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Her eyes studied me, her brow creased in concentration. The tiniest bit of hope radiated from her along with the uncertainty.
“It’s not just one of those things, but the combination of the three that draw me to you. So when I say you’re beautiful, I mean all of you.”
She swallowed hard and bit her lip.
“Do you understand?” I asked. It was imperative she did. Then if she wanted to go, I’d let her.
She nodded.
I wiped at the tears on her face. “Are we good?”
She gave me a shaky smile, her eyes clear from the pain my earlier words had caused. “We’re good.”
I kissed the tip of her nose and let her go. Now that we’d settled that, I needed to get rid of this condom before it leaked all over the bed. I pulled it off my cock, liking the flare of desire that entered her eyes while she watched. “I’ll be right back.”
I made quick work of throwing the condom in the bathroom trash can. A rustling in the bedroom had me peeking my head back in. Wren sat at the edge of the bed, pulling her clothes off the floor and into her arms. She stood.
I knew if she left now, nothing would be the same.
Pain lanced through my chest as I hurried to stand before her. “Stay. I don’t want you to go.” I knew I said I’d let her leave if she wanted, but I needed her to know it was not what I wished to happen.
“We said we’d do this once to get it out of our systems.” Her gaze flickered up to my face before settling on my chest.
“You’re not out of my system.” And I wondered if she’d ever be.
“You’re not out of mine either,” she admitted. The hint of frustration in her voice made me grin.
“At least stay tonight.” I didn’t demand it. I wanted her to choose this on her own.
“And what then?” she whispered. Wren trailed her fingers up and down my forearm, leaving goosebumps in their wake.
“I don’t know, but I don’t think I can let you go even then.” I had no idea where these words came from, just that I meant them.
“I didn’t expect this.”
Neither had I.
“I’m not sure I want to walk away,” she confessed. Her clothes tumbled from her fingers, and her hands slid around my neck to tug my head down to her.
I captured her lips with mine. She pulled away all too soon. “So it’s decided.”
“We won’t end this after the weekend.” She graced me with a slight smile.
“Correct.” I nuzzled her neck, drawing her scent deep into my lungs. “We keep this up for as long as we both want it.”
“I can work with that.” She ran her hand up and down my cock. It would take me a few more minutes to fully recover, but that didn’t stop me from trembling beneath her light touch.
I reluctantly pulled away. “We should eat now and gather our strength.”
“I take it you’re going to keep me busy this weekend.” She shot me a mischievous grin.
“If I’m lucky, we’ll keep each other busy.” I swatted her ass.
I grabbed my underwear from the floor and tossed her my shirt. My breath shuddered out of me at seeing her slip it on and button it up halfway.
Noticing my reaction, she sashayed out the door with a last smoldering look thrown over her shoulder.
Maybe we didn’t need to eat after all.