She laughed. “I don’t care about your potty mouth, but damn, you’d better never let my grandmother hear you talking like that.”
“It’s not my fault. I’m surrounded by bad influences.” His smile faded. “I have to go.”
“I guessed by that interesting conversation.”
He shook his head. “My brothers can’t do shit without me there holding their hands. With the way they’re acting, you’d think this was their first trip to Ear—” He cleared his throat. “Uh, away from home.”
Had he been about to sayEarth?She briefly entertained her alien theory again and then discarded it. Nah. That was crazy. “It’s okay. I know how it is with the family stuff. Mine can be a handful too sometimes. They annoy you but you love them, right?”
“Love?”
“Uh, yeah.”
His mouth twisted like he’d tasted something foul. He may have been better at sex than any man alive, but he was still really freaking weird.
Oh, well. A girl couldn’t have it all.
A few minutes later, they were dressed and approaching what was sure to be an awkward goodbye by the door. After donning his jacket, Ash bent to lace up his boots, hair falling over his face like a curtain. She stared at him, trying to think of something to say and coming up blank.
He straightened and swept his hair back. “Thanks for last night, Eva.”
She panicked inwardly.He’s never going to call. He’s going to walk out that door, and I’m never going to see him again.She wanted to beg him to stay, but she was a strong fucking woman, damn it.
She squared her jaw and waited for the inevitable brush off. “No problem.”
He searched her gaze.Here we go. He’s going to give me some bullshit excuse about how he’s busy and doesn’t have time for a relationship.
“I want to see you again.”
She blinked.
“Is that...” He winced. “Is it abnormal to say that? I don’t know how to do this shit, and Bel told me I should leave without making promises to make you think I wasn’t interested.”
She couldn’t help it. She burst out laughing. “Your brother is a huge dick.”
He snorted. “Yeah. He is.”
“And to answer your question, no. It’s not ‘abnormal.’ Actually, I’m glad you said it because if you didn’t, I was going to stew about how much of a dickyouwere until you called me.” Damn it, that sounded a little desperate.
“You want me to call you?”
“Uh, yeah.” She tried to play it cool. “You were inside me like, an hour ago. A girl usually hopes for a phone call after that.”
His gaze darkened. “I want to be inside you again.”
Her lady parts did that clenching thing again. “I want that too.”
“Fuck. I’ll call you.”
“Yeah. Do that.”
He shook his head, and his I-want-sex look vanished. She mourned its loss. “I have to warn you, though. I’m not—” His gaze shifted away. “My life’s not exactly stable right now. If I don’t call, it’s not because I don’t want to. But I will if I can.”
“I’m a big girl. You don’t have to make any promises.” She talked a big game, but her heart sank a little.
“I’m glad we met, Eva.”
“Me too.”
