lay in bed, my arm around him and his across my stomach. He kissed my chest, and I pressed my face into his soft hair. His phone kept lighting up with notifications. Each time the screen lit up in the dark room, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was some other guy texting him.
What’s wrong with me?
I wasn’t usually such a paranoid person. However, after being cheated on right before my wedding, it was difficult not to let my mind go there with Reed. Was it cheating, though, if we hadn’t made anything official?
“What are you thinking about?” Reed asked, resting his chin on my chest. He traced circles over my heart with his fingertip.
It was too soon to say the things on my mind. Yet, I’d go crazy if I didn’t.
“Are you seeing anyone else?” I stared at the ceiling as I asked the question, too nervous to look at him.
“Hooking up, you mean?”
I nodded.
“No.” Reed grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. “It’s only you, Daniel. I promise.” Then his grip loosened, and even in the dark room, I saw the way his eyes dimmed a little. “Are you hooking up with anyone else?”
“Absolutely not.” I pushed him to his back and hovered over him. “You’re all I want.”
“You’re all I want too,” he whispered, reaching up to run a finger along my jaw. “I know we have to keep things secret between us… but this, with you, is important to me. I wouldn’t have almost quit my job to be with you if all I wanted was your dick.”
“So we’re exclusive?” I asked.
“We better be.” Reed wrapped his hand around my throat and leaned up to graze his teeth across my earlobe. “I’m not good at sharing.”
Chills formed on my skin, and I tilted my head back. He nipped at my ear before kissing down my neck.
“Fuck me, Daniel,” Reed said, shoving a hand between our bodies and gripping my dick.
I shifted over and settled between his legs, our lips meeting softly. Even though we’d had sex hours ago, my body couldn’t get enough of him. My heart couldn’t either.
With a condom in place and lube added to make the glide easier, I pushed into him. He sighed and grazed his nails down my back, a soft smile on his beautifully curved lips.
Harder questions would need to be asked later when things got even more serious between us. And even harder decisions would have to be made. But for now?
I let myself get lost in him.
Chapter Fifteen
Reed
“It’s bullshit that I have to share my birthday with a stupid groundhog,” I said, standing in front of the bedroom TV with a towel around my hips and watching the news where they were talking about whether the groundhog would see its shadow that day or not. “Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Let this fuzzy little creature tell you.”
Daniel was straightening his tie in the mirror and chuckled. “I’m sure the groundhog is honored to share the day with you.” He walked over and slid his hands along my shoulders before leaning in and kissing my cheek. “Happy Birthday.”
I melted against him. “Thank you.” He had woken me extra early that morning and given me a blowjob to start my special day. We’d showered together, then started getting ready for work. “Quinn wants to have dinner with me tonight.”
Daniel frowned. “Oh.”
“Shit. Did you have something planned?”
“Don’t worry about it,” he said, stepping away to grab his cufflinks from the top of the dresser.
I grabbed his arm and tugged him back to me. “You could come too, you know. He and Monty want to meet you.”
“Isn’t it too soon for us to meet each other’s friends and family?”
“Not to me. I understand keeping our relationship under wraps at work, but we don’t have to hide around the people we love.” We’d implied on Sunday that we were a thing now, not just casually dating. Thorns gnarled in my gut when a thought occurred to me. “Unless you’re embarrassed for people to know you’re with me.”
Daniel slipped an arm around my waist. “How could I ever be embarrassed? You’re everything I’ve ever wanted in a partner. And you’re a goddamn knockout.”
I smiled. “Look at you. Flattering the birthday boy.”
“Only because it’s true.” Daniel kissed my forehead before stepping away. “Get dressed. I have another surprise for you in the kitchen.”
Excited, I threw the damp towel in the hamper before putting on burgundy skinny jeans,