Blissfully in Love (Blissful, #2)

Blissfully in Love

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Blissfully in Love

Copyright 2012 by Red
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Blissfully in Love

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The Aftermath

Jenny held her breath as the cabin door
opened. She grabbed onto Dan’s sweaty hand and held on for dear
life. This was it - they were about ruin their partners’ lives. The
intense love she felt for him after spending five days snowbound
together was undeniable. It was worth this awful moment.

Ryan entered first, concern clearly written
on his face. “Jen, I’ve been so worried! Are you okay?” He rushed
over to her, ignoring the fact she was holding Dan’s hand. Ryan
grabbed her into his arms and she felt Dan let go.

Jenny’s best friend Kelly was right behind
Ryan, running over to Dan. “I haven’t been able to stop worrying
about you two. I had terrible dreams about you dying up here.” She
threw her arms around Dan and sobbed. Jenny noticed the two looked
like the perfect pair with their matching blond hair and sun-kissed
skin.

Dan looked over at Jenny, his dark brown
eyes communicating something she couldn’t discern. Did he still
want to tell them? Was Dan tempted to change his mind after seeing
Kelly again?

Jenny suddenly had second thoughts about
exposing the truth of their affair. She watched Dan hesitantly put
an arm around her best friend and say, “We’re okay, Kelly.”

Kelly buried her face in his chest. “I’m so
relieved!” Jenny could hear Kelly sniffling and it consumed her
with guilt. How could she have done this to her BFF? There was no
way Kelly could ever forgive her for this.

Ryan finally released Jenny from his
constricting but loving embrace. “We’ve been trying to reach you
guys since Friday. It’s been hell waiting out the storm.” He
brushed Jenny’s midnight hair away from her face. “All I could
think of was you freezing up here in the cabin, but I should have
known better with that Cherokee blood running in your veins. You’re
a survivor through and through.” Ryan kissed her on the lips, but
Jenny didn’t return the kiss. He cocked his head, his emerald eyes
filled with worry. “What’s wrong, Jen?” She looked back over at
Dan. Should she say something?

Dan cleared his throat. “Kelly and Ryan,
there is something you should know.”

Kelly stared at him and then glared at
Jenny. The look of hatred on her face burned into Jenny’s soul. She
looked down at her feet to avoid it.

“How… could… you?” Kelly howled.

Ryan was still clueless, his concern
overshadowing his normally sharp deductive skills. “How could she
what?”

Dan spoke up, “Ryan, we’re in love. It
wasn’t planned, it just happened.”

Ryan shook his head. “What the…”

“You fucking bitch!” screeched Kelly,
lunging at her. Dan stood in the way to prevent Kelly from making
contact.

Jenny cringed and backed away from her now
ex best friend. She understood this was the price she had to pay
for loving Dan, but she found it hurt too much. “Kelly, I didn’t
mean to. I’m sorry!”

“Don’t give me that shit. You are my best
friend, Jenny. No. You
were
my best friend!” Kelly turned
back on Dan and started hitting him viciously on the chest. “You
mother fucker! How could you do this to me?” Dan stood there and
took her blows without defending himself. It appeared he was taking
her punishment gratefully, as if he wanted Kelly to hit him.

Ryan did not react the same way. He looked
at Jenny with tears in his eyes. “Jen, it was a stupid fling. This
was all a mistake. I don’t believe it for a second that you love
him. Let me take you home and we can work this out.” Jenny expected
him to fly off the handle; instead, he was trying to fix it. It was
one of Ryan’s most endearing qualities.

“Oh Rye,” she whimpered. She looked at the
love reflected in his eyes and felt a wave of regret. He took her
hand and led her out of the cabin towards his car. Jenny resisted
at first, but part of her wanted to run away from the painful
scene.

“Don’t,” Dan called out. She looked back,
drawn to him like a magnet. His blond hair covered his eyes, but he
didn’t sweep it back as he waited for her decision. “Don’t leave
me, Jenny.” Her heart contracted. Although her love for him was
new, it was intense - unlike anything she’d felt before. Jenny
stopped in her tracks, ready to fight for him until she looked into
the eyes of her best friend. The hate radiating from Kelly was
palpable.

“Get out of here, bitch!” Kelly snarled.
Jenny could see the intense pain her actions had caused etched in
Kelly’s face and it shattered her resolve to stay.

Ryan pulled on her arm. She looked one last
time at Dan, tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn’t do it. She
couldn’t hurt Kelly and Ryan more than she already had. Jenny
reluctantly followed Ryan out of the cabin and out of Dan’s
life.

This love was doomed from the start…
Jenny stared out the window of the car as they drove away from the
little cabin. Smoke drifted up out of the chimney, beckoning her to
come back - to revel in the warmth she had enjoyed alone in the
cabin with Dan.

Ryan pulled Jenny out of her daze with a
pointed question. “I have to know. Did you really fuck Dan?”

As bad as it was, she was determined not to
make it worse by lying. “We did everything
but
traditional
fucking.”

Ryan turned his head towards her with a
raised eyebrow. “You kept your pussy away from him?”

She blushed. How much was too much
information? “He took me anally, Rye.”

Jenny didn’t miss the shudder when he
replied, “Dan did you that way? Ugh, I guess when you’re
desperate...”

