He opened the door in nothing but a pair of boxers, those tight black ones that left nothing to the imagination.
I almost lost my courage then.
This beautiful Adonis of a man couldn’t want me, could he?
I mean, I was Dee Gallagher. I hadn’t worked outin my life. The only weights I’d ever lifted were barrels of beer.
“Dee, all okay?” he asked.
I licked my lips.
So, how was this done? How did a woman walk up to a man who looked like Jax and say, “Hey, I’d like a tumble with you?”
I stood still as a statue.
“Dee?” He took my hand in his and led me into his room. “Baby, talk to me?”
I nodded.
Aye, I should talk to him, tell him why the feck I knocked on his door.
But how could I tell him that I wanted him?
How could I tell him that in four weeks, he’d gotten something from me that Cillian hadn’t been able to in three years?
He’d gotten my heart. Sure, it hurt to see Cillian fuck Aoife, but the truth? It didn’t break my heart, just my ego. I could see that now. That made me think that maybe I hadn’t been in love with Cillian, and it made me worry (okay, it made me scared shiteless) that I was in love with Jax. Kind, wonderful, supportive Jax, with his feckin’ dimples.
He sat me down on his bed and crouched in front of me.
Why couldn’t he put on some pants, for the love of everythin’ holy? Because I was just about ready to jump the unsuspecting man.
“Dee, you’re scaring me, darlin’.”
I shook my head. “I’m fine. I….”
“What?” he asked patiently.
I looked at his beautiful face. The blue eyes. That awesome nose. Those high cheekbones. That slight stubble.
“I…I want to sleep with you.”
There. I said it.
He looked confused. “You want to sleep here with me?”
What? This man couldn’t be that dense, could he?
Before I could tell him just that, he winked at me. “You want me to fuck you, darlin’?”
Okay, so that was not quite how I’d put it, but sure, let’s go with his version.
I nodded like a dafteejit.
He grinned and rose. He sat next to me, holding my hand. “Dee, I want you. You know that, right?”
Did I?
“Aye, I suspected,” I managed to toss out.
