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He rocked back. “Uh. Because I didn’t know you thought we’d slept together? Trust me. If we’d slept together, you’d remember, baby.”
As he mocked me with his playful stare, I swatted him on the shoulder.
“You let me think we had sex!”
Laughing, he rubbed his shoulder. “Um, I truly didn’t know that you thought that, and in my defense, every time I brought up that night, you said you were embarrassed and told me not to talk about it.”
“Well, I was embarrassed because I’d thought we’d slept together, and I didn’t remember.”
“How the hell was I supposed to know that? I thought you were embarrassed because you were wasted and saying some seriously crazy shit!”
I twisted my face. “Okay, yeah. You’re right. I was embarrassed about that too.”
We didn’t sleep together.My brain threatened to explode.
“So, wait. This ... this was our first kiss?”
I’d felt bolder when I’d thought we’d already done this, and now my bravado crumbled with the realization wehadn’talready done this, and I’d just tackled a guy who’d never made a move on me before.
“Yes. This is our first kiss. And a damn good one, if I can say so. Ten out of ten if you want feedback on your kissing skills too.”
My face fell as he grinned at me.
He tipped his head. “Why are you looking at me like that? Does this change things for you now that we didn’t have sex already?”
“No. I mean, yes. I mean, no. I mean ... ugh. Yes. It changes things. Shit. Sorry, I just need a second to process this.”
“Yeah, no problem.” Ethan took a step back, and my eyes dropped to his rock-hard cock, standing tall to give me a salute.
Okay, yeah.ThatI would have remembered.
He caught my dropped gaze and reached down and grabbed his towel, wrapping it back around his waist.
“Okay, you’re gonna need to explain this to me a little better because I’m hella confused right now,” he said as he stepped over and sat on the bed.
I walked over and sat next to him. “It’s just that it was different when I thought we’d already slept together. Like, the deed was already done, so this was a bonus freebie. And now ... now it turns out I didn’t have a one-night stand to begin with. My slate is still clean.”
He slanted his head. “Okay. I guess I can see that. But from where I’m looking, I’m a little confused that you would have any interest in sleeping with a guy who took advantage of you when you were wasted. From my perspective, it’s agoodthing we waited to do this. But it seems like from your perspective, it’s bad? This is all very, very confusing.”
“God. Now you’re making me feel like a crazy person.” I buried my head in my hands, then the perfect analogy popped into my mind, and I looked up at him. “It’s like this. You know when you’re on a diet, and you have been just perfect about staying on track? And then one day you break down, and you eat a slice of pizza? And then once you eat that pizza, you think, ‘Well, now that I’ve already broken the diet today, I may as well go all the way.’ So, you eat the whole pizza, and maybe some ice cream and cookies to boot. It doesn’t matter because you already broke the diet, so you may as well enjoy it. In this case, you’re the pizza, and I’d already had a slice, so I may as well go for another. But now ... now it turns out I’m still on a diet, and I haven’t gone off track at all, so it’s probably best I don’t eat the pizza. You know what I’m saying?”
I looked over into his confused amber eyes. “So, I’m pizza. And since you never ate the pizza, it’s better to not have any pizza and stay on the diet?”
“Exactly.”
“Wow. Women are really messed up.” He laughed, and it coaxed laughter out of me too.
“I am so sorry. I want to, but in just a few hours, we’ll be going our separate ways, and I’ll probably never see you again. It would truly be a one-night stand. I don’t know if I can do this knowing that. Don’t get me wrong, all I can think about is ripping off that towel and doing things with you that I never imagined doing with anyone.”
His eyebrows lifted. “Oh yeah? What kind of things?”
I pulled my lip between my teeth as visions of our sweat-slicked bodies twisted into impossible positions invaded my mind.
Maybe I should still eat the pizza.
But just before I reached over and yanked him back in for another kiss, a knock on the door pulled our attention.
“Would you like to place your dinner order?” our car attendant asked.
