Page 46 of Keep On Loving You

She groaned when he got to his feet and gently led her back to the bed, where he pushed her softly to the fluffy duvet.

“I think this could work out quite well.”

“I think you might be right.” As long as it meant having Kat in his bed, in his arms and just like this for the next six months, Andy couldn’t see any flaw with their arrangement.

At least none he was willing to entertain at that particular moment.

Andy reached for the condom he’d remembered to bring upstairs with him and made short work of sheathing himself before he pushed her legs apart and moved between them.

“One more thing.” She stopped him moments before he sank into her sweet heat.

With his arms braced, holding him up, he waited.

“We have to promise…” Kat bit her bottom lip and tried again. “We can never…well, it can’t ever be anything more than this, Andy.”

Her words speared him in the chest, but he swallowed hard.

“Promise?”

He couldn’t answer. It was an impossible request, because he already knew it was a promise he couldn’t keep. Instead, he kissed her until she was once more moaning into his mouth, as he buried himself deeply inside her.

Exactly where he needed to be.

Chapter Seventeen

“I cannot getover how damn good it smells in here.” Andy stopped and inhaled deeply before laughing and walking all the way into the Sugar Shack. “I don’t know how you work in this environment and aren’t five hundred pounds.” He greeted his best friend with a shake and half hug with a clap on the back.

“We totally should have met at the Bean Bag. At least then it’s only the cinnamon buns I’m trying to resist instead of…” He scanned the display case of ice cream flavors before tapping on the glass. “Peanut butter brownie?” Andy looked up at Craig. “Is that a new flavor?”

“I just brought it out for testing a few days ago. Want to try?”

“You know I do.”

Craig chuckled and scooped out a portion into a cup before joining Andy on the other side of the counter. “Theleast I can do is provide you with free ice cream. We all really appreciate you being there for Kat right now.”

A flash of guilt flared through him, and Andy busied himself with a spoon full of the delicious treat so he didn’t have to respond. The truth was hehadbeen there for Kat. Every single night since they’d gone bungee jumping together, and most mornings, too.

The chemistry between them had been impossible to ignore. If Andy thought that their hot and heavy session in the front seat of his car would be enough to finally get her out of his system and go back tojust friends, he was sadly mistaken.

Or not so sadly, because they’d been having a lot more fun as friends with benefits, orhappy for right nowor whatever it was they were to each other.

“You’re the only reason I’m not beating her door down right now.”

Andy choked on his ice cream. “What?”

Craig shook his head. “Kat’s been avoiding us all since the meeting. No one’s spoken to her, and she hasn’t told any of us about the list or what it says.”

That surprised him. Kat and her siblings were close. More so than any other family he knew. Especially since their father died.

“Wait. So you haven’t seen the list at all?”

Craig shook his head.

“You have no idea what’s on it or what’s required of her for the next six months?”

Again, Craig shook his head. “I supposeyoudo?”

Andy put his spoon down and pushed his cup away. Hehadseen the list. But not right away.

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