Page 81 of Devoured

Breathe.I could make Penny laugh too. And I could love her in public soon enough. And it wasn’t like she was a teenager anymore.

"Where will he stay?" she asked.

"There are guestrooms in the hallway before my office."

"Did you not want me to stay over while he's here?"

"Were you thinking about staying over more?" I smiled. I liked the sound of that.

"Well, you were right about your bed. It's a lot more comfortable than mine."

"Is that the only reason?" I pulled her into my arms.

"I'm only in this relationship for the sleeping arrangements. Did I not make that clear when we started this?"

Naughty girl."No, you failed to mention that."

"Well now you know.” She smiled up at me. “I'm going to go brush my teeth." She unwound herself from my grip and disappeared back into my bedroom.

I smiled to myself as I pulled out my phone. I shot Rob a text, confirming that he’d be here this weekend. I’d already told Ellen and Penny that he would be. And the last thing I wanted was for him to flake on me.

My phone buzzed with an incoming text: “Be late and miss out on my surprise? Never. I hope it’s two hookers.”

I laughed.Why two?Nope.I didn’t want to know.

Penny walked back into the kitchen and I slid my phone into my pocket.

“I’ll be right back,” I said. When I grabbed my toothbrush from the holder, it was already wet. Did Penny use my toothbrush? I wasn’t sure why, but it made me smile. That she felt that at home. I probably should have put one out for her though. I quickly brushed my teeth and went back out into the kitchen. When I saw her sitting there, I couldn’t stop smiling.

"What?" Penny asked. She could probably tell that I was amused by this. Or maybe she was embarrassed that she’d done it?

"Did you use my toothbrush?" I asked.

"Maybe?"

I laughed. "You are definitely making yourself at home. Even though you're only after me for my sweet sleeping arrangements, you can stay whenever you want. You'd move in for good if it was up to me. I only brought up Rob because I wanted to warn you that we were going to have company for a while."

"I know. So what do you want to do now?" she asked.

"I can help you with Stat."

"All my notes are in my dorm. Besides, lame. We have a day off."

"So you want to do something more fun?"

"Yes. But I can't really go anywhere with my secret professor boyfriend and a huge bandage on my forehead."

I closed the distance between us and grabbed her chin.

She tilted her face up to me and I slowly took off her bandage.

"There, that's better." My phone buzzed. I hoped it wasn’t Rob asking for three hookers instead of two. And it wasn’t. It was Ian. "Hunter,” I said as I answered the phone.

Ian laughed. “So formal. Apparently Penny has a delivery at the front desk. And before you ask, no, I don’t know what it is. I have eyes on the front desk of course, but there are a lot of packages down there.”

Why would Penny have a delivery here? I swallowed hard, fearing the worst. There were only a few people who knew my address. One of them being Isabella.

“Want me to go grab it for you?” Ian asked.

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