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“Mine are still alive, but I haven’t had contact with them in years.”
“Yes, well, why would you when you have Brenda?”
He’s silent again and I’ve come to realize how much he thinks before speaking. It makes what he says seem so much more appealing.
He’s the complete opposite of my best friend, Emery, who rattles off every damn thing that crosses his mind.
“Do you have any other family?” he asks.
“No. All I have is Emery and Brenda. And that’s all I need.”
William sighs against me, his breath tickling my skin.
“And me,” he whispers.
Why, yes, it seems that I do.
CHAPTERNINE
LEX
The next morning, I awaken to William’s warm, naked body curled around mine. I’ve never really been spooned before—it feels safe and comforting, like my own personal cocoon—and in this moment, I decide that I like waking up with someone like this. Waking up withhim.
I trace a finger across his bicep and watch it flex slightly under my touch.
Last night, things between us felt like they shifted.
It seems that sharing about our similar pasts made me like William more than I already did.
Shit. What comes next? A committed relationship?
I’ve never had one of those.
This whole thing started out as me attempting to give William all his firsts. But, damn, it seems like he’s given me just as many. What’s one more? What would it really hurt?
I turn my head and stare at the ceiling.
Well, I guess I’m keeping him because the thought of him with someone else makes me want to rage.
And if for some reason, he tires of me and casts me aside, I’ll just have to stalk him. I really am no better than Susana.
I kind of, sort of, mostly understand why that bitch acts the way she does. William is just so easy to obsess over. There is just something about him.
All that quiet innocence makes you want to wreck him.
I carefully roll out of his hold and off of the bed and move into the bathroom to take a piss and brush my teeth. I plan on making out with him for a while this morning before I leave to take care of some things.
As I am putting toothpaste on my toothbrush, William walks in, eyeing my ass. I arch an eyebrow at him, and he blushes.
That will never get old. Not in a million years.
“Good morning, sunshine, I mumble around my toothbrush.
“Morning,” he says softly.
I straight up stare as he pees. Yes, I am a creep, but I cannot pull my eyes away. I also watch as he washes his hands. It seems my eyes cannot stop tracking him now that I’ve decided he’s mine.
I rinse my toothbrush and then hand it to him.
