Page 66 of Cowboy of Convenience
Evelyn shifted around, fighting against an odd feeling of too much. Too much fullness. Too much sensation. Too much—
Emotion. Vulnerability.
Sex had always been so easy. So simple. A means to an end.
This was none of those things.
Grady’s eyes moved over her face. “Talk to me, Ev. Tell me what’s going on in that pretty head of yours.”
“Nothing.” She squirmed, not sure if she was trying to get closer or trying to get away. “I’m fine.”
Grady shook his head. “This is not the way a woman who’s fine and enjoying herself acts.” He slowly eased away, freeing his body from hers.
“Wait. Where are you going?” Evelyn grabbed at him as he moved toward the edge of the bed. “I thought we were going to—”
“You thought I was just going to shove my dick in you until I got off?” Grady peeled the condom free. “Because you keep tryin’ to get me to do that, but I’m gonna tell you it’s not ever gonna happen.” He ducked into the bathroom and came back, fully focused on her. “I can get myself off, Sweetheart. I don’t need you to do that.”
Her jaw went slack. “But—”
“No buts.” Grady reached the bed, one hand fisting the blankets and dragging them down, sliding the sheet and comforter under her body. He climbed in, pulling her close before burying his nose in the pile of her hair. “We do it right or we don’t do it at all.”
“That’s a little all or nothing.” She wasn’t mad. She was… something else.
Something that was a little difficult to identify.
“Not true. That wasn’t nothing.” Grady nuzzled closer. “We played This Little Piggy.”
Evelyn snorted, one hand coming up to press against her eyes, trying to stop the bite of tears trying to leak free. “I hope you’re not considering that foreplay.”
Grady’s lips moved close to ear. “Sweetheart, I consider everything with you foreplay.” He tucked her close. “Now go to sleep.”
That was easier said than done considering what just happened. And what didn’t.
It changed everything. Changed her.
Changed them.
Because there was no longer any way to avoid admitting it. Somehow, she’d gone and accidentally fallen in love with Grady Haynes.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
GRADY
“YOU READY FOR this?” Grady glanced at Evelyn as they pulled into the driveway of her house.
“No, but I don’t have any clothes and I can’t really teach a class and go to the hospital in this, so I guess I’m going to have to suck it up.” She slumped down in her seat with a little pout that made her look cute as hell.
Or maybe it was that she was wearing a pair of his sweatpants and one of his favorite T-shirts that made her look cute as hell. Regardless of the reason, Evelyn had been adorably grumpy since they woke up, and he was enjoying it a little too much. He’d never seen a woman so put out over a man making her wait to have sex.
But to be fair, he’d never made a woman wait to have sex.
Grady parked and they walked up to the porch hand-in-hand. Evelyn’s steps slowed more and more as they got closer to the door until he was practically dragging her across the porch. He used the key he’d taken from under the mat to unlock the deadbolt then took a deep breath before opening the door.
And once again Gram-Gram left them stunned.
“Uhh.” Evelyn’s mouth hung open. “What is all this?”
Gram-Gram stood from where she sat in the chair she’d victimized the night before, a clipboard in her hands. “This is for your wedding.” She motioned to where Bernard sat with Dick Church, the mayor of Moss Creek. “I’m sure you know Mayor Church.”
