Page 110 of CowSex

“Anonymous is probably Reggie. He fed Kod a load of bullshit, and she gave him my number. It’s something I probably should’ve told you about, and definitely need to deal with.”

That earns me a sardonic laugh. “Ya think?”

I ignore his arsehole-ness and continue, “and Kod is Kod and wants me to give you one from her.”

“One what?”

“Does it matter? You saw those messages and automatically thought the worst of me. You know how I struggled with this whole no- strings sex thing, do you honestly believe that I’m the sort of bird that can shag about on a bloke?”

His gaze drops from mine to the floor. “Gracie,” he huffs out my name, sounding almost exasperated. Why? I don’t know. I’m the one that should be feeling pissed off and huffing about.

“Fuck you, Koa. You just spoiled what’s been a really nice day for me. A day I spent getting your boy's bedroom sorted, all while missing you.”

My throat feels tight, and tears burn my nose and eyes. Before I start to cry, I turn and stomp towards the stairs. I fucking hate open-plan houses. I need a door or two to slam when I feel like this. I hit the first and second steps hard, but the sound’s muffled by my UGG boots, pissing me off even more.

I don’t get far before Koa’s arms wrap around me from behind and pull me back into his solid chest. I don’t fight him, I just freeze with my arms folded across my chest.

“I’m sorry.” His breath is hot in my ear.

“I don’t really care what you are right now.”

“Yes you do, and I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have looked at your phone, and I shouldn’t have jumped the gun and thought the worst when I saw your messages. That was rude of me, and I apologise.”

“You’re a dick.”

“Yeah, I think we’ve established that.”

I huff out a huge puff of air but feel too tired to argue with him.

“Am I forgiven?”

“No.”

“Just for now, or not ever?”

“I’m gonna go and have a bath and think about it.”

He rubs his nose up and down the side of my neck, just below my ear.

“Can I join you?”

“No.”

“Please?”

“You can keep me company if you want, but you need to crawl behind me up the stairs, on your knees while apologising continuously.” No clue where I plucked that one from, but it sounds like a plan, so I’m just gonna go with it.

“You want me to get naked for all of that?”

“Not really.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re ugly and unattractive and seeing your naked body does nothing for me.”

He bites my shoulder and grinds his hard dick into my arse crack.

“I think you lie.”