“Can we talk?” I asked, leaning against the island.
“Nothin’ to talk about, Dani.” Austin opened the fridge and pulled out steaks.
“I disagree. I feel like wanting to wait has made you feel like I don’t want you.”
He smirked. “Not even close.”
“So we’re okay?”
“Yeah, babe, we’re okay.”
“Why don’t I believe you?”
He sighed, pausing his chore of seasoning the meat, and studied me. “We’re okay, baby. That’s part of the problem. You’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever met and I’m having to wait to taste every part of you. The more I know you, the harder it gets... literally. I go to sleep hard, I wake up hard, I jack off in the shower and I’m still fuckin’ hard. I hear your voice, I’m hard, I see you smile or hear you laugh, and I’m fuckin’hard. It’s becoming a problem, Dani.”
I forced myself not to squeal in glee. “I’m the sexiest woman you’ve ever met?”
He shook his head. “I’m standing here talking about my very real medical issue, and you pull that from the conversation.”
I bit my lip. “Sorry. No one’s ever said that about me before.”
“Then you’ve been hangin’ around assholes.”
I smiled. “You’re probably not wrong.”
Austin wiped his hands on a towel and pulled me close, slipping his hands to my bottom and spreading his legs a bit to get down to my level. “You need to be patient with me. I’m gonna get pissed, and I’m probably gonna growl or say somethin’ stupid, but it’s only because waiting for you is killing me.”
“What have you done with other girlfriends?”
He dropped his head back and then focused on me again. “Never had to wait, Dani.”
“What? Never? They’ve just jumped into bed with you?”
“Pretty much.”
“Wow. I don’t really know what to say to that.”
“Different worlds, Dani.” He smiled. “And you finding your way to mine just rocked it.”
I chuckled. “You have such a way with words.”
He kissed my nose. “Now, I’m gonna rock yours with these steaks.”
“Rock away, honey.”
He let me go and true to his word, rocked my world before he took me home and kissed me chastely on my porch. That part had pretty much sucked my world, but I had to stick to my guns or I’d be pregnant the second he touched me.
