“Long enough,” he simply responded.
“What does it mean?”
It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what she was talking about.
“It means ‘know thyself.’ ” He said the first thing that came to his mind.
Seeing as Dani couldn’t read Greek, she’d have no idea thathe’d recited the words over the entrance of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi—Γν?θι σεαυτ?ν—rather than the actual meaning ofherwords inscribed on his body.
“Interesting,” she said. “Why did you get it?”
“Seemed appropriate at the time.”
She nodded, seeming to buy his bullshit.
“So, I was thinking about last night,” she said out of nowhere, rolling onto her stomach and looking straight at him.
Speaking of interesting.
He shifted, lifting his body up slightly onto the pillow, careful not to make too much noise, and bringing one hand behind his head while the other rested across his stomach.
“Yeah? What about it?” he asked as casually as he could muster.
She looked down, playing with the fringe on the bedding. “I couldn’t sleep. There was just this clamoring in my head,” she said, bringing her hands up to her temples and demonstrating the raucousness.
“What was the clamoring saying?”
“It was saying, ‘He’s right there.’ ‘Don’t touch him.’ ‘Don’t be weird.’ ”
Theo snickered. “Funny, because when I woke up you were right here,” he said, bringing the hand on his stomach across his body to show her where he’d found her.
“Yeah…I know. That’s how I could finally fall asleep. I scooted back over this morning.”
Hmm…he’d assumed it had been unintentional.
“Theo,” she said suddenly, “what if I don’t want to forget what happened last night anymore? What if I don’t want to pretend?” She looked at his mouth and then back to his eyes. “I’ve been thinking about that kiss all night.”
Theo swallowed. Was that a good thing or a bad thing? He wasn’t sure where this was going.
“I lied,” she continued speaking in hushed tones.
He raised an eyebrow, and his stomach sank. What on earth could she have possibly lied about?
“I wasn’tnotinto it,” she said, then instantly scrunched her face. “I’m sorry, that didn’t make any sense. You’d think a librarian would be better with words,” she said, nervously laughing. “I guess I lied when I acted like it was any old kiss. And I thought you should know.”
Relief washed through his body, which was quickly replaced by an all-over feeling of elation.
She flashed a quick glance at him, catching his gaze for a moment to gauge his reaction, and then immediately turned her attention back to the bedspread. God, it was cute.
“I was into it, too,” he said, putting her out of her misery.
Dani let out a breath and buried her head in her pillow, then lifted it again with the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen. Just that one look sent a delightful prickling sensation dancing across his skin, and he couldn’t help but smile in return. Her giddiness was contagious.
“Oh good,” she said. “I was worried it was just me.”
He laughed, trying his damnedest not to wake the rest of the house and have the moment ruined. “No, Juicy, it wasn’t just you. So what changed? Because last night, you seemed very much like you wanted to forget it ever happened.”
“I realized that I didn’t want you thinking you were like any other random guy I’ve kissed.Youmake it different. And you’re right. We’re adults. I think we can handle that we’ve kissed. And that it was…good. Like, really good, right?” she asked, wrinkling her nose.
