Really? Because Brent burned with it right now. He was envious of this other man who had all the answers when Brent had none himself.
“What are you thinking?” She crawled closer still, and he tugged her the last bit of the way onto his lap so she was straddling him. “Talk to me.”
“I’m confused,” he finally said. “Because…I dunno. I thought maybe you and me would work through this and end up back together. Because maybe I wish we’d figured this out together, instead of you and Evan surging ahead of me and then looping me in. Does he know you think I should call him?”
“No.” She shook her head fiercely. “This is just between you and me. I wouldn’t do that to you. It wasn’t even something I was thinking about consciously until you showed up and we kissed. I don’t know what I’m doing here, either, I promise. I just think you should text him. See what he does.”
“I don’t have his number.”
She wiggled her fingers. “Gimme your phone if you want it.”
“What would I say?”
“‘Jess and I were talking about you. She said you like rock climbing.’”
“You didn’t tell me that.”
“I just did. Now.”
“Jess—”
“If for no other reason than you blush when you think about him kissing you, you should give it a try. He’s in Europe this week, but he’ll be back on the weekend, so it’s not like he’s going to jump out of the shadows and kiss-attack you.”
That wasn’t the worst sounding thing in the world. He gave her his phone. His heart pounded as he watched her add the contact information. His palms were slick when he took the phone back.
He set it down and put his hands on her hips.
Between them, his cock was rock hard. There was no denying his body was interested in what she was saying.
“I’m not going to make up a reason,” he said, more to himself than to her. He was going to be honest. His new motto in life, with everyone.
She leaned in and kissed him. “You just be you. And see what he says.”
Then she crawled off him.
He chased her, making her giggle, and then he kissed her slowly, his hands buried in her hair.
“Are you sure?” he asked.
She nodded. “I love you. And I think we’re here for a reason. I think we probably should have explored this a long time ago.”
He pressed his forehead against hers, took a long, deep breath, then reached for his phone. “What time is it wherever he is now?”
She glanced at the clock on his phone screen. “After dinner.”
Brent:This is Brent.Jess gave me your number.
A reply came back immediately. Wherever he was, he was on his phone.
Evan: She did, did she?
Brent: Yeah.
Evan: Did she tell you I’m away for a few days?
Brent: She did.
Evan: Let’s catch up when I get back.
