Wilson's Hard Lesson (14 page)

Nicole nodded. She laid down and spread her legs for him,
and allowed Jackson to hover over her. Her heart beat hard in her chest as she
felt him line up his cock at her sex, and she gasped as she felt its heat
against her wetness.

Jackson looked into her eyes, and she looked back longingly.
Slowly, he sunk his length into her, and Nicole’s breath caught as she was
stretched to accommodate his length and thickness. She gripped his shoulders as
he pressed into her, and she shook from the sensation.

“Are you okay?” Jackson breathed out. He was shaking on top
of her, and she could tell that she was desperate to move within her, but also
being careful not to hurt her.

“Yes,” Nicole nodded. Her inner walls were twitching around
him, and she was aching to feel him move. While she was tight around him, she
was not in pain.

Jackson kept his eye contact with her as he slowly pulled
out, and Nicole moaned from the pleasurable friction. Just his tip remained
inside of her when he pressed back in. Jackson maintained that slow, torturous
rhythm, until Nicole thought that she might lose her mind. Jackson’s jaw was
clenched, and his brow furrowed, so she imagined that he felt much the same
way.

“Jackson,” she breathed out, barely able to articulate her
words. “More…”

Jackson seemed to sigh in relief at her words, and he picked
up his rhythm. At first the change was minor, but soon, Jackson had increased
his pace to an almost punishing speed. Nicole bit her lip as her body was
racked with incredible sensations. She felt herself approach the edge of her
climax, and she knew that it would only take one minor change to send her over
the edge.

Jackson seemed to be able to read her mind. He looked into
her eyes and slid his hand down her stomach. It only took a soft flick of his
finger over her clit to send her over the edge. Nicole cried out as her muscles
tensed and her inner muscles crashed down over his hardness. It was an entirely
new and more intense sensation to orgasm with something so big inside of her,
and she heard Jackson moan as she milked him.

Nicole was awed that she had been able to orgasm twice in
such a short span of time. Jackson, though, had yet to achieve his first, and
he continued to pump into her, only serving to prolong her own orgasm. Soon,
though, he too reached his pinnacle, and he released a loud, long moan as his
hot seed shot into her.

Jackson finished, and then slowly lowered himself onto the
bed and turned onto his back, releasing a long sigh. They both breathed heavily
for a long moment, and then were quiet once they had caught their breath.
Nicole looked over at Jackson, and felt a deep longing to be closer to him. She
tentatively turned onto her side, and slowly moved into his side, which had
become slick with sweat. She inhaled his deep musk, and released a contented
sigh.

Jackson tentatively put his arm around her, and ran his
fingers through her hair with his free hand.

“How are you…” he started, and Nicole could clearly hear the
tension in his voice. “Are you okay?”

Nicole laughed and blushed.

“Absolutely,” she nodded. “You’re unbelievable. It’s no
wonder that I married you.”

Jackson laughed wryly, and gently kissed her forehead.

“I’m surprised that you wanted this,” Jackson said
genuinely.

“Oh,” Nicole said. “I mean, maybe it was the accident… you
know, maybe it made me more… needy…”

Jackson laughed.

“No, you have been… needy since I’ve known you,” he said
with a sweet smile. “I just thought you might want to rest a little more.”

“Well I’m pretty tired now,” Nicole admitted, and Jackson
chuckled.

“Go ahead and try to get some sleep,” he said gently. “Don’t
worry, I’ll be right here if you need anything.”

“Okay,” Nicole said softly, and smiled up at him. She
watched as he closed his eyes, and she settled in as well. He seemed to fall
off to sleep fairly easily, and his chest rose and fell as he breathed. Nicole
could hear his heart beating in his chest, and she allowed the sound to lull
her into a restful sleep.

Nicole slept much more peacefully this time around, and when
she woke up, she felt refreshed and very much revitalized. She woke to Jackson
looking down at her with a peaceful expression, gently stroking her hair. She
blinked up at him and gave him a small smile before she yawned.

“Hey,” he said softly. “How did you sleep?”

“Very well,” Nicole answered. She raised her arms up over
her head to stretch, and she winced slightly.

“Careful,” Jackson said, his hands immediately hovering over
her, and his brows furrowed in concern.

“I’m okay,” Nicole sighed. “Just not used to being…
damaged.”

“You’re not damaged,” Jackson said, planting a soft kiss on
her forehead. “Come on, let’s go get you some food. I’m sure the saline
solution wasn’t so thrilling on the palate.”

