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“I didn’t say I wanted to sleep with you tonight. Maybe I just want to talk.”
“Yeah, sure. You want to talk.”
“Don’t you think I like talking to you? Or is it that you don’t like talking to me?”
“I do,” she admitted. “But I don’t know if we’re just playing with fire here. I’m here for Lucy, and I’m going home soon. And even if I wasn’t going home soon, you aren’t looking for a relationship.”
“We’re two consenting adults, Olivia. We can flirt. We can kiss. We can even sleep together if we want to. As long as we both know what’s up, as long as neither one of us lies to the other, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
“I guess so.”
“Or are you trying to tell me that you’re one of those women that can’t have sex without being in a relationship? Because if that’s what you’re trying to tell me, I’ll back off. It’ll be hard not to kiss you, but if you’re one of those women that can’t be kissed without—”
“Oh, shut up, Beau,” she said. She leaned into me and pressed her lips to mine. I kissed her back, loving the feel of her body against me.
“Let’s go into your room, Olivia,” I said softly. “We won’t do anything you don’t want to.” I opened the door to her room. We both slipped in, and I closed it behind us.
“So,” she murmured. “What do we do now? Can you keep your hands off me?”
“Very funny.”
She touched her lips. “I can’t believe I just did that.”
“What? Kiss me?”
She nodded.
“Do you regret it?”
“No, I don’t regret it, but I’m not the sort of woman that just goes around kissing men to shut them up. Even when they deserve it.”
“You’re funny, Olivia. You know that?”
“I try my best.” She smiled flirtatiously.
“I know you don’t think I can just talk, but I haven’t had someone to do that with in a long time. I haven’t had someone to get to know.” I paused. “Actually, that’s not true. I’ve had many someones to get to know, but I haven’t really wanted to.”
“Really? I find that hard to believe.”
“Well, I’m a man. I enjoy sex and I enjoy physical attraction. Of course, there have been women, but there hasn’t been any woman in a while that I’ve cared enough to just lie in bed with and talk to. And I’m saying that’s what I’d like to do now.”
“So you’re not hoping that this will turn into sex?”
“Well, I’m not planning on it turning into sex. If it does, I will say yes, definitely. But if it doesn’t, I won’t be disappointed.”
“Like you weren’t disappointed this morning?”
“Really, do you think that? Oh, because I left? I didn’t leave the bedroom because we weren’t going to have sex. I left because I had a meeting and—Olivia, you really don’t think that badly of me, do you?”
“I just don’t know what to think. You’re all over me in physical ways, but every other minute, you’re telling me you’re not looking for a relationship and you don’t want to complicate your life and this, that, and the other. And, well, it’s confusing.”
“I’m just trying to be transparent and honest with you. I think you’re fucking hot. You’re maybe the sexiest woman I’ve seen ever. I know from the look on your face that you don’t believe that, but it’s true. I’m attracted to you, and yes, I want to touch you and hold you and do all sorts of unmentionable things to you. But this isn’t a good time in my life right now to get into anything deeper. I understand if you don’t want to become more intimate with me knowing that.”
“And we’re about to have a working relationship,” she said softly. “How professional would that be?”
“I don’t care about being professional,” I said. “I’ll be as unprofessional as I can if it means I just get to spend more time with you and—”
“Do me?” She ended my sentence.
