“We’ll work on making it more fun than intimidating.”
“Okay.” She smiles and brushes her hand over my shoulder and down my arm. “Maybe you can also show me your music studio while she’s gone.”
“I’d like that. You can stay over.”
“Oh?”
“Nothing will happen that you don’t want. I like the idea of having you in my bed. I want to wake up with you in the morning, get ready together, and then walk over to the café.”
“That does sound nice.”
It sounds more than nice. It sounds like everything I want with her.
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“You did what?” Jordyn sits on her taupe sectional, hazel eyes popping with a mix of shock and pride.
“I know, right?” I tuck my legs beneath me on the couch, leaning into the corner as my cheeks flush at the memory. “At hiscafé in broad daylight, with his sister and customers on the other side of the door.”
“Yass, ho, I love it!” Jordyn pumps her palms toward the ceiling like she’s praising the sex gods.
“What a difference a few days makes,” Dee says, smiling, her curls in a big, messy bun and two suction cups attached to her boobs.
“You’re not kidding. I gave him a hand job last night.”
Jordyn falls over, pretending to faint, her drama cracking us up.
We’re still laughing when Dee leans into the screen and asks, “So, how was it?”
“Awesome.” I bite my bottom lip, recalling every detail. “I didn’t think penises could be beautiful, and honestly, just making him come undone was . . . heady. I felt this feminine power I hadn’t expected. Is that weird?”
“Uh-uh, that’s good,” Jordyn assures me, sitting back up with a grin. “You’re realizing you’re sexual and can give and receive pleasure. So, did you?—”
“No.” I cut her off. “I didn’t want the pressure, but I let him get to second base, and oh wow. I had no idea.”
“Breast play is the best,” Dee agrees. “Although my babies are getting more action on them these days than Mick.” She laughs. “I think it’s great you’re taking your time, Lex, and enjoying the journey.”
“Chaz makes it easy. He’s so patient, so wonderful—soeverything,” I admit, the dreamy note in my voice impossible to hide.
“Holy shit!” Jordyn screeches with a mega-watt smile. “You’re in lurrve.”
“I’m not in love.” I can’t be. Not this soon. “But I’m in strong,stronglike. He asked me to help him at the café and stay with him while Sophia’s at a conference in Chicago. And I said yes.”
“That sounds serious,” Dee says.
“We haven’t defined our relationship, but he really cares about me.”
“Girrrl,” Jordyn waves me off. “That man is way past caring. He’s ready to put a ring on it and baby in you.”
“You’re ridiculous!” I scoff.
“Trust me, babe; the man is in deep.”
I shake my head, not taking her literally. But her words still prick like needles, exposing all the worries I’ve let these new feelings mask.“He may not feel the same when he finds out I’m Alexandra Townsen.”
“What do you mean?” Dee asks, her brow furrowing in confusion.
“Technically, my legal name is Lexie Monroe, so it’s not a lie,” I argue. Though the queasy clench of guilt betrays me. “It’s just . . . not the whole truth.”
