This Game Called Life (Kingdom Book 4) Read Free Page B

Her
name is Noelle, Ava, Leah Braithwaite,” turning to Aviva, MacKenzie smiled, “ Ava for her godmother who got me through the most frightening day of my life.”

 
    Chapter 4
    Deciding not to
risk the drive back to the house they all checked into the Kingdom New York
hotel. Having dropped Steve and Hope off at the airport, Josh and Jackson bypassed
the hospital and went directly to the hotel.
    The only things
Aviva had on her mind once they were in their room were a shower and cuddling
up to her new husband. Once in their room, as if by silent agreement, they both
stripped out of their clothes and headed for the shower. With the same care and
attention he always showed her, Jason soaped his wife’s body, then his own.
Enfolding her in his arms, he allowed the soothing spray to wash over them for
a few minutes.
    When Jason lifted
her into his arms, Aviva offered no protest. Even if she wanted to, she knew it
would fall on deaf ears. Giving herself over to him, she allowed him to carry
her into the bedroom. There he laid her down with gentle care and massaged
lotion all over her body.
    His task completed,
Jason pulled back the covers and Aviva slid beneath them. Switching off the
lamp, he joined her under the comforter.
    She must have
dozed off because her next conscious awareness was the pleasure of being held
in her husband’s arms. The word husband still felt unfamiliar, but it also
felt right. Unsure of how long she slept, her first instinct was to check on
MacKenzie. Then she remembered that her friend was safe at the hospital with
Jake standing solitary sentinel. With her recall, Aviva exhaled and relaxed.
    “Are you awake,
Angel?” Jason’s words were barely a whisper, as though he didn’t want to
disturb her if she were still asleep.
    “I’m awake. How
long have I been out?”
    “Not long,” Jason
said, his voice still a lowered murmur against her ear.
    Shuffling
backwards, Aviva wiggled her backside against Jason and was immediately
rewarded for her efforts. The sound he made vibrated against her spine and sent
a shiver all the way through her body.
    “So, what does a
girl have to do to get her husband to make love to her?”
    “All she needs to
do is keep wiggling like that.”
    “You mean like
this?” Moving again, Aviva rotated her backside first one way and then the
other, ensuring she made full contact.
    “Just like that!”
Jason said as he brushed her hair out of the way to place butterfly soft kisses
against her face. The arm that was draped around her body began a wonderful
languid caress that brushed over her thigh, up her side and over her arm to her
throat.
    Resting a palm
beneath her chin, Jason turned her face and kissed her. As their lips touched,
Aviva sighed at the sheer bliss of how wonderful it felt whenever she was with
him. The kiss they shared was a tender exploration of each other. Nothing about
their actions denoted haste. Every touch, every caress, every swirl of their
tongues was a motion of slow deliberation.
    Lifting her arm,
Aviva ran her hand over his face loving the rasp of stubble that caught at her
fingers. As she pushed back against him, Jason’s hand roamed her body coming to
rest against her heavy breast. Massaging the globes, he gave them the attention
they both loved.
    Inserting a powerful
thigh between her legs, Jason opened her up for his touch. When his fingers
reached their goal, just as before, he took his time rediscovering every inch
of her body.
    Throughout their
slow lovemaking, their lips were never more than a hair’s-breadth apart. When
their lips touched, their kiss was yet another silent declaration of the love
they had for each other.
    When she was
ready, Jason slid smoothly into her body. As their bodies connected, he said
only three words. “I love you.”
    His words and the
care he took with her filled Aviva’s eyes with tears. Unable to stem the flow,
she allowed them to fall.
    “Why are you
crying, do you want me to stop?” Jason