Page 47 of The Roommate Problem
Wait, what?
“I might not be looking for anything long-term, but I don’t hop beds.”
“Oh.” She just assumed he played the field, since he didn’t want anything serious.
“Maybe that should be another rule for this thing.” His face softened, hand coming up to cup her cheek as he gazed into her eyes. “You and me for the time being. No one else. Okay?”
For a guy who protested commitment so much, this sure as heck felt like a relationship. But she wasn’t one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
“Okay.” She smiled. “Just you and me.”
He grinned, leaning in to speak against her lips, “Good. Now that that’s all settled…”
She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him on top of her as he kissed every doubt regarding this new agreement of theirs right out of her brain. But before their good morning could turn into a great one, the alarm on her cell went off.
“Crap!” She’d forgotten she put a just-in-case alarm on her phone. “I have to get ready for work.”
As much as she’d like to stay in bed with August, cementing their new arrangement, this was the last-chance alarm. She’d even missed her opportunity for a shower. Which meant she had to use an abundance of perfume today, because if Pru or Lilly smelled last night’s escapades on her, she’d be toast.
“Damn, so do I,” August grumbled.
He rose from the bed, walking blessedly naked to her bedroom door. Now there was a sight she could stare at all day. He opened her bedroom door and paused, looking over his shoulder with a smirk when he caught her staring at his ass.
“See you after work, Sunshine.”
Then he left, closing the door behind him. Never before in her life had she wished a workday to be over so much. Her body vibrated with a mix of anticipation and anxiety. This thing with August was going to get tricky, but she just couldn’t help herself around him.
Hopefully, this wouldn’t come back to bite her in the ass.
