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The walls in her room are draped in green wallpaper. Books brim the shelves. Her walk-in closet is massive, overflowing with clothes in the corner of the room.
“I just—I mentioned it’s always taken me a while togetthere, and, well, I haven’t been with many people, and I never even slept with Lance because, well…” I cringe at the mere mention of his name, let alone the image of him going anywhere near Molly. “But last night, and the night before, it was just, wow…woooowie. You did everything right. Maybe too right,ha! So, what I’m trying to say is, expanding the, um, the scope of our relationship may make things confusing.”
“If I’m understanding this correctly, you had several enjoyable orgasms—thanks for the compliment, by the way.” I tip my head at her and land a soft wink. “But you don’t want to have any more of those orgasms because it would make all the stuff between us difficult to manage?”
“Exactly,” she agrees. “And we have to get back to real life tomorrow, and work. I just don’t know how to handle a casual thing.”
“Honestly, I’ve never had acasualanything.” Nor would I ever define the feelings between us as casual. I adjust the pillows behind me. “We’ve known each other for years, but these past two weeks have made me realize that I don’t want what’s starting between us to end.” I offer the information so calmly, it surprises even me.
Molly’s eyes widen. “Well, me either.”
“There’s no reason we can’t try to secure your trust while exploring this new part of our relationship.”
She looks flustered. I shouldn’t be enjoying the pink tinge on her cheeks, yet I am. “Even if it becomes messy?”
“I think it already is, darling.”
Molly hesitates. Her eyes scatter over my face. “But if at any point you wanted to see other people, then our arrangement shouldn’t stop you from—”
I wrap my palm on top of hers. “No, Molly. I only want to see you.”
“Okay.”
“Okay.” I smile, and her worried expression finally breaks. “If we’re going to give this a go, and if it’s alright with you, I’ll be sleeping in this bed now, baby, and leaving my things here.”
She nods before falling against my chest and snuggling up into my neck. “That works for me.”
“Good,” I say. I’m the luckiest man alive.
“You should bring Bear here,” she whispers. “There’s no reason for him to be left alone.”
Christ. This goddamn perfect woman is worried about my cat. What on earth am I going to do with her?
“He’ll love that.”
Molly’s breathing matches mine for a few moments as her cheek warms my skin.
“Matthew?” She pulls herself up again, looking at me with hesitation in her eyes.
“Hmm?”
“Are we really going to try to get my trust?”
“We’ve come this far, right?” I brush away a stray curl dangling in front of her eye. “No point in breaking up our team now that we’re so close.”
“I’m sorry for earlier.”
I tilt her face up to mine. “You have nothing to apologize for, Molly.”
“You’re the only person who’s ever seen me blow up like that, and I’m feeling guilty for getting mad at you—”
“Hey, no, none of that.” I trace the worried lines on her face with my thumb, and she relaxes. “You had every right to be upset at me when you thought my priority wasn’t you.”
“Did you mean what you said during…” She trails off.
Fresh memories of us falling apart on her staircase flash across my mind. My body is still sore from taking her so fearlessly.
“I did,” I assure her. “I want to take care of you, Molly. Starting off by prioritizing how important The Griffin is to you.”
