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Pure panic showed on his face before he could hide it.
“Guess I have my answer,” I mumbled, turning away in search of clothes.
“No, you don’t.” He moved me toward him, his hands on my hips, dipping his head down so that we were eye to eye. “Look, I’d be lying if I said that telling them wouldn’t complicate things. I was hoping for a longer period of time where we could be together before bringing other people into the mix. My brother and I aren’t exactly getting along at the moment. But if it comes down to a choice of losing you or telling both him and Brian right now, then I’ll get on the plane tonight to go see them.”
Sincerity showed in his eyes, and I knew he meant it. “Why would you have to get on a plane?”
“Because this isn’t a conversation to have over a phone, especially with your brother. You have to understand that neither of them, justifiably, will be happy to hear that we’re together.”
“It might be weird at first, but what in the world would they have against it? I’m hardly a child, and it’s not as though Josh’s wife isn’t quite a bit younger than he is, too. He’d have no room to talk. And you didn’t make the first move. Hell, I did.”
He exhaled harshly. “The problem is none of those things.”
It was on the tip of my tongue to ask what it was, but then the obvious hit me. It was his reputation. Suddenly, I was a lot more sympathetic. In my heart, I knew that he wasn’t giving them enough credit for being able to accept he’d changed, however I had to respect that he was still nervous about their reactions. Telling them we were four weeks into a relationship wasn’t exactly inspiring; but if it were months, maybe it would seem more believable that he was a different man now.
“I wasn’t thinking about how that scenario might go down or how the timing might be important.”
He let out a sigh of relief. “So we’re okay not letting them know for now?”
The more I thought about it, the more I realized having our families’ commentary on something this new to the both of us might make things harder—not that anything they could say would make a difference in how I felt about him.
“Yes. But for the sake of Judy’s health and well-being, I should probably steer clear of your office going forward.”
He took the towel from my hands, letting it drop to my feet. Stepping closer, his voice dropped an octave near my ear. “Oh, I think your point was made with your quip about her first impressions being for shit.”
“Good,” I muttered, my body in full anticipation mode with the huskiness in his tone.
“And since neither of us would’ve thought twice about spending time together back when we were only friends, I still want you to be able to come to my office. Matter of fact; I’d love it if you met me for lunch tomorrow before I need to fly out.”
He knelt down in front of me, his face in line with my center. When he looked up, it was all I could do not to shove his head between my legs.
“Okay.” I swallowed hard feeling his breath on me intimately. “What are you doing?”
He leaned forward, inhaling my scent. “Trying to gauge if you’re still mad.” He swiped his tongue over my clit. “Because I didn’t like how it felt when you left upset earlier.” A finger made its way inside of me. “And I want to be sure we’re all right before I fly so far away from you.” He nibbled lightly, nuzzling my thighs apart further.
A whimper fell from my lips in response. My eyes clenched shut as his mouth sucked on my clit and white heat coursed through my entire body while my hands threaded in his hair, pushing him into me. I could feel his fingers work their magic in tempo with his expert tongue. As the orgasm consumed me, I threw my head back in pleasure, incoherent words involuntarily coming from my mouth.
He continued to devour me without any pause until I came hard against his face with such ferocity my knees nearly buckled, and I barely registered being carried to my bed.
“Someone is pretty good with their apologies,” I murmured, still trembling with the aftershocks.
He trailed kisses up the length of my thoroughly sated body until his face was close to mine. “It’s strategic, really.”
My brow lifted. “Do tell.”
“I figure it’s incentive to have you look forward to me messing up again. I may never be great at relationship stuff, but I think I can nail the apologies.”
“Impressive tactic.” I smiled, running my thumb over his bottom lip.
“Mm, more impressive was the fact that I think your last orgasm took under a minute.”
“Did not.” Did it?
“Why would it bother you if it did?”
“Maybe I don’t want to make it too easy. And it was three minutes, at least.”
He smirked. “Wanna bet?”
