Page 163 of Full Mountie

“And—”

“Hey, Hot Stuff, settle down for a second. I don’t need you to play real estate agent for me, but I appreciate the offer of help.”

Her lips pull together in a surprised O.

I give her a weak smile. “What I really needed was someone to hear it from me first. To say it out loud. I’m being traded. Now that I’ve done that, I can move forward. It’ll be fine.”

She nods weakly. “Right.”

We sit in silence for a bit. Then I give her a half-smile. “Sorry for calling you Hot Stuff.”

“It’s better than calling me a bitch.”

Ah, so she hadn’t missed that. “I stopped myself.”

“It was in your head, though.”

“Not really. No, seriously, I don’t think you’re…Jesus, Sasha, I promise you I don’t think you’re a bitch, not in a bad way. I think you’re made of steel and you fucking turn me on like crazy when you pop your claws out.”

Her eyes are huge now, and I do a quick mental replay of what I just said. Aw, shit.

“Ignore me,” I say after clearing my throat. “I tend to just say shit like that.”

“One night.”

“Pardon?”

She looks outside, then back at me. “One afternoon.”

“I don’t follow.” Except I think I do, and I think I’m in, but Sasha moves faster than I do.

“Never mind.”

“You’re talking about sex? I’m in.”

She holds up her index finger. “I want it officially noted that I still don’t like you.”

“Noted.”

“And you’re okay with that?”

I grin. “Hot Stuff, I’m more than okay with that. If you want to tell me that you hate me while I’m balls deep inside you, you’ll feel just how much I don’t mind that kind of smack talk.”

“This is a terrible idea,” she whispers.

I stand up and peel off my t-shirt.

She nods, a wobbly, disbelieving, am-I-really-doing-this-with-him head bob. Then she points to the bedroom.

One afternoon.

Then I’m moving across the country.

What could go wrong?

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