Page 65 of Temporarily in Love

I sipped my beer and tried to ignore her. She was right, though. Since Lila swooped back into my life, I had been in a better mood. I didn’t work twelve hours days at the brewery anymore. I was better at my work-life balance. When she left, that was going to change. I’d bury myself in my work again to forget the woman I loved left me again.

Gemma and Felix left shortly after, but I stayed until close with Lila waiting for her to be done. She was basically managing the place with Brian already. I couldn’t imagine her buying the bar and then going back to her life in California. But wouldn’t she have told me she was thinking of moving back?

“Get out of here,” Brian told her as they cashed out the drawer. “Killian and I will close the pub, okay? You’ve done enough.”

“You sure?” she asked him.

Brian nodded. “Go. Your man’s been sitting here waiting for you all night.”

Her grin got bigger. “I know. He’s the best.”

I threw down a wad of cash on the bar since I had been drinking here all night and walked out of the pub with Lila. She was practically bouncing as we walked back to my apartment, despite how late it was and how tired she probably was.

“Do you think it went well?” she asked as she took off her clothes when we got upstairs and headed for the shower.

I followed behind her and shook my head at the trail of clothes she left on my floor. I loved her, but her need to be messy drove me batty. I took off my clothes, neatly folded them, and placed them on the toilet seat.

“It was great. Now, can you take a day off?” I asked as I got into the shower with her.

She gave me a cheeky grin. “And do what?”

I cupped her face. “Let’s take the day and spend it in my bed.”

“Wow, you took a half day, and you want to take a full day to be with me? I’m shocked,” she said as she turned on the water, reaching her hand out to test the temperature.

“You’re such a brat.”

“You love me!” she teased and closed her eyes to get under the shower head.

I watched the water cascading down her body as she washed her hair. This was a total sexy moment, but when I looked at Lila, I thought about how fast my heart beat when she was near. How much I wanted so badly to keep her by my side.

My big, dumb heart was in so much trouble. All because my dick couldn’t help himself.

Hazel eyes popped open. “Are you gonna shower or watch me?”

I smirked at her. “I don’t know. You’re giving me a good show.”

She playfully slapped my arm. “Ass!”

We switched positions, and I washed my hair while she scrubbed the smell of deep-fried foods and beer off herself. Despite how hard my dick was at seeing her naked body wet, we were both too tired for anything more.

We toweled off together and I passive-aggressively put her dirty clothes away in my hamper. She laughed at me while she lay naked in my bed.

I crawled into bed with her.

“I was serious about earlier. Do you think it went well?” she asked. She bit her nails as she looked up at me.

“I’ve never seen it that packed.”

She nodded. “Me either, but…I want to make sure it will last. I want…” She trailed off and raked her hand through her hair with a sigh.

“What’s wrong, love?”

“I think my dad still might sell.”

I hadn’t mentioned that he said he wanted to sell to her. Because that came with the stipulation of her moving back home, and I didn’t want to force her hand like that.

“Did you tell him you want to buy it?”