Page 70 of Knot a Good Idea

She begins to shake her head. “Hunter?—”

“Just give me a chance. Giveusa chance.”

“There are things you don’t know about me.”

“Then let me learn.”

“I—” She swallows. “It’s not that simple.”

“Simple isn’t fun. Simple isboring.”

She groans in exasperation. “What am I going to do with you?” she mutters.

“Anything you want, baby. I’m game.”

She opens her pretty mouth to retort, but Tammy enters the room. “Okay kids,” she says. “I’m off.”

I grin widely and wave at her. “Bye, Tammy. It was great to meet you finally.”

April shoots me daggers.

As soon as we hear the front door close, April turns to me. “So, you’re on a first name basis with my mother now?”

“We’re best friends. Like I said, she loves me.”

“You—” She sighs and stands up. “I need some water.”

She hurries past me, giving me a quick, glorious view of her backside.

Fuck, she’s gorgeous.

Is it bad that even if she turns me down, I plan on staying near her until she finally says yes?

That’s weird, right?

Donovan would call it stalking, but whatever.

Just because he won’t admit to himself how great she is, doesn’t mean I won’t.

I go after what I want. I fight for what I want.

“You know I have work tomorrow, right?” she asks, her voice carrying from the kitchen. “So, you’re going to be by yourself. There’s no point in staying.”

“I booked a hotel nearby. It’s fine. I’ll do some work there.”

She cocks an eyebrow. “Really. You came all this way to work?”

“I came for you, silly.”

She runs a hand through her hair. “Hunter, I can’t…I can’t be your real girlfriend,” she sighs.

Not yet,I think to myself.

It stings a little, but I’ve noticed the obvious signs of attraction from her. Goosebumps cover her skin when she’s near us, and her scent sweetens slightly when we’re close to her.

But I also sense her anxiety, and I don’t like that at all.

“Do you want me to leave?” I ask, leaning over the back of the couch. “I can go to the hotel now, if you want. Your mom’s gone; you don’t have to pretend right now.”

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