Page 46 of Wrong Car, Wright Guy
“Luck, I guess.” A fresh bout of arousal washes over me and my hips spasm, causing me to crash my mouth against his and kiss him hard, refusing to break apart as my orgasm hits and I struggle to keep my lips moving.
“Ruby.” He shudders along with me, holding me so tight that I’m overwhelmed by how completely I’m into this relationship when not even a week before I was sure it wasn’t a possibility. But one conversation changed it all, and suddenly, instead of regretting what I did to his car and the events that followed, I praise them. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—I may have had the wrong car that night, but I certainly had the right guy.Myguy.
* * *
“I’ll waitfor you down here,” Tanner says, pulling his cell from his back pocket. “I should call ahead so Camille’s carers can let her know we’re coming. We try not to spring anything on her.”
“Understood,” I say, brushing my lips against his before I turn and push the door open of my building. “If I’m not back in twenty minutes, they’ve probably tied me to a chair because they think I’ve gone crazy.”
Tanner chuckles. “I’ll come rescue you in fifteen.”
Making my way upstairs, I’m happy to see that there’s no sock on the door of Tahlia’s apartment so I can head straight in.
“Hey, girl!” She’s sitting on the couch reading a book, cradling a big mug of coffee in her hands. “Wasn’t expecting to see you today. Thought you’d spend the whole weekend exploring that delicious man meat you’ve caught yourself.”
I can’t control the grin that takes over my face. “I’m about to do more than that. He’s invited me to stay with him until Theo and Darren find their own place.”
“Oh.” She sets her book to the side. “He’s swooping in and saving you. A regular Prince Charming, hey?”
“Seems that way,” I say, dropping onto the couch beside her. “I’m concerned this is a little too much too soon, though. I mean, I know it’s only temporary, and it’s not like we just met, but we did only just start dating. I don’t want to rush into things and mess it up.”
“I’m not sure I’m the person to be asking here since I’m the queen of rushing into things. Hello, I had sex with Nick on the very first date and he left before breakfast, sothat’sgoing to make things awkward at work on Monday.”
“You met him at work?”
“Yeah. He’s a bit of a rockstar at the magazine, does massive investigative pieces that get nominated for awards and shit. He’s even got his own office, so that’s saying something. Plus, he’s cocky and only really thinks about himself, so you know, just my type.” She giggles, but I can see she’s a little disappointed right now.
“What’s this about? Do you think last night was it?”
She shrugs. “I don’t know. It was fun, and he says he can talk with the higher ups and get me a shot writing for fashion instead of accessories. But I don’t know… could have been a lie.” She sighs. “But at least he scratched an itch, right? I needed a good banging, and from the flush in your cheeks, you got anamazingbanging.”
I laugh. “Nice segue. But I’m not going into detail beyond saying the tension leading up to this moment was so worth the wait.”
“Oh, I love that for you. He looks at you like you’re the only woman in the world too. I don’t blame you for packing your bags and running off with him. We should all be so lucky.”
“Temporarily running off,” I point out, getting off the couch and moving over to the portable closet where I’ve been storing most of my clothes so I’m not traveling between both apartments all the time. “Once the photo shoot for the billboard campaign is done, Theo says they’ll have enough in their moving fund. So it may only be a week.” I pull a pair of jeans and a pale pink silk blouse out and get changed out of my dress from last night. One, because I want to wear something pretty yet casual to meet Camille, and two, because I have to go into my apartment to get my suitcase and I don’t need Theo teasing me for doing the walk of shame—even though I think it should be called the ‘strut of satisfaction’.
“Well, I’m gonna pray that it takes them a while to find somewhere because I feel like this is the best thing to happen to you since that time we ordered pizza and they were late, so they gave it to us freeandgave us a voucher for a free dessert.”
“That was a good weekend. Meant we could buy more wine.”
She grins. “Precisely. And even though you’re a famous radio talk show host now, who can afford any wine she pleases, I’ll always remember drinking vinegar together with great fondness.”
“Oh, Tahls, you say that like I’m leaving forever.”
Her eyes well up. “I’m just so proud and happy for you, Ruby. And I’m going to miss seeing you every day.”
“Hey, just try to get rid of me,” I say, finishing up with the buttons of my blouse. “Do you think I need makeup?”
“Maybe just a little lip-gloss for the kiss chaffing. But why are you worried about makeup? Isn’t Tanner going to just kiss it right off you, anyway?”
“We’re going to see his sister. So I want to look nice.”
“Tanner has a sister?”
“Sure does.”
“That’s odd. I extensively googled the man when you first started working for him, and there was never a mention of a sister.”
