The sound of the closing door sounded to Jamie like cannon fire, and she winced, scooting as far back as she could into the darkened corner. Drawing h...ndfuls of Felix’s shirt up around her face, she breathed in the salty tang of sweat and sea, then closed her eyes and imagined he were beside her—just out of her reach, but close enough to sense and to smell. ‘I’ll be safe here,’ she whispered. ‘He promised me. I’m safe here.’ Jamie began repeating the words to herself over and over again. She. She took little comfort in the fact that she was still a technical virgin because of the many sinful thoughts and close encounters of the physical kind that she had endured for several years. The fact that she was a willing accomplice in many of these escapades was a source of constant guilt to her convent trained logic and her conscience weighed heavily on her mortal soul causing her to make the silliest of vows to do this or that or to not do this or that thinking all she had to do was to. Joe stood up and moved out of bed so Susan could get out on his side. She padded nude into the bathroom and closed the door. The light came on and shone through the bottom of the door. Joe smiled and crawled back under the warm covers."She ok?" Mark's voice by his shoulder made him jump."Yeah. She just had to..." As if on cue, the toilet flushed."Ah," Mark chuckled.Joe felt very strange hearing a male laugh so intimately by his own shoulder."And how are you doing?" Mark asked, not meaning Joe's. ..watching them. It almost distracted him long enough to forget about the ice cream on his spoon. But, well, it was free ice cream! He’d have to be a fool to not at least taste it.The moment the cold metal of the spoon hit his mouth and his tastebuds touched the icy treat, Ash was in a whole new world. It was easily the best thing he’d ever tasted! It took profound willpower to keep from just emptying the bowl into his mouth and gorging himself. Looking over at his girlfriend, she was having a.