Page 59 of Welcome to Forever
Chapter 15
It’d been a week since she and Micah had sex for the first time. It hadn’t been the last time, though. In that week, they’d somehow managed to meet every day, or night, to take advantage of their agreement. Sex. No strings. Just plain, feel-damn-good pleasure.
Kat looked up from her desk and sighed at the image of Val.
“You’re still going to tell me that nothing happened?” Val asked, hands on her hips, obviously not buying Kat’s outright lie. “Fine, don’t tell me. I know what’s going on.”
“You only think you do,” Kat called to Val’s back as she headed into the front office. With her friend gone, Kat smiled to herself. Yep, she was enjoying herself and no one else needed to know—that would only complicate things. Micah had a son that was his first priority, as Ben should be, and she…well, she still had one leg stuck in the past and he didn’t seem to mind.
Kat stared at the ring on her finger and sucked in a deep breath. Then, she slipped it off. The band resisted a little, and she had to twist it and give a hard yank. When it was off, she set it on her desk and stared at it, remembering when she’d first seen it in the velvet box that John had presented to her. When her friends had gotten engaged before her, she’d pretended to fawn over their rings like they were the most special things she’d ever seen. They never were though. Not in her eyes. It was always just another diamond, maybe cut differently or shinier than others, but a diamond just the same.
But she’d understood when she opened the box from John and saw this one for the first time. Her heart had swelled in her chest and her fingers had shook as he’d slipped the ring on her left hand. She’d sworn at that very moment that she’d never take it off.
Kat unclasped the gold chain she wore around her neck and slid her diamond engagement ring on it. Before she could change her mind, she clasped the chain with the ring attached back in place.
There.She’d taken another tiny step forward.
Val cleared her throat, standing back in Kat’s doorway with an expectant look.
“Still not talking,” Kat said.
Val crossed her arms. “That’s not why I’m back. Mrs. Burroughs wanted me to ask if the Friendship Club is meeting this afternoon.”
Kat furrowed her brow. “Of course we are. We meet every afternoon. Why? And why didn’t she come ask me herself?”
Val shrugged, rolling her eyes to the ceiling. “She said she was hoping to meet with you alone to discuss school matters.”
School matters, my ass.“What’s wrong with right now? I’m free for the next hour or so.”
Val lowered her voice. “That won’t work for our lovely assistant principal. She’s busy. And administrators are supposed to meet after school, you know? The school hours are for assisting students,” Val said in a mocking tone.
“I’m the last one to leave every night. My door is always open. And we just met last week.”
Val held her hands out to her sides. “So I should tell her yes, the club is meeting this afternoon and she can just kiss your—”
Now Kat’s hands flew out in front of her. “No. No, don’t tell her that.” Dora Burroughs was an old-school administrator. She had ideas of how things should be run and Kat understood that. Kind of. “Tell her I’ll meet with her right after the bell today. You can help Micah get the group started for the first fifteen minutes, right?”
Val dug a finger into her own chest. “Me?”
“I did give you that comfy office job. Even though you’re not all that people-friendly. School secretaries are supposed to be nice.”
Val frowned. “I am nice. Just misunderstood…Fine. I’ll tell her. And I’ll watch the little rug rats for you, because I’m so sweet. For fifteen minutes only, though. I’m timing it.”
Kat steepled her hands in front of her. “Thank you.”
In response, Val pointed a finger at her. “But I expect a full, detailed report on the wild sex you’re having with Micah later.”
Kat’s mouth fell open. She hurried to the doorway and searched around the front office for anyone who might have overheard. Dora Burroughs stood at the end of the hall with her back to them. Kat really hoped her assistant principal hadn’t heard that comment. Turning, she frowned at her friend and lowered her voice to a harsh whisper. “If you weren’t my best friend, I’d fire you right now. You know that?”
“So you keep saying. The fact of the matter is, I’ll always be your best friend, so you’re stuck with me.” Val’s smile deepened. Then her gaze caught on the diamond engagement ring on Kat’s necklace. She looked at Kat’s hand and back up. “That’s progress. Maybe you’re having more than sex.”
Kat’s hand instinctively fidgeted with the chain as she laughed lightly. “How many times do I have to tell you? We’re just friends.”
Val nodded, with a knowing grin stamped on her face. “Okay. We’ll continue this conversation later.” She gave a little wave and headed down the hall toward Mrs. Burroughs’s office.
Well, hell.Kat returned to her desk and plopped in her chair. Val didn’t know what
she was talking about. What she had with Micah was just sex. Hot, mind-blowing, multiple orgasmic sex.
