Page 232 of Tease Me


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Linking her fingers together, she pulled her forearms close to her chest. “Mr. Gauge.”

Her formal address raised his brows. “Miss Tait.”

“You’re a businessman.”

“Yes.”

“You understand contracts. Arrangements. Consideration.”

“Yes.”

Squeezing her fingers tighter together, she leaned closer, admiring his earnest gaze. “I have a proposition for you, businessman.”

He adopted a similar pose, listing her way. “I’m listening, Miss Tait.”

“It’s important that you let me finish and don’t give me your answer right now. Can I borrow your phone?”

Lifting his hips, he retrieved it from his back pocket, unlocked it, and handed it over. Under the moniker “Button,” she entered her phone number.

“Did you sleep well last night?”

“Not really,” she said, returning his phone to the lock screen and handing it back. “Not until I made my decision.”

“And what’s your decision?”

Examining his face, his features took on new light now the truth was out. How had she missed so many details? The flecks of gold in his chocolate brown eyes. The angle of his strong jaw, the inviting bow of his lips.

“You have a choice,” she murmured, resisting the urge to touch his arm.

“Between?”

“My number is in your phone. I don’t have your number.”

“Baby, you can have—”

“You have a choice, businessman,” she said, her hand going to his on impulse. “If you want, you can choose to call me.”

“I choose to call you,” he said, flipping his phone over.

She laid her hand over his to stall him. “I said it was important you hear me out.”

“Sorry,” he said, turning his hand in hers, threading their fingers together. “I’m listening.”

“I’ll come over whenever you’re ready, and we’ll…” It felt weird to anticipate saying something explicit. Usually explicit sentiments tumbled out of her without forethought. “We’ll have sex. I’ll let you do anything and everything you want to me. I’ll do anything you ask. I will be completely at your sexual beck and call until your ninety days in the real world are up…”

His breathing grew shallower, and his throat bobbed before he asked, “Or?”

She filled her lungs. “Or we try to rebuild our friendship. Spend some time getting to know each other, the real each other, and see where it goes. Option two comes with no guarantees.”

“Does it come with a time limit, like option one?”

“No,” she said with a shake of her head. “But it also doesn’t come with a minimum term either. Option one, you get me the whole of the rest of your ninety days, no matter what. Option two, I can choose to walk away any time and you have to respect that choice… You can’t switch from one to the other either. Once your decision is made, that’s it.”

“What’s the point of this?” he asked. “To find out if I’m just about the sex?”

“No, it’s not a trick, I promise. I can’t say if I want to be in a relationship with you until I know the real you, until we’ve rebuilt trust. And who knows? That may never happen. Maybe we won’t get there, and this will just fade away… If you don’t want to take that risk or you want to make best use of your time, I’ll go to bed with you.”

“And we’ll have forty-seven days together.”

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