out, shifting to my clit. “What have you done to me?”

“Don’t run away from me. Don’t pretend that you don’t know what it feels like when I’m fucking you.”

“You want me to fuck you for a while, fine.” He stepped into his boots. “I’ll give you the orgasms the losers from your past couldn’t. But when I see you on the street, you look at me.”

“I married your sister.”

“Oh, uh, hi.” Eloise came to stand by Talia’s side.

How could she ignore me? I couldn’t tear my damn eyes away.

“Oh my God, you told them?” Eloise shrieked. “How could you tell them? We agreed to keep this a secret until it was annulled!”

“What if we stay married?”

“Hear me out. What if this marriage wasn’t some drunken mistake?”

“Instead of hiding this, what if we owned it? Tell everyone we got married. Admit it was rushed and reckless. But tell them there’s something here and we’re going to see if it works.”

“No.” I bent to run my nose along the long column of her throat. “First, we do this.” I wanted Eloise on my tongue.

“Hey.” She scowled. “I liked those.” “When you move in here, panties are optional.” “Who said I was going to move in here?” “Me.”

“Come on my tongue. Then you’ll get my cock.”

“Okay, what?” “I’ll move in with you. But only because you asked me so nicely.”

“I like fucking you, Eloise.”

“I’m going to keep fucking you.”

“You like that, don’t you? I talk about fucking you, and your face turns this pretty pink. Almost as pretty of a pink as your pussy.”

“Jas,” I whimpered.

“You call me Jas later, okay? When I’m so deep inside you that you’ll feel me in your throat. You call me Jas. And I’ll make you come so hard you’ll scream.”

God, I loved his dirty mouth.

“You married a stranger. In secret. And you hid it from us. I’m going to fucking yell.” “Griff—” A strong arm wrapped around my shoulders, stopping another lame apology. Jasper hauled me backward, flush against his chest. “That’s enough.” Griffin’s gaze leveled on Jasper. “This is a private conversation.” “You’re yelling at my wife.” My jaw dropped.

“Sorry I stank up the house,” she said. “It’ll fade.” “Stupid Eloise,” she muttered.

“Call yourself stupid again, and I’ll take you over my knee.”

“I don’t want to sleep on the couch anymore.” Thank fuck.

“Have you ever watched yourself come before?” Her breath hitched. “No.” “Watch.”

“No more couch,” I said, my cock still deep inside her. She pushed her fingers through my wet hair. “Okay.”

“Long. My parents stopped by. We need to go to the ranch for dinner tomorrow.”

“I’m not one for family functions.”

“And I’m not one for anal play but I still let you shove your finger up my ass last night.”

“This is not the same.” His look flattened. “And you lik...

“Who is this mystery woman? Is she any good?” “Goodbye, Samantha.” “Wait.”

“Tell me. Does she make you lose your mind? Does she rake her nails down your back and leave marks?” “Yes. It’s the best sex I’ve ever had.”