“Intimate as in...?”
“Carmen’s therapeutic plan has several goals. We achieved the first one, out there in the beautiful Pacific.”
Tessa blushed, but smiled too.
“But I understand there is an issue you need some closure on.” Jason looked into Tessa’s eyes and dropped his voice to almost a whisper. “You told Carmen what your husband died doing, with another woman. You seemed to feel it was, in part, your fault because you never allowed him to do that to you.”
Tessa’s blush deepened, and she lost her smile.
“I’m sure Carmen tried to get you to let yourself off the hook there. Because you didn’t give it didn’t excuse his getting it elsewhere. That was a mega breach of trust.”
Tessa nodded. She knew that, in her head. Her heart, on the other hand, wasn’t so sure.
“I understand that you’ve been working hard these past few months, and that you’ve realized you aren’t satisfied with the narrow sexual definition you’ve lived with all your adult life.”
“I used to think that practically anything other than simple missionary position was either twisted, gross or beyond my ability to do. I don’t think that anymore. But I don’t know which things are right for me, and which aren’t.”
“That’s what you’ve come to Australia to discover.” Jason stroked her arm gently with the finger that, minutes ago, had given Tessa the most sexual pleasure she’d ever experienced. “Tonight I will press you to try two things. I will always respect your right to decline, but I’m going to put some pressure on you, based on what you said you wanted in therapy.”
“That was back in the safety of Carmen’s office,” Tessa said. Though her voice was light, she wasn’t entirely joking.
“But you’ll be in the safety of Jason’s arms,” he said, lightly, but also not joking. “Don’t forget that.”
“What two things? Or is it better if I don’t know?”
Jason scooted closer to Tessa and gently stroked the inside of her thigh. “I’m going to show you how pleasurable it is to let a man kiss your clitoris.”
Kissing it didn’t sound so bad, Tessa thought, but she knew there was more to it than that.
“Just kiss?”
Jason’s eyes twinkled. “Nailed me on that one, didn’t you! They’ll be sucking and licking involved. And if you’re up to it, maybe a gentle nibble or two.”
Tessa laughed, but it didn’t disguise her nervousness.
“What’s the second thing?”
“Let’s leave that a surprise, okay?”
They gathered their things and headed back to the ferry. By the time Jason pulled up to the Westberg entrance, Tessa was a mixture of fear, joy, anticipation and dread.
“Dinner will be in your room at 8:00. I’ve already made arrangements with room service. Have a rest and see you in a few hours.”
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Tessa, the report from Australia sounds good! I’m jealous that it’s beach weather there, though if this keeps up we’ll have a beautiful white New Year’s (even if it’s a beautifully COLD one :) I did a quick Google and read that in Australia you can get a pretty good sunburn in less than fifteen minutes. Soak in some sunblock before you head to the beach! Well, lunch break is over so back to work.