Page 83 of No Interest in Love

She shakes her head again. Her hands go up to cover her cheeks. “This is the most embarrassing way to ruin a moment.”

“Honestly, two more seconds and I’d have ruined it.”

She peeks between her fingers. “Huh?”

“Never mind.” I gently start moving her, but she grabs onto my shoulders.

“Oh…please don’t move.”

“That bad, huh?” I can’t stop laughing, and it must be bad because she’s not bossing me around to keep my mouth shut.

“I don’t think I should’ve had that last chicken wing.”

“I don’t think you should’ve had the last ten.”

“Ughnnn,” she groans, and slowly falls back to the floor. I adjust her legs because they don’t look all that comfortable.

“All right, binger,” I say, crouching to my feet, “let’s get you to bed.”

“I’m fine.” She bats at my hands as I try to pick her up.

“I know. But I want to.”

Her arms slip around my shoulders, and I hoist her up, using the wall and Shay’s strength to keep from falling to my ass. She’s small but sturdy, and she rarely lets me take control, even when I’m carrying her. So the five-second journey’s tougher than I imagined it would be, but I don’t mind it. I like putting in a little extra effort.

“Careful on the landing,” she mutters as I start lowering her. I get about three inches from the mattress before I lose my balance and she drops to the bed. She moans, gripping a pillow and stuffing half her face in it.

“Need a bucket?”

“Oh, it’s not that type of food baby.”

I chuckle and make sure there’s a clear path to the bathroom before kicking off my shoes once more. After tapping off all the lights minus one, I make my way to the bed and pull back the sheets.

“You’re staying?” she asks, looking over her shoulder at me.

“If that’s okay.”

Her mouth pulls into a teasing grin and then she cuddles back with her pillow. “You know, some people would classify this as the beginning of acommittedrelationship.”

“Really?” I settle my head onto my own pillow. “Why’s that?”

“Choosing to spend the night when there is absolutelynochance of sex. Well, anymore.”

“Anymore?” I grin up at the ceiling. “There was chance of sex?”

“Oh yeah.” Her body shakes slightly with amusement. “What’d you think we were doing?”

Good thing I didn’t go off, then. But I’m gonna have to prep the boys if sex is on the table in the near future.

“Hmm…I’ve never been cock-blocked by indigestion before.”

She curses in Korean, covering her blushing cheeks. It’s the most adorable she’s been yet.

“Hey…” I grin, leaning over and pulling her hands down. “I’ve seen more sides of you this week than couples have seen of each other over the course of years. And I’m still into you.”

There’s a few silent beats before she takes a deep breath and twists under the covers to face me.

“Will you still say that in the morning?”

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