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Chapter 16
I thought if I came again, it might cause my body to fail, so we held onto each other as the sweat dried on our skin.
“I wasn’t going to tell you that trying to have rules was bullshit and doomed to fail, but the rules were bullshit and doomed to fail,” I said, as she stroked my hair and I watched her chest rise and fall.
“I told you, one of us has to be the responsible one. I tried!”
“Are you blaming me?” I sat up, incredulous.
“Yes. I am blaming you. I’m blaming you and your sexiness that I couldn’t resist.”
“Yeah, you’re one to talk. You’re so fucking gorgeous, Nat. Holy shit. I can’t stop looking at you. I’m just going to spend the rest of my life looking at you,” I said.
She was quiet for a moment.
“Do you think we moved too fast?” she asked in a quiet voice.
“Nat. We’ve known each other since we were five. I know you. You know me better than my own parents. I wouldn’t call this slow, at all.”
She thought about that.
“I guess you’re right. If we’d been talking with each other those years, we might have come to this part sooner. We might have ended up here anyway.”
“We would have ended up here,” I said.
“You’re that confident?” she asked.
“Yes,” I said, and kissed her to end the discussion.
* * *
Natalie’s stomach growled, and I was getting uncomfortable on the sweaty sheets, so I tossed on a large t-shirt and gave her one to put on as well. Natalie foraged for snacks in the kitchen while I changed the sheets.
Natalie came back with a plate of apple slices and crackers with cheese and hummus spread on them.
“I’m making some tea too,” she said.
“Wow, aren’t you good at the post-coital snacks,” I said.
“Thank you. Do you mind if I just jump in the shower?” she asked.
I shoved the old sheets in the hamper. “As long as I can join you.”
We took a quick rinse-off shower interspersed with kisses and sexy touches.
“I’m so freaking tired,” Natalie said when we got out.
“Me too,” I said. She dried her hair as best as she could and we got in bed again.
Natalie held me close and I closed my eyes and basked in how fucking happy I was. I felt like I was glowing.
“I can’t believe I’m here with you,” she said.
“I know,” I said. “But it’s exactly right.”
“It is,” she said, squeezing me. “Everything feels right with you.”
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