She also texted Stacie to let her know she wouldn’t be in, to which her friend replied:
Stacie: Oh, I know that
Stacie: and I also know you’re not sick, you filthy liar
Stacie: You’re still with Nate, aren’t you?
Stacie: TELL ME EVERYTHING
And Maddy would have loved to chat with her but she had more pressing matters, i.e. take a quick shower while Nate was gone.
Thankfully, it was an easy shower to navigate and she also found clean towels under the sink. Twenty minutes later, she felt like a new person. The hot water had felt heavenly, and the giant hoodie she’d borrowed from Nate felt like being smothered by a cloud.
The clanking noises coming from the kitchen told her that Nate was already back. Smiling, she exited the bathroom and found him putting away a few things from a plastic bag.
“So, you know what I was thinking while I was in the shower?”
Hearing her voice and the soft footsteps of her bare feet, Nate turned to glance over his shoulder before he did a double-take. The way he scanned her from top to bottom unleashed some serious flutters in her stomach.
“Something good I hope,” he said, a hint of barely banked heat in his eyes.
“Well, I was thinking that we never got to see the movie yesterday.”
His frown was cute as hell.
“That’swhat you were thinking in the shower? Should I be insulted?”
No, that wasn’t what she’d really been thinking. Her mind had mostly wandered to the aches in her body that made her feel deliciously used, but she couldn’t resist teasing him.
“Okay, maybe it was more like a passing thought.” She’d now moved closer to him, leaning on one shoulder against the fridge.
He mirrored her position, leaning against the counter.
“What else were you thinking about?”
“How I can still feel you everywhere.”
Nate’s eyes darkened as his hand shot out and snaked around her waist pulling him against his front. He nuzzled her temple and she heard him inhaling deeply.
“Fuck, you even smell like my shampoo. Are you on a mission to never let us leave the flat and never actually eat on time? Because I’m on board with that.”
Maddy chuckled, but before she could answer, Nate’s phone pinged with a message from close by.
“Remind me why I still haven’t thrown my phone out of the window,” Nate grumbled.
She was laughing as she grabbed it for him and then started heading towards the couch.
“It’s from work. I’m supposed to be on call in case they need me,” he mumbled, swiping at the screen. “I’ll start with breakfast while I play the voice message.”
Well, at least she wasn’t the only one being a bad employee today.
“Hey, Keaton! I’m just dropping in to say congratulations on the big promotion, man! I didn’t know you’d been aiming at that hot-shot position!”
Maddy’s steps slowly drew to a halt as she registered what the nasal voice on the phone was saying.
Had Nate gotten a promotion? That was fantastic!
He should have told her so they could have celebrated!