Jackson swung his legs over the other side of the bed and got
up, then moved over to her side to help her up. Nicole took his hand and
allowed him to help her sit up on the edge of the bed. She winced slightly as
she engaged her sore core muscles, and Jackson held her steady with a hand on
her back.

“You’ll feel better soon,” he said softly. “The doctor sent
us home with some pain meds if you want any.”

“Yeah, let’s do that,” Nicole said. Jackson reached into her
nightstand and withdrew a bottle from the top drawer and put it on the top of
the small furniture.

“I’ll get you some water,” Jackson said, and she watched as
he moved into the adjoined bathroom, and then shortly returned with a glass
tumbler of water.

Nicole took it gratefully, and took two of the pills,
finishing off the water. Jackson took back the tumbler and set it down on the
nightstand. She watched Jackson move around the room and gather the clothes
they had discarded. She felt a surge of desire as she looked at his naked body,
and watched the sinew of his muscle as he dressed.

“Here,” Jackson handed Nicole her bra, and she smiled,
embarrassed as he helped her dress. When they were both finally clothed once
more, Jackson helped her to get up out of the bed and slowly move across the
room.

Nicole allowed him to support her as she moved to stand, and
allowed him to lead her out of the bedroom and down the stairs. He left her
leaning on a wall to bring a chair in from the dining room, and Nicole settled
into it.

“Um,” Nicole spoke up tentatively. “Am I still…”

“Vegetarian?” Jackson asked with a raised brow and a smile.
“Yes, and I am too.”

Nicole breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that a lot had
changed in five years, but her diet would have been something that she insisted
upon maintaining.

She was glad that Jackson was being so accommodating about
her memory loss. He seemed to be in a brighter mood than he was at the
hospital, and she could barely take her eyes off of him as he moved about the
kitchen. He moved over to her and presented her with a bowl of oatmeal with
apples and cinnamon. Her mouth watered at the smell, and she eagerly took her
first bite.

“Careful, don’t overload your system,” he said. “No pressure
to eat it all.”

Nicole nodded and turned her attention back to her delicious
breakfast. It was absolutely delicious, but after about half the bowl she found
that she could eat no more. She guessed that her stomach had shrunk from being
on an intravenous diet for the past week. She handed her bowl back to Jackson,
and he promptly finished off the rest by himself.

Nicole once again looked around their beautiful home. She
frowned as she wondered how they were able to afford this. She wondered how
they would pay for her lengthy stay at the hospital, and how she would be able
to go back to work when she had no memory of ever doing her job.

“Hey,” Jackson interrupted her thoughts. “What are you
thinking about?”

Nicole sighed and shook her head.

“Just money,” Nicole shrugged. “I know my hospital stay is
going to be expensive, and I know that all this was expensive, and I’m just
worried about having to go back to a job that I can’t remember ever doing.”

Jackson blinked and looked at her blankly.

“Nicole,” he said patiently. “I am an architect. A highly
sought after architect at that. If you don’t want to, you never have to go back
to work in your life. And you never, ever need to worry about money.”

Nicole blinked to hear the news. It seemed that the two of
them had a practically perfect life. She couldn’t help but think that she was
the luckiest woman in the world.

“Oh, by the way,” Jackson said, and pulled out his phone. “I
got a text from your dad. He’s off work, and he wants you to give him a call.”

Jackson handed over his phone, and Nicole remembered the
process he had gone through to get it to work. She shuffled down to her
father’s name in the contacts, and pressed the call button.

The phone rang a couple of timed before he answered, and
when he did his voice was cool and clipped.

“Hello?” he said simply.

“Hey dad, it’s me,” Nicole said.

“Oh, Nicole,” he said, his tone much warmer. “I’m glad you
called. I’m so glad you’re up and about. I heard you have a little head
trauma.”

“Yeah, I can’t remember anything from the last five years,”
Nicole explained, her eyes following Jackson as he moved to clean up the dishes
from breakfast.

“Well,” her father sighed. “I’m sure this is all pretty
disorienting for you then.”

“You could say that,” Nicole laughed.

“Well, let me remind you then,” he said spiritedly. “We have
a dinner scheduled with you on Wednesday, as a celebration for your adoption.”

“Oh, great,” Nicole said, feeling a rush of nausea at the
thought of having a baby in her life so soon. “We’ll be there, I’m sure Jackson
has it marked somewhere in a calendar.”

Her father was quiet for a long moment.

“Well, just in case,” her father spoke up. “It’s at our
house at seven.”

“Do you still live… where I remember?” Nicole asked
tentatively. Her father laughed.

