Chapter 0676
Jackson growls comfortably, cuddling me close and nudging my chin aside so he has access again to my neck. “When I give you my mark for real,” he murmurs, “I’m putting it right here.” He presses a kiss, then, to that special spot low on my neck. And I shiver with delight and anticipation, again wanting it now – right now.

I bite my lip, looking at Jackson with hazy eyes, slinging my leg up over my hip. “How long does it take?” I whisper.

“For what?” he murmurs, already moving closer.

“For you to be like…ready again.” I laugh a little, not knowing how to say it.

“Oh,” he sighs, pretending to consider it as he brings his mouth close. “Just about…this long.” And then my mate kisses me and turns me over again in the sheets. As always with Jacks, I’m immediately lost to him.

A few hours later, Jacks and I are all cleaned up and much more composed. We took an actual shower, complete with washed hair this time, and changed the sheets, made the bed, and put on our clothes. Indeed, if it weren’t for the fact that we can’t stop touching each other, and that Jackson won’t let me step further than an arm’s length away from him, I honestly think we’re doing a pretty good job of pretending that nothing happened.

But when Daphne’s steps into the room first, and her eyes immediately catch on mine and flare, I know that she knows.