I nodded and imagined it all. My cock hardened at the images that popped into my mind, at the thoughts of all the things I wanted to do to her. “Definitely lots of hot sexy fun.”
“Can we really do that? It’s like no-strings-attached fun, just fun.” She drew her lips in thoughfully and concern washed over her face.
Emotion. I didn’t need to be told that she didn’t want emotion involved in what we had here. We liked each other and that was it.
It was clear that she’d placed an inpenatrable barrier up, one that I shouldn’t cross.
Getting to know her told me that. I sensed her take on emotion from that night when she told me about her parents. I understood. I think if it were me, I might feel the same way. There was something else too that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Something she hadn’t spoken about yet, but I guessed that she might have had her heart broken.
It was a look I’d seen in her eyes once that made me guess. A look of hurt and disappointment I recognized because sometimes I had that look too.
So here was me agreeing to classify this thing we had as no strings attached fun.
“So all there is, is fun.” I nodded. “No strings attached. No problems. Just think about it as a contract for fun. Not a lot can go wrong, right?” Even as I said it, I knew that wasn’t entirely true.
The shadow that crossed my heart told me something could definitely go wrong. I could go wrong because I was starting to feel for her, but it was a risk I wanted to take.
The lure of her was too strong to resist. I couldn’t think of anything else besides being with her and inside her.
This was my way of showing her how I felt.
“Nothing. It’s perfect.” Her eyes brightened with pleasure.
“So we do it?”
“I want to.” She ran her hands up my cheeks. “I get to have you all to myself for six months.”
“And I you.”
“Ryan 101: you have the best ideas.”
“Brooke 101: Ryan’s ideas are inspired by Brooke.”
She laughed and blushed. I loved it. I loved the soft rose color that filled her cheeks and spread down the sides of her neck.
She grinned. “How about I give you my notes at the end, when the course ends, so then you can grade them and tell me if I figured you out. You can give me a score.”
“Let’s both do it.”
“Sounds like a plan. Hey, we’re talking too much. More touching, commencing now.”
She guided my lips back to hers for a hot, hot kiss.
Like always, she wiped my brain clean of everything that wasn’t her.
* * *
Brooke
* * *
I smiled to myself as I watched the cool evening breeze scatter the tops of the lilies in Sally’s garden.
Ryan liked lilies.
He knew I liked them, too. There were calla lilies in his garden, along with roses and tulips. It was nice to see them in full bloom for the summer.
Just like everything in Wilmington, it was beautiful.
