“Oh, you did, did you?” I raised a brow.
“No, don’t go gettin’ that flirty tone and that seductive smile right now. This ain’t about that. You’ve done a lot today. You need to rest and recover.”
I blinked at him, smile gone from my face, but not because I wasn’t happy.
It was more like…is this man real?
Instead of wondering what the hell was going on here, I kissed him. And kissed him again. And held onto him. And kissed him some more.
His lips melded to mine, our tongues finding a slow dance together that felt deeper than just two people locking lips. With his fingers buried deep in my ass and his lips working withmine, I felt like I was floating back down to earth, my feet softly landing on the firm floor of reality, the sense of feeling grounded rolling through me like a calm ocean wave.
He pulled back, and I buried my face in his chest, nuzzling my nose against the warmth and fur. A yawn slipped out. And before I knew it, I was drifting off so peacefully.
CHAPTER TWENTY
Killjoy
Was it fucked up that I let Danny drift off in my arms without letting him know his money had been put back in his account? Probably. It was even more fucked up that we’d made dinner together hours later, after he’d finished editing his video, and I still hadn’t told him.
Couldn’t say why, which made it even more shitty.
Fine, maybe I did have a tiny idea. I was fuckin’ worried. That was the issue I was having. It should have been easy. If I told him he had his money and he left, then it wasn’t ever meant to be.
But the thing was, I didn’t want him to leave. I didn’t want this to be over. And that was the big problem.
I’d decided sex was off the table for the rest of the day, even if it was killing me. Didn’t help one single fuckin’ bit that he kept throwing me seductive glances, and he was being all cute and flirty. He was damn hard to resist.
“What should we do tonight?” he asked, a devious twinkle in his eyes.
“Get that outta your head,” I said, crossing my arms over my chest and giving him a raised brow. “I only got so much strength in me to resist your sexy as hell ass. You did a lot today. It’s time to relax and chill.”
He rolled his eyes at me and muttered, “Fine.”
“We could… watch a movie?” I suggested. It wasn’t like there was a whole lot to do. I didn’t own any games because who the fuck was I going to play with? Not even my family came up here. They knew better. I had my fire, my projects, and my TV. What more could I need? Well, I thought nothing… that was until Danny walked into my life. I felt like I didn’t have much to offer him in the way of entertainment.
“Sure,” he said with a shrug, and it was so clear that he was half into the idea.
“We could… talk.” Yeah, the word came out strained. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to talk, more like I didn’t know how to.
“Talk?Youwant totalk?” he came back with in a teasing tone.
“It was a suggestion. Don’t feel you need to take me up on it.” I couldn’t have been sure, but it felt like I was teasing back. Whatever it was, shit felt good. Felt real. Felt like I’d filled a hole I had no clue I even had.
“Oh, no,” he said, fingers circling my wrist as he led me into the main living area. With a playful push, he got me down on the couch. The thing he didn’t see coming, though, was that I had been prepared for it, so I hooked my arm around his waist and took him with me. I landed with a grunt, having taken an elbow to the ribs. My fault, so it wasn’t like I had room to complain. “Sorry.”
“All good,” I choked out.
He snuggled in, wiggling his ass on my lap until he was comfy.
“How do we do this?” I asked, hoping he would take the lead. He was so good at talking, and I could listen to him all day.
“Well, maybe you should ask me a question, and I’ll give you a little look into my life…”
“Uh-huh,” I said with a nod, lookin’ like I was taking it all in.
“Then I’ll ask you a question,” his finger lightly poked me in the chest, “and you can give me a itty-bitty peek into your life.”
“Sounds like hell,” I commented dryly. “I’ll go first.”
