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“Very. He only became the strong silent type after high school after he worked his way through most of the ladies.” She patted his chest and gestured inside. “It’s cold as hell—heck, I mean. Still need that swear jar.” She blew out a frosty breath. “Come on in before we freeze our tits off.”
I had to laugh. “Sounds good to me.” But I hung back to grab Christian’s hand as Sage rushed inside. “Worked your way through the ladies, huh?”
His ears were now bright red to go with his reddened nose from the cold. “It was a long time ago.”
“From player to monk?”
“I wasn’t a player. Or a monk.”
I arched up to kiss his jaw. “Saving yourself for me?”
“I didn’t but now that I know what I was missing, I should have.” He grinned. “I’d be okay with pretending to be a virgin if you want to debauch me.”
I wagged my finger at him. “If you’re into roleplaying, I could probably pull off that role more successfully.”
“C’mon, you two! Shake your tails!”
He smacked my ass as I hurried ahead of him. “Let’s start at dinner. When you go in the bathroom, take off your panties.”
“In Sage’s fancy restaurant?” I gaped at him so hugely that he threw his head back on a laugh.
“We’ll save that for another time.”
“Yeah, how about when my legs aren’t shaking from the cold? I need every layer, including my skimpy panties.”
“How skimpy are we talking?” he asked against my ear before he held open the door.
Even when he wanted to debauch me, his manners were always on point.
“More holes than lace,” I said cheerfully before following Sage to our secluded corner booth.
I was officially done with wondering if we were just having fun. Christian Masterson was a forever type of man—and just maybe I could be his forever girl.
TWELVE
The nightI’d spent with Honey after our hayride for two and romantic dinner at The Hummingbird’s Nest had been one for the record books.
If either of us had roleplayed as virgins, we would’ve failed spectacularly by the end of the night.
But it had been almost two weeks since then—two amazing weeks—and right now, those stolen moments snuggling with Honey while we rode through the woods in the crisp air seemed too far away.
Especially now that the cold had turned to threatening snow. And now Reagan moving here theoretically seemed more real than ever.
“I’ll be in town on Saturday. Can I still stay with you? Or maybe I can stay with Gigi and Gramps or I can book a hotel? Short notice I know,” Reagan exhaled heavily, “but Mom has been…a lot with all this wedding crap.”
Times like this I really hated not having my own office. Most of the time I didn’t mind being in the center of the action, such as it was, by having my desk in the bullpen. But private calls were definitely better held in a room with walls and doors that locked. Soundproofing would help too.
“Of course you can stay with me.” I lowered my voice. “I have plenty of room. I’ve wanted you to see my place.”
Sure, why not? The monthly family dinner had been rescheduled to this upcoming weekend due to my brother Travis the model’s shoot running long in the city. It had been almost two weeks since the first Sunday we were supposed to have dinner and he still wasn’t home.
Who knew if he’d really be back by this Sunday? But he was riding back here with our other brother Penn who lived in the city so he probably would keep to the schedule.
Most likely.
Just perfect timing for me to introduce my nearly grown daughter to my family who had never heard of her. And my…Honey. Just Honey. Though the nearly grown daughter part of the equation might negate the my part.
Honey already filled so many of my days in such a short time. Since Halloween, we’d spent more time together than not after those first confusing gossip-filled days. She was doing a few shifts at the police station a week, with the duration increasing as she became more comfortable. Afterward, we’d go out to eat or make dinner at my house or her apartment and watch movies.
