After the shower, Dylan threw on a pair of black boxer briefs and dropped onto the cool hotel sheets, muscles loose and spent, but his mind still a fucking riot.
He reached over to turn off the bedside lamp, then paused— remembering he needed to set his alarm. He was heading to Honeyshore early, and Kallie had a flight out of Savannah mid-morning. Even though she had her shit together ten times better than he did, he still liked checking in on her. It made him feel useful. Grounded.
He grabbed his phone. Turning off theDo Not Disturbsetting.
Seven texts.
Thank you for tonight.
Not just the thing by the wall. But the panic part too.
But also the thing by the wall. You felt amazing.
And I’m glad you’ll be in town.
To catch up.
Not for more wall things.
But maybe that too.
Also gawd sorry I’m rambling and blowing your phone up & you are probably asleep.
Okay, goodnight.
He chuckled, warmth curling low in his chest. She was spiraling. Rambling in texts the way she used to in late-night study sessions with her legs folded under her and her lip between her teeth. He could see her, even now— freckled and flustered.
And God, he loved it.
He hit call before he could talk himself out of it.
It rang once.
Then again.
She answered on the third, voice quiet and cautious.
“Hey?”
He leaned back against the headboard, grin tugging at his lips.
“Stop spiraling, babe.”
She sucked in a soft breath.
“Tonight was amazing,” he said, his voice dropping, slow and deliberate. “You were amazing.”
A pause. Then he added, with heat roughening every word:
“I haven’t stopped thinking about your tight pussy all night.”
She made a soft, shocked sound— half gasp, half giggle.
“Fuck, Ali,” he murmured. “You wrapped around me like we were made for each other. You always did. But tonight? Goddamn. I’ve been hard for you since the second you walked into that hall.”
Her silence was breathless.
He softened his tone, thumb brushing over the edge of the phone. “But also… thank you. For trusting me. For letting me be there. I know tonight was a lot. I’m not taking any of it lightly.”
