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I chuckled as I cut the light on. “That’s on purpose. I want my wife to decorate it when she moves in.”
“Oh.” She rubbed the pads of her fingers together like she always did when she was nervous.
“Me saying that doesn’t make you want to leave, does it?”
“Nah. I need to beat you at least once in bowling before I go.”
“Yeah, right. I only let you win when we were with Carina and Parker to be nice. I’m not showing you any mercy here.”
“Yeah, yeah. We’ll see.”
Her head nodded in approval as she looked around. It was the most put-together room in my home. Along with two bowling lanes, I also had an area for pool and arcade games, a bar, and a theater setup. Because I’d gotten my home built, I devoted an entire level to this. It was important to me that I had a place to escape in my home because of how much I worked, and this was perfect.
“This is really nice, Mec. If I had something like this in my apartment, I’d never leave.”
“You can come over whenever you’d like.”
“Maybe I’ll take you up on that.”
The couple of feet between us felt like thousands of miles. I needed her closer. She rubbed the pads of her fingers as I closed the space between us. When I stepped into her personal space, her hands immediately went to my chest.
“Mecca,” she whispered, looking up at me with lazy eyes.
“Yes?” I tilted her head slightly with my forehead and brushed her nose with mine. “You always smell so fucking good.” My nose lowered to her neck, and I inhaled her scent, holding her waist when she shivered.
“Mecca.” Her voice trembled as she squeezed my arms.
“Hmm?” My lips hovered over hers… so closely that if she licked hers, her tongue would graze mine. Her eyes were damn near closed as her breathing grew ragged. “Tell me what you want, Lom.”
Fisting my shirt, she tilted her head more and swept her lips against mine. As much as I wanted to connect them, I put an inch of space between us. I needed to hear her say it. Needed to hear her say she wanted me just as much as I wanted her.
“Shalom…”
“I…” With a hiss, she stepped back and covered her face with her hands. She was about to retreat. I would let her. Shit… I had no choice. Pulling my hands behind my back, I took a step back to put some space between us. When her hands lowered, her eyes were watery. “I didn’t come here for this,” she muttered.
“I know, but it can be an unexpected treat.”
She smiled as her shoulders relaxed. When she removed the distance between us, I held my breath as I stared at her, waiting for her to make the first move. On the tips of her toes, she wrapped her arms around my neck and lowered me to her.
“Are you sure?” I checked, palming her waist.
“No, but I want it anyway.”
That was good enough for me. After over a decade, our lips returned to one another. Content sighs and low hums escaped us both as we surrendered. Shalom’s kisses were more intimate than anything I’d ever experienced before. I missed them… missed her.
My hands lowered to her ass, and she moaned as I pressed her body into mine. Her phone began to vibrate in her pocket, causing her to jump and quickly pull away from me. She wiped her mouth with a trembling hand while the other pulled out her phone. Turning her back to me, she answered with, “Hello?” A few seconds passed before she said, “Shit. Okay. I’m on my way.”
As she disconnected the call, I asked, “Is everything okay?”
Her head shook and eyes watered as she jogged toward the door. “No, that was my sister. My dad is having trouble breathing and is lethargic. They are taking him to the hospital now.”
“Let me drive you.”
“Mecca, you don’t…”
“I’m driving you,” I insisted at the sight of tears streaming down her cheeks. If anything would have happened to her because she was too upset to drive, I’d feel like shit.
“Thank you,” she mumbled with a sniffle, taking my hand into hers.
