Page 71 of The Breakup

“If you ever need a bed buddy, I volunteer. I’ll even spend the night.”

We hadn’t actually spent a whole night sleeping together. The one night at the cabin I had only slept for two or three hours before I had gone outside. I liked the idea of falling asleep in his arms. The problem with my rules was that in getting to know him, I was stupidly falling for him. It was dangerous. I wasn’t sure what the outcome could be.

I knew what I wanted. Him to fall for me. Us to be together.

But that was a naïve fantasy.

It seemed despite Bradley’s deception, I was still a little addicted to the fairy tale.

I forced myself to be light, flirtatious. “Are you going to sleep at my feet?”

“Whatever you want, princess.” He pulled me up against his chest and wrapped his arms around me so we were brushing chest to chest, hips to hips. He bent over and nuzzled my ear. “Let me back into your bed.”

Shivering in delight, I turned my head slightly. I caught sight of the lady who had handed me the puppy watching us. She looked amused by our display of affection. Or lust. She gestured to the puppies and gave me a thumbs-up. That made me laugh.

“That’s funny?” he asked me, pulling away. “Trust me, you won’t be laughing.”

“I wasn’t laughing at that. But trust me, I want you back in my bed too. I’ve never enjoyed it as much as I do with you.”

That was probably going to swell his head, but it was true.

“Which is why there is no reason to deny yourself.”

“Which is why I should get a puppy. I shouldn’t deny myself.”

“You are definitely in need of a spanking.”

My nipples hardened and I gave him a look. “If you say so.”

Christian reached for me with a growl and I darted out of the way, laughing.

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“Ooh, you play dirty,” Bella told me when she realized where we were going.

I grinned at her as I pulled into the cabin’s driveway. “It’s our third date.”

“You said we were going to dinner.” She had actually dressed like we were going to a restaurant.

Bella wore a romper that showed off her legs to full advantage, and her sandals wrapped up over her ankles, giving me fantasies about her wearing nothing but those. Her tits filled the top to perfection. She was going to be naked within two hours if it killed me. It would kill me if she wasn’t.

“We are going to dinner. I’m cooking for you.” I had dropped off everything earlier at the cabin. And in the fuck shack.

“You’re trying awfully hard, Jordan. I think I’m impressed.”

“You should be.” I parked the car and turned to her. “I’ve been on my best behavior with you.”

Bella laughed. “This has been your best behavior? Damn. I’d hate to see you being naughty.”

I ran my finger over her lip. “Give me an hour.”

“An hour until you’re naughty or an hour to be naughty?”

I kissed her. Hard. “Both.”

Bella gave me the world’s most innocently sexy look. There was something so seductive about her naïveté and her eagerness for everything. She looked at the world through pure eyes, and I was glad Bradley and his dickhead cheating hadn’t changed that. I wouldn’t want to see her grow cynical.

There was something about Bella that struck every chord in me I swore couldn’t be reached.

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