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“Nope, not at all. I’m actually looking forward to the break.”
His fingers start to tickle my sides as I squeal. “Take that back right now, Harper Stevens.”
“Never!” I scream, the tickling getting more and more aggressive the harder I fight.
“Fine!” I relent. “Fine, I yield!” I scream as he finally stops. Trying to catch my breath, I say, “I’ll miss you a lot. Happy now?”
He says nothing, only kisses me lightly.
“Yup.” He smacks my ass as he goes into the bathroom. “Before I head out, I have something for you.”
I roll my eyes. “I am not wearing one of your uniforms as foreplay again… I told you that is never happening again.”
He shakes his head as I remember the last time he asked me to do that. We were talking about fantasies and his was a girl in a baseball uniform, so I thought I’d make it happen for him and picked up the extra one in his closet. Little did I know I would look like the after photo of a weight-loss commercial. I was drowning in fabric and although it was meant to be sexy, we spent the next hour laughing until we both collapsed.
“No, smart-ass. I have something I want to give you. Sit on the bed and close your eyes.”
“I am not falling for that again!” I say through a smirk. “Last time you said that, we ended up in bed for at least three hours. You don’t have time for that.”
Josh rolls his eyes and gives me a stern look from the doorway.
“Fine,” I mutter, sitting down on the bed and closing my eyes.
I hear his footsteps on the hardwood floor as he makes his way over to me, and after a few seconds, a metal object is placed in my hands.
“Open,” he whispers as I look down and see a plain silver key in my hands.
“Thanks?” I question as Josh starts laughing and I peer up at him as if he has two heads.
“It’s a key to my apartment.”
My entire body locks in place. That was not what I was expecting. We haven’t even said “I love you,” yet and he’s giving me a key to his place?
He must notice the panic written all over my face, our eyes locking. “This is not me asking you to move in.”
I let out a breath. Thank God, I am NOT ready for that yet.
“Although I wouldn’t be opposed to that.”
I give him a look.
“This is for when I’m away. You can come here and hang out.”
Wait, for what? He’s not opposed to us moving in together? Did he really just say that?
“You’re not opposed to me moving in with you…” I mutter as he sits down next to me and takes my hand in his.
“That’s what you took from that?” he questions as our eyes meet. “I just want you to be comfortable here, even when I’m not here.”
“Seriously?” I ask because this doesn’t seem real.
“Yes. I like the idea of you being here. That way when I come home, my place will smell like you…” He leans over and kisses me softly, which then quickly turns into a passionate kiss that leaves me on my back with Josh on top of me, both of us breathless. “Please promise me you’ll use it. For me,” he pleads as he gets up, taking me with him.
The longer I look into his eyes, the more I realize he really wants this, and my resolve crumbles.
“Well, if you insist,” I say. This could be fun.
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