I had no hang ups about it currently, but maybe mulling it over wasn’t such a bad idea. It was a brand new phenomenon to my life, especially my sex life, and taking the time to properly run it through my mind didn’t sound like the worst idea in the world. Plus, if Wrex was needing or wanting to do the same, I wanted him to be just as sure.
“Yeah, that sounds great.” I finally stated.
He still had his arms wrapped around my neck. “You’re not mad?”
“Of course not,” I shrugged with the hint of a laugh. “We’re on the same page, don’t worry.”
“Great.”
Unfurling from each other, Wrex gave me one last nod and started walking toward the front door. I followed him out, feeling a weird mix of glad that he was leaving but also wishing he’d stay.
I reallydidneed to sort out what I was feeling.
As he opened up the door, he paused to turn back to me. He looked me up and down in one swift motion before cutting through the absence between us and crashing his lips against mine. I moaned into the action, my hand caressing a place against his jaw as he kissed me. Wrex pulled back and started shaking his head.
“Damn my weakness for redheads,” He said, shaking his head further as we shared a smile. “I’ll call or text you when I’ve thought things over. You wanna do the same?”
“Sure.” I smiled back.
“Thanks for last night, Wallace.” He winked. He fuckingwinkedat me.
I felt my knees wanting to wobble. “Likewise, Wrex.”
Wrex slid through the doorway and closed the door behind him. And just like that, I wished he was back in my bed.
Chapter 13
Thoughts of Wrexkept me fairly busy through the rest of the weekend. I wanted to properly assess the situation we’d found ourselves in and see what I really wanted, but I’d be lying if I’d said I’d wanted to just fuck him again. More than that, I found myself wondering about him, craving details about him.
So I had doubled my efforts.
By the time Monday morning came around and I was walking to work with an iced coffee in my hand, I’d decided what I was looking for. While I still wanted to enjoy my freedom and the ability to do whatever I wanted, I wouldn’t mind settling into a friends with benefits situation with Wrex. We were both obviously into each other, and if we were both able to admit that it was just about getting each other off, I didn’t see the harm in inviting him back to my place in the near future again.
Whether or not Wrex felt the same remained to be seen.
Moreover, I was finding it hard to focus when the second week of ORBIT meetings started that morning. All I kept thinking about was Wrex. And sex. Wrex sex.
I was so in my head that I had drifted off to daydream whilethe other board members were discussing something, having gone on a tangent this morning that I wasn’t in the biggest rush to squash like I normally would have been.
“Wallace?”
Francyn’s inquiring delivery of my name broke the Wrex bubble my thoughts were in and brought me back to reality. Suddenly I was awarded all twelve creatures’ faces pointed directly at me, clearly wondering what the hell was wrong with me. I cleared my throat and straightened my tie to distract that I hadn’t been listening in the slightest.
“I’m sorry, what was that?”
“We were wondering,” Francyn gave me the slightest frown, disappointment riddling her face and making me think of my mother. “Now that we’ve spent the week discussing what could be done to better each creatures’ community, how do we decide what to tackle first?”
“And in what way?” Ekan chimed in.
Right, I needed to rewire my mind, at least for the rest of the workday. They had every right to ask me these questions and the least I could do was give them my undivided attention to properly address their concerns.
As luck would have it, I’d already thought about this before now, so I didn’t have to pull anything out of my ass. At that mention, Wrex’s ass skimmed across the forefront of my thoughts and I had to banish them for later.
“I think the most appropriate way is for us to vote on what we handle first,” I nodded. “And since we have thirteen members, there will never be a tie. We can always check in with each other if something else rises and revote to shift our concerns. Maxim and I will keep ties on what the current focus is and if we need to circle back to it.” I gave a quick nod to Maxim, who just smiled back and kept typing up everything that was being said. “How does that sound?”
Pips of agreement decorated the boardroom, and I waspleased as punch that we’d all agreed. But when my gaze lingered over Wrage, I instantly remembered that not all creature issues had been appropriately voiced.
Wrage had still yet to bring up the kidnapped petrylle. And while I had learned the information from Wrex, I didn’t think it was right to drag Wrex into it by telling all of the board members when Wrage was supposed to be the voice of the petrylle. He needed to be the one to voice the concerns of his community, not me.
