"She probably needs help. You should go see her."
"Ju-ju!" Zee's voice boomed. Juliette turned her head and challenged him with one brow raised. "Baby, I'm just-"
"Just nothing, babe. Can't you see that Jax wants to see her too?" She faced Jax next. "Am I right or am I right?"
"Ummm … " Jax ran his fingers through his hair.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zee rub his eyes. "I'll take you to her. Ju-ju, go back to bed and I'll be back to … help you watch over Harley."
"Sure, babe." Without warning, Juliette swung her arms around his neck and smacked her lips over his. "I missed you."
Inside the elevator, Jax tried not to tease Zee. The man could probably pound him into the ground if he said anything about how much he was whipped by his woman. Jax smiled to himself as he sensed Zee's discomfort.
"Your secret's safe with me, Zee. Don't worry about it," Jax said without looking over his shoulder.
***
After two more knocks, Jax heard Cade's tired voice on the other side of the door. A shadow appeared through the slit at the bottom, and he could almost feel her through the wood. He leaned his body forward, gripping the doorframe with his hands.
"Jax, is that you?" she asked before unlocking the door. "What are you doing here?"
There were bags under her eyes, and her hair was a pile of mess on her head. She wore a tattered shirt, which hung off one shoulder, and shorts, which displayed her toned legs. She was the most beautiful woman Jax had ever seen.
"I came here to keep my promise," he answered.
"What promise?" Cade stepped back as Jax crossed the threshold and caught her in a predatory stare.
With a quick push of his foot, Jax closed the door behind him and wrapped Cade in his arms, pulling her legs up and around his hips. Cade had to hold on before she fell, but Jax wouldn't dare let her. "Don't you remember?" he said between swift kisses on her lips. "I told you once we're back we'll finish what we started."
Jax ran one hand up her shirt and pressed her against a wall, while the other hand cupped her bottom. He ground his hips against hers, garnering a moan from Cade. He swallowed that moan, and slipped his tongue between her lips. She tasted sweet, just as he remembered.
"Bedroom?" he asked against the softness of her lips.
With her eyes closed, Cade pointed to her left, and that was where Jax took her.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Her place was a disaster, but Cade thought she was on cloud nine.
When Jax carried her to the bedroom, he tripped four times, but it made the experience of being with him for the first time even more special.
It took Cade three times to climb the stairs up and down, chucking out bags and bags of soiled and soaked items from her apartment. She had managed to save a few of her clothes from the damage. Sleeping in the sad, soggy apartment wasn't ideal, but she'd conked out from fatigue. Whatever else she needed to do could wait until the next day.
Then the knock came on her door.
Was she ever surprised to see Jax standing there in all his rock god sexiness! Cade had no idea what she looked like, but she knew she wasn't the prettiest at that moment. Jax did not care, not by the way he lunged at her even before the door closed shut.
What came after was beyond amazing.
After the third go, her energy had depleted and she had to wave a white flag. Not a moment later, she was asleep with him as the big spoon.
The light from the sun's rays played between the blinds. Staccato kisses spread goose bumps on her back and shoulders and sent electricity along her spine.
Jax was ready for round four.
"Good morning," his gravelly voice melted her inside and heat pooled between her thighs.
His hands wandered but his touches were delicate, like his fingers wanted to explore and remember every inch of her body. Jax gathered her hair in one hand and twisted it at the nape of her neck. This gave his lips and teeth and tongue more freedom to taste and nibble.
Cadence reached up and behind her, bringing his head closer to the curve of her neck, close to the pulse beating wildly, then she moved her hand down, grazing her fingers over his tattooed sides, and stopping to grip his buttocks. She squeezed harder, and it made Jax push his hips forward.
"I want you," he rasped. Explosions of hot, searing lust spread all over her body, from the tips of her naked breasts to her toes curling in delight.