She ignored the feeling of rejection his
shudder wrought. Ryan was grossed-out by massaging her feet, so the
idea of taking her anally was way beyond his comfort level. It
would have been easy to let him think it ended there, but he
deserved to know the whole truth.

“Ryan, I was going to make love to him
today.”

“But you didn’t,” he said, slamming his
hands down on the steering wheel, “because I came and rescued you
in time.”

“Ryan…”

“No, this was just a set of unfortunate
circumstances. You do not love Dan.
We
are more important
than five days spent in a cabin.”

She leaned against the window. In typical
Ryan fashion, he’d already found a logical way to handle the
situation. It was simply a mistake; it was not going to change
their relationship. She sighed. Until Jenny knew what was happening
between Kelly and Dan, this was the easiest route to take. If those
two stayed together, there was no point in breaking up with Ryan.
Even though he didn’t compare to Dan, he was a good guy.
Better
than I deserve.

When Ryan arrived at the apartment, he took
her by the hand and led her inside. “I am grateful to have you back
home. I have missed you, Jenny Boo.” His use of her college
nickname softened her heart. He’d given it to her at a Halloween
party shortly after they met. Ryan grazed his hand against her
cheek lovingly. It was easy to slip back into the way things were.
Maybe he was right; a string of chance circumstances ignited an
unusual situation. In the real world, the love affair would never
have happened.

The two spent a quiet evening together. Ryan
cooked a simple meal and kept the discussion light. When it came
time for bed, he started undressing and said huskily, “I want to be
close to you tonight.” Jenny felt she owed it to Ryan and began
stripping off her clothes. It would ease the guilt of being
unfaithful.

Ryan pulled her to him, kissing her firmly
on the lips. “
My
Jenny,” he growled as he kissed her neck
and cradled her breasts in both hands. He worshipped her breasts.
Jenny threw her head back and let him suckle them. It was one thing
that Ryan really dug and she appreciated his attention.

Sadly, the way he handled foreplay reminded
her of a business transaction. It was quick and to the point, never
lasting long enough. Soon Ryan was pushing her against the bed with
his body weight. She fell back onto it giving into his need -
wanting to feel connected to him again,
needing
to feel that
this was the right thing for her.

Ryan thrust his hard shaft into her without
any undue ceremony. He grabbed her hips and began stroking her with
his lengthy cock. “I love you, Jenny. Nothing else matters.” Ryan
was staking his claim after the affair. She instinctually
understood that this was his way of preserving his manhood. She
opened herself to him and allowed Ryan deep inside her.

He fucked her for literally an hour. She was
tempted to play with her clit to help herself come, but doing
something new would only highlight the fact she had been with
another man. She resisted the urge, letting Ryan have his way with
her. She could tell he was proud of himself for lasting so long but
in reality, her insides were sore by the time he finally grunted
out his climax. “This is for you!” he cried, as his dick rammed
into her forcefully to finish off the session.

She echoed his cry in a pretend orgasm. “Oh
Rye, yes, yes, yes!” She knew he wouldn’t be satisfied unless he
pleased her and after an hour, all she wanted was rest. Afterwards,
she curled up in a ball on the side of the bed with tears in her
eyes. This was what she had signed up for - a good man and minimal
pleasure. Until Dan, she didn’t realize it could be any other
way.

The next morning she tried to contact Dan
from her office. He didn’t answer his cell or his work phone. She
called throughout the day, but it appeared he had cut off all
contact from her. After a week of trying to reach him, she finally
gave up. Either Kelly had instructed him not to have anything to do
with her or Dan hadn’t forgiven her for leaving him behind.

The unresolved feelings she had for the man
haunted her constantly. She tried to continue forward with Ryan,
but everything felt different. She still loved Rye, but Jenny
realized that she had never been
in love
with him.

She was completely and utterly in love with
Dan. Just thinking about him gave her butterflies. She longed to
hear his deep voice, to feel his warm caresses, to smell his musky
scent. Everything about him was desirable and perfect. To be away
from that, to be forced to live life without his presence was like
a partial death sentence. She knew she would never be whole
again.

After another quiet dinner, Ryan looked at
her sympathetically. “What’s wrong, Boo?”

She had been thinking of Dan and glanced at
him, her cheeks burning with guilt. “Nothing.”

“Don’t tell me ‘nothing’. I can see it in
your eyes. You’re clearly suffering.”

“It’s not important.”

“It’s important if it is causing you
pain.”

Jenny sighed heavily. “You don’t want to
hear my thoughts, trust me.”

He put his fork down. “Are you thinking of
Dan?”

Tears came to her eyes when she whispered,
“Yes.”

“I talked to him today,” Ryan announced as
he got up from the table and cleared away the dishes. Jenny tried
to hide her interest, but he saw right through her. “Yes, Dan seems
to be as miserable as you are.”

“Oh,” she murmured, both happy and upset to
hear that he was suffering, too.

“Kelly dumped him that day at the cabin.
He’s been staying with a coworker while he tries to find a place,
but you know how that is. Cheap apartments are impossible to come
by in this city, especially on short notice.”

Jenny gazed intensely at Ryan, trying to
read in-between the lines. Why was he telling her this? What was
his hidden agenda? “I agree. Finding a place won’t be easy for
him,” she responded guardedly.

He stared at her without speaking. It
appeared he was trying to build the courage to say something
important. She waited patiently while he scraped the plates and
then washed his hands before returning to the kitchen table. “You
should know that I told Dan not to contact you.”