Page 112 of Sit, Stay, Love
He chuckled and rubbed the spot she’d hit. ‘So, how’d I go? Did I behave to your liking?’
‘Mostly. When you weren’t being a shit-stirrer.’
‘C’mon. Shit-stirring is one of my finest traits. You’ve always loved my shit-stirring.’
She rolled her eyes. ‘So, do you like him now?’
‘Hell no. But you do, so I’m trying.’ He shrugged.
‘Thank you.’ She pushed up on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek.
He gazed down at her, his eyebrows raised and his face soft and so pretty that her heart skipped a beat. Then another.
‘I just want you to be happy, Ser. That’s more important to me than anything else. Because…’ He cupped her face. ‘You’ll always bemyperson.’
She pressed her cheek into his palm, soaking up the warmth of his tender touch.
He sighed deeply and dropped his hand. ‘I’d better go. Before I do something weird again.’
‘God forbid,’ she whispered.
‘Sadly,’ he whispered back.
As she watched him stride up the driveway, she called out, ‘Herriot.’
He stopped and turned around. ‘What?’
‘I really do love you.’
‘Yeah, I know you do.’
She leaned against the closed door with her eyes squeezed shut. It was as if her entire world was spinning off its axis, and she couldn’t seem to force it back to where it had always been. Where it should be.
‘Is everything okay?’ Ethan asked.
Her eyes flickered open.
He was beside the reception desk, his hands deep in the pockets of his sweatpants and a worried look on his face.
‘Yep. It’s all good. Tonight went well, don’t you think?’
He shrugged a shoulder and nodded. ‘Should I leave?’
She took his hand and smiled. ‘Nope.’ Then led him back up the hall.
‘Where are we going?’ he asked.
‘To clean up the kitchen.’
‘Oh.’
She laughed at how disappointed he sounded. ‘Where did you think we were going?’
He spun her around and slammed his mouth to hers. She grabbed his waist, hanging on in surprise, fingers digging into his flesh as she melted into his kiss.
They shuffled backwards, lips glued, moving towards her bedroom, Buffy tapping along by their feet. Ethan reached around Sera and shoved the bedroom door open, and she tottered inside and stumbled over a boot. But they never stopped kissing.
Buffy jumped up onto the bed, and Ethan laughed into Sera’s mouth.
