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Dominic
“Go get her,” Bella whispers as she walks by.
“Bella, seriously!” Annie scolds, the two walking back toward the banquet room.
Val approaches me, her eyes fixed on mine. That has to be a good sign. With any luck, our kiss is still affecting her as much as it is me.
“Hey,” she says as though she didn’t see me moments ago.
“Hi.” I take her hand. “We need to talk.”
“Talk?” She doesn’t fight as I drag her toward the doors.
The doorman opens the doors when we approach, and we step out into the Chicago humidity. At this moment, I wish my cousin had had his rehearsal dinner at the hotel we’re staying in, but the wedding is there tomorrow, so I can’t complain.
“Taxi?” she asks.
But as fast as I want to get her back to the hotel room, we can’t just dive into this again. We need to set some boundaries like we had before. “No, we’re going to walk.”
“Have you seen my heels?”
I glance down, and yeah, I noticed her heels earlier when I was envisioning myself drilling into her with the pointy ends poking into my ass.
“It’s not far.” I take her hand, and we cross the street.
“Isn’t your family going to wonder where we went?” She steps up onto the curb with me.
“They’re going to think we’re doing exactly what we will be doing.” I let go of her left hand and go to walk on the opposite side of her, grabbing her right.
“What are we doing? Exercising?”
“Right now sure, but soon I’ll be fucking you.” She gasps, and I stop us. “Is that a problem?”
Her eyes widen, and she shakes her head. “No.”
“Good. I figured we were on the same page.” I start us walking again.
“And that page is…?”
“I have a proposition for you.”
“Did the ring come with stipulations?” she asks, slowing her steps again.
“No.” I tug her forward. I’m hoping we can settle the rules before we make it back to the hotel. Once I’m behind closed doors, I’m going to be done playing the polite fake husband. “This no sex thing isn’t working for me. I have no release, and everything you do is turning me on.” But I stop walking because I have to see her eyes. If there’s any chance things will become weird or awkward if we do this, as bad as blue balls are, I’ll stop myself. “I want the same agreement we had last year. Fun and fucking. No strings. No sleepovers, except now you’ll be in my guest room. No dates. And most of all, no feelings.”
She looks into my eyes, probably judging whether I’m the one who can handle this. I look away briefly and see our hotel one block over.
“Are you sure? I mean, after the Hamptons last summer…”
“I had to if you were going to give it a try with your ex. You can’t have a fuck buddy making conjugal visits if you’re trying to reconcile with your husband.”
She flinches. I know we were more than fuck buddies. It just about killed me to walk away from her, but she doesn’t need to know that. That’s for me to take to the grave. All she needs to know is that I want to do it again. I want the incredible sex she offers but no relationship. No relationship means no feelings means I don’t have to suffer through all that again.
“And what happens after Ryder returns? We still get the annulment?”
I glance at her ring and wince. I hate that fucking thing and what it represents. “Yeah.”
