She shrugged and wiped at the tears she couldn’t stop from falling. “Maybe. The point is, I knew you were working toward getting hired in your dad’s company. I didn’t want you to be cut off when you were following their rules and going to college, trying to do good in the world with your allowance.”
“Jesus, it always comes down to money somehow, doesn’t it?”
“I never wanted it to. I don’t want it, but I won’t tell you how to spend it.”
He scrubbed his hands over his face. “So when I wanted you so badly a few months ago that I suggested friends with benefits, why did you agree?”
“I’m so weak.” She gave a humorless laugh. “I’d spent too many years fighting my need for you, and I had a weak moment. We’d both just started working, and we weren’t seeing each other as much. I wanted to see if we would be as good together as you always knew we would.”
“We were.”
“Weare. And then you got the job you wanted, so what was I supposed to do? Let your mother cut you off at the knees because I was too weak to stay away?”
“God, baby.” Davis pulled her into his embrace again. “I can’t blame you, but you should have told me.”
“I’m sorry. I thought if I was happy with someone, you’d stop worrying about me and find someone else.”
“I wouldn’t have stopped loving you if Luther had turned out to be your one true love. I would have suffered.”
She made a distressed sound. “That’s why I gave in. We were both unhappy with how things had turned out, and I knew I could at least make you happy for a little while. I expected it all to come crumbling down around us.”
“But you agreed to move in with me. You described our wedding.”
“Told you I’m weak.”
He kissed her. “You’re not weak.”
“For you, I am. I can’t live without you. I planned to tell you when we got back and moved in, but I realized yesterday morning that it couldn’t wait one more day.”
Davis placed kisses along the side of her neck. “We’ll have to have a talk with them both.”
“Not today.” She tilted her head to give him better access.
“No, not today.”
He picked her up and carried her into the bathroom. Luna looked around her in shock when he set her down on the vanity. “This is ridiculous.”
“It is,” he agreed. “But you’ll love the benefits.”
“What benefits?”
Davis turned on the waterfall showerhead.
“Oh, those benefits.”
While the water ran, Davis peeled off his clothes. Not to be outdone, Luna removed her sweater and bra, standing to toe off her shoes and pull off the rest of her clothes. They came together, kissing and groping before he maneuvered them into the shower. The heat of the water felt good on her muscles after sitting in the car for so many hours. Davis touching her body felt magnificent after so many days without him.
He kept her away from the majority of the spray so he could pin her to the wall. All he really could think of was having her nipple in his mouth, so he started there. She gasped and fisted his hair, so he knew he’d hit the right spot.
“Oh God, Davis. Please, just fuck me.”
“Don’t have to tell me twice.”
He lifted one of her legs and angled it so he could push into her.
“God, yes. Please, I need you to fill me.”
“When did you get so talkative?”
