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“Has he texted you before at night?”
“Yes. But it’s been work related, just like this time is. It’s completely innocent.”
“Are you sure of that?”
“Ugh, Henley stop. It’s Sunday night. We are supposed to be in relax mode.” I drag my hand down my face. “Get back into bed.”
He continues to pace.
“What are you worried about?”
He stays silent as he paces, and I know that he’s trying to hold his tongue.
“Henley, you have me.”
His eyes rise to meet mine.
“Nobody is going to steal me. I am yours.”
“For how long?”
His little show of insecurity reaches right into my chest, and I smile softly. “For as long as you want me to be.”
“What do you want?”
I tap the bed beside me, and he begrudgingly sits down. I take his hand in mine. “I want this. I like being here with you. I don’t want Joel, I want you.” I run my fingers through his dark hair as he looks down at me. He rolls his lips, and I know that once again he’s holding his tongue.
“Now get into bed and cuddle my back before I kick you out.”
He smirks. “I might leave of my own accord.”
I flick the blankets back. “No, you won’t.”
“I’m just horny, that’s all.”
I smile into my pillow. The fact that he said that means he’s here for other reasons. “I know.”
He climbs in behind me and takes me into his arms. “I don’t like him texting you.”
“I get it. Tomorrow I’ll tell him we are together and that it’s inappropriate to text me in any way other than about the house.”
He pulls me a little closer. “I don’t want you to use him as an interior decorator anymore.”
“Hen,” I warn. “Don’t . . .”
He stays silent.
“You have me,” I reassure him again. “I’m yours.”
Eventually he kisses my shoulder from behind, and I smile as I try to concentrate on Game of Thrones. Crisis averted.
We’re getting better at this.
Henley
I wake gently to the sound of her breathing. My eyes drag open, and I reach over and turn the alarm off my phone.
Somehow I don’t need my alarm when I’m with Juliet. I sleep so soundly that I wake before it goes off. She picks up my hand and puts it around her waist and immediately drifts back to sleep.
