He started to argue, but she put a hand on his chest. “No, you need some rest.” She leaned close to suck his nipple, teething the taut bud and loving how he hardened even more inside her. “Trust me, you’re going to need your strength for what I have in mind.”
Chapter Nineteen
Reggie didn’t know if he should feel manipulated or amused. She’d left him hard and hurting once more, dripping wet and watching while she finished her shower with no help from him. The little tease wouldn’t let him help get her breasts clean. And they’d been so,sodirty.
Now he sat, clean and surprisingly refreshed, and eating the best damn French toast he’d ever had. He wore a clean pair of shorts and a T-shirt.
Maggie had put her skirt and tank back on, and he was dying to know if she wore any panties, because…damn…still no bra.
She sat across from him at the table, sipping coffee. “We need to talk.”
He froze in the act of taking a bite. “What did I do?”
“That’s the question.” She sighed. “Reggie, I love what we have here.”
Which is?Too much a coward to ask the question, not sure he could handle her answer, he ate and said nothing.
“You’re awesome and I’m awesome, and together we’re super awesome.”
“Awesome.”
She raised a brow. He forced himself not to laugh.
“But if you’re going to sleep around, we can’t keep doing this.”
He scowled. “Whoa. Sleep around? What the hell are you talking about?”
Maggie flushed. “Look, we never made any commitments to each other, but the more I think about it, the more that doesn’t make sense. We’re smart people. We take our health seriously. Hell, you gave me the safe sex talk at the very beginning.”
“Yeah, and?”
“And I have no plans to sleep with anyone else while we’re dating.” She swallowed nervously.
He watched her, in awe, as she said everythinghe’dplanned on saying toher.
“I like you a lot. Hell, I have a huge crush. I’ll admit it. But I can’t have sex with you without a condom if you’re going to be with other people. I’m embarrassed I haven’t been clear about this before.”
He blinked. “Maggie, I—”
“Wait. Before you say anything, I know it’s pushy to demand you commit yourself to me. But that’s who I am. A one-guy kind of woman. If you’re with me, it’sonlyme. And that’s the only way I can be. Not just sex with other people, but no dating other girls. You date me and me alone. And if that’s too much, I understand, and we’ll have to go our separate ways.”
She watched him, obviously nervous, but she didn’t look away.
And fuck it all if he didn’t feel so damn in love with her for being courageous to say what she felt, not knowing how he’d react. And for being a woman who didn’t compromise her principles.
He smiled at her, feeling that warmth in his entire being. “I agree.”
“You do?” She looked so hopeful.
“I agree with everything you just said. I was going to mention all that to you, but I was so worked up at the thought of being near you again, I needed time to relax. I was going to jerk off in the shower, if you want the truth, so I could think straight. You get me so hard, Maggie. Sometimes everything shuts down but my cock. And I wanted to talk to you, not sex you up.”
“Oh.”
“Then you came in the bathroom and ruined everything. You seduced me, and well, I’m only a guy.”
“Huh.Iseducedyou?” Her widening grin told him they’d weathered this storm. It hadn’t been that big of a deal. Well, how about that? “Actually,” she said, “youseducedme.”
“Hey, you were naked.”
