Page 43 of His Temptation

I looked back at him.

“I want my first time to be with you,” Cason said, his cheeks darkening as he dropped his gaze to the countertop. “I’m not asking for a relationship or anything permanent. Just a fun time before I go off to college.”

“So, a summer fling.”

He glanced up. “Yeah. If that’s cool with you. No commitment. Just sex and a good time. I could always meet a guy on that app, but I’d prefer to be with you.”

My moral compass told me to say no, but my own selfish desires won. I could no longer turn him away, as I’d learned last night.

“And you’re okay with losing your virginity to a guy you have no long-term intentions with?” I asked, needing the reassurance.

Cason rolled his eyes. “Dear god in heaven. This isn’t the old days. Just because I’m a virgin doesn’t mean I have to court the man I fuck and marry him. I’m perfectly okay with the arrangement we agreed on. So can you please stop treating me like a chaste damsel about to give it up on her wedding night?”

Very well. If that’s what he wanted, then I was okay with it too. Or I’d try to be.

“I have to be at the office by eight for a meeting,” I said, walking over to him. “See you tonight?”

“I can come back over?”

“I’ll need to take care of a few things before you do,” I said, smoothing my thumb along his jawline. If we were going to have sex, I needed to make a few preparations. “I’ll message you when I’m finished.”

“Should I be scared?” He grinned.

“Excited, perhaps. But not scared.” I pressed our lips together. He sighed happily and eased into the kiss, tasting like coffee and hazelnut. The kiss was short but satisfying. It would hold me over until I had him in my bed later. “Enjoy your morning, and I’ll see you tonight.”

Cason’s grin was too damn precious as he settled back into the seat and grabbed his coffee. He looked happy.

On the way to my office, I tapped a finger on the steering wheel. Fighting the urge to call the one person who could help me.

He called me first.

“Hello?” I answered, a bit stunned.

“Did you just wake up?” Jay asked. “You sound off.”

“No. Why are you calling?”

“You’re as friendly as ever,” he mumbled. “It’s about the hearing Thursday afternoon. Just found out my paralegal double-booked me, and I have to move it to another day. Is that cool with you? Thought I’d ask before sending the motion to the judge. It helps my case to have the other party in agreement.”

Jay had done me plenty of favors in the past, sending discovery when I missed a deadline and cooperating on plea deals. It was the least I could do for him.

“Yeah, that’s fine.” I tapped my thumb on the wheel again. “Can I ask your opinion on something? Non-work related.”

“Oh?” His interest was definitely piqued, as I knew it would be. “Let’s hear it.”

“Have you…” Christ, why was it so hard to say? “Have you ever had sex with a virgin?”

Silence.

“You mean other than you?” he asked.

“I wasn’t a virgin.”

“You were an ass virgin,” he argued. “I don’t think you even realize how nervous I was to fuck you that first time, Cross, but you came back for more, so I must’ve done something right. Why are you asking? Oh, damn. It’s that guy, isn’t it? Thecomplication?”

“Yes.”

“He’s a damn virgin? How old is this guy?”