Page 93 of I Won't Be In On Monday

"It felt like my first time, as well. It's never felt that meaningful to me before," he says. “But maybe that’s because I’ve never made love, only had sex.”

“You’re just saying that,” I say.

“No, you’re the only woman I’ve ever loved, Juniper. You’re mine. You’re my woman. Do you understand that? I understand what it means to believe that someone was made for you now.” His voice is husky, and he cradles me to him. "I want you to stay with me."

"What?" I stare at him in confusion.

"I want you to move in with me."

"I can't move in with you. We are not even together."

"You're my girlfriend now, right?"

"Are you asking me that?"

He chuckles. "Juniper Hardman, will you be my girlfriend, officially?"

"Yes," I say softly and kiss him on the lips. "But I'm not going to move in with you right away. We haven't even gone on dates. You haven't wined and dined me or wooed me. I want it all."

"And you'll get it all, but promise me that you'll move in soon."

"Why do you want me to move in so badly?"

"Because I don't like waking up with you not here. I don't like falling asleep without seeing your face. I think that's why I've texted you and called so many nights. There's just something about our connection that I can't dismiss. Something about you that I can't get out of my mind. I love you, Juniper. I loveyou with your glasses. I love you without. I love you in your sweatpants or in your tight skirts. I'll take you any way that I can get you."

"Yeah?" I say, touching his lips and then running my fingers down his chest to his cock. I move my finger and thumb up and down, and I grin as I feel him getting hard again. I shift so that I’m sitting on top of him, and I rub back and forth, loving the feel of his cock between my lips.

"You're so hot," he says, staring up at me. His fingers reach up and play with my breasts. He swallows hard. "What are you doing to me? Have you cast a magic spell on me, Juniper?"

"I don't think so, unless the magic in my romantasy books are true."

"I think everything about you is true," he says. "Can I ask you one thing?"

"Sure. What is it?" I reach down and grab his cock and guide it inside of me. He grunts as I start moving back and forth slowly.

"What are you doing to me?" He groans as he grabs my hips and bounces me up and down on him slowly. I cry out and then quickly press my hand to my lips. "What's wrong?" he says.

"I don't want to be too loud. I don't want to wake Canyon up."

He smiles. "She's a deep sleeper. I think you're okay."

"I just... I don't want to shock her. I don't want her to come in the room and see me in your bed and?—"

"She loves you, Juniper. She talks about you every single day. I think she'd be happy to see you here."

"You think?" I say as I grind back and forth on top of him. It feels right being with him. It feels right having him inside of me. I pause as I realize that he doesn't have a condom on. "Shit," I say, staring down at him.

"What is it?" he asks as he touches my lower lip.

"You're not wearing protection."

"Oh, yeah," he says, grasping my hands and pulling me down. He grabs my face and kisses me. I slowly move off of him. He reaches over and grabs another condom. "You'll have to get on the pill," he says. "Until you're ready."

"Until I'm ready for what?" I ask him.

"For us to make a little baby. Maybe a boy. A boy we'll call Elijah."

"What?" I stare at him. "What are you talking about?"

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