Sure, we’d been friends for years, but I didn’t want to fallback on that. I had a feeling that if we didn’t build a good foundation aslovers too, in a few years things would either get awkward or we’d fall backinto old patterns.
That wasn’t what any of us wanted.
Ryan’s expression softened and his eyes grew more animatedas the surprise faded. “Thank you.”
He gave a bashful shrug. “I know I don’t always say that I’mthinking about that kind of thing, but I really am.”
Smiling, I felt more centered as he smiled shyly back at me.“I know. I just…you’re important to me, and I think doing things like thismight be my way of showing you that I’m thinking about you.”
Looking back on the functional families I’d known, Ishrugged. “You show me I’m important in other ways, like cuddling me andpushing me when I…when I get nervous.”
The tender look fell away as he chuckled, nodding and grinningas his eyes sparked with dirty thoughts. “Dare thinks you’re really sexy whenyou get all panicky and cute, though, and so do I.”
And I was blushing again.
Ignoring the heat in my cheeks, I sighed dramatically androlled my eyes. “Looking like an idiot is not cute.”
Shaking his head, Ryan squeezed my hand before his fingersstarted gently caressing the back of my palm. “No, it’s that surprised startledthing. It’s not looking like an idiot. It’s sexy.”
He thought I was sexy.
God, I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get used to hearinghim say that about me.
Not wanting to hide my reaction away, because my own parents’marriage had shown me how bad that was for a relationship, I tried to explainhow I was feeling. “I just can’t get over how everything’s changed and how itmakes me feel when you say things like that.”
His grin widened and he looked like he was the king of theworld, proud as a peacock and ready to start strutting around. “Well, how aboutI promise to do my best to tell you how sexy you are every chance I get?”
I could live with that…although the blushing might kill medepending on what that was doing to my blood pressure.
“Yes, please.” Yep, I was going to drop dead of a heartattack any day if he kept making my face ache like that.
His grin turned sexy and heated as his fingers inched up myarm, sending a shiver through me. “How about we head home, then, and I startworking on that project?”
Head home?
“Yes, please.” I might not win any debates, but Ryan’s smilesaid he didn’t mind at all.
Chapter 6
Ryan
So when two subs had sex, did one magically become a Dom orwas there another way it was ideally supposed to work?
In the past if I’d been with someone who was just assubmissive as I was, it’d just get awkward and I’d fake my way through it asbest I could…but this was Scott.
I didn’t want to fake anything with him.
As he gave me a wave and pulled out of the parking lot and headedtoward the house, I waited just a moment and glanced at the clock. The bigchurch meeting that Dare had been signing for should’ve ended about twentyminutes ago, but I wasn’t sure if he was driving or not.
Taking a chance, I texted him quickly.
You busy?
Thankfully, his reply came back almost immediately.
Getting in the car but I can chat for a minute. You getin trouble already sexy?
Chuckling, I felt my stress ease as I responded.
