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“Because it makes it even more difficult for me to keep my hands to myself, and that’s not why I asked you here. Not to maul at you. I just wanted to spend time with you.”
She moves so fast to straddle my hips, it takes me by surprise.
“I don’t know,” she muses. “The mauling idea has its potential.”
“Emerson,” I warn.
“Roman,” she fires back. “Do you not want me?”
Unable to take it a second longer, I grip her hips and thrust up. “Does that feel like I don’t want you?”
“It’s just us here. You still want me to stay, right?”
“Yes.” I nod, because just saying the word isn’t enough. I need her to know that, without a doubt, I want her here.
“Did you lock the door?”
“Yes.”
“So no one can come in and see us.”
“The guys all have keys.”
“Hmm.” She leans down and kisses my jaw, kissing all the way to my ear. “Then you better take me to your bed in case they decide to stop in.”
“They won’t.”
At least I don’t think that they will. We all have access to each other's homes and none of us bring women back to our places, so we don’t have to worry about walking in on something we shouldn’t. So even though I’m not expecting them, there is always a chance they could show up.
“But just in case.” I stand with her in my arms, and she laughs. The sound winds its way around my heart, and my steps falter. I manage to steady us and carry her down the hall to my room. I place her gently on the bed, then go back to my bedroom door to shut and lock it for good measure. “Just in case.” I make my way back to the bed in the dark and turn on the bedside lamp.
“They don’t have a key to your room?”
“No.”
“Perfect.” She lifts her tank top over her head and tosses it to the floor.
I swallow thickly. “What are you doing?”
“Undressing.”
“I can see that.” My voice cracks. “Why?”
“I want to feel your skin against mine.”
“Fuck,” I mutter, as I run my fingers through my hair. “Emerson… we can’t, I mean—shit, we can’t sleep together.”
“You want me to sleep on the couch?” She looks up at me with those innocent green eyes.
“No. I want you in my bed. In my arms, but this is too much. Too fast.” I never in my life thought I would ever utter those words, especially not to the woman I crave more than anything else in my life. Yet, here we are. I’m trying to give in to this desire I have for her, but still be the voice of reason. It’s too fast. Too soon. We need time to… fuck, I don’t know… see where this goes. I don’t know what the outcome will be, but tonight, we are not doingthat.
“I happen to agree with you.”
I nod. “Good. Okay.”
“When I give that piece of myself to you, I want to know that you’re in this as much as I am.”
“I’m in this.”
