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I couldn’t stop myself from adding on that last word, only to tell him that I knew that things could change. I didn’t want to take what we had going on for granted, and I worried if I were to get lazy with it, something would happen.
But, he just let out a small laugh at what I’d said and kissed me on the forehead once more.
“I don’t have any regrets with you, either,” he said.
He wrapped his arms around me, and I felt safer than I had ever been in my entire life. I knew that this man meant it when he said those things to me. I knew he wasn’t just trying to get me to do what he wanted, but that he really did care about me.
And I could feel myself falling for him.
I knew I had to be careful, but I also wouldn’t let my brain start to go in that direction again tonight. This was a piece of heaven, I was sure of it, and I didn’t want to ruin it with fear over the future.
I didn’t have any regrets with him, and I wanted to keep it that way.
I had no idea what the future held, but with Greyson here, I knew it would be okay, whatever happened.
But, tonight, I would allow myself to only live for now.
And I was happy.
NINETEEN
Greyson
I wokeup with Laurel still in my arms.
She looked like an angel as she slept so peacefully, and I admired her for a moment, wondering how I had gotten so lucky. There was a bit of a pang that ran through my chest at the thought as I reminded myself that we weren’t actually dating, this was just fun.
But, with the fun we were having, I knew she would want to get up and get going early today. She already told me that she had wrapped up work early the day before so we could make it to the restaurant, and I felt a bit guilty for keeping her up as late as I had with sex.
Even if she was the one who had started it between us, I still felt that I was responsible for going along with it, and I couldn’t let her oversleep now. At least, not more than she already had.
So far, she had been the one who was up and going whenever I showed up out of my own room, and I hoped she wouldn’t be running too far behind now.
I kissed her awake, but despite how gentle I was, she still woke with a start.
“I’m so late!” she cried out before she even looked at the clock. “Oh my God, I haven’t overslept since I was in college!”
“Hold on, settle down,” I tried. “It’s only nine, it’s not too late.”
“Only nine?” she replied, her eyes wide. “I should have been up three hours ago! I was supposed to be working an hour ago!”
“What can I do to help?” I asked.
“Um, I need to get my things,” she said. “How do I look? Do you think I need to shower?”
“I think you should slow down. All you have to do is take a deep breath and splash some water on your face. You’re going to be fine, I promise,” I said. “Don’t stress, let me help you with anything you have to do. I can, I know I can.”
All while we were speaking, she was scrambling around the room and grabbing her things.
“I can’t wear this dress to work today,” she said. “I look like a hooker who just got off her shift.”
“You would be a damn good-looking hooker,” I said. The look she gave me told me I wasn’t helping with the situation, so I put my hands up in surrender. “Sorry. I don’t know how to help right now, but I want to. I don’t like you stressing out about things.”
“It’s not your fault,” she said with a sigh. “I should have been more responsible. I knew I had to be up early, but I wanted to spend the night with you anyway. If I had my head on straight, I would have gone back to my own room so I could have gotten up with my alarm. I don’t think I even set it last night.”
“I feel like I should have had one set myself,” I replied. “I’m sorry. If I knew that you had to be up that early, I would have made sure that you were out the door on time. Or we should have gone into your room last night. But I’m sure we can fix this now. You don’t have to stress about it, you really don’t.”
“I feel like I do,” she said with a shake of her head. “At least I don’t have any meetings pressing down on me today. I just have to make a few phone calls, and I’m sure I’ll be back on track. I hope so, anyway.”
