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“I’m staying the night,” Gwen told her. “Who else is going to keep you safe? Carly? She’s tiny.”
“Oh, God. Carly… Where is she? Did you drop her off at Molly’s?”
Gwen kissed Juliet’s lips quickly and moved to the back door.
“I told you that someone really wanted to see you.” She opened the door, and Carly jumped out, with her leash attached to her collar. “I didn’t just mean me.”
“Carly!” Juliet knelt down and gave her dog some attention, excited and happy to see her, but she looked up at Gwen. “You did this for me? Thank you.”
“No problem. I figured we could just stay tonight, but I don’t want you to get in trouble with the hotel for having a dog in there.”
“What about work? What are you missing to be here?”
Gwen smiled as Juliet stood and said, “Nothing at all. Everything I want is here.”
Juliet leaned in and kissed her, deepening the kiss almost instantly, before she said, “You are the best girlfriend in the world.”
“I’m even better because I picked up dinner when I got off the highway. There’s this soup and salad place that serves healthy food, and there’s also a burger joint right next to it. I got a burger for you in case you need protein, but I got a few salads and some other stuff, too. Does your room have a mini fridge?”
“Yeah, that’s aboutallit has.”
“Then, I’ll stock you up for lunch and dinner tomorrow with soups and salads, so you’ll at least have something decent to eat. I got a few bottles of water and some juices and stuff, too. No coffee, though.”
“You did all that?”
“Not a big deal.” Gwen shrugged a shoulder. “I was worried about you.” She cupped Juliet’s cheek.
“I’m a little worried about me, too. Come on. Let’s get her inside. Does she need to pee?”
“Probably. I’ll just let her do that first.” Gwen took the leash. “Can you let us in through your room, and I’ll bring her in and grab my stuff and dinner?”
“Yeah, sure.”
Juliet kissed her quickly and jogged back to the conference room door. Letting herself in, she packed up her stuff and left the items for the next class in the room for tomorrow, closing the door behind her and walking the few steps to her room. In there, she dropped her bag onto the desk and made her way to the sliding glass door, unlocking it and pulling it open just in time for Gwen to look up and see her. Carly ran toward her then, and Juliet was so happy to see her that she knelt down and picked her up, removing her leash and hugging her tightly before she put her in the bathroom for a minute, with the door mostly closed, so that she could help Gwen bring in all the stuff from the car.
“Okay. Salad or burger?”
“You,” Juliet said once the door was closed and Carly had wriggled her way out of the bathroom on her own.
She moved into Gwen’s space and made sure that the door was locked and the curtains were drawn before she pulled at Gwen’s shirt.
“No way. You have to eat. You’re starving.”
“We’ll get to that,” Juliet replied. “I want you first. You think you’re not getting lucky after what you did for me today?”
Gwen smirked at her, rolled her eyes, and let Juliet remove her shirt.
“Are you wearing a sports bra right now? I didn’t see you get dressed this morning.”
“Yes,” Juliet replied and held her arms up.
Gwen yanked the shirt off her body and had her hands on the button of Juliet’s khakis next. Those were gone within seconds, along with Juliet’s shoes and socks somehow, and Gwen, still almost fully clothed, pushed Juliet onto the bed. Having climbed and settled on top of her, Gwen kissed her deeply before her mouth traveled down to Juliet’s nipples, and she tasted them through the fabric. She moved down Juliet’s body, pulled off her underwear, and stepped out of her own clothes while Juliet removed her last article and lay there naked.
“Last night was slow,” Gwen noted.
“Yes,” she replied, spreading her legs.
“Fast?”
