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“I slept like shit last night. I was sitting at home, staring at my ceiling listening to Sophie sleep as my feelings ricocheted around my head.” She propped herself up on her elbow.

I took the opportunity to tuck a piece of hair behind her ear as she looked at me, because as much as I wanted to touch her everywhere else and get another taste of her, I needed to hear what she was saying.

“Sorry you didn’t sleep well, sweetheart,” I said, my voice gruff.

“Not the point.” She gave me a pointed look. “But as I wrestled with every fear trying to take over my head, the one person I wanted to call to talk it out with was you.”

I scowled. “You could have called.” I didn’t like the idea that she had been having a rough time and I wasn’t there. I mean, I had a rough night too but that was fine. That was different.

“And you would have answered. And if I had asked you to come over, I know you would have been there. And that made me realize that I was letting my fear stop me from being with you and that just didn’t seem worth it. Because I trust you, Ash, and that was enough to get me here. Over the last three months, you’ve become my best friend and so much more than that.”

She gasped as I flipped over her, pulling her hips up in the air as she braced herself on her forearms. She wiggled as my thick cock got hard and I lined myself up. “Fuck, Sutton. You’re my best friend too.”

“I’m not sure I can go again,” she moaned as she looked back at me. The view had my blood heating up, eyes locked on her.

Then I went and proved her wrong, giving her two more orgasms before we collapsed on each other.

29

Sutton

Iwoke up snuggled into Asher’s chest, his arms holding me in place, almost like he was afraid I was going to run. I’d never felt as safe as I did when I was wrapped up in Asher. His arms felt like home and I shoved my face into his chest and breathed him in.

“Morning, sweetheart.” His voice was even rougher in the morning. I could get used to hearing him like that.

“How’d you sleep?” I asked as I dragged a finger down his chest. Before I got an answer he moved quickly, rolling me onto my back. He hovered over me, resting on his elbow.

“Best I’ve had in years.” He pressed down on me. I felt his hardness against my core and I let out a moan as his lips pressed into mine. He teased me a few times with his tongue before I opened wide, letting him in to deepen the kiss. His hands slipped under my T-shirt and I gasped as he started to palm my boob. They were heavy this morning; I was going to need to pump soon. But that thought left my head as his hand started to move down my stomach.

Before we could get anywhere good, my phone rang on the bedside table where I’d left it last night.

“I’m—” Before I could apologize, he was moving off me.

“Could be Iris.” He grabbed it off the nightstand and answered it. “Asher.”

I could’ve been mad at him for answering my phone except I was touched that he didn’t make me feel bad for the interruption, that he thought of Sophie first.

I sat up in bed and pulled down the T-shirt I’d grabbed last night.

“You’re calling early.” He frowned. I knew it wasn’t Iris so I crossed my legs and watched him. “Mm-hhm.” He listened to the voice on the other end. A grunt—this was the one he gave when he was annoyed. “Can you meet at my place in an hour and a half? We need to go pick up Sophie.” He paused. “I’ll text it to you.” He hung up the phone without a goodbye, his normal signoff. I kept meaning to ask him about that.

“Who was it?”

“Maya,” he answered as he turned back to me and handed me my phone. It had been two weeks since Ben had called. “She wants to meet.”

When I clasped my hands together in my lap, Asher covered them with his. “I can’t—” He leaned in and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and breathed in his soothing scent.

“Don’t go there.” He pulled back and put his hand under my chin. I opened my eyes to look at him. “I won’t let anything happen to her.” The conviction in his voice was so strong.

When he lifted his eyebrows, I nodded, and he gave me a tender kiss. With that we both pulled ourselves out of bed. We brushed our teeth next to each other and then got dressed. I fixed my hair with a new brush and elastics that Asher had admitted he bought for me before walking out.

When I went downstairs, he was waiting there, texting on his phone with a coffee thermos in one hand and another on the island beside him. He passed me the coffee without even looking up. I assumed it was the group text since I could feel my phone going off in my pocket.

“Do you want to stay here? I can grab Soph and just come back.”

He lifted his head and gave me a glare. “My car is all set up.”

I blinked after him as he turned toward his garage. “What?” I asked as I followed him.