One Hot Winter Break (Yardley College Chronicles Book 2) (2 page)

Azure
is the exotic resort where Jonathon is going to spend his Christmas because he refuses to spend it with his family—his father, sister, and brother. His mother died fifteen years ago. He invited me to go with him for Winter Break after Thanksgiving. He was trying to convince me to give up Ryan for him. I turned him down, but it looks he still wants more.

You said no before
, Jonathon continues in text.
If you changed your mind, let me know. I want to be with you in paradise.


I could go to paradise with Jonathon. He wants me. We could see where it goes.

I stare at my phone, a huge decision resting in my hands.

You aren’t in love with Jonathon, you still love Ryan.

I can’t have Ryan. He’s made a decision. He’s not going to change his mind. And he just might have fallen in love with someone else.

I have to be honest with Jonathon if I go with him. I can’t just pretend I’m over Ryan when I’m not. Watching snowflakes drift past the living room window, I call Jonathon.

His voice is deep and sexy and makes me shiver as soon as he says my name. I can picture him in his family’s Manhattan apartment—they’re away—looking out over the glitter of New York at Christmas, clad in jeans, a sweater, or maybe in his trademark faded, butter-soft leather jacket. His hair is thick, silky and black; his eyes a brilliant green.

“Does this mean you want to go with me to paradise?” he asks.

I try to keep the tremble out of my voice as I tell him what happened. Then I give him the warning: “Our break up is still really fresh, Jonathon. I want to put it behind me, but it’s going to take time. Maybe I shouldn’t do this. It’s not fair to you.”

“A week of recreational sex would be good for you, Mia. It would distract you.”

I glance around guiltily as if my mom can hear just because I really don’t want her to. Then I hear her chopping something in the kitchen.

“You never give up, Jonathon.”

“When it comes to you, no, I won’t,” he says huskily. “I’m not asking for a commitment from you. Just a week of incredible sex.”

It’s strange the way Jonathon has been so patient with me. When I told him I was going to be faithful to Ryan, Jonathon was willing to be just friends. Strange because Jonathon was originally dating my roommate Lara, and with her, he drew a line in the sand. He needs his partner to be into BDSM. Lara refused to go there. They broke up.

“I’m not even sure how I could go with you,” I say. “You’re leaving the day after tomorrow. You’re in NYC, aren’t you? There’s no way I can fly there in a day.” And I have no appropriate clothing for a beautiful resort.

“That’s not a problem, Mia. I’m taking one of Dad’s planes to get there. We can pick you up from your nearest airport.”

Just the way he says that so casually takes my breath away.
One
of his father’s private airplanes. But even though Jonathon is a billionaire’s son, I’m not attracted to him for his money. At first, I didn’t even like him.

I’ve since learned that Jonathon has great depth. I still haven’t figured him out completely. During fall term, he let me complain about my courses to him, let me voice my fears and insecurities, and he was always there to talk me through my panics and help me find confidence. He came to my rescue when a stalker attacked me on campus. He drove the guy away. Then, because the stalker was never caught, Jonathon kept me protected.

There are many layers to Jonathon I know I haven’t seen. I thought he was arrogant because he wasn’t willing to forgo kinky sex to keep Lara. But I’ve learned he’s not conceited; he’s vulnerable. I want so badly to know what has made him that way.

I don’t care that Jonathon owns a stunning mountain-side mansion, a motorcycle, three cars, a limo, and that he’s built a personal fortune of twenty million dollars. I do care that he has a penchant for BDSM, because I still think that means there’s a conflict inside him. He says it has nothing to do with his mysterious past, but I think my sexual quirks are related to my sorry past. Either way, his fascination with bondage and whipping—that’s where his interests lie—ignite a conflict inside me. I want to know more.

It’s the man inside Jonathon who fascinates me.

I could fall deeply in love with that man. All through fall term I didn’t let that happen because I loved Ryan and I wanted to be faithful. Now everything’s changed.

“Okay,” I say, keeping my voice really soft. “One week of wild, intense sex. I’ll try anything you throw at me. Bondage. Spanking.
Anything.
”

I hear him swallow hard. I like surprising him.

