Page 77 of This Time Around
Cooper’s heart raced at my ear, mine matched his inside my chest.He was silent, his fingers running through my hair.
My lids closed.The day…the night…exhaustion whispered at the edges of my mind and my body.
“Stay here?With me.”
“You—”
I groaned and pushed off his chest, lifting until I could kiss him.No more questions.No more checking.I was where I was okay with being.It was enough.
“Stop asking me if I’m sure, Cooper.If I didn’t want it, I wouldn’t ask or agree.You’re giving me a complex.”
“I want to make sure we don’t move faster than you’re ready.I don’t want you to have regrets.”
We’d almost had sex.Guilt wasn’t nipping at my heels.Not yet.I understood his concern, but I was also really tired of everyone being worried about me.
“I can’t guarantee I won’t.”I refused to lie.Not after what we shared in my bed.“I can promise you I don’t know what I’m doing right now, how to do this.”I waved my hand in between us.“I don’t want to sleep alone, and I like you here.I like you.That’s all I’m certain of.”
“I like you too.”He grinned against my mouth and kissed me.
Then he rolled me to my back, settled his weight on me and kissed me some more.
Eventually, the kisses slowed and we fell asleep, his body wrapped around mine.
