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“I may have said something like, you have the body of a god,” she ran her index finger down my chest.
“A god, huh? What else did you talk about?” Leaning forward, I began kissing her jaw.
“I asked her advice,” I liked where this was going. “About talking to Gray and my parents about us.” And boner gone.
She sighed, “We need to tell Gray as soon as he gets back. I don’t want to make him mad while he’s out of town and needs to focus. But the longer we wait, the worse it’s going to be.”
“You’re right. He will probably kick my ass either way, so I prefer to get it over with,” I shrugged
“Do you really think he would do that? Surely, he’ll understand when we tell him we have feelings for each other.”
“You have feelings for me, baby?” I teased, and her eyes widened to comic proportions. I held her tightly so she couldn’t bolt off the bed.
“I care about you, of course. I’ve known you for a long time so that makes sense.” She looked everywhere in the room but at me as color flooded her cheeks.
“I care about you, too, but not in the way you care about a family friend. It’s okay to say you have feelings for me, Winnie, you aren’t going to scare me off.” I laid her down on the bed so we were facing each other.
“Do you remember the day Gray and I came home?” She nodded her head. “We’d just spent fourteen fucking hours on that plane from Germany with Gray freaking out the entire way, bouncing his leg and chewing on his nails. He was worried he wasn’t going to be a good father. That he wouldn’t be enough for Daisy. From the moment he got that letter he was panicked about this tiny human that he hadn’t even been allowed to meet yet. When the plane stopped, he raced down those stairs to find y’all. I followed slowly behind, not wanting to intrude on his first moments with his daughter. When I looked past all the cheering and crying family members welcoming their loved ones home, there you were. So fucking gorgeous I almost dropped to my knees. You were wearing this yellow dress, the hem catching in the wind and blowing around your thighs, your curls flying everywhere. Then I saw the tiny bundle in your arms and I’d never wanted something to be mine so Goddamn bad in my life. For you to be waiting for me to come home, holding our baby. Everything you were in that moment stole my fucking heart that day. It’s been you ever since, baby, just you.”
“Kane,” a tear rolled down her cheek and I brushed it away with my thumb.
“So feelings isn’t really a strong enough word, is it? The way I feel about you, the way you make me feel, is everything, Winnie. You’re everything.”
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WINNIE
I pulled him into me, kissing him deeply, I could taste my tears as he opened his mouth for me. This wasn’t the passionate frenzy we had before, this was wanting to be as close to another person as possible because you couldn’t bear to be apart.
We removed each other’s clothing slowly, touching and kissing as skin was revealed. I couldn’t speak, I only wanted to breathe him. To take his beautiful words and make them a part of me so I never had to be without him again.
Kane spread my legs wide with his hips and entered me slowly, watching me as he pushed deeper. He looked at me with so much tenderness, I wanted to cry again.
He moved above me, deliberately dragging the head of his cock over the sensitive spot inside of me, perfectly building my orgasm. It was almost as if we had been doing this for years and he knew exactly how to get me off. I didn’t want to come yet, I didn’t want this moment to be over. But Kane could read me so terrifyingly easily.
“Come for me, Winnie, it won’t be the last time. Not tonight, not ever.”
I clung tightly to him as the pleasure rolled through me. His pace quickened before he planted himself deep and moaned into my neck. I threaded one hand into his hair, holding him there, and rubbed up and down his back soothingly with my other.
I wanted to tell him I loved him. That his confession and the way he had touched me made him everything to me, too, but my fear held me back. My fear of what my family would say, my fear of the future and the biggest fear of all, that this would all end someday.
17
Winnie
Floating into the diner, I thought about how perfect the last few weeks had been. Kane and I had spent every night together, usually at his place because he had the bigger bed and Mr. Fluffernuts hated to travel.
I swear he knew that I was the reason Kane was gone for a whole night because he ignored me completely the next time I saw him. After a few kitty treats and some serious groveling, he allowed me to give him the apology cuddles I had promised.
Each night, Kane would cook a delicious meal. As much as I tried to help, I had to admit that my kitchen skills were not great. But he was patient and explained everything he was doing, teaching me as he handled the tasks like a pro. After cleaning up dinner we would snuggle on his couch watching TV until we couldn’t stand it any longer and our touching became inappropriate.
Sex with Kane was amazing. I was pretty sure he had fucked me on every surface of his loft and up against most of the walls and doors. Then there was that one ill-fated time in the tub where we flooded his bathroom floor. I would fall asleep in his arms only to be awoken by him in the morning with his mouth or his fingers between my legs.
When I complained about having to drive home each morning and pack bags, he suggested I keep some clothes in his closet and cleared out space for me in his dresser. I hadn’t even been back to my house in days, thankfully there was nothing living there that depended on me to survive.
The only dark spot in our time together was the fact that we still hadn’t told my family. Gray had extended his time in Houston and had only come back to town for one day to spend some time with Daisy. During his visit I was covering at the diner and maybe I made sure to stay busy so that I could avoid the inevitable discussion.
It felt as though a black cloud was always looming on the horizon, Gray wouldn’t stay gone forever and the more time I spent with Kane the more certain I got that I would be devastated if this ended. We never talked about my brother when we were together, I could tell we were both trying to avoid bursting the perfect bubble we had created.
