Page 41 of Forbidden Billionaires, Vol. 9

I sat down at the kitchen counter with my bowl of cereal.

The pizza boxes were still on the coffee table and beer bottles were scattered around the living room.

I wasn't used to living with a guy. And Rory's friends would be back tonight for their weekly poker night.

Emily had been right. Living with a guy was very different than living with a girl.

I was a little sloppy, but at least I didn't leave trash all over the apartment.

The bathroom door creaked and Rory walked out. He was wearing boxer briefs. And nothing else. I spit out my bite of cereal.

Rory looked over at me. "You okay?"

"Yeah, this milk has gone bad. It's rancid. Don't drink it. I'll throw it out." I had just bought it yesterday afternoon. I grabbed a paper towel and wiped off the counter. Then sat back down and took another bite of cereal.

"I thought you said it was bad?"

I hadn't realized that Rory was still standing there. God his abs are amazing.

He walked over to the fridge and brought out the half gallon of milk. He opened up the top and sniffed it. "It doesn't smell bad, Keira."

"Yeah, I know. I lied. I don't know. I was just surprised to see you. I've gotten used to living alone, I guess." I looked down at the bulge in his boxer briefs and then back at my cereal. My cereal didn't look nearly as appealing.

"Did you want me to wear more to breakfast?" He was smiling at me. He was clearly enjoying my reaction to his half naked body.

"What? Psh. No. Rory, I mean, wear whatever makes you comfortable. That wasn't it at all. You're not bothering me. I'm cool. Totally cool. Heck, maybe I'll start walking around in my underwear. It's just so comfortable in here. Between us, you know?"

"I'm going to go put on a shirt." He walked back into his room and reemerged as he pulled a t-shirt down over his head.

He made himself a bowl of cereal, walked over to me, and sat down beside me at the kitchen counter. I quickly took another bite of cereal. I hadn't realized that I'd been staring at him.

"So, I take it you don't do one night stands?" he asked, without looking at me.

"Oh no, I do them. I do them all the time."

Rory laughed and looked over at me. "Oh, you're serious?"

"Why is that thought so funny?"

Rory shrugged. "I don't know, you just don't seem like the type."

"Yeah." I pushed my cereal around with my spoon. "I'm not."

"You lie a lot, you know. I have no idea what to believe and what not to believe."

"I don't lie. I just sometimes don't know what to say when I'm nervous. Not that I'm nervous around you. You know what, I'm going to finish my breakfast in my room. I have a lot of work to do today." I grabbed my bowl of cereal and slid off the stool.

"So you work from home?"

"Yeah." I opened up my bedroom door and quickly closed it behind me. Why am I so awkward?

***

I finished up the article I was working on. I was holding my bladder, hoping that Rory wouldn't be in the kitchen anymore. I opened up my door a crack and looked out. The coast was clear. I tiptoed past Rory's door and quietly opened up the bathroom door.

"Um, excuse me," Rory said calmly.

"Oh my God!" I shrieked. Rory was standing there peeing. "Oh my God!" Stop staring at his penis!

I turned around and ran out of the bathroom. I started pacing the hallway. This was not going well at all. This wasn't working. How am I going to get the image of that out of my mind? Geez, do I even want to?

When Rory emerged I started yelling, even though I knew he was the one that should be upset with me. "You said you wouldn't walk around naked! You can't go walking around with your huge penis everywhere! I mean penis. Normal, average penis." My face was turning scarlet.

He looked amused. "Keira, I wasn't walking around. I was taking a piss...in the bathroom."

"With the door unlocked!"

"You should have knocked."

"But..."

"Let's finish this discussion later. I'm going to be late for work." Rory walked past me and out the front door. Before he closed it he put his head back in. "Huge, huh?"

"I said average!" I ran back into my room.