Page 88 of Only With Me

“Okay, but that sounds so sweet,” I coo. “I’m addin’ that to my romance wish list.”

He noticeably stiffens before his shoulders fall again. “What’s that?”

“A list of things I wanna experience in a relationship. Most are cute little gestures like that. Some are date night ideas.”

“Whaddya have on there so far?”

I suck in my lips. “I can’t tell you that.”

He tilts his head. “I just taught you how to orgasm but sharingthatis off-limits?”

Giggling, I shrug. “Some of it is personal—things I doubt would ever happen. But I’ll tell you a few of the others.”

“Okay, I’ll take what I can get.”

“Good.” I smirk, then pull up my notes app where I keep a list. “A couple’s massage. Not only does it sound super relaxing, but it feels like it’d be a fun bonding experience.”

“Hell, I could use a massage. Let’s go.”

“Ha! Okay, another one is fruit pickin’ and then baking a pie together with the fruit. My mama loves to bake, and it’d be cool to learn that with someone special, too.”

“Strawberry or apple pie sounds delicious,” he mocks.

“I agree.”

“What else?”

“Hmm…let’s see.” I read over my list, wondering if I should share the ones I told Mystery Guy but then decide not to. “Horseback riding in the snowy mountains, a picnic in the sky while in a hot air balloon, a cross country road trip, singing karaoke in a country bar, reading at the beach together except we read the letters we wrote to each other on our one-year dating anniversary, reenacting my favorite scene fromThe Notebook…” I list off and then wait for his reactions.

“Which scene?” he asks.

“You’ve seen the movie?”

“Of course.”

“Then guess.”

“Alright…” he drawls. “The one where Ryan Gosling says if she’s a bird, then he’s a bird, too.”

“Good guess, but nope.”

“The Ferris wheel scene where he’s beggin’ her to go on a date with him?”

“That’s dangerous! I’d never risk that.”

He snickers. “Had to check.”

“It’s the rain scene,” I tell him. “Where they’re fightin’ about the letters and they kiss, then it leads to hot make-up sex. But mostly the kissin’ in the rain part.”

“Interestin’ choice.”

“See, you think I’m weird.”

“Nope, not at all. Datin’ you would never get boring, that’s for sure.”

“I’m gonna take that as a compliment.”

He licks his bottom lip. “As you should.”