AllFreeNovel
Share Us
I smile. She looks so damn cute it hurts.
I tell her as much, and she rolls her eyes at me.
She puts space between us, and I can see her business persona appearing as she leans back against the sofa and crosses her tempting soft legs.
“So you wanted to talk. What about?” she asks.
I level her with my stare. “Us…”
She sighs and looks away. “There’s no us, Derek.”
"Of course, there is,” I counteract.
“We barely know each other.”
“All the more reason to talk.”
Carina closes her eyes for a moment. “What do you want from me, Derek?”
I reach for her hand, clasp her in my much larger one, and both of us look down at the simple caress. "I want to know you. I want to understand this… whatever it is that is going on between us. I want to embrace it and explore it. I want everything you're willing to give."
She smiles, but it doesn’t reflect in her gaze. Her eyes are distant and closed off.
“Only what I’m willing to give?” she muses.
I nod. “Of course, I’ll never force you, baby.”
I’ll also never let her go, but she doesn’t need to know that right this second, does she?
“But what do you want right now?” she asks.
I grin a little. “Easy. I want you to stay.”
Carina takes a deep breath. “Alright. I’ll stay, but we have to make things clear from the start, Derek. If you want to have a relationship, I’m not the woman for you. I don’t want a relationship. I can’t have one. This is just sex. No strings attached. Take it or leave it.”
I nod. I expected as much.
It's not a big deal. I'll make her see.
“And can I have rules of my own?”
For a moment, I see a shadow pass over her face, and I curse myself for the words I chose.
She straightens up, trying to appear unaffected.
She wants to be strong, and I will help her with that, and someday, she won't need to fake it anymore.
“Sure, you can, but I don’t have to follow them if I don’t agree.”
I nod again. “Certainly.”
“So let’s hear them…”
I cup her face in my hands and kiss her until she is breathless, then I sit up again. "I want you to enjoy everything we do and not hold back. This is sex, companionship, friendship, comfort, and nothing more. We don't put any demands on the other that could make things uncomfortable. We laugh, we talk, and we don't lie to each other. I want you on the pill. I hate fucking with condoms. And I want us to be absolutely exclusive. Agreed?"
I know that I’ve practically spelled out the terms of a loving, monogamous relationship to her, but for now, we can have those without the label if she's this scared of it. I'm not particular about that kind of stuff, and I'll do anything to make her feel safe and happy.
Carina sighs. “Agreed.”
