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Instead of picking a chair opposite hers, I pulled out the seat next to Charlotte.
She rolled her lips together but didn’t lift her head as I sprawled back in the chair. I tapped her laptop. “Wanna show me?”
“It’s not done,” she whispered.
“I’m sure it’s perfect.”
She cast a sideways glance in my direction. “You don’t even know what it is.”
“I would if you showed me.”
I let the dare of my words hang heavy in the air and refused to drop her gaze when I said it. Not once since I’d met Charlotte had she shied away from a single fucking thing. And I desperately wanted to know what was causing it now.
“Show me,” I repeated.
Charlotte sat up, determination in her eyes, then opened her laptop briskly. It whirred to life, and before I could see what was on the screen, she slammed it shut again. “Let’s wait until it’s dark.”
I smothered a laugh. “Charlotte.”
She pinched her eyes shut.
I leaned closer, letting my hands hang in between my spread legs. “Chicken,” I whispered.
Charlotte let out a shocked gasp. Her eyes went hot. “I am not.”
“Come on,” I said. “I want to see.”
The line of her throat worked on a swallow, and after she held my eyes for a couple of long seconds, she opened the laptop again, clicking over to—what else?—the fucking PowerPoint app.
I narrowed my eyes when I caught a glimpse of my name on the first slide.
She cleared her throat, let out a slow breath, and then turned so that she faced me in her chair. Her legs—bare and long—brushed against mine while she got herself settled.
Then she turned the screen. I was hardly able to pull my gaze from her face, but when I did, my mouth fell open.
The first slide—with shockingly large black font on a patterned light-blue background—proclaimed:The Temporary Roommate Sex Agreement: A Summary.
“Wha ...” My voice trailed off. I pulled the laptop closer. Covered my mouth with one hand.
“As you can see, I’ve been giving a shift in our relationship some thought.” Her voice trembled, but she didn’t stop. My eyes didn’t budge from the screen.
She clicked forward.
The proposal
no-strings-attached physical relationship
exclusivity for the remainder of the project unless mutually determined by both parties
sleep in separate bedrooms for privacy purposes and necessary emotional boundaries
any positions, role-play, or locations must be clearlyconsented to by both parties
I honestly couldn’t decide if this was certifiable or if I was so fucking turned on that I’d lost the ability to think clearly.
“I understand this is a shock,” she said. “And I’d intended to do a verbal presentation along with the slides, but”—she shrugged—“you can read, so that felt a little redundant. I also decided that visuals weren’t necessary, because you can figure out what I mean bypositionsandrole-play, et cetera.”
“Charlotte,” I said. My voice hardly worked.
