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“I would never.” She kissed me again. “Now, tell me about the dinner you’re taking me to tonight. Who am I impressing?”
I rolled so I was on top of her, spreading her legs to fit myself between them. Our noses were tip to tip, and I dragged mine along hers.
“The only one you have to impress is me, and that’s a given.”
Her smile was white lightning up close. “I like you so much, Luca.”
“Then put your lips on me and show me.”
Chapter Thirty-four
Saoirse
Clemwovebetweenmyfeet as I walked. When we got her two months ago, this maneuver of hers nearly sent me sprawling. But we’d worked out a system—she did what she wanted, and I learned to adapt.
Luca walked through the front door just as I passed the entry. Clem immediately detached from me to attach to him.
“Hello, you.”
“Hey, pretty girl.”
He picked Clem up and crossed to me, dropping a quick kiss to my cheek, even though I was aching for so much more. Luca was steadfast in his determination to keep our physical interactions outside of our home, and I hated it with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
I constantly missed him, even when he was right in front of me.
It was like having half of him.
Not that I was a sex fiend. It was more that I was a Luca fiend. I would have settled for a cuddle, but he wouldn’t even give me that.
I played off my disappointment, arching a brow. “Are you talking to me or the cat?”
He kissed the top of Clem’s head. “You’re my pretty girl. Clementine is my princess.”
I leaned into the two of them, stealing a little bit of contact. “As it should be. By the way, Clara’s spending the night.”
Luca’s head jerked up. “What? Why?”
My shoulder lifted. “She said she can’t get comfortable in her own bed and has been dreaming about your guest bed. I told her of course she can spend the night at our place. As many nights as she needs.”
Clara was a month away from her due date. She hadn’t really slowed down, despite the beach ball she was carrying in front, and shenevercomplained. So, when she called me this afternoon and her voice cracked when she told me how tired she was, I immediately invited her. How could I not?
Luca put Clem down so he could shove his hands into his hair. “It’s going to look awfully strange when you and I don’t share a bedroom.”
I curled my fingers around his wrists, pulling his hands down to his side. “I sent Miles home early so I could clean out every trace of myself from my bedroom and move my things to your room. I’m sorry to tell you, you’ll have to share your bed with me for a night or two, but I’ve heard I sleep like a corpse, so it shouldn’t be too much of a burden.”
Luca didn’t look any less relieved. If anything, he seemed to be horrified, which was a dagger to my chest. I was starved for him, and he was reacting like sharing a bed with me was his worst nightmare.
“Fucking Clara,” he muttered. “How long is she staying?”
“She didn’t say.” I chewed on the inside of my cheek while he bored holes into the floor. “I’m not picky about where I sleep. I’ll just sleep on the flo—”
“You’re not sleeping on the floor, Saoirse.” He glared at me like I was enemy number one. “We managed just fine in Wyoming, we’ll be fine here too. It just took me a minute to come to terms with it.”
Dear god. He had to come to terms with sleeping with me. I didn’t think he realized how awful that sounded. Luca wasn’t a cruel person, and he made his affection for me obvious. We had become good friends over the past few months, but that was where it ended for him.
Besides the hotel sex, of course.
I’d fallen for him.
