Page 131 of Take This Heart
He smirks and the temperature in the room heats. “Thank you.” He looks at me. “What do I get for passing the test?”
I point at his face and look at Addy. “See that right there? That cocky attitude is when I have to bring the sass out and set him straight.”
Milo’s laugh is raspy. “You love every cocky part about me.” He jerks to the side when I poke him and hit a ticklish spot. He laughs and gets up, leaning back down so he’s in the camera. “It was really great to meet you, Addy. And you too, Penn. I’ll let you two have some privacy so I can keep staying on the good side of this one right here.”
He kisses my cheek and his eyes are full of promise when he backs away.
Addy presses her lips together and she fans her face.Wow, she mouths.
My cheeks are on fire.
Out loud, Addy says, “Well, this has been so fun and so enlightening. I will let you two get back to your night. Call me tomorrow and fill me in on the latest going on around there.” She leans in closer and whispers, “And go give that man his reward.”
“Okay, I will,” I say, laughing. “Love you.”
“I love you too. And I think I might love Milo a little bit after this conversation.”
“Hey!” Penn calls.
“Slow your roll. For her. I love him forher,” she says, rolling her eyes.
She blows me a kiss and we hang up.
Milo leans against the doorjamb, arms folded. His posture screams nonchalance, but his eyes tell me he’s ready to pounce.
“Are we in your bed or mine tonight?” He lifts off the doorjamb and stalks toward me, bending down to hover near my mouth.
“We…you…” I squeak. “You want?—”
“Remember how I said when we got back, I didn’t want to sleep without you?”
I gawk. “I thought you were just being sweet…” I laugh when he nuzzles my neck and nips at my earlobe.
“I’m rarely sweet, Golo.”
“I think you’re very sweet.” I put my hands on either side of his face. “We don’t actually sleep when we’re in bed together,” I whisper.
“Let’s get an early start.” He looks at his phone. “It’s almost ten.” His smile is wicked when he looks up. “I’ll give you two orgasms in the next twenty minutes and you can be asleep by ten thirty.”
“Let’s stay here then, so we don’t waste any time.”
“Done.”
“And you get a pass to wake me up once in the night.” I lift a shoulder. “You know…if we need more orgasms.”
He tugs me up so I’m standing and lines my body up to his. I gasp when I feel how hard he is, and I’m instantly ready to start our twenty minutes.
“Now I understand what my parents meant when they said a happy couple is one who learns how to negotiate.”
I laugh.
“Just so we’re clear though. You can wake me up as many times as you want,” he says.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
OLD WOUNDS, NEW TRUTHS
MILO
