That seemed like a great note to leave on, so I let go of his hand, got up, and started to walk back toward the building.
He stood. “Where are you going?”
I walked backward. “In the spirit of quitting while I’m ahead…it’s late. I should go back to my room. I think the longer we stay up together, the more trouble you might almost get yourself into with me. So I’m trying to spare you.”
“I promise to be good, if you want to hang out more.”
“Well,Ican’t promise to be good, so…” I shrugged. “I’d better go.”
I waved, then turned and sauntered off. While leaving him was the last thing I wanted, I needed to keep him wanting more.
***
Shortly after I got to my room, the phone on the nightstand rang. It had never rung before, so it startled me.
“Hello?”
“Hey…” Tate’s voice sounded gravelly.
“I never realized you could just call my room.”
“Yeah. That’s what we used to do in the olden days.”
I laughed. “How did you know my number?”
“You told me your room number. And that’s all you need. It’s free to call from room to room within the resort.”
“Nice. I didn’t realize that.” I cleared my throat. “What’s up?”
Tate hesitated. “Did I upset you tonight?”
“No, of course not. Why do you think that?”
“You left me so suddenly. I didn’t think our night was over yet.”
His bedroom voice felt like a massage to my soul. I lay back on the bed and made myself comfortable.
I wound my index finger around the phone cord. “Didn’t we have enough excitement for one evening?”
“Maybe I’m getting a little addicted to you,” he said. “It wasn’t enough time.”
I sighed. “Like I said earlier, every additional moment we spend together is going to make things more difficult. Just trying to do my part to make things easier, I guess.”
“How’s your leg? Still okay?”
“Feels perfectly fine now. I think I’m gonna live, no thanks to your golden shower.”
“Good.”
I felt the low vibration of his laughter all through my body.
When he stopped, I could hear him breathing on the line. His breathing alone was enough to make me want to stick my hand down my panties. I couldn’t take much more of this need for him. It was literally making me crazy. I’d never been so damn horny in my entire life.
“I’ve thought of you every night when I do it,” he finally said.
It took me a few moments to realize what he was referring to.
Oh, God. I swallowed. “Oh yeah?”
