Page 139 of The Plan

“That’s my favorite part.” I turn my head a bit and pull her to me by her waist.

“Tongue kisses are not taking it slow.” She gives me a pointed look, which I return.

“I can tongue kiss you very slowly, Vidia.”

She rolls her eyes at me as she bites her lip. I hold her chin, and with my thumb, I drag her lip from between her teeth. She looks up at me through her thick lashes as I lean down, taking her bottom lip between my teeth and lightly sucking on it. She said no tongue, nothing about this. Slowly, I release her lip and lean into her completely. Our lips meet, and I soak inthe moment. As tempting as it is, I keep my tongue to myself. When I pull away, she still has her eyes closed, and maybe I’m imagining it, but it’s like she didn’t want the kiss to end just yet.

“So, what movie did you pick for us to watch?”

She looks up at me through hazy eyes and boldly says, “Forget what I said about slow.”

I throw my head back, laughing. Her mind changed that quickly and without tongue?

“Uh uh.” I take her hand and lead her to her couch. “It’s too late to change your mind,” I tease, and we both flop down on her couch. When I look over at her, she has her legs crossed and is tapping her knee.

“What are you thinking about?” I have a few guesses, but I want to hear her say it. She looks over at me with a smirk.

“You.”

“What about me?”

“I can show you what I’m thinking.” She leans over, and my eyes flick down to her mouth as she licks her lips. She leans in a bit more but then grabs the control in the middle of us and leans back.

“But you said I can’t change my mind.”

I bite the inside of my cheek and roll my eyes at her. Little shit. I let out a slightly frustrated sigh, and she tries to hold back a laugh.

“Oh, so you don’t like it, but it was okay when you did it?”

“Put your movie on, Vidia.” She laughs, and we watch the movie in comfortable silence.

“Are you sure you’re goodto stay here alone?” I fix Isa on my shoulder as Vidia opens the door for us.

“I’m fine, Sire. I need to be able to be here alone.” I don’t believe her. She said it herself last night that she didn’t want to be here alone, but she’s right. She needs to get used to being alone in her own place again.

“Okay.” I don’t walk out just yet and turn to face her. “Tonight was the perfect first date, by the way.”

She looks down at the floor and kicks her feet a bit. I love how nervous she still gets around me.

“What are you doing tomorrow?”

I almost tell her I’ll be free tomorrow, but then I remember I made plans that I can’t reschedule. “I’m hanging out with my sister, but I’ll see you on Monday,” I reassure her, but Vid looks a bit confused, so I remind her what Monday is.

“At our physical therapy session or check-up? Whatever it is.” I think it’s just a follow-up, but as Vid remembers, she shakes her head.

“Oh yeah, about that.” She hesitates before going on.

“What?” I lean against the door frame.

“We’re not going to have our next two check-ups at the office anymore.” I feel a crease grow in my brows. “I took on this other patient, but since I was booked, I switched out your sessions for him.”

I open my mouth to respond, but she quickly beats me to it. “I know I should have communicated that with you, but I honestly forgot, and he was super sweet and has been trying to get an appointment with me for months. Plus, you—”

“Vid, it’s fine.” I lightly laugh at how quick she is to explain herself. “I don’t think I need the follow-up, but if I do, you can just do it whenever we’re together. I just liked having an excuse to see you at work,” I admit, and she smiles.

“We can spend my lunch breaks together.” She gets on her tippy toes to kiss me, but I move my head, so she kisses my cheek instead.

“Taking it slow, remember?” I tease, and she laughs.

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