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I faked a smile.

His concerned smile turned teasing. “Need me to fetch you an award-winning orgasm recovery smoothie?”

I snorted. “Is that a thing?”

“It is now. I might need one myself.”

Finally, he pulled out of me and discarded the condom in the nearby trash. He grabbed me, dragging me across the mattress right back into his arms.

I melted into his warmth, inhaling the scent of sweat and something totally Graham. For a long moment, all we did was breathe, our hearts gradually slowing from their frantic pace. I could feel the shift between us. It was subtle but significant. It was almost like we’d gone further, like we’d crossed some kind of invisible line that, if it were up to me, we’d never uncross.

“You know,” he murmured, pressing a lazy kiss to my temple, “you should stay the whole day. We’ll stay naked, maybe eat, and then I’ll give you so many orgasms, you’ll forget your own name.”

Dammit.

I shook my head, biting my lip. “I have work later.”

Graham groaned dramatically. “Nope. I forbid it. You’re officially under Graham Wallace house arrest.”

“Are you thinking about tying me to the bed?”

His hazel eyes darkened. “Don’t tempt me.”

My stomach tightened in response, but I just grinned and kissed him slow, savoring the way he tasted.

“I’ll come back after my shift,” I whispered against his lips.

“You better,” he murmured.

I smiled. “I promise.”

Chapter Seventeen

“Are you mooning over Graham again?” Ava demanded to know.

The girls had been giving me grief all through dinner, trying to get me to spill my guts about what was going on between me and Graham, but it was still too new, I just couldn’t.

“No,” I lied. “I’m thinking about the puppy that Roxie operated on yesterday. He was in a lot of pain, and I hated leaving him.”

I looked down at the table so Ava couldn’t look me in the eye.

“Hmmm,” Ava looked at me suspiciously. “It’s possible, but not probable. I know a man-daze when I see one.”

“Leave her alone,” Glenda interrupted. “She has a soft heart. I’ve seen her with the animals. She loves all of them.”

I raised my water glass in Glenda’s direction, and I scrunched my nose at Ava. “See, Glenda understands me.”

Roxie, Emmie, Piper, and Ava looked at one another and cackled. Damn, I hoped Glenda didn’t feel they were laughing at her. When I looked at Glenda, I could see her preening.

She leaned over and patted my hand. “I knew we understood one another,” she whispered.

I smiled at her and nodded.

This was the first time we had invited Glenda to one of our dinners. She was nice, and I could tell she was trying to fit in. But despite Ava telling her we were heading to a club after dinner, she was still dressed like she was heading to a board meeting or something.

“Why don’t you drive with me over to the club, instead of with Emmie and Piper?” Glenda suggested.

“Isn’t your navigation system working?” I asked.