Page 40 of Wedding Bet

As he held my hand, we fell into a comfortable silence. Shockingly comfortable, actually. I was practiced at holding a conversation after years in business meetings, but with Jamie I didn’t feel like I had to do any of that.

He accepted me. Even when I tried and failed to bullshit him. Even when I was cagey and independent.

I felt like myself around him.

I hadn’t even realized I’d nodded off, but when I woke up my cock was so hard it ached. I woke up to the feeling of Jamie’s fingers slowly slipping away from my own and the weight on the bed shifting as he stood up. It was like every cell in my bodycraved him so much that it physically hurt as I felt him moving away.

I hummed, my eyelids still heavy from sleep. I reached out, grabbing Jamie’s hand again and pulling him back toward the bed.

“Please,” I murmured.

“I want you to get good sleep tonight—”

“I hate sleeping alone,” I blurted out. I was half asleep and couldn’t hold back the truth any longer, and there was no one else in the world I’d have rather been with more right now. “I hate it more than anything. So if youdowant to stay, I’ll sleep better than I have in months.”

He paused for a moment, the tension hanging in the air between us. “Are you sure about that? Or did you just wake up in the middle of some dream, and you’re going to regret this all tomorrow?”

I pulled in a deep breath, sitting up in bed and looking up at him. Hell, if I’d been on the floor instead of in bed, I would have felt like I was begging him.

Don’t say it.

Don’t. Say it.

“I don’t think I could regret a single moment with you.”

My heart felt ten sizes too big for my chest. I knew he might still walk away, and I was prepared for that reality.

Jamie bit his bottom lip for a moment, hesitating. But then he reached for his waistband and slowly slid off his pants before getting in under the covers on the other side of the bed. He reached over and turned off the lamp on the side table.

“I couldn’t regret anything with you, either,” he said softly.

My heart swelled.

Suddenly, we were in the dark. The only light coming in the room was filtering through the sheer curtains in front of the window.

A thousand different feelings churned through me all at once. I felt the heat of Jamie’s body in the bed next to me, and every doubt and hesitation flew out the window. I couldn’t care about holding back. Not right now.

He hummed as I got up close to him and put my arm around his body, pulling him against my chest.

“How do you feel so good?” he whispered, and I could feel the slight low vibration of his voice up against the front of my body.

“You feel so good, too,” I told him.

“Can I tell you a secret?” he said.

“Please. I want to know everything.”

“I loved kissing you earlier.”

My heart fluttered.

“I’m glad, Jamie.”

“And I want to do it again.”

He turned in bed and in the dim light coming through the window, I could see the outline of his face. His plush lips, and the sweetest look on his face.

A sweet look that also went straight to my cock.

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