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“Thank you for dinner.”
“My pleasure.” I kiss her head and run my fingers down her arm.
She sighs contentedly, and I tip her chin towards me to reach her lips. I won’t want it to stop there, though.
Zee twists and I cup her cheek as she kneels over me.
My kiss doesn’t stay sweet, and I lick inside her mouth, opening her up for me.
“Spend the night,” I groan as I bite and kiss her throat and around to her ear like I know she loves.
“I’ll call my mum.”
And the mood is spoilt.
“What, like we’re teenagers again?” I mock. Zennor hasn’t spent the night more than a few times, and it has been planned on the back of dates previously.
“Well, no, but also yes.” She stands and points her finger at me. “She’ll worry if I don’t come home,” she defends before heading to find her phone.
I take a deep breath, amazed at how parental intervention is still getting in the way of our sex life at nearly forty years old.
“What are you doing about getting your own place?” I call.
She hasn’t mentioned much about it since we got together.
“Nothing at the moment, or at least I’m only looking to rent. I don’t really want to find a deposit towards a house on top of the investment for the start-up without first getting some return back.” She’s looking at her phone as she comes back to the sofa.
I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of weeks now. Hell, if I’d known it wouldn’t freak her out, I’d have asked the first night she was here. But I was tired of waiting for something that I wanted—tired of waiting for Zee.
“Just move in here,” I toss it out as casually as possible and reach for my wine.
“Pardon?”
“You heard. Move in with me.”
“I can’t … We can’t … It’s too soon.” She starts to make excuses, but I know that nothing is standing in our way if we both want this.
“Why, because we’ve not been dating for a set amount of time? Bullshit, it feels right for me. And it solves our problem of updating your mum every time you’re here. We’re both going to be flat out over the next few months, and if you live here, I know I’ll be able to come home to you and wake up next to you every day.”
She slumps into the sofa and stares at me.
“You say some of the most romantic crap, Jayce.” She shakes her head as if dismissing me. It’s her automatic response to push away compliments or words of affection, and I know it’s because that’s what she’s done for decades.
I shrug.
It’s the truth, and I plan on telling her every day we’re together until it sinks in.
“Can we?” She scowls like she’s having an internal argument with herself. “Is this crazy?” Finally, she smiles at me.
“It’s not crazy. We weren’t ready twenty years ago. Now is our chance. I know I’m not going to leave it up to fate this time. There’s only one girl for me, and it’s you. It’s always been you. I love you, and I want you in my life. Not just dating but all in. We both deserve happiness, and I know it will make me fucking ecstatic when you say yes.”
Her eyes are wide as she takes in my little speech, and I wait for her reaction.
“Yes!” She launches her arms around my neck, and I fall back into the cushions. “I can’t believe it, but yes. I want to live with you.”
“Thank you.” I squeeze her to me. “I thought I’d have to fight you for this.”
“Hey, no fair.” She releases me and sits back down on the sofa.
