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They exchanged a sticky, sated kiss before falling into bed together.
“That was the best dessert ever.”
JK had to laugh at that. “I was always a sucker for chocolate mousse, but I have to admit, this is going to be my number one favorite dessert going forward.”
“Any chance of second helpings?”
“Tabitha! We literally just finished! Are you seriously ready for round two already?”
“Not right now… but in half an hour or so… well, I might get hungry for something sweet again.”
“We’re not going to leave this bed all day, are we?”
“Nope,” Tabitha said happily. “Probably not tomorrow either. The next day… we can maybe go out for a few minutes, just to get some fresh air.”
“You’re awful.”
“You love it.”
JK did. God help her, she really did.
JK checked the security cameras. She knew she was in trouble. Not because anything was wrong on the cameras—all was good on that front.
No, the mess she had gotten herself into was all internal. She had known it was a risk, but she had told herself that she wouldn’t fall into this trap. And yet, here she was, falling for it anyway.
JK was falling for Tabitha and falling hard.
It was so much more than just frequent, hot sex. She loved Tabitha’s sparkling personality and her wide-eyed innocence. JK hoped that she never lost that. JK needed someone like Tabitha in her life, someone to keep her from taking things too seriously and remembering that life was wonderful.
She thought that Tabitha could use someone like her in her life, too—someone grounded and practical, who could take care of her and shoot down some of her crazier ideas.
No, JK was not going to go along this line of thought again. It was too dangerous.
She and Tabitha could never be in a real relationship. Tabitha was a princess, for fuck’s sake! It wouldneverwork between them, and she needed to remind herself of that.
She probably didn’t even really have feelings for Tabitha. All the sex they were having—and it was a lot of sex—was probably making her body go haywire with chemicals that mimicked real feelings. That had to be all it was.
Some small part of JK knew she was just fooling herself, but she shoved that part away and clung tenaciously to her brain chemicals excuse. It was all she had to work with, so she was going to make it work.
“J! There you are.”
JK almost winced. Did Tabitha’s eyes really have to light up that way when they saw each other? It made JK’s heart flutter in a warm and pleasant way, and poked great big holes in her not-falling-for-Tabitha mantra.
“Sorry, did I wake you?” In the three weeks since she and Tabitha had been sleeping together, JK had relented on the rule that they weren’t to sleep in the same bed. It was only practical, after all, she told herself.
Often, after sex, they were both too tired to be moving to separate beds. It made sense to share the same bed. And if JK enjoyed falling asleep with Tabitha curled up next to her, well, that was just a happy coincidence.
“No, you’re just rubbing off on me. I’m waking earlier and earlier. It’s unnatural, I swear.”
“The early bird catches the worm.”
“Yeah, right. More like,the early bird catches Tab’s unsuspecting pussy.”
JK snorted a laugh. She had taken to waking Tabitha with oral sex. Tabitha was getting truly spoiled—she would pout on the morning she wasn’t woken by JK’s tongue on her and insist that JK make up for it after breakfast. JK was only too happy to oblige.
“Hardly unsuspecting anymore, hm? Why don’t you go back to bed, love? It’s still early for you, and we both know you get cranky if you don’t get your beauty sleep. I’ll wake you properly in an hour or two.”
Tabitha was looking at her funny. JK frowned, wondering what she’d said. She went over it in her head and suddenly felt her face going red as she realized the endearment she had let slip without realizing it.
