Page 62 of Unruly
Farnsworth tilts his head. “Then why do we have to wait for the art gallery event? Can’t we just go there?”
I chuckle. “Huh? Yeah, Captain Obvious.”
“Who?”
“Nothing. Just a saying. We should definitely just go down there and see if we can talk to Michael.”
“Yes.” He lightly touches my arm. “Time is important with what we do. Always look for the most expedient route.”
“Makes sense.” I pat his hand. “We make a good team, Farnsworth.”
His expression goes blank as he just stares at me for a moment. Then he blinks. “Yes. Yes, we do.”
I lean back on the couch. “Are you feeling weird about last night?”
“What about it?” he asks, as if nothing unusual happened.
“What we did.”
“No, I don’t feel weird. I’m just trying to get back to work, that’s all.”
Not buying that. “You do feel weird.” I lean a little closer to him, putting my hand over his where it’s resting on his thigh. “I don’t want you to feel awkward. We need to talk about it.”
“We don’t need to talk about anything. I’m perfectly fine. We have a mission, and we should be focused on that mission. Nothing else. I’m perfectly fine.”
“You’re also stumbling over your words, which is very unusual for you. Come on, Farnsworth, talk to me.”
He exhales slowly, leaning slightly back across the couch. “Okay. I suppose I am a bit jumbled.
I don’t exactly know how I’m to act, how I’m to behave today after having such an intimate experience with someone. You see, it’s never happened before.”
I tangle my fingers with his. “We can do what makes you comfortable. We can either not talk about it and act like it didn’t happen, or we can talk about it and decide where we want to go from here.”
He nods, lowering his gaze to our entwined hands. “Did you mean what you said last night?”
“Every word.”
“I meant about… about doing it again and what you might like me to do to you?”
“When I said I wanted you to fuck me. Yep, I meant that.”
He nods, biting his bottom lip.
“Do you have questions about that?”
“Questions? Um, no, more—well, yes, I suppose. I just don’t understand.”
“What’s to understand?”
“Well, you’re so experienced and worldly, and I’m so not.”
“And we had great chemistry last night, didn’t we?”
“Yes. Yes, we did.”
“Isn’t that enough?”
“I suppose so.”
