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“You wouldn’t even call your dad first?”
He shakes his head. “Why bother? Since he seems to be so buddy-buddy with my agent, I’ll let BJ call him.”
“So, you don’t have one foot out the door?” I ask.
My anger might be dissipating but I’m still loaded with suspicion. I can’t help it. Getting burned by Andy left lasting scars.
He pulls me from the chair I’m in and sits me down right next to him, drawing me close and kissing the top of my head. “Mmmm. I always love the way you smell.”
Cripes. How’s a girl supposed to resist things like this?
“Petal, you have my word that if anything—and I mean anything—happens that impacts us both, you will be the first to know. I know you’ve been hurt. I won’t be doing that to you.”
“Okay. I guess,” I sniff.
He hooks a finger under my chin. “I guess, my ass. I mean it.”
I look up at him and a wave of relief crashes over me. “Thank you for explaining. And thank you for apologizing,” I say, trying to keep my voice from cracking.
He did drive up here tonight, for me, because he knew we needed to talk. You have to give a guy credit for that. I knowhe has an early morning tomorrow. He has all week. And if his game is not going well, that’s probably not a lot of fun.
“Cool. Now that we got that settled.” He looks around. “Anyone else coming here tonight? Or do we have the place to ourselves?”
“We’re alone. The only other person with a key is Tina, the owner, and she’s not coming by. She’s home with two little kids. Why do you ask?”
“I gotta tell you, baby, I’ve had a hard cock since the moment I saw you at the front door this evening. My God, what you do to me.”
An electric buzz shoots down my spine and I tremble in my seat. WhatIdo to him?
What about whathedoes to me?
Of course, my defensive smart-ass kicks right in, like a little devil on my shoulder that just won’t go away. “Sounds like a personal problem, Rake Hanson, having a hard dick and all that. Seriously. I am so glad I’m not a man, walking around with a penis that gets erect like it has a mind of its own. It’s hard enough having a monthly period. But at least that shit’s private.”
“Let me tell you, baby,” he says, pushing my hair off the back of my neck and tickling me with his nose, “it’s not easy being a man.”
I arch to give him more access.
So. Damn. Good.
“I… oh, that feels nice…”
“Were you about to say something, beautiful?” His lips are grazing my skin now, his breath hot and sweet.
“I was gonna say something. But I’ve already forgotten what it was.”
He laughs softly and turns my face towards him.
“So tell me, Mr. Rake Hanson,” I say in a whisper. I know the last thing I should be doing right now is babbling. But I have toget something off my chest. “What are we doing here? Are we just ‘puck buddies’?” I say, using air quotes.
He snorts. “You don’t think you’re the first person to say that, do you?”
“Maybe not. But I still think it’s pretty clever of me.”
“Everything about you is clever, Petal Parker. It’s one of the things I like about you.”
More kisses to the neck. Good lord, I’m not sure I will survive this.
“But, no, we are not puck buddies, or fuck buddies, or friends with benefits. I don’t know why I even need to say that.”
