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Seated at the bar, I scowled at the list I wrote as I ate a bowl of cereal and Chloe blended one of her healthy, green morning drinks.
“No…” I said, shaking my head. “Behind the knees should definitely come before feet, don’t you think?” I glanced up for confirmation as she came to sit at the bar next to me.
“Dear Lord.” She blinked as she checked out what I had written. “You’re seriously making a list for this?”
“Hell yes,” I said. “This is important shit.”
“So when doIget to fawn over different parts ofyourbody in the shower?”
I lifted my eyebrows in interest. “You want to take turns? We can take turns.”
With a bright smile, Chloe nodded. “I’d like that.”
Laughing, I nodded and drew a vertical line right down the center of the page. “You got it.” After scrawling in a title on my side, then hers, I put a number one at the top of her column. “Here, I’ll even write your first body part down for you.”
When I jotted in the worddickby the number one, I lifted my brows and glanced at her in question. She read the four capital letters and nodded before smiling at me. “Thank you.”
She plastered a grateful kiss to my cheek, and I couldn’t help myself; I wrapped an arm around her waist and hauled her into my lap so I could bury my face in her hair.
As Chloe hummed to herself and wrote a number two on her side of the list, naming the backs of my ears, I rested my cheek on her shoulder and decided that life was one bizarre ride. A month ago, I never would’ve imagined that I’d be sitting here in her kitchen with her, or that we’d actually be getting along and I’d feel more content and at peace than I’d ever felt in my life.
I mean,Chloe… Chloe Ryan.
Huh.
If Pick hadn’t metaphorically taken my head between his hands, pointed me in the right direction, and given me a big shove, I wasn’t sure if I ever would’ve allowed myself to even look at her in this way.
Alright, fine. Yes, I hadlooked. A lot. And imagined it, but I never would’ve thought it was a possibility that I could actually attempt to pursue.
I never would’ve known what the best, mind-blowing sex felt like. I never would’ve known the real Chloe. I never would’ve known how awesome true love was.
I would’ve been utterly clueless.
I tightened my arms around her and snuggled closer, grateful that her dad had given me the wallop I needed.
She reached up distractedly and stroked my cheek as she chewed on the end of her pen and squinted at our dual list. “Be honest; is the taint a no-go zone for you?”
For a moment, I could only smile uncontrollably because I knew this was my nirvana, right here. I’d found my happy place.
30LUKE
By eleven thirty, I was dressed for work and ready to head out when Chloe appeared in the front room, biting her lip almost nervously.
“You’re going to work now?” she asked.
“Just about,” I said as I pocketed my keys, wallet, and phone. “What about you?” She wasn’t dressed up like she’d been the day before to go talk to her boss. So I figured that her answer would be that she was just going to hang out around the house.
Except she said, “I think I’ll go visit Trick for a while. Mind if I walk out with you?”
“Not at all,” I answered, even as I glanced at her in surprise. “Did you change your mind about returning to work early?” I wasn’t sure what had altered between yesterday and today—other than the fact that we’d become sexually active together—that would cause her to hold off, and it was beginning to make me curious.Hadthe power of my penis really changed the course of her work goals?
“Hmm…?” She sent me a vague smile, then waved a hand. “Oh…I decided maybe I could just enjoy my break while it lasted.”
I frowned slightly. That didn’t really sound like her, but I shrugged and held a hand toward her. “Where’re you parked?”
She came forward, taking my fingers. “In the parking lot across the street.”
I was too, so I nodded, and we started toward the exit together. But as soon as we stepped outside her front door, she pulled her hand away abruptly.