“Yeah, we didn’t go anywhere,” he said easily.

“Okay,” Nicole laughed lightly. “We’ll be there then.”

Again, her father was silent.

“Okay,” he finally said in a long sigh. “We’ll see you
both.”

“See you,” Nicole said. “Love you dad.”

“Love you too,” he said gently. “Take care.”

With that, Nicole hung up the phone. She stared at it as she
held it in her lap, and she handed it back to him when he moved toward her from
the sink.

“Everything okay?” he asked, putting the phone back in the
pocket of his jeans.

“Yeah,” Nicole said vaguely. “Just my dad seemed… weird.”

Jackson grunted and frowned.

“Did you know that we had a dinner with them?” she asked
softly.

“We don’t actually,” Jackson said softly. “You do.”

“Oh,” Nicole blinked, suddenly feeling very sheepish.

“It was just a way that you could reconnect with them,”
Jackson shrugged. “It’s no big deal.”

Nicole nodded, and she felt somewhat distressed that he
would not be there with her.

“I can come if you want, of course,” Jackson said.

“I think I’d like that,” Nicole smiled up at him, and he
smiled back, moving to gently cup her cheek in the palm of his hand. She was
grateful that he was being so understanding.

“I was thinking we could watch a movie?” he suggested, and
Nicole was more than open to the idea.

“That sounds great,” Nicole said, and Jackson smiled.

Nicole took Jackson’s arm and allowed him to lead her into
the living room, where she settled into the soft leather couch. Jackson moved
over to the television and entertainment center and opened one of the doors of
the cabinet. He fished around a large collection of DVD’s until he finally
settled on one and put it into the player. He moved back to the couch and
picked up the remote from one of the stands by the couch.

Nicole leaned against him as he flipped on the TV and set
the input to the DVD player. Immediately the screen was filled with the opening
menu of one of her favorite romances.

“This is my favorite,” Nicole said softly, giving him a
small smile.

“I remember,” he smiled, and Nicole blushed.

Nicole nuzzled closer to him as the film began to play, and
she felt somewhat normal. Jackson put his hand gently on her knee, and she
rested her face along his muscular upper arm. The movie passed, and Nicole was wrapped
in her attention for a while, but soon her thoughts drifted to the man that was
sitting beside her.

His natural scent was filling her nose, and she reveled in
his warmth and closeness. Though her mind could not quite make connections yet,
it was abundantly clear that her body had not forgotten him. She weaved both
her arms around his and gathered up her legs underneath her on the couch.

She felt extremely safe and comfortable with him. She teared
up at some of the more emotional parts of the movie, and Jackson was ready for
it. He had a box of tissues already on hand, and he reached for a small
wastebasket and put it down in front of her. She sniffled her thanks, and
blushed that he had thought of something like that. He gave her a soft smile
and a kiss on the cheek.

Nicole marveled at the kind sweetness of the man that she
was curled up to. He was thoughtful, and it seemed that he was focused on
making sure that she was absolutely comfortable. She was also beginning to see
more of his humor, which she couldn’t help but find charming. She bitterly
regretted the fact that she had no memory of their courtship and the time they
had dated, as well as the time that they had been married.

The movie came to an end, and Nicole moved to let Jackson
rise and put up the DVD. He executed his task rapidly, and was soon back beside
her on the couch.

“Well, is there anything you want to do now?” Jackson asked
her, looking down at her with his considerate dark eyes.

Nicole took stock of her outfit, and she vaguely acknowledged
that she must not have had a decent shower in days.

“Do you think I could go take a shower?” she asked.

“Of course,” he smiled down at her. “Or you could take a
bath. That might be easier so you don’t have to stay on your feet for so long.”

“Oh, okay,” Nicole blinked. She had never had a place with a
tub, so she had never really had a proper bath that she could remember. It was
no wonder she had wanted one in her adult home.

Jackson held her off the couch and guided her up the stairs
and to the master bedroom. Nicole finally saw the master bath, and she nearly
gasped at the splendor of it. It was incredibly large- with a Jacuzzi tub
complete with jets- that could easily fit multiple people. There was an equally
large shower along the other wall, with stone tile along the floor and wall,
and there were multiple shower heads, and a large enough area that she could
easily step out of the stream. There was also a stone bench built into the
wall. There were two sinks and a large counter complete with all manner of hand
soaps and lotions. Two toothbrushes were placed in the holder between the two
sinks.

Nicole marveled at the room, and Jackson smiled.

“This is incredible,” Nicole murmured.

