“Good,” he says, grinding his hips into me one more time before he grabs a condom.
I hear the jingle of his belt and then a quiet “Fuck.”
Leaning up on my elbows, I ask, “Is everything okay?”
His head drops. “I only had the three condoms we used last night. I swear I thought I had more.”
“Oh, just three,” I tease, and he shakes his head.
I’d suggest that we go without, but we just erased one line over the past few days. It might be smart to wait before we erase another.
“Well, it’s a good thing we’re going home today, isn’t it?”
“Home?” he repeats and nods. “Yeah, pack your bags. Now.”
He moves quickly, grabbing his clothes and tossing them into his suitcase.
“Slow down, Casanova.”
He pins me with a look. “You know, a punishment might be in the cards for you if you keep that up.”
I move, naked I might add, for the adjoining bathroom. “Can that be done in the shower?”
“Don’t tease me.” His head drops back.
“What? You’re not up for the challenge?”
He drops his bag and stalks toward me with a dark look in his eye.
“Bathroom. Now.”
I grin and do as I’m told.
I like to be my own boss, but when it comes to sex with Tobias, that’s a different story.
* * *
As soon as we’re back in Wind Valley, Nora calls to tell me that one of our authors accidentally hit publish on her new release a week early. We need to get packets out stat, so I rush to her house. We could have done it over the phone or by email, but working together is so much more efficient.
A couple of hours and lots of apologies later, the release blast is underway.
Nora sits back and blows out a long breath. “How was Lovers?”
“It was good.”
“Just good?”
“Yep.”
About a minute goes by before she taps the back of my chair.
“What’s up?” I ask, spinning to face her.
She’s got the baby in her arms and is swiveling her chair left to right slowly to keep her asleep.
“What did you do in Lovers?”
There is suspicion in the way her brown eyes stare me down, but I don’t give in. There is absolutely no way she could know anything that happened between Tobias and me.
