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Exie clears her throat. “Come on, kiddo. Let’s get you cleaned up.”
He gets up, fist-bumps Kalum, and follows Exie after giving me a morning hug.
“Thank you for watching him and making him breakfast. You didn’t have to do that.”
Kalum sits up, and my eyes trail over his ripped chest and torso. I squeeze my thighs, reminding me why I’m sore. Every ridge and curve of his muscles under taut, smooth skin brings back to life the memory of him moving inside me.
“It was my pleasure. I wanted to spend some time with him so he can feel safe and comfortable around me if you aren’t around or… if you’re tired.”
The way he says his last words causes heat to creep up my neck. The delicious soreness between my legs is a reminder of why I’m so tired this morning.
“Thank you.”
I make my way into the kitchen to make coffee and clean up any mess they have made. He gets up and stands right behind me while I prepare the Keurig. I can feel the heat of his body when he places a soft kiss on my neck. Goose bumps skate over my skin, igniting a fire between my legs. My nipples harden under the soft cotton of my bra. His fingers graze my waist, and he pulls me to his chest. I can feel his hard erection on my lower back.
“I want to be inside you every chance I get. Making you mine over… and… over,” he says. “Despite the thoughts battling inside your beautiful head, just remember, you were mine first.”
My heart skipped a beat, or it stopped beating, or I think he took it out of my chest. Before I can voice my inner thoughts, the front door opens and closes with the chime of the alarm. Then heels click against the wood floor. The loss of heat when Kalum steps back. The pulse drumming in my veins.
“Well, well. It all makes sense now. And I can’t blame you. But you could have done it without an audience, but hey, looking at both of you together, I get it,” Janine’s voice drawls.
“What the fuck are you talking about, and what brings you here, Janine?” Kalum says in an irritated tone.
My head turns, and she gives me a wink. She’s obviously used to Kalum’s sarcasm and condescending attitude.
“Did you really have to grab him by the neck and threaten to scoop his eyes out with a fork? I mean, you could have kicked his ass in an alley somewhere where no one was watching and made your point. The guy is threatening to sue you for assault. The only reason I believe you terminated the deal and threatened to basically kill the guy was because of her. I think…you know, the scooping of the eyes out part gave it away.”
“He disrespected her and was a total creep. He kept fucking her with his eyes, and I wasn’t going to sit there and take it.”
“Well. He is threatening to sue you unless you move forward with funding the project.”
“Fuck. No. I will never do business with him again. He can go fuck himself, and if he wants to sue me, fine. He will have to build his fucking building in Alaska because when I’m done with the bastard, the only thing he will build will be made from Legos because no one is going to fund him for shit. He sat there, staring at her chest, licking his lips like a dog, and offered to pay for dinner and asked her to leave with him to fuck her.”
My eyes go wide. I didn’t realize how upset he was about that creep trying to make a pass at me in front of Kalum at the restaurant.
Janine holds up her hands. “Fine. I will handle it with your lawyer.”
“What happened?” Exie waltzes in with LJ.
LJ has his toy cars and runs off to the living room to play with his new track set that Kalum must have sent over yesterday.
Janine gives Exie the details about what happened last night.
Exie gives me a smirk over Janine’s head.
“Stop looking at me like that,” I tell her, pressing the button of the coffee machine.
“You’re Exie Turner,” Janine says.
Exie smiles at Janine. “In the flesh. I wonder…” She points at Kalum with her thumb. “How do you put up with him? I would have stabbed him by now.”
“Trust me, you get used to him after a while. And since I’m not into men, it works out.”
“Why are you two talking about me like I’m not here?” Kalum asks, looking through his phone.
“Because we can,” Exie says sarcastically. “I don’t work for you. I don’t answer to you. I’m here because you’re helping out my best friend, but I appreciate what you did at the restaurant.”
Kalum rolls his eyes and shakes his head. “I did what anyone would have done in that situation. You would have done the same thing for a friend. It was wrong, and he deserved it.”
