Page 194 of After All This Time

He shakes his head, flattening his lips. “Nope, I asked Bella to take you because she ended up booking an appointment fairly close to the time when yours is.”

“Why the hell did you take my shirt off then if you knew we weren’t going to end up doing anything?” The corner of my lip quirks up, eyebrows furrowing.

“Why not?” A wicked smirk spreads across his lips.

I laugh, flipping him off.

Sliding off the bed, I rummage through my suitcase for something to wear. My eyes land on a dress I don’t remember packing. A white lace mini dress with a flared skirt.

I take it out, presenting it to Noah. “Did you sneak this into my suitcase?”

His mouth shifts to one side of his face. “Maybe.”

“Noah!” I raise my voice, narrowing my eyes.

“Yes, I snuck it in your suitcase. I want you to wear it today.”

“Why?”

“It’s one of my favorite dresses you own and you look like a Greek goddess when you wear it.”

This is the dress I wore to my release day event for Balancing Act at Sweet & Salty. Guess it’s been ingrained in his brain since then.

I scrunch my nose, rolling my eyes. “Fine, I’ll wear it.” After I slip into my dress, I stretch out the strings in the back. “Can you tie me up?”

“Oh, I’d love to tie you up,” Noah says as he wets his lips with his tongue.

“The strings to secure my dress, dumbass.”

He grabs onto the strings and crisscrosses them into each other, tightening them so my dress is secured. “Is that good?”

“Uh-huh.”

He secures me by placing his hands on my hips, moving my hair so he can kiss the back of my neck.

Once he’s done, his eyes start at my legs and work up to my face.

BELLA

BELLA

Waiting in front of your house

ME

i’m coming!

BELLA

You better be

I cross my arms underneath my breasts. “Are you seriously fucking me with your eyes right now?”

“It’s hard not to when you look like this, especially how you look in this dress.”

Rolling my eyes, I giggle. “I’m going.”

Before I can walk out of the bedroom, Noah grabs me by my hand and pulls me by my waist, cupping my face with his hands to kiss me.

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