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The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. I couldn’t tell if I was losing him or pushing him away and I felt panicky at the thought. What a mess I was.
Before I could get out of bed and hop into the shower, Bash came into the room. He was up and dressed for the day.
“Morning, sleepyhead.” He came over to my side of the bed and kissed me on the forehead. “I’m going to drop Kody off at my parents’ house. I’ll be back in 30 minutes. Stay in bed if you don’t want to get up yet.”
“What time is it?” I mumbled into the pillow.
“It’s 9:30. Do you want me to pick up anything while I’m out?”
“No.” He knew I didn’t eat breakfast.
“All right. There’s coffee downstairs. I’ll be back.” He kissed me again and then left.
It was time to figure out what I was going to do to fix this giant mess, starting with myself.
Chapter 23
Bash
I’d had to leave the bed this morning before I got drawn into fucking her again. Her warm, naked body made me lose my mind.
Communication was more important than fucking, though. We needed to have a real talk. First, I had to make sure Kody was taken care of, so I arranged to drop him off at my parents’ house. I couldn’t afford any distractions.
Today, I was determined to talk to her about our relationship. I had no real experience with relationships, but I needed to know what she was thinking and I wanted to tell her how I felt. Communication was the key to moving forward. I wanted to get everything out in the open.
The argument about birth control was definitely a miscommunication between us that wouldn’t have happened if we had talked to each other honestly from the start. We were great at talking through the kink stuff, but not the emotional stuff and I was too dumb to understand why she’d pushed me away the past few days, but I was determined to find out. I couldn’t fix something if I didn’t know what it was.
When I got home from dropping off Kody, I heard the shower running. The sex last night wasn’t that great. I had already been wary from when she was freezing me out and then her joke about how I treated groupies twisted my gut. Then, she got upset about the birth control argument. It had put a damper on our mood.
When we did talk, I wanted to make damn sure it was fresh in her mind how sexually compatible and how amazing we were together. It wasn’t being manipulative; I was just putting my best foot forward with a little sexual persuasion. I was pretty sure she considered my abilities to be my best asset, so I was going to use them. Besides, I hadn’t showered yet today, so it made sense in my twisted mind.
I raced upstairs, stripped off my clothes, and joined her in the shower. Neither of us said a word. We just attacked each other. This time, the sex was steamy and satisfying.
We locked lips and tangled tongues for a long, romantic kiss before I broke away. I quickly washed my hair and body. “I’ll leave you to finish up before you lose all the hot water.”
After I toweled off, I wandered into my closet to get a fresh pair of briefs and then quickly stepped into them when I heard the shower water turn off.
I wanted to bring a coffee up to her, so I headed downstairs without bothering to get dressed. Kody wasn’t home, and this would give Lacey another chance to ogle my body. I needed all the ammunition I could get for this talk and I wasn’t above fighting dirty to get what I wanted.
I was in the kitchen, adding the special sugar she used to her coffee when I heard the front door open. Not really alarmed, more like curious, I walked out of the kitchen toward the door to see what was up.
Sid and Kaylie stood just inside the door.
“Eew!” Kaylie averted her eyes. “Where are your clothes? Gross.”
Sid chuckled and raised his eyebrows.
“This is my house. I can be naked in it if I want.”
She pushed past me and walked into the family room, staring at my Christmas tree. “You didn’t answer your phone. Didn’t you hear us banging on the door? I had to use my key.”
I shot Sid a look of annoyance and then rubbed my chest. “What are you doing here?”
“We came to take Kody to the park with the twins.”
I looked around. “Where are Brady and Emerson?”
She spun around but kept her eyes on my face. “They’re in their car seats. They’re both sound asleep.”