“Wait till you get in the tub,” Jackson flicked his
eyebrows. “I’ll be right outside if you need anything.”

Jackson made to leave, but Nicole quickly latched onto his
arm.

“Um…” Nicole stammered. “Could you teach me how to work the
tub?”

Jackson smiled and moved over to the faucets. He flipped a
switch, and Nicole saw the hole in the drain close. He then turned on the hot
water and kept his hand in to test the temperature.

“Here,” he said, and took hold of Nicole’s hand, and placed
it in the water as well. “Just tell me hotter or cooler.”

Together they worked to get the water at the right
temperature, quite hot, but not overly so. Finally, the tub was full, and
Nicole was eager to get into it.

“There you go,” Jackson said. “I’ll be right outside if you
need anything.”

“Actually,” Nicole spoke up and stopped him before he could
actually leave. “Do you think you help me get in?”

Jackson’s eyes flashed with a heated emotion, and he nodded.

“How about I just stay in here until you get in?” he said.
“I’ll give you some privacy.”

Jackson turned so his back was to her, and Nicole began to
remove her clothes. She felt her heart begin to breathe more heavily in her
chest as she dropped her clothes onto the floor item by item. When she was
finally bare to him, she took a deep breath.

“I’m ready,” she said softly. Jackson turned to face her,
and she saw his throat bob as he swallowed.

Jackson moved over to her and took her hand. Nicole gripped
it tightly as she moved each of her shaky legs up the small steps, and then
over the edge of the tub. She held tight to Jackson’s hand as he slowly lowered
her into the water. He did not try to hide the fact that he was soaking up the
sight of her in the tub through the clear water.

“Here,” Jackson said, reaching for a package on the side of
the tub. “This is a bath bomb.”

He opened up the package and revealed a ball that was light
green in color.

“It’s lemongrass with avocado,” he said. “It’s supposed to
be good for your skin.”

Nicole watched as he dropped the ball into the water, and
she gasped as it immediately began to fizz and turn all the water in the tub
the same shade of light green. The water did feel luxurious, and she gently
moved her arms through the water.

“There are soaps and waters just there,” he said, gesturing
to the other edge of the tub. “I won’t be far if you need me, but shout when
you need to get out.”

“Okay,” Nicole said softly. Jackson gave her a single nod
and moved out of the room. She bit back the urge to ask him to stay.

“I’ll leave the door cracked,” he said, and then stepped
out, leaving the door a quarter of the way open.

Nicole felt slightly anxious at being left alone, but she
tried to relax into the soothing water of the bath. She sighed as she let the
ingredients of the bath bomb work into her skin, and she closed her eyes,
stretching her body out in the tub and resting her head against the edge of the
tub.

After she had relaxed a while, she gingerly stood up and
began to wash herself with a soft loofah that hung from a hook in the wall. She
used a bath wash that was scented with mint and eucalyptus, and the smell made
the inside of her nostrils tingle.

She lowered herself back into the water once she had washed
her body. She then held her breath as she dipped her head under the water. With
her hair wet, she was free to lather a shampoo into her hair, and then rinse it
out and follow it with conditioner. She released a little of the water down the
drain, and used a small shower head to rinse the conditioner out.

Nicole was just about to call for Jackson to help her out of
the tub when she realized that her legs could do with a shave. She easily
caught sight of a razor on the edge of the tub, and picked it up. It was a
nice, five blade razor, and she was sure it would get the job done.

She ran the razor up her legs until she was certain she had
gotten every last hair. She was about to call it a day before she remembered to
get her underarms. She felt herself flush as she lowered her hand between her
legs. She bit her lip and considered it for a moment. She decided to go through
with it, and she ran the razor over her pubic hair until it was completely
gone.

Feeling fresh, she finally decided that she was clean enough
for her own satisfaction. She drained the tub and turned on the water of the
small shower head and rinsed off her hair and body one last time. She stood in
the empty tub for a moment before sitting down on the edge.

Nicole figured that she could probably get out of the tub
and dry herself off on her own, but she was still slightly worried about
slipping and falling. Besides that, she admitted to herself that she just
wanted Jackson there. She felt a slight tingle at the thought of him seeing her
this way, and she resolved to all him in.

“Jackson?” Nicole called out, loud enough so that he could
likely hear her wherever he was in the house.

It was only an instant before he stepped in through the
door. He looked at her curled up on the floor of the tub, and she saw a mixture
of emotions pass through his eyes. She shivered at the look, and wondered how
far she could make this go.