inside."
"Sure thing," she says as she lies back down to soak in more rays.
I close the patio door behind me before I press the call button. I take in a heavy breath as I wait for him to answer.
"Hunter Reynolds," he says into the phone.
"Hey, it's me."
He doesn't respond right away. Instead I hear muted footsteps and the distinctive click of a door closing shut.
"Sunshine. What a surprise." His voice is barely more than a whisper now. I push the button to increase the volume of the call.
"Am I interrupting you?"
"I was just in a meeting." He doesn't offer more than that. "I'm happy you called. What do you need?"
He's rushing our call and I want to believe it's because he's in the middle of a consultation with a new restaurateur. My heart is telling me that's not it at all.
"I was hoping we could see each other tomorrow night if you're still coming back then." I don't want to sound needy but Alexa is right, I have to tell him about the scar before this goes any further.
"I'll be there." I can sense the smile on his face.
"Your flight is still a go? There isn't a weather delay?"
"Nope," he says quickly. "It's a beautiful day here."
My heart drops in my chest. "The sun is shining?" I ask the question carefully not wanting him to detect anything unusual in my voice.
"Not a cloud in the sky," he retorts. "I've got to get back to the meeting. I'll pick you up at eight tomorrow night."
"Sure," I say faintly before the line goes dead.
Chapter 16
"I missed you." He brushes his lips against mine.
I retreat quickly from the kiss as I pull the door closed behind me. "How was your trip?"
"Boring." He laughs as he takes my hand in his to walk towards his car.
"Your flight back was good?" My thoughts have been so scattered since our phone conversation yesterday that I don't know what to say. We're not in a relationship. We had sex once. I don't have a right to question him about Denver, do I? How can I possibly ask him what's going on when I haven't been completely candid with him either?
"Great. I slept most of the way so I'm full of energy." He runs his lips across my neck.
He wants to make love tonight. He wants to help me feel pleasure and all I can think about is who he was giving that same pleasure to last night.
"I need to tell you something." I pull back from his kiss. I can't think straight if he's so close to me. He looks so inviting, dressed in a grey suit and black dress shirt. I hadn't planned on the evening lasting long so my jeans and blue short sleeved sweater seem out of place.
"Let's go to my place and we can talk." He opens the door to his car and I silently slide into the passenger seat.
I wait for him to sit next to me before I speak again. "We can't make love tonight."
"We can't?" He reaches for my hand, cradling it in his before he brings it to his lips. "That's fine, sunshine."
I feel deflated as he drops my hand onto my lap. Of course he doesn't care if we make love. He fucked someone else last night in some unnamed city. He was likely with her when I called him. Why is this so upsetting to me? What did I expect from this? He owes me nothing. Nothing. As the car races away from the curb in front of my parent's home I wish that I had confided in Alexa about my call to him yesterday. Why had I pretended everything was good? She would have known what I should say to him.
He sings along to the radio as he pilots the car through the crowded streets of the city. "Do you want to pick up some dinner before we get to my place or should we order in?"
"I'm not hungry." I don't volunteer why.
"That works for me." His gaze doesn't break from the road. "We'll be at my place in five."
My heart is pounding. He has no idea what's about to happen. I don't know if I should bring up my scar first or the fact that I know he wasn't in Denver. Do I even have a right to mention Denver? Why did I agree to be his fuck buddy? My heart is already invested. I'm supposed to protect this heart at all costs.
I
"Sure thing," she says as she lies back down to soak in more rays.
I close the patio door behind me before I press the call button. I take in a heavy breath as I wait for him to answer.
"Hunter Reynolds," he says into the phone.
"Hey, it's me."
He doesn't respond right away. Instead I hear muted footsteps and the distinctive click of a door closing shut.
"Sunshine. What a surprise." His voice is barely more than a whisper now. I push the button to increase the volume of the call.
"Am I interrupting you?"
"I was just in a meeting." He doesn't offer more than that. "I'm happy you called. What do you need?"
He's rushing our call and I want to believe it's because he's in the middle of a consultation with a new restaurateur. My heart is telling me that's not it at all.
"I was hoping we could see each other tomorrow night if you're still coming back then." I don't want to sound needy but Alexa is right, I have to tell him about the scar before this goes any further.
"I'll be there." I can sense the smile on his face.
"Your flight is still a go? There isn't a weather delay?"
"Nope," he says quickly. "It's a beautiful day here."
My heart drops in my chest. "The sun is shining?" I ask the question carefully not wanting him to detect anything unusual in my voice.
"Not a cloud in the sky," he retorts. "I've got to get back to the meeting. I'll pick you up at eight tomorrow night."
"Sure," I say faintly before the line goes dead.
Chapter 16
"I missed you." He brushes his lips against mine.
I retreat quickly from the kiss as I pull the door closed behind me. "How was your trip?"
"Boring." He laughs as he takes my hand in his to walk towards his car.
"Your flight back was good?" My thoughts have been so scattered since our phone conversation yesterday that I don't know what to say. We're not in a relationship. We had sex once. I don't have a right to question him about Denver, do I? How can I possibly ask him what's going on when I haven't been completely candid with him either?
"Great. I slept most of the way so I'm full of energy." He runs his lips across my neck.
He wants to make love tonight. He wants to help me feel pleasure and all I can think about is who he was giving that same pleasure to last night.
"I need to tell you something." I pull back from his kiss. I can't think straight if he's so close to me. He looks so inviting, dressed in a grey suit and black dress shirt. I hadn't planned on the evening lasting long so my jeans and blue short sleeved sweater seem out of place.
"Let's go to my place and we can talk." He opens the door to his car and I silently slide into the passenger seat.
I wait for him to sit next to me before I speak again. "We can't make love tonight."
"We can't?" He reaches for my hand, cradling it in his before he brings it to his lips. "That's fine, sunshine."
I feel deflated as he drops my hand onto my lap. Of course he doesn't care if we make love. He fucked someone else last night in some unnamed city. He was likely with her when I called him. Why is this so upsetting to me? What did I expect from this? He owes me nothing. Nothing. As the car races away from the curb in front of my parent's home I wish that I had confided in Alexa about my call to him yesterday. Why had I pretended everything was good? She would have known what I should say to him.
He sings along to the radio as he pilots the car through the crowded streets of the city. "Do you want to pick up some dinner before we get to my place or should we order in?"
"I'm not hungry." I don't volunteer why.
"That works for me." His gaze doesn't break from the road. "We'll be at my place in five."
My heart is pounding. He has no idea what's about to happen. I don't know if I should bring up my scar first or the fact that I know he wasn't in Denver. Do I even have a right to mention Denver? Why did I agree to be his fuck buddy? My heart is already invested. I'm supposed to protect this heart at all costs.
I
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