Page 75 of Inked Temptation
“My god,” he whispered.
“We’re getting pretty good at that.”
I leaned down and kissed his shoulder.
“You could say that.”
I looked at him then, and knew I was in love. Right then and there.
It was a different kind of love than I had before, but I was in love.
But I couldn’t say it yet. It was too early. Not with what he had gone through. But maybe I could show him.
I swallowed hard, then took his lips.
“I need to clean you up.”
“And probably the sheets. And I hear whining at the door.”
“I’m kind of sorry I closed the door on her, I like waking up with Cora cuddled on us.”
“But she doesn’t need to see this. We don’t want to scare her.”
“No, we don’t.”
“Let’s clean up quickly, be right back.”
I slid off the bed, took care of the condom, grabbed a washcloth, and went back to the bed. I gently cleaned up Killian as we kissed, and then I was stripping off the sheets as Killian pulled on pants and went to go walk Cora.
Again, so domestic, but it felt right.
My phone buzzed and I looked down on it.
Mom: Will I see you today soon? Do you want breakfast? Or will the drive be too much?
I smiled and picked up the phone and texted as I walked towards the small laundry that Killian had recently put in.
Me: I’ll be there before lunch. I’ll probably pick up something to eat here. It’s a bit of a drive.
That familiar pang at the idea that it was a long drive for me to get back to my home worried me. There was a reason that I was worried. Because Killian lived way the fuck out here, and the home I was working on might be close to him, but it wasn’t the home I lived in. Nor it was where all my family was.
Mom: Okay. I’ll do a nice lunch spread. I can’t wait to see you. And talk reunion!
She put a few smiley emojis, and I grinned.
Mom was so excited about this reunion. It wasn’t like we didn’t see all of the family often, but having them all in one place at one time was a big deal. And the fact that this was the first time she was doing this on her own, the Fort Collins branch representing, meant the world to her.
I wasn’t going to let her down.
I finished cleaning up as Killian came back in and smiled.
I swallowed hard at the sight of him in nothing but pajama bottoms, and shook my head as Cora bounded in and went to her haunches in front of me.
I knelt in front of her and rubbed her down.
“Who’s a good girl?”
“She’s the best,” Killian said as he shook his head and began to make coffee.
