Page 48 of It's Always Been You

Travis rubbed his index finger repeatedly on his lips, like he was struggling to say something. “Ah . . . sunshine, we haven’t talked about the last time we almost had sex.”

Caitlin dropped his hand and looked away. She could feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment. “What about it?”

“First of all, living with you is not a nightmare,” Travis said. “Far from it. Sharing a life with you is all I’ve ever dreamed about, Cat.”

“I twisted things out of proportion.”

“Look at me.” A gentle yet firm command.

Caitlin stared up at him. He lowered his head slightly. “You are never a nightmare. Living without you is. I’ve beenin limbo, babe. You’ve brought the pulse back into my blood. Without you, it’s just this sludge of dead nothing.”

“Travis—”

“I’m going to make you my wife in every way, Cat.” His eyes grew heated. “We were interrupted by a . . . er technical difficulty. I’m about to rectify that.”

“I’m not sure I follow.”

“Dr. Ryan is stopping by tomorrow morning,” Travis said.

“She was just here the other day.”

“It wasn’t appropriate at that time to ask her to put you on birth control when you weren’t aware—”

“You’re damn right it wasn’t,” Caitlin muttered, glaring at Travis.

He huffed an irritated breath. “That’s why I didn’t tell her to give you a birth control shot—”

“I was out of it. She needs my consent.” She stood on tiptoes for emphasis, her nose almost touching his. “Cognizant consent. Not a drug-induced one.”

“Damn it, that’s what I’m telling you—”

“Are you telling me I was lying there, half unconscious, and all you could think about was sticking your cock inside me?” When the words left her mouth, she actually felt a twitch between her legs.

A ruddy color crept up Travis’s neck.

“Of course not.” His voice was an indignant growl. “I just want . . . to be prepared.”

“Quite the Boy Scout, aren’t you?”

“Caitlin—”

“I can’t believe you didn’t have condoms.”

“I didn’t need them. I told you why,” Travis replied stiffly.

She still couldn’t wrap her head around how a man as virile as Travis could stay celibate for so long. Actually, it was endearing.

“I have them now.”

“How? When did you even have time to get them? You were around me the entire time.”

“I have my ways.”

“Tell me you didn’t tell Sam to go buy them.”

“Of course not.”

“Nate?”

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