Page 61 of Wanting the Winger

“You need help getting in?”I ask her.

Dex jumps out of the car first.“Nah, I’ve got her.This ain’t our first rodeo.”

Mara doesn’t get out of the car.It’s more of a flow.She just bursts out of it, landing on her hands and knees and immediately puking on the sidewalk.

“I’m fine!”She puts a palm out.“Carry on.Thanks for a great night.”

“You’re such a professional,” Suki calls out.“Love you!Go crawl in bed.”

Dex gets her on her feet and they head for the front door of her building, her head slumped on his shoulder as he supports her weight with an arm around her back.

“You might be getting lucky tonight, Mr.Stanton,” Suki tells Carter.

“I’m lucky every day I’m married to you.”

“Aw, babe, you’re making me reconsider swallowing.”

Lainey is shaking with silent laughter next to me.I shake my head.

It’s a relief to finally drop them off a few minutes later.

“Think they’ll make it inside before they start going at it?”I ask Lainey.

“I’m like fifty-fifty on that.”

She’s so damn beautiful.Her eyes are the shade of emeralds and her smile is enough to turn a shitty day into a great one.I just look at her for a few seconds, knowing I want to see her face every day, whether she’s laughing or crying.Furious or overjoyed.

“Tonight was perfect,” she whispers.“Other than...you know, the gas station bathroom stop.”

I cup her cheek.“It was perfect.I don’t want a woman with a cast iron stomach.I want you.”

She puts a hand on my knee.“I want you, too.I don’t think I ever stopped wanting you.”

“It’s not happening tonight.”

Her expression falls.“I think I could?—”

“Nope.We’re getting our pajamas on and watching TV in bed.”

She bites her lower lip, and I wonder what she’s thinking about.Waking up together?That’s what I’m thinking about.

“There was a study that found people’s eye blinking patterns synchronize with scene changes when they watch TV in bed.Isn’t that crazy?”

A grin spreads across my face.“I love you, Lainey.You’re not like anyone else.There’s only one perfect Delaney Morris in this world, and I’m so in love with you.I’m sorry it took me so long to chase after you the way you deserve.”

A bright-pink flush covers her cheeks.“What if the sex is disappointing?”

I laugh heartily at that.“It won’t be.I’m fully expecting you to stop me in the middle to tell me about a recent study done on sex hormones.”

She laughs.“I could wait until after, unless I was bored out of my mind.”

I slide an arm around her back and the other behind her knees, pulling her onto my lap.“You won’t be.”

She rests her forehead against mine, her lips an inch from my mouth as she speaks softly.

“I like that you’re sweet and attentive.I love it.You made me feel special tonight.But when we’re in bed, I want your primal side.”

I was hard from the moment I put her on my lap, but now my balls tighten to an ache.She just ruined my plans to make love to her gently, and I’m fucking beside myself with excitement.

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