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“Then go.” He loosened his grip on her wrist. However, when she swung her feet off the bed and sat up, he sat up too. He wrapped his arms around her from behind and set his chin on her shoulder. He murmured, “Don’t run away.”
The thought hadn’t even crossed her mind. With a smile, she reached behind her to pat his hair. “I won’t.”
Xolani had no real issues with her body, but the thought of walking around naked in front of Barry made her uncharacteristically self-conscious. In the throes of passion, how she looked didn’t matter, but now that reason was back in the game, she couldn’t help but worry.
What if her breasts were not big enough for him? What if she was too thin for his taste? What if her ass wasn’t voluptuous enough? What if he didn’t like what she had to offer?
Unfortunately, her clothes were nowhere to be seen, and there was nothing else for her to cover herself with.
Despite her awkwardness, she forced herself to stand. Behind her, Barry drew a sharp breath. Hopefully, it was because he liked what he saw. But she was too shy to look back and confirm for herself. Stoically, she started moving.
Hours ago, Xolani had been too ‘preoccupied’ to fully appreciate Barry’s bedroom. Like the rest of the house, it was quite large, spacious, and well lit. His black, king-size bed took up a lot of space but there was still a room for a long nightstand on either side of the bed, an ottoman at the foot of the bed, and a divider wall that boasted a large TV.
The divider wall had archways on both sides.
Xolani walked through one archway to find herself in a space that acted as both his closet and a connecting hallway to the bathroom. She headed straight to the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
It took just a few minutes for her to finish her business. After washing her hands, she grabbed a large towel and wrapped it around her body.
But that towel didn’t stay on her for long.
As soon as she lay beside Barry on the bed, he tore it off her body and tossed it to the foot of the bed. “I like you naked.”
With a low laugh, she cuddled into his chest.
His eyes closed and his breathing became slow and steady again. It looked like he’d fallen asleep. She, on the other hand, was wide awake and raring to go. Now that she’d recovered from their strenuous activities, her mind recognized that it was still daytime and refused to settle back down. It whirred like a hamster on a wheel as thoughts of what had just happened rushed in.
She and Barry had just had sex.
They’d had sex.
Just weeks ago, they’d been vigorously declaring how wrong they were for each other. Yet here they were lying naked next to each other after doing the one thing they weren’t supposed to be doing.
“We’re crazy,” Xolani mumbled to herself.
Barry’s arms tightened around her waist as he grunted, “Huh?”
Wasn’t he supposed to be asleep? She snuck a glance upward to find his eyes open and watching her. Reluctant to share where her mind had wandered off too, she shook her head. “Nothing.”
But he’d heard her. He reminded her, “You just said ‘we’re crazy’.”
She winced. “You heard me?”
“I heard you.” His lips crooked in a half-smile. “And I agree. We’re crazy.”
She sighed and placed her head back on his chest. “We weren’t supposed to do this.”
“But we did.” With two fingers, he tipped up her chin until she was looking at him again. His expression somber, he asked, “Do you regret it?”
She thought over it for a second, then realized that no, she didn’t regret sleeping with him. However, she was too scared to give him that answer. What if he didn’t feel the same way? That would be too embarrassing.
To dodge the question, she asked, “Should I regret it?”
“Probably.” He dipped his head to press a quick peck to her lips. “But I don’t. I enjoyed every single minute of making love to you.”
So had she! So had she!
Studying him, she asked, “So what’s next?”
