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To prove her wrong, I grab her hands and pull her closer to me so we can dance to it. Lexi immediately plays along by resting her head on my chest and moving like we're dancing to a classic, romantic song.

This is why she makes me feel so good.

Everything is better with Lexi.

I could do this forever;I realize as I slip into my dream once more. Only this time it’s real.I want to do this forever.

I can’t help but wonder what’s going on in Lexi’s mind as she twists her head up to meet my eyes. She looks like her thoughts mirror mine and she wants this forever too.

I could easily get caught up in this.

I dip my head a little lower so I can breathe her in once more. Lexi rises up onto her tiptoes to meet me, but we don’t kiss right away. We exist in this beautiful moment, absorbing one another and the beautiful future that we could have.

But I can’t resist her forever, I’ve been wanting to kiss Lexi all night long, so eventually, with the nursery rhyme blasting in the background, I close the gap between us and take her lips with mine.

Yes, this feels magical, it feels right. Like all my dreams have come true at once. Now that I have Lexi tangled up in my arms, I never want to let her go. She belongs here, I’m sure of it.

The way Lexi clings to me suggests that she feels the same way. Somehow, in the madness of life, we have found one another again. We have made it back into one another’s lives and one another’s arms. That’s special, and not something I will take lightly. Whatever my future is going to be, I need Lexi in it, in one way or another…

ChapterSixteen

LEXI

Oh my God.

I can’t believe after all this time; we’ve talked about everything. Finally we’ve discussed Mya. We should have probably done that during dinner or our moonlight stroll, but we were both too caught up in learning about one another all over again, and having a laugh. Me as well as Josh, I can’t fully blame him for that.

But we couldn’t avoid it once we got back to my place. My home is full of photos of Mya, so we got down to it. Josh said he wants to meet her, whenIam ready for him to do so. He even hinted that he would hold off on New York for his daughter which is amazing.

The part of me that has always wanted to ask Josh a million and one questions about why he rejected me and Mya just shut up and let the good stuff happen. One day I will get my answers, but that time wasn’t now. I don’t want my pain from the past to get in the way of Josh and Mya.

If there is even a chance for them to connect, then I owe it to them to try. To at least see if this is something we can manage. It’s starting to really feel like we can.

Although what I’m doing right now has nothing to do with Mya and everything to do with me. The sexual tension between us has been building all evening long, and fake dancing to a stupid nursery rhyme has tipped us over the edge.

What a dumb but funny thing.

It brought our bodies way too close together, and now we can’t keep our hands off of one another. I feel guilty for allowing things to get out of hand again, even though I’m obviously not going to stop, but for different reasons.

Now I feel bad because I lied to my parents about why I needed a babysitter tonight. I told them I was getting all dressed up and going out with the girls from work, because I knew Mom wouldn’t approve. She would lecture me for ages about this.

So I lied.

She will find out the truth soon, and it’ll make everything ten million times worse that I keep falling into bed with Josh. But I can’t resist him. He’s someone I will never be able to say no to. I have proven that over and over again.

His hands slide down from the bottom of my back to cup my ass, and even that is enough to thrill me. I shiver in his arms, deepening the kiss, grinding against him needily. I don’t want to keep holding back and denying myself. He makes me feel fucking amazing, and that’s exactly what I need right now.

No wonder I’m always aching for him.

As we continue to kiss, I walk him through the house because my kitchen is way too small for all the things I want to do to this man. I take him to the couch first, shoving him backwards and falling between his knees, saliva filling my mouth.

I haven’t had the pleasure of tasting him yet, and my God do I need to. I stare up at him, smiling as I unbuckle his trousers, wondering if he can see what he’s doing to me right now. He has every single part of me in flames, and we haven’t even gotten started yet.

Knowing that this might be something more,notjust us hooking up really allows me to feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins. My feelings burst free and I let them all surge free. I think I might have always had feelings for Josh, I just didn’t know about it because I was hating him, and he wasn’t here. But now he is, and I can really have him.

“Oh wow,” I whisper once his thick throbbing erection bursts free from his underwear. “You really are a very impressive man, Josh Macauley. Averyimpressive man.”

I know that he’s massive, I’ve felt him before, but seeing him this close up almost bursts my eyes out of my skull. I drag my tongue along the bottom of my lip as heat floods me, preparing myself for what comes next. Slowly, I edge my way closer to him, allowing hot streams of air to blow along his length, causing him to shudder with need. The primal, animalistic sounds exploding out of him, pool wetness in my panties. But I can hold back, for now. I don’t know how much longer I can keep myself in check though…