I don’t know why I’m trying to talk her out of this, but after a month of nothing? I want to be sure this is what she wants.
“Yes.”
One word. That’s it.
Yes.
It’s all I need to hear to start leading her upstairs.
Yes.
ChapterNineteen
STEVIE
Yes.
One word and I’m running upstairs after Bode.
I’ve wanted this for a long time. Since the day Bode beat me in laser tag. But every time things start getting hot and heavy between us, I get nervous.
Things with guys always end once sex gets involved. I’m already in too deep with Bode and don’t want to give up what we have.
What if I’m just another notch in his bedpost?
Why in the world did I say yes to this?
Seeing Bode standing at the top of the stairs, lust swirling in his dark eyes, reminds me why I wanted to say yes.
I take the last few stairs and stop.
“Are you having second thoughts?” There’s a hesitation in Bode’s voice. “We don’t have to do this.”
Closing the distance between us, I link my fingers with his.
“I’m scared,” I confess.
Bode tucks a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “Of me?”
“No. Absolutely not. It’s just…” I sigh, resting my free hand on his shirt-clad chest.
“Tell me. You can tell me anything, I promise.”
I stare at my hand. It’s easier than looking at him in the face. “We both have a past. You with all the women you’ve been with, and the few guys I’ve been with? They never made me feel great after sex.”
“Stevie.”
Bode says my name with such confidence that I have to close my eyes. I don’t want this to go south before it even starts.
“Look at me.” He puts his knuckle under my chin, tilting my head until my gaze meets his. “You have a past. I do too, although mine is longer. When I take you into my room, it’s you and me. No one else. You are the only person that matters. No one else has ever been inside my sanctuary.”
Bode leans closer, his lips ghosting my ear. “You, Stevie. I want you. No one else.”
His confession has my body trembling. It has my own spilling from my lips. “I want you too.”
“Then let me show you how much you mean to me.”
Bode drags his nose along my neck, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me toward his room.
