Page 40 of My Silver Lining

Well, hearing him say it like that was a little mortifying.

“No. What I’m saying is that I was feeling something tonight. Even with that lame kiss you gave me on the dance floor… I don’t know,” I chuckled. “You’re sexy and attractive, and we don’t have to cross the line to have some fun, right?”

He smiled, and my stomach flipped.

I was not a girl who got the tummy flutters from a guy.

But here I was, fluttering away.

“All right. But just like our original deal, there has to be something in it for me, too, right? This can’t all be one-sided.”

I raised a brow. “You get to think about my perfect tits, remember?”

“I remember. And I’ll do that on my own. But if I’m going to have an audience, I think you should sweeten the pot.”

Interesting.

“How would you suggest I do that?”

“Take a shower with me. Make yourself feel good, and I’ll do the same. We’ll do it together.”

“You’re joking.”

“You asked me if you could watch me get off in the shower, and you find it offensive that I want to do the same?” His voice was gruff, his chest pressed against mine.

“No touching,” I said.

“No problem. Seeing you will be more than enough.” His tongue swiped along his bottom lip.

Dear God. Have I ever been this turned on?

“We never discuss this. We wake up tomorrow and put on a show for my family, and it never happens again.”

“There’s nothing to talk about. It’s not like it’s something we both haven’t done before. We’re just doing it at the same time. Chances are we’ve done it at the same time at some point in our life before; we just weren’t in the same room.”

“The same shower, you mean,” I said.

Why was I panting?

“Listen, we’re two good-looking people pretending to date, and we’re not with anyone else. We’re not crossing any lines. We’re just going to enjoy a friendly shower. Tomorrow you can go back to being annoyed with me, and I’ll do the same.”

“I can easily do that tomorrow.”

“All right, then, let’s do this,” he said.

I turned and walked to the shower. I could do this. I was a twenty-eight-year-old woman. I hadn’t had sex in close to a year and a half.

I was just going to take a shower, and he was going to shower at the same time.

I was a conscientious environmentalist anyway.

Why waste the water on two showers?

I was doing my part to protect the ecosystem and wildlife habitat.

That’s what I was doing.

Taking one for the team.

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