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“You. The more I find out about you, the more I like. You’re like…like…okay, when I first met you, it was like watching a Rolling Stones concert live.”
“Good choice.”
“Thanks, but then, after getting to know you, it was like,and now, please welcome on stage Bruce Springsteen, and the crowd went wild. I was thinking there’s no way this could get better, then I learned even more about you, and it was like,please now welcome on stage, Dave Grohl, and then it was like—”
“Yeah, I, ah, think that analogy’s getting away from you.”
“You get what I’m saying?”
“Uh-huh, I think so. You kinda-sorta-maybe like me a little bit?”
Xavier slipped his arm around her waist, and said, “More than that, but yeah, you get the general gist.”
Stop talking. He’d blurted too much. That was another thing he had to do before their time together ended. First, help Hope. Second, try not to let her see he was falling for her. Two things. Surely, he could handle those two little things. Simple.
Time to cover. “Look, Hope, we both know this is going to end, and I’m fine with that.”
Liar!
He stared at the ceiling. “Let’s make the most of the time we have. What comes after doesn’t matter.”
Liar!
Xavier stared at her. “We’ll both move on and forget about one another.”
Pants on fire!
“For tonight, let’s just be together. That’s enough.”
He gathered her closer, thankful she didn’t reply and nuzzled into him. Not counting their time in the car, this was the longest time they’d spent awake together not having sex. It was a revelation, and not an unwelcome one.
“Xavier?”
“Hmmm?”
“Thank you.”
“For?”
“Not freaking out. Listening. If nothing else, you’ve set things straight in my head, something I hadn’t been able to do for thelongest time. You’re good with this word talking business, you know?” She squeezed his cheeks. “You’re kind of amazing.”
Nothing was said in return, so he kissed the top of her head.
“Oh, and Xavier?”
“Hmmm?”
“Do you think you could do me one more favour?”
He nodded.
“Could you please have sex with me? I’d be ever so grateful.”
Xavier leaned back so he could see her face. “Are you sure? I mean, it’s been kind of a full-on day. I’m okay if we don’t.”
Hope grinned and placed both hands on the sides of his face. “You’re sweet, but if you don’t put your cock in me soon, I will explode all over this stupidly expensive penthouse.”
“Ah. We can’t have that then, can we?”
