Same Time Next Week (Ch 23)
I awoke around 6AM today realizing that I had not set up new chapters to run at midnight. I will not apologize, because I have very good reasons. First… day job is nuts in fourth quarter. I am doing the best I can, man! I am also writing a new book that I am increasingly excited about called Calculated Risk and it’s getting good and I was just all wrapped up in that yesterday because it’s due at the end of the November to my editor. Time is finite. Choices were made.
But we’re BACK and I am excited to share more of Jackson and Shelby with you. As always, if you’ve just found this serial, you’re way behind so drop back to the INDEX to catch up. The first 20 chapters are free, then we went paid and I have a subscriber now so YAY HI HELLO.
Here we go with Chapter 23. Many of these chapters are NSFW and I’ll try to remember to mark them as such. ENJOY.
In this chapter, Shelby reflects on the whirlwind of emotions following an exhilarating night with Jackson. Despite the passionate encounters that left them both breathless, sleep eludes her as she grapples with the thrill of her connection with Jackson, a stark contrast to her previous relationship, which had left her feeling trapped. The chapter captures her inner turmoil as she seeks comfort in the present while haunted by the shadows of her past.
Shelby laid in a bed that wasn't hers, next to a man she didn't know and watched the long shadows crawl across the ceiling as night turned to twilight.
Shelby
If Shelby thought a night of passionate, sweaty sex would make her tired enough to sleep, she had another think coming. The first session should have been enough to knock them both out, but the excitement of sex with someone new ran rampant and a few minutes after they stopped, they were going again.
The second session was even more electric and amazing and mind-blowing than the first, because Jackson took his time, making sure to kiss every inch of her body and explore her back to front, top to bottom. Shelby took her time with him, soaking in every inch from several angles
By the time they collapsed against each other again, out of breath and extremely satisfied, Jackson was delirious and passed out in the middle of a sentence. Shelby snuggled against him, listening to his heartbeat.
As usual, sleep eluded her and guilt rolled in.