Page 69 of Yolo

I reached down and found the arm of the couch.

“It’s an L sectional,” he said.

I followed the sectional with my hand until I found the dog.

I sat down at his head and started petting him.

I heard Garrett moving around behind me, then nothing.

A sliding door opened and closed, then two panting dogs came rushing into the house and the slurping sound of water sounded.

I had to smile at that, talking to Rufus as I said, “You’ll get along just fine with Rooster, won’t you?”

It took Rufus an hour to start waking up, and the vet was right, despite being awake he was very lethargic and subdued.

We left him there to orient himself and explore when he wanted, and Garrett showed me the rest of the house.

“It’s an open floor plan,” he explained. “You have the main kitchen connected to the living room and the dining room,” he took me through each room. “Here’s the fridge. This is the pantry where I keep the dog food, too. This is the microwave and the oven.”

The tour led me to the bedroom about ten minutes later, and I sat down on the bed and fell backward, arms up high over my head. “This is the best bed I’ve ever slept on.”

“You’re not sleeping,” he pointed out.

“Give it time.”

He chuckled. “If you wanted to, you could.”

I went up onto my elbows and said, “I might have taken you up on that if I had clothes. I might or might not have forgotten my bag.”

He was silent for a long second before he said, “My sister’s about your size. She keeps some clothes here for when she swims and wants to change.”

I thought about it for all of two seconds before I said, “Then I’d like to stay over.”

He moved then, coming toward me on near-silent feet.

I waited to see what he’d do, and he didn’t disappoint.

I felt the bed dip on either side of me and felt my heart start to hammer.

He straddled my lap with his knees, his butt now resting on my lap.

His hands came down next on either side of my head, and my heart went from a nice normal resting heart rate to one that might concern medical professionals.

“Hey, Bindi?” he asked.

He was right there.

I could just lean up and…

I kissed him.

Hands threading behind his neck, I pulled him down to me and kissed him.

He took the kiss over after that, his mouth devouring mine.

It was the single most sexiest kiss I’d ever had.

Carnal.

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