Which she wasn’t.
It wasn’t like she was yearning for a relationship.Especially after Cash.
She’d just…
She’d never been aroused like that before.
Her bottom was still sore, and just thinking about it made her want to squirm in place.Even though her clit was kind of sore, too.
Dry humping.They’d basically been dry humping.And it had been way hotter than any sex she’d ever had.
Which doesn’t speak very highly of my sex life before this.
Although she hadn’t thought her sex life was that bad.She just hadn’t known what she was missing.Spanking was part of it.But so was the heady attraction between her and Mason.
He said they were going to talk.Nothing bad, but who defined bad?If he told her that it could never happen again, that might not be bad by his definition.Would it be bad by her definition?She honestly wasn’t sure.She wanted more.More of this.More like tonight.With Mason, specifically.
But only if he wanted her in the same way.Which was the big question.
The door to the bathroom opened, and Audrey sat up straight, turning slightly to face the hallway where he was coming from.He looked as calm and confident as ever, while she felt like a messy bundle of anxiety.What was she thinking?Why on earth would he want her?
Except that he had…
He smiled when he saw her sitting there, and some of her nerves immediately settled, a few of the butterflies in her stomach coming to a halt.
“Sorry for keeping you waiting,” he said as he came over to sit beside her on the couch.Very closely beside her.Close enough that as the cushion dipped down, their legs ended up touching instead of there being a bit of space between them—and he didn’t shift away.
That was a good sign, right?
“That’s okay.Um, so what did you want to talk about?”Smooth.Real smooth.But if it was bad, she wanted to get it over with.
Mason leaned back against the couch, stretching his arm along the back, which meant it was behind her.Audrey turned her upper body to look at him, rather than leaning back against his arm, even though she really wanted to.He was studying her with that intent gaze that made her feel like he could see so much more than her physical exterior.
“Us,” he replied simply, and her heart skipped a little beat.“I think it’s clear there’s an attraction between us.I’m attracted to you, you’re attracted to me, and you have an interest in something I’m experienced in.I want to suggest that if you’re going to keep exploring kink, you do it with me.Privately.At least for now.”
“For now?”she echoed, unsure of exactly what he meant.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” he said, his tone frank.“I do know that if we go to the club, anyone who knows Yasmine and I were together will have certain expectations if they see us together next.That’s a lot of pressure to put on anyone, much less two people who are still getting to know each other.”
Audrey shuddered at the very idea.She’d already experienced people trying to pressure her into marrying someone.Though if she had to choose between Mason and Cash…
“There’s also the fact that Yasmine point-blank asked me to give her a month before I start publicly seeing anyone.Not that we would need to date in order to scene together, but I want to honor her request and give her the time she needs.”He smiled, a rather crooked smile.“Unfortunately, I think a lot of the highest expectations about my relationship with whoever I’m seen with now will come from her.”
Which made sense.From what Audrey could see, Yasmine completely bought into her curse.She really thought that whoever Mason dated next would be his happily ever after.
Yeah.That was a lot of pressure.
Especially since Yasmine had become a friend.
“So, you want to… scene together but keep it a secret for now?”she asked.
Mason hesitated.
“A secret sounds extreme, but maybe… we just don’t announce it to anyone.You get to explore kink with someone you’ve already put your trust in.And we get to explore this chemistry together.”
“Like fuck buddies?”
“To put it crudely, yes.Although we don’t necessarily have to have sex to enjoy the scenes, maybe we don’t have to keep it as platonic as we had originally planned either.”He dropped his arm down, reaching forward to cover her hand where it was sitting on her lap and squeezing her fingers.The riot of butterflies exploded in her stomach again at his touch, her heart racing faster.“How far we go is completely up to you.”
