Page 62 of Wilde Abandon
She met his gaze.“Because you never said I could keep anything here.”
His eyes went wide.“Fuck.I didn’t think about it.I just thought you would…”
“What?”
“Make yourself at home because this isourplace.”
She shook her head.“This is your place, Fox.I’m your girlfriend, but we haven’t talked about whether it’s okay for me to…make myself at home.”
He scrubbed both hands over his face.“I’ve never done this before.”
“What?”
“Had a serious relationship with someone.Not like this.I want you here.All the time.I want you to feel like this is your place, too.That’s why I gave you the key.”
“You gave me the key so you didn’t sleep through me knocking on your door in the middle of the night so we can have sex.”
He leaned away from her.“Is that what you think?That this is just sex?”
“No.But I also didn’t want to assume that you want me all up in your space and taking up your closet when you haven’t said that’s okay.”
He leaned in and took her by the shoulders.“How is this?Take up all the space you need and want.Here, in my Boston place, in my car, wherever the hell you want, because I want to share everything with you.”
He blew her away.
“Really?”
He touched his forehead to hers.“Yes.”
“Okay.But I don’t want to hear you complain when you realize there is no space for your stuff in my apartment closet.Like at all.It’s dinky.”
“This place is big enough for all your stuff and mine.”
She hadn’t expected that and it must have shown on her face.
Fox brushed his hand up and down her arm.“Too fast?We’ll get there.Just know, it’s on the table whenever you want to, you know, move in.And stay.I’d really like that.But take some time.Think about all that.Get back to me whenever you’re ready.Because I am.Actually, it feels like I’ve been waiting for this…you…for too damn long.I promise, I’ll try to be patient.And I’ll be a better boyfriend.I’ll keep my phone on me so I’ll know if you call.I just thought you were at work and I wouldn’t hear from you until later tonight, if at all before you showed up here, so I left my phone on the table.”
She hooked her hand around the back of his neck and pulled him in for a kiss to stop his rambling.
He immediately took her by the hips and held on as the heat between them exploded and he took the kiss deeper.Their tongues tangled and a moan escaped her lips as he changed the angle and dove in for more.
Suddenly, he pulled away.“Hey.”He brushed his thumb over her bottom lip.“Sorry.I got carried away.”
“Yay for me!”
He chuckled.“You’re in no shape for what I’d like to do to you.”
She sighed.“As much as I want you, you’re probably right.”She felt drained and the pain in her leg and hand was starting to get worse.
He slipped his hands beneath her shirt.“Let’s get this off.”
She cocked a brow.“You’re just trying to get me naked.”
He grinned.“I’m going to take care of you in a different way.”
“Oh?Do tell.I’m very interested in whatever fantasies you have.”
He stared at her for a long moment.“We’ll save that for another day.”The look on his face said he had a few ideas rolling around his head.