“Would you help me hide a body? Theoretically.” Perry had pulled back and was looking me in the eyes now. Searching for any hint of dishonesty.
“I know a guy who has a crematorium. Pretty sure for the right amount of money he’d look the other way.”
“You do not!” He gasped, looking scandalized, even though he was the one who started this conversation.
“Well, he owns a crematorium, but I sort of guessed on the rest. I mean, I assume I could convince him to slip an extra person in there given the right motivation.”
Perry kissed me, half laughing, half almost-horrified-but-secretly-aroused. “Now that’s true love.”
“When I said anything, I meant it.”
He looked up at me, his hands resting on my chest. “Say it again.” His voice was a whisper now, breathy with arousal.
“I’d do anything for you. Anything. Everything.”
Perry’s smile was sweet and pure, and it didn’t match the glint of obvious arousal in his eyes. “You said you’d do anything for me, and yet you’re still not kissing me.”
“My mistake. Please forgive me.”
“Just this once.”
“How generous of you.”
“What can I say, I’m a giver.”
I slanted my mouth over his and shut him up with a kiss. Perry’s hands slid up my back and his fingers sank into my hair.
“Say it again,” he whispered, breaking the kiss. His breaths came heavier now as desire coursed through him.
“Anything,” I said. “Anything and always.”
THIRTY
PERRY
When Rex gaveme a key to his house six months ago and told me to let myself in whenever I wanted, I’d thought long and hard before choosing to take him up on the offer. I mean, I accepted the key right away, but it took me a few weeks before I was comfortable with the idea of just letting myself into his space without him there.
Today, I had no such reservations. Rex had to work late handling an emergency, and I took the opportunity to come over and surprise him. I let Donut out and fed his cats, which made me kind of wish that I could bring Gumball over with me so he could hang out with Rex’s cats. But that was a problem for future Perry.
Current Perry was in Rex’s shower, cleaning out in preparation for the evening. I mean, a girl could never be too prepared. Truth be told, I was nervous. We’d traded housekeys and slept over at each other’s places, but tonight felt bigger somehow. Maybe it was the romantic in me, the secret one that Rex had awakened with his charm and his acceptance, but I’dput a lot of importance on tonight. We’d talked about going bare for a long time, but I wasn’t ready. I still worked regularly, and Rex still loved that I did what I did. And I, of course, got tested on a regular basis. Rex trusted me and he’d been willing to go bare, not every time, but sometimes when we knew it was safe, for a while now.
But there was a problem.
Me.
For some reason, I’d been terrified to knock down this last wall between us. I was the final obstacle in removing this flimsy barrier. After weeks of turning it over in my head, I finally felt ready to do this. I wanted all of Rex. I wanted to give him all of me.
I was drying off when the sound of the front door shutting got my attention. Danish let out a series of sharp barks before going silent. Footsteps approached as I wrapped the towel around my waist. I heard the low timbre of Rex’s voice as he talked to Danish, but I couldn’t make out the words.
“Perry?”
“In the bedroom.” I called, stepping out of the attached bathroom and into the bedroom. I’d hoped to have more time to prepare for him, but when he rounded the corner and came into view, I suddenly didn’t care about anything except getting my hands on him as quickly as possible.
When Rex walked in, he lurched to a stop and straightened up. His eyes lit up when he saw me and each inch of bare skin seemed to help bolster that second wind. He was no longer exhausted like he’d looked only a second ago. Now he looked energized. Eager.
Rex licked his lips and walked toward me. I didn’t move, letting him approach. “Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.”
Rex approached like he was hunting me, but I’d like to think the opposite was true because it was him who was snared by me.He reached for my waist and the towel that barely clung to my body. I was still kind of damp from the shower, but Rex didn’t care. He tossed the towel aside and smiled when my cock rose to greet him.
