Page 63 of Until You

Chapter Eighteen

Tyler roused when he felt a jostle and reached for Lanie as she started to roll out of bed.

“Where are you going?” he murmured sleepily.

She grabbed her phone off the bedside table. “I have to go.”

He bolted up right. “What?”

“It’s late. I have to go. Don’t worry. I’ll get an Uber.” She bent down and picked up her underwear off the floor and went into his bathroom to pee.

She was wearing her bra and panties when she came out. Tyler was sitting on the edge of the bed, still naked, but he stood when she emerged and pulled her into his arms. “Why are you leaving?”

She froze and looked up at him. “Because it’s late. Because the only clothes I have is my stupid bridesmaid dress. And because…”

His hand cupped her cheek, and his thumb stroked her jaw. “And because…?”

She hesitated before she said, “Because I don’t have a toothbrush.”

“I have a toothbrush.”

She scrunched her nose. “I’m not using yours.”

He laughed. “I’m glad to hear that, especially since I have a spare.”

“For all your other women?” she teased.

“No. For me. I like to have spares.”

She pulled free and padded out to the living room, looking around his apartment.

“Lanie, it’s late,” he said, following her. “Just come back to bed and I’ll take you home in the morning.” Then he grinned and grabbed her hips, pulling her flush against his chest. She felt his growing erection against her. “If you need help going back to sleep, I have another condom on the nightstand.”

She laughed. “I never imagined you had so much stamina.”

“I’m watching you walk around my condo, barely covered in sexy lace. What do you expect?”

A war waged in her eyes.

He gave her a gentle kiss, pulling her bottom lip between his teeth while his hand caressed her firm ass.

She wrapped an arm around the back of his neck and opened her mouth to his probing tongue, releasing a soft moan.

Damned if he wasn’t ready to take her against the door.

But she broke the kiss and leaned her forehead against his chest.

Why was she struggling to stay? Was she thinking about Aiden?

A fierce jealousy consumed him, and he fought to contain it. What the hell was going on with him? This was a short-term arrangement. Nothing more. A sexy woman who was just as sexually driven as him, who wanted no commitments. It was absolutely the perfect relationship for him. He attributed his feelings to going so long without sex, probably part of the reason he’d been able to have so many repeat performances since they’d come to his condo last night.

But because this was so perfect, he wanted it for as long as he could have it. Which meant he had to convince her to stay.

“Do I snore?” he teased. “I can wait until you go to sleep if you want.”

She laughed again and glanced back up at him. “And how will you know I’m asleep?”

He lifted an eyebrow. “I’ll watch you like that sparkly vampire in that movie.”

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