But he regains his composure. “We’ll arrive mid-afternoon at the resort,” he says. “I’ll pick you up at your place at 8:00 a.m.”

He hangs up then. I blow out a deep breath. By this time tomorrow, I’ll probably be dressed in leather, tied hand-and-foot, and doing wild, kinky things with gorgeous Jonathon Powell.

Chapter Two

By midnight, a blanket of white snow had covered everything, making even mom’s small bungalow look like a frosted gingerbread house. Now, at eight a.m., rain drizzles down. The downpour has washed away most of the snow. Only mounds of dirty, wet slush are left. This is the kind of Christmas I’ve always known; moments of prettiness, but mostly sloppy, cold, and wet.

I had to lie to Mom, of course. I told her something of the truth; that I was going south with Jonathon Powell. But I told her he was taking a bunch of us as a Christmas treat, including my roommate Lara and other girls. I mean, I’m nineteen and can certainly go if I want to, but I didn’t want to turn it into a huge debate. Nor did I want to discuss the issue of breaking up with Ryan. I googled Jonathon and his father’s companies, which convinced my mother that it was possible that a college student could spend thousands on a winter break vacation for his friends.

I sit on my rolling carry-on bag—purchased in a rush yesterday—passport in hand, biting my nails.
Don’t think beyond the sex.

My problem is that I used to think that way. After I lost my virginity when I hadn’t wanted to, I tried to make up for it by having sex with guys I desired. I knew it would end after we went to bed once, twice, sometimes as many as five or ten times. But I couldn’t play games. If I was turned on by a guy, I did something about it.

But I started to realize I just felt empty. I got to have intimacy briefly, then it just vanished, leaving me with nothing at all. Not even good memories, since I felt bad about what I’d done.

I’d already vowed to change when I moved here to Milltown and met Ryan. He made it easy to change. He wanted more than just sex right from the start. We dated for almost two years before we made love. I was the one to seduce him, on our last weekend before we left for our respective colleges, at a last-weekend-of-summer party at a friend’s cabin—

Jonathon’s here.

A large, sleek black car turns into our driveway. A man in a black suit gets out of the driver’s seat, opens the door to let Jonathon out. For all he likes rebelling against his father, Jonathon looks exactly like Gregory Powell. At least, he looks just like the photos I’ve seen of the billionaire on the internet. Jonathon invested his annual allowance into video gaming start-ups, an independent music business that is entirely online, real estate, successful restaurants and even BDSM clubs. He’s reputedly worth twenty million personally. Ironically, it’s his brother who was supposed to eventually succeed his father at the helm of Powell Industries. But Jonathon’s personal success has prompted his father to change his mind.

Now the two sons are supposed to compete in the business world, where the winner will take all of the Powell empire.

Jonathon has refused to play. But I can sense, by the aggressive way he fights to make his own money that he needs to prove himself.

I swallow hard as he walks up to the front door of our rented, sucky bungalow. The garage of his home near Yardley College is bigger than my house. But when I open the door to him, gaze into his green eyes, see his dimpled, rugged smile, I don’t see any disgust or derision on his face.

“Hi, Mia,” he says softly. God, his voice should be a flavor of chocolate. It’s like sin for the ears. “I’m glad you changed your mind and decided to come with me. Ready to go?”

That’s it, of course. No more pre amble. No wasted time. He does come in and introduce himself to my mother. I hold my breath, but Jonathon charms her in an instant. She is dressed for work in a classic diner uniform, her gray-streaked auburn hair tied back in a ponytail. She hugs me, wipes at her eyes, and wishes me Merry Christmas.

I’ve never spent a Christmas away from her. Only the fact I was supposed to leave her anyway to go to Dad makes me feel okay about going. I hug her tight.

I’m only going away for a week, but I realize I’m going to leave Milltown forever eventually. One day I’ll hug her like this when I’m leaving for a whole new life.

Jonathon’s driver grabs my rolling suitcase off the step, and Jonathon—gorgeous in a full length, black wool coat—leads me to the waiting car. At least I have my passport. I got it a year ago, when I turned eighteen and had the crazy idea of convincing Ryan to travel across Europe.

I know that by going, I’m walking away from Ryan forever. There’s a huge lump in my throat. But I have to move on. And I want to do it with the gorgeous green-eyed man sitting beside me.

