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Yeah, it was funny because they always took his money. But he didn’t mind because he enjoyed this time with his friends.
“So, you do anything about that chick yet?” Sisco asked. “She still got a boyfriend?”
“No boyfriend. We’re friends. Not lovers.”
No matter how much he ached for it to happen. Every day it got harder and harder to resist her. Today, he nearly blew it. He almost kissed her. Thankfully, he settled with only touching her cheek. But damn, the temptation to lean in and devour her lips had overwhelmed him.
He knew the feeling would never go away. Genevieve had become very important in his life. She wasn’t just another woman. Having sex with her would only make his life more difficult. Once with her would never be enough. It wouldn’t be a scratch he was itching.
That’s why he couldn’t do anything about it.
“Friends with benefits,” Todd said as if it were that easy.
He half-laughed. “Not happening.”
“That’s because you love her.” Dwayne said it as if he were calling all-in and knew he had the win in the bag. Said it so matter-of-factly.
Loved her?
He ached for her. Longed to have her in his arms. But loved her?
More like extreme lust with a mixture of respect.
“She’s a good friend. Helps me out with Amelie. I’d be lost without her.” That was no damn lie.
“You share your little girl with her like she’s her mother and you two are separated,” Dwayne pointed out.
Well…he wasn’t wrong. It did sort of feel like that. He didn’t know how to change that. Because he liked it. He knew Amelie was safe with Genevieve. At the end of a long day, he enjoyed those brief minutes when they were together. Chatting, laughing, soaking up her beauty before she left him. Then his heart beating wildly seeing her again the next morning, dropping off his daughter who was as happy to see Genevieve as he was.
“Look, I want to sleep with her,” Corey said, not divulging the full truth that he wanted a lot more than simply getting her in his bed. “But things are going well right now and I’m not going to mess it up with sex. Nothing good happens when you muddy it up with sex.”
“Sometimes, happy shit does happen when you throw in sex. Think about it.”
Yeah, he would not be thinking about anything Dwayne said because it would only make it harder to resist her.
No sex.
No fantasizing.
No wishing for things he couldn’t have.
When Genevieve dropped Amelie off at his place the next night after his shift, he forgot everything he told himself he should avoid.
“Wanna stay for pizza?”
The question popped out and he didn’t want to take it back. These short, fleeting moments he had with her weren’t enough. He needed more. He wanted more.
She hesitated, frowning. “I wish I could. I have plans tonight.”
Right. Of course, she did. It was a Saturday night and she was a gorgeous woman.
And he was a colossal idiot for not taking advantage of the situation they were in before someone else swooped in.
“Oh, cool. Yeah, that’s cool.”
He should stop talking before he looked like a bigger fool.
“Oliver wants me to help with another case.”
