“So you called me for some early morning booty?”
“It beats a vibrator.You I don’t have to charge.”
“Nope.”He didn’t even look offended that she’d just basically told him she had used him.
Thankfully, she was saved from further explanation when their food was placed in front of them.The conversation turned light after that.
They headed back to the house afterward, holding hands as if they were a couple.Were they?They liked each other, but they’d never spoken of things going further than something physical.
It was far more than she had originally agreed to, though she couldn’t find it in herself to regret it.She enjoyed his company as much as sparring with him just for the sheer hell of it.Michael pulled up in front of her house.Andrea started to head for her door, but his words stalled her.
“What are you going to do the rest of the day?”
“Aren’t you coming in?”She had planned to finally take a nap and hoped he would snuggle with her.She felt safer and more relaxed when he was around.
“I wish I could, darling, but I have to drop in at the office and get some work done.But I’ll come by later if that’s okay?”
Andrea schooled her face so she didn’t show how disappointed she was.She didn’t want him hanging around the entire day anyway.Andrea had to remind herself she liked her quiet and privacy.No one liked a partner joined at their hip.“Sure.I’ll be around until ten when I have to go to work.”
“Okay, I’ll be back long before then.”
“Okay, see you later.”
“Do I get a kiss goodbye?”he pouted.
Andrea couldn’t deny him that.She leaned over and kissed him.It wasn’t a peck like an old married couple gave each other before the other went to work.This was deep and passionate.A little taste of what he was leaving.
She gripped both sides of his face as their tongues danced and dueled the old dance of time.He allowed her to control the kiss.He didn’t reach for her but allowed her to take her fill of him.Andrea finally pulled back, tugging his bottom lip between her lips and before releasing it.
Both of them were panting, and she could make out the hard outline of his cock in his shorts.“I’ll see you later,” she said, looking all innocent when she felt anything but.
“I’ll be back before you know it, and we’re going to finish this conversation.”
“Promises, promises,” she husked, then took a step back and waved him off.She didn’t linger long enough to watch him disappear into his house.She was beat.Her eyes were finally feeling heavy.The distance from the curb to the front door seemed so far away, but she forged on.In a few minutes, she’d be curled up in bed.A rumpled bed that no doubt smelled of him and sex.That should help lull her to sleep.
“Morning, Andrea.”
Andrea stumbled to a stop before she made it to her porch steps.She wasn’t in the mood to deal with Maya and her probing questions this morning, but she didn’t want to be rude.“Morning, Maya,” Andrea greeted her with a bright smile.
Maya was in her yard with a sun hat on and kneeling in front of a bush with gloves and pruning shears.“Where is Michael off to?”
“He said he had some work to do at the office.”
“Oh, on a Saturday?That’s strange.”
Andrea shrugged.She hadn’t really thought about it.She was sure there were no off days for tech people.Computers didn’t care it was the weekend when they crashed.
“Honestly, I’m shocked to see you too.When you work those late hours, you’re not usually up until after noon.”
“Yeah, for some reason I was wired this morning and couldn’t sleep.”That was one way of phrasing it.It had been fear then horniness.Now she was back to being fearful.She was nervous about going back to work tonight and seeing those guys again.
She rubbed her wrist, remembering the pain and fear when he’d grabbed her.If it hadn’t been for Jonas, she didn’t know what would have happened, but he couldn’t always be there.Nor could Michael.Maybe it was just a fluke, and she was being paranoid.It wouldn’t be the first time.
“Does Michael’s visit last night have something to do with it?”Maya asked, rising to her feet and setting down her shears.
“Last night?”she squawked.Had Maya seen her sneaking out of his house to get ready for work?She hadn’t seen anyone, but she’d been more focused on getting into the house and ready so she wasn’t late.
Maya started making her way toward her.“Yeah, he stopped by your place, and I told him you were at work.He said he was going to stop by and have a drink.”
