Page 30 of Keep On Loving You

The next morning,when Kat made her way downstairs, besides a lingering ache in her wrist and a few bumps and bruises, she was surprised to find that she didn’t feel nearly as rough as she thought she might.

The dream she’d had featuring Andy in her bed finally doing all the things he’d promised her while they’d been in the bathtub probably had something to do with the smile on her face as she walked into the kitchen.

“It looks like someone is feeling better.” Andy crossed the room toward her, a cup of coffee in his hand. “You slept well?”

“Those pills Charli gave me really knocked me out.” She stopped short of telling him about her dream.

He handed her the cup of coffee. “Still one sugar, two cream?”

Kat nodded. “Thank you. I can’t remember the last time someone made me coffee.”

Andy hesitated, and for a moment Kat wondered whether he was thinking about how many men may or may not have spent the night in her house. Of course, she was probably overthinking it. Andy wasn’t like that.Theyweren’t like that.

“Well, I guess it pays to have me as a roommate.” He winked at her before moving a safe distance away. “At least, a temporary one anyway.”

She had no problem with having Andy as a roommate, especially if it meant that her dream might actually become reality. Finally. “Have you heard from Craig this morning? I hope they’re feeling better. I’m sure you’d like to visit them too while you’re in town.” She shook her head and laughed a little. “I mean, I didn’t mean to imply you’d come to visit me. I know that’s?—”

“You know I always like to visit you, Kitty Kat.”

Something inside her melted a little the way it always did when Andy used her nickname.

“But I was thinking.” His voice suddenly turned serious. He leaned up against the counter and crossed his arms. “This…thingwe’re doing. I…” He dropped his head and took a breath while Kat held hers.

She knew what was coming next.

“It’s not a good idea, Kitty Kat.”

And there it was. She’d known from the very first time they’d kissed in his apartment that this conversation was inevitable but secretly she’d been hoping maybe they could put it off a little longer.

She took another sip of her hot coffee and let him continue.

“It’s dangerous,” Andy said. “I mean, if Craig were to find out…if any of them found out, I…well, you know they’d freak out.”

She nodded, because it was true. Shit would well and truly hit the fan if any of her siblings, but especially Craig, found out that she’d been fooling around with Andy.

“I just think maybe we should cool it a little bit,” he continued. “Especially because?—”

“Is this about Jess?” She hadn’t meant to blurt it out, and once she did, she wished she could take it back, especially when the grin crossed his handsome face.

“So you were listening last night?”

She shrugged, trying a little too late for casual. “I was in and out of sleep. But I heard you promise Charli you’d call her.”

Andy nodded slowly and chuckled a little to himself. “Well, it’s not about Jess. Not really. But?—”

“It’s okay if it is,” Kat added quickly. “Because you’re right. We need to stop…” She waved her cast between them. “Whatever this is. We don’t need Craig losing his shit over something that doesn’t mean anything.”

For a moment, she thought Andy might say something else.

Instead, he nodded once and clapped his hands together. “Good. I’m glad you agree. Because I did call Jess, but it’s not what?—”

The sharp ring of Kat’s phone interrupted them. It wasprobably for the best because despite how she was trying to pretend otherwise, shedidcare if he called Jess, and the last thing she needed was to hear all the details.

Kat pulled her cell phone from her back pocket. “It’s Charli.” She pressed the button to accept the call and put a smile in her voice.

“Good morning, big sis.”

“Someone sounds like they’re feeling better.”

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