Chapter 32

He sits up and looks me in the eye, halting his progress abruptly.

“See, there you go! Such a good boyfriend,” I smile up at him, patting him on the head like a puppy, and he shimmies his groin into mine suggestively, pulling a giggle from me.

“Easy to train? Great! I feel so proud. Can we now go back to my previous subject? You know, now that’s all cleared up.” He slides his hands around my wrists and pulls my arms over my head to pin them down gently.

“You want to take me on a date?” I reply with two raised eyebrows and wiggle to get comfy in this pose.

“No. Dates are all I’ve done for years, empty, pointless things. I want to take you out. Something meaningful. I don’t want to call it a date; it seems so far removed from how I feel and what I think we have.” He’s behaving so unsurely, like a nervous teen again. It only makes him more appealing.

Who knew he had this side to him?

“So, where to?” I ask coquettishly, fluttering my lashes as I watch