Chapter 26. By Midnight

Joan POV

Aaron stared at me skeptically, like I gave an answer he wasn’t expecting. Maybe I hadn’t.

“Yes?” he asked, his dark eyes lighting up a little, the hint of a challenge flickering there. I forced my gaze to my fingers, pretending they were the most fascinating thing in the room, anything to stop myself from ogling his thighs or the erection still making a very obvious tent in his pants.

The man was insatiable. And that comment I made about his dick not being memorable? Screw that—his was the best I’d ever had.

“Like you said, we haven’t gotten each other out of our systems yet, so it’d be beneficial for both of us,” I said dryly, letting my words hang in the air a moment before adding, “And yeah, no strings attached.” I glanced at him briefly, enough to catch the slight twitch of his brow.

That wasn’t the only reason I’d said yes. The man was my muse. If we were going to keep doing this, I might as well make the most out of it, inspiratio