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“I wasn’t really feeling it.”
“Feeling what?”
“Doing the whole dating thing.Anyway, it turned out not to be a date, and I got to know Laney again.She’s not my only friend, but it’s nice to have one more person on my side.”
It turned out not to be a date.
My relief was short lived.One day it would be.Liam was too good of a catch to be alone.I didn’t want him to be alone; I wanted him to be with me.
I sucked in a breath and shoved that thought out of my head.I reached for a different subject, any subject.“Did you talk to the farmers market director?”
Much safer territory.He’d messaged that he was going to try if he got a chance on one of his breaks.I’d forgotten to follow up, caught in my sinkcapades.
“No.”
“Call them tomorrow.”
He clamped a big hand over my ankle under the covers.“All right, Kenny.I’ll call the director.For you.”
Heat shot through my body.He wasn’t even touching me skin on skin.“Thank you.”
I lay back.I had to move, do something.His strength soaked through the fabric, and God, I missed that.
“I should get to bed,” he said, his voice gruff.“They’ll be up early.”
“Where are you going to sleep?”
“I dunno.Maybe one of their beds?The couch?I don’t dare touch Grandma Gin’s room.She doesn’t even let the boys inside.”
He’d leave and take his heat and his strength and his company with him.
“Just sleep here.”
“Here?”Disbelief resounded.
I tried to sound casual when inside my head I was screamingI can’t believe you said that!“We’re adults.I’m under the quilt.You can sleep over it.”
He was quiet for a moment.This time I was grateful I couldn’t see his expression.There was no reason to be embarrassed.I wasn’t hitting on him.It made sense.His kids were close by, and it was late.He might wake them up when he was finding blankets for the couch.
It was a practical offer.He was fully dressed, and I was under blankets.A practical offer shouldn’t make my heart race and my body flush with heat.
“All right,” he said.“But if you snore, I’m kicking you out.”
I swatted his rock-hard shoulder as he lay back.“I was here first.”
His deep chuckle traveled through the bed right into my body.So much better than over the phone.My eyelids drifted shut and I stole a second of pleasure.I was a woman, and I appreciated a deep voice.That was all it was.
It didn’t feel like that was all, but I fell asleep faster than I had in months.
Liam
I wokewith the strongest erection of my life.It wasn’t quite morning yet.I shifted, and my hip bumped against a solid body and the soft smell of roses and vanilla filled my nose.
Kenny.I was in bed withKenny.
I rolled to my side to give her more room, but like a dumbass, I went the direction that ended up with me facing her.Weak.I was too weak to roll away from her.
A soft moan escaped her, and I opened my eyes.She was facing me, the blankets kicked off.The room was warm, thanks to the door being closed.
