She’d placed some shrimp in the refrigerator the night before to make shrimp pasta. She figured there was no harm in going ahead and making it.
Jalen had the shrimp sauteing when there was a knock at her door. She exited the kitchen and checked the peephole before opening the door.
“Hey,” she greeted, stepping aside to allow Rohan in.
He leaned down and kissed her. When they pulled apart, he pulled a dozen pink roses from behind his back.
“Hey, baby. These are for you.”
She smiled at him, thanking him as she took the flowers. She closed the door before returning to the kitchen with him behind her, and placed the flowers on the bar for a moment to tend to the shrimp. Her pot of water was now boiling and ready for the bow tie pasta. She poured it in, adding a teaspoon of oil to keep the noodles from sticking.
“That smells good,” he complimented.
“I figured since you were coming over during lunchtime, the least I could do would be to make you something.”
Jalen turned towards her sink, pulling a vase from the cabinet under it. She put some water in it before taking her roses and placing them inside. She then set them in the middle of the dining table.
“You didn’t have to do that,” he responded.
“I know, but I wanted to.”
She asked him how his meeting went as she continued to cook. Rohan told her it had run longer than he had thought it would, but it had been productive, and he felt as if they’d get all the company’s future business.
Once she finished cooking, she placed the shrimp pasta into a serving bowl and set it in the microwave. She’d eaten a couple of hours ago, and Rohan had done the same, so neither of them was ready to eat. She figured they could wait a little bit.
They went into the living room and sat on the couch, Jalen tucking her feet under her.
“Do you want to watch a movie?” she asked.
“Sure, baby. What do you want to watch?”
Jalen went to Netflix and chose a horror movie from her saved list. It had been on there for a while, and she hadn’t watched it yet. Mainly because the twins were always around, and she didn’t want them to see it.
She placed the remote back on the table and moved closer to Rohan.
????????????
Rohan tried not to chuckle. They’d been watching the movie for about forty minutes, and from the beginning of it, it was pure gore. He figured Jalen hadn’t knownthat when she’d chosen it. She was currently pressed against his side, her head partially buried in his shoulder as she watched the movie out of one squinted eye. If she were any closer to him, she’d be in his lap, and well, he was nowhere near opposed to that.
She turned her head, placing it completely into his shoulder as one character on the screen was being skinned. Rohan chuckled this time, and he tightened the arm he had around her before pulling her into his lap. She let out a little squeak of surprise but made no protest when he settled her, straddling him.
“If you were going to hide the entire movie, why did you pick it?” he asked teasingly.
“I didn’t know it would be this much mutilation and gore. I’m good with horror movies, but this is extreme. I mean, you saw that girl get mangled and then fed to the other girl,” she replied with a pout.
He leaned in and pecked her lips. “You’re cute.”
“First, you laugh at me hiding away from this bloody, macabre mess, and now you insult me,” she said, still pouting.
He bit his bottom lip to keep from chuckling. “My apologies, gorgeous. I in no way meant to offend.” He then smirked at her. “Though I get a distinct feeling that you just want me to kiss you again.”
Jalen laughed, and she draped her arms over his neck. “You would be correct.”
Rohan molded his lips against hers as soon as the sentence was out of her mouth. She didn’t have to tell him twice. He’d kissed her several times, but he had never kissed her likethis.
His tongue slipped into her mouth, and she allowed it to lead hers. The kiss was slow; he was in no hurry, wanting to taste every bit of her. Explore every millimeter with his tongue. Familiarize himself with it, memorize it.
Her pushing on his chest was the only reason he stopped, pulled away from his exploration. He watched as she licked her lower lip before shifting slightly. Only to gasp and stop. It didn’t take Rohan but a moment to realize why. He’d gotten hard from kissing her, and he hadn’t even noticed it. It was a testament to how lost in the action he had been.
