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“At times.”
Her body tenses slightly with her next question. “Have you ever thought about moving back home?”
I snort. “Fuckno. I like it here.” And the tension ebbs from her shoulders. “Would you miss me if I did, Sunshine?”
She shoves me away playfully, and I can’t help ribbing her further. “It would help you move past your crush, you know.”
I shoot her a wide smirk that sees her shaking her head as she rolls her eyes. “Oh, you are—”
“Go on, say it. I’m incorrigible, right?”
We reach the car, and I open the door, gesturing for her to go first. She deadpans, “Oh, you alreadyknowthat you’re incorrigible. What I was going to say is that you’re anasshole.”
A loud bark of laughter bursts from my mouth as she moves to slip past me into the back seat, only to stop and bop me on the nose with her index finger before she winks. “But a super sexy asshole with a big heart…so you’re not atotallost cause, pretty boy.”
* * *
REYNA
My body is reaching higher and higher, searching for somethingjustbeyond my reach, when Alex increases the pressure of his thumb on my clit, and suddenly, I’m right on the precipice, terrified of falling.
“Kiss me, Alex. Please. Kiss—”
His eyes darken, noticeable even in the dim light of the ballet studio, before he slams his mouth to mine, devouring my cries of pleasure, and I come apart all over his hand.
My core clenches his fingers while his mouth consumes me, driving an already intense moment to rapturous heights.
He groans deeply, and I feel the sound reverberate through my body, landing directly in my center, ready and willing to do whatever this man wants with me.
We kiss forever, heartbreakingly languorous kisses that are a direct line to my foolish heart, and in that moment, I know, as surely as I know my own name, that I am falling madly in love with him.
My eyes fly open as the realization flows through me.
I’m falling in love with Alex DeMarco!
We had stayed up late, binging several episodes of Grey’s Anatomy last night after returning from dinner. His disgust at the fact that I hadn’t watched it before now was only offset by his joy in experiencing it as though for the first time through my eyes.
And, as has become my bad habit at this stage, I’d fallen asleep beside him, migrating closer to his side overnight, longing to be closer to him even in my sleep. I can only be thankful that I seem to wake first almost every morning, putting enough distance between us so that I can watch him sleep.
My guilty stalker-like pleasure.
I glance toward the wall clock by the television on the opposite side of the room, noting that it’s 10:24 a.m., and we have an obscenely busy day ahead of us.
But still, I can’t force myself to move.
My eyes slide across the bed to land on Alex’s glorious sleeping form. He’s face down on the white sheets, clad only in those indecent grey lounge pants that are currently molded to his perfect ass. His broad, tanned back is rising and falling as he breathes softly in his slumber.
A lock of hair has fallen across his forehead, giving him an innocent, boyish look that makes my heart clench, and it’s at that precise moment that his long black lashes twitch, parting to reveal those honeyed eyes I’ve come to adore.
A smile lights up every single contour of his handsome face, and butterflies take flight in the depths of my stomach. “Morning, Sunshine.”
His words are edged with sleep, and I smile back fondly before reaching across to smooth the errant lock away from his brow.
“Morning, pretty boy. Did you sleep well?”
He nods against his pillow, then rolls onto his side so that we are facing one another. “Like a damn baby, Rey.”
His satisfied tone makes me chuckle. I move to sit up, but he stops me with a gentle hand on my arm. “Let’s just talk for a couple of minutes before the day begins.”