***

An hour later, Jonathon and I are settled into the enormous comfortable leather seats on one of the Powell Industries private jets. Champagne has been served by a pretty blond flight attendant. She closes a curtain across our compartment.

Jonathon unbuckles his seatbelt, even though we’ve been instructed by the pilot to leave them on.

“There are some rules even you have to follow,” I point out. “You have to listen to your pilot.”

His green eyes glint wickedly. “True. But first I want to get you ready for the flight. Do you trust me to give you pleasure?”

Since September when I arrived at Yardley, Jonathon and I have been friends and nothing has ever happened between us because I was staying faithful to Ryan. We’ve never even kissed. Now I can completely let loose.

I’m here for a week of wild sex. I can live any fantasy I want. I’m here to take risks. “Yes,” I answer.

“Pull down your jeans,” he instructs.

I have to undo my seatbelt to obey. I’m wearing a new pair of panties in fluorescent pink that make me look like I have a tan, which is amazing since I’m a redhead. They are almost completely made of lace. I drove into the nearest metropolis to Milltown to buy new underwear, and used my textbook budget for next term to do it. But at least I look respectably sexy.

Sticking my tongue out at Jonathon, I re-buckle the seatbelt. My jeans are down around my knees.

“Spread your legs.”

Jonathon did take me as his guest to one of his BDSM clubs in fall term, but nothing happened there between us, obviously. I knew Jonathon would be determined to push limits now that he has the chance. I just didn’t expect it would be on the plane.

I’m nineteen and I’ve never done anything
really
kinky. But I’ve heard about kinky things. Read about them. Fantasized about them. I have to admit I’m royally excited by the combination of smooth leather beneath my half-bare butt cheeks, my anticipation, and Jonathon’s commanding tone. The lace of my panties is already wet.

Jonathon’s big hands push my legs further apart—as far as my jeans will let him. His fingers pry my panties aside and I gasp at the brush of his fingers over my very sensitive pussy.

Wow, we’re getting down to it pretty fast. I guess I thought there would be foreplay. Him kissing my mouth, my nipples, me getting to touch him all over—

He strokes my clit with the edges of his fingernails and the scraping sensation makes me bolt up on the chair in shock. Watching me, he rubs his fingertip over that aching place in gentle circles.

Oh. God.

My fingers gouge into the chair arms. I almost climb up the back of the seat. I bite my lip. Then moan really loud.

Okay, I don’t mind moving ahead quickly. But I glance desperately at the curtain.

“She won’t come until she’s called,” Jonathon says.

He just lets his fingers rest which gives me a chance to stop moaning and say, “You know, that statement can have more than one meaning.”

He shrugs. “She is an employee of my father’s. Not my type. God, you’re soaking wet.” As if to prove it, he slides two of his fingers inside me, and I am indeed slick enough to take them right in. Deep. He crooks his fingers, draws them back and strokes a spot inside me that makes my head spin.

All the while, his green eyes watch me, fringed by thick black lashes. I’m wriggling on the seat.

“Don’t come yet, Mia,” Jonathon instructs. A wicked grin touches his lips.

It’s torture not to start rocking on his fingers and turn my sexual arousal into a climactic explosion.

The plane lurches forward and starts rolling down the runway.

Under my lace undies, Jonathon’s thumb brushes my clit while his fingers slowly spread inside me. “When I’m ready, fantasy girl, I’m going to lick your pussy.”

I squirm. And pant. I can’t believe I am having sex on a private jet on the way to paradise. But I wag my finger at him. “What about your seatbelt?”

“Soon, Mia. There is something I need to do first.”

He slips a third long, graceful finger inside me. I’ve watched his hands cup pints of beer, mugs of coffee, and was always impressed by how sexy and masculine they are. But having him slide three fingers in and out of my pussy is incredible. All the while, his thumb taps my clit.

I’m going to come. I’m going to—

To my shock, Jonathon stops, slides his fingers out, slips my panties back into place, and casually takes the seat beside me.

“You’re stopping
now
?” I gasp.

He grins. “Once we’re in the air, I’m going to lick your pussy until you have a screaming orgasm. You are not allowed to come until then.”