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Kyle grunted. “Can we get back to the game already?”
I was nearly out of chips, and so I deliberately botched my next answer to get out.
Surprisingly, Katie had done the same thing.
She faced me and smiled. “Want to take a walk?”
After standing, I offered my hand. Katie took it, and soon we were bundled up and out the door.
But not holding hands.
I resisted reaching for hers and cleared my throat. “If you want to back out of L.A., I understand.”
Katie stopped and turned toward me. “What are you talking about?”
“I, er, don’t want you to think that I expect…”
“Expect what, Nolan? Sex?”
“Er.”
She turned and started walking again. I easily caught up.
We walked in silence for a few minutes before Katie let out a breath. “You weren’t the only one who got carried away in my room.”
“I know. But I don’t want you to think you have to do anything beyond posing as my fiancée to get your trip.”
She kept her gaze forward. “As long as we’re together, we’re going to keep thinking about it. I mean, it’s clear we’re both attracted to each other. So maybe…”
My heart rate kicked up. Was she about to offer what I thought she might? “Maybe, what?”
After letting out a long breath, she replied, “Maybe in L.A. we could get it out of our system. You know, once it’s done, we’ll think straight and can focus more on strategy. Especially since it’ll be a long time before either of us can sleep with other people again.”
Her words squeezed my heart. At the thought of other men seeing her naked and flushed, I wanted to hunt them down and tell these hypothetical men to stay the fuck away from my woman.
Get a grip, Nolan. Right, I needed to focus on her offer, lest she think I didn’t want it. “Hey, look at me.” Once she did, I continued. “You don’t have to sleep with me, if you don’t want to.”
“Don’t you want to?”
I could lie. But fuck that. I took her hand and nodded. “Yes. I dream about us naked together, baby. All the time.”
Her cheeks flushed. “Oh. I, er, dream about you too.”
Smiling, I pulled her closer until I could brush the hair off her cheek. “Care to elaborate? And see if we’re dreaming the same thing?”
“What, like we’re meeting up in dreams to hook up?”
I chuckled. “If that could actually happen, then I’d be sleeping most of the day. But, no, I want to make it good for you, baby. The best. Just tell me what you want, and I’ll do it.”
“Anything?”
“Well, just about. There are a few things I’d rather not try. One actor I know likes to play with knives and his partner enjoys it too.”
“Oh, no, ixnay on the blood play, for sure. You naked and over me would be good. Maybe even…”
“Even what?”
She cleared her throat. “What you were going to do to me earlier, right before we were interrupted?”
