“So?”
“Um, so, it’s in my DNA.”
He chuckled. “Okay, great. I’ll grab my keys.”
“I’ve got my car.”
“Pull it into my garage.”
“Or, I can drive,” I countered.
Cade chortled as he walked away.
Flash leaned down and met my eyes. “Pull your car into my garage, baby. I’m gonna drive.”
I narrowed my eyes. “Are you seriously getting all alpha male on me right now.”
“I sure am,” he said. “Are you gonna give me grief about it?”
“Well, no.” I bit my lip. “But I am gonna inform you that it’s kind of turning me on.”
He smiled slowly. “I’ll be sure to take care of that later.”
“I would appreciate that.”
He kissed me quickly, then I pulled my car into his garage, and we headed out.
* * *
Later that night, Flashhad surprised me by grabbing a hotel room and we’d just made love and were now cuddled on the sofa looking out over the Willamette sipping wine as we solved the world’s problems and talked about our dreams and plans for our lives going forward.
“Can I ask you something random?” he asked.
I lifted my chin to meet his eyes. “Of course.”
“What happened between high school and now that made you so fuckin’ freaked that I’m gonna make you do something you don’t want to do?”
I bit my lip, dropping my cheek to his chest. “It’s not important.”
“Baby, if you don’t want to disclose, you absolutely don’t have to, but just know I’m here, and there is nothing you can do or say that will make me judge you.”
“I know.”
“But something did happen?”
“Yes.”
He gave me a gentle squeeze. “I’m here.”
I nodded, settling my chin in my hand as I met his eyes again. “Nick.”
His body tightened, but he didn’t say anything, and I took a deep breath.
“We’d been dating about two weeks... social media official at least, and he said he had a surprise for me.” I swallowed, trying to bolster my courage. “He told me to dress nice, and I figured he was taking me out somewhere fancy, so I dressed to the hilt, excited to see what the surprise was.”
Flash stroked my back and I relaxed into him.
“It wasn’t a restaurant or a bar. It was... um... a sex club.”
