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He joined me on the bench and took my hand. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done that. I wrote a note. I was feeling overwhelmed—”
“I understand. I was too. The other night was—unexpected.”
“You could say that. I didn’t plan on what ended up happening. I wanted to get to know you again before we slept together—” He paused. “That isn’t what I meant.” He leaned forward, elbows to his knees and buried his face in his palms, clearly frustrated. “I mean, I had no expectations of you. I would never expect sex from you, or anyone. Damn it, I didn’t invite you to dinner to get you into bed again. Shit, I don’t know what I’m saying—”
“Hey, I get you.” I ran a hand down his back. “It’s okay. We went from having dinner, to arguing, to having sex on my staircase. Kind of like we used to do after a fight, if I recall correctly. Minus the staircase part, which was a happy bonus.”
He let out a sad laugh and peeked up at me from the corner of his eye. “We were always good at make-up sex, weren’t we?”
“We were always good at all the sex. That was never our problem.”
“What was our problem then, Charlotte?” He sat up straight and met my eyes, the vulnerability in his expression busted my heart right open. I almost couldn’t take it.
“Youth, I think. We were too young to handle those huge feelings we shared and you know it, Cade. And, timing, obviously. Add in some opposing ambitions, and there you have it.”
“Right.” He sighed. “That stuff.”
“Yup. That stuff...”
“But I still want you,” he confessed. “I don’t know how to feel about that. Ever since you got back, you’re all I can think about.”
“The feeling is mutual, and confusing as hell. I want you too, Cade.”
“We need one more night,” he declared.
“What?” I wanted more than one. I had the dreadful feeling that I wanted all his nights, and he would be too afraid I’d leave again to give them to me.
“One more night together to get it out of our system. The other night was an accident. It went by too fast, yet I can’t stop thinking about it. I need one more—”
“Are you sure? Like you said, it was an accident. If we spend another night together it will be deliberate. A choice we can’t play off as a fluke based on our chemistry. I guess what I’m really saying is I don’t want to get hurt. Like, what happens next?”
“But aren’t you hurting right now? I am. We have all these feelings built up between us. We were too young when we split to resolve them—”
“And you think spending the night together will bring us some sort of closure?”
“Yeah, I do. At least I hope so.”
I had my doubts. I knew I would never be able to get him out of my mind. Spending the night with him would end up being a huge mistake, but I didn’t want to say no to him. I wanted to keep the possibility of having him back in my life alive. “Okay. Yes.” His eyes flashed and he squeezed my hand. “I’m counting on it now, Cade. You can’t take it back,” I teased, because I had to lighten the mood.
For now, we were good.
For this moment, I had him back in my life.
Maybe I could just stay in Sweetbriar forever and see what happened. No definitions, no declarations. Just me and him and... whatever. We could liveone more nightinto infinity.
“I won’t take it back. There are things I didn’t get to do to you.” His eyes were hot and dark with wicked promise as they burned into mine.
“Oh yeah, like what?” I breathed, pleasantly surprised at the sudden shift in his temperament when I said yes.
“For one, I can’t wait to get my mouth between those pretty thighs again. I miss the way you taste.” I blinked as a startled thrill shot through me at his words.
“God, Cade. I want that. Do you want me to do that thing you like?”
“I want you to do all the things.”
“Will one night be enough? As I remember it, you used to like quite a few of the things I used to do to you.”
He grinned and took my other hand. “We’ll find out, won’t we?”
