Chapter 26
Christopher
That one word was like music to my ears. I pulled Jessi close to me, cradling her in my arms. I watched her fall asleep before my eyes finally shut, her body pulled closely against my chest. It had been years since I’d held her this close. Years since I’d held any woman this close. There had been no woman before Jessi who felt this way and I couldn’t bring myself to try any other woman after I’d left.
Jessi was the epitome of everything good and genuine about a woman.
The two of us fell asleep together, our bodies drenched in sweat and s*x. I slept hard. Peacefully, for the first time in months. Every time she moved, she moved closer to me. Slinging her leg around my body or moving her cheek to my chest. My hands tangled in her hair. Commanding her body even in m
