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I tugged harder when he didn’t listen, not minding his wince. “Did you really cancel my date?”
His face darkened and the desire in his eyes switched to a swirling, simmering anger. “You’re damned right I did.”
“How did you even know about it?”
“You might want to ask Jess about that.”
“I’m asking you. Communication is good for this stuff, too. Not just the bedroom things.” I wondered if the heat filling my cheeks and spreading down my throat and chest would ever stop when we discussed being sexual.
His thumb rubbed over my bottom lip, a pensive look on his face.
I shuddered at the contact. My tongue slid out to lick at the pad of Jareth’s thumb. I was doing a terrible job at curbing our need for each other.
“Fuck. The places we are going to experiment on using that tongue.” His raspy voice skated up and down my spine like a caress.
“We need to stop or I’m going to have to move to my own seat,” I teased.
His eyebrows slashed in a V, and his hands gripped my hips tighter. Clearly, he was not on board with that suggestion.
“Jareth,” I cupped his cheeks in my hands, loving how his sexy stubble rubbed against my palms. My mind immediately roamed where it shouldn’t and imagined other places I might want to feel it against my skin.
“Sunshine, you can’t look at me that way and expect me not to do something about it,” he growled.
I sighed. He was right. “Tell me, please.”
“Jess called me last night while you all were discussing this date.” I had to hold back my laughter at the way he spat out the word date.
“I was with Jess the whole time. She never stepped away to make a call.”
Jareth kneaded my hips, loosening my muscles and making me melt into him. “You wouldn’t have known. She didn’t talk to me. She let me hear the conversation, knowing it would likely set me down this path.”
“I would’ve told you.” I swallowed down the frustration that we had to get to this point before he admitted he wanted something with me. Not that we’d defined what we were. When I asked him to promise to try, there was my unspoken agreement to not ask for more than what he was ready to give.
He nodded. “I know. I wasn’t angry at you or thought that you’d hide it from me. I was pissed that I’d pushed you away so many times you’d given up.”
I rested my head on his shoulder. “I kind of was giving up.” Admitting it out loud brought back the utter sadness that weighed on me last night.
“I hated that you were going on a date. I might have overreacted and booked this trip when Terri told me that I needed to be here.”
“You think next time you could ask me first?” I asked, wryly.
“Now that I know you won’t be on any other dates without me, I’ll be sure to discuss future trips with you.” His fingertips trailed up and down my back.
I traced a random pattern on his dress shirt, not quite ready to meet his gaze for this next question. “So, I’m assuming we’re not seeing other people.” I wanted to say that I’d scratch out the eyes of any woman on your arm that’s not me, but I didn’t want to scare him off.
His hands moved so fast and I yelped as he lifted me up until I was looking at him. “There had better not be anyone else.” The possession in his eyes sent a rush of happiness through me.
“There isn’t, but the same goes for you too.” I gave him my best, ‘you need to listen to me’ glare.
His grip relaxed, and he kissed my forehead before settling me into his arms again. “That’s a given. I don’t want anyone but you. I haven’t since I saw that fucking dating profile. Of which you’re deleting immediately.”
I nodded. “Done.”
Light speared in through the window near us. Until now, I’d been so focused on Jareth, I hadn’t noticed the sun poking through the clouds. I gave him a questioning glance.
“Bali.”
“Seriously? I’ve always wanted to go there.” Travel had always been at the top of my list, but I never had the money to afford it.
