Blog Tour: Unconditional Love by Kelly Elliott

Hello? Jessie?”

 

“What did you just ask me?” she said.

 

I chuckled. “After your first time. Were you sore?”

 

Then she screamed. Right in my ear. “Azurdee! You and Lark? Oh. My. God. Was it good? I mean, I know it hurts at first, but after that? How many times did y’all? Was he sweet to you? That bastard better have been sweet to you! Was it hot? Oh my God, tell me everything!”

 

I laughed as I made my way downstairs. I saw about a half dozen people out back cleaning up the rest of the reception. Tables and chairs were being taken down and placed into a trailer.

 

“Azurdee!”

 

“Oh, sorry. I was watching them take down the rest of the things from the reception.”

She let out a long sigh and said, “Azurdee, spill it.”

 

I moved into the living room and sat down on the sofa. “Oh Jessie, it was amazing. He was amazing. He kept calling me mi amor! It melted my heart every time he said it. He was sweet, passionate, and so gentle. It was beyond anything I had ever dreamed.”

She let out the silliest little yelp. “I knew Lark Williams had it in him.

 

He just needed to find the right girl.”

 

My stomach dipped a little and my smile faded a bit. “Well, I’m not sure if I’m the right girl or even the girl.”

 

“Wait. Was this a one-time thing? Please tell me you didn’t agree to him taking your virginity and walking away!”

 

“No. We both agreed that we would be exclusive, but I have a feeling this is the first time he has been exclusive since…well since…” Why couldn’t I say her name?

 

“Nikki?” Jessie asked.

 

“Yes. Jessie, why do I feel like I’m in competition with someone who passed away years ago? I can’t shake this feeling that he was comparing me to her.”

 

She let out a breath and said, “Pesh. Nonsense, Azurdee. He would never do that. I’m sure it was probably just very powerful for him. I mean, by his own admission he has said he has no intentions of ever…”

 

Her voice trailed off and I knew she was regretting what she had just said. “Jessie, I knew how Lark was and how he thought when I got into this. I know he could walk away at any given moment.”

 

I silently prayed that would never happen, but deep down inside I knew it was a strong possibility.

 

“He won’t walk away, sweetie. I see the way he looks at you. I think you are the game changer he’s been waiting for.”

 

I bit down on my fingernail and began chewing it. “Maybe. I don’t want to get my hopes up, ya know?”

 

“So tell me…are you sore?” she asked with a giggle.

 

I felt like a teenager in high school. “Let’s just say he told me he was going to make it so I would think about him every time I moved…for a few days.”

Jessie let out a gasp and began laughing. “Oh my.”

 

I dropped my head back onto the sofa and said, “Jessie…he is amazing. I mean…the way he can be so sweet and then so dirty. Oh God. He had me going insane with lust for him.”

 

“The sweet part surprises me, but not the dirty,” she said with a laugh. I laughed in return and said, “Four times.”

 

“Four times! Look at the stamina Mr. Williams has!”

 

We both lost it in a laughing fit. “Jesus, Azurdee. No wonder you’re sore.”

 

“Bed twice, bathtub once, and then the shower,” I said in an almost whisper.