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His gaze darkened. "What are you afraid of missing out on?"
I licked my lips. "I'm…I'm not sure," I lied, losing my courage at the last second. I'd never been good at asking for what I wanted or just taking it.
"You're sure, Brynn. Go for it. Ask for what you want."
Kade wasn't making it easy. He knew what I wanted, but he was forcing me to choose, to act, to own it. And I was ready to do that. "What if the answer is no?"
"That's the risk you have to take. Is what you want worth the risk?"
His husky voice made the answer to that question incredibly clear. I leaned forward, putting my hands on either side of his handsome face. His dark gaze burned with the heat growing between us, and I wanted that heat everywhere.
"I want this," I said, pressing my mouth against his. "I want you."
He responded immediately, our hot kisses freeing me from whatever lingering doubts I might have. I wasn't going to think tonight. I wasn't going to judge myself or anyone else. I was just going to feel. I wanted to live wildly, recklessly, passionately. Thankfully, Kade was on the same page.
Within minutes, we were tearing off each other's clothes. The bedrooms were too far away. The need was too great. I didn't know what tomorrow would bring, but I had tonight, and I wanted to make it count.
I threw caution to the wind when I threw myself into his arms, and Kade made me feel alive in a way I'd never felt before. I was going to savor every last second of it.
CHAPTERTWENTY-SEVEN
I was disappointedto wake up alone in bed in the guest room on Monday morning. At some point, we'd wanted a bed and making love to Kade in my mother's bed had seemed wrong, so we'd gone into the guest room. I thought I'd wake up in Kade's arms. Now, only the delicious smell of coffee made me feel better.
Kade was gone, but he'd once again been nice enough to make coffee. Although maybe he'd just made it for himself. Maybe I kept giving him credit when he was just taking care of himself. I frowned at that thought.
Wrapping a throw blanket around my naked body, regrets and doubts crept into my mind. I forcibly pushed them out of my head. I wouldn't regret the night we'd had, the passion we'd shared. I'd never felt so free, so very much like the woman inside my head, not the woman I often pretended to be. Kade had opened something up inside of me that I'd been suppressing my whole life. I would always be grateful for that.
I got out of bed and walked down the hall, hoping to find Kade in the kitchen, but while the coffeepot was full, there was no sign of him. I gathered my clothes from the floor in the family room, heat burning my cheeks as I remembered all that had gone on between us. I'd had sex before, but not sex like that. I'd never felt so wild or so brave. Nor had I ever felt so well-loved.
But it wasn't love; it was sex. And I shouldn't confuse the two. With that reminder, I went upstairs to shower and dress.
When I came back down thirty minutes later, Kade was in the kitchen, looking incredibly sexy, and a wave of heat ran through me when he gave me a very intimate smile.
"Morning," he said huskily.
"I thought you might have gone to work."
"Nope. Just went downstairs to change."
"You get up early, don't you?"
"Always have." He gave me a smile. "Why are you standing so far away?"
I drew in a breath. "I wasn't sure…"
He breached the distance between us in three short steps and kissed me before I could get another word out of my mouth. "Last night was fun," he said. Then he kissed me again.
My heart was already pounding too fast. "It was very fun," I agreed. "A good…escape. From everything that has been going on."
He tilted his head, giving me a speculative look. "What are you thinking? That I'm expecting something from you, Brynn?"
"No, of course not. And I'm not expecting anything from you. It was just a great night. That's all it was. And it was good. And now I'm rambling like an idiot."
He smiled. "You overthink things, Brynn."
"I know," I said with a sigh. "It's a bad habit. So, what's the plan for today?"
"If we want to make Professor Holden's class, we need to leave in about thirty minutes. Unless you got an address from Jeremy?"
